(09-11-2015, 05:35 PM)Sig Wrote: This thread is starting to go off the rails. Â I'll try to drag it back on course with a controversial statement:Â
Call me a meta-gamer if you desire, but I really try to make sure that both myself and people I RP with find the roleplay enjoyable. Â As a result, I've intentionally not pursued scenes or taken IC actions that my character could have taken. Â I believe deriving enjoyment from RP trumps 100% character consistency, and I tend to have my character take plausible IC actions that will suit the tastes/expectations of my RP partners.Â
There have been a few occasions, however, where I have performed the actions that I believed would be ICly plausible and OOCly enjoyable, but inadvertently offended others OOCly [[wow, that is hard to describe in a compound sentence]]. Â After such occasions, I've felt pretty bad, especially because I prioritize OOC enjoyment of RP. Â Thankfully, this has been pretty rare, because I've been lucky enough to RP with people who appreciate a wide range of scenes.
To be honest? I'll do this too. Sure, I'm not going to compromise my character and who they are by doing something that doesn't make sense for them. But there have been times where I've deliberately taken- or not taken- the RP in a particular direction for the sake of my RP partners. In these situations, she'll do something that she would, in fact, do, but I gave her the nudge that way on purpose.
It's not something I do often, but it has its moments.
