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Do you know how you could make a good characterization of the personality of the characters of ahit for fanfics? I'm planning to make a fanfic but it always gives me that fear that that I can't write the personalities well and they feel silly or OOC 😔

ALRIGHT I've been thinking about this ask since I saw it sometime earlier this morning. And my answer is sorta complicated to bear with me here.

To start with, I just wanna mention that I totally feel/felt this when I started writing fanfics. Actually, I refused to write fanfiction for the longest time purely out of fear over getting characterization wrong. The whole entire idea of writing a character slightly off made me paranoid, and I... honestly still get this sometimes, but not nearly as much. Shit's scary, and it made me so anxious to post fics every time in case some little thing wasn't in-character enough.

But I really, really would not worry yourself too much about this. It's a lot of unnecessary stress. How you characterize should work and make sense to you, and while you'll never fit everyone's individual views on that character, you should have fun, and not stress over something like that.

But, still. To answer your question:

If you'd like to get down-pat how a character is so you can figure out how to write them, it'll come down to a lot of studying dialogue and actions of characters. Picking apart tone and intention and body language and all that fun stuff. Actual hell sometimes but also if you want it to be as close to canon as possible, that's the way to go.

For instance, when I write Cooking Cat, I listened to audio of her voicelines over and over and over again, picking out little ways she spoke and then connecting that with her body language (she uses a lot of fast hand movements while she speaks, for instance). Her voice is light and comfortable, approachable, sweet, etc etc. She sounds like she's talking to a child when she speaks, which she is, and that helps a lot in getting a more maternal feel from her when compared to other characters.

She's also southern. So make sure ya know your southern dialect if you wanna go real hard into it lmao.

Mafia Boss, on the other hand, is incredibly bombastic and loud and I feel bad for his voice actor because this man yells so much his throat has to feel like hell. Also the fact his boss battle takes place in a theatre gave me a lot to work with, as there's a lot to take away from that and what it could mean for his character, even if it's never really touched on in canon. Even as a jar, he's incredibly expressive and constantly moving and STUPID dramatic, so that just worked out for me in how I wanted to write him! Bombastic and egotistical ("The most powerful man you will ever witness" sir you got beat up by a child w/ an umbrella.. to the point u exploded..) and so over the top dramatic it's almost comical.

And that's the thing, honestly! Taking small little elements and just going crazy with what it could mean. Just running with what makes sense to you.

When it comes to AHIT specifically, you have quite a lot of freedom in how you portray characterization for just about anyone; fanon and canon are very separated from each other, and most people don't really notice a difference. I wouldn't worry too much about sticking too firmly to one characterization or another.

Especially in the sense that. if you ask "how do you characterize xyz" to any other person in this fandom, you'll get a different answer every time. Some people prefer Beta Conductor since he actually acts like a grandpa and isn't a self-centered asshat. Other people prefer writing Conductor along the lines of canon and just making him shouty and awful and mean to Hat Kid. It's entirely up to you.

Honestly, AHIT itself is very silly . Writing dialogue for fics of this game has always been fun for me, because they're incredibly silly. The game handles itself in a light-hearted way, despite implications in plot, so I wouldn't worry about being silly funny goofy if you want too!

TL;DR: AHIT characters all boast very exaggerated personalities, and fanon and canon separate so hard they're practically not the same thing anymore. I wouldn't worry too much about writing a personality "correctly," as different views of a character will appeal to different people. Just write what makes sense to you! That's what I do! N I hope this all made sense it's been a very long day for me ahdksjghksjh I dunno how coherent I am