Do you headcannon the playable character as yourself?

[Sheep]

Some people think of their playable character in the games as themselves, others create a new character for them entirely, certain people just give them a silly name without thinking too much about it, etc. How do you headcannon your character?

 

[Devalue]

Not really? Never thinks about it too hard, honestly. Cannot really recall any major choices in any Pokemon game. Railroads you down the same route. Never leads to the question of "what would you do?".

Extends to games with those kind of choices too, arguably. Picks based on feelings of what seems best for the situation. Remains separate from the character, however.

 

[Explorer of Time]

No. Every single time a game I play has a blank slate or customizable protagonist, I create an original character for that run. Pokemon's no exception.

I almost always give them a punny name relating to the theme of that run. If it's good enough for the Gen 1-6 Gym Leaders, it's good enough for me.

 

[Rock_Salazar]

I used to when I was a kid. Now I only do that with the Sinnoh games because Barry reminds me of my first best friend, and any gen 3 game because I love gen 3.

 

[_confused_piplup_]

It usually gets my name. But it's hard to see myself in the shoes of that character, especially in SV where the adventure is in school and stuff.

 

[Zeostar]

I'll either give them my own name or I'll give them the default canonical name.

 

[ThePKMNSyndicate]

Only in the Battle Frontier/Tower. Till then it feels to me that I'm roleplaying as someone else

 

[RadEmpoleon]

I like to make the character look like myself, but I really don't think it's me. (especially in my older games which have my deadname) It's hard to envision myself like I'm in the game. Just feels like I'm moving the character around.

 

[DimasFavorite]

In the games where I can customize my character, I pretend it's me going on an adventure. In the other mainline games, it's a bit more detached. As for Colosseum and XD, I feel that Wes and Michael are their own characters with their own personalities.