Expanding a thought from a conversation this morning:
In general, I think "Is X out-of-character?" is not a terribly useful question for a writer. It shuts down possibility, and interesting directions you could take a character.
A better question, I believe, is "What would it take for Character to do X?" What extremity would she find herself in, where X starts to look like a good idea? What loyalties or fears leave him with X as his only option? THAT'S where a potentially interesting story lies.
In practice, I find that you can often justify much more from a character than you initially dreamed you could: some of my best stories come from "What might drive Character to do [thing he would never do]?" As long as you make it clear to the reader what the hell pushed your character to this point, you've got the seed of a compelling story on your hands.
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me individually reviewing the lyrics for every single song on a character playlist nobody else will ever hear for an oc approximately 3 people know about
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the question, you see, is not ‘is it too ooc for this character to cry’ but rather ‘what circumstances would push this character to cry’
this is the whump wisdom, go forth and make that character cry
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i'm not sure why people are saying "why isn't this post about my irl relationship? you must be a lifeless husk of a person" but if that quandary gets under your skin im sorry
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Me when I see a character being characterised wildly different to my personal interpretation: Who?
Also me: Well I COULD explain the multiple context changes and altered experiences in this AU that resulted in this character doing something they would never do in canon. Or I could just write the scene and let you figure it out for yourself.
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Reminder for artists and writers to OPT-OUT of Tumblr giving your posts to companies to train AI programs
Each of your side-blogs has to enable the "Prevent sharing" setting. It's not account-wide
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If this post gets 15k 10k notes by my birthday (January 10th, 2024)
I'll turn this into a whole comic on Webtoon or Wattpad or some
@a-random-mooshroom @sweetface-the-dollbaby @xxstarryrosesxx @cloudxxiii @minty-cheese @t-is-tobi @moonystar2 @/anyone I forgot sorry :(
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New way to hold Batman just dropped
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hope everyone's having wonderful lust-filled thoughts over fictional men today
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STOP MAKING MY LIL AWKWARD NERDY BOYS BE CONFIDENT AND SO SURE OF THEMSELVES!!! I LIKE THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE NERDY NOT BECAUSE YOU FANFIC WRITERS MAKE THEM EGO MANIC ASSHOLES
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