I am in charge of 46 soldiers. I didn't shoot a 50.cal. or beat their ass with my martial arts the first time I stood in front of them as their platoon leader. You DO have to get a feeling for one another; what that means is you get the feeling for one another: not their powers.
I designed this thread to have ample interaction with each other. With your first posts, some of you were like, "Bam, here I am. I am a badass. Look at my powers."
And THAT was your character development or introduction. Wardonis actually did a decent job in giving his character description without waving his junk around.
The Administrator is a combat hardened badass, but I didn't want you guys to know that yet because I wanted you to get the feeling for the character before I even began to describe his abilities. That, and you guys have to be context sensitive.
You are about to get briefed by your employer. Especially in a military organization, you don't walk into the room with your superior and demonstrate your abilities as a soldier. That will get your ass KICKED so hard... it's not even funny. The worst scolding I have ever seen in the military was directed towards a soldier who tried to show off.
Now physical traits like scars and the way you see everything is completely fine! Description is great. So keep that up. This is what I am saying:
Be more context sensitive. You know how you can get to know everybody in the room? A) Say Hi. B) observe and make personal opinions about people and then confirm them with interaction then or at a later date. You know, things you would do in real life?
Additionally, if you want to compare this to a militaristic situation, which it is; as a soldier, when your superior is in the room about to brief you, don't walk around and interact with everyone as you so choose. He says take a seat, you take a seat. There is a reason he is in charge, and it probably had nothing to do with you. You are a part of Black Thorn, which is militaristic. If you want to make a character that is insubordinate and has a temper or something, those are character development traits and that is the kind of person he is, but expect to get scolded or worse when in front of your superior. That is how that works. Don't be hurt or surprised when the author either asks you to tone it down or has the Administrator put the hurtin' on you.
I am not saying do not describe your character or fail to utilize his talents. I am asking you to actually develop and share your character's personality without flopping their junk on the table and saying, "look at it. I'm awesomely manly. Look at what I got going on!" This forces you to interact with others as you normally would, and develop personality and share unit cohesion.
Does this make sense?
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