Came across this post by @sillywormz recently and it got me thinking about character archetypes in Look Outside. So I decided to make a list compiling the most notable ones.
(Slightly spoilery)
The two major categories are, obviously, Non-Cursed and Cursed.
Non-Cursed
The Survivor: A normal human being lacking any extreme personality quirk; fairly grounded interpretation of someone trying to survive the apocalypse. (i.e the door trader encounters)
The Weirdo: A normal human being with an extreme or odd personality quirk of some kind. (i.e Papineau, Dan, Xaria and Monty, most of the companions really)
Cursed
The Victim: Someone who was cursed and is grappling with the change/reacting to it in a realistic way. (i.e Audrey, Jeanne, This guy)
The Laid-Back: Someone who was cursed but is really chill about it for some reason. (i.e Emmanuel, Musette, Carlos and Rana)
The Freak: Someone who was cursed and came away with an altered personality to some degree; The cursed variant of The Weirdo. (i.e Leigh, Mutt, Spine)
The Killer Freak: The violent variant of The Freak. (i.e Stargazer, Louis, Elevator Freak)
The Inhuman: Someone who was cursed and completely lost their humanity, both physically and mentally, becoming a violent monster. (i.e Tooth Family, Rat King, Antoine)
The Doomed: Someone who was cursed and suffers a tragic, unadaptable fate of some kind. (i.e Tumor Fred, Charlie)
The Infected: Someone whose curse was either influenced by or is the direct result of another cursed. (i.e Tooth Family, Hand creatures, Edwin’s victims, Sybil’s organs)
The Ascended: Any cursed entity with immense power. (Exalted Four, Hundred Gods, XIN-AMON, Wilhelmina)
These two categories deal almost exclusively with the human characters/NPCs- barring some exceptions. There are, however, a bunch of examples that aren't human and/or otherwise require their own archetype. These include:
The Nonhuman: Any cursed entity that was originally a nonhuman creature or organism. (i.e Roaches, Morton, Spore Mother, Roxie)
The Animate: Any entity that was originally an inanimate object (i.e the other Freds)
The Manifest: Any entity that was originally an idea or concept. (i.e Drowning, Honko)
The Fledgling: Any entity that spawned from or was created by another cursed entity. (i.e Kevin, Phillipe, Toothlings)
The Anomaly: Any entity whose existence is difficult to classify (i.e Spider, Shadow, The Shades)
Juicebox: Juicebox. (i.e Juicebox)
