No, I'm not really going to die or quit. This is a soapbox. 1a. First of all, the other two people in the middle and far left are two I made up. Really, I only developed Krisjan, the one in the middle, though. I didn't feel like making another one so I plopped a name, Dimitri, and an appearence on the drums. I was inspired by a tutorial on how to make characters created by Sheeply, a user on DA who made a three-part tutorial on characters as well as an RP etiquitte sheet. I wondered why there was no RPG on Scratch yet that involved JUST NORMAL PEOPLE, so I created a character for it even though if it existed I wouldn't even use it because I cannot RP. 1b. On the subject of RPG's, I read in the character creation tutorial that there is a kind of character which when done properly, which many people will end up not liking. This is the Mary-Sue. (or Gary Sue or Author's Pet or whatever) This is the character which you see as yourself, except near flawless. This character of yours is talented, beautiful, and you want everyone to like this person, because you feel they are a part of you. In other words, if someone hates your character, you take it personally. Avoid this. 2a. Death. Yes, no one likes it, but we all have accept it. There comes a time in life when you have to stop counting the twitches of a dead body to resemble life. When things die, we must move on. Now, it is perfectly normal to greive over your losses, but it's not okay to try to bring them back to life. 2b. This brings me to a very controversial topic. Invader Zim. I watched the show some way back when it was still on the air. 2 years back, I watched all the episodes again. Then, a year and a French notebook full of IZ - themed doodles, the fad at Scratch started. Now, I understand that the show has ended, mostly because of how dark (and sometimes gory) it was. What most people don't get is that Jhonen signed a conract stating he will never go back to Viacom. Also fan fiction Invader Zim is probably one of the worst things I've ever pity-read. My point is, it's great and all if you like the show, it'd be nice if you didn't blatantly obsess over it, but PLEASE DO NOT make fan fictions based upon Invader Zim. Most of them (no offence meant towards anyone) are terrible and miss the whole dark humour that gives the show its charm. 3a. On a dying-related note, I'm trying to hold back on the amount of Scratch I do every day to catch up with school. I am not going to quit anytime soon. If you read through that, congrats. Now understand it. If you are worried that your character is a Mary-Sue, take this test carefully and truthfully: http://www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm If you would like to create a character using Sheeply's wonderful method, please start here: http://sheeply.deviantart.com/art/Character-Creation-Guide-Pt-1-118325253 Song: Ready to Die by The Unicorns
