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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8854850" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I think there are a lot of reasons to like non-positive, dark, evil, outcast, etc. One is it is often more interesting. Another is it is often more fun if you are being hammy about it. This came up in the wednesday thread, but I watched the first episode of that show, somewhat against my will, as my wife decided we were going to watch it, and I have to say I thought it was pretty entertaining. I don't know where the show goes from there but there was some speculation on whether the character would grow and change, and whether that would be good. I felt the thing that made the show work was her misanthropy, so I felt if she grows it would just file down those stark unpleasant edges of the characters that made her so amusing. It reminded me of Black Adder and why I enjoyed the humor of that show. He was a horrible human being, but witty and interesting. I think especially when wit, fun and humor are part of the mix, these negative traits can have a different kind of appeal. In a more serious show, Black Adder and Wednesday would both probably be repugnant characters (unless they were being dialed up to 10 like a Gary Oldman performance). In comedies this stuff works. And a lot of gaming is pretty light hearted. A bulk of the time me and my players are making one another laugh.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8854850, member: 85555"] I think there are a lot of reasons to like non-positive, dark, evil, outcast, etc. One is it is often more interesting. Another is it is often more fun if you are being hammy about it. This came up in the wednesday thread, but I watched the first episode of that show, somewhat against my will, as my wife decided we were going to watch it, and I have to say I thought it was pretty entertaining. I don't know where the show goes from there but there was some speculation on whether the character would grow and change, and whether that would be good. I felt the thing that made the show work was her misanthropy, so I felt if she grows it would just file down those stark unpleasant edges of the characters that made her so amusing. It reminded me of Black Adder and why I enjoyed the humor of that show. He was a horrible human being, but witty and interesting. I think especially when wit, fun and humor are part of the mix, these negative traits can have a different kind of appeal. In a more serious show, Black Adder and Wednesday would both probably be repugnant characters (unless they were being dialed up to 10 like a Gary Oldman performance). In comedies this stuff works. And a lot of gaming is pretty light hearted. A bulk of the time me and my players are making one another laugh. [/QUOTE]

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