rpanons | Stick a fork in it

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Wow, did we talk ourselves out last night? I'm surprised no one has responded yet.

I'm not really a Tifa player so I don't want to get too far into things and say something that's not actually true for her. But I think that since, while she's not a quiet character, she is reserved about her actual feelings, playing around with a sprinkling of brackets to explore her feelings when something deeper's going on is good.

People talk about her being normal compared to the others but normal really doesn't mean boring. There's a reason many like some slice-of-life in their rp and it's nice to have a grounding element to some of her drama llama castmates. I think most of making her interesting is making sure you keep her strength and her voice in conversations. She's shy with inner, vulnerable feelings. On the outside she's social, gracious, polite but confident and has pretty much had quiet (and less quiet) adoration wherever she went throughout her life because of it. It's weird when Tifa's voice sounds really uncertain or even wishy-washy and I can't figure out any emotional reason for it.

If you're in a game, making her interesting can be keeping her busy with things to do. She's pretty likely to want to help the community and that can keep her busy with figuring out what people need/what she wants to do/what she can wrangle people into helping with and that'll give her new things to do and talk about. And new people to talk to.

I'll also add that as a canonmate, I love the way Tifa loves. I'm not sure I can explain how much I enjoy the depth I can get from even simple interactions with a well done Tifa when that warmth is there. Seeing her played guarded or closed off is so sad to me. I love reading the quiet way she's so strong (and sometimes fierce) in the way she loves the people she cares about. It's wonderful to be able to work off of.

Stick a fork in it

Re: Tifa advice

+1