Notes

(Don’t twist my words, did you miss the “vice versa” I wrote? In case you don’t know what that means, it means ‘hal yang sama berlaku untuk sebaliknya’. You want to hear what I have in mind? You have been saying ‘you’re saying that’ a lot. So I’ll give you a piece of my mind.

1. You asked a third person, Edgar, and I, to make a comment on how one supposedly behave as a writer, not as a character. I don’t have that privilege, I really don’t. You write how you want to. You absolutely can’t ask to someone else ‘they’re talking mundane, wdyt?’ ‘they’re doing crack plots, wdyt?’ This restrictions is valid, however, on classes and events. Cara bergaul setiap individu berbeda. You know how to differ an IC or OOC talk? Good for you. Belum tentu orang lain dapat memahami hal itu. You can only tolerate it, or you don’t. This is a wide range of social forum. People roleplay based on how they have been developing a character, read, socialise, and write. Based on an experience.

My character, as a teacher, is a rotten soul. Under Rafal’s reign, she never knows about any etiquette or manner, being polite, proper, being a princess, she doesn’t grow in a castle. She doesn’t eat from a tray in the Clearing, she takes pails and gets dumped in the moat because Flowergrounds are only for the Good. She’s a Never. But as a writer now, a human, there’s no way I won’t know anything about hukum mengintip seseorang, mengatur jalan seseorang, melanggar privasi. Coba, you indirectly insulted me as a human being. If I tell you that, in public, how would you feel?

2. If you mind, like I said, approach the said person privately, and ask them kindly to not do something you hate, or you could say that you find it offensive as a writer. Fine by me, people take things differently right? Perhaps what you think was a joke is something very sensitive to a person. Mungkin sama seperti saat ini. Maybe Karina, as a character or a writer was joking (who knows?) but you find it disturbing, it’s no one’s fault. I’m telling you, this is an academy, not a strictly-IC agency or some sort. Our regulations are made, mainly valid only /DURING/ our daily activities. Classes, events, etc. Other than that, the cracks are fine as long as it doesn’t trigger anything to someone else. You want to make edits, sure thing. You wanna do some jokes, no one’s gonna tell you some restrictions. If you want to be IC, sure thing, you could even pretend like what you were doing as an edit is “what your character cut from a magazine”.

About brackets and no brackets. What if, when you do something fun, I’ll turn and ask. “Edgar, can this writer make their character tweet or joke about something like this? This sounds like god-mod to me.” Picture yourself in this situation, how you would feel as a writer, or as a character?

3. Again, you misinterpret me. I was only giving you a head out, pencerahan untuk developing character. /YOUR/ character, not defending the Never, when you are asking me in OOC, my focus was on you as a person, myself, and other. Not on one side. What I said about Never lies doesn’t mean they can act god-like and ruin others’ characters. I wouldn’t do that to anyone, if you tell me privately, I wouldn’t even mind relying the message. It’s for /YOUR CHARACTER/ to have an idea, to assume ‘oh, no way, they’re lying’, ‘she’s bluffing’, ‘this must be some kind of deceive’, not to corner Good or Evil and make them feel like they’re a bad person, or worse, making them feel like a complete idiot. This is what you’re currently doing to me as a writer. I don’t find that offensive at all, everyone’s learning, and I do too.

4. See? Speaking as a writer, I wouldn’t even know how to differ your OOC or IC, is that your fault or is that mine /as a writer/ for assuming because they sound completely alike? You tell me. You control your character, how it runs. You feel like you fit, great. If you don’t feel that way, we can always work something out.

I’m saying, feel free to do, joke, play, mess around, build friendships and experiences with anyone. As long as it doesn’t cross the rule, as long as it’s not offensive. If it is? Read number 2.

You’re learning, so am I, both as a character and a person. No need to apologise, I’m just trying to explain to you in the best way possible without offending anyone but still being completely logical. I’m very kind, unlike Anathema. I’m not mad, want you to know that.)