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I have been RPing for a long time, a very long time. I started RPing with paper and dice before the WEB with REAL people. I was RPing before bulletin boards, PBEM, MMOs and LARPing. I've been writing stories for my characters - all original in Real RP btw - for longer than some of my friends have been able to read. Probably before some of them were born.
The reason I RP is I like getting under the skin of a character, exploring their strengths, weaknesses and everything else that makes them a person. It’s never been about their powers or skills for me. I will often RP a character that I’m going to use in one of my novels, or I will end up writing a novel using an RP character as the star.
On line RP is different. It’s easier to play make believe using characters other people have created. It’s just like being a kid and running around the neighborhood playing Star Trek, which I did when I was a kid. Boy did I play a lot of Star Trek. Getting together with a group of other kids to make believe was LARP (Live Action Role Play) at it’s birth.
RPing a canon character from a TV show or book still allows you to explore the character. That’s why I always go for the more fucked up characters to RP – Sylar, Malcolm Reynolds, Faith, Sawyer, Wesley Whyndam-Price and Krycek. Yeah I like to play with the broken people. I like to play the villains too, because being evil is fun. Also to tell a good cooperative story, someone has to be the bad guy. It’s not all puppies and unicorns in life and since RP is life taken 3 steps further into an alternate reality full of soap opera drama, you need a villain or 6.
I freely admit to being an RP snob, and one thing that pisses me off is being told how, when, why or who my character should be interacting with. In the past couple of months I’ve been asked to stop playing a character I like because it was upsetting another player. Not because I was RPing the character badly, but because I was infringing on another player’s ‘Verse. So I dropped the character. It was no big deal. He wasn’t a primary pup for me anyway.
But then I started having it dictated to me who Sylar could RP with. He was not to snark, punk or be rude to Parkman, Nathan Petrelli or any of the numerous Smurflars, Smutlars and just flat out SUCK ASS Sylars. I was told it was being mean, and I’d be hurting the player’s feelings.
Excuse me, but I’m RPing Sylar. HE IS A VILLAIN. HE HURTS PEOPLE. HE IS A SNARKY BASTARD. That’s playing him right. That’s RPing Sylar. I will not be forced into RPing him like the people he mocks.
I’ve been told I RP him too mean, too evil, too snarky…. Good. That means I’m doing it right. You’re not supposed to like him.
Sure in some ‘Verses he’s mellowing and heading towards redemption like he is on the show. You don’t RP a character for years without there being growth and development. That’s natural for a character just like it is for a human being. But primarily unless I’m involved in a long-standing RP, you’re going to get asshole Sylar.
I’ve also been told I RP Peter too smart. Once again that pissed me off, because I happen to like how I RP Peter. He’s not Sylar smart, because his heart comes first, but he’s not stupid. He’s a Petrelli. He had to survive being Nathan’s little brother in a house full of wolves.
No, Peter is not stupid. He is sweet, and he will die for a stranger. Which Sylar thinks is stupid, by the way, but it’s in character for Peter. Trust me; it is a bitch for me to RP the good guy.
What this boils down to with me is – don’t nag at me, don’t bitch at me, don’t try to force me into a little box with glitter and bows on it. I will claw my way out. My characters and I will not spend twelve years behind a wall of pretty wrapping paper because you like hearts and flowers. They’d much rather spend those twelve years wrapped in barbed wire being dangled over a tank full of sharks who are in a feeding frenzy from the blood that’s slowly dripping into the water.
When I was a kid I played Star Trek.
I did not have tea parties.
I’d rather watch a movie with explosions, death and blood, than a chick flick.
The reason I RP is I like getting under the skin of a character, exploring their strengths, weaknesses and everything else that makes them a person. It’s never been about their powers or skills for me. I will often RP a character that I’m going to use in one of my novels, or I will end up writing a novel using an RP character as the star.
On line RP is different. It’s easier to play make believe using characters other people have created. It’s just like being a kid and running around the neighborhood playing Star Trek, which I did when I was a kid. Boy did I play a lot of Star Trek. Getting together with a group of other kids to make believe was LARP (Live Action Role Play) at it’s birth.
RPing a canon character from a TV show or book still allows you to explore the character. That’s why I always go for the more fucked up characters to RP – Sylar, Malcolm Reynolds, Faith, Sawyer, Wesley Whyndam-Price and Krycek. Yeah I like to play with the broken people. I like to play the villains too, because being evil is fun. Also to tell a good cooperative story, someone has to be the bad guy. It’s not all puppies and unicorns in life and since RP is life taken 3 steps further into an alternate reality full of soap opera drama, you need a villain or 6.
I freely admit to being an RP snob, and one thing that pisses me off is being told how, when, why or who my character should be interacting with. In the past couple of months I’ve been asked to stop playing a character I like because it was upsetting another player. Not because I was RPing the character badly, but because I was infringing on another player’s ‘Verse. So I dropped the character. It was no big deal. He wasn’t a primary pup for me anyway.
