Jul 13, 2019 12:50:22 GMT Ginger said:

I think when Kuroya was talking about layback... Okay when I was thinking of Laid back. I mean the Systems, The staff, the Roleplay itself. DEF NOT THE CHARACTERS. I think the struggles are most important part of a character and how that SPECIFIC roleplay world influences them. So don't misunderstand the laidback part, def against... Characters vacationing and giving up everything.

i was actually trying to reference mainly the activity requirements (since most panfandoms right now have their minimum activity requirements structured more after rl sites than animanga sites, which is understandable but also personally disappointing as someone who has a lot of outside responsibilities and doesn't want to feel stressed to post or pressured to jump into threads i otherwise might not). but that being said, there also are a lot of rules for panfandoms that tend to come off a bit micromanage-y for me, which again, if that's what they want to do then that's their choice and i can support them in that but it's definitely a disappointment for me, where i'd actively consider joining a panfandom if it weren't for those rules.

that being said though, i definitely agree with ginger in that for as generic as the "canons have all mysteriously appeared in xyz original setting" run-up is... while it's not the greatest, it's a lot better than some of the other options (since i mean if you're choosing to go to a new world, it raises a lot of questions for why and can get messy when you get into everything they leave behind; and if you leave the option open to bounce between worlds a la kingdom hearts, it has a lot of potential to fragment the site in ways that could dangerously stagnate or clump plotting). i honestly don't think there's a way to make an entirely slice-of-life panfandom with zero hint of character development in the backdrop, but y'know, that's kind of the point of a panfandom at all. if i didn't want to challenge my character to develop and grow and change in an unfamiliar setting with distant possible consequences for their cross-series friendships, i might as well have just dropped them into a canon-only rp for their original fandom and left it be.

honestly, my preferred panfandom "backdrop" is actually something more along the lines of having an external reason bring them there (ie, a bored deity brings together their favorite characters to see them interact) and leave it ambiguous whether or not they can go home. it's still a little bit messy, but it creates a world state that everyone's equally familiar with, allows for a bit of internal conflict and growth via wrestling over staying or going, gives a good ic reason to limit the setting so people can interact with each other and experience different things from different fandoms, and allows for some hand-waving on what canon point people use for their character and for keeping development from threads with characters who "disappear" because of an activity check.

darker than black,,,,,
i will pay tree fiddy for the down payment