Shit this is great, Anon. It actually helped me tons on a few key points I'd been struggling with. The tidbit about cursing is especially great; Dave has a foul mouth but tends to be more, idk I guess WHIMSICAL about it to whereas Dirk is more PC but tosses out the f-bomb hella casually. It's a fun difference to keep in mind.
"Just keep typing" is pretty great advice. Something I've noticed for me personally and may help other RPers is that I feel as though I sound the most like Dave when I'm really, really tired or suffering from insomnia. Mind you, I don't suggest depriving yourself of sleep just to RP, but I think there's a sort of feeling you have in that state where you just allow your head to make connections and don't think much of it. It's very follow-the-breadcrumbs-stream-of-conscious. Jotting funny thoughts you have while you're in a rambling mood like that and adding them to an arsenal for later use has helped me. I have a locked entry on Dave's journal where I stash things just like that, and it's helped me out quite a few times.
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"Just keep typing" is pretty great advice. Something I've noticed for me personally and may help other RPers is that I feel as though I sound the most like Dave when I'm really, really tired or suffering from insomnia. Mind you, I don't suggest depriving yourself of sleep just to RP, but I think there's a sort of feeling you have in that state where you just allow your head to make connections and don't think much of it. It's very follow-the-breadcrumbs-stream-of-conscious. Jotting funny thoughts you have while you're in a rambling mood like that and adding them to an arsenal for later use has helped me. I have a locked entry on Dave's journal where I stash things just like that, and it's helped me out quite a few times.