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 Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:44 pm
I think we all have at least one character that stuck out to us as particularly enjoyable to play. Whether it was a result of careful planning, random chance, the setting, a particular circumstance, or any other reason, that character stands out from the rest.
If this has happened for you, what character was it that you would consider your favorite to play, and why is that?
Discuss! xd
Mine would have to be Ted Banner, who I've used occasionally in post-apocalyptic settings. Ted is basically the terrified office worker that tends to want to run away from every bad situation until he's got his back against a wall. Once he's cornered, he can turn a little psychotic and takes a while to get back to his normal self.
I think I like playing him so much because it tends to throw people off in situations where everyone else is ready to make some kind of last stand and he just takes off running the other direction. Besides that, I like describing the transformation into survival mode that intense trauma can cause. It's always a heavy balance of fight-or-flight with him.
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:26 pm
I don't have a particular character I love to role play as, since I try to not use a character more than once. I feel that if I use the same character, they are out of place. All of the characters I make, I make specifically for a certain role play, depending on the story and the other type of characters there are.
Even so, there is one thing that I do keep the same in all characters. That is my own personality. I mostly play as girls (although I've played as guys around 4 or 5 times) most of the times, these girls tend to be stubborn and fighters, as well as keen (Short tempered as well). Since I've joined mostly fantasy or some sort of supernatural role play, I always like to have my characters be fast. When playing slice of life, I tend to make them the lone wolf, sort of type, with a few exceptions where I've played a ditzy sort of character, I find it fun to have change of pace 3nodding
The thing is, that because I tend to have my characters be like me. I have a hard time trying to have some other sort of personality, unless I try really hard or pretend to be someone else (In other words use an alternate account)
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:50 pm
I usually create a new character for every role-play. Ted Banner is just my little exception. wink I used to have the same problem with my characters. It can be really difficult (or perhaps impossible) not to imprint at least some small part of your own psyche on a character. I found that when I began to think more of my writing as telling a larger story, rather than just a series of written reactions to other characters, I was able to find new and interesting ways to develop characters that react very differently to my innate way. It was definitely fun to try a character that was completely different from those I'd done in the past. surprised
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:22 pm
Palantine I usually create a new character for every role-play. Ted Banner is just my little exception. wink I used to have the same problem with my characters. It can be really difficult (or perhaps impossible) not to imprint at least some small part of your own psyche on a character. I found that when I began to think more of my writing as telling a larger story, rather than just a series of written reactions to other characters, I was able to find new and interesting ways to develop characters that react very differently to my innate way. It was definitely fun to try a character that was completely different from those I'd done in the past. surprised I've only done that twice, when, as I said earlier, played a ditzy girl, but I based her completely off the anime character Hanato Kobato, so it wasn't really just me acting differently or playing another role, just me trying to be true to the character. Only playing as a guy am I completely different, but I have hard time playing a guy since I feel really weird flirting with girls >,<;..
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:20 pm
You might have some luck by trying to play villains. It's probably easier to do since you only need to take the baseline you're used to and remove traits, as opposed to changing them or adding more. You can remove any number of things such as morality, empathy, conscience, manors, and even some of the more positive emotions to create someone fairly evil. It might be a valuable learning experience. ninja
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:24 pm
Omnipresent War You might have some luck by trying to play villains. It's probably easier to do since you only need to take the baseline you're used to and remove traits, as opposed to changing them or adding more. You can remove any number of things such as morality, empathy, conscience, manors, and even some of the more positive emotions to create someone fairly evil. It might be a valuable learning experience. ninja Oh! Yes! Playing evil character is fun, I'm not particularly cruel though, just usually a servant of a higher up that causes trouble, except for this one vampire girl I played once, but the role played died before I could develop her character properly. I do somehow always end up making my characters feel guilty though. The people I have role played with make me feel bad and since I have a conscience I can't keep on being evil..>.<;..
