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Originally Posted by Weeblie  There is one primary reason the "as though if..." is used (quite a lot by myself too): Timing
Unless one has those eyebrow raising emotes quickslotted, it's sometimes not possible to do it in a timely fashion, which just makes them "huh?" as they are sent when the conversation already has by far proceeded.
Adding the "as..." is to clarify that one's character did it "at that time" and not "now... later". |
I think Frances has it. In the cases of timing during a quick conversation, an emote like
*raises eyebrows at [character]* would be better than
*raises eyebrows as if [overly obvious or complicated explanation]*. Not only does that indicate who and what the character is reacting to, but also saves even more precious typing time by cutting out the superfluous explanatory text... in almost exactly the way this post doesn't!