aww, thanks anon. it's not like the character is inclined to be manipulative or cruel out of the blue; they're a heroic character, just with some flaws.

i used to get to play both sides of that with one of the partners who i felt typecast me. what i think happened was they really liked the h/c aspect of the cr more than the manipulative battle of wills side of the cr, so when they stopped playing the original character i had that dynamic with, we carried on with h/c stuff but it didn't have the same edge to it it had before.

a shame. i miss playing cr that mixed, with both positive and strong negative aspects.