Honestly, my answer is pretty straight forward. Before hitting the lore, the race, the gender... I make a person. All of my characters I've ever made that have actually stood any test of time worked out the best when things in the physical realm was an after thought. Bea would still be who she is if she were a male Lalafell, Hyru, etc. Aside from that, I think about what honestly makes an interesting, but realistic (ya know, someone who catches your attention, but doesn't come off as forced as hell) person in the real world. I even go as far as looking at some of my own personality traits and exaggerate them. That way I'm working with something that I'm familiar with, but I'm not just making the same character over and over again.
Things like jobs, parents, living situations, religious backgrounds, etc. are usually an after thought, or not something I truly touch on until they're brought up in RP. Reminding me, I tend to make up a lot of shit on the fly and go with what feels right at the time! There have been a lot of things with my character that I just thought up on the spot and ended up being a large part of the character to date.
Honestly, I feel people who flesh out those sorts of details to the fullest tend to concentration on that a lot in their RP. I honestly couldn't give two shits about your family. I want to know about you (the character) as a person. I want great interactions that suck me into the moment and make me feel like I'm talking to a real person, not an archetype ( Tribal Miqo'te! Roegadyn Seamen! ). I'm not saying that every character that falls into that category needs to avoid those traits in order to make an interesting character, but the character shouldn't stop at the end of that summery, and even then, it should probably be a pretty small part of who they are anyway.
So, I guess it all just comes down to making a believable person for me.
Things like jobs, parents, living situations, religious backgrounds, etc. are usually an after thought, or not something I truly touch on until they're brought up in RP. Reminding me, I tend to make up a lot of shit on the fly and go with what feels right at the time! There have been a lot of things with my character that I just thought up on the spot and ended up being a large part of the character to date.
Honestly, I feel people who flesh out those sorts of details to the fullest tend to concentration on that a lot in their RP. I honestly couldn't give two shits about your family. I want to know about you (the character) as a person. I want great interactions that suck me into the moment and make me feel like I'm talking to a real person, not an archetype ( Tribal Miqo'te! Roegadyn Seamen! ). I'm not saying that every character that falls into that category needs to avoid those traits in order to make an interesting character, but the character shouldn't stop at the end of that summery, and even then, it should probably be a pretty small part of who they are anyway.
So, I guess it all just comes down to making a believable person for me.
