The Other You's

Epsira · January 20, 2015, 11:05:06 PM

Who are your personas, and who/what do you emulate in them? What are their dispositions?

I'm a big fan of taking characters from things I've watched or sentiments I've held and making them into a front I can use around people (because I love messing with people).

Currently rolling with a persona IRL named Sai, quiet and private (though in class I'm coming off as a know-it-all).
Utilizing diction for short association seriously teaches you something about how you use words and how varying degrees of relation in any social situation depend on what you say and how you say it.

Also, the person you imagine projecting is much different than the person actually projected. They're like the loose ends of a thread your're spinning, and you're constantly trying to shear fraying strings.

What I'm trying to say here is changing my methods of association is revealing a lot about how I influence interaction.
I also think acting is fun, so...

Do you guys have personas? Any interesting revelations?

Verbatim · January 20, 2015, 11:06:23 PM

You're speaking of conscious personas?... That doesn't sound healthy.

Septy · January 20, 2015, 11:06:24 PM

Why would I pretend to be someone I'm not

Yu · January 20, 2015, 11:07:30 PM

I have none, I'm just me.

Epsira · January 20, 2015, 11:09:45 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 20, 2015, 11:06:23 PM

You're speaking of conscious personas?... That doesn't sound healthy.

Wait, this could be interpreted as unhealthy? I'm lost here. Maybe my explanation is off?

BC · January 20, 2015, 11:11:39 PM

No, I am me

Verbatim · January 20, 2015, 11:14:16 PM

Unconsciously, my personality varies depending on the person/people I'm with. But that kinda goes for everyone.

I suppose, though, "Verbatim" is almost a caricature of myself. I don't think of myself as one, but what do you think of when you hear my name? Probably some exaggeratedly negative misrepresentation of who I really am, based both on word of mouth and memories of having interacted with me. That right there is "Verbatim" as... a character. This really negative "edgy" version of myself.

I don't think of myself as "edgy"--I am negative, but the level of negativity that people associate with me is sort of amusingly off the charts sometimes. I could write a whole essay on whatever this phenomenon is.

SecondClass · January 20, 2015, 11:16:26 PM

SC is very close to how I act IRL, but obviously there's a bit of characterization involved. Other than that, I don't really do what you're talking about.

Mega Sceptile · January 20, 2015, 11:16:37 PM

well, the me online is a lot more laid back than the me offline, if that counts at all.

Verbatim · January 20, 2015, 11:17:07 PM

Quote from: Epsira on January 20, 2015, 11:09:45 PM

Wait, this could be interpreted as unhealthy? I'm lost here. Maybe my explanation is off?

Most people don't really compartmentalize their "personas" to the point that they give them names and stuff. That reminds me of DID.

Epsira · January 20, 2015, 11:18:06 PM

To clarify, everyone has personas they put on for others if they're social between multiple people of varying association. You act differently around your family and friends respectively, for example. You might have a different disposition, use different language, etc.

I've only named these different modes of association and essentially role play with them. You could say I'm doing something like that with this account, and once I get bored of emulating Dirk I might move on to someone else and adopt a new text shade (though I love orange).

Aether · January 20, 2015, 11:20:59 PM

I've always been just me. Molded by the world like clay into different forms. No so easily now as I once was, but there's still plenty of room to change.

As for what's inside my head, I may think in the context of many different personae (that's a strange plural), either to refine them for use in maybe a story or even a certain situations, to learn something from doing so, or maybe just for entertainment purposes, but I never associate them with myself really.

Aether · January 20, 2015, 11:24:02 PM

Quote from: Epsira on January 20, 2015, 11:18:06 PM

To clarify, everyone has personas they put on for others if they're social between multiple people of varying association. You act differently around your family and friends respectively, for example. You might have a different disposition, use different language, etc.

Regarding this. I may alter the way I present myself according to who I'm interacting with, but my underlying personality is always still the same. The fundamentals of my ego don't change and if I ever acted like they do then I'm putting on a front.

Tyger · January 20, 2015, 11:29:05 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 20, 2015, 11:14:16 PM

Unconsciously, my personality varies depending on the person/people I'm with. But that kinda goes for everyone.

I suppose, though, "Verbatim" is a meme of myself. I don't think of myself as one, but what do you think of when you hear my name? Probably some exaggeratedly negative meme of who I really am, based both on word of mouth and memories of having interacted with me. That right there is "Verbatim" as... a meme. This really negative "edgy" meme.

Epsira · January 20, 2015, 11:29:46 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 20, 2015, 11:17:07 PM

Quote from: Epsira on January 20, 2015, 11:09:45 PM
Wait, this could be interpreted as unhealthy? I'm lost here. Maybe my explanation is off?
Most people don't really compartmentalize their "personas" to the point that they give them names and stuff. That reminds me of DID.

In this case, the dissociation is voluntary, like an actor playing another role in a movie. Could it then be categorized as a disorder?

Casper · January 20, 2015, 11:30:18 PM

I'm straight around my mom, if that counts.

R o c k e t · January 20, 2015, 11:33:55 PM

I'm me. Other than our RP thread (where I'm using an established character from Halo) I'm exactly the same.
My views, the way I talk.

I know I'm not cut out to be an actor.

Jester · January 20, 2015, 11:37:16 PM

Apollo, the Sun God

Epsira · January 20, 2015, 11:38:04 PM

Quote from: Rocketman287 on January 20, 2015, 11:33:55 PM

I'm me. Other than our RP thread (where I'm using an established character from Halo) I'm exactly the same.
My views, the way I talk.

I know I'm not cut out to be an actor.

Shit, I forgot about that.
I should write something for it, Epsira is a very useful persona.

Elegiac · January 20, 2015, 11:43:15 PM

None to speak of, I'm varied enough as it is. I'm mercurial, but usually calm at the core.

Mat Cauthon · January 21, 2015, 02:52:33 AM

I have none, the furthest I went with something like that was an alt on Bnet I made as a joke between me and Oss.

True Turquoise · January 21, 2015, 02:53:58 AM

Maybe like 1

velox · January 21, 2015, 03:32:05 AM

I act differently in different environments, but I'd say my personality is still the same. I just show different aspects of it to different people.

I do occasionally role play online, but that's not part of me, just fun and games.

Comet · January 21, 2015, 03:36:37 AM

no. its too much work.

Nexus · January 21, 2015, 03:53:39 AM

There are no other me's.

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Ushan · January 21, 2015, 04:22:44 AM

No, not really.