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Game of Thrones Daily
Love Begins
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NASA
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If anyone feels the need to continue seeing my occasional thoughts given form, I lurk a lot on Twitter (twitter.com/mattmythic or @mattmythic).
I’d offer up my discord id, but I’m awful at maintaining much of a conversation.
I should have more to say, but I don’t. Maybe we’ll see each other again, maybe we won’t.
If anyone feels the need to continue seeing my occasional thoughts given form, I lurk a lot on Twitter (twitter.com/mattmythic or @mattmythic).
I’d offer up my discord id, but I’m awful at maintaining much of a conversation.
I should have more to say, but I don’t. Maybe we’ll see each other again, maybe we won’t.
Ask my character "How do you feel about ______?" Can be an idea, person(s), place, or thing, and they'll have to answer honestly.
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What EXACTLY is Reaven Fyredyke exactly? I dont understand but id like to know regardless(sorry if im asking a silly question)
Reaven is a Drakyr (a homebrewed race me and a friend made for Pathfinder). For a visual reference of what exactly that means… I’ll reblog this post and add pictures when I can.
Aside from that, she’s a Hunter Guardian (as seen in the Destiny series) who had an unfortunate run in with Vex (Robots that can exist anywhen they want), leaving her stranded at the edge of the solar system in the year 2530 (Halo era timeline, minor modifications) for 10 years, only her Ghost, which she calls Nova, for company.
Hopefully, that answers a few of those questions for now?
(I thought I had more than this, but these should be adequate for now. None of these are mine, but they should generally get the idea across.)
(From the TwoKinds patreon, which you can find at https://patreon.com/twokinds )
What EXACTLY is Reaven Fyredyke exactly? I dont understand but id like to know regardless(sorry if im asking a silly question)
Reaven is a Drakyr (a homebrewed race me and a friend made for Pathfinder). For a visual reference of what exactly that means… I’ll reblog this post and add pictures when I can.
Aside from that, she’s a Hunter Guardian (as seen in the Destiny series) who had an unfortunate run in with Vex (Robots that can exist anywhen they want), leaving her stranded at the edge of the solar system in the year 2530 (Halo era timeline, minor modifications) for 10 years, only her Ghost, which she calls Nova, for company.
Hopefully, that answers a few of those questions for now?
Questions About Creating Your OCs
‘Cause sometimes the stories of how OCs come to be are just as interesting as the OCs, themselves. Tell me how your virtual kids came into the world.
What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?
Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?
How did you choose their name?
In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?
Is there any significance behind their hair color?
Is there any significance behind their eye color?
Is there any significance behind their height?
What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?
Are they based off of you, in some way?
If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person?
Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?
What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?
How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?
If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?
What is something about your OC can make you laugh?
What is something about your OC can make you cry?
Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?
What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?
What is your favorite fact about your OC?
Answering these about Reaven Fyerdrake:
She's like bootleg dragon girl self insert me. She was originally literally just a self insert of me, but then I tweaked bits of her to be less me.
Just one, but a revision to the canon of her universe left the other character behind.
Reaven = Reaver + Riven. Fyerdrake = Fire (misspelled intentionally) + Drake.
The world they live in is some unholy combination of the Halo timeline, the Destiny timeline and Pathfinder. Plus, it's not 100% thought out.
Hair's just a color I like the idea of having my hair be that color. Same with eyes. And height.
Dunno how to answer how I relate to her story. But, as I said, bootleg self insert. What's an LI?
Yeah, she's hecking attracted to girls. Dunno how, but she can appreciate them however she does.
For starters, she's a low priority OC, at least until someone asks her stuff. Any writing I do for her will come up here if it happens. Otherwise, she'll sit and wait until she gets something.
No real canon exists until someone asks about it.
She's a misfit. Absolutely nowhere in the universe she's in is somewhere she belongs. And she's very eager to take her latest collection of equipment, be it a cute outfit or a heavy machine gun, out for a test.
Laugh? She's this adorable dragon girl from a distant future, with some kind of space magic, trying to fit in with a predominantly human space military with a harder science setting. Cry? She's so far out of place in the universe, and has been kept on active duty for 50ish years, still no older than the day she arrived, wondering when she'll get back home, to a much different earth.
Yeah, I'm wondering if I should've made fantasy races more widespread than I have.
Tragically, she's immortal and will probably have to live through another few thousand centuries of someone else's war. Upside, she's a cute dragon girl who would have little problem surviving said war unscarred.
