Daisie
"Confused and fungal"
Hey, all!
I'm a curious fella who has gone to crazy lengths to acquire knowledge for the sake of knowledge. I've done a detailed analysis on the average character height between genres of RP (Ask me if you want to see it). I have an on-and-off, ongoing study of the longterm trajectory of age requirements. I polled a while ago about the vengefulness of characters. Now I'm here to ask about religion!
Just to clarify, this thread is not about religion outside of RP. It is not about whether or not characters should be religious. This is only an exploration of how common religious characters are as a whole, and what themes they exhibit.
That being said, let's start!
That being said, feel free to also describe some of your characters' relationships with religion in detail! I'd love to hear about it. This all came about through the realization that despite holding my own religious beliefs, most of my characters are still atheist or agnostic, with poor religious experiences in their past. I wanted to see what this spread looked like for others!
I'm a curious fella who has gone to crazy lengths to acquire knowledge for the sake of knowledge. I've done a detailed analysis on the average character height between genres of RP (Ask me if you want to see it). I have an on-and-off, ongoing study of the longterm trajectory of age requirements. I polled a while ago about the vengefulness of characters. Now I'm here to ask about religion!
Just to clarify, this thread is not about religion outside of RP. It is not about whether or not characters should be religious. This is only an exploration of how common religious characters are as a whole, and what themes they exhibit.
That being said, let's start!
- What RP setting do you most frequently prefer?
- High fantasy.
- Modern.
- Science fiction.
- Historical.
- My RPs are diverse across these.
- I prefer something else (explain).
- How old do your characters tend to be? (If your character's age does not reflect their maturity, please choose the option based on their mental maturity.)
- I lean towards playing teenagers.
- I lean towards playing younger adults (20s-30s).
- I lean towards playing older adults (40s+).
- I play a diversity of ages that doesn't lean in any direction.
- Other (explain).
- How is religion generally portrayed in your RPs?
- I don't portray any religion in my RPs, real or fictional.
- Religion is generally placed in a good/heroic light.
- There is a thorough mixture of good and evil in my religious depictions, that does not lean one way or the other.
- Religions are most frequently portrayed as neutral entities.
- Religion is generally placed in a dark/villainous role.
- Other (explain).
- Do you have religious characters (Or characters that were once religious)? Specifically, characters who strongly believe in and worship a deity that others also believe in, and aren't atheist, agnostic, or broadly/vaguely spiritual?
- Most or all of my characters are religious.
- About half of my characters are religious.
- I've played religious characters a few times.
- I've never played a religious character (you've finished the survey!)
- Out of your religious characters, do any of them abide by a real-world religion?
- Most or all of my religious characters have believed in real-world religion.
- There's a thorough mix of real and fictional religions among my religious characters.
- Most or all of my religious characters have believed in a fictional religion.
- Is an abundance of faith necessary within the religions of your characters?
- Yes, most or all of my religious characters have had no proof of the existence of their god, and are lead by faith.
- There's a thorough mix of characters who lead by knowledge of their deity, and those who lead by faith in their deity.
- No, most or all of my religious characters have received direct proof of their religion's god.
- How many of your religious characters have had an emphasis on a crisis of belief or loyalty?
- My religious characters are largely steadfast in their religion, and I don't usually include a crisis of belief or loyalty in their storyline.
- I have a thorough mixture of loyal and doubting religious characters.
- Most or all of my religious characters' storylines have included a crisis in their beliefs or loyalties.
- How many of your religious characters' crises end in abandonment of their religion?
- Most or all of my religious characters with a crisis end up stronger in their religion because of it.
- There is a thorough mixture of both scenarios.
- Most or all of my religious characters with a crisis end up abandoning their religion.
- I don't include religious crises in my characters' storylines.
That being said, feel free to also describe some of your characters' relationships with religion in detail! I'd love to hear about it. This all came about through the realization that despite holding my own religious beliefs, most of my characters are still atheist or agnostic, with poor religious experiences in their past. I wanted to see what this spread looked like for others!
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