OOC: Annest’s Age Explained & PSA
First off, I want to say one thing. We are all here to write and to enjoy stories. We have the same goal of creating a written world where we can collaboratively come together as a community and create these extraordinary universes where we can bring characters and scenes to life.
But there comes a time when someone’s story does not jive for another person or a group. The simple solution? Don’t read it. Don’t engage. And keep moving on.
Now… the reason for this post. It’s time to clear things up for folks who are taking the situation of Annest’s age way out of context. This is being blown well out proportion and I want a clear explanation out there to avoid any further naysaying and/or hurtful words that are both cruel and unnecessary.
Annest was born fourteen years ago, yes.
BUT- Because people like simple explanations, from the very beginning, it has been known that Annest is an actual, physical adult- an older teen of 19ish. But the actual RP and development she’s experienced hasn’t helped her social skills or her emotional maturity develop at the same pace. That’s based on the actual in-character opportunities she’s had. The other characters she’s interacted with.
Her mentor used time magic/chronomancy to age Annest by an additional five years to facilitate her training. She is socially maladapted due to a lifetime of traumas and needs help developing her social skills, which is what is happening. She’s interacting with people trying to develop into a more ‘normal person’ but even in the WoW universe, normal ideals are not exactly… normal. We write in a world of fantasy and fiction.
There is no major conspiracy. No major changes in her story. No ‘her age keeps changing.’ Just genuine, organic writing that a group of people are developing.
Is this a controversial subject in WoW? Yes, but you can choose to ignore all of this and keep reading other stories. That is totally okay. Or you can choose to lose yourself in the fantasy world and just enjoy some genuine, organic story telling but looking further into the characters, rather than what you simply see on the surface or through rumor.
Instead of trying to vilify her or anyone she writes with, or their stories, please just stop bullying her or anyone else. Certain behaviors just aren’t socially acceptable – and bullying and harassing is within that group of behaviors. There are IC causes for who Annest is and where she is in terms of her social and emotional development. And there are IC solutions.
So please, if you decide that this story is not for you based on surface content or rumor, rather than asking questions, understanding why and how, not delving deeper into the characters to see that morally, nothing wrong is happening, then please, please…. Just move on to your other stories you enjoy and please stop trying to ruin someone else’s.
Thank you kindly and keep on writing all those amazing stories.
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