RP Date Night
By Bricu | November 14, 2011
This week, we’re going to talk Romance and RP. To prime the topic, let’s have an open topic on romance: Have your characters had romances? Has your character been on a date in game? Do you fic it or do you rp the date?
Fill us in!
3 Comments
Shad on November 15, 2011 at 1:07 am.
I’ve had two characters have romances, though one didn’t (doesn’t) exactly have dates so much as arguments. The other definitely had dates, and I RPed a bunch of those ingame. Date spots are what you make them, really–find a quiet place to wander and chat, what more could you ask for from a date?
Zusterke on November 15, 2011 at 9:13 am.
Well.. some of my characters ended up in romance, or dates. Personally, I ended up not being too fond of the date concept, though I found romance to be a addition to the roleplay. Maybe it’s because I see RP too much like a book, where the story is key and love or romance are but ingredients to spice it up.
That is perhaps why I prefer platonic love, or “understandings of deep respect” for many of my characters. It permits one to stick to their character concept, their storylines and settings, while having “a special someone” around.
If we look at the Jaina and Arthas story in warcraft 3, for example, then we don’t have a map where we need to set up the perfect date between them. They never have to break character. They can both remain their iconic personalities. And yet, there is no denying the touch of “something special” in the air when they meet again.
That is perhaps the style I prefer above all.
Corise on November 15, 2011 at 4:24 pm.
For some reason, the vast majority of my characters seem to end up in relationships, even the ones I set out to play as commitment-phobes or wallflowers. At last count, I had four characters who are married to other PCs, plus one whose romantic situation at any given moment can best be summed up by the immortal Facebook phrase “it’s complicated” (*coughCorisecough*).
As far as dating goes… well. I’ve definitely done a lot of RP centered around the developing relationships, and depending on how liberal your definition of “date” is, my characters do it quite frequently! Boomstick Pub Night has been a regular date night for several of my characters and their significant others (most notably Jenive/Imble and Corise/Tigerlily), and a lot of my characters have attended various RP social events as one half of a couple.
I’ve also done lots of one-on-one RP with my characters and their partners (no, not THAT sort of one-on-one RP, get your mind out of the gutter)… quiet nights at home, picnics on the Tanaris beaches, trips to the Darkmoon Fair, snowball fights in Dun Morogh, wild rides through Nagrand on the back of a chopper, dips in the hot springs in Un’Goro Crater, and many more. Jenive and Imble were probably my most adventurous couple in that regard; their relationship developed during Burning Crusade in part over the course of Imble escorting Jenive to places she was WAY too low-level to go alone.
Of course, quite a few of my characters have what you might call “office romances,” falling in love with folks they frequently adventure alongside… nothing like life or death situations to draw people closer together! So they’ve had their share of “working dates,” as well, stealing intimate moments in between boss fights or taking a short break from questing to enjoy the beauty of the world they’re fighting to save.
Then, of course, there’s Corise. Whose idea of a fun date is getting wasted and starting a bar fight in the Grim Guzzler…