How much time did you spend on personality?

[ThunderClap]

(ew trait lists EEEWWWW).

 

What's wrong with a traits list?

[SSaint]

Several months.

[Terminal]

 

What's wrong with a traits list?

Nothing in particular, I just don't want to make a list with 30+ items on it then have to memorize it in order if I want my tulpa to adhere to all of them. I much prefer the "learn form experience" approach as well as having her shape some of her personality on her own.

[skittles]

i spent too long on the personality stage and ended up splitting my tulpa into twins

[Sands]

As people are actually replying to this still, I guess I should answer because I never did. 20 hours. I counted. After that it just kinda felt like it was getting nowhere so we did something else instead. I feel like it was just narration practice, had a subject to talk about. As for Roswell's personality, I guess I can see some things I thought he had and then a lot of stuff I didn't even imagine him ever having. And obviously him experiencing shit has changed him too, so he's a bit older and mature Roswell now than he was when he just got vocal.

[Guest Anonymous]

Personality's one of those things... well, like everything else, is there really an end or a point when you're 'done' with personality? I mean, it's always, like everything else, subject to change.

[Falcon]

I'm thinking putting as much time as possible, and as much time as you think you need would be best :P

[LordV]

I spent a few hours on personality (mostly before I even started forcing). However, my tulpa decided she didn't like what I had planned out and came up with something for herself.

[MyToasterHasInternet]

Also; do you still force personality?

 

I only spent 30 minutes working on personality, and since then he started growing his own traits based off of the few traits I initially gave him. So that's good, NO PERSONALITY FORCING FOR ME! :D

[Strangelove]

I didnt like the idea of telling Penumbra what she would be like, so instead i told her about traits that i were important for a person to have (cleverness, quick-witted, loyalty...and others). Everytime one of those traits pops up in real life, i make sure to explain what happened, and how that particular trait was benefitial. (Co-worker trusted me to give her advice and help her with something tricky, and keep quite about it=Loyalty, trustworthy, clever, etc... )

 

So I guess im not done until i can for certain determine if he displays the traits im constantly trying to build upon.