Talk:Futures/@comment-5166794-20151008005105

 PARENTS:  

I remember in a writing class I took, parents were mentioned in character creation. Usually on DARP, most don't consider the roles parents play unless they're dead, disowning their children, or otherwise abusing or neglecting their children. So, naturally I came to a bit of a realization of - "Characters, like people, can consciously decide to emulate their parents, or be exactly the opposite, therefore shaping their personalities." Kind of stupid, I know, but I never claimed to be good at this.

LILI: I know her mother would influence her a good deal. She idolizes her parents right now, but I think that as she grows up, she'll become steadily more cynical. She'll view her mother as living in the past, pathetic, and overall irrelevant. Her new attitude will also be spurred on by oncoming maturity and the realization that - there isn't that much time. How am I going to spend it? However the hell I want, of course!

MIRIAM: Miriam views her parents as happy and successful because, well, what else would they be? Therefore, she should want to be successful, so she can be happy. I do get the sense of there being conditional love in this household, too. Depending on how I want her story to go, I could have her realize this and, I don't know, ultimately be the Gryffindor she was sorted as and become more likable? But the pull of a gritty and unhappy future is much more tempting for Miriam, plus, her rp's are very much touch and feel.