Wednesday DE: Nasty

[galen_erso]

 Brought to you by the realisation how genuinely unpleasant The Bitch from "Bitch Better Have My Money" is: - what are the most off-putting characteristics of your characters?

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[cottoncandypink]

Literally everything.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

-Has a gun for an arm and can turn into an even bigger, shootier gun
-Complete lack of articulated facial features
-Incapable of speaking out loud in a language that the bar's translation magic will actually work on, unless you're also a robot or a cyborg or brought translation equipment
-Was originally programmed to kill humans, has indeed killed a lot of humans, cannot disable murder programming entirely or stop it from switching itself on at unwanted times
-Kind of blunt

[just_cant_lose]

Omg, we'll be here all day. Though tbh, Jim can be very charming. And he'll usually smile when he's calling you an idiot.

Anyway. With very few exceptions - at least when he's being himself - Jim will talk to you as if you're boring, and he's suffering through the conversation. No doubt a very off-puttng characteristic.

On a less day-to-day level, there's the general lifestyle of, 'I take money to try and entertain myself, and sometimes people die in the process. I am not in the least sorry about this'. He is unaplogetic about what he does and why he does it, and I imagine the lack of remorse is something of a turn off to most people.

[quick_clean_pure]

Generally speaking, if you hang around him, there's a 50% chance the cops are gonna bust in.

(Also, oh my God, playing Lucifer is harder than I thought because HE'S SO MEAN. I FORGOT HOW MUCH I DON'T LIKE BEING MEAN.)

[bjornwilde]

I FORGOT HOW MUCH I DON'T LIKE BEING MEAN.

This is why I can't play villain pups. I am the same way and end up bending them to be nicer.

[quick_clean_pure]

Agreed. I used to play a couple of villains back in the day, and one of them wound up being like adopted by a bunch of mom types into being a better person and the other I had to quit because she gave me headaches.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

Yeah, playing a mean character (who is then deservedly disliked by other characters) is kind of a downer. I can do it for short stretches but it's hard to sustain.

[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka: A near complete disregard for non-organic life. Yes, the droids are the aggressor but they are so casual with killing them. She even pushes Anakin to forget R2 and replace him with a new droid, like hours after R2 is presumed lost in combat. She also needs better critical thinking in accepting the lessons and wisdom older jedi give her. She just accepts things but will grow out of this. (This is all young Ahsoka, SWR era Ahsoka is another matter and much harder to answer for.)

Sabine: She is fascinated by weapons, no matter what they do to people. In fact, she can be callous in fawning over them.

Tybalt: Killing is just a part of life to him and sometimes he'd rather kill to solve the problem than figure out something which requires more work, but might be the more moral answer. His self confidence. It is so potent that it often reads as arrogance to those who don't know him. There's one canon quote I don't remember exactly, but it was something like "Tybalt could meet Oberon himself and not be fazed."

Danny: OMG, he is completely blind to his privilege, is as self focused as any teenager, and thinks a simple solution will make a complex problem go away.

[exiled_heir_of_the_eighth]

Well, there's a few for Sahaal. There's his rather disturbing eyes, his propensity for shocking acts of violence, his love of psychological warfare, his sometimes-justified arrogance and a fair amount of other things. The list could go on.

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut actively encourages people to put themselves in dangerous situations. She likes encouraging wars as well.

Fairy Fixit is mostly monsterous due to her gray morality. She won't chide you for murdering innocent tourists.

[iprotectyou]

-Thinks droids are creepy.

-Continued praising Sombra after she was uncomfortable, failing to realize this despite blatant hints.

-Always wants physical contact.

-Nurses grudges.

[aberration]

Will Graham – Doesn't make eye contact, sometimes talks in weird flowery sentences, never calls, occasionally hangs out with serial killers.

Asami – Is rich and pretty. This is a really silly answer but it's also canonically what people find off-putting about her. Also she occasionally hits people with her car.

[for_everyone]

Hera can be very single-minded and focused, including in her willingness to sacrifice lives for her cause. It can make her appear distant and uncaring, like she's only interested in others to the extent that they can help her further that cause. (Basically falling into some of the same traps her father did.)

According to A New Dawn, Kanan used to hit on basically every single woman he ever came across. Every. Single. One. So just be glad he doesn't do that anymore. And while he's not nearly as bad about it as he used to be, Kanan still sometimes falls back on his veneer of being at ease, jokey, and not-too-emotionally-invested in anything, which can be grating at points. Also, as a teacher he can be both insecure and impatient, which can be frustrating for his students.

[childofrebellion]

I like your phrasing for Hera as that's one of Cassian's major off putting aspects as well. That focus on putting the Rebellion before personal consideration.

[mnt_mike]

Raph has terrible table manners. Oh, and he enjoys beating people up and occasionally killing them.

Mike can be a bit insincere. He has a NASTY temper, when it does get tripped. And he can have some issues with personal space.

Splinter is emotionally distant.

Aang likes to avoid his responsibilities. Also he's kind of oblivious to the plight of nonbenders.

Bumi can be crass. He has a tendency to talk to loud, and over people. And you can maybe believe about a third of what he says.

