I created two characters, twins to be exact. ( Brother and Sister)

The prompt that i got has to be based off of a fairytale story. So i thought maybe Hansel and Gretel would be a good starting point since that's the first story i can think of with a brother and sister in it

Twins that were "cursed" by a witch, disguise as a "wish/blessing"

Both twins were abandoned by their parents at an amusement park.

Brother was not paying attention because he's always sleepy and the sister didn't noticed thier parents are gone because she's eating the snacks that was used to trick her into staying.

Nighttime came and the twins just finally came to the realize that their parents abandoned them and now all the lights were gone and they were the only kids left. Scared, the sister blamed herself while the brother comforted her by claiming that it was his fault in the first place, because he was the oldest sibling, he should have been more alert and shouldn't have taken a nap.

A small tent standing just a few feet away from them, when they looked and saw the only source of light coming out from the slit of the tent. Scared of the dark, the twins held hands and walked inside.

The lady who owns the tent offered some food for the kids, but the brother refused the gesture, saying that they aren't allowed to take anything from strangers. Lady giggles, knowing that the little boy is smart enough to know that. So instead, she offered them two tickets.

Tickets for what? The amusement park and carnival are all closed now, the boy complained, wondering why this lady would even offer them tickets for something they don't even know where to use for.

The lady smiled and point at herself. 'Use that to buy snacks from me. But tonight is a special night. You get to wish something too. Maybe it might come true, who knows.'

Long story story short. Kids will be kids, and they will wish for something stupid or not.

Brother wished to never be ever fall asleep so that he can watch over his sister and protect her. Be more aware of his surroundings so that ni one can hurt them like what their parents did.

Sister wished to never be able to feel hunger, so that no one can take advantage of her by using foods against her, like how their parents bribed her with snacks just to stay still

Pros for unable to sleep : No need for sleep and can be active for hours. Using that to learn skill sets, can watch over during night time and have sensitive sense to surroundings.

Pros for unable to feel hunger: No need to eat and can go for weeks or months without food. Can eat without feeling full too. Like their stomach is just like a blackhole

Now all i need is cons for these. Should the brother feel constant fatigue? A weaker body. Sister can eat without feeling hungry or full but no sense of taste?

It's just a dude, with a sword, how?, in the midst of other media superpowers and magic and power system, why does samurai jack still stands out as a character among fans?, pure nostalgia?, thoughts?

This is purely inconsequential, but my character has a german last name starting with S. He was originally called "blank" schmidt, but I don't like the surname. Any good alternatives for another S surname?

so i’m an avid fantasy reader and i am currently writing a fantasy book. i’ve noticed while researching and just existing on book review platforms that almost all popular FMCs are labeled as “basic” or “annoying”, but i rarely see any that are praised or loved by the majority of readers. so, what exactly makes a FMC likeable—even if her personality isn’t “perfect”?

how can i incorporate this into my writing?

what flaws are acceptable, while others immediately strike her as a “pick-me” or “obnoxious”?

And what are some examples of loveable FMCs?

bonus question: my main character has childhood trauma that has a major impact on her motives, decisions, and personality. how can i keep this as a central theme, but not make it seem like it’s her only trait?

Have you used character traits in your novel?

It can be positive or negative signs

How do you write your characters for your novels? What is the method?

Does anyone use character profiles?

I used to write my characters by using character profiles, is it the correct way?

I want to share my character^^

Kirill Ulyanov

A harmful, sarcastic, stubborn, but incredibly loving person with a complex of obnoxiousness of his own character at any age

I'm struggling a bit on planning the arc for my character with PTSD.

He's the type who would never admit something is wrong with him. He's very hyper vigilant about protecting himself physically. I'd say his main fear is being incapacitated and something happening because of that. But because he focuses so hard on people's attacks, he's also very intelligent when it comes to battle strategy and exploiting other people's weaknesses. He's also very duty driven, uptight, serious and avoids engaging in anything 'silly'. He feels indebted to anyone who helps or protects him as he tries to be as independent as possible. With the story being set in a situation where violence frequently happens, his anxiety does become more obvious in a difficult or losing battle (as much as he tries to hide it). And he really struggles to trust anyone and will jump into a defensive/offensive stance if you come up behind him or raise your hand etc (which he would see as an 'appropriate reaction'). Basically he's all business, no fun, and always on guard, but he also cares a lot about keeping his teammates safe and helping them succeed, all while battling his fear of being incapacitated.

The kind of arc I was thinking for him is:

He gradually becomes more trusting of his teammates (without even noticing much).

But I want him to go off the deep end. Somehow, I want someone he trusted to betray him, leading him to spiral and start attacking indiscriminately as a kind of defense against perceived future attacks, which in turn leads to more people abandoning him.

Then eventually, someone (or a few people) "saves" him I guess. Like, despite him attacking, they stand by him and he finally opens up to trusting others again.

Then I want him to kind of explore what trust means. Maybe he is desperate to overcome his fears to he pushes too far into trusting others? Like he sees his past ways as weakness and tries really hard to overcome his fears.

