@Taril
Clearly this conversation isn't going to go anywhere. I've laid out and explained my personal philosophy as clearly as I can and you have come away with a complete misunderstanding of it. We clearly have fundamentally different priorities and beliefs in this area, and are both equally convinced of the certainty of our opinions. Which is fine. These are games, the stakes are low. But if I can tell you that I value working with the game to craft the narratives I find engaging and you interpret that as me saying I ignore the game and only want to make stuff up regardless of the options, then we clearly can't have a productive conversation on this subject.
I hold you no ill will, I think you're a good conversationalist and maybe on a topic we weren't so diametrically opposed on, I'd have more fun chatting with you.
