Because the potential not to fuck up is virtually nonexistent.
Sure, an Indian Cloud would be a lot different from a regular Cloud.
...wait a minute.
binary system
This I grant, though it leads immediately to the question "where are the characters that are gender-swapped BUT NOT ALL THE WAY, or characters with gender-identities in the middle, or third-gendered, etc."
Also because it sort of reeks of fetishism.
I can't agree with this. I think in there are a ton of people who, given the opportunity to make Black Sephiroth and White Barret would undoubtedly do HORRIBLE CRINGE-INDUCING THINGS
...but the term "fetish" implies an unhealthy interest. My stock in trade is unhealthy interests, and I have to say that this one isn't any unhealthier than all the fetishes all of us already entertain.
To put it another way: the eljay RP universe is chock-a-block with AUs of all kind... race is scrupulously avoided. That is, to me, a more pronounced fetishism than actually playing Mongolian Seymour.
But then I'm against any ~swaps that would alter personality anyway.
Fffff. Not everyone has the luxury of your range and attention to detail. Some of us have to get by on kink, and others just have things that they wanna see more of. Personally, I would like to see more of Characters Of Color - is this a fetish? ...Eh, on the level of Riku in an apron and nothing else, welcoming Seymour home from a hard day at the temple with brandy, brownies, and ass. That is to say:
It's something I would genuinely enjoy seeing, and I'd like to know why it hasn't already happened.
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Date: 2010-03-03 12:00 am (UTC)Sure, an Indian Cloud would be a lot different from a regular Cloud.
...wait a minute.
binary system
This I grant, though it leads immediately to the question "where are the characters that are gender-swapped BUT NOT ALL THE WAY, or characters with gender-identities in the middle, or third-gendered, etc."
Also because it sort of reeks of fetishism.
I can't agree with this. I think in there are a ton of people who, given the opportunity to make Black Sephiroth and White Barret would undoubtedly do HORRIBLE CRINGE-INDUCING THINGS
...but the term "fetish" implies an unhealthy interest. My stock in trade is unhealthy interests, and I have to say that this one isn't any unhealthier than all the fetishes all of us already entertain.
To put it another way: the eljay RP universe is chock-a-block with AUs of all kind... race is scrupulously avoided. That is, to me, a more pronounced fetishism than actually playing Mongolian Seymour.
But then I'm against any ~swaps that would alter personality anyway.
Fffff. Not everyone has the luxury of your range and attention to detail. Some of us have to get by on kink, and others just have things that they wanna see more of. Personally, I would like to see more of Characters Of Color - is this a fetish? ...Eh, on the level of Riku in an apron and nothing else, welcoming Seymour home from a hard day at the temple with brandy, brownies, and ass. That is to say:
It's something I would genuinely enjoy seeing, and I'd like to know why it hasn't already happened.