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Jun. 25th, 2009
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Jun. 25th, 2009 11:07 pmHello, I am going to talk about RPing and ICness!
Specifically, I'm wondering what your thoughts are on playing a character partially OOC to either make them more entertaining, or to ignore things about them you really hate. Particularly in the realm of an AU RP.
For an example, take Risa Koizumi, heroine of Lovely Complex. I watched this series, and loved the hell out of the character at the start. She's funny, assertive, quirky, and has a hell of a backbone and great facial expressions. However, maybe a third of the way through the series, Risa realizes that she likes the male lead, and undergoes a gradual transformation into a generic, weepy dere female shoujo lead. From then on, she spends about half the series crying, and is obnoxious and lame.
[Bad username or site: minako134 title=Ayame @ livejournal.com] has been talking about her AU school RP idea, and I thought of this character. However, the thing that would be stopping me from having any fun with the idea would be that second part of her characterization, where she gets all weepy and lame. Thus, I'd consider just quietly shelving that part of her personality and playing her as her hilarious, epic early-series incarnation. If she were to end up falling for anyone, I'd be playing her how I thought the serious should have taken her character.
So, I mean, does that seem bad or wrong to you guys? It seems reasonable to me.
Specifically, I'm wondering what your thoughts are on playing a character partially OOC to either make them more entertaining, or to ignore things about them you really hate. Particularly in the realm of an AU RP.
For an example, take Risa Koizumi, heroine of Lovely Complex. I watched this series, and loved the hell out of the character at the start. She's funny, assertive, quirky, and has a hell of a backbone and great facial expressions. However, maybe a third of the way through the series, Risa realizes that she likes the male lead, and undergoes a gradual transformation into a generic, weepy dere female shoujo lead. From then on, she spends about half the series crying, and is obnoxious and lame.
[Bad username or site: minako134 title=Ayame @ livejournal.com] has been talking about her AU school RP idea, and I thought of this character. However, the thing that would be stopping me from having any fun with the idea would be that second part of her characterization, where she gets all weepy and lame. Thus, I'd consider just quietly shelving that part of her personality and playing her as her hilarious, epic early-series incarnation. If she were to end up falling for anyone, I'd be playing her how I thought the serious should have taken her character.
So, I mean, does that seem bad or wrong to you guys? It seems reasonable to me.