(08-14-2015, 03:01 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote:
- I assume most people dislike both me and my character OOCly.
- I probably accept more things ICly than I should.
- I'm terrible about following up with people for RP
Largely in the same boat here. It's hard to convince myself that I'm not weirding out/annoying/boring people, either with my character or myself, so it's a challenge to interact sometimes. I really, really have to push myself outside of my comfort zone and probably make things worse or awkward in the process. It usually takes me a good month to finally relax around somebody, even if I've been interacting with them constantly. Thank you, all you patient people out there.
I'm really flexible with RP though and I feel like as long as it's plausible, it's cool to roll with it. I'm a bend-it-but-don't-break-it kind of person when it comes to lore and character concepts, and for me fun/inclusivity takes priority over realism or following the rules by the book. It took me forever to accept this, though. Instead I'd lurk in various RP discussion hubs and see people complain about things like, "everyone is a noble, nobody should do that because it should be rare" or, "everyone's character is overpowered, nobody gives them weaknesses" and panic, and I wound up making my first character irredeemably boring in response. I've finally hit the point of, "screw it, I'm done with this, let's just have fun".
And finally? I suck and always draw inspiration/abilities from other characters I like because I'm an unoriginal hack. <.<
Eliane Dufresne
The Dufresne Bellworks
The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
The Dufresne Bellworks
The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
