YaY Monday! -gag-
Even in parallel universes, Mondays suck.
Even I’m getting a slow start today. Blah. Anyways. A fluff post because I can, and because its Monday and I don’t feel like being totally serious today. Lets talk about… Lore and RP. (AMG NOT TEH ARPEEZ!)
Yes, I RP. Or, at least, I used to RP pretty heavily. Mock me if you will. Now, as an RPer, I’ve come across a wide variety of stories and playstyles- some good, some bad, some just downright weird. All of my characters have MyRolePlay on, and a story all typed up. I try to be as non- Mary Sue as I possibly can- my Druid, for instance, just woke up from the Emerald Dream (its how I explained the faction transfer), which she had entered after the War of the Shifting Sands. She has a Green Whelpling named Ysidron who likes to sleep on her shoulder, and she had no idea what the hell was going on until recently. That’s pretty tame, right? And its lore- friendly, despite my Druid being female- the War of the Shifting Sands was supposed to have been about 1000 years prior, well within the then immortal lifetime of the Night Elf (if Fandral Staghelm could live that long, then so could I.) She wasn’t born during the first coming of the Burning Legion, she has never seen Queen Azshara in person, nor was she a handmaiden that somehow avoided becoming a Naga, or other such nonsense. She might have seen Malfurion in passing while in the Dream- he was there the same time she would have been- but she had tasks of her own.
My warlock, Nicevenn- started off as a town guard in Andorhol. A good, Light- fearing woman with a husband and a child. Catches the plague of undeath. Dies. Comes back. Serves the Lich King. Breaks free from his power after Sylvanas. Looks at herself, says ‘Fuck the Light’ and starts playing with demons. Not too bad, eh?
Awesome. So somebody tell me where some of these people come up with some of these other stories.
Empress of the Platinum Dragonflight? Yep, seen it.
Forced to be a high-paid prostitute working the streets of Silvermoon City because your evil uncle is holding your kid siblings hostage? Yep, seen that one, too. (And, seriously, if you’re coming up with stories like this, I think you have better things to be spending your money on than WoW- like a visit to the psych.)
Something that is a cross between Arthas and Lady Sylvanas? Good Lord, more times than I can count.
Seriously, there are acceptable deviations from the lore- and then there are just outright and blatant BULLSHIT RP. And, I mean, its not like the lore is that hard to find- wowwiki.com, anyone? Is it really so hard to look at the writeup of your ‘half- dragon lovechild of Kalecgos and Anveena’ you typed up on your MyRolePlay or FlagRSP and go, ‘Meh, that’s a little over the top’?
To all of you RPers out there who are not like this- I salute you!
To all of you RPs out there who ARE like this- go Die In A Fire. You’re making the rest of us look bad.
For you brand new RPers- DON’T BE LIKE THIS. We will shun you. Shuuuuuuuuuuuuun!
And I’m spent. Until Thursday! Be safe, and stay angry, healers!
~Pyo
