I find it entirely fascinating. I play with a lot of real youngsters -- high school, college -- and I wonder sometimes if it isn't a tryout for later in life. Of course, I'm olderthanyou, so when I was that age I didn't roleplay. I just wrote it out in fiction.

I like the interactivity of roleplay, but some of the trends perplex me. Honestly, I think some of it is that people see other people doing things, so they want to try those things out too. It's less a case of hive mentality than "oh, that seems like it might be fun" or "maybe that'd be a good challenge." I'm not bothered by it. I'm just all kinds of curious.