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beka-tiddalik · 6 months

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A list of reasons for your character to not murder someone rated against how compelling I find them - an incomplete list

1. "Murder is bad" :shrug: OK but be consistent otherwise this is going to get annoying fast 5/10 for passing baseline ethics

2. "if I kill I'll be as bad as them" 0-5/10 with zero for people who are serial killers/mass murderers and 5 for idk someone who has killed in the past but it wasn't personal to the character. -100 for the murder actively preventing a lot more murder. -2000/10 for anyone trying to blow up the planet or kill the universe or otherwise cause an extinction event come on who are you kidding here

3. "I don't want to go to prison" 6/10 for needing a pragmatic argument instead of an ethical one

4. "if I kill I'll be crossing a moral event horizon and I don't want to do that to myself" 7/10 for self awareness

5. "I don't want to perpetuate the cycle of violence" 7.5/10 for self awareness plus pattern recognition and desire for active harm reduction

6. "I believe in due process/human rights for legal representation" 7.5/10, 8/10 if they're from an organisation that likes to shoot first and ask questions never, 9/10 if there has been evidence in story that corruption is rife

7. "I don't want to get their blood on these shoes" 8.5/10 ah a non violent psychopath that could go somewhere maybe

8. "I want them to live with what they've wrought" 9/10 coldest revenge served

9. "I want them to live to see me living my best life, and themselves becoming irrelevant" 10/10 best revenge is living well

10. "Who's that?" 13/10 perfection especially if they have declared themselves your nemesis

#writing #writing murder #ethics #compelling characters

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sand-rose · 2 months

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Just stopping by to tell you that I discovered the game Horizon through your blog

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@stars-chan Aw, that's amazing! I'm so glad I got someone to play it and you like it!! 😊 It's such a fantastic game with so much creativity and devotion behind it. It's my favorite game (though it's tied with The World Ends With You... I literally can't pick between them lol) and I can't wait to get back to playing Horizon Forbidden West! Thanks for sharing this with me!! 🥰

#horizon zero dawn #hzd #it's just soooo full of good stuff #excellent world building #compelling characters #the MACHINES are SO COOL #and the story just hits different in so many ways #SO GOOD

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scifriskyxy · 3 months

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I think I've realized why so many characters tend to be white. White can represent a blank slate a blank canvas, so to say it's easier to start painting on a canvas that isn't painted than one that is already painted. It's extremely difficult to master some people to the point that you can make a character of color.

If you make a character of color without mastering how to properly make a character, you can get an uncompelling character, tho it doesn't mean that you can't write an uncompelling white character as well ,I think this is why there are so many good compelling white characters In media and not so many character of color everyone had to start somewhere.

#character writing #writing #compelling characters #random theory #theory #artists on tumblr #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #my writing

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scaletree · 9 months

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Why anyone would suggest Louie is boring is beyond me, yet I found someone like that recently. When I came to after blacking out from the strangeness of that notion, this 35-and-a-half minute monster of a video manifested in my projects folder. What a coincidence!

I mean. You don't have to LIKE Louie. (I love Louie and won't pretend I don't, but I understand why some people want to gnaw him.) But... uninteresting?? When there are so many little details that can spark intrigue into his character???

Man. Some people are wild.

#...I'm so nervous to post this dfjsadhghdkj #Youtube #compelling characters #Pikmin Louie #Louie Pikmin #video games #character analysis #sort of? more like blarbing about my blorbo #though he's more of a skrunkly #I suppose that's the correct verbiage #pikmin #main tag moment trying to be brave

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sylviahubbard · 4 months

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The Convenient Wife

Amid hidden family secrets, Charone Demme, a striking beauty with a painful truth, finds herself forced into a marriage of convenience with Axel Lodewyck, a towering figure grappling with a complicated past. As they navigate their unconventional union, their hearts intertwine, but can their love withstand the weight of their tangled family history? “Love Unveiled” is a captivating story of love’s…

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jebmungall · 1 year

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About Antiphon: Fire and Stone

Antiphon: Fire and Stone is a fantasy novel I recently published. I’m quickly learning that writing the story was the fun part. Promoting it has been much less fun. Nevertheless, it’s a work that I’m proud of. Recently updated cover art for Antiphon: Fire and Stone featuring Kord Maratha It is set in the world of Irden, a world in a state of transition. While medieval fantasy is still…

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kenobihater · 7 months

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tragedy enjoyers when a character perpetuates the cycle of violence they themselves were a victim of

#SORRY IT'S COMPELLING LOL #i was gonna write up a meta post abt astarion but im only in act 1 & havent got as firm a grasp on his character as id like to do that yet #one day soon mayhaps...#len speaks #len's memes #astarion #<-tagging my current blorbo du jour bc he's the reason this post exists

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theorangestar · 2 months

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I finally watched Nimona for the first time and it's wonderful. Go watch it, it's fantastic. 💖

#nimona #beautiful #heart-wrenching #compelling characters #pro-LGBTQ #anti-systemic bigotry #also its funny #it's got everything #go watch it

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thatdeardelight · 4 months

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(F): Memory Sovereign

A story of a town where memories vanish and a writer becomes key as love, mystery, and a world forgotten, waiting to be remembered through him.

