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Post by Coaster on Sept 1, 2014 17:55:55 GMT -5
Well, I think Arthur is Birdy, but Birdy is not Arthur. It's complicated.
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Post by Bacon on Sept 3, 2014 8:36:34 GMT -5
It all depends on one's point of view. Are we what we create, or are they us?
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Post by Coaster on Sept 3, 2014 11:54:00 GMT -5
Probably more reasonable to think of the creator as the source, especially on a fairly simple medium like a forum roleplay with fictional characters.
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Post by Celestial on Sept 3, 2014 11:56:01 GMT -5
While the creator may be the source, how do you account for characters acting independently of their creator's wishes? Is the character not separate for their creator in this case?
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Post by Coaster on Sept 3, 2014 23:36:51 GMT -5
In that case, the writer's desire to have a character act in-character overcomes their desire to have their characters do what would otherwise be more pleasing to the writer. Characters don't have free will, try as Pallada and Alain might to tell you otherwise. <_<
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Post by Twillie on Sept 4, 2014 12:13:57 GMT -5
I know Stephenie Meyer would tell you otherwise. She begged Edward not to leave Bella in New Moon, but the stubborn vampire would not budge on his decision.
Of course, her condition falls under what you just described, but I feel that she lacks a certain self-awareness that lets her realize this.
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Post by Bacon on Sept 4, 2014 17:49:39 GMT -5
What about when characters do things their authors don't expect?
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Post by icon on Sept 4, 2014 21:18:51 GMT -5
I think it's still worth pointing out that the choices made by the character, even if they aren't ones the author would approve of for the sake of the story/expect to happen, are still ultimately written/drawn/typed out by the author; the author still holds domain over their characters because they could, you know, choose not to write the events of the story. But they write the events anyways.
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Post by Bacon on Sept 5, 2014 0:20:35 GMT -5
Ah but can they really choose, or is what happens what happens regardless of what the narrator says?
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Post by Coaster on Sept 5, 2014 1:52:09 GMT -5
Well... if the narrator did not say anything at all, for instance, nothing would happen, since the already entirely fictional account/story-telling would not have taken place.
#logic
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Post by Twillie on Sept 18, 2014 20:31:25 GMT -5
I feel like this sprained ankle is a new way to connect to a character of mine that receives the same injury. I mean, I don't really know how much this will benefit my characterization of him, but at least I can sympathize with him. Or maybe this is just some strange karma thing.
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Post by Bacon on Sept 20, 2014 18:54:10 GMT -5
This is the twelfth post on this page.
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Post by Coaster on Sept 21, 2014 18:04:22 GMT -5
This is the [12+1]th post on this page.
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Post by Twillie on Sept 21, 2014 23:13:32 GMT -5
Thirteen pages? Huh, that's almost FOURTEEN pages!
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Post by Coaster on Sept 21, 2014 23:18:43 GMT -5
Posts, not pages! We've got many times fourteen pages.
("many" in this case being roughly 124.64)
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