Hey, everyone has played as their OCs before, but have you ever BEEN them? Like, you're in a situation and you would solve it the way your OC would, and not yourself. Have you ever done that, and do you think it helps your roleplaying skills?
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That's pretty clever to think up. If one writes a very different character, that might even help them deal with situations/phobias in the real world as well.
Hey, if it works. I've done it myself, or had one of my OCs give me a pep talk.
Turns out it's a tactic they teach in therapy. (Good therapy, the kind that lets you pretend to be Sigourney Weaver with a flamethrower.)
Turns out it's a tactic they teach in therapy. (Good therapy, the kind that lets you pretend to be Sigourney Weaver with a flamethrower.)
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Hey, if it works. I've done it myself, or had one of my OCs give me a pep talk.
Turns out it's a tactic they teach in therapy. (Good therapy, the kind that lets you pretend to be Sigourney Weaver with a flamethrower.)
Turns out it's a tactic they teach in therapy. (Good therapy, the kind that lets you pretend to be Sigourney Weaver with a flamethrower.)
Lol,
The best remedies are the simpliers ones!
I've had this happen to me before in several occasions 
I have a character, Kaito in the Treasure Lamp, who has very sharp eyesight and is a fairly good reconaissance expert and analyst.
I have often found myself taking in tiny details like he does when I'm thinking of how to portray his character, and I've been paying attention to people's fidgeting and body ticks and I can read body language even IRL.
It's the strangest feeling.
I have a character, Kaito in the Treasure Lamp, who has very sharp eyesight and is a fairly good reconaissance expert and analyst.
I have often found myself taking in tiny details like he does when I'm thinking of how to portray his character, and I've been paying attention to people's fidgeting and body ticks and I can read body language even IRL.
It's the strangest feeling.
I do this sometimes. When I tend to be uncomfortable with something I get into my main character's mind set. I typically choose her because she's open, fearless, and fits in every situation LOL. Now for roleplaying, no that doesn't help. But it does help with rl things. What does help me is experiencing something irl so that I can know better how a character would react to something unique.
Well I have in a since... it was star wars day at a local store and I dressed up as my Jedi Celtic... and I was in since her If kids spoke to me I would address them as Celtic would.
But every Halloween for a few years now I have been my own OC
But every Halloween for a few years now I have been my own OC
I don't useually RP any OC until I know who they are. I need to know their motivations, thoughts, feelings, how they would react to any situation, what they eat or don't eat etc. I do this because I feel that a character is a person that the writer puts into the world, and has every right to be their fullest potential. Now, this leads to some issues on my end. People ask me frequently "Can you make a character for this RP I want you to be in?"
While I realize there are many who can write a character in less than five minutes and just go, I cannot do that. Until I know all the subtle things about that person, I'm not about to put it into an RP. I've even gone so far as to figure out how they speak and dialect tones for writing, just to be sure that I could RP that person as they deserve. I have a character sheet that goes into just about every aspect of a person, and sometimes it can take me a couple of days just to make sure every element that is needed is filled out. I also keep the dice stats so that when I RP, the balance is aligned with the action and I'm not going to jeopardize anything involving plot progression with a Mary Sue or Marty Stu situation.
What I do is not for everyone, I do not recommend it for everyone either. It's time-consuming, and it can be a lot of work. The very last thing I do after I have written out and figured out who is the character, I work on finding their picture. Yes, a picture is worth 1000 words, but sometimes the 1000 words is better than the picture, and the picture is just the last element.
That said, when I do RP my characters out, I feel the RP is more rewarding and richer. The experience in and of itself is to create a story with someone else, and if my part is done and the character is properly set for the story, I find it is going to be great.
While I realize there are many who can write a character in less than five minutes and just go, I cannot do that. Until I know all the subtle things about that person, I'm not about to put it into an RP. I've even gone so far as to figure out how they speak and dialect tones for writing, just to be sure that I could RP that person as they deserve. I have a character sheet that goes into just about every aspect of a person, and sometimes it can take me a couple of days just to make sure every element that is needed is filled out. I also keep the dice stats so that when I RP, the balance is aligned with the action and I'm not going to jeopardize anything involving plot progression with a Mary Sue or Marty Stu situation.
What I do is not for everyone, I do not recommend it for everyone either. It's time-consuming, and it can be a lot of work. The very last thing I do after I have written out and figured out who is the character, I work on finding their picture. Yes, a picture is worth 1000 words, but sometimes the 1000 words is better than the picture, and the picture is just the last element.
That said, when I do RP my characters out, I feel the RP is more rewarding and richer. The experience in and of itself is to create a story with someone else, and if my part is done and the character is properly set for the story, I find it is going to be great.
I mean one of my OCs is literally me, soooo yeah, I've actually been them. All of them actually.
All of them actually.
I've dyed my hair the colour of one of my OCs before... and when I was twelve or so I made myself a cape and a giant papier-mache mallet in total weeaboo OC insanity and went to school with it. I would say it wasn't my proudest moment, but damn if the mallet wasn't kind of cool.
More seriously... there have been times when I've pulled from the lexicon of my characters. Not frequently, but there's something to the idea of falling back on behaviours you've practiced via RP when you need the extra boost. It's only ever been things I wanted to cultivate in myself anyways, though, like conversational confidence or snappy sassbacks, so it's less about trying to be a particular character than it is about using them as a tool to grow as a person.
More seriously... there have been times when I've pulled from the lexicon of my characters. Not frequently, but there's something to the idea of falling back on behaviours you've practiced via RP when you need the extra boost. It's only ever been things I wanted to cultivate in myself anyways, though, like conversational confidence or snappy sassbacks, so it's less about trying to be a particular character than it is about using them as a tool to grow as a person.
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