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Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)an astarion who refuses to back down from ascending is not the same as an astarion who wants to ascend but can be talked out of it, is not the same as an astarion who is undecided and can let the player character decide, is not the same as an astarion who doesn't want to ascend but can be enabled into ascending, is not the same as an astarion who doesn't want to ascend. all of these astarions are possible based on the incredible volume of reactions in the game and they are all equally canon, and they are all different. it is literally impossible to get all of astarion's reactions and voice lines and content in a single playthrough even if you use him as your only companion the entire time. they are not all meant to exist in the same reality at the same time.
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)is more or less the default astarion though. there are different reactions and interactions, but even if he has a good relationship with tav, romantic or not, he does want to ascend unless you talk him down or ruin it somehow. there's a part of him that can't be woobified to death without sounding OOC, which is almost definitely what op meant
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)what do you think
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)including that it reminded me their friend swapped him to paladin early on but shadowheart takes a while to admit she follows shar, which doesn't even touch how long it takes her to convert to selune
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)is the problem in this fandom that some people have no idea how to distinguish between gameplay and rp and are just using rp the way tumblr and twitter use the word headcanon
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)yes
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)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
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)you are arguing everything is strictly rp and willfully ignoring what is clearly designed to be gameplay. by your argument, because you can flipflop and make arbitrary choices it's a valid characterization because it's part of the game. an origin who spares the tieflings can choose to slaughter them, so what would cause that development? or if you side with the myconid colony then decide to attack them after doing everything you want, what would the rationality be?
if you want to rp any arbitrary decision and call it "role playing" on dw, go ahead. good luck to you
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)unfortunately i have better things to do than keep arguing with them. hope to see them or their friend rp paladin astarion
don't be a coward. back up your beliefs, anon
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)in hindsight this would explain why they acted as if rp preferences like "not wanting to play with tavs" were an alien concept never before heard of in dwrp
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-31 12:04 am (UTC)(link)"you can play anything you want it's all ic" "except not ship with tav"
maybe this hypocrisy is a way of coping with their rejection
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)there is no scenario where this is not true even if you play him as developing later because of tav
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(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)Just because your hubby and friend have dumbass takes on the character doesn't mean those dumbass takes are real and valid and you'd be laughed out of dwrp if you tried to play converted Selunite Paladin Astarion. There is no version of the game where sad woobie Astarion is an actual character.
god, why is it always the sad backstory white dudes. Nobody is ever out here trying to Well Akshually Lae'zel into a more likeable person.
Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-31 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Pairings you never want to play from your canon
(Anonymous) 2024-07-30 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)if you play astarion, or any of the origin characters, you can't just say that their opinions don't exist because you kept them in camp to avoid consequences. that approval/disapproval still exists as facets of their personality, even if you avoid it.