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Sigyn Shieldbreaker · **10-19-2013, 02:05 PM**

(10-19-2013, 11:37 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote:
(10-19-2013, 09:57 AM)Isis Wrote: On the outside looking in, one can see she is the head Mistress of a Burlesque Club. Â The number of people who have written her off as "uninteresting" (without even rping with me) is truly astonishing to me. Â I am a writer, been doing that far longer than I've been roleplaying.

I think the problem you may be encountering might be related to the "burlesque club" concept, to be honest. Some RPers are going to see that, think "front for ERP," and dismiss the character and the group. That'll happen whether or not your group actually even has any ERP in it, because concept suggests it and that's enough for some.

As for being written off as uninteresting, I think everyone gets that from time to time, albeit usually not to their face. Not every character is everyone's cup of tea, and I'm sure there are several (many?) people who look at L'yhta and say, "Genki Girl wizard, likes to use exclamation marks, boooor-ing." Undoubtedly, some look at your concept, say "Burlesque club mistress, boooor-ing" and move on, too. It's unfortunate for a character to be judged that way, but that's the way of it.

Â See... I'm completely on the other side of the sadly existent popular misconception when I heard 'burlesque RP characters/company'. I said it once on the page for Ambrosia and I'll say this again with a bit of elaboration:

First off, I LOVE this concept. I've always wanted to be in a guild with a legitimate burlesque background. The problem, as Freelance said, is the perception that all it is is a front for ERP. It's kind of ridiculous. Didn't anyone watch Firefly? Anara? Yeah... She's a companion, she's an entertainer and a type of psychologist, she's awesome. In the whole series there aren't a lot of examples of her conducting the more physical side of her business (I think it really only happens once and even then it's not really so black and white).

I've gone on and on about the potential power behind such a concept and if it's played well, which I hear it is, then it's an amazing idea with a lot of possible catalysts for character development. People get squeamish about such characters just like they get squeamish about so many other topics in RP. Elitism, ERP, combat drama, meta-gaming, god-modding, etc. etc. and more likely than not people are doing all those things anyway or misconstruing what someone else is doing and making it look like they're participating in one of those things.

I mourn the fact that Ambrosia is on Gilgamesh. I want it on Balmung. I also mourn the fact that I can't bring myself to level more than one character, less, on more than one server.

But I digress.

Y'vali does sound like a multi-dimensional character which is good. I keep saying that people shouldn't have to feel obligated to play bad guys because they're needed and those people might be great at it, but it's starting to sound like, if you've got the time, it'll be a good idea.

I personally have an idea for a villain I'll likely never be able to play. I just don't have the time. Q.Q But maybe someday in the future something catastrophic will happen and my one character will take a trip down the dark road to true and unshakable evil. Maybe...

Balance

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