Coca-Cola
"I will take a potato chip... and eat it!"
I just was thinking and realized that the majority of my oc's have bits and pieces of people who I know IRL. Has anyone done the same thing?
Character Theory Does anyone else base their oc's off people they know IRL?
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nerdy tangents
One Thousand Club
Yeah I do this all the time it makes coming up with character personalities a lot easier.
DillyDabDharma
Junior Member
I base my characters off of myself sometimes, so yeah.
Megilagor
My feelings are like schrodingers cat.
does it count when most of my Oc's are based on a conceptual person... what I mean by that is simple,, its me + a random friend or character I enjoy in one person.
Lorsh
Varlot
I based one of my characters on a sergeant I knew from the army who was always super monotone and once wrote me up for an improperly formatted email
A genderbent version of him though lol
A genderbent version of him though lol
Talin
New Member
Not at all, honestly. For me, roleplay is a form of escapism. So I don't really want to think about the people I know irl and connect my characters to them haha
The only exception are total strangers who I see briefly on the bus or something. They sometimes inspire me to make a character if they have a really cool clothing style or interesting habits.
But these are hardly people I know.
The only exception are total strangers who I see briefly on the bus or something. They sometimes inspire me to make a character if they have a really cool clothing style or interesting habits.
But these are hardly people I know.
Onmyoji
HanGuang-Jun
I don't do that deliberately, but pretty sure I'm doing it subconsciously quite a lot, drawing inspiration from real life. Not like, one character = one person, but rather a character may have traits and reactions similar to several people.
LIONH3ART3D
Certified Spaceship Mechanic (2147)
Most of the time they'll be side characters that only show up once or twice but it's pretty frequent. I also usually make sure they're cool with it first. Most of my friend group found each other because we we all shared the trauma of roleplaying on amino growing up, so we definitely are all pretty chill with it.
Pokeking
Senior Member
Well, Santiago Rios isn't 100% me, but he's the closest self insert I've got. He's Hispanic, wear's glasses, scrawny, and is heavily into sci-fi and fantasy. He's a recent character addition to my roster. He's not a main character, just a side character.
