This is something that's happened to me a handful of times in the past and I still don't really know how best to deal with it unless said character simply has no connections left leaving you free to approach the situation however you want.
Even now it's happening on Vetiver, the main I've cherished from day one. I've had bad experience after bad experience on her, nearly every relationship forged ending up far, far away from anything intended, countless rejections unfairly suffered; I've more or less hit my breaking point now and it hurts. It hurts a lot. She's my baby and yet I've been more or less discouraged from ever stepping foot back into Eorzea on her. I've tried countlesss of things; attempts to move on at both IC and OOC levels, a number of retcons, etc., but none of it has really done the trick. At the end of the day the only things keeping Vetiver here are 1-2 RP obligations and small flickers of conceptual joy... her back story, personality, even that sad moon kitty face I came to adore; there's a part of me that has trouble letting go of it all.
I wish I had advice to give. I really, really do. Unfortunately this is one of those rare times where I'm the one that needs help because I just don't know what to do anymore. Even something as simple as writing about it puts me on the verge of tears. All I can really do is hope no one else ends up the situation I've found myself in; it's a serious emotional drain that no roleplayer deserves.
Even now it's happening on Vetiver, the main I've cherished from day one. I've had bad experience after bad experience on her, nearly every relationship forged ending up far, far away from anything intended, countless rejections unfairly suffered; I've more or less hit my breaking point now and it hurts. It hurts a lot. She's my baby and yet I've been more or less discouraged from ever stepping foot back into Eorzea on her. I've tried countlesss of things; attempts to move on at both IC and OOC levels, a number of retcons, etc., but none of it has really done the trick. At the end of the day the only things keeping Vetiver here are 1-2 RP obligations and small flickers of conceptual joy... her back story, personality, even that sad moon kitty face I came to adore; there's a part of me that has trouble letting go of it all.
I wish I had advice to give. I really, really do. Unfortunately this is one of those rare times where I'm the one that needs help because I just don't know what to do anymore. Even something as simple as writing about it puts me on the verge of tears. All I can really do is hope no one else ends up the situation I've found myself in; it's a serious emotional drain that no roleplayer deserves.
