[OOC] The Destined (Soulmate RP)

[deyinger]

@Sterling We're little short on water elementals and specially flora.

[deyinger]

@Juno Yes it does. We thought it would make sense since the source of the Mark are the Mother and Father. And it would also make pairing a lot easier :/

[Sisyphus]

Are you going to wait until all the characters are in before you start pairing, or will you start now-ish if any jump out at you?

I'm not being impatient

[deyinger]

@SisyphusWe have some ideas, but yeah we're ultimately waiting on everyone.

[Kalmar]

Eventua's gone? I think all the people who were making females are desperately trying to get away from having their characters in Duncan's harem. Futile, of course, since his harem contains all characters, past, present, future, and hypothetical.

@Fisticuffs

Plot twist:

Darius is the true Harem Master.

The only reason he will end up near Duncan is because everyone else will end up near Duncan, but Darius won't be quite sure what to say to win them over. Little will he know, he will have already won everyone over, and they will only be near Duncan as an excuse to be near Darius.

[Sisyphus]

<Snipped quote by Fisticuffs>

Plot twist:

Darius is the true Harem Master.

The only reason he will end up near Duncan is because everyone else will end up near Duncan, but Darius won't be quite sure what to say to win them over. And everyone else will only be near Duncan as an excuse to be near Darius.

@Not Fishing

Ciara will be the only one immune to his hareming, due to his dislike of music - she alone must defeat him, and free everyone else from the harem.

[Kalmar]

...I'm rereading Darius's character sheet, and I feel like his Biggest Fear could have been worded better.

From what I've written, it sounds like he's out to rise high or get his name into the history books for personal fame/fortune, when it's more about doing right by his family and making sure they and their descendants are in a good position.

[Fisticuffs]

<Snipped quote by Fisticuffs>

Plot twist:

Darius is the true Harem Master.

The only reason he will end up near Duncan is because everyone else will end up near Duncan, but Darius won't be quite sure what to say to win them over. Little does he know, he already has won everyone over, and they will only be near Duncan as an excuse to be near Darius.

@Not Fishing

[Kalmar]

So, I made some minor tweaks to Darius's Fear/backstory, mostly to fix what I just mentioned and also go into more detail on his motivations. Nothing major.

[Emma]

A lot of the times when I'm creating a OC I draw from multiple sources in real life, my imagination, and books/movie characters. For instance, my Character for this RP is a mix of the following: Yvaine from Stardust, Claire from Outlander, Talisa from Game of Thrones, Syrena from Pirates of the Caribbean, Anna from Downtown Abbey, Aroura from Maleficent, and Pocahontas from Disney.

So does that make her an OC or more of a ripoff? Just wondering, since a friend of mine who also RPs say it's not original if I intentionally base her off original characters of others.

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Emma All great artworks borrow from somewhere else.

[Kalmar]

More of an inspiration than a rip-off. You're borrowing ideas you like from various sources instead of just copying one thing.

In my opinion, there's no such thing as an original character, because there are no original ideas any more. You can try your hardest, but unless you make something totally bizarre, your character will almost always be similar to someone else's, whether you realize it or not.

So long as you're not just recreating the exact same character with a different name, and you actually put some effort into making it different, don't worry too much about it.

Edit: Wow, been a long time since I used the wrong your/you're. Sometimes I type faster than I think.

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Sterling We're little short on water elementals and specially flora.

@deyinger

Well, the character I'm making will be a water element, so that's one more.

[Mistress Dizzy]

I could still retool mine into a flora mage if need be.

[Emma]

Yeah same here. I can change Veronica into a flora elemental if you'd like. It was my number one choice before lightning, and fire. But I didn't want her to be to similar to the princess, and lightning was already taken.

[deyinger]

@Mistress Dizzy@Emma No, they're both fine as is :D

[Snagglepuss89]

More of an inspiration than a rip-off. You're borrowing ideas you like from various sources instead of just copying one thing.

In my opinion, there's no such thing as an original character, because there are no original ideas any more. You can try your hardest, but unless you make something totally bizarre, your character will almost always be similar to someone else's, whether you realize it or not.

So long as you're not just recreating the exact same character with a different name, and you actually put some effort into making it different, don't worry too much about it.

Edit: Wow, been a long time since I used the wrong your/you're. Sometimes I type faster than I think.

@Not Fishing

[Emma]

So when it comes to the reigning king and queen, which was born royal and which was their destined?

[Snagglepuss89]

They were siblings, clearly.

[deyinger]

@EmmaThe Queen was born royal.