01-27-2011, 01:22 AM
Honestly. I just don't get it.
There is, fundamentally, no significant OOC difference between the Afterlife and the Beforelife, except that of separation between the two. There is PLENTY to write about in the afterlife. If it is viewed with an atmosphere of stagnation, that's entirely in your own mind.
Let alone the impact of a death upon the psychology of a character. That's big shit.
As for Vic's argument about death, it comes down to a fundamental difference in the way Chubbs is viewed. Personally, I view the world of Chubbs in terms of two entities: my character, and everything else. There is a world outside of my character that moves and breathes and has desires and explosions and gooeyness. Some things in that world outside of my character would seek to kill him. Some things in that world would seek to benefit him. Most things don't give a shit.
If we want to have any semblance of an actual world outside of our characters, if we want to have a legitimate alternative to the rampant communal-solipsism that many people have complained about with regard to the current Chubbs system, then we MUST have a world that is outside of all PCs, and is dangerous.
There is, fundamentally, no significant OOC difference between the Afterlife and the Beforelife, except that of separation between the two. There is PLENTY to write about in the afterlife. If it is viewed with an atmosphere of stagnation, that's entirely in your own mind.
Let alone the impact of a death upon the psychology of a character. That's big shit.
As for Vic's argument about death, it comes down to a fundamental difference in the way Chubbs is viewed. Personally, I view the world of Chubbs in terms of two entities: my character, and everything else. There is a world outside of my character that moves and breathes and has desires and explosions and gooeyness. Some things in that world outside of my character would seek to kill him. Some things in that world would seek to benefit him. Most things don't give a shit.
If we want to have any semblance of an actual world outside of our characters, if we want to have a legitimate alternative to the rampant communal-solipsism that many people have complained about with regard to the current Chubbs system, then we MUST have a world that is outside of all PCs, and is dangerous.