forum Birthdays!
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@EMarie group

One of my characters is asked during the story, "Why are you so happy?"
Instead of answering the question, she laughs and says, "My Mamma always told me that I was born with the fireflies and couldn't help being happy!" Born with the fireflies= born sometime when fireflies are out… Summer to early fall. Thus I chose her birthday to be June 2nd.
Really don't stress it. It can be really important in a story- Like someone prophesied that they would be born on that day. Or it can be not even mentioned in the story. Take into account whether you want their birthday to occur in the story or not. If your story is happening in the winter, the birthday can't be in may- you have to adjust accordingly. Or the birthday can just add a little endearment to a character- see my example!

Cheyenne

So in my story the four main characters are the incarnations of the four elements, so I decided to associate their birthdays with the four seasons and such gave the solstices and equinoxes. Akane (fire) is June 22, Chise (earth) is March 20, Umiko (water) is December 21 (also my mom's b-day), and Rin's (air) is September 23.

queenie 🤪

My MC Harlow's birthday is technically never revealed in the book due to her memory loss, but because I am GOD AND I CREATE EVERYONE ON EARTH I've always known her birthday to be a Cancer, so her birthday is June 30th. :)

@-ellia-cant-think-of-a-username- group

So, I gave my OC a completely random birthday. January 4th. She eventually becomes a vampire during the story, and I was doing some research when I stumbled upon something. I haven't looked much into it yet, but apparently some babies born from Christmas to Epiphany are vampires. That's not the reason she's a vampire, but maybe I could foreshadow somehow :)

@trainwreck404 group

Frog's birthday is March 20th, which is National Frog Day, and Jay's birthday is August 8th, because I wanted him to be a Leo and I didn't have a specific national day to match him with (but August 8th is apparently National Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor's Porch Day so).