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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

 A lot of times, we're drawn to characters that we like because we can empathize with them, or share characteristics with them. I'm curious, CnC, do you share any characteristics with the characters you play? 

In my case, I at times share the obnoxious personality Pokey has, but I more or less share the fear of others/absurdly strong desire to try and connect with others that the kid has that tends to hamper him.

How about you guys? 

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[battothefuture]

I used to think that I was that way - maybe I still do, in some way. But given the number of psychopaths that I play, however, I kiiiinda don't hold that opinion that so much anymore. *laughs*

My characters seem to branch out far, far more from my core personality now than when I started rping however many years ago it was. In short... not really, no.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Nothing really wrong with that. Do you mind if I ask why you like the characters you RP, or if there's any specific reason you RP them?

[yayashton.livejournal.com]

I'm not a gay theatre kid who's always the sidekick and believes that the world isn't real, but . . . I'm kind of the same, awkward "HOW DOES I FRIENDSHIP??"/odd definition of friend that Ryan is. And uh. This is ridiculously obvious but I love musicals/music. My favorite part about playing Ryan is seriously sitting there and picking things for him to sing. Also I may or may not have ulterior motives for a lot of things I do shut up my web of interconnecting awesomeness is awesome.

Also I've said this before but Shin'ichi is my dad only his life doesn't suck so much. Sooooo I'm the same kind of nerdy otaku I guess but I don't. Turn into a flying zebra and shoot lasers from my mouth. :|

As for Jill um. I don't turn into a boy during my period but . . . idk I'm not really like Jill or Jack at all I'M ACTUALLY LIKE JILL'S BEST FRIEND RAMIE only replace the "fashionista" in crazy fashionista with "writer." I guess I use words in ways they're not meant to be used like Jill? And I . . . No. I'm just. Not like Jack, I could explain why except that would be a very long rant about how being asexual doesn't mean I just "haven't found the right person."

tl;dr -> Reili's character list at C&C is not a good indicator of her attraction to characters like her.

[superspeeds]

I really hate walking behind people. It makes me physically uncomfortable. Especially if they're slow or it's a large group taking up the entire goddamn sidewalk.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Same feeling, but it isn't necessarily because I feel physically uncomfortable as much as annoyance.

[lassiface.livejournal.com]

I sadly get Lassiter's inability to connect to society at large, though I seem to be more aware of it than he is. Which sounds all angst ridden, but I don't mean for it to be, more it's just easy to play his awkwardness and obliviousness and apathy when I'm the same way a lot of times.

Also, I am a forty year old police man with big ears.

Two out of three things in that sentence is a lie.

I have nothing in common with Usopp, though, other than ^^lying^^ I guess. He is a far better person than me. With much nicer hair.

[nineinches.livejournal.com]

I'm a nerd (I'm more into ninja and samurai than robots and sci-fi...) and a hopeless romantic. And I like to doodle. DOODLE-DUDE.

[wondah.livejournal.com]

You will never catch her or fuck her, Kyle

[divtastic.livejournal.com]

Awkward, nervous, geeky spaz who'll trip over their own feet? Erm, check. Only I like to think I'm a little smarter than Chris is. And he is kind of more exaggerated in his derpiness than I am. I wouldn't, say... throw up in my girlfriends mouth for example.

And there are some characters I play who I don't think I'm like at all. Obviously I only play Chris here, but elsewhere I also play his best friend. I'm a little biased, but I don't really think I'm a misogynistic, racist, homophobic, arrogant bastard. I'm also very anti-military (whereas he really did want to be in the army) and staunchly anti-Tory (he's staunchly pro-Tory). At a stretch I could say we're both pretty insecure individuals, but that's probably about it.

Which is just a really long winded way of saying it varies. Some characters I think I'm a lot like, others I just enjoy their character enough I want to play them out even thought we're completely different.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

It's like that for me too. I can relate to some of the characters I play to some degree (Pokey right now, Anderson when I app him in a bit) but there are characters I've played in RL RPs and in forum games that I've done so simply because they were so different from me.

And since I forgot it earlier, thank you for the link to Life On Mars. I appreciate it greatly.

