CyberChaosV2
Lord of Altera
"Lucia my darling, you have no idea how much I love you, how much my heart yearns for you, every waking thought I have I think of you, and I swear I will not rest till all that vile filth that dares dirty your presence is taken care of!"
"Lucia, I love you, with all my heart and soul... though I'm afraid I must go away for a few weeks, so that I may make good on an investment that will help me get that home we always dreamed of. Please, worry not about me, simply act as though every day is as normal till I return."
There are a few things you might be thinking:
Oh god, not another one, we all saw how well the LAST one went...
Nice! I can use this to make my character better by avoiding the obsession thing!
What the hell's up with that intro?
WHERE'S MY PIZZA?!
I can help answer all of these... including the pizza one, I ate your pizza, MOVING ONWARD!
Firstly, yes, the last one I tried didn't go so well. It didn't go well cause I was trying to do the same thing I'm doing here, but while also trying to tackle all the other relationships, and thus didn't go too much into detail.
Secondly... not necessarily... just because you're character has an obsession, doesn't make them a bad character... it's like having a character that's a narcissist, if you're pissing off a lot of people... you're doing it right. The difference between a good obsessed character and a bad obsessed character is partially how they think about it, as well as how YOU think about it. They have to think of it as a sort of devotion of some kind, whether they like it or not can change (but please no angsting over how they're obsessed... that gets old real quick.) depending on the character. The interesting part is... it also relies on how other characters see it. If everyone else is seeing it as "adorable" or "romantic" either you're not portraying it right, or nobody's getting the right idea. Obsession isn't cute, it's creepy.
The intro was intended to give a good idea on the difference between love and obsession, though I suppose I could do the same with pictures.
the ever popular Yandere trope. A Yandere is a character that has a love interest and will do anything, kill friends, torture people, even kill said love interest, all for the sake of... love? No, obsession. The big thing to remember is that obsessions aren't really logical, you have keepsakes regarding bits of this person, you work 24/7 to make sure they are either yours... or nobody's... and the big thing is that they are ALWAYS on your mind, influencing 90% of your actions and thoughts. If your character sheet pertains to about half being love related, chances are its an obsession since that means that around half of your characters very being and thoughts are devoted to this person.
In regards to Love... love's a fickle emotion, it can change from character to character, but the key traits are these-
Love can occur multiple times in life, so long as proper grieving time is given (this can take anywhere from 1 year to a decade, maybe longer)
One does not fall in love with 2 people at the same time, this is going off the fact that love is more of a hormonal thing done to stimulate bow chika wow wows, it just doesn't happen.
Love IS NOT something that can occur in just one day, bow chika wow wow can happen within a span of 24 hours of meeting a person, but it generally is meaningless, also... SHOULD IT HAPPEN WHERE TWO UNMARRIED PEOPLE BOINK, THERE WILL BE REPERCUSSIONS! I know Anhald already has penalties written for that (though I'm too lazy to look it up since I don't remember) and other areas may have that too.
Not entirely sure if I addressed everything, but make sure to remember... if you have a character with an obsession, play it like one, I personally have a character for a sci-fi superhero rp who has an obsession with his teammate and he's been will liked on the forums (OOC'ly of course since IC'ly he's a bit of an arse who's creepy, but dang good at his job) But don't play an obsession like it's just another form of love, it's just not right.
"Lucia, I love you, with all my heart and soul... though I'm afraid I must go away for a few weeks, so that I may make good on an investment that will help me get that home we always dreamed of. Please, worry not about me, simply act as though every day is as normal till I return."
There are a few things you might be thinking:
Oh god, not another one, we all saw how well the LAST one went...
Nice! I can use this to make my character better by avoiding the obsession thing!
What the hell's up with that intro?
WHERE'S MY PIZZA?!
I can help answer all of these... including the pizza one, I ate your pizza, MOVING ONWARD!
Firstly, yes, the last one I tried didn't go so well. It didn't go well cause I was trying to do the same thing I'm doing here, but while also trying to tackle all the other relationships, and thus didn't go too much into detail.
Secondly... not necessarily... just because you're character has an obsession, doesn't make them a bad character... it's like having a character that's a narcissist, if you're pissing off a lot of people... you're doing it right. The difference between a good obsessed character and a bad obsessed character is partially how they think about it, as well as how YOU think about it. They have to think of it as a sort of devotion of some kind, whether they like it or not can change (but please no angsting over how they're obsessed... that gets old real quick.) depending on the character. The interesting part is... it also relies on how other characters see it. If everyone else is seeing it as "adorable" or "romantic" either you're not portraying it right, or nobody's getting the right idea. Obsession isn't cute, it's creepy.
The intro was intended to give a good idea on the difference between love and obsession, though I suppose I could do the same with pictures.
the ever popular Yandere trope. A Yandere is a character that has a love interest and will do anything, kill friends, torture people, even kill said love interest, all for the sake of... love? No, obsession. The big thing to remember is that obsessions aren't really logical, you have keepsakes regarding bits of this person, you work 24/7 to make sure they are either yours... or nobody's... and the big thing is that they are ALWAYS on your mind, influencing 90% of your actions and thoughts. If your character sheet pertains to about half being love related, chances are its an obsession since that means that around half of your characters very being and thoughts are devoted to this person.
In regards to Love... love's a fickle emotion, it can change from character to character, but the key traits are these-
Love can occur multiple times in life, so long as proper grieving time is given (this can take anywhere from 1 year to a decade, maybe longer)
One does not fall in love with 2 people at the same time, this is going off the fact that love is more of a hormonal thing done to stimulate bow chika wow wows, it just doesn't happen.
Love IS NOT something that can occur in just one day, bow chika wow wow can happen within a span of 24 hours of meeting a person, but it generally is meaningless, also... SHOULD IT HAPPEN WHERE TWO UNMARRIED PEOPLE BOINK, THERE WILL BE REPERCUSSIONS! I know Anhald already has penalties written for that (though I'm too lazy to look it up since I don't remember) and other areas may have that too.
Not entirely sure if I addressed everything, but make sure to remember... if you have a character with an obsession, play it like one, I personally have a character for a sci-fi superhero rp who has an obsession with his teammate and he's been will liked on the forums (OOC'ly of course since IC'ly he's a bit of an arse who's creepy, but dang good at his job) But don't play an obsession like it's just another form of love, it's just not right.