The thing with 'normal' sorts of characters is to try not to be intimidated by the fact that everyone in the game is a special snowflake. Which sounds kind of awful looking back over it uh. A better way to put it is to remember that they're all in the same boat where most game circumstances are concerned. There are things and situations that an average joe could handle better than a superhero and obviously it can be the other way around. Don't let the fact that she has no powers keep you from poking people and tagging out and trying to plot! Doing those things is important for getting interesting CR and plotting for any character, regardless of what they can do.
There are bound to be a few people who would love some normal-type CR for their out-of-this-world character to mix it up with! Maybe people who have seen your girl's canon and loved her character, or whose character has a fair few common points of interest that could become a rad bromance. These things are always kind of a mixed bag, right?
And idk. Personally, I consider a character more engaging or interesting based on the character and not on their powers/home world shenanigans. I think that a lot of people in games are the same!
It's kind of like, yes I see from the post that Character A just punched a car into a bulls-eye target while jumping a shark on waterskis, and that's extremely awesome and fun to have my character react to. But what's even better is that having that post ping my character led into a hilarious/sad/touching CR starter, and they'll probably want to go out of their way in the future to chill with Shark Dude if they see him around in the future. I'm glad they meshed so well, who would have thought!
The best way to have some fun and success with a normal character is to play them to the very best of your ability. Never be afraid to tag someone new. Try to find plot situations that take them out of their comfort zone a little, or plot situations that a normal person could do surprisingly better with than others and require them to take charge. Be open and friendly OOC! There's never any harm in trying to get involved where your character would get themselves involved, or setting up something for them to become part of by sheer happenstance- it can lead you to all kinds of great places.
And probably as the most important point, just... make sure to let your character's personality show. If the character herself is interesting, people will be interested in playing off of her. Just like any other character. Normal doesn't automatically mean they're boring. It doesn't mean they'll only ever be a damsel in distress for other characters to swoop in and save, even if they do wind up needing some rescuing in their run. All that bringing a normal character into abnormal circumstances means is getting to be creative and do things with them that you'd never get to see otherwise. It can mean really good things for character growth and CR!
I HOPE THAT THIS MADE ANY SENSE AND PROVIDED SOME KIND OF HELPFULNESS TO YOU, ANON.
Re: "Normal" people
There are bound to be a few people who would love some normal-type CR for their out-of-this-world character to mix it up with! Maybe people who have seen your girl's canon and loved her character, or whose character has a fair few common points of interest that could become a rad bromance. These things are always kind of a mixed bag, right?
And idk. Personally, I consider a character more engaging or interesting based on the character and not on their powers/home world shenanigans. I think that a lot of people in games are the same!
It's kind of like, yes I see from the post that Character A just punched a car into a bulls-eye target while jumping a shark on waterskis, and that's extremely awesome and fun to have my character react to. But what's even better is that having that post ping my character led into a hilarious/sad/touching CR starter, and they'll probably want to go out of their way in the future to chill with Shark Dude if they see him around in the future. I'm glad they meshed so well, who would have thought!
The best way to have some fun and success with a normal character is to play them to the very best of your ability. Never be afraid to tag someone new. Try to find plot situations that take them out of their comfort zone a little, or plot situations that a normal person could do surprisingly better with than others and require them to take charge. Be open and friendly OOC! There's never any harm in trying to get involved where your character would get themselves involved, or setting up something for them to become part of by sheer happenstance- it can lead you to all kinds of great places.
And probably as the most important point, just... make sure to let your character's personality show. If the character herself is interesting, people will be interested in playing off of her. Just like any other character. Normal doesn't automatically mean they're boring. It doesn't mean they'll only ever be a damsel in distress for other characters to swoop in and save, even if they do wind up needing some rescuing in their run. All that bringing a normal character into abnormal circumstances means is getting to be creative and do things with them that you'd never get to see otherwise. It can mean really good things for character growth and CR!
I HOPE THAT THIS MADE ANY SENSE AND PROVIDED SOME KIND OF HELPFULNESS TO YOU, ANON.