Sources of inspiration were instrumental for me. If you're having a hard time thinking up concepts, I highly recommend you take a look at other characters and stories for inspiration.
1. I had just finished my 4th or so rewatch of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Toph is probably my favorite character from the show and I always thought it was really cool how the show portrayed her blindness. I had seen people RP blind characters before, but most I have met ended up being no different than if they had sight. Whatever magical workaround they had created always defeated the purpose of RPing blindness. I wanted to RP a blindness more like Toph's and I thought if there was any universe I could get away with that it would be Final Fantasy.
2. While I still consider myself cynical, at the time I was feeling especially so. I had just adopted a rather negative outlook on people where I chose to see them as not being as above the rest of the animal kingdom as people think they are. Effectively viewing the free will of humanity as little more than an illusion of instinct. (Whether or not I still believe that, I'll leave it vague since it's not the focus here) So I decided that Ember would also be a wild child, much like Gau from Final Fantasy VI. She would be ignorant of society and know only instinct and the rules of nature.Â
I wanted to use this to paint her in a darker, more selfish and violent light. She's affectionate but it would not be true love. She would only love those who showered her in gifts first. That was the plan but I quickly turned the character to a more optimistic direction rather than cynical.Â
I also decided that I needed this extra element from the start of her conception because blindness is just a trait and I needed the core of her character to rest in a different, completely unrelated concept.
3. Extending off of animals, I adored the cats I had grown up with and recognized that each of them had very distinct and interesting personalities. Creating an interesting, fun personality for a RP character can be somewhat difficult. I want something that is fun but not cliche and stereotypical. It can be hard to achieve this while thinking up personality traits. I got it in my head to look to my cats for inspiration. One of my cats had recently died of cancer and she was still very much on my mind. Her personality was the most affectionate I had ever seen, yet she was aggressive towards those she did not like. (Mostly other cats)Â
These were the beginnings I had for her concept and the rest of her character sprung out of them. I realized early on that Ember would have a disposition close to my TOR character's with the personality I had chosen. So a previous RP character was also used as a little bit of inspiration as well.
1. I had just finished my 4th or so rewatch of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Toph is probably my favorite character from the show and I always thought it was really cool how the show portrayed her blindness. I had seen people RP blind characters before, but most I have met ended up being no different than if they had sight. Whatever magical workaround they had created always defeated the purpose of RPing blindness. I wanted to RP a blindness more like Toph's and I thought if there was any universe I could get away with that it would be Final Fantasy.
2. While I still consider myself cynical, at the time I was feeling especially so. I had just adopted a rather negative outlook on people where I chose to see them as not being as above the rest of the animal kingdom as people think they are. Effectively viewing the free will of humanity as little more than an illusion of instinct. (Whether or not I still believe that, I'll leave it vague since it's not the focus here) So I decided that Ember would also be a wild child, much like Gau from Final Fantasy VI. She would be ignorant of society and know only instinct and the rules of nature.Â
I wanted to use this to paint her in a darker, more selfish and violent light. She's affectionate but it would not be true love. She would only love those who showered her in gifts first. That was the plan but I quickly turned the character to a more optimistic direction rather than cynical.Â
I also decided that I needed this extra element from the start of her conception because blindness is just a trait and I needed the core of her character to rest in a different, completely unrelated concept.
3. Extending off of animals, I adored the cats I had grown up with and recognized that each of them had very distinct and interesting personalities. Creating an interesting, fun personality for a RP character can be somewhat difficult. I want something that is fun but not cliche and stereotypical. It can be hard to achieve this while thinking up personality traits. I got it in my head to look to my cats for inspiration. One of my cats had recently died of cancer and she was still very much on my mind. Her personality was the most affectionate I had ever seen, yet she was aggressive towards those she did not like. (Mostly other cats)Â
These were the beginnings I had for her concept and the rest of her character sprung out of them. I realized early on that Ember would have a disposition close to my TOR character's with the personality I had chosen. So a previous RP character was also used as a little bit of inspiration as well.
Now with a wiki! Flickering Ember's wiki
