Fluttershy: Hey, um, could I ask a favor?
Discord GM: Why, anything! As long as it's not taking it easy on you all in the game.
Fluttershy: Haha, of course not. No, it's just... I know you're having fun hamming it up, but, um... When we're outside the game, talking out of character, would you mind... turning the energy down a notch? It's just that, well, for some of us, mainly me, this is kind of a relaxation activity, so... I think there might be a little friction there, is all. And again, just talking about /outside/ the game.
Discord GM: Ah, I see. That would explain a few things. I'd love to say that's no imposition... but I must confess it is, a little bit. Going all-out is how */I/* like to unwind after a busy week.
Fluttershy: I understand.
Discord GM: But! Last time there were a lot of toes stepped on, and I was *just* wondering what I could do to make things more "frictionless" for Round 2. So if that's what works best for this group, then I shall indeed "turn it down a notch." Just a notch, though.
Fluttershy: We'll... work on it as we go.
Through this whole process I'm imagining somehow you've got actual John de Lancie at your casual weekend D&D group and you have to figure out how to rein him in because his sheer dramatic intensity is scaring your regulars, who have no idea this guy's a celebrity. There are far worse situations to be in, but that's a tricky line to walk all the same.
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…I’d probably be Fluttershy in such a situation… I don’t pay much attention to celebrities… I probably wouldn’t even be able to identify my favorite VA… Though that may partly be because she’s got so many voices, Timmy Turner, Twilight Sparkle… My personal favorite, Experiment 624 Angel…
I remember seeing this exact quote in another webcomic (though in different context), and thought for sure this was some reference I was missing. But when I Google it in quotation marks I get this page and the page of that other webcomic, and that’s it.
Somebody asked me to tone it down at a game night because I was getting too excited talking about a show I used to like as a kid. Ruined my whole night! I wish I could have handled it this gracefully, but to me it was an emotional gut-punch having to be more "normal" amongst friends.
That sort of thing happens to me a lot. I know I shouldn't brood over criticism, but it's impossible not to - even when I understand the problem and don't blame the other person. It makes group interactions difficult.