[wondah.livejournal.com]

When it comes to Princess Iolande, I find myself relating to certain aspects of her. THE CHARACTER I RELATED TO THE MOST THAT I EVER PLAYED WAS RENEE... um, I tend to relate to characters that come from an entirely different culture (since i don't ... relate to ...americans and that's usually the...ethnocentric viewpoint the media i watch is posited in), and I often relate to more "butch" women -- whether they are hetero or bi or lezzosaurus. I relate to laid-back types who are really awkward with romance (yet are totally weak to it) and get interested in people who challenge them very easily.

I RELATE A LOT ... TO IOLANDE'S ... KNOW-IT-ALL-NESS. It's sad. And her social ineptitude when it comes to certain aspects of earth culture except i have no excuse because i'm not a hot purple alien princess.

I also find I relate to Iolande's familial approach and issues l;kwel;ke and perhaps her tendency to really want to unpack her privileges and understand the world around her from a sociological point of view but still fail at times because her head's up her ass.


DONNA... I DON'T ... RELATE TO AT ALL. Outside of the fact that we're both MUCHO GUSTO advice-givers and like being that shoulder to cry on or taking on the role of cheering people up. But Donna's infinitely more forgiving and unconditionally kind than I'll ever be, I think. She also reaches out to people ... that I never would. Ever. And I think, in general, has a lot less anger toward the world. AT LEAST WHERE I TOOK HER FROM since she's like meaniezilla in the future.

She's uh, more patient than i ever will be, kind of boy crazy, way more comfortable with vulnerability and touch and communication and contact, and also more positive and willing to put herself out there.












I SECRETLY ENJOY CAPSLOCK CHARACTERS AND GET SAD THAT I PLAY NONE HERE. I loooove obnoxious characters, characters who are overdramatic on purpose because they think it's just fun to be, and characters that love making dumbasses out of themselves ...

also any guys or girls that get hopeless crushes on every female that comes in their path :| I tend to relate to them. As long as they aren't perverted or overly sexual/more liberated! Since i suck at that whole thing.

I like playing losers... and people who embarrass themselves a lot because that's all I basically ever do

is embarrass
myself

[wondah.livejournal.com]

ALSO ADDENDUM: In the end I think I play characters/go for characters that i find traits in that I am particularly lacking, or go for characters that I either...wish I was (MY SPIRIT ANIMAL ... IN CHARACTER FORM.................) or wish I could bang ...............................................................




yeah...

[superxgrlfriend.livejournal.com]

MONET --> I was a lot like Monet when I was a teenager (pretty much a raging self-centered bitch on wheels) but I GOT BETTER I PROMISE. It's not really hard for me to slip into a Monet persona, however, especially as I sip mimosas at 10am.

KIDDING. KIDDING.

Although we do share some degree of fear of loss and fear of control, I do lack her personal tragedies, so I have to use mostly empathy/my psych degree to figure out how she'd react in certain situations. I've said this about a million times but she's really a subtle hot mess psychologically. I'm much more well adjusted. I think.


WAR --> Is just my polar opposite so I've just been winging it lololol.

[lilcreep.livejournal.com]

DAMIAN's insecurities and fears are what I strongly relate to most. The only difference is I don't hide it behind obnoxious defensive bluster. Also his social fail, 'how do I socialize' and all that.

As for WALLY. I relate to his goofy, joking side a lot. At home or around close friends it can be guaranteed I'm the one cracking horrible jokes and goofing around. I just love getting people to smile/laugh.

[loltraitorlol.livejournal.com]

I think in some ways it is true. For instance, Starscream. I don't think I'm that much like him, except... well, I do share some traits. The universe has a bad habit of royally fucking me no matter how hard I try, but despite that, I never, ever give up. Sometimes, I have my down days, but most of the time I keep on blindly fighting, even if I forget sometimes why I'm doing it.

It's probably his one admirable trait.

I'm also extremely opinionated and can be very dismissive of other people's feelings, if only by accident (normally I try to be nice, but I just have a lot of problems reading social cues and knowing how to deal with other humans. Believe me, if I've ever slighted you it was probably unintentional)

And most of all, I dream of something greater. PERHAPS SOMEDAY I WILL... TAKE OVER THE WORLD! muhahaha.

[goryteller]

Katurian
Like Katurian, I know what it's like to walk the line between fear and obsession, especially in regards to art. I was filled with phobias when I was little. Most of the art I like (and create) call back the things that once scared the wits out of me. You don't see too many characters that blur the line between frightened and frightener, so I'm glad I have the opportunity to play one. (My nonRPing friends and I were once having a conversation about casting The Pillowman, and unprompted, they told me I'd make the best Katurian. REALLY?)

