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The Variable Danger of Wish-Fulfillment Characters

On October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Writing11 Comments

Reading has been long equated with escapism, imagination, and wish-fulfillment. What if this adventure happened to me? What if I was the hero? Roleplaying games function much the same way, and can create some amazing things. But, as writers, we have a certain responsibility to the characters we create.

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