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Can You Call Yourself an Advanced Writer if You Only Write Female Characters? -Closed-

I essentially agree with all of the above, and will echo what Bango said in that playing or writing one specific type of thing too often does bottleneck your ability to grow as a writer. Because at the end of the day any spins on the matter you do don't change the fact that you're still writing the same old character archetype, but with a different coat of paint.

And you can only repaint and repackage something so many times before it becomes an old worn out mess.

As for perspectives, that is not what makes you an advanced writer, nor even a writer. Many people have perspectives, from which branch opinions that conflict with other perspectives and opinions held by other people, and a lot of them don't even bother to creatively write for various reasons. No, what makes one an advanced writer is not necessarily perspective I think, but whether or not you can actually competently write about whatever it is you have in mind to write.

Granted, being able to approach a story from a multitude of different perspectives does help, but again being able to hold and understand more than one perspective at a time does not mean you can automatically write worth a shit.

Crossover Town

@ZAVAZggg

"Valhalla? Funny, you don't look anything like Thor."
Ash cocked his head back to the older gentleman behind him, and twirled his finger around his own head, "See what I mean, loco, el crazy o."

@Kenshi

"I see," the Valeyard replied, glancing at the person as they approached. Though given some of the things coming out of the man's mouth, in addition to his saw based limb, it really seemed as though he were the mentally unsound one here. Or at the very least entirely out of his depth. In any case though, the Time Lord could still see some use in Ash's lunacy, as it could cause a great deal of unrest if properly manipulated.

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@ZAVAZggg

Ash wasn't paying attention and smacked right into an older gentleman.
"Oh sh...hey, uh sorry about that mister."
He held his hand up at the man, "Excuse me, gotta catch my breath."
Ash stood up, looking back to make sure he wasn't followed, " You wouldn't believe the day I am having, first I kill Peter pan, the peanut butter guy, and then some naked muscled freak talking about machines taking over, is wrecking some arcade."

Ash turned and saw Jesse, "Ah shit, it can get worse, here is another basket case."

@Kenshi

"It's no trouble," the Valeyard said as he readjusted his suit. The things the man, who had a chainsaw for am arm, spoke of were quite strange. Well, to most people anyway, as the Valeyard himself had been through more than his fair share of unusual things. It was funny though, that the Time Lords hadn't taken notice of this place yet. Especially if such things were true.

They hated paradox after all.

Still, he hardly had time to indulge in such speculations, for mere seconds after the man had paused to catch his breath, another person appeared. One the human standing before him seemed to bear an intense dislike or at least exasperation for.

Crossover Town

The Valeyard strode out into the busy streets, just strolling about on the sidewalk for the time being.

What ideas have you backed off from, recently or otherwise?

I've been wanting to do god RPs where you're actually beyond mythological levels of power. So, you know, an actual god. Unfortunately I've backed down from the group attempt at it upon realizing, both from player feedback and just thinking it out, that power of that kind leaves the idea as a whole rather directionless.

Why do anything when everything is possible after all? There's no challenge or skill really, things just happen because you want them to, thus removing the fun.

Your avatar and the avatar above: The Walk In

They are but posing for a painting, that is all.

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It'd also fuck everyone if we take the reversal both ways, because TEO could become evil, although in reality lol no, and if any of you have read his google doc-basically his actual sheet-you'll know why that's a bad thing.

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A faint 'vworping' could be heard as a red telephone box slowly faded in and out of existence in one of Moonlight Falls many alleyways. After a while the box solidified, becoming grounded in the material plane. It didn't appear quite as it should have though, for its windows were coated with what seemed to be an impenetrable layer of frost, which obscured all view as to what was inside. The labeling at the top too, was not scrawled in English but an odd circular script. These minor inconsistencies aside, the box wouldn't raise any eyebrows at first glance, just as its occupant had planned.

Pushing open the door, the Valeyard strode forth, checking his pockets in the process to make sure everything was where it should be. Seeing that his personal effects were all properly squared away, the Time Lord turned and closed the box's door before pulling out a small key and inserting it into the lock, one that had morphed onto the shell mere seconds after he'd exited. Turning it, he locked the only path to and from the ship before pulling it free once more, and sliding it back into his pocket. With the security of his capsule seen to, the Valeyard turned his attention back to his surroundings. From what information the scanners could provide, and as far as he could tell, this was the planet known as Sol-3 or Earth, if one wanted to get colloquial. He recalled visiting this place many times in his past lives, though he had always been so obsessed with protecting it back then.

Now, however, things had changed. For the Valeyard was the ambition the Doctor could have had, had he bothered to try. And that ambition had set its sights on this particular part of the spacetime continuum, eager to unleash chaos unrestrained.

What character archetypes/characteristics do you gravitate towards?

Gods, swordsmen/women, and generally any character that doesn't often change themselves. There are exceptions of course, but those are mainly what I'm drawn to. Also, as an introverted misanthrope, my characters tend to not be the ones interacting unless they got dragged into something. Once again exceptions do exist, such as a character I made named Craig Sims, who used telekinesis to aid in his practice of being a doctor and was all in all a pretty outgoing and nice person on the outside.

Inside though he had an issue with perfectionism if I recall, and trouble with OCD. Plus any god characters I make, that I never end up using for RP since they're too damn powerful, generally don't fall under the above. As they are usually entities that do as they please when they please thanks to being unkillable and having damn near infinite power.

Besides that I can't really think of any other specific archetypes I've been drawn to as of late. Will say though that I don't play straight up heroes who do good for the sake of good. I find it boring.

Describe the person above you in three words or less.

Nut Stealing Ninja.