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Your Character’s Personality

Personality is the most important thing about your character.

So, whenever I see character sheets, most people just put a little paragraph for that section. If you’re struggling and don’t know what your character should say or do, what decisions they should make, I guarantee you that this is the problem.

You know your character’s name, age, race, sexuality, height, weight, eye color, hair color, their parents’ and siblings’ names. But these are not the things that truly matter about them.

Traits: 

pick traits that don’t necessarily go together. For example, someone who is controlling, aggressive and vain can also be generous, sensitive and soft-spoken. Characters need to have at least one flaw that really impacts how they interact with others. Positive traits can work as flaws, too. It is advised that you pick at least ten traits

people are complex, full of contradictions, and please forgive me if this makes anyone uncomfortable, but even bullies can be “nice” people. Anyone can be a “bad” person, even someone who is polite, kind, helpful or timid can also be narcissistic, annoying, inconsiderate and a liar. People are not just “evil” or “good”

Beliefs:

ideas or thoughts that your character has or thinks about the world, society, others or themselves, even without proof or evidence, or which may or may not be true. Beliefs can contradict their values, motives, self-image, etc. For example, the belief that they are an awesome and responsible person when their traits are lazy, irresponsible and shallow. Their self-image and any beliefs they have about themselves may or may not be similar/the same. They might have a poor self-image, but still believe they’re better than everybody else

Values:

what your character thinks is important. Usually influenced by beliefs, their self-image, their history, etc. Some values may contradict their beliefs, wants, traits, or even other values. For example, your character may value being respect, but one of their traits is disrespectful. It is advised you list at least two values, and know which one they value more. For example, your character values justice and family. Their sister tells them she just stole $200 from her teacher’s wallet. Do they tell on her, or do they let her keep the money: justice, or family? Either way, your character probably has some negative feelings, guilt, anger, etc., over betraying their other value

Motives:

what your character wants. It can be abstract or something tangible. For example, wanting to be adored or wanting that job to pay for their father’s medication. Motives can contradict their beliefs, traits, values, behavior, or even other motives. For example, your character may want to be a good person, but their traits are selfish, manipulative, and narcissistic. Motives can be long term or short term. Everyone has wants, whether they realize it or not. You can write “they don’t know what they want,” but you should know. It is advised that you list at least one abstract want

Recurring Feelings:

feelings that they have throughout most of their life. If you put them down as a trait, it is likely they are also recurring feelings. For example, depressed, lonely, happy, etc.

Self Image:

what the character thinks of themselves: their self-esteem. Some character are proud of themselves, others are ashamed of themselves, etc. They may think they are not good enough, or think they are the smartest person in the world. Their self-image can contradict their beliefs, traits, values, behavior, motives, etc. For example, if their self-image is poor, they can still be a cheerful or optimistic person. If they have a positive self-image, they can still be a depressed or negative person. How they picture themselves may or may not be true: maybe they think they’re a horrible person, when they are, in fact, very considerate, helpful, kind, generous, patient, etc. They still have flaws, but flaws don’t necessarily make you a terrible person

Behavior:

how the character’s traits, values, beliefs, self-image, etc., are outwardly displayed: how they act. For example, two characters may have the trait “angry” but they all probably express it differently. One character may be quiet and want to be left alone when they are angry, the other could become verbally aggressive. If your character is a liar, do they pause before lying, or do they suddenly speak very carefully when they normally don’t? Someone who is inconsiderate may have issues with boundaries or eat the last piece of pizza in the fridge when they knew it wasn’t theirs. Behavior is extremely important and it is advised you think long and hard about your character’s actions and what exactly it shows about them

Demeanor:

their general mood and disposition. Maybe they’re usually quiet, cheerful, moody, or irritable, etc.

Posture:

a secondary part of your character’s personality: not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Posture is how the character carries themselves. For example, perhaps they swing their arms and keep their shoulders back while they walk, which seems to be the posture of a confident person, so when they sit, their legs are probably open. Another character may slump and have their arms folded when they’re sitting, and when they’re walking, perhaps they drag their feet and look at the ground

Speech Pattern:

a secondary part of your character’s personality: not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Speech patterns can be words that your character uses frequently, if they speak clearly, what sort of grammar they use, if they have a wide vocabulary, a small vocabulary, if it’s sophisticated, crude, stammering, repeating themselves, etc. I personally don’t have a very wide vocabulary, if you could tell

Hobbies:

a secondary part of your character’s personality: not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Hobbies can include things like drawing, writing, playing an instrument, collecting rocks, collecting tea cups, etc.

Quirks:

a secondary part of your character’s personality, not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Quirks are behaviors that are unique to your character. For example, I personally always put my socks on inside out and check the ceiling for spiders a few times a day

Likes:

a secondary part of your character’s personality, not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Likes and dislikes are usually connected to the rest of their personality, but not necessarily. For example, if your character likes to do other people’s homework, maybe it’s because they want to be appreciated

Dislikes:

a secondary part of your character’s personality, not as important as everything else. It is advised you fill this out after. Likes and dislikes can also contradict the rest of their personality. For example, maybe one of your character’s traits is dishonest, but they dislike liars

History:

your character’s past that has key events that influence and shape their beliefs, values, behavior, wants, self-image, etc. Events written down should imply or explain why they are the way they are. For example, if your character is distrustful, maybe they were lied to a lot by their parents when they were a child. Maybe they were in a relationship for twenty years and found out their partner was cheating on them the whole time. If their motive/want is to have positive attention, maybe their parents just didn’t praise them enough and focused too much on the negative

