Making Neutral Traits Optional

[Ambrose]

Not all characters need to have neutral traits and you have to put them in. 
Along with this, many find them confusing. My suggestion is to make neutral traits optional. c:

[Midnight]

Sorry to say that this is a change that will not happen.

Many traits are simply not black and white and I see no point in making it optional to have a character with neutral traits because, like with positive and negative, everyone has neutral traits. If we made neutral traits optional, we might as well make positive and negative traits optional as well, and then we'd have good and bad Mary Sues running around.

[Ambrose]

That's ok, I didn't think it would happen anyway. Thank you.

[Deleted]

I don't know...The only thing I find confusing is the fact that there are many, many neutral traits. It is harder to find positive and negative traits in my opinion. Honesty can be positive or negative. Ambition can be positive or negative. Persistence can be positive or negative...It all depends on the situation a character is put in. Perhaps, instead of positive and negative, we put modify it and put strengths and weaknesses.

We can probably do something like this:

Physical Strengths:
Physical Weaknesses:

Mental Strengths:
Mental Weaknesses:
Neutral Personality Traits:

That would put more thought into characters' physical build instead of colors and markings. It would also force people to determine if their cats honesty is most often a weakness, or if their ambition is with good intent. Or perhaps if their persistence is harmful to their growth as a character. I just find it easier to set up my app like this, b/c I usually pick out words for their personalities from a list I made. This way, instead of separating usually positive from usually negative traits, you get more of a feel for how the character acts instead of just whether the traits are good or bad in general. Positive and negative is arguable and can get confusing, strengths and weaknesses is less so.

Since honesty is often a positive trait, it should be listed as a positive trait in an app. but if your cat is too honest, maybe telling the truth so often that he can't be told a single secret without ruining the situation, should it not be negative in that instance? People naturally think of honesty as a positive trait, and having strengths and weaknesses allows for members to not only tell you their cat's traits, but to also explain how they express them.

I don't know if I made sense there. It is wayyy too late for me right now, haha.