OOC - Bored with the Boinking

[watchmakersylar]

I don’t know what happened with Twitter RP, but it’s turned into the 24/7 Hump-o-Rama. I am so sick of watching characters bumping uglies. What happened to telling stories? I am not anti-smut. I enjoy RPing it on Twitter and on LJ, but it is not the reason I RP.

I RP to explore my characters and their environment. I want them to meet new people and encounter new challenges. Filling my timeline with constant fucking does neither of those things.

I suppose in a lot of ways that I’m very old fashioned. My characters do not fuck around. They have relationships. They do not cheat on their significant others. If there is a spark of chemistry with a new character, I will make a new version of my character to explore that. I don’t engage in multiple partners and verses on Twitter. It’s too hard for my readers to keep track of who I’m involved with. Breaking them apart makes it easier for them and for me.

On LJ that’s not as hard because the comms and groups are clearly delineated. In Group 2 Sylar is with Peter. In Group 1 Sylar is with Gabriel. In Group 3 Gabriel is with Elle. It works for me.

I think there’s also a part of that identifies with Sylar’s need to be special. How special is it to watch Character A who is supposed to be in love with Character B fucking every other version of Character B they encounter on Twitter? I just don’t like it.

But that’s my own personal deal. I don’t expect anyone else to jump on my bandwagon with me.

Comments

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I know where you're coming from. Not from quite the same viewpoint, but still, the same result.

Hiro's not a popular fuck character which means a lot of people get bored with him because they don't want him as a potential bedmate. So, they drop any kind of RP because they don't want to bump uglies. It's frustrating because just as we finally get involved in something interesting they step off the train because it's not getting their character sleeping with someone.

Sex is not why I RP. I like trying out different universes and different viewpoints. I guess I'm just a boring person.

[sylar.livejournal.com]

Yeah I don't get people at all. The people who would come onto my CHARACTER on twitter really worried me. Apparently being pretty makes up for being a sociopath. I don't get it.

And I'm so glad we're RPing together on Redux. You're more than welcome to join any of my other games too. We've never had a good Hiro. I know you were on Shades when it was new, but the old group - who were hump bunnies - is all gone now.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've noticed that with a lot of people. They all just think Zack is a good-looking guy, so, no matter what Sylar does, they still love him. It's really wierd. But then I guess I'm considered the weirdo cause I can separate the actor from the character. I think Zack is a great actor, but I hated Sylar and I didn't have any problem with his playing Spock in ST (especially with the eerie resemblance between him and Nimoy).

Always glad to play with people who want to actually do something with an RP. I've written most of my life and played various RPGs since my teens (let's talk 1976). The story/interaction/characters have always been the more important things to me.

So, which other games are you running?

[sylar.livejournal.com]

You've been RPing longer than I have! That doesn't happen often. I started with AD&D. LOL

I made Zach's resemblance to Leonard a point in my Fringe Xover the other day too.

rp_shadesofgray is the primary one. masquerademix started out as an attempt at a Vampire the Masquerade based game, but now it's pretty much fangy crack verses full of Heroes characters putting the bite on each other.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

So did I. Sat around in a friend's basement playing, but not on the board. I haven't ever played on those dumb maps.

Oh, is Zach being Bell's son or something?

I dropped Hiro out of a bunch of RPs, so I think I'll hold off on adding him to any for a bit. Right now things are a bit in the air with the holidays.