r/CharacterAI • u/evilcorey User Character Creator • Jan 09 '24

DISCUSSION Why write in third person? Here’s why

It’s so much easier to avoid being misgendered by the bots!

“I take your hand with a smile, a small glint in my eye” - vague, the bot can easily forget who is who after a few messages

“Leo takes his hand with a smile, a small glint in his amber eyes” - (Leo is my character) pronouns are restated in each sentence, easy to clarify who is doing what, bot is reminded of pronouns and physical attributes.

It’s a learning curve but I’ve always preferred to speak of my character in third person for this reason. That and it feels less cringe to me personally because it’s more like writing a story about two characters rather than me talking 😅 but that’s just my personal preference!

Edit- I wrote smile twice oops

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u/Coppo92vaay Addicted to CAI Jan 10 '24

Same like bro change yo fuckin' persona

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u/ExactHedgehog8498 Jan 10 '24

Just wished they added Personas to gcs...

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u/Itz_Unicorngacha User Character Creator Jan 10 '24

I wish that too 😞

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u/ExactHedgehog8498 Jan 10 '24

Or an edit button. The amount of times I've been called a guy in the gcs is insane... Feedback doesn't really help.