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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:26 pm
I figure I'd start a discussion here while I hammer out my entry into a RP and peruse my options. >> I wonder how many people even see this thing. Hrmmmm...
While searching for inspiration for a new character I drudged around my computer files looking for pictures &/or documents that would refresh me on my older characters. It was a little frightening, to be honest, and I remembered my first character Jenna...
Jenna was amazing. Horribly over-powered and, since I made up her story as I went along, I ended up with a horribly complicated history. She was a little bit of everything biologically, had more than half a dozen siblings (played by other peeps), magic flowing out her arse, was once a princess (of course), and (to top it all off) had more virtues than the Pope.
Despite this, I love her in the same twisted way I love my first blanket even though I slobbered all over it and it is thinning out in spots. Embarassing attachments and all that...
Any one else remember "their first?" (Oh, that sounds naughty)
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:55 pm
Hrmm, well if you don't mind me putting my two cents in here... I think our first characters sometimes are a little outrageous, but there are always those feelings of nostalgia when we think about them.
In other words, I agree completely with what you just said. xD;
My first character was a bit of a bad a**.
She kind of embodied what I myself wanted to be at the time.
That was my 'Mom, I want to be an assassin for the government when I grow up' phase.
[[ She lovingly told me that assassins kill people at that point. Pfft, that's why I wanted to be one! ]]
Did Jenna go around saving the world? o:
Having mighty adventures?
I am mighty curious.
If it wouldn't inconvenience you terribly, could you tell me some of the stories?
^^;
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:06 pm
Oh course she had (as almost all characters do) a horribly tragic story. Oh, what was it... she was a septuplet (and she had an older brother named Brian, just for shits and giggles). I remember the septuplets being named according to birth and time intervals. Athos, Beth, C-something, Jenna, Kyle(?), Laia, Mikael. Anyway, there was a prophecy on her world that seven would be born and once and be great something-or-others. A coup was thrown by the dredges of society to rid themselves of these prophecies and steal the throne and while Jenna's parents were killed, the servants split up the kids and took off. The kids were consequently brainwashed to forget their royal beginnings and most led healthy lives.
Jenna, however, ran away from home, got her DNA spliced, got pregnant, had her fiancee killed, almost died and was saved by a unicorn, gave up her kid because she reminded her of her father (the dead fiancee of course), joined a war, and found her siblings.
It was very adventurous. I think perhaps my parents kept me too couped up. I have very vivid imagination.
Anyway, Jenna was how I wanted to be when I grew up. Ironically, I made her when I was 13 and her age is what I am now. x_x A somewhat motherly, badass, really nice woman. Heck, I even made her look what I wanted to look like (unfortunately, my boobs did not get that big).
You made an assassin? >> I imagine you were a pistol like me. How old were you when you made her?
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:05 pm
o.o; Wow... Jenna sure had a busy life. I love how she was saved by a unicorn. But dang! That sounds crazy! What happened to her baby after she gave it up? I can only imagine it getting kidnapped and taken hostage and all that jazz.
Haha, that sounds a lot like me in some ways. I really didn't get out when I was that age, either.
And it's okay that you're not as busty--her having been pregnant probably gave her that extra leg-up. xD;
I was about... hum... 13 or so, same as you. 13 or 14.
Serome was a... gun/knife person. And she smoked, of course.
What kind of decent bad a** doesn't smoke?
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:06 pm
Symphonie grew up fine. She eventually sought out Jenna, but she wasn't really angry; she understood why it was hard on Jenna and Jenna had been young when she had her.
Jenna's friends who were more hard-assed bad asses smoked, but she never did >> She just had a penchant for drinking and getting in trouble while in her stupors.
I think we scared everyone else away >>
I love incorporating unicorns, but never been brave enough to make a charrie that was full unicorn. ^_^ That and full vampire. Which is probably odd O_o
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:59 pm
I could've sworn I replied to this a couple days ago. Hrmm.
Well at least Symphonie is an understanding young woman. I have a few friends that are adopted that feel the same way as Symphonie.
You go, girl!
Meh. if they wanted to join, they would.
's not odd. o-o
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:32 pm
Now it's my turn to miss a reply for a day mad My husband is actually adopted (oh crap that makes me sound old)... after I met him I realized how reasonable Symphonie was. In fact, it is a rather interesting juxtaposition... Symphonie is reasonable, quiet, laid back, and has no real magical aptitudes or the desire to learn combat. In fact, she is everything Jenna is not; comparably, Symphonie has skills Jenna does not. For example, Symphonie excels academically and not too surprisingly, like her name, loves music (although she is not the next Mozart).
I am just sort of jumping feet first into the RP's. I feel a little shy joining the ones that have more than half a dozen characters or more than a handful people. It is still a little intimidating since I don't know anybody. There's that ever-present fear of rejection, you know? >_<
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:45 am
My first character was my only GodMod! character.
In my defense, all the people I was roleplaying with were GodModding. D:
For example: My best friend (bless his heart) had a character that was not only the most powerful angel at eighteen years old, but had enough power to blow up eighteen earths, if so desired.
