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When it comes to roleplaying, my characters are almost always weakness-driven. I don't like coming up with characters starting from their strengths. It baffles me that some people just throw together strengths and don't think about weaknesses at all. I find weaknesses and limitations so much more interesting.
Three OC examples under the cut.
Einar Odinsson. He's a 773-year-old vampire who has accumulated a lot of knowledge about cultures and he's generally very accepting of other cultures (not necessarily all practices, but he seldom judges individuals who grew up in certain cultures). He's also rather good with numbers and genuinely cares for the wellbeing of others and the planet.
...but he's also impatient, impulsive, sensitive, overdramatic, insecure, and hypocritical. He wants to stop the climate change yet drives a car because it's easy. He wants a relationship but is afraid of risking heartbreak.
Phoenix Myers. He's a 27-year-old data analyst who is very math-savvy and good at programming and understands physics, and when he relaxes, he's also visually creative.
...but how can he relax when the world is uncomfortable? He has Avoidant Personality Disorder and he dissociates a lot.
Malachai Solace. They're a 21-year-old YouTuber who has an abundance of ideas and who isn't afraid of trying new things, and they also have a great self-esteem.
...but they're not knowledgeable about the world (they grew up in a cult, how could they be?).
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"Text-based roleplaying is a nice, relaxing hobby! No pressure!"
...cool theory, however, in the real world...
...to make my newest character, Atlas, I:
researched Eastern Orthodoxy (Atlas grew up Eastern Orthodox but is questioning Divine Providence in a very un-Orthodox way)
researched Eastern Orthodox baby naming rituals, came up with a naming ritual for a witch family, and then combined the two
emailed an Eastern Orthodox priest to ask about saints that might work for a trans man and be known in Finland (he named Saint Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg) (because Atlas carries a small religious icon with him at all times)
spent countless hours researching Karelian language (to name one sculpture that Atlas made five years ago)
researched where those evacuated from Ruskeala (in Ladoga Karelia) after Moscow Armistice (in 1944) were sent in Finland and how the process of being evacuated worked (to write one paragraph about the grandparents of Atlas)
went to my town's orthodox parish's käspaikka/rushnyk exhibition (because Atlas uses double running stitch in his jewelry art, and his aesthetic is a modernized version of käspaikka/rushnyk)
borrowed four books from the library: three about käspaikka/rushnyk, one about double running stitch (again, Atlas uses double running stitch in his jewelry art)
spent countless hours researching flax (Atlas has a tiny flax field on his yard, and he weaves it into a fabric himself)
spent countless hours researching the elättikäärme tradition of Finland (a wild snake that agrees to live in a house to bring luck, because Atlas has an elättikäärme)
I also made up new stuff about how elättikäärme might live and behave
researched the taste of raw human heart (because Atlas gained a skill after eating his uncle's heart)
wrote a business plan for his jewelry business (because of course)
researched pesäpallo (Finnish baseball) results of 2018 to be able to refer correctly to a game
And please don't ever allow me to talk about all the research I've done for Einar. He was born in the 13th century in Northern Norway, married a Saami woman, became a vampire, left his wife and son, moved all around Europe... and now we're in 2023. That's a shit-ton of research.
I can't allow myself to make mistakes in things that can be made factually correct with a bit of research.
Especially if the mistakes could end up reinforcing harmful stereotypes.
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oh yeah i made a roleplaying tumblr
Go to @netflix-and-ergi to see what my dear, beloved, wonderful Einar Odinsson gets up to.
(yeah technically i won't be roleplaying on Tumblr, it's mostly for deep-diving into Einar's personality)
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I swear one of my OCs is more like some kind of a thoughtform nowadays. Like a tulpa (or a westernized version of one).
I swear he's taken on an entirely new level of independence? It's kind of frightening sometimes.
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Terve! Hello! Hej! Привет!
I'm embracing my tendency to fixate heavily on things for a few weeks and then turn to something else.
Things I'm currently focusing on (list updated on June 2nd, 2023):
Xolidayboy (and his band and the band members' solo projects and other bands)
text-based roleplaying (I post a lot about my RP characters: Einar Odinsson, Phoenix Myers, Malachai Solace, and Atlas Kieleväinen)
how the modern Russian Federation came to be — currently focusing on Kyivan Rus (and I'm deliberately using the spelling Kyivan and not Kievan) but will be moving on eventually
I speak Finnish (native), English (fluent), Swedish (a bit, mandatory Swedish was wasted on me), and I'm currently learning Russian. (YouTube algorithm thought learning Russian meant I accepted the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I do not. I abhor it, and I despise Vladimir Putin. I hope The International Criminal Court gets him soon.)
I have attempted to learn Fusha (Modern Standard Arabic) in the past, but can only remember how to say "I do not like olives", which, arguably, is the most important sentence in any language.
He/him pronouns for me. I'm a 32-year-old gay trans man. I'm married.
I scrobble my listening habits to Last.fm and I'm very active on Instagram (although mostly in Finnish).
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