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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 3967351" data-attributes="member: 54877">In a word, &quot;No&quot;.&nbsp; There is &quot;different', as in, &quot;I have a complex character, with subtle motivations, some literary influence, etc.&quot;&nbsp; Then there is &quot;different,&quot; as in, &quot;I'm the kind of person that shows my non-conformance to society and supreme individuality by ... dressing/looking the same as all the other people that want to irritate their parents, and going around in a brooding funk--also the same as my crowd.&quot;&nbsp; The latter was silly over a hundred years ago when young French intellectuals threw themselves into the Seine to drown, in reactive despair to the latest German philosopher.&nbsp; It hasn't improved with age.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Unfortunately, that crowd has totally ruined the environment for the three girls and two guys that want to play the angst-ridden anti-hero for other reasons, but that's the&nbsp; breaks.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> (In case anyone missed the hyperbole, I did exaggerate slightly for effect.&nbsp; There could easily be twice as many reasonable angst-ridden anti-hero players out there, but I can only extrapolate from my own experience, since no one has hard data.&nbsp; I'll allow anti-heroes, on probation, or with demonstrated range.&nbsp; I'll allow angst to a known veteran player, for a heroic character--occasionally.&nbsp; But never the twain shall meet in my games.&nbsp; And if that doesn't satisfy, I can name at least three GMs in the same town that dress in black all the time, and will be happy to accommodate you.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 3967351, member: 54877"] In a word, "No". There is "different', as in, "I have a complex character, with subtle motivations, some literary influence, etc." Then there is "different," as in, "I'm the kind of person that shows my non-conformance to society and supreme individuality by ... dressing/looking the same as all the other people that want to irritate their parents, and going around in a brooding funk--also the same as my crowd." The latter was silly over a hundred years ago when young French intellectuals threw themselves into the Seine to drown, in reactive despair to the latest German philosopher. It hasn't improved with age. :D Unfortunately, that crowd has totally ruined the environment for the three girls and two guys that want to play the angst-ridden anti-hero for other reasons, but that's the breaks. :eek: (In case anyone missed the hyperbole, I did exaggerate slightly for effect. There could easily be twice as many reasonable angst-ridden anti-hero players out there, but I can only extrapolate from my own experience, since no one has hard data. I'll allow anti-heroes, on probation, or with demonstrated range. I'll allow angst to a known veteran player, for a heroic character--occasionally. But never the twain shall meet in my games. And if that doesn't satisfy, I can name at least three GMs in the same town that dress in black all the time, and will be happy to accommodate you. :D ) [/QUOTE]

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