(07-21-2015, 08:55 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: Because, as Fernehalwes said at the London Fan Fest, Fantasia can only turn you into what you (the drinker) actually really feel that you truly are and truly want to be. So, it can't be used as a weapon, to facilitate crime, to escape danger, and so on; it simply doesn't work that way. It just lets you transform yourself into the thing you want to be deep in your heart.
It hasn't been used that way, though. Fantasia potions I've seen (from outside, in passing and such rather than actual interactions) used in RP were usually boiled down to little more than "Oops, I accidentally drank this and I'm a Lalafell." It's nothing about the person being a Lalafell deep down - and they can change back just as easily - which kinda conflicts with Ferne's explanation.
That said (and I think I've mentioned it before, either in this thread or elsewhere), I have nothing against the use of Fantasia in an IC sense. As long as it fits the story and character being presented to me. If the event is supposed to be lighthearted and goofy and not altogether serious, a "whoops we're all Miqo'te" arc could be in good fun. It's just when Fantasia is being used solely as a cop-out that I would have issue - no reason for being the race in a permanent sense beyond "I drank a Fantasia." Even just putting in a bit about feeling out of place and some strange merchant gave you a vial that brought out "your true self" would help some.
Of course, there's plenty of other options too - being cursed by Sylphs or some witch or something. The aforementioned glamours and Fantasia just being an OOC way to facilitate all that. However, again, how well I'll take it when it's presented to me is wholly dependent on said presentation. And I continually mention "presented to me" because it really only will matter if it's something I'm dealing with, right? No real need for concern about what Gordon the Hyur-turned-Roe's deal is if I never interact with him.
Or something. I could just be rambling. I do that sometimes.
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