Recently, a close friend of mine has rerolled her character about... three times now?
You'd think this would raise some sort of alarm. It could scream that they lack dedication or drive and commitment. Seeing it first hand, I can strongly disagree. A lot of different factors came into play. Luckily none of them drama related!
It's very possible to craft something that you are just flat out unhappy with. She made a lot of effort to flesh out the characters, tried different things and goals and eventually came to a brick wall. Long periods of RP were really great for her, but others fell really short. As I understand it, they kept it to themselves for a long time. Thinking that they were just being hasty and ended up retconning quite a few events.
I myself, didn't take a lot of issue with this. Fortunately, our friends didn't seem to mind either. It was some mild trouble here and there, but it wasn't a lost cause.
My point is, I don't believe that you have to completely sacrifice your own happiness to force something that you might not like as much as you intended. Life is far too short as they say, and your virtual pretendyman shouldn't be a brick in your birthday cake.
Sometimes, the best characters come from a little personal hiccup. Most of mine have, at least ones I've enjoyed. Ones that grow become really great with time!
You'd think this would raise some sort of alarm. It could scream that they lack dedication or drive and commitment. Seeing it first hand, I can strongly disagree. A lot of different factors came into play. Luckily none of them drama related!
It's very possible to craft something that you are just flat out unhappy with. She made a lot of effort to flesh out the characters, tried different things and goals and eventually came to a brick wall. Long periods of RP were really great for her, but others fell really short. As I understand it, they kept it to themselves for a long time. Thinking that they were just being hasty and ended up retconning quite a few events.
I myself, didn't take a lot of issue with this. Fortunately, our friends didn't seem to mind either. It was some mild trouble here and there, but it wasn't a lost cause.
My point is, I don't believe that you have to completely sacrifice your own happiness to force something that you might not like as much as you intended. Life is far too short as they say, and your virtual pretendyman shouldn't be a brick in your birthday cake.
Sometimes, the best characters come from a little personal hiccup. Most of mine have, at least ones I've enjoyed. Ones that grow become really great with time!
