What trait(s) annoys you most in characters?

[duegxybus]

such a pointless personality trait. like Umbrie would honestly be jealous of the girl who gets seeded by every guy she meets? Umbrie wouldn't. on other sites, Umbrie recieves loads of adoption requests she turns down.  she doesn't even need to seduce, she already has lots of fans on other sites.

Just like others have mentioned on this thread, not once did I outline your character. If you wish to reply or disagree with what I said, that's alright. But please note I'm not interested in your character. You could've just said what I've bolded and then that could've been that. ^

 

[Umbrie]

Just like others have mentioned on this thread, not once did I outline your character. If you wish to reply or disagree with what I said, that's alright. But please note I'm not interested in your character. You could've just said what I've bolded and then that could've been that. ^

i was trying to agree with you. the post was just posted prematurely to prevent from timing out so i was still refining it.

 

[call me rae]

4'4" is way too small for a 13 year old. most 13 year olds are close to the five foot mark at the very least. i was slightly taller than Starshine Bella when i was around 7. i also outweighed her at that age. and if a cute girl actually had wings and elemental powers. i wouldn't abuse the little nymph, i would take her home and adopt her, do my best to provide her a good home, and teach her to use her elemental powers in a beneficial manner. such as saving me money on electricity, hot water, or heating. in exchange, i would probably reward her with candy and good food.


and elemental powers? think the exact set of elements can be specified? not every country or region uses the exact same elements.


do you mean the Western Alchemical 4 Elements?


the 5 Chinese Elements


the 5 Japanese Elements


or which Elemental set?


i agree, they should have been dishonorably discharged and thus unable to find work elsewhere and unable to live off government assistance, meaning they likely live off their mother or live off of their children, depending on their age.


such a pointless personality trait.

Also that is not their character. They were stating types of characters they don't like. So likely they can't answer specific questions because it's not their character

 

[duegxybus]

i was trying to agree with you. the post was just posted prematurely to prevent from timing out so i was still refining it.

Point is, since you mentioned your character which I have no interest in, it's unlikely that I would've even stopped to read what you wrote if all you were doing after that was advertise said character. (I actually do read since you at least took the effort to reply, but if I were someone else/me in a bad mood I would literally stop reading the second I saw the word "Umbrie", close my computer, and enjoy the outside world or do something productive.) So...please keep to what I wrote instead of going off tangent about your own character; this isn't a character fashion show.

 

[JKai]

Point is, since you mentioned your character which I have no interest in, it's unlikely that I would've even stopped to read what you wrote if all you were doing after that was advertise said character. (I actually do read since you at least took the effort to reply, but if I were someone else/me in a bad mood I would literally stop reading the second I saw the word "Umbrie", close my computer, and enjoy the outside world or do something productive.) So...please keep to what I wrote instead of going off tangent about your own character; this isn't a character fashion show.

I doubt she meant any harm. Seems like she just wants to explain things in her own way. Can't fault someone for that.

 

[Umbrie]

Point is, since you mentioned your character which I have no interest in, it's unlikely that I would've even stopped to read what you wrote if all you were doing after that was advertise said character. (I actually do read since you at least took the effort to reply, but if I were someone else/me in a bad mood I would literally stop reading the second I saw the word "Umbrie", close my computer, and enjoy the outside world or do something productive.) So...please keep to what I wrote instead of going off tangent about your own character; this isn't a character fashion show.

I doubt she meant any harm. Seems like she just wants to explain things in her own way. Can't fault someone for that.

truesies. it wasn't intended as a character fashion show. i was trying to explain things in my own rather outlandish and confusing way, which normally uses one of my more common characters as an easy reference example to describe things through,

 

[JKai]

truesies. it wasn't intended as a character fashion show. i was trying to explain things in my own rather outlandish and confusing way, which normally uses one of my more common characters as an easy reference example to describe things through,

You don't have to explain it to me, I understand. From our conversation in the other topic or it might have been this one, I can't remember, I needed to get down from a defensive level to know you don't mean any harm. I think it's cool you have so much devotion to your character. 

