(05-07-2015, 12:49 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: If you've got a highly-questionable background that you designed before knowing any better? That's a rough place to be. If you intentionally said "no, the lore is wrong, I can too be a space princess from Garlemald who is also the proto-White Mage" then you should be prepared to find equally-minded people to play with.This is a good example of a false dichotomy, as well as the typical narrative that the stricter members of this community (and others) attempt to use to shutdown ideas they perceive as excessively deviant. I don't think I've ever actually seen someone say "the lore is wrong and I am changing it" to justify a character's existence. If you could source a single post on this forum (or any other) where this occurs, that would be great.
What actually happens is that people identify grey areas in the lore where there exists only a bare framework and then attempt to create something unique within that framework. Some of the more mundane examples of this include playing racial minorities: Gridania Lalafell, La Noscean Elezen, Ul'dahn Elezen, Ishgardian Miqo'te, non-Hyur Domans, etc.
Naturally, the list of strict canon deviance doesn't just stop there: we have people playing Scions, people RPing with the Echo. And then of course we have organizations not shown in canon being roleplayed: Ul'dahn criminal syndicates, Limsan pirate crews, Keeper clans in the Shroud, specific military units and divisions.
And you know what all these things have in common? Someone can look at any of these things and argue that canon does not support their existence.
Criminal organizations? "How has this not been wiped out and taken over by the Alacran or Syndicate? Why have the Rogues not murdered these people? Not believable."
Miqo'te clans? "Nowhere in lore is [specific clan function] clearly stated as existing. Not believable."
National minorities? "I have not seen any or many of this race as part of this nation. Not believable."
Third-party fighting tournaments happening on Ul'dahn soil? "So you're telling me that Ul'dah is just going to let someone rip off one of its biggest moneymakers without retaliation? Not believable."
So by simply creating specific characters to roleplay in this setting, we've already established ourselves as deviating from canon. Now we're just haggling over degree.
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