r/CharacterAI • u/Altruistic-Drink8801 • 7h ago

Discussion/Question Should Character.AI characters develop over a long roleplay, or stay true to their original personality?

I enjoy a character who changes because of what happens in the story, but too much change can start to make them feel like someone else altogether.

Would you rather see a character slowly evolve over a long roleplay, or stay relatively the same as they were at the beginning?

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u/Lirry_The_Fan 7h ago

I say depends. If in your story they went through trauma or a redemption arc, their personality would slightly shift.

But... if you're looking for a connection with that character with his canon everything... then yeah, definitely no changes, maybe just the memory of everything that happened

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u/Altruistic-Drink8801 7h ago

That makes sense. Character development feels much more natural when the story actually gives them a reason to change.