i've looked through the tags but they're all too soft or too out there for what i need, but i'm trying to find a character label for someone who is stubborn, sarcastic, hardheaded, sassy, but without using that as the label. Any suggestions?
hmm. that’s a hard one! i want to say the OBDURATE (from it’s latin roots it means ‘hardened in sin’ so that begs the question. is your character putting up this sarcastic front as a coping mechanism from an unfortunate past they had to endure? or, is this just who they’ve become through years of their own wrong doings?) that’s not your only choice though! there’s the TRENCHANT (which, in my opinion would be someone who has their mind set on one thing they have to believe that thing otherwise, their whole life and logic could fall apart. and any other logic that doesn’t fit is irrelevant to them. they’re very candid and won’t sugar coat a thing.) and heck, maybe even the BLACK SHEEP (someone who is destined not to go by the status-quo. someone who has never ‘fit in’ and they know it. they’re their own person through and through and their biggest fear is losing track of that.)
i’m sorry this is all i could come up with! but i hope this helps!