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Why I don't like consistency with RPs
5 years ago
In previous weeks, I've had a few people nagging me about continuing on role plays, doing a follow up to a previous role play or another, or even a prelude to a previous role play. In all honesty people, I really don't like consistency with role plays.
When you look at the comics in the Sunday paper, you see the Peanuts, Dilbert or Garfield comics, it's a totally different story than what you read in last Sunday's paper; the only thing that's really consistent is the characters. It doesn't follow up to the prior comic. That's how I like to play with my characters, I don't like following up to previous roleplays.
The reason I don't like being consistent is for one thing I sometimes end up doing the same things I did previously, but that's because I enjoy(ed) it before and I want to again. Don't tell me that you don't experience that feeling in some way; whether you want to watch that same movie again, or want to go on the same ride twice. I'll be damned if anyone hasn't had that feeling before. But that's just it, I enjoyed it before and sometimes want to enjoy it again. That's why I don't like being consistent, I don't want people telling me that I've already done that before, I like to play it like it's the first time each time.
The other reason I don't like being consistent is because of my characters. Even though I've created them, I like to play it like I don't fully know them, nor will I ever, and that's what makes it interesting to me, getting to know my characters more as I develop them.
So that's why I don't like consistency with RPs. So please people don't bother me about concluding or preluding previous RPs.
When you look at the comics in the Sunday paper, you see the Peanuts, Dilbert or Garfield comics, it's a totally different story than what you read in last Sunday's paper; the only thing that's really consistent is the characters. It doesn't follow up to the prior comic. That's how I like to play with my characters, I don't like following up to previous roleplays.
The reason I don't like being consistent is for one thing I sometimes end up doing the same things I did previously, but that's because I enjoy(ed) it before and I want to again. Don't tell me that you don't experience that feeling in some way; whether you want to watch that same movie again, or want to go on the same ride twice. I'll be damned if anyone hasn't had that feeling before. But that's just it, I enjoyed it before and sometimes want to enjoy it again. That's why I don't like being consistent, I don't want people telling me that I've already done that before, I like to play it like it's the first time each time.
The other reason I don't like being consistent is because of my characters. Even though I've created them, I like to play it like I don't fully know them, nor will I ever, and that's what makes it interesting to me, getting to know my characters more as I develop them.
So that's why I don't like consistency with RPs. So please people don't bother me about concluding or preluding previous RPs.
Some people just want to do the same thing over and over again, with no variety. While that might be fun for them, it loses it's excitement for me. I love things to be more spontaneous and unpredictable.