I've played both LA and other mediums and I've seen this attitude with both, although it seems more prevalent with LA players for some reason. There are some players who just want to rehash canon forever without any attempt to have their character grow and adapt outside of pairing them up with whoever the player ships them with. The not thinking outside the box thing seems to be part of where medium snobbery really comes from too.
I honestly think this is because some RPers are just not creative writers even if they're competent at mimicking the character's voice and the technical quality of their writing might be excellent. They just don't think in terms of narrative and character depth, motivation, and growth because they're not writers at heart. This seems to line up with whether they think RP is a writing hobby or not; the ones who do tend to be more willing to go off the canon rails and have characters adapt and grow, the ones who think it's more like theater care more about getting the voice right and playing as close to canon as possible even if that means the character remains static otherwise.
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(Anonymous) 2013-04-12 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)I honestly think this is because some RPers are just not creative writers even if they're competent at mimicking the character's voice and the technical quality of their writing might be excellent. They just don't think in terms of narrative and character depth, motivation, and growth because they're not writers at heart. This seems to line up with whether they think RP is a writing hobby or not; the ones who do tend to be more willing to go off the canon rails and have characters adapt and grow, the ones who think it's more like theater care more about getting the voice right and playing as close to canon as possible even if that means the character remains static otherwise.