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homoqueerjewhobbit · 11 months ago

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Been thinking a lot about characters who don't have tragic/complicated/lore-filled Backstories cause I just finished Neverwhere and Richard is just like some guy. Neil never explains why he's special and he can see door, he just does.

Tolkien never explains why Gandalf chose Bilbo. I don't even think we ever find out what career Bilbo had before going on his journey. He has no Backstory at all.

Rose Tyler was just a totally normal girl. So was Arthur Dent. So was... Another example, sorry I'm tired, I already gave you four.

Look, I'm not saying elaborate/tragic/mythic Backstories are bad, my WIPs are chock full of them, I just think writblr sometimes acts like they're mandatory and they don't have to be.

#One of my characters has a Backstory so dickensianly tragic that other characters joke about it (he does not like this)#One of my WIPs I pantsed so hard that none of the protagonists had any Backstories bc none of them were in it til they walked onto the page #It was really fun. Like they had backgrounds but that's not the same.#God poor Axl maybe his Backstory is too excessive. That whole WIP is a little Backstory heavy. But then they are solving a cold case murder #So the whole thing is Backstory #*slaps self in face* you have switched drafts you are working on a different one.#Adhd in the drafts tonight. Do any of you watch Krapopolis?#Neverwhere #Neil Gaiman #The hobbit #Rose Tyler #Arthur Dent #post o' mine #writing #Writblr

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