Alone

We've talked about the dangers of NPC-land, but what about characters who are basically alone? Y'know what, it didn't work too well in "The Tribe" on tv and it doesn't seem to work too well in KTDARPG either ... no matter who you are or how hard you try.

The Great Loner from the show was of course Bray. For most of Season-1 he was the mystery man. Shows up at the mall with a very pregnant Trudy, kinda dumps her on the MallRats and spends his time "somewhere" doing "something". He shows back up now 'n then with supplies or information ... but basically he's going it alone.

Nope. Not gonna work. You can see that coming a mile away.

Enter Amber, and things start to happen.

Even Amber tried to go it solo. Season-2 and she's pretty much dead to the rest of the tribe. But that being alone doesn't last long. Enter Pride. And the Gaians. And suddenly she's being elected Supreme Being or something. (guess you had to be there)

It's happened since Day-1 of KTDARPG too. Xeno the great loner gets zapped with a tribe, a sister and a lover before game season one is halfway over. There's Arianna--alone one day and then tribe/Judge/baby & by the time game season four rolls around she's got Scarecrow too. Take Hawk, the ultimate loner. Finds a friend who's close as a sister, finds a tribe, finds a lover 'n mate-for-life, finds a baby--kinda funny but people keep falling outa the woodwork right into her lap!

Loner status may be cool but it's not practical. In the game, you have to associate with people. Associations lead to ties. And ties can get interesting.

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"