On Mental and Physical Disabilities or Illnesses

if your character experienced a trauma, it needs to have an affect on your character. Maybe they became more angry or impatient or critical of others. Maybe their beliefs on people changed to become “even bullies can be ‘nice’ people: anyone can be a ‘bad’ person”

people are not their illness or disability: it should not be their defining trait. I have health anxiety, but I’m still idealistic, lazy, considerate, impatient and occasionally spiteful; I still want to become an author; I still believe that people are generally good; I still value doing what make me feel comfortable; I still have a positive self-image; I’m still a person. You should fill out your character’s personality at least half-way before you even touch on the possibility of your character having a disability or illness

Generally everything about your character should connect, but hey, even twins that grew up in the same exact household have different personalities; they value different things, have different beliefs. Maybe one of them watched a movie that had a huge impact on them.

Not everything needs to be explained. Someone can be picky or fussy ever since they were little for no reason at all. Someone can be a negative person even if they grew up in a happy home.

I believe this is a thought out layout for making well-rounded OCs, antagonists and protagonists, whether they’re being created for a roleplay or for a book. This layout is also helpful for studying Canon Characters if you’re looking to accurately roleplay as them or write them in fanfiction or whatever.

I’m really excited to post this, so hopefully I didn’t miss anything important…

If you have any questions, feel free to send a message.

- Chick

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Character spotlight: Izuhara Isao

Meet Izuhara, the ultimate basketball player! He can come off as aggressive, but he means well. Just be sure not to mention his height.

Loves: basketball, basketball, and, uh… basketball. Also cats, but don’t tell anyone.

Hates: being called “short”, people who don’t take him seriously

Favorite flavor of Gatorade: the purple ones

Fun fact: he plays on professional teams despite being a high schooler

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Prologue: welcome, contestants, to the ultimate game show!

prologue, part one

Keep reading

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This is completely accurate and I won’t accept constructive criticism

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“I’ll dance with you.”

My piece for YeeYeeBee’s fic, The People We Once Knew. @grishaversebigbang

So honored to have been able to contribute to the event, there’s so many amazing people in the fandom. 

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i have a horrible misogynist rooster who only likes blonde hens so i always have to make sure i have 2-3 yellow hens around so he doesn't run anyone ragged. i didn't know this was a problem someone could have but i've had macklemore for eight slutty, slutty years and he's been overly obsessed with the blondness level of his lady friends for the entire time with no sign of slowing down so, like. props to him for sticking to his guns.

SIR, PLEASE,

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I love genuinely innocent “boys will be boys.” Just saw a guy come out of a frat house to poke a pair of jeans they’d left outside - they were frozen solid, and as soon as he confirmed that, like twenty more boys came rushing out of the house going “YOOOOOOOOOO”

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I think this got deleted way back when?? So I’m posting it again while my other grishaverse stuff is here 😳 I love Nikolai Lantsov more than I should what’s new!!

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1. I Like You - Day6

2. Lost in the Woods - Frozen 2

3. Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

4. Letting Go - Day6

5. days gone by - Day6

6. Say Wow - Day6

7. Pretty U - Seventeen

8. Tell Me That You Love Me - Victorious

9. ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas

10. “Revenge” A Monecraft Parody of Usher’s DJ Got Us Fallin In Love - CaptainSparklez

I mean let’s be real I’ve mostly just been listening to the same Day6 playlist over and over again but

Anyways idk who to tag so just do this if you feel like it I won’t judge

tagged by @the-velociruby ! <3

Tag Rules: List ten songs you’ve been listening to a lot lately and tag ten people.

Walking Disaster - Sum 41

Rose-Colored Boy - Paramore

Six Feet Under the Stars - All Time Low

Thank You For The Venom - MCR

Sharpest Lives - MCR

Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back - MCR

Armed and Ready - Jeff Williams / Casey Lee Williams

Motivation - Sum 41

The Two Tongues - As It Is

Dear Father - Sum 41

(i made a playlist recently called “16 going on 21″ because im still listening to the same stuff i listened to in high school so i just grabbed songs off that, plus MCR is back, plus RWBY)

10 tagged friends: @disaster-bi-chance @qrangstcentral @kitmaarlowe @my-caliginous-romance @bandsaremyfavorite @adw520 @seaspacesolace @commander-boonana @rat-dyke @darlingdany (if you’ve already been tagged………do it again i double-dog-dare you)

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Kaz: In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in, and I don’t want to fit in.

Kaz: Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That’s weird.

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AM I WRONG???

Kaz: In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in, and I don’t want to fit in.

Kaz: Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That’s weird.

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Kaz: In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in, and I don’t want to fit in.

Kaz: Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That’s weird.

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Idk who to tag so uh do it if you want I guess

make yourself!!!

(i started a new post because i didn’t want to make the other one too long)

i was tagged by: @anxieteandbiscuits thank you so much dude i had so much fun! this is so cute omg

i’m tagging: @mrstarrk @natasharomanovs @parkersedith @ladythcr @ironarm @msmar-vell @ironmantrilogies @awstark @yelenabelovia @winston-wilson @and-the-wasp !!! if you guys want to! (and anybody else that wants to! this is super fun)

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My boss has a two year old son and this is in his bathroom I’m laughing so hard omg

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I AM A THOUSAND TONS. I AM AN INCONVENIENCE. I CAN HEAR YOUR LEG BONES FRACTURE UNDER MY TRAGIC BOTTOM. SOMEONE ASSASSINATE ME

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they'll fight the ghosts of their past for this.