i have no idea what people argue because i almost never come to wankgate

i can tell you that i see origins as no different than tav when you play as them because you're largely playing with the same options. so yes, they're malleable when you play as them. having said that, you should not be rping the characters this way on dwrp because the choices presented to them are not always ic for them. lae'zel could go to the grove but we know if left to her own devices she will run to her people. the choices you can make are not the choices the character would make, they are gameplay decisions. they aren't blank slates, they are characters with backstories and personalities. if you are assigned a character and given a sheet with all their information and you disregard it, you aren't playing that character but an oc

you're arguing that someone ignoring their sheet info is a valid interpretation but it isn't an interpretation at all. yonout it another way, an actor in a movie or show can ad lib but they still have a script and if what they add doesn't make sense for the character then it won't make it in

unless it's thor, but also we should ignore thor