I think popular effects come and go in cycles. For awhile, a lot of people were doing the usual "come back beaten and bloody and in need of medical care" mallynaps which still happen now, but not to the extent I've seen them in the past.
I don't think there's anything wrong with either, but I personally think playing off of the suddenly-a-kid characters is kind of boring, unless they were dramatically different as a child.
I don't think anything is wrong with it either and sometimes I kind of enjoy interacting with kid characters, but in the year and a half or so I've been in the game, I've seen the "come back as a kid" effect a LOT and it's pretty noticable now that several characters are doing it at the same time.
Like an anon upthread said, I think it would be cool to see more unusual/creative mallynap effects. I know I can't dictate to people what they should RP and they shouldn't RP to please other people, but still.
I've been in the game for around 4 years now, it's been common even since then. It's so common even the guide mentions it is one of the most common mallynapping effects.
Honestly, I'd like to at least see something different with them. All of them also seem to have completely wiped memories, are scared and want their mommy or daddy and then characters have to go through and explain shit again, but now to a crying child, etc. So it's doubly annoying because they are combining changing the character to a kid with a boring "where am I?" intro with a character who should know this.
Honestly, I think the effect would be much better if more people would also combine it with an AU that remembers Luceti. I don't see that as much, but it's refreshing when you do see those and often just takes a bit of tweaking on what the character thinks.
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Re: LUCETI
(Anonymous) 2013-04-14 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)I don't think there's anything wrong with either, but I personally think playing off of the suddenly-a-kid characters is kind of boring, unless they were dramatically different as a child.
ayrt
(Anonymous) 2013-04-14 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)Like an anon upthread said, I think it would be cool to see more unusual/creative mallynap effects. I know I can't dictate to people what they should RP and they shouldn't RP to please other people, but still.
Re: ayrt
(Anonymous) 2013-04-15 01:12 am (UTC)(link)Honestly, I'd like to at least see something different with them. All of them also seem to have completely wiped memories, are scared and want their mommy or daddy and then characters have to go through and explain shit again, but now to a crying child, etc. So it's doubly annoying because they are combining changing the character to a kid with a boring "where am I?" intro with a character who should know this.
Honestly, I think the effect would be much better if more people would also combine it with an AU that remembers Luceti. I don't see that as much, but it's refreshing when you do see those and often just takes a bit of tweaking on what the character thinks.