but my main character syndrome

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[(Anonymous)]

This always happens when this conversation comes up. Like I don't see anyone playing from media aimed at very young children (as opposed to stuff like Naruto or ATLA) but anons act like Blues Clues and Calliou are filling bakerstreet

[(Anonymous)]

People are being vague because we're trying not to call anyone out specifically. Blues Clues gets used because there aren't any Steve players to take the comment too seriously and have legitimate hurt feelings.

[(Anonymous)]

blues clues is a troll red herring intended to piss off anons, because almost no one plays from literal toddler shows. dragon maid at least belongs to a genre of tropey shit that people play from.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

anyone who thinks the dragon maid show is anything like blues clues clearly hasn't actually googled the dragon maid show and all the gratuitous sex jokes and titty shots

[(Anonymous)]

Anon, your reading comprehension...

[(Anonymous)]

i mean i've seen plenty of my little ponies around over the years and that's definitely aimed at pretty young kids

[(Anonymous)]

Right? MLP is for four year olds. If you only play from canons designed for people who are just putting paw patrol away, it's the group that is getting talked about.

[(Anonymous)]

Excuse you, I loved MLP when I was eight!

[(Anonymous)]

omfg i remember when those stupid ponies were everywhere

[(Anonymous)]

that lack of specificity is also a sneaky tactic to avoid clarifying things

for example, Disney Animated always has some represented canon, do you think less of people who play from it?

(yes)

is it actually any less dynamic and emotionally layered/complex than whatever "adult" media you're so fond of?

(probably not)

[(Anonymous)]

is this the boss baby. put your parents on the line, little fella. you are not gonna believe it for another couple decades but there are in fact types of storytelling which exceed "frozen" in their complexity.

[(Anonymous)]

did you read the comment you were replying to

[(Anonymous)]

The secret is that Game of Thrones is also a very stupid canon but nobody knows because it has blood and sex.

[(Anonymous)]

i don't even go to GoT and even i know it's a very stupid canon after that finale

[(Anonymous)]

pssssst

it was stupid before the finale made you mad

dany was always a badly written character

she just used to be a #girlboss so you didnt care

[(Anonymous)]

Know a lot of people who rp from dostoevsky, or are you talking about "stranger things" which is absolutely not

[(Anonymous)]

i wouldn't class disney in the same category as kids shows. disney movies are deliberately designed to be appealing both to kids AND the adults who take their kids to see the movies, because those adults have to sit through the movies too and they wouldn't take their kids to something that was hideously boring for them to have to spend an hour plus sitting through. i know people in their 70s and 80s who still enjoy disney movies. that's by design.

kids shows, on the other hand, are really only made to appeal to their target audience, which is kids. they don't have to put in stuff for the adults to enjoy too.

[(Anonymous)]

I understand that Disney has "adult themes" but I haven't enjoyed Disney movies since I was a child. It's not an age/maturity thing, they just lost me at some point and I don't enjoy them. Seeing a Disney character (or any other "kids media" character) makes me go "oh, that's kid stuff" even if I KNOW that it's not only for kids. I am aware of this, but I still feel the same way.

I can't think of a single Disney character who I would be excited to have CR with because it would be compelling in some way. That doesn't mean Disney characters aren't compelling, it's just not my thing. You do you.

People have preferences and themes that don't align and it's FINE.

[(Anonymous)]

Taking this to a place where we split a different hair, it depends which disney movie we're talking about. I would absolutely play with an Aladdin. I have 0 interest in playing with a Peter Pan or Wendy. They're both teenage boys from cartoon canons, but Peter would be an awful little troll child while Aladdin knows how to carry himself like a grownup most of the time.

[(Anonymous)]

they just lost me at some point and I don't enjoy them

bc at this point with disney's legitimately insane marketing to kids for kids, it's barely a wonder why adults (who haven't actively followed disney's path) no longer find any of it interesting anymore

it's just about toys and money and merch. moreso than it ever has been.

that's why it's understandable that ppl would assume disney loving adults are mentally stunted in some capacity. it's the deliberate association that's been planted. even though it's not necessarily the reality tbh.

I personally find it off putting when anyone wants to go to disneyland over and over, but it has more to do with disney as a brand than these nerds who refuse to outgrow disney

[(Anonymous)]

do you only interact with characters from canons you personally enjoy or is this just Disney movies, ie you trying to dress your snobbery in palatable clothing

[(Anonymous)]

I feel the same way about anime and won't say it because I have seen people wanked for not liking it. People have preferences and that should be ok. Some styles appeal to some, so naturally they wouldn't to others, that's the point of art and entertainment.

DWRP nerds will go off on sportsball and shit, but if you don't like their genre of choice, you are immature or snobby. I have never understood that dynamic.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd count Disney animated stuff - but for me it's a matter of having only that on your muselist. Disney animated characters in your muselist? Nbd, they can be really interesting in certain settings have fun with it. A muselist of 20+ characters that are exclusively Disney animated, my little pony, Steven Universe, She-Ra and Adventure Time? I mean, great have fun, but I'm assuming we're gonna have different ideas of fun.

[(Anonymous)]

the idea that you can tell a person's values and interests as an rper based on which characters they happen to like playing is ridiculous.

just admit you personally don't like playing with disney because it's "for babies" and you want to look "grown-up" and move on, it's fine

[(Anonymous)]

This is fucking killing me lmao