Sorta going along with Yssen's third point about Imperials...
I'm sure there are a lot of roleplayers who come up with great ideas to support a character being an Imperial turncoat, or at least, from Garlemald come to Eorzea. However, like Yssen said, there's only so many times this idea can be used before it starts to lose its novelty value. Brainwashing issues aside, I feel an ex-Imperial character sorta actively aims to hit shock value... and other roleplayers who may know other ex-Imperials by this point, may not be so shocked.
But there are a lot of other organizations in Eorzea, that are not so well known, that have lots of lore ready to be explored. Organizations rarely looked to for RP ideas. Something like that I think would really add extra spark to the character, but that's just my opinion.
I'm sure there are a lot of roleplayers who come up with great ideas to support a character being an Imperial turncoat, or at least, from Garlemald come to Eorzea. However, like Yssen said, there's only so many times this idea can be used before it starts to lose its novelty value. Brainwashing issues aside, I feel an ex-Imperial character sorta actively aims to hit shock value... and other roleplayers who may know other ex-Imperials by this point, may not be so shocked.
But there are a lot of other organizations in Eorzea, that are not so well known, that have lots of lore ready to be explored. Organizations rarely looked to for RP ideas. Something like that I think would really add extra spark to the character, but that's just my opinion.
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