Abeam

Unwillingly, I know you mean well so please give my reply charity.

Abeam isn't ostracizing anyone. I think this is a case of making sure you don't give an inch in order for x number of people to take that mile. While you & I may have strong enough discipline and will to keep roleplay and OOC completely separate, I concur with Abeam in that we humans behind the computer can slip and mix in OOC especially when there is an emotional catalyst. Affection & attraction is one such catalyst.

Yes, I'll further clarify that I don't mean to intentionally bully those whom perform romance-rp, that's not what I mean by stigmatize.  Rather, I'd envision it as making the consequences of OOC romantic bonds forming between players known to all, and common-knowledge, perhaps through a series of PSA's or videos on the topic, made by staff.  Co-incited with a cultural shift from the bottom, towards being more aware of the subject, and in turn, aware of the dangers of it. 

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I don't think it's psychologically possible to do long-term romantic-RP without having OOCly feelings.

I have to very strongly disagree with this. like, again, ooc =/= RP. people who are RPly together aren't always OOCly together. people who are RPly mortal enemies aren't always OOCly mortal enemies, etc etc. there's dozens of players who are proof of this

taking what u guys poointed out into mind, I do understand the caution towards romance RP and where it comes from, especially with the very frequent outings on a server filled with mostly a largely younger audience - my bad if I misinterpreted what you meant @Abeam. i still do believe that romance RP is not the main crux of these issues, but rather edating, inability to separate OOC from RP, getting too attached to your counterpart, etc etc are

it's a conversation that I'm open to discuss in DMs for the sake of avoiding status update spam 👋