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<blockquote data-quote="lostingeneral" data-source="post: 5554404" data-attributes="member: 6674340"><p>So you're saying he doesn't really want to be bad guy, but rather a former member of their faction who is now attempting to oppose them?</p><p></p><p>Call me insane, but I don't really see what the problem is. I actually think that's a decent character concept, and it's best to roleplay with a concept you're excited about.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it makes much sense to say "anybody who didn't want to be with these guys rebelled and that's that, there's nobody left with any sort of a conscience." I can think of all kinds of ways that somebody aligned with an evil faction might feel compelled to stay with the group, even though they don't agree with it personally. Is it so unreasonable to think that perhaps somebody could fit this description and then finally leave, even after the large scale rebellion took place? Somebody who stayed longer than they maybe should have, but had a change of heart in the end?</p><p></p><p>Indeed, in 1965 being a Nazi may not have been acceptable, but that does't mean there <em>were</em> none, and I find it hard to believe all of them were in that position entirely voluntarily. Most, certainly - maybe the majority by a very long shot- but not <em>all</em>. What if his character's whole family has been in this evil faction, and he's been raised in it. They were somebody important once, when the empire actually <em>mattered,</em> and he's been brought up with all of this hate and anger, and he was the first one in this long line of former nobles that just said "no more."</p><p></p><p>Honestly the more I go on here, the more I'm feeling that this guy has a fairly solid character building. I just don't see where the harm is in letting him play this character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lostingeneral, post: 5554404, member: 6674340"] So you're saying he doesn't really want to be bad guy, but rather a former member of their faction who is now attempting to oppose them? Call me insane, but I don't really see what the problem is. I actually think that's a decent character concept, and it's best to roleplay with a concept you're excited about. I don't think it makes much sense to say "anybody who didn't want to be with these guys rebelled and that's that, there's nobody left with any sort of a conscience." I can think of all kinds of ways that somebody aligned with an evil faction might feel compelled to stay with the group, even though they don't agree with it personally. Is it so unreasonable to think that perhaps somebody could fit this description and then finally leave, even after the large scale rebellion took place? Somebody who stayed longer than they maybe should have, but had a change of heart in the end? Indeed, in 1965 being a Nazi may not have been acceptable, but that does't mean there [i]were[/i] none, and I find it hard to believe all of them were in that position entirely voluntarily. Most, certainly - maybe the majority by a very long shot- but not [i]all[/i]. What if his character's whole family has been in this evil faction, and he's been raised in it. They were somebody important once, when the empire actually [i]mattered,[/i] and he's been brought up with all of this hate and anger, and he was the first one in this long line of former nobles that just said "no more." Honestly the more I go on here, the more I'm feeling that this guy has a fairly solid character building. I just don't see where the harm is in letting him play this character. [/QUOTE]
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