#(characters)

[i-assign-you-animorphs]

Animorphs

they are Cancelling me for dealing with my grief as best i can . also for the vicious war Crimes

[madcat-world]

Again and Again - Aditya777

[demonbunnii]

eyes on me, eyes on me, eyes on me

existing is so cumbersome

[dp-references]

Dash during the school dance:

[thepersonalwords]

Simplicity saves strength.

Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

[rubyleaf]

Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

[kimiko24]

Me when I see a picture of ✨The Character™✨:

[sick-sad-world-revolution-now]

I want more complex female characters, including what’s happening with Caitlyn, I love seeing this freedom in the writing of a show. She’s becoming morally tainted and as viewers we can know and see the reasons that pushed her in that direction, it’s making the show even more thrilling and qualitative. What I cannot handle however is seeing people seriously defending a character in all their wrongdoings just because “they’re hot” (sometimes they won’t say it like that but it’s obvious it’s the reason why they defend the actions in question). And I get it I love some characters that are morally evil, whether lawful neutral or chaotic, Caitlyn at this point is just a rookie in that category if she even belongs in that category, yet I can recognise the path a character is or could be taking and how this or that action is not excusable.

Vi was worried about it happening, she expressed those concerns before Caitlyn kissed her : “everyone in my life changed, promise me you won’t change”. Fast forward to the end of the episode of we see that she changed, even though she told Vi she wouldn’t. In the two next acts we’ll probably see how much Ambessa will use Caitlyn’s grief to turn it into anger and blind military decisions, it won’t be pretty.

Now I could be wrong but Caitlyn is dealing with internal moral issues and she may feel sick to her guts at some point seeing the aftermaths of what she’s doing. She still has feelings for Vi, though how to deal with it properly when the one she loves is the sister of the one person she hates the most ? I love seeing more complex female characters because they are more interesting to analyse, because equal treatment in their development is what female characters need and deserve, but some people take it as an excuse to turn a blind eye on their fave’s questionable actions.

"We want more complex female characters" you can't even handle an angry, grieving daughter who just had her mother killed by her future wife's sister, shut the fuck up

[krossan]

Redwall art envisioned as an 80's animated film look. (Milt Kahl / Don Bluth) --- I know nothing abt Redwall. I havent read the books and know very VERY little of its lore. Years ago I remember seeing a tv series but never finished it.

[aitze]

Prototype portrait for a game project.

[helpful-writing-tips]

When writing emotionally reserved characters:

Show your character's struggles with holding in emotions. Just because your character won't let themself go in public, doesn't mean they don't struggle holding everything in.

Find a motive. Pride and/or consideration for those around them can make emotionally reserved people hold back more than would be considered good for them. There are other reasons too, perhaps the initial cause and the reason now are different, but try to give them a reason.

Show side-effects. Everything you bottled up shows itself in another way, whether it's physical or mental. This can be long- and short-term, depending on the severity of the emotions.

Give them coping mechanisms. Everyone who wishes not to show certain emotions has a trick or two to keep themselves in check. Taking a sip of water, not looking people in the eyes, clenching their fists, breathing just a bit too deeply.

Write subconscious signs that they give off, which close friends or family might pick on. Just because these characters want to keep their emotions to themselves, doesn't mean they don't give off signs. Some manage to keep said signs well hidden from those closest to them, but it's more common for environment to pick up on something at the very least.

[madcat-world]

Lautus & Bellator (2 of 2) - Palamarchuk Mikhail

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Photographed by Martin Schoeller for The New Yorker in 2002:

 "I was hired by the New Yorker in 2002 to photograph Robin Williams, and after doing my research what stood out most for me was that he was a very physical comedian. I came up with this idea to photograph him swinging from a chandelier in a grand hotel room. Most publicists shoot down these kinds of wild ideas, so I didn't tell anyone what I was up to, but rigged up a chandelier at the Waldorf Astoria hotel for him to swing from. When Robin got there and saw what was happening, he lifted up his shirt and showed me this enormous scar on his shoulder. He'd just had surgery and couldn't so much as lift his arm. He was so disappointed! He really felt bad about not being able to do it, because he loved the idea and really wanted to help me accomplish my vision. 

Unlike most Hollywood stars, he was unfazed by his success and position. He talked to everyone from stylists to the crew, to the hotel staff. We ended up asking a maid at the hotel to swing from the chandelier instead, and I asked him to just sit there and read a newspaper, which I think in the end was an even funnier, more unexpected picture.

[Follies Of God]

[elumish]

This may sound like odd advice, but I think it's important to remember that your character does not need to be smart.

Because there's often a lot of focus on characters, especially protagonists, having agency and pushing the story forward, people often make their protagonist particularly smart--they come up with the right solution at the end, they surprise people with how smart they are, they are one of the best at whatever they do.

Often, it ends up reading like a power fantasy, where the author gets to write and the reader gets to experience being proven right, other people seeing just how smart they are after having been underestimated. There's nothing inherently wrong with that.

But smart is not a personality trait that every character or every protagonist needs to have. Your protagonist can have the wrong ideas. Your protagonist can (and should) get stuff wrong. They can be a worker bee, a Type-B personality, a doer rather than a thinker. They can be a solid B- student (or whatever the equivalent is in your story).

[gnotknormal]

There's a winner because there is a character in the (Puyo Puyo) Tetris universe called Tee and he's such a wet cat of a spaceship owner.

Explain yourself.