Comments on: Romance: The First Rule http://wttrp.com/2011/11/15/romance-the-first-rule/ Casual players, hardcore RP Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kyraine http://wttrp.com/2011/11/15/romance-the-first-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-58149 Kyraine Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:36:34 +0000 http://wttrp.com/?p=1756#comment-58149 I’m with Rhoelyn, I tend to avoid IC romantic relationships as a rule. I’ve only messed with one once, and that ended almost before it got started when the other player left the game. I’ve had characters who are in relationships or are married (or divorced), but that’s been with my own or another player’s NPC.

Rules, though. I’d say the biggest one is the same rule as any other type of character relationship, and the same one that was mentioned in the blog post. Talk it out! Especially if something you do has the potential to affect the other character. It’s just like being co-authors on a story. While it might be my character, if what she’s doing is going to affect someone else or the story as a whole, I want to have a word with the other player first.

I think that rule is true for all character relations though, not just the romantic ones. RP stories are shared, and that’s something I try to remember all the time.

]]> By: Rhoelyn http://wttrp.com/2011/11/15/romance-the-first-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-58003 Rhoelyn Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:02:17 +0000 http://wttrp.com/?p=1756#comment-58003 I avoid in-character (romantic) relationships, for the most part. I’ve dabbled with them in the past, and I just find them awkward and unconvincing. Perhaps it’s just a lack of experience, but I think character romantic emotions become stupidly blurry too easily. I mean, just look at all the Hollywood romances that begin or end because of a screen romance role.

That’s just me, though. More power to ya, IC romance players.

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