The Encyclopedia of Interactive Performance

If you endow an aspect of character that a spect doesn’t like, that’s putting it on the spect. At the beginning of a story, it’s fine to endow spects with names, occupations, and relationships. These elements establish the cloak of fiction. Beyond that, leave character up to them. Allow spects to shape their characters through thoughts, feelings, and actions. When you don’t put it on the spect, they’re free to define their own characters, which is what makes each interactive story unique.