[ SECRET POST #158 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #158 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

This is a magic post and I'm not really here. :D

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Comments

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10. I actually take the muse thing way more seriously than most people I know. There are some people that have no muse, and some people that play characters for fun. Everyone has their own definition of muse, as I've looked at all the responses to this and agree with each on some degree.

RPing or writing a character for fun is much different than finding a real (scary) my-character-talks-to-me muse. When I can relate to a character to such a level that it scares me, I always feel like muse is too light a term for it. I'm one of the more frightening people with split personality issues, when a 'muse' is strong enough. I call them muses to fit in, because I'm not about to tell some people I RP with, "Hey, I have voices in my head. And your term 'muse' insults the inner bond I have with this character."

If I can relate -fully- to a particular character, than that's more like "I just use my own instincts and that's what s/he would do." Forget muses.

But I still have chars that I just play for fun or because I like them, not because I feel like I can relate to them. And for those chars, I'd say my 'muse' is more accurately described as the inspiration to write as that character. Not a character-mascot in my head telling me how they would act.

Some, I just take more seriously than others. And the relationships formed with those characters become just like any real friends I have.



If that made ANY sense whatsoever... Now that I've creeped anyone that read this out, completely.