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Q&A Would a character displaying the opposite of one of their characteristics break immersion?

The main character, while playing an MMO, was teleported to another world in her avatar along with all of the NPC's in her guild. As her reaction, she sent scouts around the area in order to discov...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Maiko Chikyu‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:41:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/35748
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Maiko Chikyu‭ · 2019-12-08T08:41:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
The main character, while playing an [MMO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game), was teleported to another world in her avatar along with all of the NPC's in her guild. As her reaction, she sent scouts around the area in order to discover a settlement or something similar. As a result, her scouts found a slave camp. So far she has been really worried about accidentally having her guild declare war on a kingdom. However she is currently considering attacking the slave camp in order to free the slaves. I am afraid that rather than writing a rational character I am reflecting my belief as a writer on to the character.

My question is: Would a character who displays the opposite of one of their characteristics due to the moral code they are used to cause the immersion to break?

As a side note the main character doesn't know whether slavery is something that is used in this world or not.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-04-30T19:35:32Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 5