how did you get so good at analysing characters? :)
Anon you're so sweet. 🥺🥺🥺
It's hard for me to give a good concise answer, but if I really try to break it down, I think it comes down to a few things. Whenever I analyze a character I view them/their situation/their experiences realistically, without bias, and with empathy.
I put myself in their shoes and apply my own real world knowledge and life experiences in order to formulate a general idea of how a character might be affected in a given moment, even if our experiences aren't shared. Then I apply what I know about the character — canonical information that's been provided, patterns that I've picked up on, the character's personality, what I know about their background, the things I've seen — and build upon that base concept.
Approaching things realistically is very important to me. I attribute real life knowledge to everything. Real feelings, concepts, experiences, etc. I don't ever want to approach a character from a perspective that isn't true to who they are or true to how life is.
I seriously think a big part of good character analysis is taking everything you know for certain into account and viewing those things from an unbiased perspective. Take what you want from a franchise or a character out of the equation completely. Like when I analyze Leon, I'm taking things like his personality, his trauma, his age, the eras he's lived through, how he interacts with other characters, his flaws, and the demographic in which he's written for all into account. I'm not fishing to certain qualities; I'm strictly taking what we know from the source material. When you have a good sense of who a character truly is, it's easier to get into their head so-to-speak.
Also, despite this not being the path I found myself on in life, I'm sure having a background in psychology helps to a degree. A lot of those concepts are hammered into my brain, and it's easy to sort of draw red thread from an event to a behavior when you've been taught how to do so. Not that that's saying much. The aforementioned things are vastly more important. You can understand psych concepts all day long, but it's how you choose to apply them that ultimately matters.
Sweetie baby pumpkin pie I've got an entire playlist of songs that remind me of Leon, are you kidding.
Plagued by We Came As Romans is the song the playlist is titled after, so I guess I'll go with that one!! I mean, look at these lyrics.
Send me a ♫ + a character’s name and I will respond with a song that reminds me of them
It's so cruel of you to send this because I actually have to sit here and admit that I cannot think of a single BrBa character without IMMEDIATELY thinking of the fucking BrBa remix video.
Send me a ♫ + a character’s name and I will respond with a song that reminds me of them
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Since I haven't posted a selfie here in a long time and have gained a nice amount of followers recently, I figured I'd post these here. The left's from back in August (but is a very accurate depiction of what my personality is like lmao) and the right is a much more recent pic from my birthday. 😊
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last song i listened to: The Foreverlost by VV
favorite color: Pink! Sage green is a very close second tho
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current obsession: Resi I guess?? Nothing new
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I don't like internet anonymity because I think it's humanizing to show your face, that way people can place a face to your name and know exactly who they're talking to.
Since I haven't posted a selfie here in a long time and have gained a nice amount of followers recently, I figured I'd post these here. The left's from back in August (but is a very accurate depiction of what my personality is like lmao) and the right is a much more recent pic from my birthday. 😊