But I do dislike "token characters", those who are there to add diversity and nothing else. Alex Fierro, hon, cool though you may be, I'm sorry, you just… bleh.
I wanna push back a little there. Say you've added in a character for diversity. You write that character with a great character arc and you fully develop that character. Even if the character was initially added just for diversity, the character can still be well-written, right? Do you still dislike that type of character?
I feel like the thing that makes a character a token is when they are 2-D and just there to make it seem diverse. If a character is gay, but also has a complex personality then I wouldn't say they're a token, but if a character is gay and their only personality trait is being gay (which isn't a personality), I would say they are a token then.
I think a character can be both a token and a good character. But when the token part takes over the character's personality falls. Nico
I dunno. I just don't like the pity, is all. Can people not just judge everyone's opinions every single time, please?
Wait what? I made this thread to discuss character types??
I think a character can be both a token and a good character. But when the token part takes over the character's personality falls. Nico
Yeah, I agree. In my opinion, as long as the character is fully developed, I have no innate dislike for any character type.
I think we might like all characters as long as they are done right.
I just personally don't like the reliance on tropes. I get why they're there and every time you run into people who are similar to tropes you're like "wow I expected this" but I also find that real people aren't tropes and so if you want realistic writing you have to cast out most trope writing. I think this thought process comes from a place of being put into a lot of categories and hating it myself so I assume my characters would also be frustrated by this.
I'm going to lay this at the feet of my love of vintage literature, specifically vintage detective novels, but I don't like characters who are constantly like "what are we going to do?! I was shoved into this position and now I don't know what to do!?!" I just feel like they have resources available to them that they don't use, and if I was in a similar position to them, I would manage to acquit myself a bit better. Idk really. Maybe I've just never seen a well-written version of that type of character/don't understand the mindset of such characters.
Oh yeah, those are very annoying!
I wasn't being a d***. I was just pointing out that's what it sounded like you were saying, in my opinion.
Immidiately jumping to the conclusion that I 'hate every girl in the world' is dickish, so….disagree
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to be rude okay?
Also the characters who are insanely naive and pure (especially if the other female characters they're surrounded by are shown as 'slutty' or 'bitchy') even when they shouldn't be. Like when a peasant girl in a medieval fantasy is a ball of happiness even though she's lived on the streets with no money for her whole life.
Oh yeah. That one is hard to redeem. My village girl is very practical above everything else.
Mine is very 'I've seen everything and I'm not impressed'
Good type! That’s what my sister is about boys Lol. Or so she says.
