Chandak
Welcome. I usually would give a smart a** remark of how you happened upon this thread, but I just don’t feel like it, nor do I deem it respectable anymore.I’m Chandak Lowell. Not a real name, just a moniker. Do what you want with it or call me something you’d prefer. Just don’t expect a favorable reaction if you come at me with curses and insults.
- A short word on role-players -
Now, I am searching around for role-players. I’m not in desperate need for a role-play as I write this, but that might change. I’m just writing this up out of an estranged inspiration I had when I realized all the movies, games, and role-plays I liked. The thing I noticed is that I have a wide variety, but there are patterns. I do not claim I original or an amazing writer. I don’t go about spouting my genius and I don’t expect a superior intellect from you, meaning, I have no expectations, therefore my standards are low. Sounds like an insult now matter how I put it. Though I hold my expectations of any freelance role-player low, don’t think I mean to say that my respect for them mirrors that decline. I respect anyone seeking to enhance a thought or inspiration and transform it into a story, which, by default, gives me pleasure. So, to stop the babbling, I am saying that my slot to fill a role-player doesn’t necessarily have to be best of the best. I am not an elitist and I can fully admit that any person can be creative and lack intelligence. You do not need a finesse with words to enjoy role-playing. Elitist often point out lacking role-players and shun them, insult them, and, worse, try to turn them off to this wonderful pass-time. This action is amazingly contradictive to their claim that they are decent role-players. Why? Because to be a decent role-player you need to have kindness. Yes, kindness and maturity go hand and hand with playing a role. It sounds farfetched, but the core of role-playing is shared with kindness. Empathy. Without empathy, you lack the ideal trait that every role-player needs. Empathy is the idea that you can connect with a person, or a role for that matter, and understand what they feel like. Kindness stems from empathy, because you connect to another person and comfort or understand what they feel. Role-playing is exactly that same thing. Connections with others, but instead of comfort, you regurgitate it back up in a fictitious setting.I will summarize what I my intent on writing this now. Semi-lit to Lit, perhaps Adv-lit. I enjoy anyone role-playing and I will not dare mock you if you show a lack of grammar or vocabulary skill. To those who are above me in the art, please show me the same respect. I dare not say I am intelligent, but I am not stupid, and I will not allow you to show rudeness to me for my lacking skill that you might be blessed with.
- A bit on limits -
lag⋅o⋅morph [lag-uh-mawrf]
–noun
any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
Gaia is one of those sites that declines with its respectability every year. I do not doubt Disney will soon buy it, until then, I will have my fun. Asking limits always bothered me, but I do understand the need of the question. I’d rather ask your certain taboo areas. Some are harshly religious and do not feel comfortable role-playing genres and stories that call into question the Judeo-Christian God. I fully respect those people. I will not dare ask what religion you have or why, as I believe faith is a personal thing and it is no one’s business to what your religion is and why. Jehova’s Witnesses can be excluded, no matter how annoying some can be, their religion is part to try and open the door for others. I’m branching out, refocusing on the original point, limits are understandable. Tell me if you have limits, so I can push the role-play away from your no-areas.
Now, if you are curious about me, I have no limits. Meaning, I will play a ***** if need be. I recognize that the world is a harsh and, sometimes, terrible place. Murderers, racists, and wars fill our world. I am not condoning what I play, whatever it may be, I am merely trying to make a story, to play a role. I am detached enough, thanks to a few years in my thespian troupe and a psychologist mother, that real people make stories and that disturbed people are apart of this world and often spice up the most mundane of stories. So, with that, I don’t just role-play. I explore the psychological depths of a character. That doesn’t mean that every RP has to be deep, that is just one thing that brings me pleasure and one of the reasons I return to Gaia and role-playing.
((Forgive the terrible grammar on this, my Microsoft Word is down.))
