Brad Murray oh yeah, that’s kind of my play mode by default (like at conventions or whatever). It’s a little emotionally distant, like, “what’s an honest reaction for this character? Would she be angry or would she start scheming?” Rather than yarrrgh I’ll fuckin’ kill youuuu and then me, the player, letting my character off her leash.

I’m a little jealous, actually, of players who have that ability. To let their creation live and breathe on its own. It feels like a trick, and either you know it or you don’t. My rationalist mind never really accepted writer advice like “don’t outline your book too tightly because your characters may surprise you.”