(09-20-2013, 06:28 PM)Kaoru Wrote: Okay so... I mean it's not a question specifically to the lore or the game or anything, but sort of just RP in general (and I figured I'd ask here since this is the only place I've roleplayed in like 2 years).
I'm having difficulty just like... "getting in" to things. Not as in my interest is low, but I'm sort of just having issue trying to join in on something or involving myself, which kind of frustrates me because I feel like it should be much simpler than my mind is making it.
Despite having a couple of people directly involved with my character, he's still not really doing anything. And then recently I asked for RP partners and friends in this forum, and I got a good response from a lot of you, but then I don't know what to say to anyone because I don't really have any ideas for plotlines or our own arcs or anything of that nature.
I'm not sure if I'm just shy or I'm still that awkward with people, or maybe I'm just an unimaginative moron. But I was hoping for any advice on the matter.
Thank you.
Oh, dearling~
*folds hands* First of all, you're not a moron. At all. Not in the slightest bit.
I had an issue for a while. I wrote up Sio's wiki page and it's... it's huge. It's terribly large and overly descriptive for someone who didn't really know what direction they'd want to go because when I played 1.0 it only lasted about a month for me. I realized, as I started looking through all the new wikis that I'd kind of written up a really, -really- difficult character to play.
Sio is serious, laconic, and religious and all three of those really conflict with many of the funny, fun-loving, self-serving bandit types that I might've liked to be involved with. She's also a bit scary when she's embarrassed and that happens all the time so she frightens shy people. She's masculine yet short.
She's a paladin Hellsguard Roe. Despite being a paladin, she's neutral good, not lawful; she can't follow rules to the letter if it means wronging someone right in front of her. I find conflict, now that I'm RPing, because there's a lot of things that are said to her that she just kind of takes-- and I'm not sure why sometimes. It's not in her mentality to stand by and let someone talk down on the Twelve but it happens. It's not part of her personality to be idle while someone disrespects her fighters, but that happens too. I mean... she puts a stop to it but she doesn't just stop talking to people like that.
Maybe you wrote yourself into a bit of a corner. From what I've seen of your character, he's extremely shy, a bit curious, and I think he's fairly suspicious of others. Do you find it difficult to find legitimate reasons to do things sometimes? Like if there's a party going on and your character walks up on it, do you say to yourself, "I guess I'd better keep walking because I don't see why my toon would stop..." Even if you kind of want to?
Siobhain ended up as kind of a leader with the LS I made, though her personality might do equally well as a follower of a good leader. Maybe your character is built more as a side character who tags along for things so thinking up any plots or arcs that involve something big and maybe lore-related is difficult? Perhaps you should start one on one or in a small group and try developing his personality, letting him open up and change a bit more.
I think that's helping with me right now. Originally, I wrote up so much of my character that I realized every situation would inevitably turn into "What would Sio say to this? What would Sio do if this happened?" and when I do that to myself it turns into a Q&A issue where I kind of feel like I should wait for people to come up and say something confrontational-- but how will development happen that way? I didn't like it so I'm letting her grow more attached to people who show they share the same moral guidelines she does. As she sees them interact with each other, she slowly begins to adapt to living in a social group-- as that happens I feel she'll change a lot and that makes me happy. Now she's not just a character, like an anime character I pulled out of a series and decided to put into this world to see how they'd do things based on my perception of them; she's like a living thing.
Start small and don't be afraid to let things change over time, I think. Don't worry about arcs or plots yet and don't feel bad because you don't have any in mind-- tag along to events with others. Give things a chance to grow.
You've got an awesome little character; I'd love Sio to met K'aworu and Aysun because as hard as it might be at first for her to adjust, inevitably, I feel they'd get along. It's hard because we both have sort of shy, introverted characters in their own way but I hope to see it happen regardless, naturally, without being forced. Those are the kinds of things I look forward to so I don't feel too bad when I sort of feel like I'm in a slump or I'm letting myself or anyone else down.
Totally... Totally over-thinking this.
But to summarize, my advice is to not beat yourself up over not being able to get behind anything super sparkly and fantastic yet. Just worry about your character and really try to get that RP in there, for better or for worse.
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