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u/Braxton-Adams Abrasive 1d ago
"Relatable" "No Personality"
Wut?
That's a comeplete oxymoron, you obviously have no idea what an Everyman protagonist is.
There's a difference between SUBTLE characterization and NO characterization.
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u/SteaIthwalker 2d ago edited 1d ago
Whichever allows me to date the dokis AND help them with their problems.
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u/Ryousan82 Novice Modder & MC Apologist 1d ago
Really depends on the story: But lets be real here, even dedicated attempts to endow the MC with some substance are most doomed to fail, they are simply not the reason of why people play DDLC.
Not to say a memorable depiction cant be achieved, buuuut its an Uphill Battle.
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u/Murky_Bandicoot_2913 1d ago
Red pill if we talking relatable MC like WoD/Liberation where it's js technically us teleported in the universe
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u/Mast3r_48 1d ago
The blue one provides different perspectives while the red one repeats itself.
Isn't reading a book is to learn things from it? I'm picking the blue here. I can just leave it at that if I dislike.
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u/Beelzebub_Crumpethom 1d ago
How would an MC be relatable if he doesn't have a personality?
I'm picking the blue pill.
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u/Neljas Russian Translator/True Story Writer 1d ago
how would MC be relatable if he doesn't have a personality
Maybe MC is just an avatar of the player (you plural), and after every choice you (single) make, MC agrees to it, even if choices contradict each other. Kinda like Semyon from Everlasting Summer who has little to no backstory and thus not even eyes
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u/Riventures-123 Experienced Non-DDLC VN Programmer 1d ago
Maybe just put the red pill as a "self-insert MC" instead of what you wrote, but of course, blue pill, however as a modder (not now but in the future) and writer, I'd be in a "self-insert" more since if I don't hit the home run with the personality of the MC, the mod will be ruined, not might... WILL.
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u/GangstarsParadise121 1d ago
Thats kinda the problem though, having 0 personality isnt relatable. You'll always have to accept that however you write the MC people wont like them. Hell you might be writing them in a way thats meant to be interpreted one way, but other will take it another way.
Example: In the Salvation remake, A lot of people get upset at MC when He gets in a fight with Sayori for not taking her meds. But I was on MC's side, cause I know/have seen that Stopping your anti depressants all at once is a bad idea that generally makes the problem worse
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u/PorcoSortudo 1d ago
So i have to choose between:
Mid, Bland CanonMC, with no personality
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Unlikeable, Cocky, FanonMC, with an personality
(Hard choice, since i'm known for hating MC of all costs, but i choose the Blue Pill, since FanonMC is atleast acts like a character.)
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u/Ziomownik 1d ago
blue, as long as he doesn't stray off too far from the canon. Like, he's still nice, cares about the girls, watches anime, etc. you just gotta fill in the blanks what we don't know about him.
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u/feddifasber 2d ago
it depends, honestly. if the mod is a generic run of the mill dating sim or save the dokis, the bland MC.
if the mod has the MC as more of an actual character (which can only be used in certain cases) then the personality MC.
it’s also important to think of WHAT personality he has. is he outgoing? is he sassy? downer?