Is it okay to use another player's character 'fantasia' as your own without asking?

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

I honestly wouldn't care so long as they don't pretend to be me. If you play any of the popular races, there's a good chance you have a clone or semi-clone running around somewhere anyway (even though I can't remember ever meeting one of my own).

Remember, imitation is the highest form of flattery.
There's little to no reason to be offended.

Edit: lol Zojha you beat me to it.

I think some looks will end up pretty similar inherently as our character creation is so limited, especially if you use one of the "popular faces", but willfully making an exact copy of someone else is kinda weird.

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Originally Posted by Clover_Blake

I've had that happen to me and I personally didn't like it. It can also be a form of impersonation, which isn't cool with me.

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I think you could only class it as impersonation if they copy both your character look and glammed gear.

I think it is fine to some extent. I have seen male miqotes in the past that looked close to my (male miqo look, currently fem au ra with same look) look and I've always thought it was kind of funny. However if I came across someone that looked exactly like I do, I am not sure how I would feel. Thankfully it hasn't happened yet in game. However one time I came across a Male Lala with pretty much same look on lodestone before, was probably just coincidence though and they aren't on my server.

Oh yeah forgot to say, that my character isn't at all that unique, so it is inevitable that I come across someone that looks like me. I'd be more bothered, if they used their look to harass me or pretended to be me.

Given the extremely limited CC, it's bound to happen regardless. Personally, I'd only be bothered by it if they pretended to be me.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

Given the extremely limited CC, it's bound to happen regardless. Personally, I'd only be bothered by it if they pretended to be me.

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Have to agree with this. I mean you could spend weeks playing in character creation to make something unique, and still find a twin the moment you log in. Happened to me.

So to be honest I think it's kind of silly to be mad over the idea. I mean, how would you feel if someone came up to you and raged that you copied their character? Because there are those out there that will claim you did even if you never looked at a reference or used another player's looks as inspiration. Lose/lose situation either way if you actually worry about it.

Long post short: I think it's fine. Just don't be a jerk about it to the people you used as inspiration, as some posts have mentioned.

I'd find it tacky if they actually copied a friend or another FC member otherwise I'd say go for it if you like the look.

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Originally Posted by Skivvy

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Well, most of this is straight creepiness. Though, I wouldn't mind if they copy my character. I must admit it really isn't that hard -.- I'm happy with my generic Au Ra.

There was one situation, however, where I copied someone's look. My retainer's look. I was messing around with a retainer fantasia and ended up creating a character that I liked more than my character. So I swapped appareances. No ragrets.

Its perfectly okay to copy someone else's character appearance. There's probably a 1% chance they'll get it 100% perfect anyway, so there will be small differences, such as color tones. With the character creation already being limited as it is, you're bound to run into someone sooner or later who has nearly the exact same avatar.