 

[Umbrie]

You don't have to explain it to me, I understand. From our conversation in the other topic or it might have been this one, I can't remember, I needed to get down from a defensive level to know you don't mean any harm. I think it's cool you have so much devotion to your character. 

nearly 23ish years of devotion. i mean, i played other characters too. but Umbrie is like my pride and joy. she is as dear to me as a daughter should be to her mother.

 

[DikkeVetteVlinder]

Characters that are very passive and just sit in a corner, sighing and being moody until someone comes over and tries to convince them to use their vocal cords for once. I'm sure it can be done very well by the right person, but so far it's mostly made me feel like I'm pulling a dead horse.

 

[DrTrollinski]

nearly 23ish years of devotion. i mean, i played other characters too. but Umbrie is like my pride and joy. she is as dear to me as a daughter should be to her mother.

With all due respect, I politely request people to keep on topic without bringing their own characters into the conversation. I know this is remaining civilised so far, but I want it to stay relevant and avoid any vendettas. 


Thanks in advance, guys.

 

[Lord Pug]

Ok, I know this has been beaten to death in this thread but I just wanna kick the horse one more time: I hate the badly executed Harley Quinn characters.


They're like this:


Background: Amelia's mother died of a drug overdose and her father killed himself. Her boyfriend died in a car accident. She became homeless and started smoking and became an alcoholic. Then she became a murderer and killed 16 people.


In roleplay: Amelia laughed. "I'm gonna kill you all!" She killed everyone.


See, these characters are inhuman. They do feel regret and they aren't affected by their pasts at all. Their pasts don't explain anything about what they're like today. It's just death after death, horrible thing after horrible thing, depression, depression, depression. It's annoying! I don't like the Harley Quinn type of character at all but it can be written well, I believe. But it's not written well when it's just the character being insane and laughing and killing everyone. It's not fun to RP with a character like that.


Like I always say: When creating a roleplay character, keep in mind that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

 

[Umbrie]

Ok, I know this has been beaten to death in this thread but I just wanna kick the horse one more time: I hate the badly executed Harley Quinn characters.


They're like this:


Background: Amelia's mother died of a drug overdose and her father killed himself. Her boyfriend died in a car accident. She became homeless and started smoking and became an alcoholic. Then she became a murderer and killed 16 people.


In roleplay: Amelia laughed. "I'm gonna kill you all!" She killed everyone.


See, these characters are inhuman. They do feel regret and they aren't affected by their pasts at all. Their pasts don't explain anything about what they're like today. It's just death after death, horrible thing after horrible thing, depression, depression, depression. It's annoying! I don't like the Harley Quinn type of character at all but it can be written well, I believe. But it's not written well when it's just the character being insane and laughing and killing everyone. It's not fun to RP with a character like that.


Like I always say: When creating a roleplay character, keep in mind that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

there is a lot more to Harley Quinn than laughing whilst performing senseless slaughter. in fact, she probably wouldn't perform senseless slaughter in the first place. just like the original joker, Harley's actions were calculated and weighed for best result. they weren't as random as certain movies portray them. in fact, a random murderer could never be a successful gang leader, could never have a cult of followers and could never avoid arrest or punishment. so they aren't even doing Harley correctly. she and the Joker are very calculated and methodical characters, very analytical, very good at downplaying their own clever minds as a cover. which makes them all the more clever because they can make their methodical and precise course of action appear to be completely random on the surface. you don't often see portrayals of that. because even movie writers get her wrong.


she was insane, but she was a friggin crazy mastermind behind a crazy mastermind. 2 crazy masterminds working together.  the two, can actually blend in amongst normal people well enough to lie low when they don't want to be arrested, and like many superheroes in the comics, live double lives. in fact, most supervillains play double lives of their own. in fact, psychosis isn't the same as sadism. lots of people describe bloodthirsty characters and blame it on psychosis, when really, the characters are just bloodthirsty, they aren't even sadistic, just naturally violent people who have a brain and more self control than they allow others to witness.


the fact Harley and the Joker were able to assist the suicide squad and work against a worse villain, means they have at the very least, a concept of common sense,

 

