I actually enjoy sad RP, because it tends to bring my own mood down, and the more depressed I am, the better I write. Which is kind of a bad thing, but also a good thing. It's complicated. That's really the only way I know how to say it. It's complicated.
But either way, I enjoy seeing the dramatic scenarios that can be drawn out during sad role-play. Like Ark and others, I like watching the way it can impact a character, change the way they view the world, and the way it manipulates and sometimes twists their worldview.
There's a time to be light-hearted and fair, but the sadness, the drama, the conflict, the tragedy, the antagonism. These things are part of real life, and I find including them in my RP tends to make my characters feel more 'real'. Even my most light-hearted character, Liviana, has a bit of tragedy in her backstory with the loss of her brother and father during the Calamity.
But either way, I enjoy seeing the dramatic scenarios that can be drawn out during sad role-play. Like Ark and others, I like watching the way it can impact a character, change the way they view the world, and the way it manipulates and sometimes twists their worldview.
There's a time to be light-hearted and fair, but the sadness, the drama, the conflict, the tragedy, the antagonism. These things are part of real life, and I find including them in my RP tends to make my characters feel more 'real'. Even my most light-hearted character, Liviana, has a bit of tragedy in her backstory with the loss of her brother and father during the Calamity.
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