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Lol this made me look at my old stories and cringe lololol. Good choice, Plums.



What do you think makes a good character?

To be honest, I'm not exactly sure. I'm not that much of an avid reader nowadays. But I can attest to liking certain characters more than others.

And I feel that good characters are the kind that resonate with the reader and don't remain stagnated on some general outline. Characters need to be layered and deep. As Jiku said, you need them to be a person.

Characters tend to fall flat when they're not conveyed in a human manner. Strange is the case where characters are only black and white. They have a multitude of shades and that's something that can be explored through showing.

Show not tell. This also applies to characters. Saying a character is something (kind, evil, good, fun) in monologue or in the narrative can only go so far, and sometimes it may also seem conceited. So I think good characters evolve through the story and plot. Not only through telling, but also through subtler things like expressions or dialogue. Or even clothing (if the character starts wearing dresses more often, the reader will notice)

But yeah, characters that evolve with the story, I guess. They also need to be human.


What are some examples of good and bad characters you've seen (can be from any medium, film, novel, etc.) Why do you feel this way?

I guess an example of good characters I could point out is first, Persona 3. I really liked this game because ALL of the characters felt human. Their dialogue was more complex than something just to advance the plot. The writers took the time to make characters believable. Also they managed to avoid defaulting to anime-ish tropes ad-nauseum even when the plot centered around Kawaii Anime teenagers saving the world from teh DARK LORD SATAN.

I also need to add the Sevenwaters Saga to this. I know most are not familiar with it, but most of the books deal with the Heroines trying to save their bloodline. The reason why I mention this book is because often times, it seemed like the Heroines make wrong decisions or don't know what to do.

But they somehow make it work. I find that gives it a human quality. You're not always going to make the correct choices.

What are some characters that you've written before? Describe them. What do they look like, what are their motivations, what's their personality like, what are their fears, etc.?

This is from an old story I wrote years ago. Lol. So the characters are sort of 'eh'.

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Ein Favre
Appearance: 5'8". Slightly short curly dark brown hair. Dark Brown eyes. Pale skin, and normal kid body (as in not muscular but not really too flabby; this changes as the story progresses)

Dress: He's very simply dressed and not fashionable. Being the sort of person who likes to hide, his wardrobe consists of many hoodies and muted colors.

Motivation: He's pretty much moved by circumstances at first, but as the plot becomes more brutal and certain discoveries are made, he begins to become forceful about his reasons. Even if they remain the same 'circumstances' reason. He's pretty much swept along.

Personality: He's the typical reserved teenager and usually aloof about most things. As a contrast, he's very opinionated and stubborn when prodded. As the years pass, he becomes softer in personality but colder and calculating towards situations. He's supposed to have a 'Dark' Motif.


History: A shy and depressed teenage boy that gets swept up by circumstances when his school is burned down. It is later revealed that it was arson and that the reason for it is actually linked to him and to other teenagers. He tries to act innocent and nice, but his cold and biting side can sometimes surface. When faced by people who have no qualms with killing him off, he decides to kill back.

Bianca White
Appearance: 5'5". Long flowing strawberry blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. Porcelain-ish white skin.

Dress: Usually found with white clothes and white dresses, all in part to childhood trauma involving her father and mother, and somewhat of a pun in regards to her name and last name.

Motivation: She's crazy. And while she looks stable and no-nonsense, she's very much affected in the head. She had no qualms with killing anyone or anything that stands in her way. All she truly wants is to find some semblance of salvation. Whatever this means is yet to be seen. So her motivation is a little skewered.

Personality: Extremely Alpha and commanding. She has no problem telling people things and will often be very blunt even when not asked to. She can be downright cruel and sometimes may even snap. Regardless of all that, she's been shown to be nice and motherly. Hers is not a case of 'deep inside she's good' no. She knows she's crazy and damaged and that she's blunt. She chooses to be this way and kill if necessary. Because she can. She's supposed to have a white Motif.

History: From early childhood she and her younger brother were very involved with a project lead by their father to replicate the 'Visage of God' in which they ended up being experimented on and left scarred emotionally. His father had always wanted her to be 'pure like the snow, pure like heaven and its heavenly host' after escaping her father's grasp some years later this stuck with her, which is part of why she's died her hair lighter shades of blonde and why she wears white dresses (people just assume she's trying to be theatrical) While she harbors no visible hatred for his father, she wants him dead.

Roy Sekundes
Appearance: 6'. Short Light brown hair and light hazel eyes. Well built but somewhat tired and battered looking.

Dress: Usually found in noir-ish elegant detective clothes. Not because his profession demands it, but because he likes it. his clothing include a lot of dark browns, silvers and copper.

Motivation: He's been tasked to keep track of the children that have been experimented on, so at first he's very into it as his job. But as time goes by, he starts developing affections towards Bianca and Ein and comes to see them as siblings. Thus his mission becomes a more personal one.

Personality: He seems stern, yet laid back at first. But he's very emotionally invested and fragile upon further exploring. He abhors being part of the Sekundes Clan/Family.

History: When he was a teen, he was initiated into the Sekundes family by choice of his own. From then on, he was trained on how to fight and other useful skills. He has a rivalry with his step-mother and is on shaky terms with his sister.

Would you be friends with your character? Why?

Probably not. They're all mentality affected in some way. Maybe Sekundes, but I have an aversion to people who look 'too perfect' which is partly what I was going for when writing him.

Nothing has been announced yet, but once the revamp is fully completed, you'll get all the details.

I will be closing this by October 13th, for those who haven't pitched in, feel free to do so or forever remain silent.

We have taken into consideration your thoughts and ideas. And we will try to work with them. For those that can't be done/were opted not to. I will brief the premiums on it once their section is updated.

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Poopbutt! I needz u.

Ehhh...I'm gonna go ahead and lock this. It's not really gotten to a critical point but you guys can continue in other threads.

Let's be more mindful with each other and use less-harsher tones when addressing people we're not super-familiar with next time ;3

but if he used the same magnet, then they are on the same pole, thus repelling each other, no? Ashsjdjsjfjfjsnvnsnvjf

Revero, c'mon we're not all bad (Misty is pretty evil, tho) just relax and enjoy the fun ;3

The stock seems a little bit flat and doesn't have enough contrast. Try making the whole tag not so one-dimensional. Remember, foreground, middle and background. Work with different depths to get something better.

I would make the focal point bigger, but that's more personal. The text Congroo part of the text needs work. Lowering text opacity isn't always recommended.

So What? you think it's ok to use that green text in your posts? cause if so you really have no place in this conversation and can back off right now. i may not support the blue arch decides to use but he's just trying to be blue, how can you be against that?

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Partly this and...it depends on which people did what, ect. Not everyone goes straight to a ban after one wrong thing they do (unless it's posting porn or hacking/attempting/claiming to hack the site)

God save this wretched king

Reprise really gets to me. It feels like a homecoming after hardships.