To be fair, every character a person place is likely a "special snowflake" to them. ( could be misunderstanding its use here, I always see "snowflake" in a negative way these days) Else we'd all be playing the same character and no one would be special or interesting.
The problem isn't coming up with something that has to be unique for the sake of it being unique but just finding interesting ways to develop or us them. Just like RL people, they should evolve over time and with RP. Their opinions, values, morals, ect ect, might not be the same after all is said and done.
All that said, if you are looking for something that isn't what you said, try something more mundane and simplistic in a day to day life sense. As Koen said, even loss can be a driving force of motivation but not for the "feel sorry for me!" value, but as a life changing event for the better as much as the worse.
The problem isn't coming up with something that has to be unique for the sake of it being unique but just finding interesting ways to develop or us them. Just like RL people, they should evolve over time and with RP. Their opinions, values, morals, ect ect, might not be the same after all is said and done.
All that said, if you are looking for something that isn't what you said, try something more mundane and simplistic in a day to day life sense. As Koen said, even loss can be a driving force of motivation but not for the "feel sorry for me!" value, but as a life changing event for the better as much as the worse.
