Chopping onions during RP

[Martiallais]

I've definitely had some RP that left me drained moreso though I've been near onion mode a few times just in my FF rp. Counting other MMOs/RPs? Most definitely.

[ɴᴘᴄ]

Hasn't happened for me, but that doesn't mean it couldn't. Not sure what the circumstances would have to be to make it happen, but probably something highly cathartic.

[Larson]

Hasn't happened for me, but that doesn't mean it couldn't. Not sure what the circumstances would have to be to make it happen, but probably something highly cathartic.

Like this?

 

[Aaron]

Nope. Not even close.

 

Then again, I don't even cry over deaths in my irl family. I just accept it and move on.

 

Maybe there's something wrong with me.

 

MAYBE I WASNT HELD AS A CHILD.

[Rufus Wightman]

I can't think of any time that's I've broken down and started to sob grossly, if I'm honest. There's RP that's made me pretty sad, though. It wouldn't be fun if there wasn't a whole array of feels to feel!

 

On the other hand, there are times where I've become legitimately frustrated when I feel like my character is going nowhere, and it gets to me quite a lot. After all, it's not a lot of fun seeing other characters flourish, while you're left behind, is it?

[Larson]

These scenes in Crash

 

 

It's hard to create emotional scenes like this because you don't have the ambiance of music.

[Roen]

Oh yes.

 

Yes, I have.

 

From a vague blurriness to my eyes to "crap I need more tissue" onion mode.

 

It's ten times worse if I actually have sad music going to fit the mood of the scene.

[Swashbuckler]

I've never cried over something that's happened in role-play but I have been left emotionally drained after some very intense scenes, especially those involving the sudden death of a character or an unexpected betrayal. I actually really like tragedy in my role-play though. Not all the time, of course, but it's not something I shy away from.

This has happened to me more times than I can care to admit.

 

But all in all, they were great scenes and I'd do them again.

[Edda]

No, surprisingly enough. I cry at the drop of a hat too when it comes to... most anything. Perhaps it is because I have not RP'd anything particularly sad, or particularly cathartic with Edda yet... just disturbing and sobering stuff. I walk away from RP feeling drained more than anything else, like butter spread over too much bread. Especially recently, I'll finish a session and feel like I never want to RP again. But I always come back. Like a bad drug.

[Branson Thorne]

Granted I have never done any RP that I think anyone would even consider cry worthy, but no. No I have not.

 

And I also highly doubt I ever would. Even when immersing myself into the world through RP, it's still just a game and my mind registers it as such.

 

I view movies the same way, as well.

[Swygynwyzn]

I can think of a few times where my character has to go through a lot or is meeting someone again he lost and I cried. *hugs characters* Love em though makes it interesting.

[Mae]

I don't recall ever bawling my eyes out, but I have teared up before. Being someone who typically only cries/tears up because I'm so frustrated I can't express myself otherwise, if someone manages to trigger sad or happy tears from me during the course of RP it's a sign of their good writing and storytelling as far as I'm concerned.

 

The only time I've done more than just tear up a bit was a writing a friend did for the both of us as a sort of exit/farewell to the RP community in a game we had lost interest in. We had agreed upon some key points, he went away to write, and the ending just... yeah.

[C'kayah Polaali]

Oh yes, I have. Especially with C'kayah. Man. That guy attracted tears like no one's business.

 

Setoh? Not so much. I imagine it's only a matter of time, though. I *have* gotten upset with a few RP partners OOCly, but that's an entirely different thing.

[Michaux]

I'm sure I have at some point, but I don't remember any specific instances. Certainly not in this game, and probably never in MMO RP. I would like to be involved in RP that makes me that emotional, but so far it hasn't happened (in my memory). I have gotten pretty shaky over intense/nerve-wracking scenes before, though. 

 

I did cry during the MSQ after the attack on Scions HQ. I was running around frantically looking for Tataru with tears rolling down my face.

[Zhavi]

Nah, I don't cry during rp. The process of writing and developing plot and characters is cathartic for me, though.

[Faye]

I cry in RP. I cry a lot in RP. Like, embarrassing a lot. I cry at video games and movies and books and

 

I NEVER CRY, I'M TOUGH AND MEAN AND SCARY.

[Sig]

I've shed a few manly tears of joy from particularly cute and touching scenes before, but I have never cried out of sorrow in response to a scene.

 

Several scenes I have RP'ed, however, have left me extremely emotionally drained or stressed, but those scenes were absolutely amazing for that very reason, .

[Val]

I cry in RP. I cry a lot in RP. Like, embarrassing a lot. I cry at video games and movies and books and

 

I NEVER CRY, I'M TOUGH AND MEAN AND SCARY.

 

lol I made u cry u wimp

[Kage]

I cry in RP. I cry a lot in RP. Like, embarrassing a lot. I cry at video games and movies and books and

 

I NEVER CRY, I'M TOUGH AND MEAN AND SCARY.

*highfives*

 

Is crying the act of tearing up and making sounds or just tearing up? I just tear up so much and then sometimes my eyes get super dry and sensitive with how much they leak..

[Faye]

Usually I just get a little sniffly and my eyes water, but a couple times it's been outright TEARS RAINING DOWN.

[PSDuckie]

Considering Tyll'a is a culinarian, I'm sure he's chopped onions before.

 

Seriously, though, I've come close to crying when one of my characters in WoW RP got killed off.  Nothing close to that yet in FFXIV, though.

[Jana]

I don't think I've ever cried during RP. Even during a sad scene, I usually just feel emotionally drained but never weepy or anything.

[111]

The issue with me has been sometimes that I RP a sad scene. Something tragic or final, the end of something beautiful. I get so sad, that OOCly I don't want it to end.

 

I often have to resist the urge to go back and figure out a way to make it work (especially IC relationships), because it's me who's missing it, not my character.

 

It's really hard sometimes to resist messaging the other person afterwards and being like "So how can we make this work T_T"

[Capheira]

I've definitely gotten teary in RP before, both for the tragic and the sweet.

Especially when linked mood music. Gets me every time.

[Riik]

For some reason, I keep reading this as "chomping onions". Makes me picture someone sat a a computer with an onion in one hand as they take a huge bite out of it, whilst typing with the other hand

 

I have cried during RP though, usually over silly little things. Riku is a bit of a crybaby sometimes, and so am I (I'll admit to having cried over being ICly picked on ).