How's My Driving [OOC]

[purgatory_maren]

PLAYER NAME: Richard
CHARACTER NAME: Minato Arisato
ORIGIN/TYPE: Persona 3(FES)/RPG
GAME: Homeless
Comments, crits, opinions. Please don't be afraid to approach me. I can also be reached on AIM at Minato ArisatoP3.

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Comments

[wrecks_meanies]

My first crits

"I think the Minato is really OOC. His character never seemed weak willed to me or easily manipulated, but this is how he appears in the game. I know you can take a lot of paths with Minato. Even so, he always seemed to have a strong resolve considering how the game ended up. I don't believe at all that he'd do some of the things he has in Discedo."

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"THIS. I can't stand how angsty and passive he is."
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"Key words here are 'you can take a lot of paths with Minato.' I've never seen two Minatos alike in LJ games. You would have a point with the weak willed aspect if it made any practical sense. It doesn't. The actual crises that character has faced in Discedo (battles, matters of leadership, etc) have been done with the courage expected in that character. I'm not sure what 'things' he 'wouldn't do,' but I'm not seeing them.

If you mean his depression or Discedo related problems, it would be far more OOC for a character NOT to react to those in some way. It's not remotely in character for Minato (or most of the others) to ignore friends vanishing, dying, plagues and mental pain by acting unaffected. The few who do are the ones I see as OOC."

continued/response

[purgatory_maren]

"I'm sorry you feel that way. I have a thread in the HMD and my screen name is openly available.

Admittedly yes, he has been very down lately, and has for a while. It's not a character slip that I made accidentally and never noticed, it's something that I've done based upon all the loss he's suffered one after the other, but he was/is coming out of it. On top of these feelings, he gets very serious when it comes to doing his work, so he lacks emotion. As for being passive, well, while he does get involved in many things, he does come off as passive. Stoic or docile are other ways to describe him, but if you know the character, as I'm sure you both do, you know that his exterior means nothing. However, if I give that impression, I must be portraying this incorrectly. I'll keep it in mind.

I don't agree that he's weak willed however, he makes all his decisions with a lot of thought, even the somewhat bad ones he's made lately. As strong as he is, he's still just a kid and being given a second chance to experience new things, both great and difficult. I always looked at Minato as someone who can go many different ways, yes, and since I picked him up, I thought a different approach would be not taking a single path and sticking with it, but branching him out down many over time, learning and doing different things and gaining from the experiences.

Again, I'm very open to crit and comments and I appreciate that you haven't been rude about your opinions. I'll be adding a personal HMD to his journal. Please remember it in the future. I urge you to share with me your opinions and what I need to do to improve, on any of my characters. I apologize if I've disappointed you."