i like infomodding and i think it's necessary in rp.
i don't mean the "he's a villain, i can feel it!" type of shit that spoils someone else's gameplay, but i deliberately include things about my character's past or actions in my tags so that the other player can pick up on them if they want.
in most rp settings, especially with castmates, the characters are going to have more information about each other than the players do. castmates typically have tons of shared experiences that are only touched on or alluded to in canon. there's also a visual/interpersonal element ic that's lacking ooc because rp is text-only interaction. yeah, you could write "she fidgeted with the hem of her skirt" but unless there's plenty of canon evidence that this is what she does when she's upset, i think it's in an rp setting it's reasonable to write it like "she fingered the hem of her skirt the way she always did when she was upset" or "remembering her dead brother, she idly toyed with the hem of her skirt."
the character has access to all kinds of "real world" information that doesn't explicitly come across in a text-based medium unless you deliberately include it. i don't know why people hate this so much.
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i don't mean the "he's a villain, i can feel it!" type of shit that spoils someone else's gameplay, but i deliberately include things about my character's past or actions in my tags so that the other player can pick up on them if they want.
in most rp settings, especially with castmates, the characters are going to have more information about each other than the players do. castmates typically have tons of shared experiences that are only touched on or alluded to in canon. there's also a visual/interpersonal element ic that's lacking ooc because rp is text-only interaction. yeah, you could write "she fidgeted with the hem of her skirt" but unless there's plenty of canon evidence that this is what she does when she's upset, i think it's in an rp setting it's reasonable to write it like "she fingered the hem of her skirt the way she always did when she was upset" or "remembering her dead brother, she idly toyed with the hem of her skirt."
the character has access to all kinds of "real world" information that doesn't explicitly come across in a text-based medium unless you deliberately include it. i don't know why people hate this so much.