my hot take for ttrpgs is I cannot stand when people play Malkavian in VTM and give them a "split personality" because they saw Therese/Jeanette in Bloodlines and wanted to be like her. So many people fall prey to "malkavian first, character second" and I wish people would stop that. - ThreadSky

pixiepond.bsky.social • 38 days ago

my hot take for ttrpgs is I cannot stand when people play Malkavian in VTM and give them a "split personality" because they saw Therese/Jeanette in Bloodlines and wanted to be like her. So many people fall prey to "malkavian first, character second" and I wish people would stop that.

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mildrathemonk.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think the last time I played a Malkavian I cribbed notes from Moon Knight (esp. Warren Ellis' run), as well as going on a theme of "doing things that don't make sense to anyone else, but perfect sense to him".

pixiepond.bsky.social•37 days ago

I'm just kind of tired of it because even the VTM MIlan board game coming out as a pre-generated Malkavian with a "split personality" and the other personality is "a dark figure prone to bouts of rage and violence that comes to her aid when needed." There's no need to make every Malkavian this way.

mildrathemonk.bsky.social•37 days ago

It's a flanderization effect.

pixiepond.bsky.social•37 days ago

I actually just saw a post where someone's inspiration for their character was Moon Knight? This would be an NPC who is "intersex with DID and two complete opposite personalities and one is really flirty and dependent and the other is super stoic/serious. And only one is blood bonded!"
stop that.

mildrathemonk.bsky.social•37 days ago

That part I didn't do. It was just a set of personalities in a shared space. I referenced the Warren Ellis run because in that, he doesn't have DID per se, his mind has been messed with due to direct contact with Khonshu and trying to embody his aspects.

darcangelprod.bsky.social•37 days ago

The best Malkavians are those that seem so nice & normal so others question whether or not they really are, then they pull a "Joker's magic pencil trick" that puts all of that to rest.

pixiepond.bsky.social•37 days ago

I mean, eh sort of? From what I have read and witnessed myself, it feels as though people do it because they want to play a Malkavian. They do not think of the human first, who they were before. Like, no one chooses to be a Malkavian and no one chooses what mental illness they have.

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