Comments on: Archetypes, Mary Sues, and the Halo Effect

By: Mommacow

Mommacow — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:59:50 +0000

...also, Rashona and Dorri would probably get along really, really well if they hadn't had such an extremely unfortunate start. This scares me. Mommacows last blog post..Basic cat DPS, or “Hey! The MT told me you had catnip!”

By: Mommacow

Mommacow — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:52:43 +0000

@ Itanya: Exactly. Destril can pull off the "good" RP and I can buy it, largely because he's a priest (I don't think I'd buy the nice-guy vibe from a mage, and warlocks are Right Out), but the vast majority of blood elves I've liked are...amoral at best. Crazybelf is a total whatever-it-takes bitch, and she wasn't any better back when she was sane. Mommacows last blog post..Basic cat DPS, or “Hey! The MT told me you had catnip!”

By: Itanya Blade

Itanya Blade — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:28:27 +0000

I do not understand why so many people make "good" blood elves. I love playing Dorritow and Keltyr. They're what sterotypical Sin'dorei should be. They are not nice people, at least not in anyway we modern types would be. Itanya Blades last blog post..New Raid Analysis Tool

By: Rollandren

Rollandren — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:31:25 +0000

I don’t intend to imply it’s a problem with all Draenei RP. I do think their background does make it easier for a person to fall into something like this, of just being too constantly good with no visible flaws. I’ve met plenty of brilliant Draenei roleplayers, but every now and then I look at their race and I’m stuck thinking “there has to be a person somewhere in here who’s a total screwup, a whole race can’t avoid having at least one,” and never really finding one in their lore.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:15:10 +0000

@Shizukera — thankee!
@Mac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_sue#Etymology

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