Where is your line?

[lightandwinged]

So a recent post got me thinking about this.

I have a line when it comes to Sueishness, in that I can tolerate just about any outlandish or special snowflake character if certain conditions are met. For me, those conditions are as follows:

• The character isn't a ploy for attention. I think you can usually tell when someone's playing a character just

Comments

[illidont]

You know well and good where my line ends, bb.

Pretty much the only problem I have is when players give their characters a mental illness that they know absolutely nothing about other than the fact that it's a "srs mentul illnus." It makes me want to punch a wall.

I've seen four different people write in their mrps that their characters have schizophrenia and A) Say that it's gotten better, or B) cite a completely wrong illness like multiple personality disorder. And that is mostly a ploy for attention. HAHA, IT'S FUNNY LOOK AT ME I'M CRAZY LOLOL.

Excuse me if I get a little passionate about this. This kind of crap makes me pretty angry.

[deathwiser]

I once thought of giving one of my characters schizophrenia, he would sometimes try to hurt himself, sometimes get into arguements with himself and hear voices. But I cut off his thumb instead.

[illidont]

I don't...really have a problem with a character who's mentally ill if it's played correctly. Do an adequate amount of research. Show me through rp. Communicate about it with me OOCly. Be sensitive. That's all I ask if someone wants to play it out.

[raegsokthesock]

^This.

[deathwiser]

I sat and read up on it all, I was thinking it like Edward Richtofen/Alex Mason, not really caring or noticing that he had it, more just "Did you hear something? No? How about you? What do you mean there's no one there?!"
It'd fit my character. But, meh.