Character Theory Does anyone else have ocs they simply can't rp anymore?

[Alien222]

(I'm unsure if character theory is the correct prefix here)

Like I have an oc called Calvin. Now, for context, Calvin was made for a site that didn't take rp half as seriously as most ppl on this site. Two sentences for a reply was the regular length, seeing a paragraph was rare, everyone's characters were ridiculously edgy, think like three creepypastas mashed into one levels of angst for the backstory but it was really fun. Calvin is no exception to this as for his backstory, at the ripe of age of 14, he not only killed his whole family, he cooked and ate every single one of them (HE HAD TWO SIBLINGS, A MOM, AND SEVERAL COUSINS). He has ZERO regrets. He also beat up a bully at the age of 13 until they died. This is funnily enough something he regrets. His internal monologue, if I ever bothered to write it, would probably just be "That person would taste good in a soup." and "Hehehehehehehehe" . His entire mouth was filled with not one, not two but three rows of rotating triangle teeth. His face was quite literally just a smile face like no nose, no complex eyes, no lips just: : D. And he was obsessed with 'games' where if your oc got roped in, they were not going to get out without at least one major injury (I really was so original as a writer)

Now, you can probably guess why I wouldn't ever submit this character for a rp here but I grew so attached to him that I tried to 'seriousfy' him but every time I did, it just...didn't feel the same, it didn't feel like Calvin. He didn't have that same level of goofy or edgy. It's like trying to write realistic Jeff the killer or Eyeless Jack. Sure, you get all that good good writing but you lose the silliness of it all a bit(I can't very well play Rebyzzx or MCR when thinking about a realistic Jeffery Woods, can I?) So like, does anyone else have this problem? Ocs you're attached to but like because of the way they're written you simply can't use them anymore?

 

[Sayoko]

I have a couple that I wouldn't use now, for sure.

One is Maravix (a mash-up of Phoenix + Mara) who was a special snowflake that led a team of canon characters in a crossover Roleplay. Her backstory later revealed that she was an orphan who burnt down the orphanage she (and my writing partner's main OC) had come from. At the end of the Roleplay, she ended up marrying one of the edgy bad boys from a dating sim I used to play and they had three kids: Zen and Zane (twins) and Innocenia ("Ino").

Another one was a self-insert whose name was my username at the time. She rode on the back of a pegasus and used a lance that doubled as a rifle. She was a half-elf with a German Shepherd that always ran alongside her pegasus (that must have been one hell of a fast dog in hindsight). She also had an older brother who was a half-demon, a younger sister who was a magical prodigy, a time-traveling nephew, and a MILF for a mother. This OC was also a member of Star Clan, so she had nine lives and would come back pretty much every time that she died.

I personally wouldn't want to use any of these OCs ever again though that doesn't mean they have merit in their own way. If I really wanted to, I might consider bringing them back someday, since cringe is dead and creativity is what keeps things interesting for me. I think that can apply to your Calvin, OP. If you really did want to use him again, I think he'd be at home in a Creepypasta Roleplay, which are more common than you might think.

 

[Alien222]

I have a couple that I wouldn't use now, for sure.

One is Maravix (a mash-up of Phoenix + Mara) who was a special snowflake that led a team of canon characters in a crossover Roleplay. Her backstory later revealed that she was an orphan who burnt down the orphanage she (and my writing partner's main OC) had come from. At the end of the Roleplay, she ended up marrying one of the edgy bad boys from a dating sim I used to play and they had three kids: Zen and Zane (twins) and Innocenia ("Ino").

Another one was a self-insert whose name was my username at the time. She rode on the back of a pegasus and used a lance that doubled as a rifle. She was a half-elf with a German Shepherd that always ran alongside her pegasus (that must have been one hell of a fast dog in hindsight). She also had an older brother who was a half-demon, a younger sister who was a magical prodigy, a time-traveling nephew, and a MILF for a mother. This OC was also a member of Star Clan, so she had nine lives and would come back pretty much every time that she died.