But then I started having it dictated to me who Sylar could RP with. He was not to snark, punk or be rude to Parkman, Nathan Petrelli or any of the numerous Smurflars, Smutlars and just flat out SUCK ASS Sylars. I was told it was being mean, and I’d be hurting the player’s feelings.
Excuse me, but I’m RPing Sylar. HE IS A VILLAIN. HE HURTS PEOPLE. HE IS A SNARKY BASTARD. That’s playing him right. That’s RPing Sylar. I will not be forced into RPing him like the people he mocks.
I’ve been told I RP him too mean, too evil, too snarky…. Good. That means I’m doing it right. You’re not supposed to like him.
Sure in some ‘Verses he’s mellowing and heading towards redemption like he is on the show. You don’t RP a character for years without there being growth and development. That’s natural for a character just like it is for a human being. But primarily unless I’m involved in a long-standing RP, you’re going to get asshole Sylar.
I’ve also been told I RP Peter too smart. Once again that pissed me off, because I happen to like how I RP Peter. He’s not Sylar smart, because his heart comes first, but he’s not stupid. He’s a Petrelli. He had to survive being Nathan’s little brother in a house full of wolves.
No, Peter is not stupid. He is sweet, and he will die for a stranger. Which Sylar thinks is stupid, by the way, but it’s in character for Peter. Trust me; it is a bitch for me to RP the good guy.
What this boils down to with me is – don’t nag at me, don’t bitch at me, don’t try to force me into a little box with glitter and bows on it. I will claw my way out. My characters and I will not spend twelve years behind a wall of pretty wrapping paper because you like hearts and flowers. They’d much rather spend those twelve years wrapped in barbed wire being dangled over a tank full of sharks who are in a feeding frenzy from the blood that’s slowly dripping into the water.
When I was a kid I played Star Trek.
I did not have tea parties.
I’d rather watch a movie with explosions, death and blood, than a chick flick.
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Date: 2010-02-07 05:26 pm (UTC)From:I laughed so hard when I saw that.
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Date: 2010-02-07 06:34 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 06:45 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 07:44 pm (UTC)From:I'm quite an RP snob as well, I simply can't put up with people who are awful (And dude, there are a lot of those about).
I suffer a difference curse though I believe, I can only play good guys. I have friends, really some of the best writers out there who RP angels and demons and vampires and even Lucifer himself and sometimes I can't even read those because I know they are so epic and gory that my friends put 'Not Ally-safe' warnings on them because if I read, I will have nightmares. *is a soft touch*
In our verse, perhaps he has mellowed a little bit around Heidi but come on, she's a calming influence. She doesn't really want him to change, she just wants him.
For a long time, I used to play Matt, and if you look at his stuff you would say that I probably play him too smart as well. That is because I believe him to be a lot smarter than the show lets him be.
Heidi still says her favourite movie is Die Hard.
...Did I have a point? No, not really, just basically you are awesome :D
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Date: 2010-02-07 09:38 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 09:12 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 09:35 pm (UTC)From:Sadly by you interrupting last night, I noticed that Nathan stopped talking at all. That person may have wanted to RP with me, but thanks to your jumping in we didn't play.
I RP with a select few people a lot. Sometimes I like to meet new people. But with you blocking my attempts twice, I have every right to be pissed about it. I don't jump in and stop you from talking to people - because unlike you - I am not in every single conversation all at once.
You act like Sylar owed Claire the details of his talks with Grayinside as well. Sorry but no. My Sylar doesn't know about your friendship with him, and even if he did, he wouldn't share those things.
Claire needs a new hobby besides knowing all that I say or do.
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Date: 2010-02-07 09:55 pm (UTC)From:Second, I'm sorry, and if you want, I can talk to the player. I'm not saying you don't have a right to be pissed, you do. I'm not trying to dictate who you talk to or RP with. If I honestly wanted to do that, there are less obvious ways to do it. And I wouldn't do it unless I really and truly hated the person.
I might have had Claire ask him a couple questions, but I never meant to give the impression that Sylar owed her anything. I don't recall pushing once you said you weren't going to say anything.
I'll have her back off, it's no problem. But if you have a problem with me, or with her, or something we do, bring it to my attention. More likely than not I'll stop.
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Date: 2010-02-07 09:59 pm (UTC)From:(frozen) no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 10:01 pm (UTC)From:(frozen) no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 10:04 pm (UTC)From:I think we're done with this discussion.
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Date: 2010-02-07 10:06 pm (UTC)From:There's one more thing I'd like to ask you, but I'd prefer to do it over IM if that's possible.
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Date: 2010-02-07 10:07 pm (UTC)From:I have to go now.
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Date: 2010-02-07 10:11 pm (UTC)From:(frozen) no subject
Date: 2010-02-07 10:44 pm (UTC)From:I have talked to Mel. I have no interest in how old you really are....
This conversation is over. You might want to reread the part about not nagging me. Then you might want to look up what nagging means.