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Perhaps a little bit.
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Hot Springs make sense, so that's a good idea. Which reminds me; is he self-conscious about his scars? Or proud of them, perhaps? He has both battle scars and frostbite scars; do these have different meanings to him? I was thinking about it the other day, but never got around to asking the question.
I was also thinking about whether he was self-conscious about the fact that he's from another time and all that and feels like he's weird and shit stuff because of it, or if he's simply accepted that that's the way it is and so on?
So basically, I'm wondering how he feels about his situation and the effects thereof, 'cause I didn't really get that from his sheet and I'm a really curious person of nature.
How's it going with his backstory and stuff? He about ready? I'm waiting impatiently to see the finished result. It's exciting. Like Christmas Eve.
I think he'd be a little self-conscious about them, probably not so much by the scars themselves, he's had a few years to get over it, and I assume that what few medical ninjas and psychiatrists the village has would have helped him overcome the majority of the trauma about what happened to him. The getting turned into a popsicle part, not so much the whole raised in a time of great turmoil, so he's still got plenty of interesting, juicy lil issues left to poke at! But, I think that he's probably very concious about showing off his scars, while he's not a particularly violent, or even thought of as a dangerous person, his scars shows such raw displays of violence, weather they're from a cut, a bruise, getting burnt or indeed his frostbites. So, I don't reckon he'd be one to throw off his shirt and jump into a pool full of people, maybe only because he wouldn't wanna frighten those around him.
Though, I reckon he does have a couple scars, maybe some that look a little less 'violent' that he shows off with stories of 'grandure' (Aka, him lying through his teeth.) To spread around the campfire to amuse his fellow shinobi.
And that is really what I find interesting about Aro. That he is very
sad about where he is, on one hand but on the other hand, it's a better time. It's a safer time. He's finally safe, he never had that before, he misses his family and his comrades, he wishes he had been there to see Konoha bloom, and in fact the entire shinobi world become what it is today, and he probably would have liked to have had his hand in it.
But he appreciates the 'second chance' as it where, and that's where he anchors himself to Gobi, in it being a different life. That the Aroshima who got frozen in that cave is not the Aroshima of Gobi.
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Actually, if everyone (myself included) could go a little bit in depth about how their characters feel, I'd be a happy camper. Like, it's fine that we're told about what our characters can do and what they've experienced, but it's just as important to know how they feel about it.
Like, I didn't even write how my character feels that Gobi is as stifling as the many rules of her nomad clan, just that she feels that way. I need to remedy that.
Since this is such a character-based roleplay where that sense of just not being good enough is mighty important, these feels really should be more pronounced ... to me, at least.
Am I wrong?
While the idea is sound, I personally don't think one should over explain their character before the In Character even begins. Save some of the details till you can show them off with your character writing. I despise Personality sections for this very reason, as it's a lot different to say that someone is a certain way than it is to write someone a certain way.
I've been pretty busy over the holiday, and currently recovering from family activities, and the traditional binge drinking.
(I swear, we don't have a problem! Long standing Swedish tradition, promise!) But, I'll get around to finishing Aro probably by Wednesday.
so you have to let me know that you're here
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