Broorn Sabor
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I've been looking around some threads and I've seen a lack of Fear rp. I mean, not every character in the forum is required to be a coward, but still we need some type of fear RP. Does anyone else agree with me?
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Need more fear RP.
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Lord of Girth
May I ask what kind of fear? because there are many kinds of Fear that you could be talking about. The Game F.E.A.R where you have to fight undead science crap or Fear as in the scary Indy game that you have to run from a weird looking ghost woman. Or just straight up a Fear RP where something happens that would be scary.
Broorn Sabor
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Lol, like roleplay fear, not the games.
[member="Asher Kellan"]
[member="Asher Kellan"]
Lord of Girth
[member="Broorn Sabor"], Thank you for Clarifying. 
Lord of Girth
[member="Malphas"], PC games.
I am a PC gamer more than a Console gamer. Don't worry, both of those games came out when I was like 5-7 years old and I am 18 now.
I am a PC gamer more than a Console gamer. Don't worry, both of those games came out when I was like 5-7 years old and I am 18 now.
[member="Broorn Sabor"] I agree, to some degree. People tend to have an inclination to RP overconfident characters. There's nothing wrong with it, of course, but it's a rather common attribute in most characters.
There isn't much to fix that, other than finding people who enjoy writing that aspect of fallibility. (Writing a character going through a panic attack is the best...thing...ever!)
There isn't much to fix that, other than finding people who enjoy writing that aspect of fallibility. (Writing a character going through a panic attack is the best...thing...ever!)
Tyger Tyger
The Clinging Fire
The reason this is the case because everyone has the natural inclination to want to participate in the roleplay. Now, characters would be inclined to be afraid of other characters if said other characters were proper mysterious and unique. However, since everyone's more or less encountered every body else, the mystery is gone, and the only Fear you'll see is residual from, like, an asskicking suffered in the past.
A lot of the characters on the board are like the X-Men at this point. They've been around the block a few times, and they're not about to poodoo their trousers over a cosmic, world-ending threat. The most pervasive character occupation is something to the tune of "Adventurer," so you're going to see more adrenaline junkies and folks who react to threat with Fight over Flight.
But, really, if you want people to think you're scary, actually be scary. Don't expect them to cower simply because it's possible that you may be able to kill them. EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE may kill them at ANY GIVING TIME. It's a world where PTSD doesn't exist because it's the normative sentient experience.
A lot of the characters on the board are like the X-Men at this point. They've been around the block a few times, and they're not about to poodoo their trousers over a cosmic, world-ending threat. The most pervasive character occupation is something to the tune of "Adventurer," so you're going to see more adrenaline junkies and folks who react to threat with Fight over Flight.
But, really, if you want people to think you're scary, actually be scary. Don't expect them to cower simply because it's possible that you may be able to kill them. EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE may kill them at ANY GIVING TIME. It's a world where PTSD doesn't exist because it's the normative sentient experience.
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[member="Broorn Sabor"]
I agree that there isn't a lot of role-played fear on here. Not that I've seen anyway. Being an overconfident badass character and experiencing fear don't have to be mutually exclusive. While this character is no pushover when it comes to threats or violence, she's cripplingly afraid of the dark. There's nothing wrong with vulnerability, I say. It makes for a much more interesting read.
I agree that there isn't a lot of role-played fear on here. Not that I've seen anyway. Being an overconfident badass character and experiencing fear don't have to be mutually exclusive. While this character is no pushover when it comes to threats or violence, she's cripplingly afraid of the dark. There's nothing wrong with vulnerability, I say. It makes for a much more interesting read.
El Capitán
[member="Tyger Tyger"]
I agree with everything you said.
Also, it comes down to what characters are you RPing with. A Jedi or Sith character is not likely to cower. I only have one character here, but when I have written my Rebel/smuggler on TGC, I write with fear on occasion. Because he's a hardass Han Solo type, I will touch on how he is scared or worried or something inside, and he is projecting a false confidence so as not to appear weak or timid to everyone else. It does not make sense to do that with Hwo. He is a Jedi Master who constantly deals with controlling his emotions. He has trained nearly from birth to not be scared.
I agree with everything you said.
Also, it comes down to what characters are you RPing with. A Jedi or Sith character is not likely to cower. I only have one character here, but when I have written my Rebel/smuggler on TGC, I write with fear on occasion. Because he's a hardass Han Solo type, I will touch on how he is scared or worried or something inside, and he is projecting a false confidence so as not to appear weak or timid to everyone else. It does not make sense to do that with Hwo. He is a Jedi Master who constantly deals with controlling his emotions. He has trained nearly from birth to not be scared.
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