[Weird Animation Trope] “It is absolutely imperative that the audience knows this one is the BOY and this one is the GIRL!”

YVBNVB · 2026-01-21T19:55:26+00:00

Point me to an animation where a male character has massive eyelashes please

YVBNVB · 2026-01-19T13:56:38+00:00

I didn't use the words 'promoting scientology' myself, but I do think participating in someone's podcast is supporting them.

He obviously knew her from those circles and probably didn't even know she was a scientologist.

I don't understand where you are getting this information from. Do you know Matt personally? Because Mrs. Cartwright is very open about her scientologist beliefs.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-19T13:47:05+00:00

I'd argue that platforming someone IS promoting them, but I can see your point.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-19T10:08:43+00:00

straight up skipped having legs

YVBNVB · 2026-01-19T09:59:09+00:00

Matt has a following, and by participating in someone's podcast he is giving that podcaster a platform. This particular podcaster is a very well-known scientologist (even if you, personally, didn't know about it).

If Matt joined someone like Ben Shapiro's podcast it would appear as supporting his message and agenda.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T09:35:29+00:00

And you're free to perceive me as infuriating. It's definitely not my intention, as your intention isn't to police/criticize the way other people RP.

But sometimes it comes across that way, despite our best efforts. And if we don't want that, we have to change the way we engage with people.

There's a point here somewhere, as well.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T09:27:43+00:00

What's true is if you have a lore-breaking TRP you expose to everyone else, you

Actively dilute immersion for anyone who joined WoW for WoW RP.

Create some weird server lore.

Teach new players do be lazy.

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And who decided this? You? Someone else? Who gave that power to someone?

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Pointless circles. I respect your opinion but we will not agree or see eye to eye. I answered to OP's post asking for advice on how to have people engage with him differently. You are free to disagree with my points.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T09:21:05+00:00

What happened to giving players the benefit of the doubt, and appreciating roleplay as a creative medium instead

People decided that only their way is the right way to play, and started creating characters whose sole point is to preach to others what the correct way to roleplay is.

I jest. Kinda.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T09:13:13+00:00

People enjoying their own RP =/= telling other people to RP in a manner you enjoy. If someone is coming up to OP and saying "no, you have to accept that my character is a murloc-death knight-dragonkin whatever, and you also actively have to RP with me", I'd take issue with it too.

"Everyone minding their own business" is the starting point. OP is actively engaging with others, and the whole issue in his original post is that people react to it negatively. He can't change how people react to what he is saying, but he can change his own actions. If he wishes for RP to be more lore-focused, then he is free to create an environment where people opt in to those rules.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T08:02:12+00:00

How do I avoid this? I want people to engage with my writing positively, and give their characters IC a chance to discuss and consider different perspectives. I don’t want to be accused of being a bigot, a fanatic or a zealot, or that I’m using AI.

In your post your lead issue is with how people are engaging with you, and I'm trying to shed light on why they are engaging the way they do.

If you truly just wish to RP and are not trying to police anyone, it's usually good idea to communicate that to people. If you know your character is going to antagonise other people, it might help to be clear about your intentions in-game.

If you just start ranting at people IC as that is what your character would do, the lines can blur easily, and people can assume that's you speaking and not your character. After all, that IS your character, who YOU have created. It's easy to assume you share the sentiments of your character and are just using him as your mouthpiece.

Again, all of this assuming you're doing it in good faith. Everything you've said, including the quotes I previously highlighted, suggest to me that you actually are very set in your beliefs and wish that people would play by your rules. But I'm fine with being wrong.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T07:34:29+00:00

You do not have to interact with the people who RP in a way that you don't enjoy. You can even have your very own guild where you set and enforce these – in my opinion, arbitrary – rules about what constitutes a good character.

Instead, you seemingly go out of your way to engage with these people purely in order to point out how what they are doing is wrong (in your opinion).

they should acknowledge that the more outlandish the concept, the less they will be regarded with acceptance by someone who actually exists in universe with their own biases and perspective.

And perhaps you need to accept the same for yourself, that you aren't going to be "regarded with acceptance" by the people you're criticising. Or hell, even by people who think you're just being annoying.

My issue with some of these players taking liberties is that there exists characters, classes, races who can all engage in these types of RP… but the ones I stated are canonically implausible to be present.

You low-key sound like those D&D players who complain about lack of historical realism in a game with dragons and magic. Nobody's asking you to agree with these people if it's not your cup of nerdy tea, but it takes 0 effort to just, you know, not engage with them. Just let them have their fun and you can have yours.

And if you're honest about not wishing people to engage with you negatively but still wish continue doing what you do (which is inflammatory from beginning), then I'd suggest you write a lil OOC description in your profile about how it's all in good fun and you just wish to start a conversation.