[Lord Pug]

there is a lot more to Harley Quinn than laughing whilst performing senseless slaughter. in fact, she probably wouldn't perform senseless slaughter in the first place. just like the original joker, Harley's actions were calculated and weighed for best result. they weren't as random as certain movies portray them. in fact, a random murderer could never be a successful gang leader, could never have a cult of followers and could never avoid arrest or punishment. so they aren't even doing Harley correctly. she and the Joker are very calculated and methodical characters, very analytical, very good at downplaying their own clever minds as a cover. which makes them all the more clever because they can make their methodical and precise course of action appear to be completely random on the surface. you don't often see portrayals of that. because even movie writers get her wrong.


she was insane, but she was a friggin crazy mastermind behind a crazy mastermind. 2 crazy masterminds working together.  the two, can actually blend in amongst normal people well enough to lie low when they don't want to be arrested, and like many superheroes in the comics, live double lives. in fact, most supervillains play double lives of their own. in fact, psychosis isn't the same as sadism. lots of people describe bloodthirsty characters and blame it on psychosis, when really, the characters are just bloodthirsty, they aren't even sadistic, just naturally violent people who have a brain and more self control than they allow others to witness.


the fact Harley and the Joker were able to assist the suicide squad and work against a worse villain, means they have at the very least, a concept of common sense,

If you can't play a good Harley Quinn character...DON'T play a Harley Quinn character at all. That's all I'm saying. A Harley Quinn/Joker kind of character can be written well but it almost never is. So, again, if you can't play a good Harley Quinn/Joker character, don't play one at all.

 

[Esper Alucard]

If you can't play a good Harley Quinn character...DON'T play a Harley Quinn character at all.

This actually goes for Any character. Someone tried roleplaying as Dante and wasn't cocky at all. He was more edgy and fitting for Devil may Cry 2 Dante (In my opinion, the worst canon dante)

 

[Umbrie]

If you can't play a good Harley Quinn character...DON'T play a Harley Quinn character at all. That's all I'm saying. A Harley Quinn/Joker kind of character can be written well but it almost never is. So, again, if you can't play a good Harley Quinn/Joker character, don't play one at all.

This actually goes for Any character. Someone tried roleplaying as Dante and wasn't cocky at all. He was more edgy and fitting for Devil may Cry 2 Dante (In my opinion, the worst canon dante)

you don't need to be perfect or even good at your character when you roleplay them. you just need to put effort into the act of roleplaying and try to convey who they are. even if your character is a lazy copypasta of a character from a popular fandom, the different stimuli they are exposed to in game will shape them, what all people need to realize, is even if you are recycling your character, that you are technically running a counterpart on an alternative timeline and they can develop differently based on circumstances they encounter in game. i used Umbrie in at least 1,000 roleplays over 23 years. each Umbrie was subject to the rules of being on a different timeline, and while they had similar starting builds, they progressed differently and became their own Umbrie. each Umbrie was at least 35% different from another Umbrie. sure, they all might have had the traits of being small framed and sickly young adult females who were intelligent and persuasive while being more active at night, but their other traits changed over time.

 

[Esper Alucard]

you don't need to be perfect or even good at your character when you roleplay them. you just need to put effort into the act of roleplaying and try to convey who they are. even if your character is a lazy copypasta of a character from a popular fandom, the different stimuli they are exposed to in game will shape them, what all people need to realize, is even if you are recycling your character, that you are technically running a counterpart on an alternative timeline and they can develop differently based on circumstances they encounter in game. i used Umbrie in at least 1,000 roleplays over 23 years. each Umbrie was subject to the rules of being on a different timeline, and while they had similar starting builds, they progressed differently and became their own Umbrie. each Umbrie was at least 35% different from another Umbrie. sure, they all might have had the traits of being small framed and sickly young adult females who were intelligent and persuasive while being more active at night, but their other traits changed over time.

*Plays video of waving american flag and american revolution song*


im funny

 

[DrTrollinski]

Not sure if it's been said, but, one thing I don't like is when a character's CS says, for example, 'Introverted, not very socially adept', but then the character turns out to be the one in the RP that never shuts up.  Same goes for anything, really - when a character's CS only exists to show off the face claim you found on a Tumblr archive.

 

[Umbrie]

Not sure if it's been said, but, one thing I don't like is when a character's CS says, for example, 'Introverted, not very socially adept', but then the character turns out to be the one in the RP that never shuts up.  Same goes for anything, really - when a character's CS only exists to show off the face claim you found on a Tumblr archive.

you sometimes do have introverted people that don't shut up. i'm one of them. my shyness and nervousness make me even more likely to repeat things.

