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Make Me Emote
Sep. 8th, 2006 08:30 pmSo, in addition to serious brunch cravings, I am also currently going through some hardcore roleplaying withdrawal. I'm down to one tabletop game every other week, and that one, while good, has enough players that no one person gets too much actual intense roleplaying time.
I've got one LARP I'm in, but that's two weekends a year. Intercon is good, but it's still pretty far away, and (again) two weekends every year. I need a game. Tabletop, LARP, just about anything except live-combat. I need a character. I need to be someone else, and I need that someone else to have intense, melodramatic, angst-laden emotional interactions with someone else who enjoys it as much as I do.
I don't care what genre the game is set in. I don't care what particular flavor of emotional drama. Fall in love with my character. Let my character fall in love with yours. Hate me, doubt me, make me choose between falling to evil or destroying the world. Steal my memories. Lie to me, then tell me that you've done so moments after I trust you with my secrets. Help me save the world.
Just don't make me swing a padded PVC stick in the process. I want drama, not aerobics. I'm clumsy, moderately weak, and my aim is lousy - I roleplay because I want to be someone else, with different skills and talents and abilities. I can be good or bad at the things I'm good or bad at in real life. I want unreality. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the only local live action games are of the stick-swinging variety, and the tabletop ones are full up.
Maybe I should start standing around in genre bookstores, wearing a little sign that says 'Will Bake Cookies In Exchange For Angsty Roleplaying Opportunities.....'
I've got one LARP I'm in, but that's two weekends a year. Intercon is good, but it's still pretty far away, and (again) two weekends every year. I need a game. Tabletop, LARP, just about anything except live-combat. I need a character. I need to be someone else, and I need that someone else to have intense, melodramatic, angst-laden emotional interactions with someone else who enjoys it as much as I do.
I don't care what genre the game is set in. I don't care what particular flavor of emotional drama. Fall in love with my character. Let my character fall in love with yours. Hate me, doubt me, make me choose between falling to evil or destroying the world. Steal my memories. Lie to me, then tell me that you've done so moments after I trust you with my secrets. Help me save the world.
Just don't make me swing a padded PVC stick in the process. I want drama, not aerobics. I'm clumsy, moderately weak, and my aim is lousy - I roleplay because I want to be someone else, with different skills and talents and abilities. I can be good or bad at the things I'm good or bad at in real life. I want unreality. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the only local live action games are of the stick-swinging variety, and the tabletop ones are full up.
Maybe I should start standing around in genre bookstores, wearing a little sign that says 'Will Bake Cookies In Exchange For Angsty Roleplaying Opportunities.....'
