Hello!! I'm Mads, or Sluggie. I'm an author and artist trying to write a book!
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My book doesn't quite have a definitive title yet (titling things is my weakneeesssss) but it's about two best friends and their journey through a historical-inspired world (early 20th century). It has a bit of a mix of historical aesthetics/events, adventure, found family, mystery, danger, time paradoxes, and sci-fi. Oh and how could I forget, everyone goes through the wringer :p
I may post on here about my ocs, and perhaps post the occasional doodle.
Divider credit goes to @animatedglittergraphics-n-more
Your protagonist's flaw isn't supposed to be charming. If readers find the flaw endearing, it's not actually costing the character anything, which means it's not a flaw, it's a personality quirk wearing a flaw's clothes. A real flaw should make the reader wince a little, should make them go "please don't do that" and then watch the character do it anyway. That wince is the whole point of writing one.
Something neuroscience-y that helps with prose: attention is selective. A character will not notice everything in a room. They will notice what matters to their goal, fear, desire, training, wound, or obsession. A jealous character notices hands. a hungry character notices food. A soldier notices exits. A lonely character notices pairs. Description becomes character when attention has a bias.
Let's talk about how fandom is starting to treat it as something weird to like/have favorite characters. Like bruh that's the whole point of fandom, to enjoy something as a community, and that something included having favorite characters. It's not "glazing" it's not "simping" half the time it's not even "stanning"
It's just liking a character. God forbid people enjoy the things they're fans of in the greatvyear of 2026
