CHARACTERS & SIBLINGS II — part i here 💫
1. How do the siblings usually talk to each other? (teasing, blunt, careful, sarcastic)
2. Do they use nicknames? Are they affectionate or mocking?
3. Can they communicate without words?
4. Do they argue loudly or quietly?
5. Are jokes used to avoid real conversations?
6. Do they text, call, or avoid contact?
7. Are there things they’ve never said but both know?
8. How do they judge each other’s friendships? Significant others?
9. Have they ever lived far apart?
10. How did distance affect their relationship?
11. Do they miss each other or feel relieved?
12. Who makes the effort to stay in touch?
13. Do reunions feel warm, awkward, or tense?
14. Is there guilt tied to leaving or staying?
15. Were siblings compared academically, socially, or morally?
16. Did parents favor one sibling? Is this real or just a perception?
17. Did that favoritism cause lasting damage?
18. Were siblings pitted against each other intentionally or unintentionally?
19. How did family expectations shape their dynamic?
20. Did any sibling rebel on behalf of the others?
21. Is there a secret one sibling is keeping from the others?
22. Is there a shared secret that bonds them?
23. Does the character fear what a sibling might reveal?
24. Is silence used as protection or punishment?
25. What truth would change everything if spoken?
26. Would the character choose a sibling over their own morals? Over friends? Over their future?
27. Do they feel trapped by family loyalty?
28. Who steals whose stuff?
29. Who borrows without asking?
30. Who cleans up the messes?
31. Who eats the last of something?
32. Who knows everyone’s habits?
33. Who makes sure everyone gets together?
34. Who would rather drift apart from their siblings?
35. If the character had to describe their relationship with their sibling in one sentence, what would it be?
