First I would like to thank everyone for their posts. Truly, it means a lot that the community has come together and offered help on the subject. It all certainly has given me some food for thought. The consensus I seem to be getting is:
A) Don't be so obviously evil that your mustache twirls itself
B) Don't throw it around that your character is on the darker side of things
C) Be careful who you rp that aspect of your character with.Â
There were a lot of other good points but these three seem to be the most agreed upon.Â
That being said, If I can't twirl my mustache, talk about my evil deeds, or rp with any passer by ...how do I make rp connections?
Maybe narrowing down the scope of the conversation will help at least my particular problem. My character is a villain but only to a select group. I rp a heretic hunter however NO ONE wants their character caught. I'm allowed to hunt them, harass them, but never actually catch them. On one hand I understand. Its basically a death sentence for a lot of characters. I don't want to put someone in the position where they have to kill their character for the story to make sense. On the other hand that makes me the worst heretic hunter ever lol.Â
It's especially a problem because most seem to think my character will change his mind once they spill their tragic background. No, I'm sorry. My dude is hard core, hail Halone, Ishgard. He will not show mercy. If he catches you he will not let you go just because you claim to be innocent.Â
So how can I work around that? Is there a LS specifically for making these kind of connections? So far Ishgard RP has been awesome but after reading this I'm kinda terrified to announce my character hunts heretics. I don't want to be branded a pariah by the community. I'm fine with being quiet. But I don't know how to do that AND make connections. Maybe post something in the RPC?
Okay I manned up and put something in the connections bit of the RPC. *takes deep breath and forces self out of corner*
A) Don't be so obviously evil that your mustache twirls itself
B) Don't throw it around that your character is on the darker side of things
C) Be careful who you rp that aspect of your character with.Â
There were a lot of other good points but these three seem to be the most agreed upon.Â
That being said, If I can't twirl my mustache, talk about my evil deeds, or rp with any passer by ...how do I make rp connections?
Maybe narrowing down the scope of the conversation will help at least my particular problem. My character is a villain but only to a select group. I rp a heretic hunter however NO ONE wants their character caught. I'm allowed to hunt them, harass them, but never actually catch them. On one hand I understand. Its basically a death sentence for a lot of characters. I don't want to put someone in the position where they have to kill their character for the story to make sense. On the other hand that makes me the worst heretic hunter ever lol.Â
It's especially a problem because most seem to think my character will change his mind once they spill their tragic background. No, I'm sorry. My dude is hard core, hail Halone, Ishgard. He will not show mercy. If he catches you he will not let you go just because you claim to be innocent.Â
So how can I work around that? Is there a LS specifically for making these kind of connections? So far Ishgard RP has been awesome but after reading this I'm kinda terrified to announce my character hunts heretics. I don't want to be branded a pariah by the community. I'm fine with being quiet. But I don't know how to do that AND make connections. Maybe post something in the RPC?
Okay I manned up and put something in the connections bit of the RPC. *takes deep breath and forces self out of corner*