So, I created Hokotsu. I gave him a sad backstory, an insane mind, an aggressive personality, and complete control over all the elements in the universe. If someone attacked him by air, he could use the wind to pin them to the ground. If someone attacked him from under the ground, he could use vines to bring them up to the surface. If someone attacked in the dark, he could make it light with a snap of his fingers. His most powerful attack, however, was pulling the air out of someone's lungs - basically, making them suffocate.
D; Worst mistake I ever made. However, it helped me keep up with the other GodModders.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:42 am
My first character was angelic demon cursed with humanity every day till the sun went down. sweatdrop
He was incredibly overpowered and was as generic a warrior as I could make, given it was the first time I had ever roleplayed. Overpowered everything with sheer magical strength and used a huge sword. One word...Godmod...
He did serve a good purpose though, showed me that I hate characters that are just normal, use generic weapons, since all mine seem to use cards, souls, or things that aren't readily easy to use. Originality being the best basis for a roleplay instead of basing it on others already created.
So he was a means to an end...wow...its already been 3 years...going on 4 since I joined Gaia...*feels old*
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:10 pm
Shush! I have been here longer than 4 years >.> That doesn't make us "old"... it makes us "seasoned."
<3 Wow, people really have a propensity for demons and angels, huh? I used to RP back when AOL chat rooms were one of the places to be for RP. I remember some angels and demons but it seems to me that there were more vampires than anyone else.
I'm not sure anyone else encountered this, but I ran into a lot of characters who weren't just ungodly in powers but were also the most beautiful people ever. EVER. All the women had legs that never ended, milky white skin beautiful long hair, sultry eyes, tiny waists, and huge breasts falling out of their top. The men had rippling muscles, huge "packages" (if the mun was brave enough to mention it in a public chat), the perfect tan, and a chiseled look. Admittedly it was more prevalent in the women but...
Anyway, these days I try to play mediocre looking women for the most part. I am still burnt out from being around so amazingly perfect-looking characters from the old days. I swear I didn't know if it was about to turn into a porno or the fight of century in some of those channels...
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:20 pm
META. o: /glomp
Your husband? I don't think it makes you old, per se, but rather it makes me feel rather... juvenile.
Ah, juxtaposition. That reminds me of an exam coming up that I have yet to study for. /dismay
Well, she probably inherited some talents from her father, I'm guessing? She sounds like an interesting person. A Renaissance woman.
Those are always the best kind. /noddle
I know exactly what you mean as far as the fear of rejection. I myself have found what little skill I have slowly declining as I continue.
Bleh.
I avoid the ones with lots of posts. It feels like I have trouble catching up in those.
/pats on the back
You'll do fine. o: Your grasp of the English language seems rather spiffy, so I don't see any reason why you would have trouble.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:29 pm
Symphonie was... well, yes, I suppose she is/was like her father. I have never really intended it to be that way. I sort of just decided one day to play Symphonie and flew by the seat of my britches (I rather like that word: britches).
I'm less worried about my grasp of the English language in understanding and more in communicating. Sometimes things get "lost in translation" between my head and my fingers. I find I miss entire phrases in sentences or paragraphs when I write sometimes. I will go back and go "Hyugh?"
I am sticking to the ones that interest me the most. I am burnt out on some genres more than others. Number of posts don't scare me, it's just the number of people and characters to familiarize myself with. If there are too many my tiny mind starts panicking as I try to figure out who is telling who that they are with who and really like who.
Declining in skill you say? Pish posh. RP gets better with age... like fine wine and cheese!
I just could use another 50 years imo.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:04 pm
'Britches' is a dandy little word. And well then, you must have natural talent. /jealous~
Ack. Don't worry--you're not alone.
I find myself going back and editing my paragraphs sentence by sentence ( to avoid what you've just described ) as I go along, which makes me take forever, which means I have to rush....
Meh. It's a curse.
You raise a good point. Having to remember backgrounds and pet peeves and personality quirks, yadda yadda... it's nuts!
But at the same time, a smaller number of people means that if one person has to go do something over the weekend, the entire production might be put on temporary pause.
And that's just a pain in the arse.
.___.; Not for meee. I tend to lose interest early, and then trickle to an inevitable stop.
Bleh.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:57 pm
Yeah... my non-guilded RP has only four players and so we frequently get held up when someone is AWOL. At the same time, tho, we plot everything on AIM and able to knock out several posts a night when we try. It's easy to just IM someone and say "post." =)
I've been in that other RP about 5 years I think.
I am hardcore. <3 (I also have a s**t ton of characters in that RP. I'd say maybe a dozen or more?)
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:06 am
I'd have to agree with the age...I've gotten slowly better as time goes on. Lost interest for a while after most that I knew decided to stop roleplaying. Still not good, but I'm dusting off the cobwebs from the last time I stopped for a couple months.
Heh I still feel old when I think about it sweatdrop
When my ex dragged me on this site...and now seems like its a regular part of my day...
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