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So as it stands is my character approved? I'm going to rewrite if it is, but is the concept OK?

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You know, I'd say mixing in interesting dynamics is my... "forte" BOOM DOUBLE FUCKING KILL TOO GOOD god someone really should stop me

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Thomas attempts to be affable, and spread as much happiness as possible, but he can be brash at times. We'll see how the interactions play out between Thomas and Pythia [if my character even gets accepted - we're still waiting on the GM to confirm it, and I kind of want to rewrite my app at some point to get new points across]. I expect the interactions to change drastically based on small character quirks interacting with each other, then spiraling down into much more substantive subject matter. Also, who knows: she might change the conversation by saying something... 'Pithy-a' ... [cue the laugh tracks] That's it, I did it. The best joke. No one has to be funny ever again.

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I'm looking forwards to it Gowi. I don't know how Thomas would answer those questions factually, seeing as I don't know how much in-universe evidence for the Godesses there is. However, I doubt he will take particular relish in fucking with her, seeing as the pain he would cause by shattering her world view may not be equal to the suffering that could be averted by pushing her into answering questions like "Why do you believe what you believe" and introducing her to Bayesian probability theories. Maybe the subject of faith will be touched upon as he tries to shape your young minds to be more rational, but religion is not his focus by any means. I hope I can still live up to your expectations, Zurnt, even with someone with an extraordinarily level-headed character. Hopefully I can write it well enough that you're still entertained.

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I am hoping to play Thomas as a man whose central strength is ability to think analytically in stressful situations. I want to play Thomas as a foil to the emotionally-driven other characters, and one who will follow his essentially utilitarian ethics up until the absolute last. I doubt Thomas will willingly sacrifice himself based solely on utilitarian evaluation, but besides that I am going to play the character like he has time to make these quick judgments. He will, obviously, attempt to do all he can outside of combat in a hypothetical ambush, trying to do the most overall good [if the Emperor is there, for example, he would judge the political strife of the death of an above-average ruler would be worse than the kid's sadness at his dead father not being there to see his soccer game].

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I always like to mix in a little bit of bastardized Nietzsche-esque humanism into my characters, an outlook of "We don't need no Gods, they made this shitty world and humans are smart enough to make it better", but that walks the fine edge of fedora-tippage, which I don't like to get into in RP forums. Since we have a dedicated faithful character, I think I might go hard on that, just for some contrast. Also, Zurnt, you overestimate/underestimate Thomas' method of evaluation. He, in a real danger situation, believes that his chances of effecting real change are very slim, seeing as he is not the best fighter, and the risk to his life, which he places both intrinsic and extrinsic value on, would be too great to justify the paltry gains estimated.

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My reaction will almost certainly be to leg it - I doubt hideous ink monsters are susceptible to my basic plan of "telekinesis their throat shut and freeze their eyeballs" or "pop their heart" [unsure if I need line of sight. Not having it would be pretty unbalanced] I don't get paid enough to fight. Also, Gowi, while I realize in-setting it is normal for 15-year-old people to bump uglies, I personally would feel uncomfortable with it OOC.

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I wish your characters were just a little bit older, so I could have Thomas fight tooth and nail to get Hector laid. As it stands now, it would be a little too creepy. Alas, opportunities missed. There could have been so many soap-opera caliber hijinks, it would have been hilarious.

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Oh, got it. Playing the approachable character is my absolute favourite thing to do. I always get put into tabletop games full of devil-touched outcasts or misanthropic orphans with dark secrets. Nothing is more fun than playing the well adjusted person to act as the reasonable foil to overacted antiheroism [not implying that there is any here - our grim characters look well written at a glance], the guy there to pat people on the shoulder and tell them things are going to be alright, then go get a drink and flirt awkwardly with the cute barmaid or what have you

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Hey! My character is very approachable! I did my best to make an everyday person, with some above average talents and massive aspirations, in a particular effort to offset the grimness of our cast of characters.