Why do people get so sensitive if a character is mean to their character? Sometimes people take it personally? Like goddamn if my character is criticizing your character it doesn't mean I'm criticizing you. In the same vein, if my character is unkind in some way, it's just part of the story and how things are going... It doesn't mean anything about what I think of their char.

Maybe some context is needed here. In order to improve my writing, I try to play characters way different from me. This includes playing assholes, and not just the typical 'gruff but lovable/has a soft side' but like... Weasely, snide pricks lol I also tell people 'yes hey so I kind of want to play an asshole and I want to try to develop this character to not be so terrible.' getting back into rping, I'm trying to experiment with all sorts of different chars, you know? I don't think I can improve if I keep playing chars similar to me. I've seen peeps who do that and then all their chars end up exactly the same. It's weird.

But even when I tell peeps that, sometimes they just get so weirdly offended over my char being 'mean.' or they complain and tell me they don't like my char later on in the RP. Even though I told them what kind of character I wanted to experiment with.

Or I wanted to write a very misogynistic/sexist character with the intent of developing them to learn from their mistakes and not be such a bigot. Someone complained that it was 'too strong of a flaw.' like... What?

Ideekay. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Maybe my characters are 'too flawed'? They always seem to have more flaws than other chars I see. But i always write them with the intent to develop them and change them because if I don't think my char is going to change through the rp, I get bored. I don't think there's anything wrong with writing static characters, it just bores me personally if they don't change in some way through a story. 

I'll learn more I guess. I still don't know why some peeps take it personally though.