Katniss (I SWEAR I'LL BE POSTING WITH HER)
Sob, sadly, I share some of Katniss's relationship woes. I've been in a few relationships where I've been ambivalent/undecided and felt duplicitous because of the sheer goodness of the person I've been involved with. Never again.

[goryteller]

Also there is nothing Cavil-like about me at all, except I know what a telencephalic inhibitor is and can tl;dr about FRAAAAGILE HUMAAAAN BOOOODIES.

[hotforbabyleg.livejournal.com]

LMFAO I SHARE NO CHARACTERISTICS WITH MY CHARACTERS TWO OF THEM ARE SOCIOPATHS AND ONE IS A DECENT HUMAN BEING WITH FAITH

i do share riful's............ love of female friends.......................................

[goryteller]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE LUST WITH AN AFRO

[borntobeajedi.livejournal.com]

I was deeefinitely always the quiet kid who'd rather spend time nerdin' out alone with computers than hang with lots of people. You know, like everyone else on the Internet. I only had one sibling to be loud and distract people from me, though.

I also like cookies.

[hellcommander.livejournal.com]

Usually not so much traits I have, but traits I would like to have.

Hiruma is determined, strong despite adversity and he never gives up. If I could be just a little more tenacious like that, I would be happy. Though we are similar in that we both play to win and hate to lose. His emotional constipation is on par with mine as well, along with his unique friend-making strategy (be mean).

Shiro likes cats. That's about it on that one. I guess his hyperactive side is like me when... I... get... drunk? idk.

Link and I have nothing in common. Wait. We both stare into space a lot and try too hard to please others. THERE.

Nero is sort of a badass hard candy exterior with a hopeless romantic gooey center. I am sort of the same.

Nny's philosophical side is me when I am depressed, which isn't so often any more.

[unnamed-nothing.livejournal.com]

Should we do this for just the ones we're playing right now, or ones we've played at all ever at C&C?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Either or would be fine. :)

[wolfofmibu]

I am so terribly like Saitou IRL I can't even o.o




... well except for the fact that I haven't killed anyone ever PSH

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Is the fact you haven't killed anyone due to the fact that some dude had a metal plate in their forehead?

[shockheadedpete.livejournal.com]

Like Pete, I also have red hair.

And that's it, I think.

[violentsoftie.livejournal.com]

I am definitely a cynical bastard just like Hiei

and I'm kinda chubby just like Ness

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Hey, I share both of those traits as well.

Oh, that's right, because both of those traits apply to Pokey as well, though on a larger scale for the second one.

CYNICAL FRIENDS UNITE

[theprimerprime.livejournal.com]

Well, I should certainly hope I have nothing in common with Sentinel.

...No, seriously, in the interest of full disclosure, I am also a deeply insecure perfectionist who usually does a good job of hiding it and hates, hates, HATES being wrong. I hope I come off as less of an arrogant ass, but...yeah, there's a reason why I understand him well enough to write him.

I am really obviously an awful lot like Taiitsu. Only my energy and nerdy enthusiasm go to fandom and psychology rather than building techy shit. It was initially what attracted me to the character, yet I lost interest in playing him. IDK, maybe there's something to be said for not playing characters who are TOO similar to you. That or I subconsciously find myself boring. ^^a

...I've got that potential Power Ranger app narrowed down to three characters, and I've got different stuff in common with each of them. We'll see who wins out.

[notsoloyal]

I don't have anything in common with Shockwave. I used to be super good at science, but I hated it so I probably suck now. I don't want conquest, and I like my emotions... WAIT. I AM MELODRAMATIC LIKE SHOCKWAVE. That's about it. I am also blunt, but only when telling people I am not interested in relationships... and I am being poked to say that I can also be manipulative when wanting to get my way because I'm a spoilt little thing.

Cheshire is a murderous cat who never was loved. Yeah, share nothing with that little furball.

Billy is an idiot. I am also an idiot. He's random and will burst out with whatever stupid thing comes to mind, I also do this. He's afraid of spiders, I'm afraid of spiders. Attention span of a gnat. I am so very like him I've even been called Billy a few times. Only difference is I'm shy as a mouse and he isn't.

