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Original Characters / Re: Character Critique Thread

2014 Apr 17, 19:15:04

Ooh, I would like a critique, please.

My OC is named Curious, and here is his page.

Thank you

[Cutie Mark:]

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Original Characters / Curious

2014 Apr 17, 17:31:01

Cutie Mark:   
A stylized Question Mark, to signify his burning desire to observe, analyze, then learn.

Personality:   
Curious's primary passion is in seeking new experiences and solving mysteries. That applies even to how he interacts with other ponies.

He can be inconsiderate and manipulative in his endeavors, habitually lying and carefully choosing his words in order to extract information he is interested in.

Redeeming of such behavior, his primary concern is the safety and well being of others. He doesn't keep all this knowledge to himself for the sake of it, he uses it to assess the world around him and make efforts to protect everypony he can; and he doesn't discriminate much as to who he helps. He'll try to help those he hardly knows as much as those who he deeply cares for, and he doesn't let personal vendettas obscure his judgement.

He attempts to keep a calm and clear head at all times; unfortunately, it doesn't take much to excite him or make him nervous. Thus, he has to always check himself on that behavior(though, it helps if he has somepony else to ground him).

When he is excited and/or nervous, he doesn't lose his observational and analytic skills, but rather changes how he acts. Bouts of impulsive actions, slips in tongue, etc.

When he doesn't have a particular goal in how he wants to present himself to a pony, he'll default to presenting himself as an intellectual prude, perhaps because that's what was expected of him for some time during his formative years.

However, if he notices there is a distinctly tense atmosphere, he will do everything he can to defuse it and alleviate the tension(i. e. act a fool).

Has obsessive compulsive tendencies.

Backstory:   
Curious's family are Cloudsdale natives. He grew much like any young colt there. However, he always had a problem with authority figures. Not so much that he was a trouble maker, he just questioned their authority.

It was at one summer flight camp, that he had suddenly disappeared. He can't quite remember the events that led up to it, but he found himself aching on solid ground.

It was from here that he picked himself up and gazed upon a wider world than he ever knew. Gazing at the horizon, to the scattered settlements across the landscape, he gained his Cutie Mark.

The opportunities fascinated him, and he spent that summer just traveling from place to place, accruing knowledge from every experience.

Eventually, he was found, as he was reported as a missing foal. He had no desire to go back home, but he was dragged back.

Once there, he broke off from his parents and sneaked out, and has been traveling the world ever since, sporadically staying in a place for a year or two, making bits solving mysteries, crimes, etc. as a private detective.

Other:   
Curious is generally a pacifist, however, one does not simply walk around Equestria for ~6 years without getting into a fight every once in a while, especially when your line of work entails solving mysteries and crimes.
As such, he is capable of defending himself(and others, if need be), but he is not particularly exceptional as an athlete, as he claims victory more through wit than muscle.
The only books he likes to read are mystery novels, specifically anything involving Sherclop Pones, his literary hero.

His exact experiences between his journey from home to the present is nebulous and can kinda change from Role Play to Role Play.

The following bits, however, are pretty fixed:

~He had a mentor figure(whose identity can be a bit of a spoiler, so that shall not be included here.) during his earlier years of traveling

~He has experience dealing with nobles(including in Canterlot).In most cases those are sour experiences because of his general disrespect of authority and tendency to uncover dirty little secrets.

~He very much treasures his scarf. It is the only momento he keeps of his family, as it was the last gift he received from his parents before leaving them indefinitely.

Picture made entirely by me.

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Introductions Archive / 'ello 'ello.

2014 Apr 17, 17:00:47

Hail, good fellows. Tis here that I should introduce myself, or so I would assume.

You may call me Aged Rain, or whatever you may please. I honestly care not what you call me.

I enjoy ponies, but that much should be a given. I enjoy a good roleplay, so I might look around this forum's section for such. I don't know how long I'll play LoE proper, though I might be more inclined to stick around there if I had some friends to hang out with in-game.