(04-15-2014, 05:19 PM)K Wrote: My post was targeted specifically towards the OP's experiences. Of course there are exceptions out there too but I was simply making a broad claim rather than a universal one. In your case where you play a character you morally despise then I guess it would be a case where you are getting most of your enjoyment from the reactions and developments of the characters around you, though if I am mistaken then by all means correct me. In any case, I'm sure you can at least empathise with other peoples' characters.
To be fair, I have a hard time empathizing with other people's characters because, sometimes, I just don't get it. Â I mean, one second, we're in a struggle of life or death where, presumably from the story, death is possible and we're certainly killing people occasionally. Â It's hard for me to personally empathize with characters who ten minutes later can be whining about their personal relationships and drinking to their victory.
Granted, a character I could actually empathize with would be boring as Hell, because this is a video game and it would be a dull one if the exciting parts had to be bookended by serious roleplay about the very real philosophy of mortality, loss, and the Hell of war. Â But I'm well aware these aren't real people. Â Sometimes, what best keeps me disconnected from everyone's characters is my suspension of disbelief.
Which, thank God, because I've had to roleplay someone that had to display realistic and understandable emotions in a serious dramatic RP, and I was bored to tears. Â RP isn't a time I want to meet people who think and act like real people. Â RP is a time I want to go nuts with other people who are going nuts! Â The next time someone's head gets taken off in combat, I want people scrambling for the best sociopathic one-liner.
"I guess he's seeing things from a new angle, now."