[poisoninkbottle.livejournal.com]

But do you grow a hundred bzillion times your size and turn purple?

[equably.livejournal.com]

UHM... I relate to some of his personal issues asdf but I'll be nice and not go into that.

Maybe his more derpy tendencies? Like when he does something stupid like call out someone's real name... on a crowded street... when they're in full costume.

... I like archery too? But I'm awful at it.

[stillawitch.livejournal.com]

wellll uh in some ways I am NOT LIKE WANDA AT ALL, most obvious example being that I actually do not much like or want children -- although playing her has given me a little insight into why so many people do, which is interesting, I guess. In that same vein, I also don't mother everyone ever, but I AM pretty bossy, which she sometimes is, and selfish, which she often is, and also at once vain and proper but with a particular sort of immodesty that allows one to go out in public in little more than their underwear -- which I have also done cough. What really draws me to Wanda's character is the way she wants everything -- babies, and domestic bliss, but also respect, and control, and all of the attention and love from everyone would be nice kthx. With her ability, it seems almost within reach, except that when she reaches too far in one direction, she'll lose something else, and in trying to get that back will drop all of her cards and then say fuck it and try to start over and. Obviously I can't alter reality, and I'm not quite as.. larger-than-life as Wanda sometimes is, but I do understand that, that want, so very poignantly.

...er.

/INCOHERENT

so much tl;dr

[fuckrobertfrost.livejournal.com]

OH I RECENTLY WROTE SOMETHING TL;DR ABOUT THIS: Jason Todd's morality versus my morality. (http://deadredbird.livejournal.com/3677.html) Basically, I am not like Jason. At all. And I don't want to be, and I don't admire him, but I do find him a lot of fun to play. We are both a bit bloody-minded, in the stubbornness sense and the more literal violent sense, but the big big difference between him and me is that I don't hurt people physically, only with my vicious vicious words :3. I have a violent mind, but not a violent heart. I once tried to punch someone I really hate in the face, but at the last second I twisted my arm and punched them in the neck instead, because I cannot handle getting in trouble. Whereas Jason just does not give a fuck. I have a lot of sympathy for Jason, and I "get" him, but we are very different. His sense of humor is like mine, but more sardonic, less random/surreal, and offensive.

Babs is a skillion times smarter than I am, weep. She is also way more principled, hard-working, dedicated, strong, and calculating than I am. We are nothing alike. I could probably never recover from being fucking shot in the spine and being in a wheelchair, whereas Babs? Her wheelchair doesn't have any handles, because she won't let people push her. What we do have in common is a certain professional voyeurism and happiness at working behind the scenes, a certain emotional detachment toward most people. We seek connections with things without really becoming fully connected ourselves. I can never decide whether our romantic interests are similar or different. I totally understand (and dig) Nightwing and Jason Bard, but I don't know if I'd actually go for them.

Pyro is such a teenage boy </generalization>. I am, for the record, a 24 year old female. But the teenage boy is apparently my spirit animal since I have like 5 of them. I used to have a sort of slow-burning, somewhat selfish, somewhat altruistic anger like he has, but I dealt with it differently, not least because I'm A) a girl and B) not a pyrokinetic. However, he has passion for causes, and I mostly do not. I am smarter (well, I would HOPE I am smarter than the average teenage boy), more cautious, less abrasive (... right? RIGHT?), and I really, really don't have that big a chip in my shoulder, the desire to prove myself useful to anyone. I am quite happy being useless, in fact.

Tim is also such a teenage boy </generalization> but obviously, he's a lot different from Pyro. We have a similar sense of how and when to be polite, and Tim is actually usually nicer than I am, but he carries more lonely bitterness than I do and can be quite a bit more nasty on occasion. We have a similar sense of disaffection, but Tim really is very alone and I am not, not to the same degree, and not in the same way (or, depending on your viewpoint, I am MORE alone... but my parents are still alive and they care for me, so the point is, we're not at the same level of loneliness). Tim is also more earnest, even in his young cynicism, still a bit of an innocent. He's 14, after all, no matter how smart or how powerful he is. We have virtually nothing in common and I feel he's my weakest voice.

[ajrimmer-ssc.livejournal.com]

Well, let's just say that there's a reason I know what self-loathing does to somebody's head and leave it at that.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Cheers, mate.