Word useage

[Whysp]

*boggles at the character*

Was it's hair some shade of blonde, too, perchance? Because, with that list, I can't really see anything other than "hair of spun gold" or, possibly, "light-absorbing black hair" to go with that description.

...a demon-possessed vampire? Isn't that going to be a bit contradictory? how does a vamp get possessed, anyway? Aren't they (mostly) dead to begin with?

To be honest, I never asked. Reading that description was kinda a red flag. And chances are the demonic possesion would've canceled any weaknesses in the vampiric nature. And I think the hair was blonde, if not silver. You'd be surprised how long I tend to people-watch and description read before I'll actually initiate a roleplay with someone.

[Frith-Rae]

I also throw in, people who refer to eyes as orbs during RP. STOP IT. THEY ARE NOT ORBS. THEY ARE EYES.

OMG YOU TOO??!!!

I HATE THAT!!

and its not just orbs its OCCULAR ORBS!!

NO MORE OCCULAR ORBS!!

[Henry Redacre]

That's why I play the "average citizen" whenever I do get around to RPing (which isn't too often). I typically don't get heavily into it, mainly because, well, my character is Henry. He builds stuff. Occasionally, he doesn'ty get himself killed when he's trying to kill something else. He's not a hero, he's not a ***, he's not a prince, king, or otherwise. If anything, he's a peasant. He isn't terribly educated, he isn't massively muscled (in fact, he's got a bit of a gut), he doesn't own the shiniest or rarest of equipment, and most of the time, he doesn't even really know what he's doing, other than trying to make it through his day.

His name is Henry, and he just works. He is the every-man in a world full of heroes and royalty.

EDIT
Oh, and he doesn't have ORBS. He's got eyes, lookers, or peepers.

[tramsan]

Here, gopher, this could be a start: http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/its.html

[tramsan]

And while we're on the subject... It's spelled "usage"

[gopher65]

Aye, I do that "useage" thing all the time. Normally the spell check catches it, but spell check doesn't function in the title of a thread unless you specifically tell it to do so.

That "its" and "it's" misusage (almost did it again:P. Stupid e.) bugs me too. I'm not a total Grammar Nazi, but there are certain things which make me twitch.