Send asks please!
A Lightbearer of questionable origin will answer anything you want to know about them. Their Ghost companion is muting this channel, and as such, is unavailable for comment.
(All lewd asks will be ignored)
Reaven Fyerdrake is disappointed at the complete absence of questions being asked. There's gotta be something someone wants to know about her or the world she lives in?
I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!
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Send asks please!
A Lightbearer of questionable origin will answer anything you want to know about them. Their Ghost companion is muting this channel, and as such, is unavailable for comment.
(All lewd asks will be ignored)
How to Edit a First Draft
Or, how my WIP evolved from the nightmare that was draft two to the almost novel-like draft three.
My method for editing first drafts usually takes about two steps.
Read it over.
Scrap it and rewrite the whole thing.
Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. I know, I know. It sounds really, really harsh. But with a first draft, you aren’t really editing it, you’re rewriting it. Because first drafts? They suck. Especially if you’re just starting out.
Finishing a first draft can feel so good. You just wrote a shit-ton of words, and now you’re done! That’s how I felt when I finished my first draft (or, rather, second draft in this case, but that’s only because my first draft was a half-finished pile of trash that I won’t be counting for the purposes of this post).
I mean, it’s how I wanted to feel. I was proud of the 50,000-odd words that I’d written, but I knew that it was full of structural problems, pacing issues, and even characterization. (Plus my main villain sucked. Like, really sucked.)
So, without further ado, here are the slightly less simplified steps to rewriting that first draft:
1. Get out a notebook, read over your manuscript, and take notes.
Take notes on every scene. Ask yourself, is this scene necessary? Is it well-written?
Take notes on any ideas you have for improving the story. Would it be better if the love interest was also secretly a spy? Great! Now you have an interesting subplot. Write it down.
Don’t get caught up in the little things. Does it say a character has blue eyes on one page and claim they’re green on the next? Are there a lot of grammar mistakes? Who cares. Is one of your characters consistently acting out-of-character? That’s a problem you should take note of.
2. Find what’s wrong with it.
There’s probably something wrong with your first draft. There’s probably a lot of things wrong. Are the characters flat/inconsistent? Is it rushed? Is the plot nonexistent/all over the place? Recognizing the problems is the first step to fixing them.
3. Re-Outline
Even if you don’t outline, after reading over your first draft, you should probably make one. Even if the plot of your first draft was perfect, you should still write down the progression of events and how they fit together.
This will help during rewriting, and also to work out any issues you have in the plot.
For me, this included brainstorms, timelines, and character arcs.
4. Take the salvageable scenes from the first draft and put them in a document labeled “Draft 1 Highlights.”
You’ll be very tempted to take the scenes you like and copy-paste them directly into the new draft. DO NOT DO THIS. Just don’t. Chances are, by the time you get to them, the story will be shifted. You’ll also limit the freedom of taking the plot in a better direction if you feel obligated to include pre-written scenes.
Make sure to hold onto the first draft. I’ve used the first draft as reference several times during the re-writing process, especially toward the end, where the first and second drafts overlap a bit more. Even so, even if the scenes are similar, never copy-paste. Open the first draft in a second window and look at it as you rewrite. Your second draft will be better for it.
5. Start writing.
You’re not going to get anywhere if you don’t start writing. When it came to my manuscript, I wrote about three or four first chapters before I found one that worked (and ended up using one of the earlier beginnings as a flashback later on.) And if you want, you can go out of order! It’s up to you, and everything depends on the level of revisions your WIP needs.
I hope this helps!
I should do this but I don’t want to haha
So you want to make an OC?: A Masterpost of Ways to Create, Develop, and Make Good OCs!
i made this masterpost in hopes that it helps you in making your own OCs ah;; it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! if you’d like to add more resources then go for it sugar pea (´ヮ`)!
EDIT (9/25/17): hi! i see this post going around a lot and a LOT over my many years here so here’s a sort of disclaimer before you delve into the huge chunk of info here.
1. i made this post when i was like 13, so jot that down. the information researched here is very, very old. a lot of it, imo, is no longer relevant! especially with language use (ESPECIALLY if you’re reblogging the old version of the post that had links to an article about gender/sexuality. i’ve removed that. i’ve removed also the mary sue/gary stue chunk because my values have changed since i was 13.) the point is, i’m not the person i was since i was 13, and the resources here will not always fit in with what we need as time goes on.