I personally wouldn't want to use any of these OCs ever again though that doesn't mean they have merit in their own way. If I really wanted to, I might consider bringing them back someday, since cringe is dead and creativity is what keeps things interesting for me. I think that can apply to your Calvin, OP. If you really did want to use him again, I think he'd be at home in a Creepypasta Roleplay, which are more common than you might think.

Thanks for the advice, and the encouragement, I think I'll look into some creepypasta rps see what I find

Also for the ocs you mentioned, I can practically see the character sheets for them that would look like right at home in the very first rps I ran lol

 

[Sayoko]

Thanks for the advice, and the encouragement, I think I'll look into some creepypasta rps see what I find

Also for the ocs you mentioned, I can practically see the character sheets for them that would look like right at home in the very first rps I ran lol

This was before character sheets for me, believe it or not. Best of luck finding a home for Calvin. Maybe you could start by creating a thread where you state the character you have and see if anybody responds with interest? Just a thought. Good luck either way!

 

[sunflowertoad]

when i started rping, i was like... 10? 11? and every single character i made had the same first name and i'd use this picture of a girl with rainbow eyes as a face claim. i wasn't a very good writer at the time, but i remember that i had fun with it- and i think that's what's important! if you think it's fun, and you find other people who think it's fun, knock yourself out!

 

[Wildcard8880]

I have a lot of OCs who I haven’t role played as in a while, (some who never even role played as) but I will still role play as them if it calls for it. I’m just really rusty doing so.

 

[Jet]

I have an OC called Kaiden who is a curse upon RPs. I've introduced him into four RPs that were in progress, and each died immediately afterwards. We're talking daily posts reduced to nothingness within days of introducing him. I've never been more sure of a curse in my life. Man has the absolute worst juju and he's done nothing wrong, he's just a quiet weirdo who likes people watching and being alone... I guess he got his wish?

If anyone wants an RP to die, hmu, I can apply the curse if you need me to.

 

[Pokeking]

Ignoring one time only characters, I have a few characters that I've not used in at 13 years or so. However, there is one character that I could classify that I can't roleplay as anymore.

His current name of Jojin and he is my oldest made OC. Back when I was in middle school, he was just a name without a backstory. TIn high school, I started to develop a backstory. He was a self-insert. He was a king and a powerful sorcerer who didn't really have any weaknesses (well, none that I recall). I was picked on for years, and Jojin was character who was powerful and admired. When I started to use him in roleplay when I was in college, he was still a super-powerful sorcerer king. He wasn't written as well as the original characters I have these days.

When I began developing other characters who were more palatable, Jojin was left behind for years. A few years ago, I revived him once I started to do worldbuilding/canon-welding. He remained the King of Dreema, but he was reduced to the status of an NPC. That being said, I would like to use the character in a storyline one day.

 

[LIONH3ART3D]

Technically speaking, the OCs I can't play anymore have passed ownership 3 times.

There are 6 OCs that I have used in the past that a close irl friend of mine passed to me after he retired from roleplaying, and I passed them back to him since he loved the story behind them all so much he wanted to include them all in a big project of his. Not because they're bad OCs but they have gone through refinement. They're not the same characters they were when they were first written.

To make a long story shorter than a 3 page essay, this friend originally wrote them for an RPG Maker game he started working on with his friends in 2017. It later evolved into OCs he used to roleplay with, then he passed them to me after we met working in retail, then shortly after I began my 2 year hiatus before coming here he asked for them back so he could use them as characters in a story centered music project. I've asked on several occasions but he requested that I don't publicly share this since he's quite embarrassed about being a roleplayer back then. Which is unfortunate because in my opinion it's a really cool project regardless of whatever his past with the characters may be. But I'm respecting his request.

