Personally I don't mind cliche RPs to a degree. Sometimes I want a good, old-fashioned, good-vs-evil punch-up that not too complicated rather than an intricate plot, just like sometimes I want to eat McDonalds for lunch rather than making some healthy pasta.
The trouble for me, I think is that when I do want an RP I can really get my teeth into, I can't find one. They're buried. Buried under about eight RPs about five teenage maids with cat-ears sharing a mansion with five brooding half-demon half-vampire assassins, and that makes me sad. Sad as I really want an RP right now with a strong plot, and something that's not based to a huge degree on romance. There seems to be a big focus on many RPs here, moreso than a lot of other sites I've been on, about hooking characters up, and making the pairing-up integral to the RP itself rather than a side-plot that might happen.
I'd also, however agree that potential cliche topics are very much about how they're handled by the OP, and the people taking part. One of the RPs I'm in now has a big focus on vampires and werewolves, but I've got to say it turned out to be really good fun as the people involves were committed to making an interesting and complex world with lots of plotting, back-stabbing, and fighting for power. It allowed for people to consider the nature of the creatures and de-construct them. How does a vampire cope psychologically with their life? Do they become apathetic, hedonistic or psychopathic? How would someone highly religious cope with being a werewolf? Could they justify their existence as something 'evil' to themselves? It allowed for a bit of exploration that I really find interesting.
I mean, the maids with cat-ears may be some variety of strange, unknown creature and could any moment go all 'Cat People (The 1942 film)' on everyone. Chances are if someone makes an RP like that, they won't though. They'll just have cat ears because they're cat ears.
I guess you could say I have more of a thing against cliches used without any decent grounding or explanation. Things that look like they're there just because the person wanted them there, rather than they thought it would actually contribute to the story as a whole. Sometimes topics just feel like they've had vampire/ninja/pirate/demon/werewolf/wolf/cat/neko/magic/superpowers pasted on. The plot would still be exactly the same without them, but they're there anyway. I think that's where, with me RPs can become tiresome.
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