I tend to believe the simpler the better for basic character concepts.. you're certainly welcome to play an amnesiac, but I would think hard about what it is you're hoping to gain through that angle, and how you intend to play it, and resolve it (if it will be resolved).
Its one of those things that can be so easily eye-roll inducing, while sometimes it can form a key element of a very interesting plot. I'd just make sure that you have a good reason for wanting to do so before adding the additional complexity to the character's tale
Certainly any amount of ignorance about the world can be explained away by someone's upbringing or general character. Most people are broadly ignorant, some even moreso than others. That's nothing extraordinary or surprising, but in the hands of a character who is actually keenly curious and has simply been unable to explore the wider world (perhaps she had spent most of her youthful energy simple taking care of ailing parents, for example) could be as interesting as a recovering amnesiac.
But don't let me dissuade you, I am just trying to be helpful. If that's the angle you'd like to take, and it works for you, then run with it ^_^
Its one of those things that can be so easily eye-roll inducing, while sometimes it can form a key element of a very interesting plot. I'd just make sure that you have a good reason for wanting to do so before adding the additional complexity to the character's tale
Certainly any amount of ignorance about the world can be explained away by someone's upbringing or general character. Most people are broadly ignorant, some even moreso than others. That's nothing extraordinary or surprising, but in the hands of a character who is actually keenly curious and has simply been unable to explore the wider world (perhaps she had spent most of her youthful energy simple taking care of ailing parents, for example) could be as interesting as a recovering amnesiac.
But don't let me dissuade you, I am just trying to be helpful. If that's the angle you'd like to take, and it works for you, then run with it ^_^