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A few nights ago, I was RPing as one of my favorite characters, Dr. Joseph Schmoe. I like to think of him as a chaotic neutral guy, but I made him say something that could only be construed as evil. (More specific details in the spoiler.) What do you guys do when your character does something uncharacteristic? How do you take back control?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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I've never been one to be able to maintain a PG-13 or lesser rating mindset when it comes to my roleplays.  I've tried, and I've failed time-and-again.  I am also adamantly against the "Alignment Chart" or "Alignment Spectrum," and adhere to a more socially flexible understanding of ethics and morality as they apply in given pockets of culture.  So, I don't know exactly what you're going through, but I will say that I've sometimes been shocked about what a character I'm roleplaying does or says.  Sometimes my characters aren't who I really thought they were.  Sometimes they change.  Sometimes social pressures or other stresses causes them to act out of character.  Just like real-world people.


If you feel something is particularly bad, you can ask your fellow roleplayers for a retcon.  I find most people tend to be pretty accommodating to that.  Or at least I actively surround myself with the types of roleplayers who are accomodating, anyway.
But mostly I just examine what the character said or did, and ask myself:  Is this a fluke, or is this the sign of character growth?  If it's the latter, I consider what I can do to make the transition enjoyable for myself and the other roleplayers I'm with.  Sometimes it can even turn in to truly compelling story arcs or on-going plot elements.

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People are people. You did something uncharacteristic? Congrats. You were the nice (or neutral) person who had a bad day.

 

*shrug*  That's how I look at it.

 

Either that or, given your example, maybe it was a smartalec tongue-in-cheek comment or bit of dark humor.

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  On 12/25/2019 at 2:11 PM, Greycat said:

People are people. You did something uncharacteristic? Congrats. You were the nice (or neutral) person who had a bad day.

 

*shrug*  That's how I look at it.

 

Either that or, given your example, maybe it was a smartalec tongue-in-cheek comment or bit of dark humor.

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^^^^^^^^^^^

 

Coming from someone who has great experience in crippling overthinking: You're overthinking. One single uncannily-dark statement does not an alignment shift make.

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  On 12/25/2019 at 4:29 PM, MetaVileTerror said:

Any update on this, Queen?  I'm interested to hear about how you tackled it.

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We haven't had a guild meeting since, I don't think. Everyone's probably forgotten by now. XD

  On 12/26/2019 at 11:33 PM, Flashtoo said:

^^^^^^^^^^^

 

Coming from someone who has great experience in crippling overthinking: You're overthinking. One single uncannily-dark statement does not an alignment shift make.

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Thanks, @Flashtoo. And everyone else who's responded! It's really helped me put things into perspective. 😄

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