#These are just the characters

[ja9-animations]

OC TIME

These are the main characters in my oc story (excluding the antagonists)

Kandid is 18 and can control weather and elements. Because of his ability, he is highly respected and somewhat feared by people who don't know him. Kandid is a bit reckless and arrogant but very loyal to his friends and family. Kandid leaves his island to find out what happened to his mother, who was called to fight in a revolution 9 years but never came home.

Lyke is also 18. He has the ability to heal people's wounds. He and Kandid grew up together and are best friends. Hey, maybe they'll be more than just friends later on but for now Lyke is too shy to say anything. He is incredibly smart and caring to everyone. He takes care of his younger sister, Mayn, and is very protective over her. When his home and island is attacked by the kingdom, he escapes with Mayn and Kandid on a small boat Kandid planned to use to leave the island to search for his mother.

Mayn is 10 years old. She doesn't have any abilities unlike everyone else around her. As a baby she was found alone. People suspected her parents were killed in the revolution and therefore she was put up for adoption. Lyke's parents adopted her when she was 1 years old. Mayn doesn't talk much and always carries her frog plush with her. She loves and trusts Lyke and Kandid.

Kya is 20 and is a revolutionary leader. 9 years ago when the first revolution happened, the kingdom was ruled by Shapeshifter monarchs who abused their powers. The king and queen were killed but their heirs escaped. A few years passed and all of the other Shapeshifter heirs were found and killed. Kya, who grew up during this revolution, decided to help build the new kingdom. However, she realized the new rulers were as unjust as the Shapeshifters and decided to lead the second revolution. Kya can create thought into reality. For example she can create weapons out of thin air which she does a lot. Kya is strong, smart, and outgoing.

Ronan is also 20. He has the same ability as Kya but a different aspect of it. Like Kya, he helped build the new kingdom but also saw the corrupt ways of it. He was almost executed for his betrayal but Kya rescued him and some others. He joined Kyas revolutionary group and became her second in command. Ronan is very intimidating to everyone except Mayn, who likes hanging around him.

So basically

[izukuer]

characters have to be a little bit awful in ways that you cant defend. its good for the ecosystem. your honor he did do that. He did in fact do that

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[nathaniacolver]

arcane ships be like

i love a show that teaches equality (😭😭😭)

[canonkiller]

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

[canisalbus]

✦ Pebble ✦

[onebadnoodle]

🃏 hero villain 🦇

[ciderjacks]

Sometimes I’m reminded that in universe Chilchuck is an actually influential figure who like. Made huge advancements for his people and community. Like as in gave them rights and protections. And who is widely known by half-foots because of that. Like. He’s not just some guy.

Idk For some reason that just makes his role in canon really funny to me. Like this older, extremely important and accomplished figure is just willingly putting himself thru it for the sake of this random autistic 26 year old.

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[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.

[a-drama-addict]

not caring too much about a fandom’s favourite guy is the worst. you’ll think “oh i’ll look into the tag see if anything new and cool’s there” and it’s just that fucking guy again

[hamletthedane]

The movie Wicked is proof that any source material can be vastly improved by simply making the intense female friendship much gayer + the mutual male love interest both wildly bisexual and lowkey down to just be their third

[cardo-de-comer]

Sun is always the calm one. While the Moon has more fps, always moves and wants to gnaw on walls, pace around and destroy timelines, the Sun is the one who prevents the chaos, usually by doing nothing. Or at least that's how I see them.

[cowboysmp3]

there’s something sooo sickening about how dunmeshis whole energy is like sometimes something terrible and awful happens to you and it changes you forever and nothing can make you the person you were before but there’s still love and there’s still sharing a meal together and there’s still living