[Sawrock]

I prefer physical and vocational descriptions. I heavily loathe descriptions based on personality- while I do sometimes use them myself, I always try to avoid it if possible. I want people to make an opinion of my character from my roleplay towards them specifically, from the lens of their own character. That way the roleplay can be more immersive. I don’t want someone seeing my character’s alias as “Shy Bookworm” and think at the immediate first glance “oh they are shy”, I want to roleplay hiding the bottom half of my character’s face with a book while they peer over it.

Is this position elitist? Absolutely. I understand everyone might not agree with me, and that’s not detrimental- a variety of opinions is what makes humanity so delicious. But as a personal standard, as a roleplayer, I must use every tool to paint the experience to be as immersive and enjoyable as possible. One of the core rules- “show, don’t tell”- is by what I follow here.