Quote Originally Posted by Kuroka View Post
Please this is no victim blaming, but how the hell does one get stalked and who on earth is this bored or sick to actually stalk someone..? Ive been wondering since years now..
Any answer given would just be scratching the surface really as there are A TON of factors to be considered, so it's a bit...difficult to really answer this. But I guess to give super basic answer: you get stalked/stalk someone simply because -------. No I did not censor anything: you could replace the ------- with pretty much anything you can think of, even something minor, and it can be someone's reason to stalk someone / get stalked. For example: you bump into someone at a grocery store, they drop something because of it, you pick it up for them and hand it back and then leave. Sounds like you just being a nice person since the bump is what caused them to drop said something and you just picked it up for them, what's the deal? To them, however: that could unironically be a reason for them to start stalking you. From taking revenge, to being para-social, to having mental health issues, to wanting to be controlling, to having low self-esteem, and many, many more reasons: if you can think it, then it can be a legitimate reason to stalk someone / get stalked, both IRL and online.

I won't pretend to know the RP community for FF14 that well since I keep to myself, but I have no doubt that like other RP communities; there are absolutely a few who take it WAY too seriously, and just like all the reasons listed above, anything you can think of in-game can be a reason for them to stalk you / get stalked.

"They said I was bad at RP!"

"They didn't like my glamour outfit!"

"They undercut me on the marketboard!" <- [This one here is why this 3rd party program actually exists apparently: because the maker wanted to know who the retainers of the person undercutting them on the marketboard belonged to.]

Overall, to put as absolutely basic and blunt as possible: People stalk and get stalked simply because. Probably not a good answer as a whole since answering "How does someone get stalked / why does someone want to stalk?" is pretty difficult due to all the factors and parts that make up each specific stalking situation, but hopefully it offers a bit of insight into it.