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you are the cancer killing dwrp

I DO believe they don't fit mostly because, like I mentioned in another comment above, it's two different levels of investment.

With a canon character, even if it's a minor character and even if the player is a bit soulbondy, it's still a character they did not personally create. There's some distance between them and the character. With an OC, they are a character of the player's own creation, and while that doesn't always inherently mean something bad, I prefer not to play fandom characters against them. OC against OC is fine and I do play some OC only games, but when everyone is playing a character they created it's less of an issue. It feels kind of awkward when I'm trying to interpret and play a fandom character ICly and they're playing a totally original character.

what? deets

Someone doesn't pay attention, do they? That'd be you.

I know we got a list a while ago of the named accounts that were on the WG ban list because of them logging in and being idiots or just starting shit during posts. It's a short list, but there is one.

And no, mecha_sosa can't post another of her lists because it goes against the new rules. Which you'd know if you bothered to pay attention. See me after class.

they're a favorite target of jess's delusional rants

http://wankgate.dreamwidth.org/38822.html?thread=152403366#cmt152403366
http://wankgate.dreamwidth.org/41207.html?thread=163268087#cmt163268087

Except they're mostly not and get deleted after they're proved to be baseless or going against the rules.

You're just sounding sad now.

I'm rubber you're glue!!!!!!

lol someone said the exact same thing as me in the first thread.

I replied to this thread because (although I knew some people can't write anything but insults), I think it's an interesting topic.

What I do criticize now are comments such as 'It's copypaste duh'. Not all of us have been here for centuries. Why try to stop people from commenting?

If DWRPers want to attract new blood here, the way to do is not to say "Hey, you're not allowed to discuss this matter anymore!" I do know a lot of it is trolling which is why I just ignore those comments and say what I want.

I don't even know what that means.

ALL OF IT IS TROLLING

EVERY LAST LETTER

I like to think of myself more like a benign tumor.

have you been here for a while? I can name all the lesbian ships I've seen played in games on one hand

it literally mentions wankgate you retard

maybe the real benign tumor was the friends we made along the way

i think ayrt was speaking satirically from the pov of the tumblr poster

i think you're assuming an awful lot about the distance between a player and a character, even one they didn't create. it's totally possible to get just as overinvested in either one.

One word: Tora.

I'm having trouble deciding how to proceed with an OC of mine in terms of apping him somewhere and I'd like some advice.

The OC in question is trans. This is something that would be obvious to anyone reading his app but it's unlikely to come up ICly unless someone knows him well. He's passing, pretty private about his past, and comes from a setting (far future sci-fi) where the transitioning process is quite refined and about as smooth as any major medical procedure could be. Being trans is a big part of who he is and it's a lot of impact on his life but it's also mostly part of his background rather than something that still has a regular impact on his daily life.

In essence, I'm trying to figure out if it's acceptable to play a character that happens to be trans without making it an ongoing focus of his character, or if that would just come across as including uncommon character traits for brownie points.

i think it's a much better idea to do it this way than making it a big focus of his character. the only thing that gives me pause is the futuristic medicine aspect. does he not have any of the issues that current-time trans people have? what does and doesn't he have to deal with that a trans man in 2016 has to? i'd want a lot more answers to these questions, because if he really doesn't have any of the problems i'm talking about then yeah, it really does come across as just for brownie points.

As someone who has oc's, if I was in a game and an HMD came around that someone wanted to crit me on, I'd be happy to try to make changes. I see crits as a chance to write more enjoyably in a setting with other people. I'm not here to self-insert or play a specifically attractive character, I'm here because the combo of character attitude, background, and how I think they'll fit in with the setting of a game is particularly intriguing... and as said above, there's nothing for others to go on to make that intrigue mutual save for good writing and compelling hooks.

The rules are less straight-forward because there isn't canon material to compare against, but going up against characters that were vetted by publishers of all types forces me to up my own game, and because you all have a pretty keen eye for various tropes and traits that make up a solidly enjoyable character, getting crit out of that can be super useful.

tl;dr: there's a venue for crit, but it's kind of obfuscated and doesn't fit 100% with canon characters. Still useful for some of us, though.

You're at least proving my point: although I knew some people can't write anything but insults

I wrote the second comment to this thread, wondering if OP meant to post to wankgate.

I also wrote the comment saying that not all of us have been here for centuries.

Not much to be baffled about! There's the same range of self-insert precious bab types to those who are here to have fun writing and maybe refine the characters we're playing with as we go.

I came to dwrp because I liked the format and I liked the quantity of other players... and I liked that for the most part the investment levels are lower than on IJ or on some forums. I wouldn't mind an OC-only game, but the setting would have to be more compelling than magical small-town USA or college island getaway to join, which was last where IJ was at. Forums tended to have a lower age demographic and the quality was lower.

I'm cool with others avoiding me for playing an oc, though if they've got a beef with me it'd be nice if they were willing to crit for it. I'm grateful for the folks who took the plunge to tag in. Been having enough fun here despite the quantity of anti-original character people to make it worth my while.

a novelty account i made 2 comments on in 2013 got banned

I would have zero problem with this. As long as he's a well rounded character, I don't think including a trans backstory that he's private about ICly is going to come off as looking for oppression points.

Actually, I prefer something like that not to be an ongoing focus of the character. It's OK if it is a big focus of the character, if it makes sense for their setting or backstory, but I kind of like seeing stories about, for instance, trans people that are about them being people, not about them being trans.

(I will say that I don't have concerns about the 'futuristic medicine' example, so long as the setting is something that matters in plenty of different aspects of the character's backstory. The only thing I'd be concerned about is if the "far future sci-fi" only comes up as a reason for not having to deal with ongoing aspects of transitioning.)

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