hi there.....
just a small question, why a Jin_mei hot babe has a gallentean-like name?
I just thought taking a Gallentean pseudonym as being done by Jin-Mei who emigrate outside of Lirsautton and traditional ethnic communities.
Being a caste driven society it probably causes less problems when living in the wider Federation where those born into a lower caste might be in positions of power and authority over those of a higher caste.
There's also the traditionalist aspect to the Jin-Mei, so not using your proper birth name is designed to safeguard your family honour when not in Jin-Mei territories.
Something like that.
Y'know that Steel Crusade idea was a great source of RP material. It's wierd RPing RP character as players of an online MMO RPing RP characters......
Didn't stop it being awesome. Also Jin Mei are tops, I've hardly seen/met any.
Hey, I'm glad you liked it!
In many respects Calliste just represents my interest to try and explore the different factions outside the boundaries of the usual rarefied political and intellectual discussions and through a more personal character level. What they do for forms of entertainment and engage with media is an interesting way to explore cultural dynamics.
For example, asking yourself how Amarrian commoners might play an MMO does raise interesting questions in itself:
Would their player guilds be centered around their House loyalties?
Would you see another more humorous aspect to Amarrians due to the anonymity afforded, like Romans writing dirty graffiti on walls about Senators interspersed with the occasional drawn penis?
Would Holder children be told not to play video games because that's for craven commoners?
Would Amarrians in such an MMO set during the Reclaiming of the Udorians occasionally take the piss out of Tash-Murkon players and guilds in it?
Do MIO Inquisitors silently lurk around gaming subcommunities on the lookout for dissent?
Do Amarrians deliberately create games as a form of "soft" Reclaiming in media driven societies like in the Federation or State in order to export their cultural values?
I guess I just got bored one day of the enforced archetypes and stereotypes of the factions that really only lends itself to the repetitions of propaganda and instead just try to think of and answer different questions about the factions at a grassroots level.
It's why Calliste is just so typical and average because for me that's what makes her fun. She plays videogames, consumes media, doesn't care much for politics, likes dirty jokes, and generally doesn't take herself too seriously. For her, being a capsuleer is like being able to be both voyeur and sometimes participant in the best reality show ever.
