(08-01-2015, 04:50 PM)Blue Wrote: I'm not sure how to take the "I'm not racist IRL so I don't feel okay to RP racism." comment... Is that an implication that those who RP a xenophobic character ARE xenophobic IRL? Because that that point it gets offensive.
Me, I see RP as an acting hobby. I love acting, I wish I could be an actor (actress, not so much, and I'm a female IRL, so that's a problem), and for such I always try to RP characters as different from my RL self, to give myself challenges. I RP characters of different gender than my own, different tastes, and different opinions. My main character is xenophobic, for one. Another is gay. Another is a moronic asshole. Another is a wealthy rich. All things I am not IRL.
If we get to the point of thinking that people who RP a certain character must be like that IRL too, then that is where the issues begin. I doubt actors who play the role of murderers are psychopaths in real life who wish they could kill someone, or am I wrong?
I said I don't know how to do it. It's okay to quote the thing you're talking about if you want a discussion, you know.
Edit: It's more in the "For my free time, today I will remove 20-80% of the RP community from my radar and enjoy doing it!" that I can't understand.
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