(08-22-2013, 02:16 PM)Dubs Wrote: I had some internal conflict whether or not it was too much for the community to absorb due to the "special snowflake" designation. I have to agree to an extent that yes, the idea is totally special snowflake, but you have to ask yourself.
Thank you for this eloquent defense. When I was tapping my chin trying to figure out what to play, I was like I'll make him look like this and... screw it, who needs a background. AMNESIA. Everyone's least favorite cliche. I actually did it because I didn't feel like giving him a backstory and thought I could give him little flashbacky type things when bored much later on, and this cheap trick would let me jump immediately into the roleplay with much less advance effort involved.
But that was a while ago. And since then, I've been asked to come up with the why and where of how he lost his memories. And then I ended up constructing an actual life story pre-amnesia. So now my whole reason for having him not remember doesn't exist, because he's already got a story, ha!
But now the forgetting is also an integral part of his character and I'm loathe to let it go, no matter how many people see it and go 'ugh, one of those'. So I keep it. For me. Because it makes me happy. Write what you want, as much as you want. For you. Then be courteous and consistent with others.
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