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Game Discussion / Re: Characters: why do the always have to be dark, tragic, and/or ultra-powerful?
« on: June 25, 2016, 04:22:15 pm »
I agree it can become annoying. Yet if done right this can be a good character to use. Remember most people who have dark, tragic or so on characters, are young and starting writer. They simply aren't mature.
For example my character Tevan, he has somewhat of a sad past. It isn't tragic, but not the best. He was born into a family of loving parents. He was born blind in his right eye, but the left could still see. So one day Tevan wanders too far and is taken by humans and into a zoo. The keepers notice he was blind and wanted to fix it.
So they called in scientists who replaced his blind eye with a robotic one once he turned a teenager. The eye gave him not only the ability to see, but zoom in/out really far, and scan over things. He ended up running away after the procedure. He never saw his parents again, and still misses them, but keeps going. He keeps going knowing they'd want him too and he even ends up adopting twins without parents and joins a pack.
I have other characters with much darker pasts, but I try to make the past creative and the character creative as well. I don't try to make a sob story like most do.
For example my character Tevan, he has somewhat of a sad past. It isn't tragic, but not the best. He was born into a family of loving parents. He was born blind in his right eye, but the left could still see. So one day Tevan wanders too far and is taken by humans and into a zoo. The keepers notice he was blind and wanted to fix it.
So they called in scientists who replaced his blind eye with a robotic one once he turned a teenager. The eye gave him not only the ability to see, but zoom in/out really far, and scan over things. He ended up running away after the procedure. He never saw his parents again, and still misses them, but keeps going. He keeps going knowing they'd want him too and he even ends up adopting twins without parents and joins a pack.
I have other characters with much darker pasts, but I try to make the past creative and the character creative as well. I don't try to make a sob story like most do.