2. you! don’t! have! to! take! these! resources! as! law! i made this post because i was and still am very passionate about ocs. this resource was intended to be a sounding board for when u have ideas you want to further delve into and you’re not entirely sure where to begin. it’s not the only resource out there, and sometimes, the best sounding board will be you!!! follow ur heart. ocs are fun. this post was never, ever meant to tell you how to write your own characters but help broaden ur knowledge if u found urself limited in an area (as a lot of this was made with a white cishet audience in mind. i apologize for that ;;)
3. i’ve gotten some great notes and commentary on this post and things i want to explore more since making this post roughly 5-6 years ago. things are very, very different. i have better resources for a LOT of these, and have more i want to tack on! but i simply can’t find the time for it, so until I do: i’ve removed a lot of links here that i found harmful and irrelevant to today, but i haven’t combed through all of them and can’t lead you to what i think is best. research yourselves! you’ll learn lots.
4. and in closing, thanks for reading! this a/n got off on a tangent so that’s that, LMAO. go forth and develop your ocs!!! and tell me about them!!! or tell me if you have fresh sources or a better perspective or just wanna call me out. this post is 100% open to criticism because it’s imperative to keep growing. thanks!
How to Write Better OCs:
basic tips on how to make your oc even better
tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great
writing specific characters
a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character
kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME
Character Development:
how to actually make an OC
Q&A (to develop characters)
more Q&As
giving your character a backstory
how to write an attractive character
Diversity
adding more racial diversity
masterpost on writing more diversity into your story
cultures of the world
guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)
Villains
villain generator
need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam
villain archetypes
what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?
Relationships
character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)
how to write strong relationships between two characters
8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others
OCxLove Interest Handbook
develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!
how to write realistic relationships
how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)
ARCHETYPES
12 common archetypes
8 archetypes for male/female characters
female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)
a list of archetypes
NAMES
how to name your character
random name generator
most common surnames
surnames by ethnicity
APPEARANCE
tips for better design
basic appearance generator
pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)
clothing ref masterpost
DETAILS
give your character better powers
a list of professions
proactive vs reactive characters
positive and negative traits
interest generator
skills generator
motivation generator
123 ideas for character flaws
list of phobias
again, this is to help inspire you or help establish your OCs! i hope you get a lot of info and help from this ahh ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Are you ever writing and your character just doesn't feel whole enough to make the scene work?
Glossary of Sword and Sword fighting Terms
Advance - a short forward movement. Blade - the length of metal that is used for attacking or defending (i.e. the entire metal length beyond the guard). Boar’s Tooth - a guard where the sword is before your front right leg. Deflect - actively change the incoming sword’s speed or angle by hitting it with your own sword (or foot etc) Diagonal - Moving forward diagonally forward - right. Edge - the sharp side of the blade. Japanese blades were typically single edged, while Medieval swords could have both sides sharpened. Empty Fade - Leaping backwards as if to fade but immediately leaping forwards again. Fade - Leaping backwards while leaving the feet in the same orientation. False Edge - the back / trailing edge of the sword, usually the one you do NOT intend to cut with. Front Guard - a guard where the sword is held vertically in front of your face. Full Iron Gate Guard - a guard where the sword is halfway between your right and left legs, angled right. Fuller - a groove running down the length of the blade. I have some books which claim this is a “blood groove” to help blood flow out of an enemy but other books which seem more reliable say it’s to help the sword come out of a body without being caught (it breaks the suction). Grip - the part of the hilt you grip with your hand for control. Guard - a cross-piece on the hilt that keeps your hands safe from your opponent’s weapon sliding down the length of your blade. Also called a cross-guard. Guard - (meaning #2) - a position of safety, a pose where you can defend yourself from attack. Guard of the Woman - a guard where the sword is over your right shoulder, behind your back. Half Iron Gate Guard - a guard where the sword is held before your left leg. Hilt - the generic name for the entire part of the sword near your hands, the part that is not the blade. Long Point - a guard where the sword is straight out from your chest, with your arms extended. Lunge - leaping forwards while leaving the feet in the same orientation. Pass Back - Taking a step backwards by moving your front foot into the rear position. Pass Forward - Taking a step forwards by moving your rear foot into the front position. Pivot - Rotating 180 degrees while keeping the front foot stationary. Pommel - the knobby end of the hilt, used by the second hand for a ball-in-socket pivot point in many moves, or merely as a counterweight in one handed attacks. Posta - the Italian word for guard, as in a position of safety. Posta drill - a series of movements from guard to guard, to help you learn the guards. Retreat - a short movement backwards. Shed - to allow a sword to slide away off your sword without trying to impede / change it, so you are then free to attack or move. Short Guard - a guard where the hilt is at your hip and the sword is pointing up and forward. Slope - moving diagonally backwards back and left. Stance - the position your body is in to be ready for an attack or defense. Step Across - Rotating 180 degrees by crossing the front foot across the back foot and then turning in place.f Tail Guard - a guard where the hilt is at your hip and the sword is pointing behind you. Tip - the pointy end of the blade. True Edge - the front / leading edge of the sword, usually the one you intend to cut with. Two Horn Guard - a guard where the sword pommel is at your chest with the sword pointing out. Window Guard - a guard where the hilt is at your ear and the sword points forwards. Medieval Swords and Swordfighting Lisa Shea Website Main Page
This post is for all you writers of fantasy settings, brand-new worlds, and alternate universes. Those of you who don't write speculative ...
