Well, since it can be used with pretty much any tupper creation method, you could try the belief implanting technique... but that would probably require too much effort.

Actually, forget I said anything.

Whatever.

None of us know what we're talking about. The existence of tuppers is open to interpretation.

And seriously, if you start being all "but that's too many questions/too much reading/too haaaaaaard" then come on. Push yourself a little, you'll never develop any skills if you never push yourself out of your comfort zones. You don't have to use it at all, but don't let "too haaaaard" be the reason.

This.

And as an afterthought, would it be better to speak to parroted Tupper even before I fully understand the traits? In between sessions and all that, or would I probably wanna have a better grasp on how she would act..?

I'd rather you get to know the personality first. But most of all, if you're going to follow through with my method, you need to break away from that "Hey, I'm gonna say something to you, I hope you can hear me, bla bla bla..." stuff. Not that I think that's what you're really saying and it's probably very different from the typical narration you've always done. Either way, do not talk to the tupper as if they can't hear you or is some "mysterious entity" far away off in mindland. Get rid of the narration mindset you've had with you for the past I don't know how many months. With my method that I've extensively described in those earlier posts, you're doing either of the following:

• Imagining the tupper in some situation with a specific emotion being dominant, optionally while narrating about what the tupper is doing, why they're doing it, and so on. You're not narrating about yourself like you've always done. That is not what this is.
• Directly interacting with the tupper through conversation, in which case you'd make up lines for them and have them actually think about stuff instead of just creating immediate, generic yes/no/I guess/maybe responses.

If you're going to "talk to her between sessions", it should be actual conversation between the two of you. But, since you're at a way too early point to have an effective grasp of her personality to be able to say "Man, she would so do that." or "That's so her." (I'm assuming it's a female), then stick to the trait emotion scene imagining exercise for now, since you apparently need very specific instructions and don't seem to experiment very much or find out stuff yourself by trying many new things. Experimentation is one of the most important things in the tupper business, you know, but I guess a thousand posts later from Colonel and me aren't enough to make you understand that.

I'd gladly describe to you how I decided to make fun out of my sessions back in June 2012 when I got tired of not being allowed to make responses for the tupplah. Butt, that fun was based on parroting, which in turn was based on going off on the wildest of tangents and making up oftentimes very cheerful responses for her that fit her personality, and I happened to know her personality well.

You? You barely know how you want Miriam, you can't be arsed to deeply explore how she'd think and thereby put yourself in her shoes, you find meditation and anything that involves sitting down and focusing mind-numbingly boring, and your repeated failed attempts at getting anything productive out of the narrative approach (which I tend to not recommend) have led you to form a rather negative mindset about tuppers in general at this point. If I didn't know any better, you want a fresh Tupla that completely acts on its own and didn't require any forethought served on a silver platter. You come off to me as a person that only has little imagination, especially because you can't visualise very well, so a crap tip like "Just, like, relax and let your imagination go and figure out how it wants to make the tupper on its own." is something I wouldn't want to give to you. But I know someone else who probably would under some circumstances. But enough about him.

A combination of a lack of imagination, dedication, focus, empathy, introspection, and all those other goodies is what has brought you to where you currently are. I'm used to blatantly advertising my method as being the easiest to pick up for those that failed with the narrative method, but in your case, even my suggestions probably aren't worth the trouble when you're at the level of not being able to make up a personality and thoughtful responses for it, or use your imagination for something more sophisticated than thinking "I want an imaginary girlfriend that's chill and fun... and... yeah."

Good game, guys. Had a good run. Was fun, y'all.

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Well, anyway, in case you're still up for it, then you can always go ahead and make one of them extensive character sheets, building up her personality bit-by-bit by picking out a metric shittonne of traits and thereby know a lot more about her. Using those traits, you can then go ahead and use that as fuel for imagining how she would react in certain situations based on her traits, and sort of explore her personality like that, using the method I described in that earlier post; what would she be thinking in the situation, why would she do what she would do? You don't know? Ah, but you have a trait! That should tell you something. Seriously, it's not that hard. It's just like if you're thinking to yourself what you would do in a situation. Except it's not you but someone else, and in a different situation.

Here are some sample personality traits to get you started, shamelessly ripped off from Dane. Optionally, and preferably, you should write some short sentences for as many traits as possible about how the trait in question exactly influences and defines her, and not just "She's chill... yep, that's it."

Energetic, laid back, brave, meek, sarcastic, creative, dull, forgetful, retentive, hardworking, lazy, optimistic, realist, cynical, opportunist, social, introverted, easily amused, often bored, dependable, open minded, sceptical, articulate, simple, strong-willed, confident, friendly, protective, loyal, honest, passionate, resourceful, independent, outgoing, immature, mature, intelligent, comical, logical, consistent, a leader, motivated, not regretful, not gullible, helpful, patient, empathetic, introspective, talkative, thoughtful, mischievous, fierce, hardy, outdoorsy, adaptable, content, reasonable, coordinated, charming, perceptive, observant, trustworthy, quiet, secretive, rebellious, witty, rambunctious, uplifting, faithful, atheist, critical, materialistic, silly, inclusive, agreeable, blunt, sane, accepting, selfless, stoic, meticulous, mean-spirited, snide, handy, motivated.

And if you can't think up situations to imagine her in, just think back on what you've done recently in your life; what would she have done if she were you? Or, perhaps, what would she have done in some of those roleplays? That's at least something if you can't think up anything. There you go. Another tl;dr post.

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Oh, the "treating them as a stranger" part was just meant as a side comment, separate from the whole "exploring the thoughts of a tupper you want to think in a certain way and essentially defining a personality from that exploration" thing. Some people treat their newly-created tuppers as strangers. Doesn't mean you have to, or necessarily should. My suggestion was simply imagining a character that you vaguely know the personality of, and trying to put yourself in the shoes of that character and wonder how they think like, how that thinking makes them like certain things and dislike others, how their thinking leads them to prioritise this thing over that, and so on. A sort of introspection, except you're observing a character's thought patterns instead of your own.

And bear in mind I'm still talking about a new entity completely separate from Miriam and that other one. Just to make sure you don't misunderstand.

Do you lack so much empathy that you can't think in an another line of thought than your own? Cause, like, analysing one's thoughts and wondering how other people think like is an ability that forms the foundation of the whole parroting method. And we all know how the classic talk-about-random-shit narration approach has gone for you so far. If you lack the aforementioned, basic ability, then I suppose that yeah, perhaps making a tupper is too ambitious for you, at least my way. No offence or anything; I'm just not a fan of giving people false hope, even if that could potentially placebo them their way to victory, given they're willing enough to change their mindset. But that's just me.