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:49 pm
For me, I usually tend to make new characters, but I suppose there's a few I've used more than the others, and that would be the Christian Family (Yeah, more than one person)
It started first with Raine in a Kingdom Hearts roleplay I was in, and then I ended up making his time-displaced grandson Dante and his evil twin Soren and then their thousand year down the line descendent Jenos. Though Dante is the one I've used the most, since it's very easy to work him into a story and take him out of it. (Random Time Displacement)
And usually all the people I make are the good guys, but I have been known to produce spectacular villains on more than one occasion. (My sister has noticed this as well. >.<; )
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:03 pm
Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Oh! Yes! Playing evil character is fun, I'm not particularly cruel though, just usually a servant of a higher up that causes trouble, except for this one vampire girl I played once, but the role played died before I could develop her character properly. I do somehow always end up making my characters feel guilty though. The people I have role played with make me feel bad and since I have a conscience I can't keep on being evil..>.<;.. You have to always remember that it's just a role you're playing, and that they really do NEED you to be evil. Without you running around, robbing banks, firing death rays, or kicking the sweetest most adorable puppy the world has ever seen, the heroes would have nothing to justify their existence. So when you kick that puppy, even if you feel bad about it, you need to laugh and kick it some more, or society as we know it might crumble. Or something like that. twisted
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:37 pm
Omnipresent War Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Oh! Yes! Playing evil character is fun, I'm not particularly cruel though, just usually a servant of a higher up that causes trouble, except for this one vampire girl I played once, but the role played died before I could develop her character properly. I do somehow always end up making my characters feel guilty though. The people I have role played with make me feel bad and since I have a conscience I can't keep on being evil..>.<;.. You have to always remember that it's just a role you're playing, and that they really do NEED you to be evil. Without you running around, robbing banks, firing death rays, or kicking the sweetest most adorable puppy the world has ever seen, the heroes would have nothing to justify their existence. So when you kick that puppy, even if you feel bad about it, you need to laugh and kick it some more, or society as we know it might crumble. Or something like that. twisted Not the puppies! Even evil doers have a soft side! I've me a girl that played a guy part, and she would rape girls...it wasn't a pornographic guild or anything, it just simply fitted the story, it kind of scared me. Now I realize, she was good at role playing.
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:14 pm
Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Omnipresent War Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Oh! Yes! Playing evil character is fun, I'm not particularly cruel though, just usually a servant of a higher up that causes trouble, except for this one vampire girl I played once, but the role played died before I could develop her character properly. I do somehow always end up making my characters feel guilty though. The people I have role played with make me feel bad and since I have a conscience I can't keep on being evil..>.<;.. You have to always remember that it's just a role you're playing, and that they really do NEED you to be evil. Without you running around, robbing banks, firing death rays, or kicking the sweetest most adorable puppy the world has ever seen, the heroes would have nothing to justify their existence. So when you kick that puppy, even if you feel bad about it, you need to laugh and kick it some more, or society as we know it might crumble. Or something like that. twisted Not the puppies! Even evil doers have a soft side! I've me a girl that played a guy part, and she would rape girls...it wasn't a pornographic guild or anything, it just simply fitted the story, it kind of scared me. Now I realize, she was good at role playing. You shouldn't let it scare you, and you shouldn't worry about other people taking it personally either, it's just part of the story. That's why regularly chatting in OOC is so important, it helps you see the person you're acting things out with isn't as bad as the character they play. 3nodding I mean I seem perfectly nice don't I? You wouldn't expect me to spend weeks befriending you and gaining your trust just to obtain a small bit of information, then casually end your life. But my character certainly would, they'd be satisfied with a job well done, and the story would be better off for it. twisted Is any of this helping? I'm very tired and just sort of rambling at this point. rofl
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:20 pm