Blog Cleanup
So, while I'm trying to tool this blog towards one thing, the co-admin is throwing writing advice in here.
As it seems likely to continue happening, I'll tag it so that if you don't want that stuff, you can block the tag #notcontent.
Timeless advice from the bestselling author
In his memoir, On Writing, Stephen King shares valuable insights into how to be a better writer. And he doesn’t sugarcoat it. He writes, “I can’t lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers.”
Don’t want to be one of them? Here are 22 great pieces of advice from King’s book on how to be an amazing writer:
Stop watching television. Instead, read as much as possible. (TV is “poisonous to creativity,” King says.)
Prepare for more failure and criticism than you think you can deal with. (When you fail, King suggests that you remain positive. “Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.”)
Don’t waste time trying to please people. (“If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered anyway.”)
Write primarily for yourself. (You should write because it brings you happiness and fulfilment. As King says, “I did it for the pure joy of the thing. And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever.”)
Tackle the things that are hardest to write. (“The most important things are the hardest things to say.”)
When writing, disconnect from the rest of the world. ( Put your desk in the corner of the room, and eliminate all possible distractions, from phones to open windows.)
Don’t be pretentious. (“One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you’re maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones,” says King.)
Avoid adverbs and long paragraphs. (King believes that “the road to hell is paved with adverbs” and compares them to dandelions that ruin your lawn. You should also pay attention to your paragraphs, so that they flow with the turns and rhythms of your story.)
Don’t get overly caught up in grammar. (“The object of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.”)
Master the art of description. (The key to good description is clarity, both in observation and in writing. Use fresh images and simple vocabulary to avoid exhausting your reader.)
Don’t give too much background information. (Make sure you only include details that move your story forward and that persuade your reader to continue reading.)
Tell stories about what people actually do. (The people in your stories are what readers care about the most, so make sure you acknowledge all the dimensions your characters may have.)
Take risks; don’t play it safe. (First and foremost, stop using the passive voice. It’s the biggest indicator of fear. Writers should throw back their shoulders, stick out their chins, and put their writing in charge.)
Realize that you don’t need drugs to be a good writer. (“The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time,” says King.)
Don’t try to steal someone else’s voice. (When you try to mimic another writer’s style for any reason other than practice, you’ll produce nothing but “pale imitations.”)
Understand that writing is a form of telepathy. (An important element of writing is transference. Your job isn’t to write words on the page, but rather to transfer the ideas inside your head into the heads of your readers.)
Take your writing seriously. (“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair,” says King. “Come to it any way but lightly.”)
Write every single day. (Says King. “If I don’t write every day, the characters begin to stale off in my mind … I begin to lose my hold on the story’s plot and pace.”)
Finish your first draft in three months. (King likes to write 10 pages a day. Over a three-month span, that amounts to around 180,000 words. If you spend too long on your piece, King believes the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel.)
When you’re finished writing, take a long step back. (King suggests six weeks of “recuperation time” after you’re done writing, so you can have a clear mind to spot any glaring holes in the plot or character development.)
Have the guts to cut. (When revising, writers often have a difficult time letting go of words they spent so much time writing. But, as King advises, “… kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart.”)
Stay married, be healthy, and live a good life. (It’s important to have a strong balance in your life, so writing doesn’t consume all of it. “The combination of a healthy body and a stable relationship with a self-reliant woman who takes zero shit from me or anyone else has made the continuity of my working life possible,” King says.)
