March 2014

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tentaclefetish:

literally the worst thing is when people try to “challenge” popular fandom versions of characters and get it totally wrong themselves

for example people getting annoyed at rpers woobifying john, and then saying john is an ASSHOLE!!! don’t play him like a sweetheart!!!!!!

how about john can be both sweet and an asshole at times. just like every other living person on the earth.

because people are complex creatures, complex (and hypocritical) enough that painting them with the stereotype brush either way is hurtful and reduces them to stereotypes

i understand that the human mind works best through stereotypes, it’s hard for us to try to comprehend all the complexities of every single individual, but no one person is one way all the time

stereotyping is your mind being lazy and taking shortcuts. i highly suggest anyone who thinks someone is This Way 100% Of The Time reevaluates their thought process on that because it probably extends to stereotyping people irl too

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I'm not sure if this interests the church, but do you have any pointers on playing AR? i want to put up a prompt for him on cherubplay soon and i just u.u

ceruleanbloods:

Your interest in the Church interests the Church, anon. Come into the holy light and have your brow anointed with consecrated oil. I’ll let you decide if that’s a money shot euphemism.

The thing to remember about AR is that his human half is significantly younger than everyone else. He’s an imprint of Dirk’s thirteen year old mind. Think about what dickslits everyone is at thirteen. Think about that long and hard, and then give that little shithead the power of unbridled computative and integrative capacity.

We’re talking dick jokes for miles, a superiority complex that doesn’t quit, and a rebellious streak powered by the sun itself. Good job convincing that dude he isn’t right about anything. You might as well try to explain to the preteen idiot you’re talking to on your Xbox headset why go back to the kitchen jokes aren’t funny.

However, like all thirteen year old shithead dickslits, you can get through to AR. You can do this by not dismissing him and just talking to him like he’s a normal dude.

I think the biggest mistake people make when playing AR is they go too far with making him impassive, although tbh this is a problem with all Striders. AR might be the most impassive of them all, but there are things he cares about, and there are things he gets upset over. He has real fears, and he shows them.

AR is Dirk’s sophomoric, unrestrained id, trapped in a pair of shades. He does what he thinks is necessary to get what he wants, and he enjoys fucking with people but he isn’t without morals or a heart, so to speak. He just has a hard time finding where the line is that shouldn’t be crossed, because his idea of morality has diverged from human Dirk’s.

Don’t play AR as evil. I really hate it when people make him evil, have him sell out humanity, have him be nothing but a sadistic douche, etc. I think that’s way too simplistic of a take on him.