(05-06-2014, 07:37 AM)Rurutani Wrote: I didn't stop to overthink everything, and just stayed in Ruru's head as much as possible and responded as Ruru would, and since I wasn't overthinking it, it felt much more natural and emotional. And I feel like I walked away with some new understanding of Ruru, which was awesome.
Can't be overstated enough how important it is not to overthink a character in your head. If a character wants to happen, they will, forcing them out will just make you and them unhappy llamas.
I've suffered from bigtime from that exact issue -alot- in ARR. Specifically with one problem character that I've rethought and rebrainstormed her details/motivations/history multiple times before I would allow her to be unleashed on the world, and even after that, it was like pulling teeth. It got a lot better once I made the conscious decision to her have the reign a bit and be okay with not "knowing her".
One the opposite end, most of my fun, relaxing RP has been from a character that started out as a mook who I knew a total of 3 things about: His name, job, and how he got his job. Letting him form completely organically was a nice break, hadn't had a character like that happen in a long time.
Moral of the story: Overthinking characters can be a bad, bad thing. D:
Glad your guy is working out a lot better for you now!
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