The only character of mine who's in a relationship at the moment is Kaylee. I think canon would have gotten there, had there been more of it -- and Serenity bore that out, last September. Maybe not as far as we've taken it, but -- it's a possibility, in Whedon's work. He's done it in other places. (Thinking particularly of Xander and Anya.) And Batya and I aren't discussing "okay, this is when we want them to have an anklebiter"; any of that's been spur of the moment.
None of my other characters have had a relationship quite like this. Roland canonically had other, more pressing priorities (like saving the multiverse), and Cooper...has no business being in a relationship, whether or not he knows it. (Looking at the end of season two? Oh yes I am.) And it just doesn't fit with the arc I'm trying to do.
I like dealing with the logistical issues of the lives of my characters. I know a lot of people don't. On a general level, I think it has something to do with the relationship between escapism and the desire for stability -- people RP because it's something different than what's every day, and they want stability. And we're told a lot in American culture that once you have marriage and a kid, you're in for life. Doesn't matter if the statistics don't back that up.
Speaking generally, I don't think it's perverse, in most cases. Wish fulfillment, yeah. But not perverse. I also think it might be a difference in perspective -- I RP to tell a story, and it seems like you do the same thing. Other people do it as escapism, which means they're going to have different priorities than realism.
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Date: 2006-09-01 02:45 am (UTC)None of my other characters have had a relationship quite like this. Roland canonically had other, more pressing priorities (like saving the multiverse), and Cooper...has no business being in a relationship, whether or not he knows it. (Looking at the end of season two? Oh yes I am.) And it just doesn't fit with the arc I'm trying to do.
I like dealing with the logistical issues of the lives of my characters. I know a lot of people don't. On a general level, I think it has something to do with the relationship between escapism and the desire for stability -- people RP because it's something different than what's every day, and they want stability. And we're told a lot in American culture that once you have marriage and a kid, you're in for life. Doesn't matter if the statistics don't back that up.
Speaking generally, I don't think it's perverse, in most cases. Wish fulfillment, yeah. But not perverse. I also think it might be a difference in perspective -- I RP to tell a story, and it seems like you do the same thing. Other people do it as escapism, which means they're going to have different priorities than realism.