Thought this would be useful as heck
123 Ideas for Character Flaws
Absent-minded - Preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one’s immediate surroundings. Abstracted, daydreaming, inattentive, oblivious, forgetful.
Abusive - Characterized by improper infliction of physical or psychological maltreatment towards another.
Addict - One who is addicted to a compulsive activity. Examples: gambling, drugs, sex.
Aimless - Devoid of direction or purpose.
Alcoholic - A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess.
Anxious - Full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous.
Arrogant - Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance. Inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. Snobbish.
Audacious - Recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; braze, disobedient.
Bad Habit - A revolting personal habit. Examples: picks nose, spits tobacco, drools, bad body odour.
Bigmouth - A loud-mouthed or gossipy person.
Bigot - One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
Blunt - Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. Frank, callous, insensitive, brusque.
Bold - In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. Abrupt, brazen, cheeky, brassy, audacious.
Callous - They are hardened to emotions, rarely showing any form of it in expression. Unfeeling. Cold.
Childish - Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile.
Complex - An exaggerated or obsessive concern or fear. (List specific complex.)
Cruel - Mean to anyone or anything, without care or regard to consequences and feelings.
Cursed - A person who has befallen a prayer for evil or misfortune, placed under a spell, or borne into an evil circumstance, and suffers for it. Damned.
Dependent - Unable to exist, sustain oneself, or act appropriately or normally without the assistance or direction of another.
Deranged - Mentally decayed. Insane. Crazy. Mad. Psychotic.
Dishonest – Given to or using fraud, cheating; deceitful, deceptive, crooked, underhanded.
Disloyal - Lacking loyalty. Unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable
Disorder - An ailment that affects the function of mind or body. (List the disorders name if they have one.) See the Mental Disorder List.
Disturbed - Showing some or a few signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness. Confused, disordered, neurotic, troubled.
Dubious - Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. Undecided, doubtful, unsure.
Dyslexic - Affected by dyslexia, a learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.
Egotistical - Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. Boastful, pompous.
Envious - Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages; covetous, jealous.
Erratic - Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behaviour. Eccentric, bizarre, outlandish, strange.
Fanatical - Fanatic outlook or behaviour especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject.
Fickle – Erratic, changeable, unstable - especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
Fierce - Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.
Finicky - Excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy. Too much concerned with detail. Meticulous, fastidious, choosy, critical, picky, prissy, pernickety.
Fixated - In psychoanalytic theory, a strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behaviour that persists throughout life. Fetish, quirk, obsession, infatuation.
Flirt -To make playfully romantic or sexual overtures; behaviour intended to arouse sexual interest. Minx. Tease.
Gluttonous - Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink. Voracious, ravenous, wolfish, piggish, insatiable.
Gruff - Brusque or stern in manner or appearance. Crusty, rough, surly.
Gullible - Will believe any information given, regardless of how valid or truthful it is, easily deceived or duped.
Hard - A person who is difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand. Hard emotions, hard hearted.
Hedonistic - Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
Hoity-toity- Given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous. Prone to giddy behaviour, flighty.
Humourless - The inability to find humour in things, and most certainly in themselves.
Hypocritical - One who is always contradicting their own beliefs, actions or sayings. A person who professes beliefs and opinions for others that he does not hold. Being a hypocrite.
Idealist - One whose conduct is influenced by ideals that often conflict with practical considerations. One who is unrealistic and impractical, guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.
Idiotic - Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless.
Ignorant - Lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge.
Illiterate - Unable to read and write.
Immature - Emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.
Impatient - Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant.
Impious - Lacking piety and reverence for a god/gods and their followers.
Impish - Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
Incompetent - Unable to execute tasks, no matter how the size or difficulty.
Indecisive - Characterized by lack of decision and firmness, especially under pressure.
Indifferent - The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally, remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. Having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless.
Infamy - Having an extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act that affects how others view them.
Intolerant - Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion and narrow-minded about cherished opinions.
Judgemental - Inclined to make and form judgements, especially moral or personal ones, based on one’s own opinions or impressions towards others/practices/groups/religions based on appearance, reputation, occupation, etc.
Klutz - Clumsy. Blunderer.
Lazy - Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.
Lewd - Inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. Obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious.
Liar - Compulsively and purposefully tells false truths more often than not. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
Lustful - Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.
Masochist - The deriving of sexual gratification, or the tendency to derive sexual gratification, from being physically or emotionally abused. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.
