Character Q&A

[Philote]

Gentleman Vaultboy wrote

Describe yourself with one word.

Themed?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Well, I wouldn't hold it against you. We're afforded a bit of leeway on the forum, I think.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Hey K.A.R.M.A., what did you think of the Red Eye? Did it just sort of escape your notice or what?

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"I am aware of its presence at all times, and am deeply upset by it. However, The Marvelous Miscreant has made a promise not to interfere directly with certain events. As an extension of his domain, I am bound by such promises as well. I would like nothing better to eject the land holding the Red Eye's Prison into deep space and obliterate it from a distance with lasers. I hope someone will rid Kethencia of that horrendous thing soon."

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[Marvelous Miscreant]

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[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Author question this time: who's your favorite character you've played on the site? Who is your favorite character in general?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Aside from being The Penultimate (in New Beginning, as well as Greetings), it's got to be the characters from ESRP. It started off in a certain format allowing users to control numerous characters and share characters, so it was really fun to switch back and forth between different characters in the focus, and the general narration was a different and fun experience. Uburra-Namall and her pantheon would be the next favorite.

[Philote]

I think I get stuck with my characters and they all eventually end up following the same path. I need to learn to change them up some.

My favorite (for this current moment in space and time) is probably Gilgamesh. He was power crazy, lost his mind, and eventually blew himself up. The funny thing is, and I'm not sure I've made this evident very well before, is he had this whole dual personality of his Heroic and Conflict sides.

If the other characters in the world had got involved in causing more dramatic events to happen, Gilgamesh's Heroic side would of probably taken over and he would of acted to resolve things and become a paragon of justice or something similar. As it happened though, Gilgamesh's Conflict side took over and he instead acted in order to make events happen to develop the world and it eventually killed him.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

What are some ideas you've had for characters that you shelved for something else?

For example, some of the ideas I had for LoC before settling on The Watchman were "giant computer trying to achieve the perfection that is organic" and "Aztec Bacchus, who is also a T-Rex."

Related question, do you ever regret not using them in favor of what you did play?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Hm...no, I can't say I recall a time I've gotten rid of a character and replaced them with another. If I like a character, I tend to stick with them. And if I dislike them after a while, then I will either change whatever about them I dislike, or scrap that character altogether. Rarely is one character replaced with another, though.

If it's happened at all, I can't remember.

[Philote]

Its more likely that I forget a character idea than that I would intentionally replace one character with another. If I get a good idea, then I just go with it most of the time. There are some cases where I can't think of an appropriate character, then I just mish and mash ideas together till one sticks.