You are totally not lame :P. In fact, that happened with my last character I turned in for application! But it worked out because I transitioned her into my novel last Nanowrimo and I had a lot more fun with her that way. :D

Or you can do what I'm very tempted to do with one of my MS characters and move them into a new game. Sometimes it works!

Also? I <3 your icon <333.