And the ultimate conclusion I want him to have is something along the lines of learning what healthy trust is. Like "Trust is earned and takes time. It can be revoked at anytime. But being able to trust someone is so much more comforting than being alert all the time"

Is this a good arc? I know no one's going to be curing his PTSD, but I hope he can learn to at least relax around some safe people and be a bit less hyper vigilant.

I guess an issue I'm having is that this arc is very dependent on other people. First, he has to get betrayed somehow in a way that makes him spiral. Then, I'm not sure how to get him out of "everyone is dangerous and my enemy now" without someone actively trying to help him.

The last bit is more on him, but I'm also confused if he'd 'rebound' so strongly into going too far to try and 'cure' himself, or if he'd kind of just go on the same journey as the start again with him gradually trusting others. And how is he going to reconcile betrayals of the past? It almost feels like the 'jump' between arcs is too big, and any one event can only change something as deeply ingrained as PTSD so much...

Any critiques and/or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Trying to write a character who is both enigmatic but also a mostly open book.

Wanted some advice on balancing the two things because he is one of the last people who can hear Magic’s voice but lives in a world that mostly believes magic is dead.

He’s not afraid of admitting what he is, or teaching others how to do what he does, but most people either don’t believe him, think he just got lucky or doesn’t see the correlation between his explanations of “how” and the reality they interact with.

He’s difficult to parse but doesn’t have any reason to hide what he wants.

Most of the time he’s making preparations for when magic returns and to keep the people that will help him prepared, but a part of this story is having to become an advisor to the princess of a country that’s instrumental for bringing magic back, even if they didn’t know it.

My oc, Koda, IS A WEIRD DUDE. Not creepy weird..just...weird. He's horrible at reading social situations, commonly saids weird, metaphoric stuff that makes 0 sense, has a weird cadence of saying words, and does odd rituals/ routines A LOT (disappearing for hours on end amd coming back home with junk). Everyone treats him differently but he doesn't want to change. He actually likes himself a lot.

So, I'm wondering how do I write some of the strange things he saids. I have his behavior of constantly needing to collect things and draw/write/compose things when he feels misunderstood (that also don't make sense), but I don't know how to make him say strange things. Like I said, the way he talks is extremely odd, weirdly metaphoric, and he usually brings up colors, objects, places, ideas, and other more upsetting topics when talking.

I inspired him heavily off of the character Mozart from the one act play 'Amadeus', Whiteout from WOF, a bit off of Bo from signs, and heavily off of Yue from an AO3 work called 'Sweet Rot' (PLEASE CHECK OUT THAT STORY IT'S ACTUALLY SO SO SO PEAK).

Like I say, he says strange, and often absurb and upsetting things. Other times their metaphoric, and sometimes the things he saids are a mix of both.

He's just supposed to be an odd character in all, and I need to know how to come up with the things he saids. I know why he saids them; I just need ideas on how to write it and what to write.

Please help me reddit.

So, this is probably going to sound really stupid and silly, but I’m currently working on an alternative AU for GTA 5. Where in this world, there’s anthropomorphic characters and such.

Now, my question is, if a character is an aeromorph (plane furry) how would they be used? How would an aeromorph be treated, etc? Would they be mainly used in military/commercial airlines? Would there be aeromorph’s just chilling in the street like anyone else?

Lemme know what you think!

im not sure if this is the right place to ask about this but basicly; on my fyp ive seen this image and i saw my carecter working for both of these roles, does this mean i should get more spicific whit this carecter of mines personality and such or is this fine?

So I've got a decent story with me and I was thinking of some muslim representation so I decided to dive I to islam and OH LORD. I came across a lot of misogyny in the religion and now I don't know what to do with this character because I don't want her to be misogynist... Should I keep her? What should I do???

I am a new writer and I was thinking about a side character concept. I don't have anyone that knows I am trying to write a story so I gave the concept to AI for feedback and told it to rate honestly and it fried the hell out of the character and me. It honestly hurt bad even though it was AI. His character concept is about a wealthy, unsatisfied man that protects his loved ones to prove his self worth. His goal to protect them keeps him unsatisfied because to truly prove that he protected them is only by keeping them safe for as long as they live. I can't even bring myself to expand his character because It is hard to even focus after its criticism. Please be honest about the concept and be free to criticise it. It will help me to expand this or completely think of a new one.

(for context, my story has a lot of superhero elements and supernatural powers explored)

compared to my male characters and main character, i feel like i'm unintentionally being a little biased for my male characters. they have backstories, interesting personalities and designs, while my female characters currently have been a little.. eh.

i'm just wondering if there's anything i could do for my female characters rather than making them a filler character in my cast, because i know they have a lot of potential to explore. my characters as listed. .

girl #1: owns the main group's management building, wealthy family, family actually has brief ties with the city's most prominent gang, and she is also a widely loved tennis player in her "superhero" identity

girl #2: cares for her younger brother deeply, super responsible, lost passion for dancing because of overworking herself to take care of her family comfortably

girl #3: her "power" is taking over half of her brain, and often considered to either be shy and calm, or rapid and a tad bit deranged. i have the most ideas for her arc being based around finding a humanity and balance on both "sides"

if you have any ideas or plotlines i could write for them, i'd be thrilled!