[quote=@Letter Bee]
Sorry to double-post, but problem with creating an adult character: I want someone unusual, idealistic, but, at the same time, [i]not an idiot[/i]. I want to create someone with the idealism of a child and the experience, and, dare I say it, courage of an adult, but my problem is that experience and courage come with cynicism and I don't want that in my characters; I like it in others', but I cannot abide playing a character tainted with cynicism.

You can't save the world if you've given up on it.
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Well, my character Leo is fairly child-like, but not that cynical. Cynicism doesn't [i]have[/i] to come with experience. I mean, it depends on what experiences this character has had, and to be honest, because of how diverse people can be, you can have a bad experience and come out of it as a better person. You're the one making the character, and personality is the one thing we can't complain about (as long as it's well-written, but I don't think you'll have a problem with that), because of how diverse people's personalities actually are.
Roze is another good example that I've made - she's had one of the shittiest childhoods and upbringings you could have, but she's not that cynical. In fact, she's perfectly happy, for the most part.