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Do any other DMs ever feel like anytime they're starting a campaign with a new group, and their characters are just extra-fantastical that you kind of groan and roll your eyes because you know this is going to be a dumpster fire.
Like someone just asks if their character is okay for a medieval setting and it's a half fairy half tabaxi artificer that uses a gun and I just want to be like "look, I know you've been watching critical role and dropout shows and were like 'wow I wish I was funny and interesting' but you don't know how to be so you're trying to fake it with what is essentially a costume, but when you drop off this scrappy doo with a gun cardboard cutout in my world that I cherish and worked really hard on, I'm gonna be pissed off."
Like I dunno maybe I'm just burnt out and turning into a cantankerous old man, but so many new (to me) players just always max out the fucking zany nonsense on their characters, but barely bother with a backstory and ask no questions about the setting beyond "can I" and then can't roleplay worth a fuck and like every session just stalls out repeatedly as I carry every conversation they enter and they do the kubrick stare into their webcams like they're hoping dialogue options will pop up.
AITA here or should all fantasy characters in a collaborative fantasy game just be totally in adherence to what I believe is normal?!?