(06-06-2015, 04:09 PM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote: Also in a game with dapper zombies, flying lettuce fairies, snow elves that can turn into dragons and various bizarre elemental personifications hellbent on the destruction of life as we know it, a potion that can change one's race is really low-tier on the weirdness factor.
Which is also why I specifically asked from the viewpoint of a common man, since that is where I and most of the social circle I RP with are around. Weird things may happen, but it usually only happens once and to not many people in the whole universe, yet ends up having consequences for many - my discomfort with the fantasia roots in that if I allowed myself to do that, I just imposed onto the universe that changing your entire looks into another race or gender, which then would affect how the world works in general. That is something I am not comfortable with because I do not consider Eorzea to be my universe, I regard it as belonging to the loredevs who sit and write all of the amazing storylines. I do also consider it to be up there on the weirdness factor, but I think that's more because it leads me to imagine how a whole society of shapeshifters would even work.
Again, there's no stopping someone who really wants to do it, which isn't the point here either.. Â I heavily doubt anyone (sane) would like to attempt to police RP - but it gives me something I can refer to when people question my views, which (hopefully) will not result in everything spontaneously self-combusting during the course of the conversation.Â
I'm also not saying there's anything wrong with different views, I just wanted to illustrate why it is I and potentially others get uncomfy around stuff like that.
