It's something the staff has to deal with every term... people who want to RP as a canon character or the immediate offspring of a canon character. Aside from the fact that canon characters are DEFINITELY no longer around during our timeline and their children and grandchildren probably aren't either, there are other issues to consider:
* How do you deal with 2, 3, 4, etc. people who say they're all related independently to the Weasleys or some other character? We might not have this issue at this moment, but we've had situations in the past (pre-HBP), where we had one person the great-granddaughter of Harry Potter and one person, and someone else was the granddaughter of HP and someone else entirely.
* Is it fair to make most of the people create a character from scratch and let a select few capitalize on canon characters or should only non-canon characters and character offspring be allowed?
* If we let people be related to canon characters, how do we regulate it? How do we decide who gets to be related to Harry or Hermione or Neville? If someone is ALREADY related to them, do we care if someone else says they are too? What do we do if someone insists they're the great-grandchild of Harry and Hermione, when that is clearly not canon?
I'm sure there are other issues connected to the use of canon characters in the RP, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on them. Do you like RPing as or with someone who has a canon connection, or does it bother you? What should the solution be in your opinion? What other issues does this raise?
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