... I think I'm losing my grip on Ranma. I have no idea if I'm playing him right anymore, because while he doesn't FEEL off I'm wondering if I'm making him too bland or dumb or whatever else might be wrong.

where did this come from?

I've certainly been tagging with him more recently but between none of the CR really taking off in spite of how much I like it and just being uncertain with him in general, I'm starting to wonder if I'm really doing okay with him

Are you sure you're not just losing your grip on badbrain?

I don't know? I'm worried I'm making him too nice, or too dull, or too stupid, or too arrogant, and just... ffs it's been too long since I've played a canon character seriously.

this isn't like what happened with Coran where I just lost the voice outright, this is more "I don't know what the fuck I'm doing IS THIS LIKE RANMA???"

Maybe canon reviewing could help?

dumb text shenanigans I was fine with. Here, I dont know. He's asking a lot of questions but IDK if he'd really be this curious or proactive

I still might do a network post of "hey check this out changing my body is SO easy who says this crap is hard?" while not realizing that the chaos storm is making everyone's bending stronger but

Akeshu Maybe. I could stand to re-read

Yes; canon reviewing is a great idea; epsically now that you dont have to tag with him per say atm

and then you think about the choices you had him make

but dont like perfection ruin your fun either, alright?

this really is a new one for me, where I'm not sure if the voice is quite right. the canon characters I played in the past, early RP I didn't give a fuck, when I tried I felt it click straight away or the voice died straight away, and then I've been playing Adela for a long-ass time now

(Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto was the one who clicked)

Maybe thats its? Because you played Adela for so long you're more consious on how you play another character?

that's possible.

I've had characters that clicked immediately, and I've had characters that I tried and dropped several times before they clicked

... Forgot Van, Van didn't click quite as well as Sasuke but I still played him for a long while and had fun.

maybe try different kinds of situations?

Maybe. I might toss him at some more memes in July and just do dumb stuff with him

there is a part of me going "stop it you're doing fine and even if it's not 100% right this is RP this is all theorhetical anyway" but lmao that part is not winning right now

why not - make AC with him this month; and goof around in memes in July and see what happens?

I already called a hiatus a couple of weeks ago. meming with him woke him back up and I think I COULD make AC with him if I wanted to but still

I would like for him to actually branch out CR-wise =/;; I'm kinda realizing that while Ranma can be curious and snoopy, unless he has real motivation to (IE Akane) he's not going to get up to much on his own.

it's always someone else dragging him into a situation. His dad dragged him everywhere, the springs in china, shampoo's village, and he just went with it. his friends and the people around him drag him into dumb situations. Unless he has a personal reason for getting involved, he usually won't do more than minimal involvement

like there are obvious exceptions. He gets up to dumb stuff whenever it involves Akane because he's a tsundere idiot who doesn't know how to feelings and he does go out of his way to help people in immediate danger

but... In spite of how I see him as a rather "chaotic good" individual it's only barely. He's very selfish and prideful if the situation around him doesn't call for otherwise.

also oblivious/insensitive/ignorant

and... what I just tagged to Kaylin with? "I should get a sparring buddy, in case I run into one of those shadow things." that's what brought this on, I don't think that's right.

he doesn't usually think ahead like that from what I can see

... in fact he never thinks ahead like that I'm editing

(any thinking ahead he does do usually occurs in the middle of a fight, so... not very far. not as much as I had him doing there. Unless it's his brain running wild with stupid Akane-centric things.)

definitely going to start a re-read soon. And going to try and limit the amount of reading each day or I will ruin my life with the manga all over again lol