Cantr Emotions

[Bowser]

Have you ever welled up in the eyes during an intense scene? Have you ever really been upset for days about something that has happened? I have maybe 3 out of my 15 characters that I really get into the emotions. I enjoy it even when its a small tear or a huge smile. Without giving any RP praise, I want to thank each player that has made this living novel come alive for me.

[Mitch79]

It has definitely happened to me.

[muidoido]

X3

[viktor]

haha, ya sometimes i really get into the moment and start to 'feel' in character

[curious]

It surprises me just how close you can become to a character, and their experiences.
There are a few of mine who have for one reason or another either left me with a wry smile, or perhaps a small tear.

I too, should offer formal praise for those who help in this process, but never do, for for of being 'outed'... so I will also say so here... Thank you... to those who 'matter/ed'

[gejyspa]

Absolutely. Definitely had things that have left me in tears (which was NOT a good thing when it happened at work).

[SekoETC]

I feel for my characters quite often. I cry over their stuff more often than my own. Sometimes I hate it when character emotions leak into me. Sometimes one of my characters might be sad and crying and it becomes difficult to play an other character as cheerful when the emotions leak into me and try to leak from me into my other characters. Characters getting hurt or imprisoned is generally the toughest. I remember once years back I had to take a walk because I was so frustrated about a character losing his freedom.

[Chroma Key]

After getting too involved while one of mine endlessly hurt others as she was hurting herself (in both senses), and another had her trust destroyed horribly, I have managed to detach myself. So no more for me. I will still smile, roll my eyes and shrug at situations but that's just about it now. There is only one character who is the exception to that, one that I thought was going to die, and the mere thought was enough to make me cry. Now I know real grief over a loss of a loved one, and it is not even comparable to it, but it still hurts. I -half- joke that I am in love with that character. Sad or what? No other character has ever touched my heart the way he does. I feel so lucky that I have had this novel written for my character, which has been an amazing experience, albeit laced with the feelings of envy and inadequacy on my part.
Thank you, player, for being "quietly brilliant", whoever you are.

[Doug R.]

Yes.

[Addicted]

Yes.

[Indigo]

I was -too- involved with one of my chars just once, to the point of being really hurt and grieving when she lost her lover (that was in my early Cantr days). Still, there are some chars that bring strong feelings to me, but I think I've learnt to enjoy that without "suffering" too much about it (at least, most of time). In the other hand, I know some of my own feelings can, sometimes, influence my characters' behaviour; when I see that coming, I usually put them to sleep to avoid that bias. And, sometimes, their and my emotions just melt together; after all, every char of mine has a part of me in them, so we kind of "share" the emotions.

So yeah, I've cried and felt the anguish. I've laughed to the the point of being unable to type. I've smiled, and frowned, and got angry. I've met some characters and I've thought "God, I wish they would be real" (so you're not alone in having a crush for a character, Chroma, sad or what? )

Thank you all, players (some of you know who you are), for giving me the chance to live this amazing experience that Cantr is, for providing a huge variety of situations, experiences and emotions, letting me feel them in a "safe" environment. I've learnt (and I'm learning) a lot from you. A praise to you all.

[Miri]

I cry over their stuff more often than my own.

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I don't know if I'm so good with dealing with my own life, or is it really that emotionless. Either way, it's not something I like.

[Snickie]

I have cried for Cantr. It has so much influence over my mood....it can put me in a good mood, or it can make me angry, or it can make me just apathetic about everything else, or it can make me cry.

When one character, whom my character was in an active relationship with at the time, decided to starve himself, the "last day" type thing literally had me sobbing. That was before the hacking and downtime, so I've had time to detach in between. When my character found Arenti's character inside, dead of a heart attack, I had to work very hard to keep from crying at camp because it was just so sad to have to play that character that way. She loved him very much, in forms of agape and storge.
Other times, things that are happening in-game get me excited so that I start spazzing because it's just hit me so hard. I can't think of any examples off the top of my head at the moment.
Etcetera, etcetera.

[RedQueen.exe]

Well, I guess I'm going to have to be a stick in the mud and say rarely.

I've felt the sadness over certain deaths and such, and some of my characters joys, but no tears and for the most part it doesn't really creep into the rest of my day.

Sorry. =\ Guess I'm just a robot.

[Cheshierekat]

RQ it's good that you can be that way. I try to separate myself, but there was one char, not too long ago that I cried for. Literally, I was typing, and tears were just sliding down my cheeks...I laugh about it now, and have separated myself even more.