[@Shoryu Magami] one of the most bothersome things about a lot of rps is that people want fresh characters...and character sheets.  I'm sorry, if I just whipped up a new character I don't know them that well.  I have maybe one or two concepts for personality, a couple events in history, and probably an appearance (since that's usually straightforward).  I don't know what their weaknesses are, I'm not sure how they'd respond to various situations.  And indeed, when putting your chars in situations you design, you can sorta...tailor things so they go the way you want.  It's dealing with the unexpected that truly lets you develop or even just get to know a character.  I learn about my characters by using them, and once I know them well enough then I can modify them to fit a variety of settings, and will deploy them as needed, depending on what a situation calls for.  Need a bartender?  Benny's your guy!  Does this rp look like a leaps-without-looking prankster might be fun?  I'll play Nikki.  Too many gung-ho heroes?  Let's find a way to insist the cowardly Trill has to go with them.  And the fun part is that sometimes through modification, I find alternate versions of character and sometimes they become new characters.  Especially if something happens in an rp and I want to keep that as part of the permanent character, since I will often reset to a base form when I bring them in elsewhere, though there could be a few different checkpoints over the course of their life.