Are you a character?

[AoNoDoY]

When you post on lit, are you posting as yourself, or have you made up a character for yourself?

 

[Stella_Omega]

Yep.

But more seriously, Stella Omega is perhaps one-half my real self, four-fifths myself as I would like to be, and one-fifth sheer fantasy.

On the other hand, having been Stella Omega for seven years now-- I know that my real-life personality has changed and grown, because Stella has been a vehicle for me to work out some issues in myself.

I really don't post as any other personality, although I have other handles that I use here and there on the 'net. I can fall into a spot of SRP on occasion... But that would be Stella doing RP.

 

[glynndah]

When you post on lit, are you posting as yourself, or have you made up a character for yourself?

When I began posting here, I was very insecure and didn't want to say the wrong thing so I wrote only positive things about almost everything. Somehow, what I wrote then became the character everyone ascribed to me, warranted or not. Now I seem to be stuck with "nice" -- which I've grown rather fond of.

 

[Darkniciad]

Unfortunately, this is me

Why waste a good character on a forum when I could put them in a story instead?

 

[Techomancer]

Not so much a character but a limited number of facets. There's a lot of me that doesn't get shared (other than with my SO) and great deal that doesn't fit in this board.


For example: I'm a neanderthal woodworker (no power tools). There does not seem to be a need to have an in depth discussion in here about it. Well, not yet anyway.

Even this reflects a side of me. In person it will take you years to learn about me - I don't give away a lot anymore. Most people in my life are either transitory or unpleasant. I've learned to keep the attachments to a minimum.

My stories are where my characters are.

 

[wehstar]

Nope, I am me, the only "fake" bit about me, if it can be called that, is the protection of my identity. Not that I'm overly concerned about that, though others might be, which would be the concern.

 

[tickledkitty]

Nope. This is me, warts and all.

 

[Mz_minx]

I'd say I am 90% me, I use this name to write an online journal where I change people's names etc. because I don't want someone I know coming across me online, my closest friends know how dirty minded I can be at times and I've told one about my submissions to Lit, but both I and my bloke have large families that I wouldn't be happy with them knowing certain aspects of our sex life.

Plus we have two children and I definitely want to protect them. I mean they'll know we have sex and everything as they get older, but they don't need to know the details or have anybody else fling them at them.

So yeah, the only aspects of me that are a character is the way I change everybody's names, and don't discuss certain facets of my personality publically.

 

[neonlyte]

Nope. This is me, warts and all.

I've always admired your warts... in a paternal and affectionate, and never obsessive, kind of way. The SO tied cotton around hers recently and administered 'death by strangulation' in a manner than made the bed sheets full of crumbs, that and confusing the bits of cotton with tooth waxing thread, is about all I have to say on warts.

What was the question again?

 

[Lady_Guenivere]

Definitely me.

 

[Fag-Ash_Lil]

I'm a character in one of Jeanne D'Artois stories "Unatit".

She's an alt of oggbashan and he pretends to be a Biblical King when he's not being Henry VIII.

So I'm a character, written by an alt of someone who pretends to be someone he's not.

Now the important bit...

Anyone got any ciggies?

Fag-Ash

 

[Boota]

This is me, but I'm a split personality. However, since both personalities are assholes no one can tell the difference.

 

[Noor]

Nope. This is me, warts and all.

Ditto

 

[tickledkitty]

I've always admired your warts... in a paternal and affectionate, and never obsessive, kind of way. The SO tied cotton around hers recently and administered 'death by strangulation' in a manner than made the bed sheets full of crumbs, that and confusing the bits of cotton with tooth waxing thread, is about all I have to say on warts.

What was the question again?

Thanks, Will. It's a fine man who can admire a lady's warts.

 

[Safe_Bet]

What you see here is the real me, but only about 50% of the whole "Me". Both my spouse and I are WAY protective of our privacy most especially because of the kids (Amy is a MAJOR privacy Nazi)

 

[MarshAlien]

Are you suggesting that I'm not actually an Alien, perhaps? Hmmmm. Maybe I'm just alienated. Marshalienated. Or maybe I misspelled it. I'm actually a back-country girl from Tennessee, Marshalene.

You have given us much to ponder, grasshopper.

 

[xssve]

Not so much a character but a limited number of facets. There's a lot of me that doesn't get shared (other than with my SO) and great deal that doesn't fit in this board.


For example: I'm a neanderthal woodworker (no power tools). There does not seem to be a need to have an in depth discussion in here about it. Well, not yet anyway.

Even this reflects a side of me. In person it will take you years to learn about me - I don't give away a lot anymore. Most people in my life are either transitory or unpleasant. I've learned to keep the attachments to a minimum.

My stories are where my characters are.

Really, I've been wanting a set of raised panel planes for a while now, I used to have a catalog, but I lost it and I'm having the devils time trying to find a matched set, even off google, though I haven't tried recently.

And yes, I'm this dull in real life too - unless you happen to release my inner perv.

Although, my online persona is a little more aggressive maybe, but the absence of the usual social controls seem to bring out everyone's aggression from time to time, and you have to aggress to compete, so I consider it more of an adaptation, I'm pretty laid back in the real world.

 

[cloudy]

Nope, this is me.

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Nope, I'm an alt.

Jeanne

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

If you think about it, people are either schizophrenic or have multiple personalities.

That is, they either march to the beat of their own drummer or they adapt to their present company.

 

[oggbashan]

If you think about it, people are either schizophrenic or have multiple personalities.

Speak for yourself.

I'm just me, even if I'm an invention.

Jeanne, oops Og

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

OG

You have to think about it to get it, and it is true. It is, I think, the trick to creating wonderful characters.

 

[deathlynx]

Well, to be honest it's only a part of me...I'm much more withdrawn in person than I am online...

 

[damppanties]

Well, to be honest it's only a part of me...I'm much more withdrawn in person than I am online...

Oh, this, totally.

eta: Or maybe not withdrawn, but shy or insecure or awkward. You get the drift.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Oh, this, totally.

eta: Or maybe not withdrawn, but shy or insecure or awkward. You get the drift.

You mean you aren't a skanky, "lets tease the lesbians" slut in person?