I'm so glad I started this discussion, because everyone's answers are really fascinating me. I mentioned up there somewhere that all roleplay is inherently AU (not just the bar at the end of the universe thing), because canon's been done and any deviation from that at all is automatically AU simply because it didn't happen in canon. My goal for my own play is to keep my character's reactions and actions as close to my interpretation of their personality as possible given the constraints of the situations being non-canon.
There are things that happen that make me want to slap the players repeatedly, but most of those fall into the realm of players casting aside canon completely and without what seems like good or fair cause. I've heard things like who cares about what happens in canon, they're your character now and you can do whatever you want with them. That, to me, kind of defeats the whole purpose of playing someone else's character. I take issue with people who do that consistently.
I do wonder about the trends, though. It's nothing specific to Milliways; it feels kind of like a roleplay epidemic. I could be totally wrong: it wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. And while I could talk roleplay issues for days, I won't do that to you right now.
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Re: And for you, an essay...
Date: 2006-09-01 06:19 am (UTC)There are things that happen that make me want to slap the players repeatedly, but most of those fall into the realm of players casting aside canon completely and without what seems like good or fair cause. I've heard things like who cares about what happens in canon, they're your character now and you can do whatever you want with them. That, to me, kind of defeats the whole purpose of playing someone else's character. I take issue with people who do that consistently.
I do wonder about the trends, though. It's nothing specific to Milliways; it feels kind of like a roleplay epidemic. I could be totally wrong: it wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last. And while I could talk roleplay issues for days, I won't do that to you right now.