Well! Let's start this blog off with a bang, shall we? My very first rant, and oh, the delight I shall have.
Angels. Demons. They're fun to play, I know. However! There are certain things that just. Need. To. Stop.
First of all. Angels are already badassed. They don't need extra badassery. (Depending on your mythology), they're already muscely, made of practical light, and could probably make a tough guy shit himself. There's a reason they have to shout "Fear not!" When they're about to deliver a message to people. Yeah. They're badassed. Piling on more badass is overkill. You do not need to give your Guardian Angel a gun. He doesn't need a gun, even if he did assume some sort of human form. Chances are he could still bench press a car. I mean come on.
Likewise, if you're going to use the Archangels, at least get their mythology right. Gabriel is not going to be toting around a gun. That's Michael's thing. Michael's the warrior, Gabriel is the messenger. I'm not saying to have to be perfectly in 'character' about it all the time (I mean seriously, Michael may have a soft side, you never know), but just randomly applying streetsmart gun-toting badassery to Gabriel just makes me think you don't know jack about what you're talking about.
Besides that, whatever happened to Angels, yanno, having jobs to do while they're on Earth? I doubt they have all the time in the world to make sure poor Mary Sue is staying out of trouble. (Unless, of course, that's actually their job.) Chances are, Michael has evil to smite, not enough time to stand around looking hot and giving girls the "Come hither" look.
Right, right. We can tell, I study Angels every now and then, and therefore have developed pet peeves with RPers who use them wrongly. What about other beings of the Heavens and Hells?
Demons. Don't get me started. Virtually no one can play a good demon/devil/other force of evil nowadays. If she's a girl, she's totally a sex kitten (without any mention of being a succubus in sight.) She'll be so hot that both mortal and immortal men alike swoon over her. (Oh. She's probably also Satan's daughter, even though the mythos of the 72 states he has a son, and a granddaughter, but no daughter.) Men, on the other hand, are aloof and cold (but totally have a soft spot inside, doncha know?) Just... can we cut the cliches for once? Is it so hard to play a true Complete Monster without any soft spots?
And don't get me started on playing God and Satan. I don't think I've ever seen them played right. Not that I'm a judge or anything, but I don't think God is a drunk asshole (well, not all of the time.) And I highly doubt Satan is some mysterious bishounen who wants nothing more to romance your Mary Sue. Augh. Make it stop.
So yes, first rant of the day. More to come later (and hopefully more thought out, seeing as it's right before school and I'm a little rushed.)
Love ya all~
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