@Lady Amalthea[snip]
Now there are things that I should and shouldn't do, that anyone should and shouldn't do, and reading everything to get caught up is part of that, in terms of etiquette and politeness and such.
However, when I've been having both real life and some real mental struggles, being genuinely interested in a bunch of things that don't have any direct influence on my current characters is a tad more difficult than it was when someone else is directly interacting. That, and I may not like that character as much, or, whatever, you know? One may not have the time, interest, patience, capability, to keep up with EVERYTHING going on. A commander should know EVERYTHING going on in the field, but he couldn't possible keep up with so much- so he delegates, and has people inform him of important things, and etc. By no means am I the commander of this roleplay, but I'm trying to put a metaphor here- realistically, not everyone can keep up with everything.
Let's just chill. I didn't expect, when I joined, that I'd crash as hard as I am right now, and that everyone else would post more than I could read. I'm sorry, alright?
So why don't we all just get along. We're roleplaying princes and princesses in a political world, not literally being them.