Do you tease lalafells?

[Lolli282]

I don't know you and I sure don't want the first comment from a stranger to be them teasing me for playing a race they like to joke about, no matter how lighthearted it is. I think it all contributes to the animosity towards lalas and people shouldn't stand for it. I'm not going to get you banned for it, but keep the jokes to you and your friends and you'll have no worries of people reporting you. There's a lot of races I don't like in the game and I sure as hell don't go publicly berating them.

I agree. Be friendly at first and then if you build a rapport say a joke. Starting off with one can make some shut down on you OP or write you off as a nuisance to tolerate for the duration of their instance.

Caitlyn I personally don’t mind pets.

[Kahnom]

I don't tease lalfell.
I eat them.

[Nethereal]

The potato's? All the time. Was almost thinking about making one since they got the best emotes.

[Violyre]

I'm not going to go up to a rando and do it, but if they're your friend or you have a rapport with them, then it should be fine. But there are some people that are still sensitive about it even if you're close to them. Just mind how they feel, apologize if you do something wrong, and hopefully things can be forgiven.

Though your friend sounds uptight.

[Fyrebrand]

I think you need to be careful making certain kinds of jokes, especially around people you don't know. Even though you have good intentions, all the person on the other end gets is text with no tone of voice or mood. They only know some random stranger decided to single them out and make them the center of attention, which can be uncomfortable or intimidating even when they know it's a joke. I can certainly imagine them thinking "Why is this person making fun of my character?" And if you keep it up with multiple comments throughout the dungeon, that can naturally evolve into "What is this person's problem with me!?"

Most of the time you're probably fine, but you never know where people are coming from. Like somebody else said earlier in the thread, they had experienced legit harassment about their lala character before, so they're not likely to respond well to even a good-natured joke. In fact, they may not respond, period. It's a sad fact of reality, but something to consider.

I headpatting a miqote and said, "Dawwwwww... Well aren't you just adorwable" while in Prae. They told me I was making them feel uncomfortable so I stopped.

That's cute, and I wouldn't be bothered by that on my miqo'te, but I can sort of see why this would weird someone out. Like, "is this going to be a thing the whole time?" Who knows, maybe they are woman who has a lot of pervy men make comments about their appearance in real life, or has a boss who touches them inappropriately. Nothing to do with you, but who knows what they have going on.

Last time I did Praetorium the tank called out during a cutscene "Who's the sexy elf in white!?" (I was wearing the Dalmascan top, so I guess I was "asking for it" or something) Then he went on later to say he wants me to be his healer all the time, and... it was weird. What he didn't know is that I'm a man IRL, so that just made it really funny to me, but I definitely get why random strangers commenting about your appearance can be uncomfortable.

Then I went over to the lalafell on the elevator, and used one of my fav lalafell custom emotes, I made just for them.

/micon "Bow" emote
/bow motion
/em bites <t>'s head.

This works best with au'ra it makes it look like you are biting the top of a lalafells head. It's great!

That's fantastic! I love that. It's more about you and what you're doing, than making a comment about the character that the player might take the wrong way. If I can make a suggestion, maybe try jokes that are more incidental, or observational about the situation, or even at your own expense? This can be harder to do, but at least it clearly shows you're just being funny while not putting someone else in the hot seat. For example, maybe while I'm on my miqo'te character and I accidentally get caught in a big fire AoE I might say "Does anyone else smell burnt cat fur?"

Anyway, sorry you've gotten a lot of flak in this thread. You clearly mean well, and sound like a fun person to play with.

[Godzillaxpowerrangers]

Only one I mess with is my FC leader who is a lala by saying wee little ankle bitter because of a joke they started way back in ARR.

[Kikoten]

People tease me all the time. If I had a single gil for every time someone related my character to food, I'd be a gillionaire. Jokes are jokes to me, and I REALLY don't find the food jokes funny. At all. Those jokes are boring, overdone, run dry, not imaginative, uninspired, pointless, lackluster, and, I might even add, a little dumb. I've had people treat my character like a human child, which is downright weird. Don't do that, please. Not only does it you look weird, it makes me feel weird, and it unsettles everyone around.

Having said that, I answer most teases with teasing of my own. Careful, I'll dish it right back!

[xxmiamorecadenza]

It’s a tired joke that’s a little bit irritating since it’s typically made at our expense. I’m not offended. I’m just annoyed at the same joke being lobbed at me for the 100th time.

I just ignore it and avoid the person making it. And the reason behind the avoidance is because they’re bound to repeat it again, and again, and again and again.

The amount of times in voice chat on Discord when someone tried to joke about ‘eating me’ or ‘punting me’ as a grown woman had me responding with dead silence.

It’s boring. Can y’all do something new? Say something fresh?

I don't tease lalfell.
I eat them.

[Kikoten]

I don't tease lalfell.
I eat them.

Says female Au Ra #1,483,015,465,013! Sup, short, fleshy and kawaii? Don't you wish SE went with the "ara ara" concept instead of cutesy maid material 2.0?!

https://imgur.com/a/FchEw

...I wish they did, gosh darn it, it would've been awesome

[Awha]

That feeling when people play a meme race and get annoyed with the memes.

We are jokes if ya do not like it just avoid the person making the joke.