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Roleplaying is, first of all, acting. Shouldn't Robin Williams have acted as a doctor? Shouldn't Jim Carrey have played as a gay, or a lawyer? Because they don't know what it means to really be one and thus "cannot understand/portray them correctly"?
Obviously we're all amateurs at acting, but RP is acting nonetheless, and as years go by roleplaying, so do your acting skills improve. You learn about your roles, you learn to do research where technical knowledge is required. Just as an actor goes from green to veteran.
There is plenty of actors who have played roles of geniuses without being so in real life, and they gave good damn performances too, as well as horrible ones. It all depended on their experience, their preparation, and their acting skills.
We are no different, we simply don't get paid to act.
Obviously we're all amateurs at acting, but RP is acting nonetheless, and as years go by roleplaying, so do your acting skills improve. You learn about your roles, you learn to do research where technical knowledge is required. Just as an actor goes from green to veteran.
There is plenty of actors who have played roles of geniuses without being so in real life, and they gave good damn performances too, as well as horrible ones. It all depended on their experience, their preparation, and their acting skills.
We are no different, we simply don't get paid to act.
To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.