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drag0ntamer

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:14 pm


so yeah this is a character for my new rp idea i have posted in the story concept thread, and it just feels like.......something is missing.....or just isnt right.
(link to the thread: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=20137547)

Username: drag0ntamer
Character name: Fuuka mitsuki
Age: 16
Personality: After what she went through Fuuka tends to be hard to get to know because she is still slightly traumatized by her very own community and doesn't want to have to get close to someone and have the painful moment of having to leave her loved ones again. but in all reality she is a very outgoing and energetic person who is not afraid to say what is on her mind. She also has a fiery temper in which you don't want to be the person on the receiving end because that person will most likely get singed or even burned. She is also very athletic. as guys.
Grade: 11th grade
History: In her old school she had to be careful to hide her powers but her temper made that rather difficult at times. When she was at her old school she was on pretty much every athletic team imaginable, basketball, soccer, tennis, the school had the sport she was in it. On top of that she also happened to be one of the smarted and one of the most popular girls (among both boys and girls) throughout the entire school. That all came to a screeching halt when she overheard a conversation some of her classmates were having. They said the most taboo line they could ever say around this girl "Heh women they should know their place is in the kitchen." With those words her powers exploded violently along with her anger. Luckily she was able to control herself leaving the boys to be scared out of their minds.

After that the shunning began, she was immediately expelled from the school on claims that she was an endangerment to the entire student body. The school even went as far as putting a restraining order preventing her from being within 5 miles of the school. Sadly her home was within those 5 miles and her family didn't want to move. So they packed her things into a few brief cases shoved her out the door and slammed the door in her face. Not soon after the incident the news of her 'difference' spread like wildfire throughout the city and she soon find that restruants and hotels denied her access. After many weeks of walking around trying to find a place to stay she one day bumped into a strange man who of course knew about her powers. But the man was soon telling her of a school that would shelter her and other like her and teach them how to use their powers. By this time she was starting to get desperate to find a safe place to sleep and was soon off in the direction the man had told her to go, and not too long later she arrived at the school, and her new home.
Power: fire
Strengths: sports, homework, studying, kendo
Weaknesses: water deathly afraid of it
Appearance: Fuuka
Extra: At time she seems to appear anti-social.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:59 am


First off, her personality... Hard to get along with and very outgoing doesn't make sense, they contradict each other. I don't think being athletic can count as a personality trait, and that single "extra" at the bottom of her profile mentioning her being anti-social should be under personality.

Now, her history... That part seems more like a "how her personality came to be" explanation. The only thing I really got out of that is that she was kicked out of school, disowned by her family, then found by some random guy and sent to some other school.

My questions: How old is she when she gets to the new school? What's the time span of her being kicked out of her old school to when she starts at the new school? What was her life like before the old school incident (history and personality)? What's her family like, and everyones relationship with each other? Why were they so willing to just kick her out rather than move? Why is it taboo to say "women belong in the kitchen" around Fuuka? Why is she so into sports? Why is she so temperamental?

Asking "why is this character ______?" when creating new characters will help a lot, imo. Also try looking at character profile sheets other people use, they can also be pretty helpful.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:06 pm


ok thx for the info and also this just so happens to be my 3rd ever female rp character sweatdrop so yeah i need some work on it lol
PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:46 pm


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Personality: After what she went through Fuuka tends to be hard to get to know because she is still slightly traumatized by her very own community and doesn't want to have to get close to someone and have the painful moment of having to leave her loved ones again. But in all reality she is a very outgoing and energetic person

This totally contradicts eachother, which makes you wonder how she could possibly be shy.
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She also has a fiery temper in which you don't want to be the person on the receiving end because that person will most likely get singed or even burned. She is also very athletic. as guys.

Again with the contradictions. If she's afraid to get too close to someone, she will most likely not be the kind of person that has such a fiery temper all the time.
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In her old school

What is the name of her old school?
drag0ntamer
When she was at her old school she was on pretty much every athletic team imaginable, basketball, soccer, tennis, the school had the sport she was in it.

First of all, that's kind of unrealistic since that would mean a lot of games and practices that would most likely cross over eachother. Plus those are team sports, the keyword being team. Team members need to be close to one another, and as you said earlier, she doesn't like that.
drag0ntamer
On top of that she also happened to be one of the smarted and one of the most popular girls (among both boys and girls) throughout the entire school.

Once again, if she doesn't want to get close to people, how could she possibly become popular?
drag0ntamer
Strengths: sports, homework, studying, kendo

You never mention her being good at homework, studying (which is kind of the same thing) or kendo.
drag0ntamer
Weaknesses: water deathly afraid of it

We know her power is fire so it's obvious that water is kind of a bad thing. What is the affect of water on her? Plus, a human being needs water to survive. If she can't have water, what is her alternative liquid source?


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:34 am


Lyvidian
First of, her personality... Hard to get along with and very outgoing doesn't make sense, they contradict each other. I don't think being athletic can count as a personality trait, and that single "extra" at the bottom of her profile mentioning her being anti-social should be under personality.

Now, her history... That part seems more like a "how her personality came to be" explanation. The only thing I really got out of that is that she was kicked out of school, disowned by her family, then found by some random guy and sent to some other school.

My questions: How old is she when she gets to the new school? What's the time span of her being kicked out of her old school to when she starts at the new school? What was her life like before the old school incident (history and personality)? What's her family like, and everyones relationship with each other? Why were they so willing to just kick her out rather than move? Why is it taboo to say "women belong in the kitchen" around Fuuka? Why is she so into sports? Why is she so temperamental?

Asking "why is this character ______?" when creating new characters will help a lot, imo. Also try looking at character profile sheets other people use, they can also be pretty helpful.

ok so first off sorry for the really late reply my schedule has been rather busy lately. sweatdrop so anyways on to the clarification oh and complete overhaul of the details of this character 3nodding

for the first thing you have said about her personality i will be rewriting the whole thing to make it actually make sense sweatdrop as for what i put down under extras i hear you and will be moving it up to personality.

as for all the questions you have asked they are very helpful and shall all be answered once i get to rewriting the history and such
PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:43 am


@colorful

1. I will be rewriting the personality to be less contradictory

2. Haven't really thought of her old schools name as of yet

3. When it came to the sports/athletic team so more or less was helping with practice and had no desire for competition and such. She just cared about helping out and having fun. plus her feeling of not getting near anyone only started happening AFTER she started getting shunned.

4. her strengths I will include in the history now that you mentioned that i forgot to include them.

5. In a sense really she is afraid of large bodies of water which of course means shes afraid of swimming. but when it comes to water say out of a faucet or in a cup she is fine with it because i mean she does need to drink and all. Also she hates rain storms as well, and now that i think about it i will add into the history how she became afraid of water. Another thing is her powers being fire don't really work to well when its raining really hard and such though she tend to avoid being in the rain anyways.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:25 am


You can take afew things from an rp i was in atleast the name of the school and one of my characters could easilly be the strange man that finds her.
anything i can do to help character development along..
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