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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1093904" data-attributes="member: 812">I think the answer's pretty simple. Everybody has a dysfunctional background. That's what makes people interesting.There are no stories told about happy, well-adjusted people for two reasons: A) happy, well-adjusted people don't exist (bear with me) and B) happy, well-adjusted people, if they did exist, would be dull.A story is about somebody trying to do something. If you have everything you want, why would you try to do anything?I'm exaggerating for effect, but the principle is true. What's interesting about people is what's broken about them -- their obsessions, their phobias, their hatreds. So naturally, when we are creating characters, we seek to create characters who are interesting. People without much experience in creating characters (or perhaps people who have not done much close observation of what makes others tick) will gravitate towards characters with obvious "broken bits" -- it's easy to see what's interesting  about them. Delemental, I'm NOT talking about you here. Myndrila sounds like she'll be fun to play.Okay, so when I say happy, well-adjusted people don't exist, what I mean is we all have our obsessions and suchlike, so we can all to some degree be considered "broken". That's not to say we can't function well, or be happy (I am, for example), or whatever, but just that there's always something interesting about each of us.Let us know how the character turns out! I've had fun playing female characters myself, even if I did fall into so many of the stereotypical "traps" one does.  Sometimes you have try out a stereotype to see your way through it.</blockquote>

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