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can you think of things for your character to do? more than just sitting around doing nothing or only hanging out with castmates (if you have any)? if you can actually do something with them that isn't be an awkward duck, then imo, a char can fit in the game. it's the ones that app in chars that have to rely on someone else to do things for them or to open up plots for them that don't fit. if you can't play on your own without cast/hand holding, that char is not a good fit.

i don't subscribe to the 'that genre isn't appropriate for the game' mentality. kiddy chars and goody fluffy disney princesses can totally fit in a horror game. you just have to be willing to play out that kind of angst/stress/trauma and not turn it into a ME ME ME LOOK AT ME ME SO MUCH TRAUMA ME ME ME show. the same applies the other way. you can take dark, fucked up characters and fit them into sol or fluff games. you just have to be willing to actually work around it and find a way to fit them in.

nothing pains me more than someone that brings in a character and puts zero effort into fitting them into the game, then blaming the game for being shitty, except maybe people that aren't the mods of the game trying to dictate what char types they feel are appropriate for any given game. if a player can make a good case in their app for why x char can play in y game, i say go for it. the worst that happens is that they suck and drop, right? they won't destroy the game. i wish more people would just try things instead of being so paranoid or anxious about failing. so you fail. try again. this is fantasy, not real life. you have as many do-overs as you want. 1up.

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