Wiriting the mentality of a transmigrator

[mme.cube]

A transmigrator has been dropped into another world!
oh shoot, how would they react?
Someone with such a major change in their life would in no way be totally fine right? RIGHT??

I hear of people being homesick from moving to different countries for work or school, but transmigrating is that on steroids,
first, they find there's a whole other world, and now they've been separated from family and friends for maybe the rest of their lives

transmigrating yep

please advise, thanks y'all

 

[Puji-Maki]

Two scenarios I can think of:

1.) They'll be devastated as they lost everything. Their family, friends, all of those connections gone.

2.) They'll be happy that they have a second chance. There are people out there who are so depressed that they hope to leave this planet and live in a fantasy world.

 

[Astrolust]

Irl it would literally be me whining about plumbing. Like actually crying my eyes out over no toilets. How safe is the water, the food doesn’t have salt,etc.

 

[cabbag3]

Transmigration is the one where they're transferred to a different world as they are, right?
This would really depend on the transmigrator's circumstances in the previous world.
If they're running from debt, they'd be relieved first, then slowly realize that at the same time they're fucked.
If it's a fantasy world, they're done, if it's a normal one, with the same time period, they need to be careful to avoid being deported, tho it's not really difficult, it's just hard for them to get employed.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Depends on the circumstances. If I get my queendom and vampy mommies, I'm pretty chilling.

 

[3guanoff]

Don't underestimate humans. You experience plenty of strange situations in reality. In the army you learn to react swiftly. To translate what my overly dramatic drill instructor used to say, "Do nothing and die!"
I got hit on the head once. Spent a good week without much self-awareness.
When I came to, I was in an unfamiliar place. Long story short, I almost stabbed a doctor. And I behaved plenty strangely afterward. I had to relearn a few things.
Perfectly normal.
(Although, I suppose it might be different in a world where possession and transmigration are actualities.)

Be that as it may, if I were to transmigrate, I would feign head trauma and hope there are no fancy healing magics around.
Family and friends die, countries are destroyed and split apart by wars, and yet people move on. Transmigrating is hardly worse than that.

You can process your emotions when you are safe... or find a good bottle of something alcoholic. Any protagonist who spends their first few chapters moping and steeped in their emotions is too dramatic for my tastes. Over here we call such people "sheltered".

 

[Deleted member 177167]

Irl it would literally be me whining about plumbing. Like actually crying my eyes out over no toilets. How safe is the water, the food doesn’t have salt,etc.

"Toilet...papier?", they asked my o increasing frighten self. I droppped on the floor, clenching and weeping, for I knew then my mission. Becoming the parent of toiletry.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

No Internet? Tgw has left the server.

 

[GlassRose]

Well, either go into survival mode, trying to get their footing in the new world, pushing off all the messy emotions for later when there's leeway to process them, or despair followed by attempted suicide.

 

[Snake99]

Two scenarios I can think of:

1.) They'll be devastated as they lost everything. Their family, friends, all of those connections gone.

2.) They'll be happy that they have a second chance. There are people out there who are so depressed that they hope to leave this planet and live in a fantasy world.

Yes, there is a reason why most of the protagonists of immigration are losers, without family, without friends, without love, and then they are happy to be in another world to have a second chance.

 

[Deleted member 165068]

As long as you're not having a character turned into some weird monstrosity and considered the local fantasy village's giant threat I'm sure most situations would be okay. The only other instance it wouldn't be is if the world expects you to have already practiced with Rosetta Stone for their local languages. Don't end up with a wall of swords pointed at you just for asking for an inn.

 

[C.Details]

Largely sits on who the character is. Were they a zealot who only believes in their god only to end up in world where their god doesn't exist?

Certain parents are willing to go as far as kill. So who's to say one wouldn't let the world die if it meant seeing their loved ones again.

Maybe they came from ww1 or are a spartan.

I mean really, a guy or girl who's accustomed to modern life would find a fantasy world too quiet. There's kids who have breakdowns when they lose their phone or video games. I'm certain it'd be very similar to watching your home go up in flames, depressing maybe heart breaking but we either move on or we find some sort of coping mechanism.

 

[Alfir]

I don't mind how they react at all. It could go possibly in so many ways since humans are built to be unique. I know characters were meant to be written in a certain structure and 'character' to avoid an 'out of character' scenario, But I think it takes out the fun of reading an isekai/ transmigration if all protagonists of the said genre, acts the same way. The trying-there-best to be logical and reconciling with the situation was the most common progression others go with. Those who want to go into writing action and scenarios just skip the self-actualization part by throwing them on top of one danger to another, thus forcing them to even 'rationalize' everything.

In a realistic situation, it could also go like this: some might go crazy, be in denial forever, commit suicide, go with the flow thinking it is a very believable dream, think of this as the afterlife be it hell or heaven, think it was a prank, rarely would be apathetic, feel joyous at the opportunity if they had a terrible life back home that they'd rather be iseka'id. be logical and investigate new identity, get drunk, having an existential crisis, etc. There were so many possibilities and situations that it could have played out.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

...and then there are reactions like Thomas Covenant, who simply refused to believe any of it until forced to face the final battle. His lack of belief led to him doing some really despicable things, almost as bad as the villain of the story, because he just refused to believe what was going on around him.

 

[corruption]

They could react in many different ways.
It depends on the person, and how they were sent across.

If they were killed and knew it, they might be grateful, or wish for their heavenly afterlife
If they were just sent across, they might accept it, try to find a way back, or be in denial.
Do they have a reason for being there, like a summoned hero? If so, how do they react to it. Imagine a hippie summoned as a hero!

Do they adjust to the culture or try to impose their own on the world. For example, one thing I dislike is "Oh, I come from a world that doesn't condone slavery, but I have no problems buying some in this world. No, I am a fully moral person despite not upholding the morals I was raised with."

And above all, what fits with the story and makes sense.
If the characters reactions don't make sense for the story, then find a way to have it make sense, or adjust the character.