 

[Coca-Cola]

Her name was Susan, she was the personifcation of what I wanted to be. Basically Mary Sue

 

[Alex34]

ɪ ᴅᴏ. ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴀᴍᴍʏ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ/ʀᴘᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ... sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴏʀ ᴀ ғᴀᴍᴏᴜs ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴇᴛ sɪᴄᴋ/ʜᴜʀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴅᴀʏ's ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴍʏ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴀ ɢᴏᴛ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ ɪ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴɪɴɢ ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ғᴇᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ's/ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇs sᴀғᴛʏ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪғ ɪ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ... ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴏғ ᴇɴɢʟᴀɴᴅ

 

[Alien222]

ɪ ᴅᴏ. ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴀᴍᴍʏ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ/ʀᴘᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ... sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴏʀ ᴀ ғᴀᴍᴏᴜs ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴇᴛ sɪᴄᴋ/ʜᴜʀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴅᴀʏ's ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴍʏ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴀ ɢᴏᴛ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ ɪ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴɪɴɢ ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ғᴇᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ's/ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇs sᴀғᴛʏ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪғ ɪ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ... ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴏғ ᴇɴɢʟᴀɴᴅ

I have an OC called Kaiden who is a curse upon RPs. I've introduced him into four RPs that were in progress, and each died immediately afterwards. We're talking daily posts reduced to nothingness within days of introducing him. I've never been more sure of a curse in my life. Man has the absolute worst juju and he's done nothing wrong, he's just a quiet weirdo who likes people watching and being alone... I guess he got his wish?

If anyone wants an RP to die, hmu, I can apply the curse if you need me to.

𝕾𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖞 𝖌𝖔𝖉

They are obviously not these ones.

(Also sorry about your loss, Alex)

 

[Coca-Cola]

ɪ ᴅᴏ. ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴀᴍᴍʏ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴜʀsᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪᴍ/ʀᴘᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ... sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴏʀ ᴀ ғᴀᴍᴏᴜs ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴇᴛ sɪᴄᴋ/ʜᴜʀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴅᴀʏ's ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴍʏ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴀ ɢᴏᴛ ᴅᴇᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴀ ɪ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴɪɴɢ ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ғᴇᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ's/ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇs sᴀғᴛʏ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪғ ɪ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ... ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ǫᴜᴇᴇɴ ᴏғ ᴇɴɢʟᴀɴᴅ

My main question is what god did you upset with this one?

 

[Alex34]

My main question is what god did you upset with this one?

ALL OF THEM IG

 

[Alex34]

ᴏʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ʜᴇʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ʟᴜɴᴀ. sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ sᴏ ᴄʀɪɴɢᴇ. sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀ *ᴘᴜʟʟs ᴜᴘ ᴏʟᴅ ɢᴏɢɢʟᴇ ᴅᴏᴄ* ᴘᴀʀᴛ ғᴀʀɪʏ, ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɢʜᴏsᴛ, ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ, ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴɢᴇʟ, ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴜɴɪᴄᴏʀɴ, ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴏʟғ, ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ,ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛ sɪʀᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀsᴛ ᴍᴀʀʏ sᴜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ. sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴏ ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴇxsᴇᴘᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs.

 

[LIONH3ART3D]

Going through my Google docs I have several ocs (I think over 20 I've found now) that are just

"Parents? Dead. Depressed? Yeah. Hotel? Trivago." And all of them have the blurry reposted 23 times on Pinterest anime FCs.

 

[L3NKUN073]

okay... okayokayokayokay.

I can RP any OC of mine, but there are some that are so "for show" that I get afraid of being too dry if I ever use them, and then there are some that are too fantastical that I'd be afraid of using any magic or describing any parts like ears, tails, or even wings. I have some that are so outlandish in grotesque and sad backstories, that i'm afraid to exoplain them to people and get asked "so how do you know what all of this is like?" I hate that question. it scares me because, like, i'm sorry for being creative and knowing the bare minimum????

 

[Alien222]

okay... okayokayokayokay.

I can RP any OC of mine, but there are some that are so "for show" that I get afraid of being too dry if I ever use them, and then there are some that are too fantastical that I'd be afraid of using any magic or describing any parts like ears, tails, or even wings. I have some that are so outlandish in grotesque and sad backstories, that i'm afraid to exoplain them to people and get asked "so how do you know what all of this is like?" I hate that question. it scares me because, like, i'm sorry for being creative and knowing the bare minimum????

People ask that?? Usually I just write the backstory and ppl just never ask me how I know how the acts happening in my oc's backstory happened. I assumed most people assumed you just...did your research

And question: For the fantastical ocs, wouldn't there be a bunch of fantasy rps they'd be right at home?

