i know no one has used this for months but this brought back so much nostalgia from my old forgotten account. so i shall use this as God intended - whining
Female Characters: the way many people write + design them. I seldom see a woman - or just female animal !! - on WP not written to be a super hot seductress who is actually SECRETLY EVIL! and she'll KILL you cuz she's EVIL!! but she's really hot and seductive to everyone she meets (this is how she lures in victims!)
always described with small upturned noses, "generous bosom" this "curvaceous form" that. I'm less annoyed with the whole murderer aspect because... it's a site that attracts younger teens, of course most characters will probably be edgy and evil killers. but i dream of a day that the majority of my female sign ups will be an actual character profile and not the creator desperately trying to convince me that they have the hottest woman (or straight up Wild Animal) in this roleplay
the same could be said for male characters, but i see it to a way lesser extent, and people seem more okay with making their men have some major injury or varying body types or unconventional features.
Rules: One rule that always irks me: "The leader/alpha cannot be challenged!"
This one has always annoyed me! people rarely do this, and usually when they do decide to have their character rebel, it's because your lead character did something to piss the character off. So it's reasonable that they'd finally have enough and turn on their leader. It's a good source of drama and it makes the RP seem like less of a power fantasy for whoever took leader role. of course this would require a good OOC discussion, but still - it has the potential for an interesting plot line.
i can see why people would implement this rule, i guess, but i don't know - just feels like it opens up the oppurtunity for power tripping in some roleplays.
anyways I haven't roleplayed in a minute so i forgot the other usual things that make my eye twitch. But Here is my essay contribution to the paused complaining