I took a long time to answer this thread because the issue for me is a bit complicated. Personally, I tend to fall into the "Good RP masks a variety of sins - if it's entertaining, I'll overlook quite a bit" camp. At the same time, I definitely come from the tabletop RP population, and tend to make my characters from scratch even from game to game (I've never really gotten the "X is my character, I play them in every game that I play" thing).
Speaking personally, while I'm typically happy to RP with anyone and everyone, I'd be a little hesitant to do any sort of deep RP with a character like this. Not because they're a magical girl or anime-inspired or anything like that. Instead, it's simply because they're a FF version of an existing character out of someone else's canon. Canon character RP is fantastic (one of my daughters does it, and she really finds it rewarding), but it is different from deep character RP because there are very hard limits to how a character can change that you reach very quickly. For me, the whole point of deep character RP is that your character changes because of their interactions with others. A canon character can't really do that because they'd no longer be a canon character.
That said, there are quite a few people in this thread that have given you warnings that you won't get as much RP if you do X or Y. I'd say screw 'em. Play the character the way you want. If you're a good RPer, you'll find people to RP with, regardless. And if you decide it's not working out for you, then you can do a name-change and play a different character concept.
Speaking personally, while I'm typically happy to RP with anyone and everyone, I'd be a little hesitant to do any sort of deep RP with a character like this. Not because they're a magical girl or anime-inspired or anything like that. Instead, it's simply because they're a FF version of an existing character out of someone else's canon. Canon character RP is fantastic (one of my daughters does it, and she really finds it rewarding), but it is different from deep character RP because there are very hard limits to how a character can change that you reach very quickly. For me, the whole point of deep character RP is that your character changes because of their interactions with others. A canon character can't really do that because they'd no longer be a canon character.
That said, there are quite a few people in this thread that have given you warnings that you won't get as much RP if you do X or Y. I'd say screw 'em. Play the character the way you want. If you're a good RPer, you'll find people to RP with, regardless. And if you decide it's not working out for you, then you can do a name-change and play a different character concept.
