OtherSpace Overdone Character Concepts

These are application concepts that we get often enough here at OtherSpace to make them cliché. While it isn't a certain guarantee you'll be rejected for using these, it will often make it harder to be accepted.


 * 1) Parents are killed by pirates.
 * 2) Black trenchcoats or gunmetal gray jumpsuits.
 * 3) Goal: to learn lots and explore the galaxy.
 * 4) Values: friends, loyalty.
 * 5) Lost a loved one in a tragic accident.
 * 6) Seeks vengeance against the people who killed his/her parents.
 * 7) Was hit on the head and lost his/her memory. Has no idea what his/her background is, but has killer combat skills.
 * 8) Demarian nobles who defy noble culture.
 * 9) Beaten by father, and as a result, grew up to be an unfeeling killer.
 * 10) Castori who are supergeniuses, even for Castori.
 * 11) Sivadian who rebels against the use of Specialists.
 * 12) Humans who rebel against their parent(s) xenophobic natures and go to seek their futures off of Mars.
 * 13) Humans whose parents are freedom fighters or are otherwise involved in politics and through that, the family relocates.
 * 14) Playing a psionic member of a non-psionic race.
 * 15) Rogue/Combat/Fighting Monk/Kung Fu Mystics.
 * 16) Female character that's sexually assaulted as a child, and grows up to hate/kill men.
 * 17) Sivadian cyborg or genetically-enhanced supercop.
 * 18) Orphaned in early to mid-teens, and left to fend for yourself.
 * 19) Eyes that seem to look into your soul/bore into you.
 * 20) Kicked out of the military for a crime s/he didn't commit.
 * 21) Unexplained scars on the face.
 * 22) Parents were killed in the explosion of Earth, but s/he miraculously survived because s/he was somehow off-world at the time.
 * 23) Teenage hacker without parental guidance that cracks a major site and becomes an overnight millionaire.