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thewatchmaker
thewatchmakerNo surprise I RP Sylar and write fanfic from Sylar’s POV, occasionally from Gabriel’s too. I play Sylar because it’s fun to get the evil on, and not give a crap what other people think. It’s a chance to channel that darkness that’s inside of all of us.
If you think you don’t have any darkness in you, you’re lying to yourself. It’s human nature. We’re all made up of light, dark, good, evil and the in-between. It doesn’t make me evil to play Sylar. It let’s me have fun.
But if there’s one thing I can’t stand – even more than Sylar/Elle shippers – it’s people who make Sylar fluffy. You’re playing the big bad of the Heroes universe. You are playing and writing for someone who wants to be a god.
Yes he might be lonely. He might feel a tingling of guilt for what he does, but that’s added value and depth on an awesome character.
Sylar is not nice.
If you’re RPing and writing him as a good guy, that’s fine. More power to you, but I hope you’ve put in the miles to make him change. That’s going to take a lot of water under the bridge to make him Mr. Sunshine.
I’ve watched some people who play him with no spine and cuddly. Those are the ones with no soul. He’s a washed out character with no iron in his guts. He’s got no balls. He’s bland, boring and simpering.
He’s not your boyfriend. You’re acting like some chick that’s dating a bad boy and then saying you changed him to make him good.
So I have to ask you. If you find all of Sylar’s darkness and evil repulsive to the point where you castrate him, why don’t you write or RP Peter or Claire?
If you think you don’t have any darkness in you, you’re lying to yourself. It’s human nature. We’re all made up of light, dark, good, evil and the in-between. It doesn’t make me evil to play Sylar. It let’s me have fun.
But if there’s one thing I can’t stand – even more than Sylar/Elle shippers – it’s people who make Sylar fluffy. You’re playing the big bad of the Heroes universe. You are playing and writing for someone who wants to be a god.
Yes he might be lonely. He might feel a tingling of guilt for what he does, but that’s added value and depth on an awesome character.
Sylar is not nice.
If you’re RPing and writing him as a good guy, that’s fine. More power to you, but I hope you’ve put in the miles to make him change. That’s going to take a lot of water under the bridge to make him Mr. Sunshine.
I’ve watched some people who play him with no spine and cuddly. Those are the ones with no soul. He’s a washed out character with no iron in his guts. He’s got no balls. He’s bland, boring and simpering.
He’s not your boyfriend. You’re acting like some chick that’s dating a bad boy and then saying you changed him to make him good.
So I have to ask you. If you find all of Sylar’s darkness and evil repulsive to the point where you castrate him, why don’t you write or RP Peter or Claire?
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