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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 8234083" data-attributes="member: 48965">I don't understand this line of thinking at all... If not the characters whose decisions, actions, etc we are focusing on then who is the protagonist of the story in your above statement?&nbsp; As an example Superheroes react to the world, villain plots, loved one's in danger all the time and yet I don't think you would make the argument that say Superman isn't the protagonist of a Superman comic book... would you?&nbsp; I really am having a hard time grasping this logic. EDIT: You are also assuming that the playstyle we are describing is only ever the PC reacting and we've made it clear that in actual play this just isn't a valid or honest assessment of what happens at the table.I can't answer for Ovinomancer but I thing the &quot;need&quot; to claim it for our playstyle (I don't think anyone is speaking for all playstyles) is because claiming it doesn't exist in our playstyle is, in at least how I view protagonism, incorrect and we are correcting you.&nbsp; It's pretty simple especially when you have to take a word and laden it with qualifiers in order to make your categorization stick.&nbsp; I don't want to pull out defintions but maybe it would be a good idea for some to actually look at what the word protagonist means.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 8234083, member: 48965"] I don't understand this line of thinking at all... If not the characters whose decisions, actions, etc we are focusing on then who is the protagonist of the story in your above statement? As an example Superheroes react to the world, villain plots, loved one's in danger all the time and yet I don't think you would make the argument that say Superman isn't the protagonist of a Superman comic book... would you? I really am having a hard time grasping this logic. EDIT: You are also assuming that the playstyle we are describing is only ever the PC reacting and we've made it clear that in actual play this just isn't a valid or honest assessment of what happens at the table. I can't answer for Ovinomancer but I thing the "need" to claim it for our playstyle (I don't think anyone is speaking for all playstyles) is because claiming it doesn't exist in our playstyle is, in at least how I view protagonism, incorrect and we are correcting you. It's pretty simple especially when you have to take a word and laden it with qualifiers in order to make your categorization stick. I don't want to pull out defintions but maybe it would be a good idea for some to actually look at what the word protagonist means. [/QUOTE]

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