[Poruku]

I'm just going to say what I think about this.

I hate this. I think people think "Man, wouldn't it be cool if I was different from the others, and had this particular physical feature?" Then, the natural, easy option comes to mind and they cut off their own wings. I have seen an rp forum where a race of flying dudes had. Litterally. All of their members. Without wings.

What.

People don't think correctly when they make a character. The most important thing isn't the appearance or backstory, because honestly, most characters that have these traits are boring to rp with. The most important part of a character is his personality, his character. Afterwards you can develop a nice backstory and stuff, and yeah, maybe afterwards, this character who you thought of and would probably make for some interesting rp, could have had his wings cut off because of some events in his backstory.

My point is, people make characters backwards as fuck.

Physical particularities and class and how they fight, then some kind of backstory, and then they roll with it and develop their character.
Or just thinking about a cool class combo build or something, and THEN thinking about a character (This is something I usually bash)
Instead of:

Thinking about a person who would be interesting to rp with, and then building a backstory around this person, then adjusting his physical features and way to fight, based on his backstory.

I'm not saying this is like some kind of must-use recipe for characters. I'm not a character nazi, I'm just saying people need to set their priorities when making a character. And the priority isn't being special physically. To me, the priority is having an interesting character.

(Proud owner of 5 normal humans, 2 elves and a lupine)