(01-29-2015, 04:52 AM)Kinono Wrote:(01-29-2015, 03:45 AM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: I just wish more people outright admitted that they had no interest in sticking to the lore instead of pulling out the card of 'I can do what I want, FREEDOM AND LIBERTY' that is becoming alarming common in debates such as this.
This whole post is actually kinda my view on it. Yeah "do what you want and eff the haters" sounds really great and empowering, but... Unless you are keeping your RP within a really tight circle, everything has a ripple effect. You have to take SOME responsibility for your character and their actions and their repercussions and what you do or suggest within the provided setting. What you do and how you act is going to have an effect on other characters, and whatever characters they interact with. I know what I'm capable of believing but Kino is sort of a blank slate in a lot of different areas of knowledge.Â
The biggest frustrations for me, is trying to wrap my head around in-characterly handling completely conflicting information. I'm not that type of person that likes to disregard people, characters or encounters at all, even if they go entirely against what I know to be true. One person Kino trusts is changing their form all the time because "fantasia flows like water thanks to the alchemist's guild," while another character Kino trusts staunchly tells her that such a thing is beyond our current ken. Okay. One friend gets pregnant through [MAGIC MEANS] while modern biology (and I assume the common opinion of characters in-game) tells us this isn't possible. How does Kino, or any other character, react to the fact that there is conflicting information on THINGS THAT WOULD BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE.Â
Imagine, if you will, a real-life scenario where your best friend or significant other suddenly came forth and told you they just didn't believe in cats. Like, flat-out didn't believe they existed. You'd probably say "look at these videos" or "but I own a cat" or "but we own a cat." But they just shook their head and emphasized that cats don't exist. You'd think they were crazy. And I would hate, hate, hate having to treat every other godsdamned person I meet like they're a lunatic because they choose to "eff the haters" rather than read some dialouge.
Okay, sorry about that. Rant over. I swear I'm like, the least lore-nazi person ever, but sometimes I hate having to compile this stuff.
I honestly don't have this problem. My FC is awesome and filled with like-minded people who all think the lore is an important, fantastic resource that you shouldn't just toss out the window so someone can have a magical, time-warp pregnancy where the child ages up to adulthood in a matter of days so their best friend can play as said child and RP out a romance with another person. I also politely step out of RP that veers into that territory and work to avoid it. I have had to have Tiergan think someone was insane just once, and I just never RPed with that person again afterwards.
While Rpers are always going to be the minority on Balmung, the RP community is big enough where I personally feel that if you don't want to deal with people that RP in a bizaare way -- you really don't have to. If someone gets butthurt over you deciding not to RP with them, they are just going to have to accept that not everyone RPs the same way and that if they aren't going to RP in a way that is compliant with the lore, a lot of people are just not going to feel good about roleplaying with them.
