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strategists

[(Anonymous)]

Wondering about characters who are noted to be genius strategists in their canon. If an event or plot requires them to devise a plan and use their skills, how do I not fuck up?

Re: strategists

[(Anonymous)]

"be a good strategist."

like, there's no way around it. much like being a canon flirt, you can't just handwave brilliance.

that being said some canons laud their strategists as geniuses when they're really... really... not. (i'm lookin at u, aot.) so you can also look at the way they actually plan in canon and be ic in the way they dispense their resources. do they look for weaknesses in the opponent first and base their plans on those? do they play to the strengths of the people who actually look to them? are they prone to pushing the advantage while they have it or do they delay until they have the maximum amount of information? are they good at rolling with the punches? strategize icly and don't take it personally if or when they fail.

Re: strategists

[(Anonymous)]

- lots of ooc plotting!

- do a little background reading on strategy, and maybe also specifically on military tactics that'd fit your character's time period and canon (if you're playing someone from the Tale of Three Kingdoms, their approach to strategy isn't going to be the same as a spaceship captain's.) This will help you with your confidence levels and with your ooc brainstorming of plans.

- If you're really uncomfortable explicitly writing out plans, do the plan-making in an OOC plotting post and then make your IC post a handwave. "[genius strategist explans the plan, click for details!]" is completely serviceable and you won't have to sweat about not having a level of expertise that matches your character's.

Vocaloid

[(Anonymous)]

To the anon from the last meme: I tried giving you an answer a few hours before the new post went up, so I'm gonna re-link it here just in case you don't check the old one.

http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org/62076.html?thread=190488700#cmt190488700

good luck!

[(Anonymous)]

I have a question that may seem sort of odd.

Advice on how to write a character who has a lot of long hair? I've only ever had short hair in my life and I'd like a better handle on how to write someone with really long hair. Like, what to do when they're fighting, how much it weighs them down, whether or not it'd get tangled, that sort of thing.

Grumpy characters

[(Anonymous)]

Specifically, characters who are grumpy and socially inept because they lack experience with people (i.e., they've been forced to be reclusive for reasons) and are lonely, rather than generally grumpy/angry people.

What things should I show/focus on when they are interacting with people?

Fai D. Fluorite | Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle

[(Anonymous)]

Pre chapter 20. Second time's a charm, right?

Alisha Diphda | Tales of Zestiria

[(Anonymous)]

Canon point would be post game aka DLC. Thank you!

hacker characters

[(Anonymous)]

I'm looking to play Elliot from Mr. Robot but I don't know much about computers. Any advice?

"mean" characters

[(Anonymous)]

how do emphasize that your asshole of a character does not reflect you or your thoughts on an ooc level? i feel like it's pretty "duh" but a lot of people still take mean characters personally it seems like

also how do you keep up with their mean streak in the sense of keeping that edge to their personality? if it helps, the character i am thinking of is a ambitious and self-centered type...

Papyrus | Undertale

[(Anonymous)]

Post-true ending. Just looking for general advice!

madison montgomery | ahs: coven

[(Anonymous)]

just trying to see what i can do to keep her hardened edge, how people think i should play her post-death (because i personally doubt she'd be humbled by what happened to her), how i could carry on her ambition to a game

Characters with communist backgrounds

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, please don't shoot me for this but I'm thinking about picking up a character who's from (mondern-day) Russia and who has been noted to occasionally "talk like a true communist" by the people he works with in the series he's from. It's usually harmless and meant in a joking way whenever it happens, but it still leaves me wondering if growing up in a society that has/had strong communist influences leaves you seeing things differently than say, when you grow up in a society that's all about capitalism.

I'm especially looking for insider POVs and any tips for daily life things since my google-fu keeps getting me essays about politics.

alphys | undertale

[(Anonymous)]

any advice would be awesome! thank you, friends. :B

Hinata Hyuga | Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

I'm thinking about playing as the character (either from part 2 or The Last movie), though I'd probably need to re-read parts of the series first, and I was wondering if there was anything that I should watch out for or any pitfalls that I should avoid.

Akihiko Sanada | Persona 3

[(Anonymous)]

I have rped from p3 before, but am just starting to dabble in Akihiko. Tips? Advice for either p3 or p4a would be appreciated.

Garnet til Alexandros | Final Fantasy IX

[(Anonymous)]

Most likely post game!

r.l. stine | the goosebumps movie

[(Anonymous)]

yes, i'm serious. it's going to happen one way or another and i know for a fact that a lot of you guys saw it so might as well ask here.

it's been a long time since i've played a grumpy character like this one, and his particular brand of assholery feels a little hard to pin down. gimme all you got.

Rose | Tales of Zestiria

[(Anonymous)]

Canon point is going to be post-game, probably!

Elizabeth | Persona 3

[(Anonymous)]

I've never seen anyone play her, really. Mostly looking for general advice!

And if anyone knows where to find some icons, that would be great.

The Fourth Doctor | Doctor Who

[(Anonymous)]

How much of Tom Baker's personality/comic persona are you allowed to use to flesh the Doctor out before it gets OOC?

sans | undertale

[(Anonymous)]

thinking about playing him from a kill-all route, but general advice is also welcome!

Aziraphale-Good Omens

[(Anonymous)]

(Now in the right spot this time!)

I'm going to do some reading on the 1950s, just so I know what other things besides tartan Aziraphale would consider 'modern' and stylish, but I have a feeling that I could use all the advice and help I can get with this character.

I'll be taking him from the end of the novel, if that helps any. ^^;

Character who speaks another language

[(Anonymous)]

For anyone who plays a character that only speaks another language but can manage some phrases in English, how do you properly differentiate well between them to make it clear when they're speaking in their native tongue versus in English? Concerned with either somehow coming across rude about it OOCly in the manner by accident or mangling it so that it doesn't make sense for the people reading it.

Thank you!