By group chemistry I was referring to players, not the characters. But I do understand that sometimes the distinction is blurred as people base their character's personalities on an aspect of themselves and it can be difficult separating that out when OOC issues intrude.
TF, I have noticed that you did not find a good rhythm with Borric or Zelena with your 1st LPF character and Anna either, not quite clicking. Sometimes, things just don't work out and it isn't because anyone did something wrong.
Also, it is can be difficult to truly keep your focus on staying in character if you don't stick with it on a frequent basis posting effectively 3-4 times a week. Don't take this the wrong way as I am not trying to offend you, TF. This is a generalization and only you can honestly say if it applies or not.
Rather, I am speaking from a point of view of having posted 1000's of IC content since I started playing this game and I have developed and improved in that time significantly. So, perhaps we are playing at a different PbP skill level of creativity and it can be intimidating. So any other noob to EnWorld will likely face similar issues, and this was the writing on the wall that I saw right away, BF.
I have played some games with other decent RPers, but just could not click with them either. Probably because they made no effort to role-play with my character.
Honestly, instead of breaking in a new player, maybe we should look at what we can do to help TF enjoy playing Darius and get into the game. Not sure that is possible, but it doesn't hurt to discuss.
If that is not possible...
I did give offering to play Darius about 2 minutes consideration. However, my reasons for proposing Sonja, was not my desire to play two characters in this game, but rather to play the persona itself.
Sonja one of the personalities in my stable that currently doesn't have a home, unlike my Mack persona that is running around in at least 2 other games right now. While I don't have time to find a decent game to get her into, I do have the time to play two characters in the same game.