A Love Letter to the Game of Thrones Role Play Community
So I’ve been talking and plotting with one my oldest, dearest friends lately. She’s not on tumblr, and we chat through text or google-we met on Neopets to give some context. Twelve years, I think.
And we share a love of Game of Thrones, and we’ve sliding in assorted original characters of our own. And yes, I give you, those OC’s can have impact, and if we wanted to they could unravel the canon from the beginning to recreate a new pretty picture.
Now, I know there’s some stigma about True Born OC’s of the Stark and Baratheon variety. I didn’t quite see any problem with them anymore. Until apparently you put them in one place, and have a partner who’s refusing to honor earlier canon developments.
She’s not a bad writer, she just isn’t seeing how this could impact, well, virtually everything that follows.
[The event is the fate of Lady, the Dire Wolf.]
Its basically the butterfly effect. Kill a butterfly early enough, it won’t pollenate, and the particular strangler plant used to poison Joffrey won’t be available. I’m not against saving her-but not at the sacrifice of say, Sansa’s character development.
Original Characters are guests in the homes of Canon Characters.
Now, I don’t say they’re any less. I of all people know OC’s have a hell of a bad rap. But the problem isn’t the OC’s themselves here, but the writer not seeing how certain actions can be small but have huge impact.
It seems like she and I are at an impasse. And I realize that’s how we’ve never proceeded past a certain point before.
And I find myself...not blaming her. Its...
Role Playing is a Major.
Game of Thrones is a Minor. Or a Second Major.
Everyone here? Minors/Majors in Writing Game of Thrones Role Play. So not only do we understand every twist in fate has a cause and effect, we’ve probably written Meta about it.
So yeah. I love you guys. For understanding. For being open to new ideas. For offering new ideas. Just all of it.
Oh and for generally welcoming me. I know this RP fandom PR community has had its ups and downs. But ever since I developed a Sir Bronn of the Blackwater like, god, three years ago, this has been my favorite place to write.
Of all the RP Fandoms. This will be the one I call home. And return to.
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