Something I never understood...

[Silaries]

Here is something I recently wondered about... why do character bios almost always include blood type?
It is always one of the first things and Inever really got why, the only Rps I could imagine it being useful in would be ones in a hospital settings or those edgy vampire roleplays where teens act like different blood types would taste different, they don't.

Apart from that, I see no use for it, especially if the RP is medieval themed, blood types weren't even discovered until 1900!!!


So let's discuss this.

 

[ConquererMan]

I think the inclusion of blood type stems from a popular belief in Japan that it affects your personality in some fashion. Here's a video that explains it a bit more

 

[Silaries]

I think the inclusion of blood type stems from a popular belief in Japan that it affects your personality in some fashion. Here's a video that explains it a bit more

So it is actually a japanese thing, and how anime people are, they had to copy it... so it's a weeb thing.

Great.

 

[Niceni]

It's strange how people's experiences of forum RP differ. I've never come across an RP that's asked for blood type in a character sheet!

 

[Joshua Raxter]

I have but only for vampire stories....But that at least makes sense. A is sweeter than O.

 

[MidnightStar]

I honestly never had that happen to me. I've never had to make a character and name there blood type. Well I guess I learned something.

 

[Silence]

Hmmm...I'd never run into that either. I did watch the video and the beginning made me snort. I would be the one thinking that blood transfusions would be happening too if someone added the blood type to their profile.

 

[Isavarg]

I'd find it to be an unnecessary detail for the most part. I think when designing profiles for characters, you need to come up with categories that are relevant to the character and the setting. For settings outside of science fiction or a modern, real-world setting, blood-types are unnecessary. A lot of people don't even know what their blood type is even in RL. (I don't despite the fact that I've had my blood tested often because I'm diabetic.)