 

[L3NKUN073]

People ask that?? Usually I just write the backstory and ppl just never ask me how I know how the acts happening in my oc's backstory happened. I assumed most people assumed you just...did your research

And question: For the fantastical ocs, wouldn't there be a bunch of fantasy rps they'd be right at home?

okay, so yeah, I've gotta that question asked, and I've also gotten the whole "oh well that's just horrible you're so mean" so on so forth.

with my fantastical OCs, its more of a I don't want to come off as weird or cringe because my OC has cat ears and a tail and is silly like that. (an example but i'm sure you can see where i'm coming from)

 

[Alien222]

okay, so yeah, I've gotta that question asked, and I've also gotten the whole "oh well that's just horrible you're so mean" so on so forth.

with my fantastical OCs, its more of a I don't want to come off as weird or cringe because my OC has cat ears and a tail and is silly like that. (an example but i'm sure you can see where i'm coming from)

Ah, those people are kinda just dumb tbh

Also, I feel the only solution to that(if you even want a solution) is remember that roleplaying is one of the most cringe and weird hobbies out there already and you're really not doing that much harm to yourself if you are both those things...Unless you've gotten odd complaints on this too?

 

[Alex34]

(I'm unsure if character theory is the correct prefix here)

Like I have an oc called Calvin. Now, for context, Calvin was made for a site that didn't take rp half as seriously as most ppl on this site. Two sentences for a reply was the regular length, seeing a paragraph was rare, everyone's characters were ridiculously edgy, think like three creepypastas mashed into one levels of angst for the backstory but it was really fun. Calvin is no exception to this as for his backstory, at the ripe of age of 14, he not only killed his whole family, he cooked and ate every single one of them (HE HAD TWO SIBLINGS, A MOM, AND SEVERAL COUSINS). He has ZERO regrets. He also beat up a bully at the age of 13 until they died. This is funnily enough something he regrets. His internal monologue, if I ever bothered to write it, would probably just be "That person would taste good in a soup." and "Hehehehehehehehe" . His entire mouth was filled with not one, not two but three rows of rotating triangle teeth. His face was quite literally just a smile face like no nose, no complex eyes, no lips just: : D. And he was obsessed with 'games' where if your oc got roped in, they were not going to get out without at least one major injury (I really was so original as a writer)

Now, you can probably guess why I wouldn't ever submit this character for a rp here but I grew so attached to him that I tried to 'seriousfy' him but every time I did, it just...didn't feel the same, it didn't feel like Calvin. He didn't have that same level of goofy or edgy. It's like trying to write realistic Jeff the killer or Eyeless Jack. Sure, you get all that good good writing but you lose the silliness of it all a bit(I can't very well play Rebyzzx or MCR when thinking about a realistic Jeffery Woods, can I?) So like, does anyone else have this problem? Ocs you're attached to but like because of the way they're written you simply can't use them anymore?

out of curiosity what was that site?

 

[L3NKUN073]

Ah, those people are kinda just dumb tbh

Also, I feel the only solution to that(if you even want a solution) is remember that roleplaying is one of the most cringe and weird hobbies out there already and you're really not doing that much harm to yourself if you are both those things...Unless you've gotten odd complaints on this too?

yeah

shiz you right lol. I always forget that I'm already a weirdo for this. I've never gotten complaints, I just fear them for some reason

 

[Alien222]

out of curiosity what was that site?

...Trevorspace

yeah

shiz you right lol. I always forget that I'm already a weirdo for this. I've never gotten complaints, I just fear them for some reason

I wouldn't worry too much if I were you as I've never had them from anyone here. I feel like I'd be more worried if you were rping on tt where they relentlessly bully everyone

 

[Coca-Cola]

His entire mouth was filled with not one, not two but three rows of rotating triangle teeth. His face was quite literally just a smile face like no nose, no complex eyes, no lips just: : D

Lil bro was 'no thoughts, just : D'

 

[Alien222]

Lil bro was 'no thoughts, just : D'

Yeah, there were very few thoughts in between those non existent ears