I thought about this for a while, and I think it's possible to distinguish different "types" of IC-ness for different player priorities
for example: it seems common for people playing in smut games/memes to be more lax about characterization than in other venues, so long as the people they're playing with hit the right kinks on their list. ymmv, there are obviously other factors at play, but from what I've observed people are willing to be more flexible with being IC when they're focused on smut
in terms of the fandom/writing split, I've noticed that people who are typically fandom-focused are more concerned with IC interpretations, i.e. "what version of this character are you playing," or "is your headcanon acceptable," which can apply to long term character development but is mostly judged on an immediate, on-app basis. for me, I'm canonblind to half of DWRP. I don't give a shit about headcanons or continuities. what I pay attention to is if the character follows what the player has already established in their app or previous, in-game developments. you're right, they do definitely overlap, but I think there are some subtle differences that can be picked apart
idk don't ask me why I find this so fucking interesting
true, but if I had to guess, I'd say in the circles rp and fandom pull from, "woman who have had some sort of emotionally negative relationship with another woman" (whether in a romantic or other way) probably rates higher in frequency than the same situations in male/female dynamics, and waaaay higher than male/male dynamics.
So you have a bigger chances of a trope hitting close to home in some one's real life, and then less characters, creating a smaller pool to be aiming for in the first place. I also think it's a lot of why you have seen things getting better in regards to ALL FF, since people can signal boost and share female characters they like, which is making more get created.
Hey, they still have 10 minutes before they're late...
Really though, yes I'm frustrated too. I was really hoping this event would go up on time, disappointed that it's late again and the premise is mostly secret so I can't even plan while I wait.
no, i agree completely. i love his characters, especially snake who i think is one of the most developed characters in the entire medium.
mgs1 will always be my favorite in the entire series because it felt like he had other people behind the scenes giving him input and constructive criticism. if kojima had someone around to edit his shit and give him more crit, i think the series wouldn't have turned into such a clusterfuck like it did.
given James' dad, I think it's safe to say the sunderland men in general are all a touch crazy and it's probably for the best that james dropped contact anyway if the Leave ending was canon.
the amount of replies claiming smut with teenaged characters is disgusting amazes me, because I've never seen anyone claiming that writing smut fic or rp about glee, teen wolf, naruto, attack on titan, avatar, legend of korra, homestuck, free!, or any other popular canon with teenage characters was wrong before. like I've literally never seen it, and it's so common everywhere.
tbh I feel a lot of the clusterfuck situation is because kojima never writes with plans for another in the series and then gets made to pull a sequel out of his ass when he's already written himself into a corner.
so he keeps having to pull a lot of bullshit just to get out of the corner, only to end up in another corner because he hasn't learned that he's probably going to be asked for more or possible because he tried to make it so they couldn't ask him for more and they did it anyway.
ken is ftm. referring to ken as male is respecting his chosen pronouns. so this person. and it was a big deal to respect ken's pronouns no matter how bad they were!!! which is why this whole thing has just sorta baffled me. stayed out cause I don't give a shit about dragon8writer, but it has been strange to see that a literal child molester is more respected than a creepster rper.
and also why people think if they don't bang in the trans thing, kevin/kay will some how get away. Ken's pronouns are respected and everyone know to stay the fuck away from them.
like, how much harry potter smut is there on the internet? and the vast, vast majority of it is about underaged characters. and yet, it never even occurred to me that people would be offended by that. the actors playing the characters are legal, after all.
that's because ken is an actual trans person and kevin is a fucking sociopathic demented fucktard that is trying to escape his consequences of being a creepy fuck by hiding behind the transflag. i would respect his decision to be trans if he actually were, but he's using trans as an excuse to continue creeping and to get an in with lesbians and people that aren't comfortable smutting/playing with men by playing trans-lesbian.
actually, he tried to imply he wasn't a rapist because he WAS a girl at the time. he is the pronouns that are being respected, ken was female at birth. nobody started calling him a girl when he said his gender confusion was part of why he did it.
so still tried to use his ftm trans status to excuse what he did. And what he did was to actually rape a person. like both are assholes, and one may be faking transness (as oppose to just using it as an excuse), so rake k-whoever through the mud, but please don't treat the two crimes the same.
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