To elaborate on Grell's personality, I suppose he can best be summed up as the epitome of self-absorption and self-indulgence. He wants to be the center of attention in all things. When unhappy, he throws himself into huge fits of anguish and melodrama. When angry, he goes into homicidal rages. When happy, he waxes poetic in manic bliss. And, when he's attracted to someone, he pursues them wildly, making a nuisance of himself.
These serve two purposes. 1. To make himself the center of attention and 2. Because it's a lot 'safer' than real emotions.
To traipse around like a tragic heroine dying of a broken heart reciting Shakespeare is fun for Grell. Truly feeling hurt... hurts. Flying into a hysterical rage because he's been given paperwork to do by his boss is fun, doing paper work is not etc. And, this is typically how Grell conducts himself.
He's self-deluded, for example the way he acts the way Sebastian loves him back, but he's not stupid. In season 2 when he has Tea with Sebastian, he openly admits it "feels weird." that's because, like everything else, Grell's play acting are more fun for him than the actual experience.
Grell's issues: his need for attention, his desire to be abused, and so on, point to a very damaged individual. And, it's normal for emotionally damaged people to escape into games rather than face reality, this all fits together very well for me.
It's head-canon, but I like the idea that the Kuroshistsuji reapers were humans who became shinigami after they died. Since there is no evidence to support this in canon, I don't usually bring this into RPGs unless I have approval.
But, http://kissthegrell.livejournal.com/1295.html here is a link to something I wrote for a private RP. It doesn't need to come up in this RP, but this is a earthly human life I wrote for Grell. I thought it might help you understand how I play him.
Warning: contains child abuse, sexual abuse, blood, and violence.
Grell: Personality
These serve two purposes. 1. To make himself the center of attention and 2. Because it's a lot 'safer' than real emotions.
To traipse around like a tragic heroine dying of a broken heart reciting Shakespeare is fun for Grell. Truly feeling hurt... hurts. Flying into a hysterical rage because he's been given paperwork to do by his boss is fun, doing paper work is not etc. And, this is typically how Grell conducts himself.
He's self-deluded, for example the way he acts the way Sebastian loves him back, but he's not stupid. In season 2 when he has Tea with Sebastian, he openly admits it "feels weird." that's because, like everything else, Grell's play acting are more fun for him than the actual experience.
Grell's issues: his need for attention, his desire to be abused, and so on, point to a very damaged individual. And, it's normal for emotionally damaged people to escape into games rather than face reality, this all fits together very well for me.
It's head-canon, but I like the idea that the Kuroshistsuji reapers were humans who became shinigami after they died. Since there is no evidence to support this in canon, I don't usually bring this into RPGs unless I have approval.
But, http://kissthegrell.livejournal.com/1295.html here is a link to something I wrote for a private RP. It doesn't need to come up in this RP, but this is a earthly human life I wrote for Grell. I thought it might help you understand how I play him.
Warning: contains child abuse, sexual abuse, blood, and violence.