 

[Eye of Nowhere]

Template originals: 'Original' characters that have a surprising amount of things i ncommon with characters from popular media. 


Physics-on-demand: The person wielding a 10ft long sword as a 15 year old scrauny kid who was being picked on by the local bully last week.  Weight is not an issue for him, but it is for you!  Prepare to be crushed.  The thing, itself, also seems to have no ill effects from its own weight. 


I alone syndrome: So you've joined an RP and you and your party of adventurers are en route.  However, it is predefined that only one amongst you is destined to be the one and only super powerful near omnipotent saviour of the universe!  The rest of you are just lackeys whom are there to carry the excess loot. 

 

[ewolf20]

god, I feel terrible, I have a 2 dimensional character,  violent sociopath living inside her, and she's nothing but violence. I must have made the worst character ever.

 

[ewolf20]

has anyone ever heard of the token minority character? or token x? i see that a lot in rps that have race, sexual orientation, and gender as fill slots.

 

[Umbrie]

Template originals: 'Original' characters that have a surprising amount of things i ncommon with characters from popular media. 


Physics-on-demand: The person wielding a 10ft long sword as a 15 year old scrauny kid who was being picked on by the local bully last week.  Weight is not an issue for him, but it is for you!  Prepare to be crushed.  The thing, itself, also seems to have no ill effects from its own weight. 


I alone syndrome: So you've joined an RP and you and your party of adventurers are en route.  However, it is predefined that only one amongst you is destined to be the one and only super powerful near omnipotent saviour of the universe!  The rest of you are just lackeys whom are there to carry the excess loot. 

i knew a guy who made Template Originals. he made a clone of Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia, changed the Weapon, and added a few letters to make Nepalutune. least creative CPU candidate i have seen. loved the guy though.


Physics on Demand? i deal with people like this all the time on Ani. they are the 12 year old scrawny girl with a weight of 88 lbs who can apparently punch hard enough to bust buildings


I Alone Syndrome? i dealt with a guy named Set (not Seth, Set as in the Egyptian god) who played a lot of bards whom hogged the spotlight

has anyone ever heard of the token minority character? or token x? i see that a lot in rps that have race, sexual orientation, and gender as fill slots.

in my Saturday D&D Group. i usually play the Token female. Token Small Framed Female or Token Otaku. not that being an Otaku is a race or anything, but it is a way of life that is comparable in the level of influence on how you live your life to making a conscious choice in what religion to follow. sometimes, i'm the Token Asian or Token Wannabe. the Token Wannabe usually being depending on the setting, a Wannabe Assassin, a Wannabe Japanese Schoolgirl or a Wannabe Dervish.

 

[Eye of Nowhere]

has anyone ever heard of the token minority character? or token x? i see that a lot in rps that have race, sexual orientation, and gender as fill slots.

I sometimes use a 'minority', I suppose. Define 'minority', in this case.  I play other races, which are not frequently seen in forum/chat RP.  Dwarves, Orcs, Thieflings, beast races (such as minotaurs, kobolds, hobgoblins, etc), outsiders.  Also foreigner races, akin to middle-eastern or North African nomads.  


I play them to add some flavour to the cast.


In fact, I think it's only a bad thing if they play these parts just for the sake of being the 'minority'. (something they get to bitch about like the special snowflakes they want to be) 

 

[Esper Alucard]

I hate it when people have cloned characters with different names and such or always use the same race...


For example, one of my friends in real life showed me their RP Character sheets file... Practically Twilight all over again


Next thing you know, all Neko (Cat) Characters


Really people? The best you can do is a dog character too... but id love to see another fish person rper

 

[Umbrie]

I hate it when people have cloned characters with different names and such or always use the same race...


For example, one of my friends in real life showed me their RP Character sheets file... Practically Twilight all over again


Next thing you know, all Neko (Cat) Characters


Really people? The best you can do is a dog character too... but id love to see another fish person rper

i primarily play faeries. but i am willing to play different types of faeries such as nymphs, elves, lycanthropes or elementals.