Because while I'm playing straight man to wacky characters, Maia (my character) was designed to be that way. Specifically, she's a desk jockey federal agent who was assigned to babysit a team that had been plagued with failures. She's supposed to be the sane one among crazies, and that's what I knew going into it.
That, and, well...this roleplaying group is less dysfunctional than the last one was. People are playing wacky characters, but not ones that are annoyingly wacky. When they do something crazy, it's funny, not irritating. Usually because their psychosis is all in-character, and doesn't destroy the plot.
In short - I'm not frustrated. At all. I'm having a great time. Maia is frustrated and rapidly approaching a nervous breakdown. But she was designed that way.
Pissed off character, happy roleplayer. As it should be.
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Date: 2005-08-25 08:52 pm (UTC)From:Because while I'm playing straight man to wacky characters, Maia (my character) was designed to be that way. Specifically, she's a desk jockey federal agent who was assigned to babysit a team that had been plagued with failures. She's supposed to be the sane one among crazies, and that's what I knew going into it.
That, and, well...this roleplaying group is less dysfunctional than the last one was. People are playing wacky characters, but not ones that are annoyingly wacky. When they do something crazy, it's funny, not irritating. Usually because their psychosis is all in-character, and doesn't destroy the plot.
In short - I'm not frustrated. At all. I'm having a great time. Maia is frustrated and rapidly approaching a nervous breakdown. But she was designed that way.
Pissed off character, happy roleplayer. As it should be.
You're going to love this group.