So I've been binge-watching The Wire a show that had 5 seasons. Mostly it dealt with several factions: Drug trade, cops, politicians, and the press. It has Lance Reddick (Fringe), Wood Harris (Remember the Titans, Dredd), and Idris Elba (Pacific Rim mainly). Oh an Diedre Lovejoy who I liked in Bones. And one of the detectives is a lesbian so yay for me.
Anyway I just passed a point where a young man was killed by the drug crew he used to hang with. It's a little bit of a remarkable moment and later I read an article about what this death meant and -why-.
But there's something that the series creator mentioned about his death that I thought was really apt to RPing (or not?). Â He hated to see the character die but the story came first. The story came first.
So I'm curious, have you made decisions to promote a better story? Did your characters ever go through something that, while it would not have been 100% in character at the time, would enrich the story? I'm not saying complete 180 but did you have to think of a way to steer your character a certain way to make it in character with the ultimate reason being a better story?
((You have no idea how much I was trying to imagine something like a Wire tap crew investigation working on a big drug trade organization like the Barksdale Organization or the Co-Op. @_@ Complete with Brass Blades of Ul'dah and some Maelstrom made high-potency drugs or something. And codes.))
Anyway I just passed a point where a young man was killed by the drug crew he used to hang with. It's a little bit of a remarkable moment and later I read an article about what this death meant and -why-.
But there's something that the series creator mentioned about his death that I thought was really apt to RPing (or not?). Â He hated to see the character die but the story came first. The story came first.
So I'm curious, have you made decisions to promote a better story? Did your characters ever go through something that, while it would not have been 100% in character at the time, would enrich the story? I'm not saying complete 180 but did you have to think of a way to steer your character a certain way to make it in character with the ultimate reason being a better story?
((You have no idea how much I was trying to imagine something like a Wire tap crew investigation working on a big drug trade organization like the Barksdale Organization or the Co-Op. @_@ Complete with Brass Blades of Ul'dah and some Maelstrom made high-potency drugs or something. And codes.))
