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(10-19-2016, 04:29 AM)S Wrote: It's not that they need to be a super big awesome character as it is people worrying so much that their character not come off as anything special that they don't ever get out into the world.ÂNot like you know, have something called personality to make them interesting, and not really what they are or how they look like.
There's nothing wrong about being average but to take it to the point that it's exactly the same issue that people that feel their character needs to be a special job to be interesting.Â
I'm not looking so much for special characters as much as people who are bold with their characters. By bold I don't mean being special, as much as it is people breaking out of the box to be something more than just a face in the crowd.Â
It's like meeting for an interview, the characters that are going to be remembered are going to be the ones that stand out from the rest.Â
If someone is going to is gonna write a generic thief character and not be anything more out of fear of being seen as special, then no, it's not going to be an interesting character.
I think a generic thief would be still a lot less generic then your 'insert any very common character concept in here' on Balmung.
If people can't write a character, fitting in lore, to make them interesting, they are simply not skillful roleplayers/writers to begin with. It is not a good idea to try to cling onto a special job/background to make your character interesting if you can't give them an interesting personality, or provided interesting roleplay, to begin with. I think that is truly the 'issue' with a lot of people who roleplay such things.
They can't make character's personalities or roleplay interesting within the lore given, and instead resort to outlandish concepts to make them look interesting for other people. They look for attention of others more then writing something good. Because you know, being cool/outlandish/special is going to generate attention to you and your character, good or bad, it seems to matter little to them, as long they get said desired attention.
But once more, if you can't write a character with a interesting personality and/or roleplay. The fault doesn't lay with the 'restrictions' given by lore, but instead the blame should be put on a lack of creativity. And often with roleplayers, sadly enough, the inability to be social, and simply cling on trying to look interesting, instead of creating said interesting interaction.
Then again at the end of the day, it's not like people of either side of the fence are going to roleplay together. So who cares.
That's my two gil on it.