Dredge
Kneel Before Zod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=92XVwY54h5k
So it's 2:47 in the morning and I don't sleep that much anymore, a lot of personal issues and what not but it doesn't matter. I had a thought though and I feel like it could use some touching up on. Do we use role play as a way to escape the mundane? Is it just a hobby for us writers? A way to have that power we can't have in our day to day lives? Sometimes I think that to a lot of it's more than just a game, it's a story of not just these characters in this fictional universe. But extensions of ourselves interacting, living, breathing parts of our soul. It's hard to explain so I will do my best to pry my sleep deprived brain to say what I feel.
Our characters are us in a sense, I know all of my characters are extensions of myself. [member="Rexus Drath"] is a lot like me, this morally grey and depressed person struggling to cope with the loss of someone he loved and now gaining happiness meeting and falling in love with a woman he's always cared about. Or my mando [member="Conner Garon"], this pop culture craving teenager who is forced to grow up and accept his mother is dead, he's a geek and a social outcast even in the Mandolorian military where everyone is a brother or sister. And when I was writing the character up I didn't even realize he was like me. [member="Patricia Susan Garter"] is a foul mouth republic agent and woman who loves to party and isn't afraid to cut loose, I've always been this reserved and shy person afraid of partying and having fun and going out and I think I write her because it's something that I've always been afraid to do.
And Dredge. Dredge is my darker side, all that rage and anger that I have in me. He's those nights where I was up screaming and bashing lockers, he's that hatred that I have inside me that wants to punch someone's face into dust. He has that power that I've always craved, he does what he wants when he wants and no one tells him otherwise. And I think that's a big reason why I haven't been able to kill him off or get rid of him, because if I did that it would be like killing a part of myself you know? But moving on to the point
To a lot of people here sometimes people take this role play too seriously, and I think I understand why now. Because when someone from another faction or whatever comes and starts messing with your character it's more than just words on a screen at times, it's like that person is taking a shot at a piece of you. Sometimes when I get a notification my heart skips a beat and I get so concerned about what someone is going to say to my character in this fictional world. I know it sounds silly, but I think that's just me though. But let's move on
I believe a lot of use roleplay as an escape from our normal lives. Most of us go to school or work do our nine to five or if you are [member="Popo"] you continuos loop of work that never ends. But we live these basic lives by day and do our business. But when we step into these characters, these extensions of ourselves we are always doing something exciting. We are at a black tie party with intergalactic gangsters, we are Jedi and Sith fighting a never ending battle of light and dark! We are these warriors and scholars and people we have always wanted to be, and I honestly love the fuck out of it. I go to work and log on, I'm no longer Aaron but an extension, I'm the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong Dredge, I'm a all these different things that all have a piece of my personality In them. It's fun, it's great and you meet a lot of great people from it. You meet some crappy ones too but that's just life.
I'm not sure if I have a point, maybe I'm too tired to or whatever I don't know. But if I did have a point, I think it would be that even though these characters might be parts of us. They aren't who we are. I'm not a mass murdering alien overlord, a lot of my characters might share traits with me but they aren't me individually. Maybe if they all fused together they would but I'd pay a dollar to see that. There's a lot of drama that happens because of our characters interacting with other characters, and we shouldn't get mad every time someone tries to crap in our Cheerios. Try not to take it so personal. Let's all just write and have fun, come together as a community and what not.
Now this part is for you Chaos. What personality traits do you share with your characters? Are they wish fulfillment or are they extensions of you? This is Aaron saying the time is now 3:30 am and I'm pretty tired. Be safe, tell good stories, and most importantly Have Fun
So it's 2:47 in the morning and I don't sleep that much anymore, a lot of personal issues and what not but it doesn't matter. I had a thought though and I feel like it could use some touching up on. Do we use role play as a way to escape the mundane? Is it just a hobby for us writers? A way to have that power we can't have in our day to day lives? Sometimes I think that to a lot of it's more than just a game, it's a story of not just these characters in this fictional universe. But extensions of ourselves interacting, living, breathing parts of our soul. It's hard to explain so I will do my best to pry my sleep deprived brain to say what I feel.
Our characters are us in a sense, I know all of my characters are extensions of myself. [member="Rexus Drath"] is a lot like me, this morally grey and depressed person struggling to cope with the loss of someone he loved and now gaining happiness meeting and falling in love with a woman he's always cared about. Or my mando [member="Conner Garon"], this pop culture craving teenager who is forced to grow up and accept his mother is dead, he's a geek and a social outcast even in the Mandolorian military where everyone is a brother or sister. And when I was writing the character up I didn't even realize he was like me. [member="Patricia Susan Garter"] is a foul mouth republic agent and woman who loves to party and isn't afraid to cut loose, I've always been this reserved and shy person afraid of partying and having fun and going out and I think I write her because it's something that I've always been afraid to do.
And Dredge. Dredge is my darker side, all that rage and anger that I have in me. He's those nights where I was up screaming and bashing lockers, he's that hatred that I have inside me that wants to punch someone's face into dust. He has that power that I've always craved, he does what he wants when he wants and no one tells him otherwise. And I think that's a big reason why I haven't been able to kill him off or get rid of him, because if I did that it would be like killing a part of myself you know? But moving on to the point
To a lot of people here sometimes people take this role play too seriously, and I think I understand why now. Because when someone from another faction or whatever comes and starts messing with your character it's more than just words on a screen at times, it's like that person is taking a shot at a piece of you. Sometimes when I get a notification my heart skips a beat and I get so concerned about what someone is going to say to my character in this fictional world. I know it sounds silly, but I think that's just me though. But let's move on
I believe a lot of use roleplay as an escape from our normal lives. Most of us go to school or work do our nine to five or if you are [member="Popo"] you continuos loop of work that never ends. But we live these basic lives by day and do our business. But when we step into these characters, these extensions of ourselves we are always doing something exciting. We are at a black tie party with intergalactic gangsters, we are Jedi and Sith fighting a never ending battle of light and dark! We are these warriors and scholars and people we have always wanted to be, and I honestly love the fuck out of it. I go to work and log on, I'm no longer Aaron but an extension, I'm the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong Dredge, I'm a all these different things that all have a piece of my personality In them. It's fun, it's great and you meet a lot of great people from it. You meet some crappy ones too but that's just life.
I'm not sure if I have a point, maybe I'm too tired to or whatever I don't know. But if I did have a point, I think it would be that even though these characters might be parts of us. They aren't who we are. I'm not a mass murdering alien overlord, a lot of my characters might share traits with me but they aren't me individually. Maybe if they all fused together they would but I'd pay a dollar to see that. There's a lot of drama that happens because of our characters interacting with other characters, and we shouldn't get mad every time someone tries to crap in our Cheerios. Try not to take it so personal. Let's all just write and have fun, come together as a community and what not.
Now this part is for you Chaos. What personality traits do you share with your characters? Are they wish fulfillment or are they extensions of you? This is Aaron saying the time is now 3:30 am and I'm pretty tired. Be safe, tell good stories, and most importantly Have Fun