Regarding fictional versions of real-life famous figures

[Chloe Price]

I'm not sure how to phrase this as a simple question, so I'm gonna use examples;

Say, I wanted to play as a Youtuber, for this example I'mma use, Markiplier. That's an obvious "no,"

But, say, if I wanted to play as a version of Markiplier, from one of his fangames, for instance, Dream.Exe. There is nothing written for or against this, at least that I read.

Would that be okay?

((As a note, yes, that is legitimately an idea of mine for my new character.))

[Dark Link]

So you're asking if you can play the 'character/persona' that person plays in a specific piece of media rather than them themselves?

[Chloe Price]

Not...exactly, but that's somewhat close.

Dream.exe is a Markiplier fan-game made in RPG Maker. You play as Markiplier himself, but Markiplier had no involvement in development besides inspiration.

My question is, can you play as that in-game 'Markiplier,' as long as you aren't playing as real-life Markiplier?

[Dark Link]

I am inclined to say no. At least based on your description, Markiplier from Dream.exe is essentially just the real Markiplier placed into a video game. A real-life figure appearing in a piece of media as themselves is not justification for being able to use that person as a character, since practically all aspects of the 'character' are essentially just the qualities and characteristics of the real-life figure.

As a general rule, the more the 'character' is an entity onto itself, separate from its creator, the more likely we are to permit it as a character in the Omniverse. The only potential exception to this rule is if a member (somehow) has explicit permission from the person in question to roleplay as them.

[Chloe Price]

I am inclined to say no. At least based on your description, Markiplier from Dream.exe is essentially just the real Markiplier placed into a video game. A real-life figure appearing in a piece of media as themselves is not justification for being able to use that person as a character, since practically all aspects of the 'character' are essentially just the qualities and characteristics of the real-life figure.

As a general rule, the more the 'character' is an entity onto itself, separate from its creator, the more likely we are to permit it as a character in the Omniverse. The only potential exception to this rule is if a member (somehow) has explicit permission from the person in question to roleplay as them.

Okay then. Have plenty of other ideas in my head, anyway, and this was just kind of a random idea that popped into my head, so...*shrug*

[Paul Atreides]

The only potential exception to this rule is if a member (somehow) has explicit permission from the person in question to roleplay as them.

So what you are saying is we should totally play ourselves and give ourselves permission to play ourselves?

[Chloe Price]

The only potential exception to this rule is if a member (somehow) has explicit permission from the person in question to roleplay as them.

So what you are saying is we should totally play ourselves and give ourselves permission to play ourselves?

First time something in Help Desk has made me laugh. gg no re

[Dark Link]

The only potential exception to this rule is if a member (somehow) has explicit permission from the person in question to roleplay as them.

So what you are saying is we should totally play ourselves and give ourselves permission to play ourselves?

I don't know about whether you 'should' do that (personally, I wouldn't consider it to be a good idea ), but technically, you could. We've actually already had a case where a member used their own likeness (i.e. photos of themselves) to depict an OC.