(08-03-2015, 05:59 PM)Aaron Wrote: Oddly enough I asked a friend that same question and his reply was (he actually was a lot more blunt but I'll water it down)
"Playing a DRK who calls upon the void sounds far better than playing a DRK who draws power from being a emotional crybaby and throwing temper tantrum to boost his power."
I guess people read "draw power from emotions" in a more negative light. Social media depiction of darkness and emotions doesn't help improve the situation.Â
But I can't really comment because im one of those DRK OOC just for the Greatsword IC type people. Sure Aaron's emotional at times but he doesn't draw power from it. More like he draws motivation.
It's a mixture of preference and how people view darkness to be synonymous with cutting yourself at night.
It's a shame that the Emo/Scene trend of the last decade has poisoned emotional and dark storylines There's a lot of great, classic conflict that can be explored with DRK including the traditional conflict of Superego, Ego and Id.
In fact, I would say that conflict between the Ego and Id is more important than any 'darkness' or 'emotional' aspect to the DRK character. The motivation of a DRK is not in the pain or suffering they have gone through but the conflict between primal even self protective behavior versus responsibility and morality. This conflict between primal aspects of the mind creates more of the 'void' and it's power than any outright 'dark' characteristics.
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