My character Altagracia just became Countess of Poitiers. One of the people I play with has complained that this was for OOC reasons, because my character has not interacted much, publicly.
I feel bad about the accusation. Mainly, because being elected is not something I chose. And frankly, there was no ooc discussion or planning to be appointed. If I was going for ooc reasons, and pure strategy, I wouldn't have Altagracia run in the elections, as she gets a lot more gold as a dame of Kazakh. But "Countess of Poitiers" is a title Altagracia would want.
The thing is, she IS a Driscol. And the Driscol estate is in Poitiers. And that is designed into the game mechanics, and thus whatever we do IC, we cannot deny that fact. Also, whatever my character says, her family's history is automatically her background story.
So I'd really like it if, instead of resenting and accusing me of not roleplaying, you'd respond IC. It's totally ok for your character to be upset that she was not elected, and to hate Altagracia for it.
Thanks.