Arrows shot at you, Your wielding a shield.

[Yam]

Haha. I thought you were serious.

[Cerelum]

Well they may very well say those things, but they haven't said them to me yet.

*Emote puffs his chest out and struts around*

J-Rod

[Conspiracy Theory]

I'm novelist by profession, believe me, I know about writing stories!

And of course a character can, and should, evolve. But--to me at least (I didn't say I hope nobody -else- ever changes a character to satisfy OOC curiosity!)--a player directing that change for reasons of OOC curiosity is an egregious case of authorial intrusion. Like when you're reading a novel and suddenly it veers into a political screed, grinding some personal axe of the author's. It's inelegant. I personally dislike it and hope I avoid the temptation; that's all I'm saying.

This is very much worth repeating. Some people play out their entire characters' lives like this, just trying to push their characters in the direction of doing X or Y personal motivation without there seeming to be any logical thoughts or motivations behind the actions they're taking.

Props, Rarsh, for putting this better than I could've.