Whilst it isn't a secret that lalafell characters have struggles, I would just like to say that persistence can pay off. My main character Nailah for example, doesn't like most lalafell - this is based on several unfortunate events which have unfolded in the time I've been rping her. She has met many lalafells that were annoying, acting like kids or have had a racial bias towards her as a highlander. It doesn't mean that I don't RP with lalafells, but it does mean that in for example a social environment, Nailah isn't going to be the one who walks up to a lalafell and initiates conversation. She even has a few lalafell among her contacts, which are the ones that proved her views wrong by persistently interacting with her in ways that weren't what she'd expected.Â
I think it's completely alright to play characters that have an IC (<----!) racial bias, and I also think it's alright to have such a bias be aimed at lalafells. Even though they have been and are pillars of blooming societies.. That's exactly also it. A character can hate people because of their success. Especially if they always get it easy because of some innate talent to handle gil or whichever, which means everyone else has to work twice as hard to be that good.
In general I think lalafell characters can be played very well, I especially like to see them played as not comic-relief characters but as serious characters. Doesn't mean they have to be serious all the time, mind. You may face some adversity from some people, but keep on trying, don't get completely demotivated by five people blanking you. There might be more to it than just an ooc dislike, and if there isn't then perhaps those people aren't the ones you want to be rping with anyways?
I think it's completely alright to play characters that have an IC (<----!) racial bias, and I also think it's alright to have such a bias be aimed at lalafells. Even though they have been and are pillars of blooming societies.. That's exactly also it. A character can hate people because of their success. Especially if they always get it easy because of some innate talent to handle gil or whichever, which means everyone else has to work twice as hard to be that good.
In general I think lalafell characters can be played very well, I especially like to see them played as not comic-relief characters but as serious characters. Doesn't mean they have to be serious all the time, mind. You may face some adversity from some people, but keep on trying, don't get completely demotivated by five people blanking you. There might be more to it than just an ooc dislike, and if there isn't then perhaps those people aren't the ones you want to be rping with anyways?
