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theexhaustedqueer · 2 days ago

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I’m really discovering about myself that my favourite genre of character to write is female who characters who do horrible things for interesting reasons. Not in the way of me justifying their actions, actually usually it’s quite the opposite, and certainly not in the girlboss “they can do whatever and I’d still like them” way. Rather, asking the question “What messed up concoction of flaws and life experiences could compel a person to act in such a morally reprehensible way?” And also they’re women. I’m serious, this a solid 30% of the NPCs in the dnd game I run, and I’m only adding more. My players are going to catch wise at this rate.

#vanessa kylie jane #the actual bbeg falls into this archetype too #heck even delphi could technically qualify even though I wouldn’t characterize her as morally reprehensible #while her actions tend to result in good she’s still being spurred on by her deeply fucked up worldview and life experience #and in her downfall she fails to accomplish any good because she is so set in her ways she refuses to consider other options #I’m rambling about my characters because I can’t talk to my players about it without spoiling a bunch of twists for them please forgive me #writing #writing stuff #dungeons and dragons #dnd #dnd npc

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