(04-13-2017, 02:13 PM)Kilieit Wrote: I think my main issue is how difficult the disregard makes it to suspend disbelief. Like with a mind control spell working a certain way it's easy to say to yourself "well I guess it could work that way", since there's no IRL equivalents to compare to. But when an IRL equivalent exists, and is ignored or contradicted, there's that "huh? What? I thought you said this was [thing]? This isn't working like [thing] works at all?" that certainly takes me a hot minute to work past, if I'm invested enough to work past it at all.
This is a highly subjective response. My suspension of disbelief is pretty flexible; if things don't work the way they're supposed to IRL, I remember I'm not IRL, and that my goal in RP isn't necessarily to simulate IRL. I suspect this is true for many other RPers, and that even those who value verisimilitude still have some level at which they are willing to overlook the unreal or the unrealistic for the sake of getting on with things or because the other player has a writing style interesting enough that they don't mind.
Quote:I don't think researching what it's like to, for example, have a broken leg before you RP your character having a broken leg would be described as "for the sake of didacticism" - so I don't know why applying the same diligence to mental illness or brain injury would be, either.
Because (so the argument goes, as this is not mine), having a broken leg isn't part of a culture which stigmatizes (or, depending on circumstance, romanticizes) that particular ailment due to fictional portrayals thereof. I use mental illness specifically because of the frequency with which I've seen the cry of "do your research and portray this as realistically as possible" applied to mental illness as part of a kind of grassroots push to remove that stigma them through realistic but nevertheless sympathetic portrayals.
It's all well and good if your complaint is "I need it to be realistic in order for me to enjoy the portrayal." Some people like pineapple on their pizza after all. However, that complaint is often extended beyond the realm of subjective taste by adding that a lack of realism is somehow immoral.
Quote:The respect is a separate issue, and broader. Like I say, I think the issue originates in general pop culture and is only expressed through people's choices for their RP storylines. I do think it's important to remember that you don't know anything about the other people behind the screen. As a general litmus, I think if you'd be embarrassed to run your storyline in front of a real person with amnesia, maybe you should go back and refine it before you run it.
In such a circumstance, I'd be more embarrassed to be dressed as a six foot tall blue-grey elf.
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