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Tiny Deev
post Sep 24 2009, 09:54 PM
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During a run, my characters girlfriend got involved. She got raped to death, and her body got abused post-mortum as well. It was the person who he loved most, the only one he loved, so it was quite a shock to say the least. Adding to this, he never got to see the body, or say goodbye. She was cremated and he couldn't attend. During the day of her cremation he had a bit of a mental breakdown, becoming catatonic and (because he is a shaman) kind of began warping the world around him into some twisted shit. Also, whenever a female character gets disguised by him he turns them into his girlfriend, but back whent hey were in high school.

So far, this is as far as I've gone with making him quite insane, because I don't want him to be a psycho. I want him to stay out of the "Lets kill everybody in the world"- mentality.

Now what I ask from you is, how should I continue? I want it to become apparent that he is infact quite ill in the head, but subtly. How should I go about doing this?

Should I make him see things that aren't there? Should he become very, very afraid of something, like for instance Cyberware? Should he be obsessed by finding the killers, and doing major harm to them (Even if this means he would go after the hacker we have now, as he was first involved with the team that took out his girlfriend) Any advice?
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- Tiny Deev   How to play insane.   Sep 24 2009, 09:54 PM
- - Stahlseele   QUOTE Should he be obsessed by finding the killers...   Sep 24 2009, 10:01 PM
- - Traul   Maybe it's time to pick up an addiction? When ...   Sep 24 2009, 11:27 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Traul @ Sep 24 2009, 07:27 PM) May...   Sep 24 2009, 11:47 PM
- - Paul   This, obviously, isn't the only solution but i...   Sep 24 2009, 11:52 PM
- - Orcus Blackweather   I don't consider depression to be true insanit...   Sep 24 2009, 11:53 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Orcus Blackweather @ Sep 24 2009, 07...   Sep 25 2009, 12:01 AM
- - Chrysalis   I would point out that insanity is a legal term an...   Sep 25 2009, 12:24 AM
- - Heath Robinson   I would suggest OCD. As the most common mental di...   Sep 25 2009, 12:25 AM
- - CanRay   "His popularity ratings are the lowest for a ...   Sep 25 2009, 12:29 AM
- - Chrysalis   Some thoughts: He believes his girlfriend is stil...   Sep 25 2009, 12:29 AM
|- - explorator   QUOTE (Chrysalis @ Sep 24 2009, 07:29 PM)...   Sep 25 2009, 02:03 AM
- - Tiny Deev   A lot of good suggestions, especially the "Pr...   Sep 25 2009, 06:42 AM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Tiny Deev @ Sep 25 2009, 01:42 AM)...   Sep 25 2009, 12:38 PM
|- - Tiny Deev   QUOTE (Karoline @ Sep 25 2009, 01:38 PM) ...   Sep 25 2009, 02:54 PM
- - Blade   The grief-model. I don't know how accurate it ...   Sep 25 2009, 01:15 PM
- - AndyZ   I'd also like to note that there are very many...   Sep 25 2009, 03:18 PM
- - Ravor   Also, kill the fragging Decker, but only after you...   Sep 26 2009, 09:00 PM
|- - kanislatrans   QUOTE (Ravor @ Sep 26 2009, 04:00 PM) Als...   Sep 26 2009, 10:13 PM
|- - McAllister   QUOTE (kanislatrans @ Sep 26 2009, 06:13 ...   Sep 26 2009, 10:24 PM
|- - kanislatrans   QUOTE (McAllister @ Sep 26 2009, 05:24 PM...   Sep 26 2009, 10:55 PM
- - crash2029   The loss of a loved one, especially in such a viol...   Sep 26 2009, 09:26 PM
- - Kyrel   Portraying insanity realisticly is usually a chall...   Sep 27 2009, 09:59 AM
- - The Jake   "I've demonstrated there's no differe...   Sep 27 2009, 01:44 PM


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