First and foremost, welcome!Â
As for character personality, all of mine usually exhibit some characteristics I possess, though they often become only the template until the character takes a life of their own. If you are shy and wish to portray that because you aren't yet confident playing someone differing too far from yourself, by all means! That can help strengthen a character as you have experience to draw from. Just be mindful, as Lydia said, to keep IC and OOC separate. Someone aloof or even mean to you IC doesn't necessarily mean they feel that way OOC, for example.Â
I also agree, using your actual name is... disconcerting. I'd personally suggest you pick something different because that separation is important and if you're already an anxious person irl, seeing your own name might make it harder to separation the IC feeling from the OOC.
As for character personality, all of mine usually exhibit some characteristics I possess, though they often become only the template until the character takes a life of their own. If you are shy and wish to portray that because you aren't yet confident playing someone differing too far from yourself, by all means! That can help strengthen a character as you have experience to draw from. Just be mindful, as Lydia said, to keep IC and OOC separate. Someone aloof or even mean to you IC doesn't necessarily mean they feel that way OOC, for example.Â
I also agree, using your actual name is... disconcerting. I'd personally suggest you pick something different because that separation is important and if you're already an anxious person irl, seeing your own name might make it harder to separation the IC feeling from the OOC.