Meddlesome - Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, given to meddling; interfering.
Meek - Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.
Megalomaniac - A psycho pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
Naïve - Lacking worldly experience and understanding, simple and guileless; showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgement.
Nervous - Easily agitated or distressed; high-strung or jumpy.
Non-violent - Abstaining from the use of violence.
Nosey - Given to prying into the affairs of others; snoopy. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
Obsessive - An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.
Oppressor - A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures, to keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority.
Overambitious - Having a strong excessive desire for success or achievement.
Overconfident - Excessively confident; presumptuous.
Overemotional - Excessively or abnormally emotional. Sensitive about themselves and others, more so than the average person.
Overprotective - To protect too much; coddle.
Overzealous - Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
Pacifist - Opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes. (Can double as a merit in certain cases)
Paranoid - Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others.
Peevish - Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction. Cantankerous, cross, ill-tempered, testy, captious, discontented, crotchety, cranky, ornery.
Perfectionist - A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.
Pessimist - A tendency to stress the negative or unfavourable or to take the gloomiest possible view.
Pest - One that pesters or annoys, with or without realizing it. Nuisance. Annoying. Nag.
Phobic – They have a severe form of fear when it comes to this one thing. Examples: Dark, Spiders, Cats
Practical - Level-headed, efficient, and unspeculative. No-nonsense.
Predictable - Easily seen through and assessable, where almost anyone can predict reactions and actions of said person by having met or known them even for a short time.
Proud - Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem and will often shirk help from others for the sake of pride.
Rebellious - Defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
Reckless - Heedless. Headstrong. Foolhardy. Unthinking boldness, wild carelessness and disregard for consequences.
Remorseless - Without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.
Rigorous - Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
Sadist - The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. Deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
Sadomasochist - Both sadist and masochist combined.
Sarcastic - A subtle form of mockery in which an intended meaning is conveyed obliquely.
Sceptic - One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.
Seducer - To lead others astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt. To attempt to lead or draw someone away, as from principles, faith, or allegiance.
Selfish - Concerned chiefly or only with oneself.
Self-Martyr - One who purposely makes a great show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy from others, as a form of manipulation, and always for a selfish cause or reason.
Self-righteous - Piously sure of one’s own righteousness; moralistic. Exhibiting pious self-assurance. Holier-than-thou, sanctimonious.
Senile - Showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
Shallow - Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.
Smart Ass - Thinks they know it all, and in some ways they may, but they can be greatly annoying and difficult to deal with at times, especially in arguments.
Soft-hearted - Having softness or tenderness of heart that can lead them into trouble; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection. They cannot resist helping someone they see in trouble, suffering or in need, and often don’t think of the repercussions or situation before doing so.
Solemn - Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.
Spineless - Lacking courage. Cowardly, wimp, lily-livered, gutless.
Spiteful - Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; vindictive person who will look for occasions for resentment. Vengeful.
Spoiled - Treated with excessive indulgence and pampering from earliest childhood, and has no notion of hard work, self-care or money management; coddled, pampered. Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or over-solicitous attention.
Squeamish - Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
Stubborn - Unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; bull-headed. Firmly resolved or determined; resolute.
Superstitious - An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear from an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
Tactless - Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.
Temperamental - Moody, irritable, or sensitive. Excitable, volatile, emotional.
Theatrical - Having a flair for over dramatizing situations, doing things in a ‘big way’ and love to be ‘centre stage’.
Timid -Tends to be shy and/or quiet, shrinking away from offering opinions or from strangers and newcomers, fearing confrontations and violence.
Tongue-tied - Speechless or confused in expression, as from shyness, embarrassment, or astonishment.
Troublemaker - Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, intentionally or unintentionally.
Unlucky - Marked by or causing misfortune; ill-fated. Destined for misfortune; doomed.
Unpredictable - Difficult to foretell or foresee, their actions are so chaotic it’s impossible to know what they are going to do next.
Untrustworthy - Not worthy of trust or belief. Backstabber.
Vain - Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of their physical appearance. Lovers of themselves. Conceited, egotistic, narcissistic.
Weak-willed - Lacking willpower, strength of will to carry out one’s decisions, wishes, or plans. Easily swayed.
Withdrawn - Not friendly or Sociable. Aloof.
Zealous - A fanatic.
I had an anon asking about how to make their character not so perfect. Well, here’s a great list of some flaws you can try to use to balance out his good traits.
-Morgan
