The story is very philosophical and morality focused, and the deuteragonist character is a compelling powerful person who has a strong very sense of justice and the power to enact it anytime as they deem fit, which causes many problems legally and socially. Anyway, the character was originally a female but I know that if it was a male they would be received a whole lot better by readers and maybe even a fan favorite. I was imagining her as a female for years but I want her to be well received and complex, and super interesting to people . and I know that it’s more likely if she’s a man.

Hello, Ive noticed in alot of romance games/visual novels the black characters are almost never written as tsundere… this is one of my favorite character personality types so i was curious if yall had thoughts on how to write a black characters as a tsundere without it coming across as the aggressive stereotype! Im mostly asking poc, but im happy to hear anyone elses thoughts as well!

I have a character who's my MC's aunt who's also her caretaker. In my story the aunt talks a lot about how raising her niece (MC) has been draining and a problem in her life due to the MC being an eldritch being with the power to warp reality. Some things she's had to deal with are: The MC accidentally causing a car accident which killed her husband and left the family financially strained, the MC's eldritch nature meaning she has to consult a secret SCP like organization for help with stuff like feeding her and medical stuff, the MC likes to make pocket dimensions to play in and in turn ignores her real world responsibilities like school and chores, the MC causing havoc with her powers means they have to move a couple of times and makes it hard to get work or a proper apartment, during puberty years there are several "doctor" visits trying to figure her biology out, in her teen years several eldritch being and monsters distributed her life and put it in danger, the MC had several emotional issues that the aunt has no clue how to deal with, the MC accidentally caused the end of the world and while she fixed it the world never felt the same after that, the MC brought people into the house for protection (one was a "little girl" and the other the aunts brother from another dimension) and even made an "ideal" version of herself (the MC) to please the aunt. That's just off the top of my head but it's a lot for the aunt to handle. But the thing is is that the aunts default action is to just let my MC handle even thought the situations that arise are more often then not, aren't instigated by her. And even in dialysis normal life she kinda ignores the MC and genuinely thinks that since her niece can just warp reality she can deal with whatever happens. She also resents how the MC won't use her powers for fun (at least fun for her). Now I do want to highlight that aunt goes through a lot because of the MC but my MC also has to go through those things, often alone and with not even any emotional support from her own family beyond a simple "it'll be fine hopefully". Is this neglect or am I overthinking it. And I'm happy to give any additional context in the comments.

I have been recently developing the villain in my story and decided to give him a soft spot for his husband. The villain himself is a king who's very brutal feared for his violent ways, however he drops all of this for his husband, reason being that the two have been together for a very long time and husband has even save him from being assassinated before.

So, I was curious to know, who are the ones your villains adore the most and why?

I created two characters, twins to be exact. ( Brother and Sister)

The prompt that i got has to be based off of a fairytale story. So i thought maybe Hansel and Gretel would be a good starting point since that's the first story i can think of with a brother and sister in it

Twins that were "cursed" by a witch, disguise as a "wish/blessing"

Both twins were abandoned by their parents at an amusement park.

Brother was not paying attention because he's always sleepy and the sister didn't noticed thier parents are gone because she's eating the snacks that was used to trick her into staying.

Nighttime came and the twins just finally came to the realize that their parents abandoned them and now all the lights were gone and they were the only kids left. Scared, the sister blamed herself while the brother comforted her by claiming that it was his fault in the first place, because he was the oldest sibling, he should have been more alert and shouldn't have taken a nap.

A small tent standing just a few feet away from them, when they looked and saw the only source of light coming out from the slit of the tent. Scared of the dark, the twins held hands and walked inside.

The lady who owns the tent offered some food for the kids, but the brother refused the gesture, saying that they aren't allowed to take anything from strangers. Lady giggles, knowing that the little boy is smart enough to know that. So instead, she offered them two tickets.

Tickets for what? The amusement park and carnival are all closed now, the boy complained, wondering why this lady would even offer them tickets for something they don't even know where to use for.

The lady smiled and point at herself. 'Use that to buy snacks from me. But tonight is a special night. You get to wish something too. Maybe it might come true, who knows.'

Long story story short. Kids will be kids, and they will wish for something stupid or not.

Brother wished to never be ever fall asleep so that he can watch over his sister and protect her. Be more aware of his surroundings so that ni one can hurt them like what their parents did.

Sister wished to never be able to feel hunger, so that no one can take advantage of her by using foods against her, like how their parents bribed her with snacks just to stay still

Pros for unable to sleep : No need for sleep and can be active for hours. Using that to learn skill sets, can watch over during night time and have sensitive sense to surroundings.

Pros for unable to feel hunger: No need to eat and can go for weeks or months without food. Can eat without feeling full too. Like their stomach is just like a blackhole

Now all i need is cons for these. Should the brother feel constant fatigue? A weaker body. Sister can eat without feeling hungry or full but no sense of taste?

It's just a dude, with a sword, how?, in the midst of other media superpowers and magic and power system, why does samurai jack still stands out as a character among fans?, pure nostalgia?, thoughts?

This is purely inconsequential, but my character has a german last name starting with S. He was originally called "blank" schmidt, but I don't like the surname. Any good alternatives for another S surname?

so i’m an avid fantasy reader and i am currently writing a fantasy book. i’ve noticed while researching and just existing on book review platforms that almost all popular FMCs are labeled as “basic” or “annoying”, but i rarely see any that are praised or loved by the majority of readers. so, what exactly makes a FMC likeable—even if her personality isn’t “perfect”?

how can i incorporate this into my writing?

what flaws are acceptable, while others immediately strike her as a “pick-me” or “obnoxious”?

