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[miraielle.livejournal.com]

It has been brought to my attention that some people are under the impression that my post earlier this afternoon was a passive-aggressive attempt to attack some particular people, which was not my intention, and would have been disgustingly hypocritical of me if it were. Perhaps I should have been more clear; I intended to speak as much of the tendency to bitch about people to each other over AIM as anything else. I know I have done a good deal of that in the past, and am going to attempt to do less of it in the future. The catalyst to my post was a certain incident; however, I had been thinking about the issues for a while, and I was not attempting to call out specific people.

For good, open RPing, we need to be honest with each other about any problems we may have. My post was an attempt to encourage that.

That being said, anyone who has been bitching about my post and not talked to me about it has proved my point. Thank you.

Comments

[blue_ajah]

So far, the only comment I've written on today's events was in response to Bigby-mun's post, because I think he's made one of the most valid points I've seen today -- "we're here to all have fun." Because really, that is the point of a game, when it all comes down to it. (Or it should be, in my opinion.) This place is a gaming community. It is a place to have fun, as best possible.

There are a couple of things that I think haven't been said yet that should be, and I'm going to put them in response to this post so that they hopefully won't be lost in the shuffle.

First and foremost, a person is not the same as his or her character. If I have a difficulty with a character in a game, or how something is being played out, or a storyline, or any other aspect of something that relates to a character, it in no way affects or represents my opinion of the person behind that character. I suspect the same holds true for many of us. It's an important distinction to keep in mind, really.

Second, I'm a big fan of communication. I'd cheer for it at a hockey game, for example. But there are different venues in which certain types of communication can and should take place, I've always thought. I personally favor AIM and email, lots.

Third and finally, I hope that this community as a whole can move past this soon, because I'm not entirely certain how constructive this is any more, here in this particular venue. I understand from what's been said here that the first post was made with the idea of encouraging positive communication, but the resultant effect has been rather the opposite, which although unintentional, is distressing to me.

(I am available to discuss any of this that may be so desired. AIM = Aspenx3, email = aspen [at] silveraspen [dot] net.)

[big-b-wolf.livejournal.com]

Guess I missed you at the tail end of your online time... I can understand if i waited too long; I figured you had bundles of people to talk to first.

Anyhow, hope you're ok... that was a lot of comments (and presumably more arriving via private channels) to cope with.