#personality traits

[thatpollguy]

Would you consider yourself a boring person?

Yes

Not any more, but I used to be

No

Voting ended onNov 22, 2025

[magicgail]

[elumish]

I think one of the most important things you can do with your main character sometimes is have them be wrong.

Not wrong but it turned out to be better than if they were right wrong or they thought they were wrong but that's just because of their self esteem issues wrong or wrong but it was just because they had to be so brave and self-sacrificing and noble wrong but fully, flat-out, wrong.

Have them be wrong in a way that's a little bit unsympathetic. Have them be wrong in a way that's uncomfortable. Have them make the wrong decision and have that decision have consequences.

One of the ways that an author often deals with a main character who they are making Special is by softening all of those places where they could be wrong. Every choice is the right one, and even when it's not the right one, it's the right one. They are The Smartest and The Coolest and The Most Traumatized But In A Hurt-Comfort Whump-y Way, and eventually it becomes clear to the reader that any bad thing that happens to them will be because it's happening to them, not because they have screwed up in some way.

And even their trauma responses are often romantacized. They're just so disciplined, and so caring about their people, and so determined and so stubborn, and if they have eating issues it's always that they don't eat enough, because that's a romantic form of disordered eating when overeating isn't, and if they have sleep issues it's that they don't sleep enough because, because that's a romantic form of sleep issues, when sleeping too much isn't. Their flaws are what people view as "admirable" flaws; they're rarely lazy or uninspired or happy to let everyone else go first while they hang back.

None of those are inherently bad, but there's often a certain sameness that settles on characters who are written this way, a sort of glossy shine that takes away some of the tension of the character because the reader doesn't ever need to wonder if they're going to really screw up.

So have your characters be wrong. Have them make mistakes. Have them make bad decisions. Have them screw up. Take away some of that gloss.

[seraphinitegames]

i’ve noticed M and N often get paired together for missions and scenes in general… i was wondering if this was intentionally done, and if so, why?

thank you for your awesome work :DD!!

I do try and differ the pairings, but sometimes I specifically pair A and F, then M and N because I really enjoy writing the interactions between those pairings SO much, hehe! :D

They are the perfect combos to bring out the unexpected.

M and F are similar in many ways, but M and N are also similar in a lot of ways that aren't obvious and that can be super interesting.

F is just what A needs a lot of the time to bring out truths A won't say, and A is a good person to help temper some of F's enthusiasm so they can better process what's happening.

I just really like writing them in those pairings, hehe! :D

From an actual story perspective too, it makes sense. N is second in command, so the team leader is leading one team, and the second in command leads the other.

Thank you so much for the ask! :)

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[shiningredstar20]

Please, I hope no one hates me for this. I saw someone doing something like this for Gaara, like showing his development and many personality traits and facets, and that was super cool! So, it inspired me to do something similar for Kank to show my boy more appreciation!

1- Kankuro can be a creepy villain and a little freak:

2- He can also be ice cold when required:

3- Oh, but despite that, he can also be super kind and friendly!

4- He can be bold and soft. There's duality!

5- But he's also strong in his own way!

6- In addition to being a complete cutie:

Kankuro has the range, and I love him so much for it. He's so interesting to me, in the way he can go from goofy, friendly older brother to bloodthirsty serial killer. I just wanted to show him more appreciation, so yeah! Hopefully, people who see this will appreciate him a little bit more, too!

[murakamijeva-muza]