(05-12-2016, 10:44 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: I know it's inherently flawed to inject real-world rationale into fantasy pretendy times, but I've always had great difficulty in letting what I consider to be "logic" slide in the face of storytelling. Someone being voidtouched is certainly a thing that can happen; We see the slow transformation of some stuff in Tamtara Hard Mode and the THM storyline deals with gradual corruption of someone. As Sounsyy stated, seeing something clearly unnatural would lead to pretty easy accusations lobbed at things that aren't normal.Yeah i did the same thing with Quint since she was unsure how people would react to her being artificial and accuse her of being a Voidsent herself. Now she isn't so concerned about it with people interacting and offering help as well as others able to say 'Wait...you mean this person with little to no Aether is a demon? HA! That's a riot!" to those accusing her of being such a thing. Yet still there are those who are judging her from the shadows.
Yugiri chose to hide her identity because she didn't want to make a huge deal about her arrival, remember. It lends that a little girl who sprouted demon/bat wings would draw a little bit of suspicion, especially in Ul'dah. The Ossuary is pretty much the Center for Demon Control in Eorzea as far as we've seen, and it isn't that far off to think there's some kind of "See something, say something" protocol in effect for the city. At the very least, it follows the logic of the world to consider it.
The problem/challenge/issue with Voidsent RP isn't that it happens; We've seen it in-game and it's certainly a known thing. The issue, I think, is when people flaunt that shit openly and in public settings. There's no means for anyone in game to stop someone playing an out-and-out succubus in a tavern, for example, despite the logic of the world dictating immediate response from adventurers/a militia/the Grand Companies. If you were going to have a child with obviously-otherworldly-features walking around as if it weren't no thang, that would be a bit much for a lot to swallow.
Again, if you wanted to run the story there's plenty of means to. Run it as is, run it without the void, do whatever you'd like with the concept, but the biggest hurdle anyone playing with a template has to jump over with the community is whether or not it's done for a purpose beyond "I wanted to RP a voidsent."
And yeah that last line you posted goes for others who said 'Can't you do the same thing without Voidsent' idea. My reason behind wanting to RP a voidsent was to dive into the lore and try to pull out something more interesting to keep at the home rather than let her roam about openly or even under veil. She would of strictly been kept in the home with plenty of safeguards to prevent her running outside (But maybe in months of RPing and possible people involved she somehow escapes and could lead to a lot of trouble with maybe...A TRIAL FOR QUINT! :O)
The more you guys add onto your opinions, the more i feel like I SHOULD attempt.
