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« on: September 08, 2013, 12:49:52 am »
I don't really have a character I roleplay as, since I haven't RPd with anyone yet, but I do get what everyone is saying.
Sometimes when I am running around Feral Hearts with my characters I come across some people complaining about how 'tragic their life is,' and how 'no one understands them.'
I think if you want to create a tragic character, or do a tragic backstory, you would have to do something with them so they won't be annoying. The character you create is not the sole character in the RP, so if you want to star as the main character, write your own story.
My thing is if your parent(s) die when you are young, depending on age, you will have a vague or no recollection of them at all. The character can be sad every once in a while over the fact they don't have parents when they see other people with their parents, but that could be it. They don't have to angst over it.
If your entire pride/pack/whatever died, and you are a sole survivor, then you have a sad story. if history is repeating itself in your new pride/pack/whatever, I can see the character have a freak out. Survivor guilt won't be too bad as long as they don't do it as much, or if their personality gives the reason for them to angst about it. For example, it just happened, or the character has a personality that they beat themselves up over the fact they were unable to save people. Or they have really bad PTSD, which can happen in real life.
Bottom line is that if people want to create a 'tragic' character, they should take into account certain things, because no one wants a character that is being angsty all the time.