Branson Thorne

Is that wrong, though? If you know you're going against the grain and it could potentially upset people, you could just not do that if it will bother you. And if it won't bother you, then why ask? As she said, the OP and his wife seem set on RPing this. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that; it just seems a little pointless to ask for opinions when they've already made up their minds. I can actually agree with you on the point of asking for advice, when you're planning to do it always. That part never makes much sense to me.

Wall of spam quotes so moving on from that lol I'm just saying, a monogamous Miqo'te couple is not comparable to batman in Eorzea, or do you remember when that one person wanted to play the fallen daughter of Zeus and we all told her it wouldn't work? There is 2 different things going on here. 1 is bending the lore a little, and the other shatters it. My point was merely if you are going to judge that little bit of lore bending so harshly, your may as well not even RP in this game.

Mathematically, you are correct. People aren't going to play that way though and trying to force them to is not a battle you want to undertake. Since it's been suggested mixed breeds are now possible, even really weird ones that we have UTTERLY no visual base for like Miqo/Aura or Roe/Lala ... It's pretty much taken these kinds of arguments out behind the shed. Personally, I roll my eyes a little when I see really exotic pregnant couples wandering around but it's not lorebreaking. It makes a whole lot more sense for the females of both tribes to be city cats and not males but that's not gonna stop you from seeing Ul'dah populated with Nunhs. It's just the way it is. Can't change it and you're not gonna have much fun if you focus on it too much. Unless the fun comes from trying to stick within the lore as much as possible and choosing to play with others who feel similarly. This isn't about trying to control the RP of others. I can't stop people from playing as though they are vampire zombie aliens from another dimension. I just wouldn't be likely to play with them, at least not on a IC basis. I'll dungeon and raid with anyone, anytime. But having lurked here for weeks before starting to play the game, it seems like every time something like this comes up, others get on to defend their right or anyone else's right to play how they want. The problem is, no one is telling them not to play a certain way. It's usually someone asking about how or if one thing can or cannot be done within the lore of the world. It's up to the player to decide if they'll go along with it or not. No one is taking away someone's freedom or suggesting or demanding that other players should change. I like the lore. I like to play within the confines because it makes me become more creative to do what I want within the limitations. My entire commentary was about what would almost certainly have to be the case if someone WAS going to stick to the lore. If a player doesn't want to, go ahead and be the Eorzean version of Batman, I don't care. I play this game because I like the world, the lore, the characters, the story. I like to weave my own story along with it. I don't start with my character first. I start with the world and try to think about what influence it would have on my character. Then I tell my character's story with those influences in mind. Just like real life, my characters are bound to their world, it's history and their own past. I'm not and would never ask anyone else to do the same. Most people have been supportive, though...? I'm not really sure who needs to chill. I don't get why people see arguments where there are none. I think we're referring to the few "its against the lore" related replies.:thumbsup: Could you point out those few, then? Because I seem to be failing to find them. This one? Though I will admit I may be misunderstand wrong.

Most people have been supportive, though...? I'm not really sure who needs to chill. I don't get why people see arguments where there are none. I think we're referring to the few "its against the lore" related replies.:thumbsup:

Agreed, in fact if we want to be that much of a lore stickler on every little detail then fine. Get your dragoons back to Ishgard and don't leave. Dotharls like myself must viciously attack any of the other tribes Au Ra. Nuhns start banging any female Miqo'te you see. Also 90% have to stop playing because male Miqo'te are rare. Cross race breeding is severely frowned upon, so break it off with anyone who's not your same race. Also for those of who who've partook of the eternal bonding ceremony with any race of which did not practise that tradition, sorry, rewind. That's not allowed to happen. Yeahhh, I thought not. Sorry for Grammer/spelling mistakes, on my phone, small screen, big fingers.

This is awesome of you all! I currently have all I need, but thanks all the same!

Let all the Nunhs knock you up, get called a whore. Become monogamous, criticized for breaking the lore. *sigh* You never can win on the internet.

Soooo, which is it? lmao

Hoping for a speedy recovery!

I think it would be neat if these events could be open to RP crashing by bad folk and the poors. You rang?? I'd totally crash one!

Nope sorry, only friends if I get the referral lmao Just kidding, welcome to the RPC!

Uhh I will!

Ummm, what is this FATE thing y'all keep talking about?

Yes you always have it above you and I think I've seen it mentioned on the forums here as a way to designate RP. Just didn't want to be the weirdo and ask about rping and get a 'What is that?" back. haha

As other have said it's the same as real life. For instance, on the internet EVERYONE seems to be an expert in Martial Arts. But unless someone actually speaks from experience you can usually tell when it's made up. For Instance: Here we have 2 types of people both claiming to be in Martial Arts in some form or other. Guy #1. First they start off by saying they are a blackbelt, and then that leads into how many fights they've been in, how many people's asses they've kicked and so on so forth. If it sounds like empty boasting, that's all it is. Ask them to explain where their form came from, or to give you the Japanese/Chinese names of their techniques and you will most likely lose them instantly. Guy #2. He can tell you that Aikido is a Japanese form of martial arts developed by Morihei Ueshiba (although I'm not exactly sure when.) which originally was deeply spiritual, translating to things like Unifying life energy. Aikido is a lot of reflecting an opponents energy either away against him, or away from you. When asked about his form, he can then explain to you the roles of "uke" & "tori" and then explain to you that "kata-dori" is where you grab the shoulder. From there it can develop further into "kata-dori men-uchi" which basically means you grab the shoulder and strike to the face. So when it's all said and done, which are you going to believe? Mister I can beat everyone up, or would you believe the guy that could go much deeper then I hit people? So now lets apply that into RP purposes, which can be a lot more difficult. In my opinion, the way to build up credibility is when these topics came up, put forth valuable pieces of info that show you was there for it. You led a platoon on Steps of Faith, don't expect people to think OMG he's so experienced, but rather let them taste the experience you saw. Mention details about the battle so on and so forth. I find that it builds a persona around your character a little better, and people will perceive you as such. Sorry, this got really wordy. TLDR: Portray your character is being there and having done those things, speak from experience about what happened and not just "Oh yeah I was there for that"

Well damn, I even had some tunes picked out... [video=youtube]

Everytime i have flown through seTtle ive had to spend the night at the airport. Cause stip flights to alaska early Ughh, I hate sleeping at airports. I do not envy you.

A man visits his fiancees family for the first time. After playing card games and visiting for awhile his fiancee and her father leave to go to the store for some snacks. While they are gone, his very attractive, soon to be mother in law starts coming on to him strong, trying to get him to take her to bed. The man remains speechless and heads to the door. upon opening it he finds his fiancee and her father standing there. Her father extends his hand for a handshake and says "Congratulations son you've passed the test, you may marry my daughter"

At least you didn't spend the night in the airport as I've had to already!

But yet history has proven that humans do EXACTLY that, just not the fire breathing monster part. So I think it would certainly be plausible for this to work.

I think I see you standing in the Quicksand almost every night I'm online. I usually debate walking up but you stand so still I always think your OOC! FINALLY! Someone else who can RP thru Skype, I'm down. Send me a pm if you wanna put something together! And I'm a fellow Xaela.

I need to start paying attention more to chat in that case. I always miss cool little tidbits because, pffft who needs to read text.

Ahemm.....Final FantasyXIV

Hello there, loser! Haha I jest, welcome to the RPC! Have any questions feel free to ask them!

Pretty neat little tidbit there.