I have had a lot of characters over the last 20-ish years, and all the ones that survive for an amount of time end up having a basic aversion to illogical actions. I guess it is the one aspect of me that I can't leave behind. Even if a highly emotional character like my Halfling, or Tremere (at times), or a basically non-emotional character, like Marsh, they all tend to have a basic aversion to suicidal or violently stupid actions.
The scary version of this was the Malkavian I played for a bit too long and managed to reset his logic into a very scary place, logic -- but skewed. That did teach me a lot about myself and how I can confuse myself through one simple mis-assumption - which was a huge benefit as a scientist. (I guess listening to static on the radio while driving to game weekly for two years was a generally bad idea... Hmm...)
This did also, as a roleplayer, allow me to more easily get into a skewed logical state, as for a Gangrel, Ananasi (Marsh), or Tremere - kind of abusing that basic need I have for a "logical code
Not a gamer, but I have fursonas in a manner of speaking. I have been therian since I was a small child. A black cat then a black leopard.
Now I have the Butterscotch Cougar and I can see what the RP kind of thing is. I am a black panther pretending to be a cougar cause it is funny. But I get to explore a bunch of new stuff....
Similarities? They are both big cats. One is a lot sillier than the other though. And brave in a totally different way. A kind of in your face, this is who I am too bad if you don't like it but I think you will LOL thing.
I think I RPed in real life too much when I was younger to find it to be an interesting past time now. But I do watch other people play.
Since I hit adulthood, I've noticed that all of my characters hide their true natures until some pre-determined trigger is hit. I tend to play characters that appear vapid and/or harmless in some way at first glance. The funny thing is, I usually don't realize I've made yet another variation on this character until I've played it for a while. Just a couple weeks ago I found myself saying to Glen: "Oh dear god, I just realized I'm playing a D&D version of Miribella."
Before adulthood it was mostly your stereotypical femme fatale who was AWESOME in every way, much the same as lots of teenage boys play characters who are essentially Superman. But for the sake of this discussion, I say my teenage roleplay doesn't count. :P
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The scary version of this was the Malkavian I played for a bit too long and managed to reset his logic into a very scary place, logic -- but skewed. That did teach me a lot about myself and how I can confuse myself through one simple mis-assumption - which was a huge benefit as a scientist. (I guess listening to static on the radio while driving to game weekly for two years was a generally bad idea... Hmm...)
This did also, as a roleplayer, allow me to more easily get into a skewed logical state, as for a Gangrel, Ananasi (Marsh), or Tremere - kind of abusing that basic need I have for a "logical code
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Now I have the Butterscotch Cougar and I can see what the RP kind of thing is. I am a black panther pretending to be a cougar cause it is funny. But I get to explore a bunch of new stuff....
Similarities? They are both big cats. One is a lot sillier than the other though. And brave in a totally different way. A kind of in your face, this is who I am too bad if you don't like it but I think you will LOL thing.
I think I RPed in real life too much when I was younger to find it to be an interesting past time now. But I do watch other people play.
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Before adulthood it was mostly your stereotypical femme fatale who was AWESOME in every way, much the same as lots of teenage boys play characters who are essentially Superman. But for the sake of this discussion, I say my teenage roleplay doesn't count. :P
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Yeah, teenage RP doesn't count because it's more ideals and less introspection. ;)
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I suspect sometimes that Fionn tries to be MORE than he can. But sometimes that works out for a person. :)
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