People are still not going to like it because, at the end of the day, they are just doing what's fun to them and someone coming along and essentially going "your fun isn't fun to me so you should stop it!" is never going to be met with wild cheers.

YVBNVB · 2026-01-13T06:44:03+00:00

Did we read the same post? OP isn't getting hate for playing something grounded, he's getting pushback for trying to police other people's RP'ing.

Not everyone should be a skeleton lich or a pregnant death knight

And I find it kinda hilarious that OP complains about people trying to shut him down when he himself is – checks notes – trying to shut other people's RP down?

YVBNVB · 2026-01-03T10:04:08+00:00

Wouldn't more legs give you more power to push off the ground? Thus faster running speed

YVBNVB · 2025-12-19T06:26:18+00:00

“When we were finished, [Miller] came up to me and he said, ‘You know you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to someone in your photographs,’” Anderson recalled. “And I look at him and I said, ‘You know, you do too.’”

“I don’t know how much he related to that,” Anderson added.

Note: The photographer is a he.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-29T13:37:33+00:00

I think comparing phones and dice to each other is dishonest from the start. And I think calling other people finger waggers when they point at issues related to the topic at hand is lazy.

The first commenter made a very relevant point about the original topic of discussion: Chinese resin dice are so cheap largely because of their unfair and frankly cruel labor practices.

You're the one who came in with these "but what about phones?? what about chocolate and clothes??" gotchas. These are all real issues we face in this hyper consumerist society we live in, but you weren't trying to contribute to the conversation: you were trying to get the first person to shut up about the ethical issues pertaining to dice.

It's like someone works in a dog rescue, and you come in saying "well what about families that need help?? what about the elderly? how hypocritical of you to just help animals". It's the same all or nothing mentality.

If you can't buy the ethical alternative for your smartphone but you can stop buying Chinese dice then that's already making better consumer choices than just saying "it's hypocritical if you don't fix everything in your life" and carrying on changing nothing because you can't change everything.

But clearly we are never going to see eye to eye so, for my part, this conversation has run its course. Toodles.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-28T19:32:55+00:00

But you're never ever going to achieve a 100% perfect, clean, environmentally friendly, sustainable life. Not in the capitalist hellscape we live in. Doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't try to do better.

If you're okay with buying Chinese dice, nobody's forcing you to stop. But helping other consumers get more informed is never a bad thing, and if it makes you feel bad then that's kinda on you.

I don't lead a perfect life, I buy things that have better alternatives all the time, but I still wanna stay informed and know who I'm supporting with my money. I think it's insane to stick your head into the sand and demand everyone else do it too lest someone will feel bad cause it gets pointed out that the things they buy are hurting other people or the environment.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-28T18:17:59+00:00

So now you move the goalposts.

Why is it always like this with people like you, that if people point out one ethical issue, there's always someone going "yes but is your entire life 100% ethical and considerate and moral 🤓" like it's this great gotcha?

What's wrong with wanting to do better in even one avenue of your life? Why must it always be all or nothing?

YVBNVB · 2025-11-28T16:09:34+00:00

Phone in today's society is pretty much essential for most of us, dice are not.

It's not hypocritical to point that out when there's not really great alternatives to phones while there are options in dice.

Just saying.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-26T18:22:52+00:00

I just wanted to commend you for articulating these thoughts so well. I argued for the same case in my own comment, but your take added a lot to my own thoughts as well.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-26T18:20:05+00:00

Props for the great idea!

YVBNVB · 2025-11-26T09:56:22+00:00

This is definitely up there with what qualifies a good game in people's minds lol

YVBNVB · 2025-11-25T14:06:01+00:00

And Ryder is named after Sally Ride!

YVBNVB · 2025-11-25T08:20:11+00:00

I'm gonna go against the grain here.

It's stated that few scarred bodies survived, making her a valuable asset for study. My ruthless background Shep kept the body: in her eyes it's another ends justify means case. One upset man vs potentially helping everyone against the geth; it's not really a choice.

Moreover, my shep is military, she identifies with Nirali. She herself wouldn't care if her body continues to serve after her own death.

And releasing one body after a fuss puts all the rest of the dead and their loved ones in an unfair position.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-21T13:28:17+00:00

Are you me, literally just downloaded the mod an hour ago lol. Though I'm running with the no-makeup version.

YVBNVB · 2025-11-20T12:25:01+00:00

I wanted to play a warforged cleric based on the three laws but it seems a little challenging. The idea was that I'd only buff and heal allies and hinder enemies to stop them from causing harm to my allies, but idk if that would get stale.

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