I noticed a few problems. If everyone is a dragon tamer, then the economy will collapse. We need more characters, that way. We can't rely on only NPC's for everything, really. Also, JUST DIVERSIFY! Don't go straight for the coolest one! Try experimenting outside of you comfort zone!
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@rusty4297, match your picture to the job. That picture is quite obviously an alchemist/inventor. NOT a tamer. You wouldn't have someone in a baker's uniform with deep-sea diving as their profession. So don't make an inventor, who would spend most of their time dealing with electronics, not creatures, train a dragon. The picture is more suited to a blacksmith (SOMEONE WHO MAKES THINGS). By all means, keep the picture, but give it more thought in the future. The coolest doesn't mean the most suited. And also, if you can give me a valid reason that I cannot reasonably argue against, I will accept it. So, if you want, try me. o3o
Now that my quick rant is over, I'm going to focus more on making characters.
1. People don't all RP for the realism, as evidenced by the fact that this very RP is based around a small town where people and pokemon (primarily dragon pokemon) coexist. RPing lets the creativity flow, and yes, I agree that if a town were made up of those we've put into the RP so far, it wouldn't last longer than a month or two at most, but that's not to say that we should be required to actually diversify. Also, not everyone chooses certain roles for the "coolest" bit that you seem to think. Sometimes, people who've been in the previous RPs return, and know that the overall story is centered around the dragontamers/dragonfighters and know exactly where to put their characters to get the chance to join in a majority of the fun (hint: that's me)
2. Yes... Yes the picture IS an inventor, but that doesn't mean that I have to follow the picture. I'm the one creating the character, not the artist. I chose the picture because it emphasizes the personality and appearance of the character, not because of the gear around him. The idea was that the inventions and such would let you visualize him as a scientific mind more easily, not to take entirely from the source. I'm not sure if you've noticed or not, but one of the first things my character's done is do an experiment to see if he could successfully do something. Also, perhaps you should try "suspension of disbelief" in which you look at something that doesn't fully make sense, but accept it because it's not the real world. In this case, I outright said below the picture that you should try to visualize it without all of the equipment, although that may not have been fully clear. If we were restricted to using pictures of characters that are obviously already part of the job that they're taking up in the RP, or at least, not part of a different job, many pictures would go unused despite the talent that the artist has provided, simply because it doesn't fit the scenario PERFECTLY.
I didn't choose solely because the picture was the coolest, the background, while not perfectly fitting the actual character, provided a means of causing those looking at the picture to see him as a scientist, even if he doesn't actually have that job. The picture seems like he makes things, yes, but if you read the entirety, I say that he doesn't have any of that equipment. The background and equipment simply helps one to feel like the character loves testing things, thinking them through, and executing plans to see them play out.
I would like to say, as well, that I DID put thought into it, which I may or may not have successfully displayed above, but know this, telling someone that they're wrong in front of others before even asking them they're reasoning, perhaps via PM, seems more like an attempted insult than a suggestion, that feeling being enhanced by the "try me" at the end of the paragraph. You might think you're simply trying to help, but as far as I can see, it seems more like you're simply trying to have everything your way so that others can't have the freedom that RPing allows. I see that you and Rainy seem to be doubling up while telling Minami how she's wrong, and though, maybe the suggestion's got good reason behind it, it does, yet again, seem as an unintentional stab at another's choice/opinion. Perhaps Minami intended for the RP to center around the dragontamers with people making background characters for the sake of additional fun to go along with it? Maybe that's not the case, and even if it were, I know, it could be more well-established for others to understand before making their characters, but the fact is that this RP is Minami's creation. Yes, you can have your say and suggest things to her about it, and yes, it will probably improve greatly if enough of us suggest features that we all enjoy, however, simply from the tone of the writing you've put out so far with your suggestion, it seems very much like you're trying to take over and steer the RP in the direction you'd prefer it go and give less room for creative control to the one who has, herself, made the RP that you've chosen to join. If you didn't intend to seem that way, I apologize for misunderstanding, as text makes emotion difficult to interpret, however... For now, I will hope that I haven't been too rude in my response, and would like to request that you accept my apology if I, in any way, have offended you.
