Comments | bad_rpers_suck: Seriously.

anddot in bad_rpers_suck

Seriously.

Dec 06, 2010 23:12

Dear multitude of roleplayers wishing to play 'orphans',

Orphanages do not exist in any present day, 'Western' setting. If your character is American or British they will go into a care system. They do not get deposited into a building on the moors, remain there throughout childhood and then get released at the age of eighteen ready to attend ( Read more... )

tragic past!, doing it wrong, research is your friend

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kyetsu December 6 2010, 23:15:32 UTC

But...but...but...It adds ultra-cool flair and makes them special when bad things happen that the character can't change!

Srsly, if people are gonna spend a lot of time with a character, they need to do some research as to what they're putting into said character.

blot December 6 2010, 23:15:49 UTC

Don't people do research? AT ALL?

empty_room December 6 2010, 23:20:40 UTC

But! But! But! How else would they have an emo-orphan story?! D:

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anddot December 6 2010, 23:43:36 UTC

I'm from the UK and I'm aware of the different funding (and how hard it is to get it) but I wasn't certain if the goverment would cover that much. That's why I've included it. That's a valid point, though.

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anddot December 7 2010, 00:24:26 UTC

Damn you for blowing a hole in my plan!

You're right, Britain does make it much more credible. I'll give the British guy a pass on that part of his story.

salem_wikkat December 6 2010, 23:44:48 UTC

Holy shit, AMURICAN ORPHANAGES.

lookasockpuppet December 7 2010, 00:15:44 UTC

I'm pretty sure they weren't anything like a Dickens orphanage. Further reading shows that the homes don't usually have a high census and that the children live as close to family style as possible.

So, going to one of those orphanages would be like

lookasockpuppet December 7 2010, 00:17:32 UTC

I pressed post too soon

going to one of those orphanages is more like going to a long term group home than anything else.

anddot December 7 2010, 00:19:12 UTC

Though this is helpful a lot of the links I clicked through are actually private schemes which require enrollment.

The children going through to these places would still need to be put into the public care system and then placed through it into the 'home'. (Or, it seems, the 'academy'.)

A few I looked at actually appeared to be boarding schools that enrolled a handful of children in the care system as well.

Not exactly the orphanages a lot of people are envisioning.

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