[MLwM] First play, with some awkwardness
jburneko:
Quote from: Joel P. Shempert on December 30, 2009, 11:05:22 AM
You know, it's funny (well, not funny ha-ha)...Even in this abortive little play-through, I was emotionally affected: through a weird twist of fate (none of it was my contribution, and I'm confident that it wasn't anybody's...passive-aggressive commentary on me or anything) we ended up with a master whose abusive aspects were uncannily close to my own darkest personality traits. In a sense all I had to do was play myself at my most emotionally violent. And thus it was supremely uncomfortable--but fittingly so--to play out scenes of emotional abuse. MLwM works its magic even in snapshot form!
You are not alone. It's the GM's job to love the Master who is defined as unlovable. Getting there is a long dark trip into our own souls. I've loved all of my Masters; male or female; beast or brain, breeder, feeder, collector or teacher, it doesn't matter. It's all in us some where if we're brave enough to go look for it.
I like GMing My Life with Master because the experience is so self-indulgent.
Jesse
Adam Dray:
I've had to play Masters who pushed my own buttons, too. This game can go there, if you let it. Or you can avoid it and handwave past the scary parts and play a sanitized version of the game. I prefer going there, even when it makes me and the other players squirm in our seats.
I've said it before, but the fact that the Master MUST DIE in the final scene makes it okay (or at least a lot easier) to be as evil as you can as a GM. Play the Master to the hilt and make the minions (and yourself) hate him so much that they just snap and kill him. You'll feel very good when he dies. He deserved it.
Joel P. Shempert:
Quote from: Adam Dray on December 30, 2009, 05:56:26 PM
I've had to play Masters who pushed my own buttons, too. This game can go there, if you let it. Or you can avoid it and handwave past the scary parts and play a sanitized version of the game. I prefer going there, even when it makes me and the other players squirm in our seats.
I heartily agree.
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