Well, let me take a step back-
I think this came off as kind of complain-y. That isn't how I intended it.
What I meant to say was that I think a wrestling Kayfabe booking is a good way of thinking of forum based RPing. I am not actually complaining about how stuff goes down on the forums, but basically, trying to look at it through the lens of the norms of pro-wrestling.
So, for example: to use the jargon of the Kayfabe- The episodes are booked (agreed upon) in advance, with the goal being to advance a angle (the storyline). The wrestling angles all have faces (heroes) and heels (villains) in them. A lot of the time, the faces may not act well, but as long as it is in the service of the overarching goal, which is getting heat (fan appreciation) for the character, it's alright. And the heels are often the kind of "love to hate them" sort of villain. They don't do bad things, they do bad things that make people say "Man, that was COLD!" in a mark of appreciation. The goal, then would be to build fame for the heel as well. If you have an interesting storyline, it build "pop" (or fan loyalty) and gives the viewers an investment in the outcome of the story. But that only happens with a well crafted angle, which has a generally overarching narrative, each player plays his part well, and draws pop. The people who have the most interesting angles are the ones who get positioned for a title, but there is a whole card (show) to fill out with correspondingly less interesting angles and rivalries, and also places in the card for new and upcoming stars to gain attention and to build a fan base.
There is also the role of the "jobber" or the guy who puts people over (makes other people look good by losing catastrophically) for the purpose of the story. The jobber is probably just as vital to the booking as the biggest names in the business, because without them, the fans wouldn't buy into the show. What would Triple H be without occasionally being able to defeat a somewhat menacing jobber every now and then? That way he still gets heat and builds pop without always having to be in a rivalry and without always running an angle. But the jobbers always lose- they may win for a while, but they eventually lose, and lose catastrophically. And that way their opponents look better, and it helps them on their way to title shot.
Its all business, of course- the reason the promotion wants you to be invested is because you will keep watching their shows and buying their stuff. But for the lifelong wrestling fans, they don't particularly care- they feel a real passion for the ups and downs of their favorite wrestling superstar's career. And nowadays that Kayfabe has been officially broken, everyone looks not only at the booked Kayfabe shows, but also they pay attention to the non-Kayfabe stuff just as closely, with as much interest. How the shows are booked is to some way more interesting than the shows themselves.
Back to Particracy- I can look at wrestling is a tight ship, but I see some obvious parallels to the booking world in Particracy. What I am thinking is that if we brought some of the Kayfabe conventions into Particracy and started using them regularly, we would have great storylines, clear sides, and no surprises. And all who are not in the angle would have an investment in our stories as well. I think the Particracy World War thread is a good example of a booking session for an angle (I wish that would have went off as it was originally planned, but anyhow...) And then I could fully embrace Kalistan's role as a jobber in world affairs.
The foil that always punches above his class and ends up catastrophically failing anyhow but earns respect for losing well.
It just seems like the one thing lends itself to the other, and if there is interest, we could begin formalizing some conventions.