Omnipresent War Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Omnipresent War Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Oh! Yes! Playing evil character is fun, I'm not particularly cruel though, just usually a servant of a higher up that causes trouble, except for this one vampire girl I played once, but the role played died before I could develop her character properly. I do somehow always end up making my characters feel guilty though. The people I have role played with make me feel bad and since I have a conscience I can't keep on being evil..>.<;.. You have to always remember that it's just a role you're playing, and that they really do NEED you to be evil. Without you running around, robbing banks, firing death rays, or kicking the sweetest most adorable puppy the world has ever seen, the heroes would have nothing to justify their existence. So when you kick that puppy, even if you feel bad about it, you need to laugh and kick it some more, or society as we know it might crumble. Or something like that. twisted Not the puppies! Even evil doers have a soft side! I've me a girl that played a guy part, and she would rape girls...it wasn't a pornographic guild or anything, it just simply fitted the story, it kind of scared me. Now I realize, she was good at role playing. You shouldn't let it scare you, and you shouldn't worry about other people taking it personally either, it's just part of the story. That's why regularly chatting in OOC is so important, it helps you see the person you're acting things out with isn't as bad as the character they play. 3nodding I mean I seem perfectly nice don't I? You wouldn't expect me to spend weeks befriending you and gaining your trust just to obtain a small bit of information, then casually end your life. But my character certainly would, they'd be satisfied with a job well done, and the story would be better off for it. twisted Is any of this helping? I'm very tired and just sort of rambling at this point. rofl ....(Moves away slowly) Uh..yeah...haha, al jokes aside, yes. Recently I have created this character that is basically B**** pardon my french, and a spoiled brat, I kept apologizing on the OOC chat, and was glad to see that everyone didn't mind and knew it was part of the character. So now thank to you, I feel better as playing someone that is different than me :> don't worry I tend to ramble myself sweatdrop if you're so tired, you should rest o.o..also STILL NOT KICKING THE PUPPIES!...or KITTIES! DX<
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:39 pm
I usually play good characters too, though that's mainly because I don't really do RPs where you're supposed to fight each other. I prefer to have NPCs as villains. surprised Not cool, man. Not cool. surprised Sorry, I don't speak French. sad Yeah, most people should be able to roll with whatever heinous acts your character can dish out. I don't think any experienced role-player is going to infer anything bad about you just by the way your character acts.
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:21 pm
Palantine I usually play good characters too, though that's mainly because I don't really do RPs where you're supposed to fight each other. I prefer to have NPCs as villains. surprised Villains need not always fight, sometimes a well orchestrated plan is all you need to succeed. Kidnap some loved ones, alienate someone from their companions, set bombs, and many other such things. Plus you can always have all the npc minions you need to do any kind of physical fighting. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:38 pm
Omnipresent War Palantine I usually play good characters too, though that's mainly because I don't really do RPs where you're supposed to fight each other. I prefer to have NPCs as villains. surprised Villains need not always fight, sometimes a well orchestrated plan is all you need to succeed. Kidnap some loved ones, alienate someone from their companions, set bombs, and many other such things. Plus you can always have all the npc minions you need to do any kind of physical fighting. 3nodding Evil mind is evil..not bad. I;ll try doing something like that in a near future, being evil because it's fun and what they live for and..I ge to have minions?! emotion_kirakira
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:51 pm
Vampire_Neko_Hazuki Omnipresent War Palantine I usually play good characters too, though that's mainly because I don't really do RPs where you're supposed to fight each other. I prefer to have NPCs as villains. surprised Villains need not always fight, sometimes a well orchestrated plan is all you need to succeed. Kidnap some loved ones, alienate someone from their companions, set bombs, and many other such things. Plus you can always have all the npc minions you need to do any kind of physical fighting. 3nodding Evil mind is evil..not bad. I;ll try doing something like that in a near future, being evil because it's fun and what they live for and..I ge to have minions?! emotion_kirakira As long as it's logical I think it's fine. It gives the heroes something they can beat on without any worry of god modding. Which is always nice I think. ninja
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