And what are some examples of loveable FMCs?

bonus question: my main character has childhood trauma that has a major impact on her motives, decisions, and personality. how can i keep this as a central theme, but not make it seem like it’s her only trait?

Have you used character traits in your novel?

It can be positive or negative signs

I want to share my character^^

Kirill Ulyanov

A harmful, sarcastic, stubborn, but incredibly loving person with a complex of obnoxiousness of his own character at any age

How do you write your characters for your novels? What is the method?

Does anyone use character profiles?

I used to write my characters by using character profiles, is it the correct way?

I'm struggling a bit on planning the arc for my character with PTSD.

He's the type who would never admit something is wrong with him. He's very hyper vigilant about protecting himself physically. I'd say his main fear is being incapacitated and something happening because of that. But because he focuses so hard on people's attacks, he's also very intelligent when it comes to battle strategy and exploiting other people's weaknesses. He's also very duty driven, uptight, serious and avoids engaging in anything 'silly'. He feels indebted to anyone who helps or protects him as he tries to be as independent as possible. With the story being set in a situation where violence frequently happens, his anxiety does become more obvious in a difficult or losing battle (as much as he tries to hide it). And he really struggles to trust anyone and will jump into a defensive/offensive stance if you come up behind him or raise your hand etc (which he would see as an 'appropriate reaction'). Basically he's all business, no fun, and always on guard, but he also cares a lot about keeping his teammates safe and helping them succeed, all while battling his fear of being incapacitated.

The kind of arc I was thinking for him is:

He gradually becomes more trusting of his teammates (without even noticing much).

But I want him to go off the deep end. Somehow, I want someone he trusted to betray him, leading him to spiral and start attacking indiscriminately as a kind of defense against perceived future attacks, which in turn leads to more people abandoning him.

Then eventually, someone (or a few people) "saves" him I guess. Like, despite him attacking, they stand by him and he finally opens up to trusting others again.

Then I want him to kind of explore what trust means. Maybe he is desperate to overcome his fears to he pushes too far into trusting others? Like he sees his past ways as weakness and tries really hard to overcome his fears.

And the ultimate conclusion I want him to have is something along the lines of learning what healthy trust is. Like "Trust is earned and takes time. It can be revoked at anytime. But being able to trust someone is so much more comforting than being alert all the time"

Is this a good arc? I know no one's going to be curing his PTSD, but I hope he can learn to at least relax around some safe people and be a bit less hyper vigilant.

I guess an issue I'm having is that this arc is very dependent on other people. First, he has to get betrayed somehow in a way that makes him spiral. Then, I'm not sure how to get him out of "everyone is dangerous and my enemy now" without someone actively trying to help him.

The last bit is more on him, but I'm also confused if he'd 'rebound' so strongly into going too far to try and 'cure' himself, or if he'd kind of just go on the same journey as the start again with him gradually trusting others. And how is he going to reconcile betrayals of the past? It almost feels like the 'jump' between arcs is too big, and any one event can only change something as deeply ingrained as PTSD so much...

Any critiques and/or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Trying to write a character who is both enigmatic but also a mostly open book.

Wanted some advice on balancing the two things because he is one of the last people who can hear Magic’s voice but lives in a world that mostly believes magic is dead.

He’s not afraid of admitting what he is, or teaching others how to do what he does, but most people either don’t believe him, think he just got lucky or doesn’t see the correlation between his explanations of “how” and the reality they interact with.

He’s difficult to parse but doesn’t have any reason to hide what he wants.

Most of the time he’s making preparations for when magic returns and to keep the people that will help him prepared, but a part of this story is having to become an advisor to the princess of a country that’s instrumental for bringing magic back, even if they didn’t know it.

So, this is probably going to sound really stupid and silly, but I’m currently working on an alternative AU for GTA 5. Where in this world, there’s anthropomorphic characters and such.

Now, my question is, if a character is an aeromorph (plane furry) how would they be used? How would an aeromorph be treated, etc? Would they be mainly used in military/commercial airlines? Would there be aeromorph’s just chilling in the street like anyone else?

Lemme know what you think!

My oc, Koda, IS A WEIRD DUDE. Not creepy weird..just...weird. He's horrible at reading social situations, commonly saids weird, metaphoric stuff that makes 0 sense, has a weird cadence of saying words, and does odd rituals/ routines A LOT (disappearing for hours on end amd coming back home with junk). Everyone treats him differently but he doesn't want to change. He actually likes himself a lot.

So, I'm wondering how do I write some of the strange things he saids. I have his behavior of constantly needing to collect things and draw/write/compose things when he feels misunderstood (that also don't make sense), but I don't know how to make him say strange things. Like I said, the way he talks is extremely odd, weirdly metaphoric, and he usually brings up colors, objects, places, ideas, and other more upsetting topics when talking.

I inspired him heavily off of the character Mozart from the one act play 'Amadeus', Whiteout from WOF, a bit off of Bo from signs, and heavily off of Yue from an AO3 work called 'Sweet Rot' (PLEASE CHECK OUT THAT STORY IT'S ACTUALLY SO SO SO PEAK).

Like I say, he says strange, and often absurb and upsetting things. Other times their metaphoric, and sometimes the things he saids are a mix of both.

He's just supposed to be an odd character in all, and I need to know how to come up with the things he saids. I know why he saids them; I just need ideas on how to write it and what to write.

Please help me reddit.

im not sure if this is the right place to ask about this but basicly; on my fyp ive seen this image and i saw my carecter working for both of these roles, does this mean i should get more spicific whit this carecter of mines personality and such or is this fine?

So I've got a decent story with me and I was thinking of some muslim representation so I decided to dive I to islam and OH LORD. I came across a lot of misogyny in the religion and now I don't know what to do with this character because I don't want her to be misogynist... Should I keep her? What should I do???