Luceti HMD and Permissions

[i_speak_softly]

Obligatory HMD post!

Commentary on how I'm playing the character goes here. Glomps, hate-mail, whatever. General feedback on RP logistics also gratefully accepted because, haha, mun has never done this before.

Comments screened, anonymous allowed, all that jazz.

And, while I'm here -

Threadhopping with this character?: Yep. Go for it.

Backtagging with this character?: Sure. If it's on someone else's journal, though, you might drop me a PM to be sure I see it.

Hugging this character?: It will almost certainly result in much awkwardness, but you can try it if you want.

Giving this character a kiss?: If you think your character has gotten to a point where such a thing might be acceptable, you're welcome to attempt it.

(Something more intimate?): ... With a giant turtle? Really? You're a freak. PM me.

(Relationships?): Don's a pretty reserved guy, but if you're friendly he'll be friendly back. Things might go from there. He'll be double-checking every step of the way, though. He knows how unlikely it is for someone like him to have that kind of relationship.

Punching this character (provided they can fight back): Be his guest. This is more familiar ground for him. (But remember, he's a ninja. Don't pick a fight with him if you're not willing to get your ass handed to you.)

(Injury?): It's possible. PM me.

(Death?): No.

Is there anything you do not want mentioned near this character?: Go ahead, break his brain. He'll appreciate the mental exercise.

Is there anything you need us to know about interacting with this character?: He's very, very close with his brothers. What you do to one, you do to all. So before you take action, consider the consequences. In quadruplicate. (For reference - honorthecode - gaijin_ninja - nexuschamp)

Anything else, please mention here: He's used to being attacked and hated on. If you are at all nice to him, he'll probably adopt you as a friend faster than a normal person would. If it gets awkward, just tell him to back off.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Since there isn't really a nice way of saying this, I'm just going to come out with it. I apologise if it comes off as rude. I don't mean it to be that way. Please consider the other people in this game when you and Robert mun make logs alluding to sexual themes. I am all for exploring character relationships, including romantic or sexual ones. However in the case of these two characters, it's not only an interspecies relationship with two beings that don't really resemble one another (aside from gender), but it's with a character that, if he is on the autistic spectrum as it is claimed, high-functioning or not, makes the idea of a relationship between the two that much more disturbing. I understand you two are entitled to play what you like, but I do urge you to consider taking the more intimate parts of the relationship to a private musebox if you want to play it out, and handwave it in-game.

Also, don't feel as if I've singled you out. In the interest of trying to be fair, I sent this message to Robert's mun as well. Once again, I apologise if this came off as incredibly rude, but I don't want to keep sitting on this and trying to pretend I was comfortable with seeing this sort of thing show up on my flist. You're both excellent players, and wonderful muns and I applaud you for having the willingness to do something that's different and unique.

[i_speak_softly]

Hi Anonymous - First, I appreciate you bringing this up (and very quickly - I hadn't seen the log yet myself), rather than being bothered and not saying anything. That said, I'm not sure I understand what your concern is. The log header does exactly as you say: allude. Anyone who doesn't want to know any more than that doesn't have to read further.

I also don't see what autism has to do with anything, either in this context or in relationships in general.

Robert-mun and I have "test-driven" this, as it were, in out-of-game settings, but after discussing it we agreed that it was important for plot and character development to thread it out in-game.

I will talk to him about this after work, but those are my brief thoughts. Again, thanks for saying something.

[(Anonymous)]

I have been extremely uncomfortable with their relationship since I first learned of it. Even alluding to the potential for sexual things to happen between them is upsetting. It hits a lot of squick points for me. Starting with the interspecies aspect. I don't generally mind if they are at least similar, for example humanoid/humanoid w/animalistic traits, or beast/beast. However, in the case of Don, he is more animal than person in appearance, and Robert is purely humanoid. It's mismatched and therefore extremely distasteful, even in a non-sexual sense. Following with having a relationship with someone who is, by reason of their mental disability, unable to process things such as emotions and feelings as a normal person would. I don't feel as though it is appropriate to explore that kind of relationship in a public place. I also feel that it's disrespectful to the people that live with the disorder every day to do so.

[i_speak_softly]

Anon, I'm not sure what to say. I agree that interspecies relationships are usually squicky, but for me that's because in real life they are by definition nonconsensual - a situation that is clearly not the case here. I will also point out that the Turtles have canonically had relationships with a variety of other beings.

As for your second point, I don't see how it's disrespectful to show that people with autism ARE capable of having healthy, meaningful relationships - a fact that I see you are aware of, but that other people may not know.

Other than to cease this relationship - which has now been going on for seven months - I'm not sure what you're asking us to do. We're within the rules of the game, and Robert and Don are not the only couple in Luceti that meet your criteria for distastefulness. It was definitely never our intent to make anyone uncomfortable, but I don't know how we can be any more discreet without taking this out of the game entirely.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not asking you to stop doing what you're doing. Just like anyone else, you have your right to play what you want, where you want. I'm only expressing my discomfort with seeing the logs that have come up from time to time. I don't interact with either character, so I don't read the threads in either journal.