The Oompa Loompas are evil.

[varadia]

X -- lacks physical and vocal affect, is unnervingly blank, has difficulty with words, insists on talking to everybody all the time.

Ysalwen -- Wants to be helpful so badly she can cross over into pushy and overbearing really easily, and frequently does. Occasionally bemoans the shittiness of Thedas and circumstances of her life there, can be overbearing about that, too.

Wonder Woman -- Good at almost everything, thinks she knows the best way to do most things, too nice. Falls into the arrogance of the self-assured trap when she makes other people's decisions for them, even when it ends for the best. (see League of One.)

Flemeth -- speaks in riddles that only make sense to her, incredibly mocking, bent on revenge

Sombra -- is a villain. Kills people because it's easy and to accomplish her mission. Works for an evil organization. Made of vicious mockery and lies. I suppose her amusement about her conversational partners can get annoying, too.

Raven -- name me one thing about him that is not off-putting. I'll wait.

Thrawn -- evil. He is also incredibly arrogant. So arrogant. My god. And condescending.

Nynaeve -- her temper is incredibly unpleasant. Her impatience, too. And she's just generally grating to be around, even when she's your healer.

[inlovewithwords]

Eriond: that he is irrepressibly nice and non-judgmental literally no matter what you do or who you are can in fact be incredibly grating. Also, being a nigh-omnipotent deity will rub some people very much the wrong way.

Lois: Nosiness and her inability to keep her mouth shut sometimes.

Evelyn: in her own world, being a mage is definitely at the top of the list! And for some in Milliways too, no doubt. More personally, right now she's really insecure and uncertain and kind of seeking validation and security and that's a hard thing to deal with for extended periods. It's not her fault she's broken, but broken is definitely an emotional drain.

Tavi: makes a conscious effort to control his worst sides, which are mostly arrogance mostly around 'no one gets to tell him what to do anymore' (Kitai excepted but Kitai is Kitai and is outside rules) and being fairly certain he can think his way out of basically any problem; a temper he usually keeps on a tight leash but when he loses it can lead to bloodshed; being something of a compulsive fixer which can definitely get a little overbearing; and the thing he really tries to keep locked inside his head but does come out if you talk to him right where he constantly processes how he can use any tool or situation or person to best advantage for the lives he's responsible for. He does know he does all this and makes a conscious effort to contain it all! It leaks out. Oh right, the fact that he is also an emperor and war leader would definitely be off-putting to some people (and his magic powers, if you have problems with that). And these days he's usually carrying a baby in-Bar and some people really don't want to deal with infants. OH! Also his really nasty habit of thinking it's funny not to tell people things.

R2: most people can't understand him. Also, he swears a lot and is actually kind of a dick.

Anakin: His temper, his various prejudices, his religious convictions, his arrogance, his calm about killing and the occasional torture, his piloting (he's a very good pilot, see, people survive crashes with him that they never would have survived with anyone else and he can even save some into being just a slightly uncontrolled landing rather than a crash per se), his idea of mechanics ("let me rip this to shreds and rebuild it better! No, really, I swear you want it this sensitive!"), his idea of ethics around how one uses the Force, his very occasional tendency to have a psychotic break and go on killing sprees, his obsessive tendencies.

[childofrebellion]

Cassian: Puts the Rebellion over other's lives and feelings and his own, is a skilled liar and killer. Also has worked so long as a spy and in that realm that he's not good at friendship.

Charles: Arrogant, has serious ethical issues about his telepathy, rich and privileged

Quentin: Arrogant though getting a little better, still has some internal bigotry about humans, changelings

Moist: Liar, conman, amoral

Ivan: Overbearing, arrogant, flirt who pushes it at times, improves over the course of canon, has some bigoted ideas, thankfully usually too well bred to show them but in there

William: Comfortable with violence, puts his family above all, doesn't always quickly change his mind

Will S.: Thief, killer, has a quick temper

Demeter: Not human, looks it but not human

Tumnus: He can be a slight coward.

[irish_vagabond]

Emcee - Hypersexualized, emotionally distant, wears all sorts of masks. He befriends many people but few of them know him on a deeper level. He's evolved since I first started playing him, but that's also part of how his life and story have changed. Also, uncomfortable historical context.

Floki - Religious fanaticism, casual discussion of violence and ritual sacrifices.

Pam - Ice queen bitch vampire. Condescending toward humans. And werewolves. And everyone else, really.

Cassidy - Drug and alcohol addiction, not taking responsibility for his actions, lying and keeping secrets to save himself, a violent criminal past. (If I were listing comics!Cassidy characteristics, I'd have to include being a creepy obsessive/possessive asshole.)

[misslucyjane]

Steve Rogers is dramatic, a bit depressed, and probably suffering from undiagnosed PTSD.

In his own words, Sherlock is "the most unpleasant rude, ignorant, and all-around obnoxious asshole anyone could have the misfortune to meet. I am dismissive of the virtuous, unaware of the beautiful, and uncomprehending in the face of the happy... I am a ridiculous man." Milliways Sherlock is a bit nicer than that. Just a bit.