I wanted to kick off the Personalities with something a little uncommon: Loyal Unhappy. This is the kind of person who does what they are asked, but hates every minute of it. Again, this could be so for a number of reasons.
One possibility is that the character is afraid of the consequences of saying no. Maybe they would be punished, so following orders is the path of least resistance.
Another reason may be that the character is conflicted between a compulsion to help people (like being told it's the right thing to do) and having no personal motivation to do it.
In real life, it is possibly not that uncommon. In fact, it sounds like the vast majority of teenagers and employees in customer service (and God help you if you're a teenager in customer service). Still, not a terribly heroic description of a person.
About Me
- Kevin Bahler
- I am a writer. A writer is one who writes. By the same logic, I am also a thinker, an observer, and a puzzle solver. I am a graduate from the State University of New York at Cortland with a degree in Professional Writing. The idea of the program is that one studies all three aspects of writing as a whole: Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and Rhetoric. The knowledge I have gained in those subjects is put to use in every aspect of my life. The worst thing a person can be is boring. I am most interested in people who can pique my interests. An example is people who can correctly use the word 'pique'.
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