As this has to do with my private property design, I figured this would be a good place to crosspost as well:
So... I have a question... and I'm not trying to be difficult... but I think I want some clarity here.
I was recently denied/asked to rework something in my premium home's design due to cannon and not wanting to imply that my character or her family is nobility. This was the item in question:
A,gold-framed,portrait (2)
Dressed in medal-adorned Legion refinement, a blonde Elven male with striking blue eyes stands rigidly at attention in front of several mahogany bookshelves, his gaze fixed on nothing in particular. A graceful Elven female wearing a pale aquilorn gown sits beside him, her long titian hair pulled into a carefully styled side bun. Despite her smile, a look of loss is reflected in her somber green eyes. A gold filigreed frame affixed with a small plate along the bottom edge surrounds the portrait.
> read plate
In flowing Elven Script, it reads:
Beloved Father and Mother, Vezeret and Lareina Arahaelon Vaalor
The response I was given regarding it was this:
painting - The Legion reference can stay, since it is general enough and doesn't imply a specific rank. However, the aqilorn will have to be removed. Aqilorn has only recently been made accessible to non-nobility, and we cannot go against cannon and imply that you or your family are nobility.
If aqilorn is the sole and specific issue here in a painting and not an actual item, fine, that's not big deal... but it's not. The reason given is cannon and the nobility: Aqilorn has only recently been made accessible to non-nobility, and we cannot go against cannon and imply that you or your family are nobility.
We are granted titles based on level that directly imply such with Lord/Lady status. I understand that it is a show of level at 20, 40, 70, and then capped, but if it is solely for that and not for a reason to RP, then why do we have those specific titles? IF we take that aspect out of the equation we are still left with the fact that even if I weren't going around as a High Lady everywhere I wandered... I still have access to the postname title of Noblewoman because I used PPs to gain access to it. If I am going to be told that my character and/or her family cannot cannonically be considered nobility in what would be a decoration inside a private property, yet I very clearly have a premium title stating otherwise, what is the point of HAVING the premium title or having paid out my premium points to get it if I am going to be denied this aspect of RP?
I am sure this can go into MANY different threads, but I figured this would be a good starting point because part of it is dealing with titles.
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