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Sam - your tags are so good. You're like an Olympic gold medalist at tagging. You go for miles with interesting new perspectives and you really get my gears turning!

Also, your freak is so versatile and I'm super into it. My initial observation from which I drew this conclusion IS - you always seem down to clown with themes like dark romance, corrupted morals, degradation of character. Your input seems well thought out so I KNOW you think about it a lot HOWEVER - the vibes for lmhs seem like a balance between atla and jjk?

You got me wondering - when you love so many variations of a character how the heck do you stay consistent with your characterizations for such a big project like lmhs? Like what is a writers version of musical scales to keep you in tune?

I know I opened this sounding super serious but I AM super serious ok listen to me I need you to know - you're tearing this shit up. Every time you go off in the tags im in the stands like Saeko Tanaka like yeah examine that motherfucker he can't hide SHIT from you.

crow!!!! i woke up to this and have been thinking about it all DAY <3 <3 <3

SHDJKBVJKSDVFB MY FREAK IS VERSATILE what an incredible compliment im crying /pos KSJDBVJKDFVB

i am SO down for darker themes i LOVE corruption of morals i love a fucked up romance i love when a character convinces themself they are doing something Good and Correct even when they know it's bad and destructive. and i'm here for lighter themes! coffee shop-esque (flower shop, tattoo artist, etc) and everyone lives and exploring the softer sides of healing it's GOOD

AH well i do not claim to be an Expert nor do i claim to be necessarily Good/Skilled at maintaining a set characterization for any character ever (i strive to, i want to, but that's for readers to decide i think)

HOWEVER i do have like. things that i try to do? i look at characters from a sort of... analytical point of view i guess, breaking down A) their goals (what they want), B) their motivation (why they want), C) their trauma (if they have none, i give them some :D), and D) any changes in world view they have throughout their arc (positive OR negative growth). i'm not necessarily looking for how they tick on an emotional level but instead how they fit in a story and what role they serve. once i've got that, THEN i look for traits that are closer to their chest (personality, reactions to changes in their environment, etc)

truly i perform autopsies on characters i like KJSDBVJKSBDFV i want to understand them at their roots. who are they, really, and why does that make them a "good" character

it's easy enough at that point for me to just pick them up by the scruff and move them into a different story and let them run around KJSBDVJKSDBVJK

#answered #citycrows #shoutout to my habit of only ever making less than 10 ocs that i have just dropped into multiple AUs - i have practice™ with this shit #also shoutout to 2016 height of the aftg fandom and the uplifting community it had #i learned so much from watching other people break down the characters in aftg and i feel like #being able to learn how to say 'i don't like what that person did to that character' and then immediately asking myself WHY #was such a great vaulting point for learning how i viewed characters and what i found important #because i think 90% of a character can be altered #and as long as that core 10% doesn't change and the alterations make sense for whatever the AU is #then it will always feel like That Character #anyway truly truly thank you so so much this ask has been looping in my head all day <3 <3 <3 <3 #i hope this answered your question in a satisfying way kjbsdvjkbdsv #sometimes i feel like i try to over-explain and then it just gets confusing

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