I prefer darker roleplays. I live in place with running water, I have ready access to food and I'm not wanting for shelter. My life is on the up and up. I like reading and writing about people who may not have these things.
Call me a masochist.
In some sense, you have to roleplay what you know. If you know absolutely nothing about medicine, you cannot reliably write a story that is headlined by a neurosurgeon. You're going to have to have some knowledge.
I don't believe enough effort is done on the behalf of most roleplays to...
Characters that appear to have years or decades of fighting experience, making them the ultimate warrior of ultimate destiny, but said experience has imparted no psychological detriments to the character.
Or people whose characters read more like a two-dimensional Disney character than a...