Do people roleplay out themselves?

[ContestedSnow]

original original characters

 

[Sankera]

original original characters

shut up

 

[Rue]

nah not really

i aint a hug goat
or a dark skinned swindler
or a bird poet
or a pious knight

 

[Archbishop]

i am not an autistic goat.

contrary to popular belief.

 

[ToastySpam]

Does changing the way a character acts upon something about him/her make it the same as you, because ultimately you share that thing in common? Or because it is being taken differently, is it considered different because that isn't exactly you?

 

[Spooksy_]

I try to make my characters vary from myself greatly in personality, but in the end, they always somehow morph into having many of my major personality aspects. The plus side is that I can be more bold through them, or more argumentative. I can't ever play mean characters, though. I've tried.

I also know that I can't play myself, as it makes for boring rp. In the past, I made a halfling with my exact (or as close as possible) personality. It was hard because I rarely reach out to people, and I try to keep to myself. I'm very uninteresting and that makes it so that it's boring to play, and it's boring for others to interact with my character.

Also I'm in school so I'm half paying attention to what I'm writing lmao

 

[LiraKitty]

I will admit that Nia was a large part myself though she's much better looking, far more athletic, and much more social than I will ever be. Pretty much all of my other characters always have my rabid curiosity, childish playful nature, and hellish insecurity complex though I do try to vary them considerably in their behavior and views of the world.

 

[mokwar]

My characters are "types", drawn out from parts of me.

So Winter is taking my extrovert way of expression and drama acting, and turning it up so it becomes somewhat of a type.

I basically just use my acting experience to create types, so it is easy to take on the character as a costume, and then take it off when I am done RPing.