The publisher called on Tuesday. They wanted me to come to their office to discuss something about the book. I said it was not necessary. But they insisted. I was busy the entire week. I said I could make it on Saturday. They asked me to make it on Sunday then. I asked Riya if she would come along. She was the last person to care (or know) about books or the publishing industry in general. But I…

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nazumichi · 2 years

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i love it when characters are package deals, i love duos i love trios i love quartets, i love groups and squads, i love it when you can’t find one without the other(s), i love it when they’re glued at the hip, i love it no matter the context of these dynamics, i lov

#raii talks a lot #i will see a character and go “put that beast in a group” (very literal sometimes too)#now that this is getting notes I feel compelled to tell you this was abt bna

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hsmagazine254 · 10 months

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Unveiling the Mysteries: A Captivating Review of "The Imperial Alchemist" by A.H. Wang

H&S Magazine’s Recommended Book Of The Week A.H. Wang Genre: Epic Fantasy Adventure The Imperial Alchemist: A page-turning epic adventure with a stunning twist (Georgia Lee Book 1) Kindle Edition Step into a world of magic, intrigue, and epic adventures with “The Imperial Alchemist: A page-turning epic adventure with a stunning twist” by A.H. Wang. In this article, we delve into the mesmerizing…

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serenity-the-firefly · 2 years

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really i think one of my favorite character dynamics is “i don’t actually like you but we’ve been through so much together that i’d trust you with my life and know that we will always back each others calls. but i still wouldn’t trust you with my car keys.” like “we aren’t really friends but we’ve been thrust into an intense situation where you are the only other person i know so now we’re besties.” and “if it weren’t for our years of history i would have literally nothing to talk to you about at this work dinner.” Enemies to lovers has NOTHING on general disinterest to begrudging acknowledgment to discovering that this person is now an inextricable part of your life

#I think its both very funny and very compelling #this is kind of about #the silt verses #but tbqh about many things i like #what can i say i enjoy a relationship where both characters implicitly trust each other on big issues but would literally murder each other #over like paint swatches #thoughts

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sylviahubbard · 4 months

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The Convenient Wife

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Amid hidden family secrets, Charone Demme, a striking beauty with a painful truth, finds herself forced into a marriage of convenience with Axel Lodewyck, a towering figure grappling with a complicated past. As they navigate their unconventional union, their hearts intertwine, but can their love withstand the weight of their tangled family history? “Love Unveiled” is a captivating story of love’s…

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spinaart · 9 months

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hey leader!!!

#persona 3 #p3 fanart #makoto yuki #minato arisato #junpei yori #yukari takeba #i think their trio dynamic is the most overlook in any game #we talk about makoto in relation to anyone else but i always find it fascinating how #despite being the bro character. junpei initially resents makoto and actively has to work towards understanding him #as opposed to other bro characters who immediately love the protagonist #and i love how yukari learns to open up to him even through her own trust issues AND his aloof general attitude #to the point she behaves how she does in the answer (iykyk)#which is in my opinion (and like no one elses lol) one of the most compelling characterizations in a female character in persona #ok rants over. i just love these guys and i think they are sadly underappreciated #art #fanart #spin draws

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dykefaggotry · 4 months

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that one poll about if you'd be friends w someone who cheated and the comments/tags were an all out blood bath got me thinking so

#infidelity tw #cheating tw #I'm curious bc a lot of ppl on that poll were Very very heated one way or the other #and I'm wondering how that applies to fiction #I myself don't seek it out but I don't mind it and sometimes it can be compelling in a story #it adds some Flavor and it's not like these characters are real yk?#but I get the feeling some people avoid it in a way they might avoid like. dead dove shit

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hamletthedane · 1 month

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I love you mean girls in literature, I love you manipulative and scheming elder sisters of the protagonists, I love you ambitious women washing damned spots from bloody hands, I love you “she was always the perfect/favorite child,” I love you Emma Woodhouses and Caroline Bingleys, I love you mean girls with complex and morally questionable but ultimately understandable motivations, I love you mean girls they called evil and never bothered to explain at all, I love you mean girls who are not even girls, I love you queen bees, bullies, cheerleading captains, and heads of the school play in teen flicks, I love you weapons of war and calculating politicians and manipulators of royal court, I love you sirens and succubi and vampiresses, I love you changed by the end, I love you still the same bitch as before-

#this character type is so compelling #for the record this is not limited to actual female gender characters - mean girl is a state of mind #tagging to find later on my own blog bc tumblr search feature sucks:#writing #tropes #mean girls #literature

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