Hi, it’s me the “characters have a life of their own” anon. It’s…both scary and reassuring that others experience this, and that they confirm it’s not quite normal. For further context; I like having several “characters” in ACNH. If I can change my hair and eye colors, and my skin tone…why wouldn’t I, right? So I have several. Some are just nice outfits, there’s a set of four who are elementary schoolers (those blue shirts with the name tags are neat). The best way I can compare this New Guy to the others is to talk about Jayden. Jayden doesn’t exist, not really. I was messing around with hats and stuff and I liked her look. She’s neat, she has a name, but she is firmly an OC, not a person in her own right. Playing the game while dressed up as her doesn’t really impact my mood or mindstate. But this new guy? I dressed up as him, and I could almost feel him grab my shoulders and excitedly peer over. He reminds me of this “imaginary friend” I used to have…it’s weird. If I settle into him enough, it almost feels like he takes over. Like he enjoys watering my flowers and catching fish and bugs.
It’s always fascinating to compare the difference in those internal experiences!
We in Sinister also sometimes write characters who are ‘just’ characters, and sometimes we write character who are inhabited by a system member, and sometimes there’s something in between.
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