(02-06-2015, 05:57 PM)Tiergan Wrote:(02-06-2015, 02:05 PM)Nebbs Wrote:(02-06-2015, 01:50 PM)Aya Wrote:(02-06-2015, 01:45 PM)Tiergan Wrote: I am having trouble understanding what you mean by this. Â Are you saying there is not really an IC because all of our decisions are made OOC and thus all IC actions have the same weight and responsibility as OOC actions? Â Because if so - I STRONGLY disagree and would honestly be really, really unsettled by this line of thinking. Â That is like saying all villainous characters should bear the same kind of OOC weight as if they were commiting a rel crime. Â Or that people in an IC relationship should be just as dedicated to their IC lover as their OOC lover.We have no more responsibility for our character's actions than an actor playing a character, or a writer writing a character's part.
There MUST be a separation or you are doing harm.
Yes what Aya says.Â
If you play an obnoxious character and push it to cause problems, or try to break other characters up.. then say it is not you it is the character.. no dice.
From another angle, RP is a cooperative endeavour in which we are all essentially co-authoring a shared story in real time.
This is more about intent and responsibility to be a positive part of the shared story. And that can equally be a baddie as a goody character and action.
There is an ENORMOUS wealth of difference between someone RPing with you normally and someone using RP as a vehicle to harass other people (ie. Cause problems, break people up with malicious ooc intent.)
They are very very different. Harassment vIa RP is already a form of IC/OOC mixing.
I am not sure there is a "normal" way to RP, it is quite a spectrum. Though these are just examples to pull out the fact that characters have no intent of their own, that has to come from the player.
Char:Â [Nebula Stardancer] Â FC: [East Eerie Trading Co]
Link Shells: [Hugs & Cakes] Â [Witches' Wyrd Web]
