You're welcome!!

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A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot

Wow not been here in a while. Been so busy lately. Any good rps going on?

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See Ellie's (which I joined, btw). Also, The~Doctor is restarting the SW: Legacy of War RP, but I guess you'd have to talk to him about joining.

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Yeah. Thanks Valera

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Hey, so, as we're lacking discussion here, I thought some food for thought might help to inspire it.

CLICK HERE

...and read the first rant.

Any thoughts or observations?

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Good rant! I was reading that one the other day. I pretty much agree with it. It can be annoying to come across a flawless character in an RP or book. Sometimes I'm tempted to fall into that trap with my characters. It's easier not to give them any faults. I think I used to be a lot worse about it, but I'm not doing it nearly as much nowadays.

For example, my character Ash has been around for nearly two years now. When I first came up with him, I didn't specifically plan any flaws. And he was pretty boring. As he's developed as a character, though, some flaws have come out. He has some pretty strong biases, is very afraid of heights, and isn't quite the sharpest tack in the box. And those are just the main flaws. I think he's definitely more interesting than when he started out, and I love him, flaws and all.

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The first one in this case being the Rant about character profiles or the one about Fantasy/SciFi hybrids?

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^I'm guessing the character profiles one... at least, that's what Tur and I read.

Um, I don't see a fantasy/sci-fi hybrids one when I click the link? They should be listed in Order Added, not Journal or Description.

To answer your question, Tur, I came across the link while browsing the NaNoWriMo forums in November, and I've been reading through them since.

For me personally, I think it's important that the flaws match the strengths. Sometimes they even kind of meld with each other, which is a reason profiles can be a bit eh. For example, innocence isn't a flaw, but naivete can be; and also, you can't really say that one of your innocent character's strengths is her shrewd character judgment, or something along those lines. Also, some very similar characteristics can be both good AND bad - stubborn pigheadedness vs firm resolve, aggressive vs courageous, etc. I'm almost of the opinion that profiles shouldn't have sections for 'good qualities' or 'flaws' at all, and just stick them all in the same box.

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^*noddeth*
Well, plus the fact that the character (and often the author, and thus the reader) usually doesn't realize what his/her flaws are - otherwise, the characteristics would be less of a flaw. I think a lot of my personal flaws translate over to my charries just because I don't recognize that they're there.

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Ummmmm....Hey all, Eru has an Rp going called Flight of The Chosen 3 and needs two more people to join.

Click here For the Rp.

Click here to post your bios

Just wanted to say that

^Good point, though I'd hardly call Stephanie Sue an accomplished author.


My favorite. A character who gets beaten up by the world around him is a passive character. The writer's too busy trying to make the readers feel sorry for him that the character never makes any choices on his own. Thus he never develops, never changes because there's nothing to change. He's so perfect! He's so lonely and miserable and innocent! Life isn't fair!

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I think flawed characters are easier to write than idealized ones. The idealized character has to be smarter, nicer, faster than the writer, while the flawed character can afford to make stupid mistakes and become realistically and gloriously humiliated. Glorious humiliation is, I've found, the easiest way to win a reader's sympathy. People like to be reminded that nobody's perfect. It makes them feel better about their own flaws. This is especially true in an rpg, in which first impression comes from a sketchy profile instead of a skilled portrayal.

Then again, I'm strangely fond of kicking my characters around.

Thanks for posting the link, by the way

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Not sure if I've asked this before, but do you guys have any theme songs for characters? Any music that helps with characterization or has given you rpg ideas? If so, post them here!

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*looks up at Lady Dark Moon meekly* Hi. I'd like to join the Rper's Guild Please.

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