It seems more like people project the person they want to be, or the person they like to see themselves as. Which, piggybacking on what that other guy said, probably isn’t great for the “god-modding” thing I keep hearing about. And it seems like it’d cause problems in instances where people might take something personally.

Alright, I beat Master Servo, and actually have some time to answer this properly! No. I try to avoid what I like to call “avatar characters” in my writing, whether that’s alone or as an RP. When you write yourself in as an avatar, more often than not you wind up with this bias on your hands, where the avatar becomes the biggest, srongest, bravest hero there is! Their flaws disappear, and they become perfect! In solo writing, that leaves you with the problem of having this bland, boring protagonist, which ultimately ruins the story. In an RP it’s even worse, because it does all that [i]and[/i] tends to result in god modding. (this is even worse when your character is “who you wish you were”) What we like about characters are their flaws, and their struggles. We like seeing them weak, and fragile, but fighting through their weaknesses, and overcoming their adversary not because they’re Superman, but because they’re not. So, that’s how I build my characters, both in and out of RPs.

I try to project the personality I wish I had. Because if I stayed accurate to myself I’d end up a Hunter.

Yes. Way too much for my first one. If I make more, I hope to steer away from that though.

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