forum What way has your character gotten back at you?

Started January 09, 2020 by @Oakiin

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I have to do one of these for Addar.

Me: Okay, so Geneva'll be the lead-
Jackson: I want to be the lead.
Geneva: No. This is my story.
Me: You can both be the leads, yeesh. Anyways, you fall in love-
Jackson: No, we're both aro.
Geneva: I'll be friends with benefits with him though.
Me: FINE. So you also sort of work together with investigating, and Geneva's a lawyer.
Geneva: I never graduated law school because I dropped out after my benefactor got murdered.
Me:…..okay. Victor, you're one of Jackson's coworkers-
Victor: Actually, I want to be a lead.
Martha: And I don't.
Me: Okay, fine.

Krisano: I am the king of angst.
One year later
Both of us: Okay that was a bad idea.
Aya: Am I angsty? I'm feeling angsty.
Me: Nah. That would be lame.
Aya: Aight. I'ma be hella badass then.
Me: Y'know… I can work with that. …Cool.
Aya: Cool, cool. But remember that I still have issues.
Me: I gotchu.
Yarri: I am cuteness embodied and my death is sad.
Me: Yup, yup. Completely fair.
Yarri: But what if I was a little more serious?
Me: 'Kay.
Yarri: And was working with the rebellion secretly. It explains my death and gives my character more depth.
Me: …Nice!
Toran: What if I also exist as as a brother to Aya and actually contact Yarri.
Me: Sure.
Toran: Can I also be a tiny bit flirty? Just for fun?
Me: I mean… Yeah I like that.
Toran: Cool.
Kaiman: This story is all about me. Literally every other character story is to understand me better.
Krisano: Wait, what? I thought the story was all about me?
Me: Wait wait wait. Guys. What if we have a lot of different story lines. And there are two for Kaiman, one in the present and one in his past.
Kaiman. OOOOOHHH!!
Me: I know right!
Aya: What about me? And him for that matter?
Me: Name disguises. You will be known only by his pet name for you. And maybe your last name? And for him he will be known by his actual name in the past and his Lord name in the present.
Kaiman: Cool.
Me: So. Jayla.
Jayla: Hmm?
Me: You are a conniving woman of wiles. You are trying to ensnare Addar's heart for political power.
Jayla: Mmm no.
Me: What?
Jayla: I'm a lovesick young woman who sometimes gets jealous.
Me: What?
Jayla: I'm lovesick child.
Me: But like? How are we going to work with you hating Aya.
Jayla: I'm jealous.
Me: I don't know…
Jayla: Come on! You can base me off of Eponine!
Me: Oh you hit a soft spot.
Jayla: So?
Me: …Yes.

Me: Ok so you guys are alchemists in this medieval fantasy world–
Cyrus: Nah we're not alchemists. It's modern times. Alchemy's dead
Me: Uh, alright. I can work with this. But what do you do if you're not an alchemist?
Cyrus: I live in a big city
Me: Alright
Cyrus: and I hunt daemons
Me: What
Quill: Yeah. I'm still her apprentice, though, so nothing different there.
Me: Okay, so is Jack the same too, then?
Jack: So you know how I used to be Cyrus' daemon assistant
Me: Yeah?
Jack: Now we're equal partners in the business
Me: Oh, cool! Yeah that works–
Jack: But I'm not just a powerful daemon
Me: …What are you then?
Jack: Death
Me: WHAT
Jack: And there's more of us.
Time, Karma, Love, and Life: Hi
Me: Dude you can't just invite your friends this is my–
Jack: Oh no they're not my friends. Well, sometimes
Life: I'm actually the antagonist and I kind of sucks sometimes but I'm not really evil
Life: It's fine because you don't know I'm there
Me: Wh-
Jack: And somehow being the Grim Reaper makes me less of an edgelord than before
Me: I– I'm just not gonna deal with that right now. So how,, Cyrus can't be in love with Death
Cyrus: Uh yeah I'm lesbian
Me: So there goes Jack's potential as a love interest
Quill and Time: Uh, actually-
Me: Oh dear god

Me: Okay so Damian, Kay, and Max, you all are in a semi love triangle, okay?
Max: actually I'm gay
Me: uh
Max: and I had a boyfriend but we aren't allowed to be together bc he's a commonor and I'm in line for the throne. It's very dramatic and heart-rending
Me: I…I guess I can work with that. And Kay, you're the last Mage, so like you need to act like that and–
Damian: actually I have magic too.
Me: …but the entire plot of this book is that Kay is the last one and–
Damian: I don't care. I have magic. Deal with it.

Me: …but the entire plot of this book is that Kay is the last one and–
Damian: I don't care. I have magic. Deal with it.

felt this one

Me: …but the entire plot of this book is that Kay is the last one and–
Damian: I don't care. I have magic. Deal with it.

felt this one

Yeah Damian's a bit of an ass but he's a prince, so…whatcha gonna do lol

Me: So Rogin and Fitzlan (They will get better names.) are going to defeat Xantir in an epic battle.
Mensángor: Wrong name, bud. That's the name of my host. Not me, okay.
Me: Wait so the host. Like Karák?
Mensángor: Yes.
Me: So tell me about the host.
Xandir: I'm an epic fallen hero.
Me: What? Cool.
Xandir: Yeah I'm thinking it should be sort of dramatic to the AlFen since I'm like a legendary figure that vanished mysteriously.
Me: Cool.
Alék: Um, hi? Sorry to interrupt. But it wasn't them that defeated Mensángor. It was me.
Me: Really??!
Alék: Yeah. It's because I have power over darkness so I can't be touched by the dark energy because I can control it.
Me: Oh. Interesting.
Alék: Also I have issues.
Me: Oh really?
Alék: Yeah I started out alright, but I joined the elementalists as a young child and… um… Sorás hates me and doesn't hide it.
Me: Sorás!
Sorás: Hey I have PTSD, That's why.
Me: Still… You jerk.
Sorás: Sorry.
Foromso: I'll talk to him.
Me 'Kay.
Slaithe: Am I even around anymore?
Me: I don't know, dude. I'll figure it out.
Alék: But yeah. My issues will make me run away and susceptible to Mensángor's words and I'll consider joining him.
Syera: I'll stop that from happening.
Me: Oh. You're around still.
Syera: Yeah. My dad's immortal so…
Me:
Syera: Also I want a raise.
Me: What?
Syera: Remember how you had that idea way back about the oracle.
Me: Yeah?
Syera: I am the oracle now. I mean, it makes sense since I'm the historian. I can be a legendary figure known as Od Skianos.
Me: …Cool.

Me: Oleander, you're a very over-the-top villain.
Oleander: Nope. That's not me. I'm possessed.
Me:……….fine. And you, Cordelia, are only mentioned a few times in passing as the 'good daughter'-
Cordelia: What if I'm a lead? And also not fully human? And the 'good daughter' thing is a survival strategy I adopt so I don't get executed because of it?
Me: Okay.

Daniella: So my mom is dead.
Me: Really.
Daniella: Well it's for making sense of my character. My mom's death affected my whole character. I would not be the person I am without it.
Me: I mean… I guess that works.
Josiah: I am the bestest boi.
Me: Cool.
Josiah: I will never change.
Daniella: And I have a huge crush on him.
Alene: So do I so stay away from my man.
Josiah: I have a really soft side. Because I've been in love with Alene for years.
Alene: Same.
Me: And you two aren't together yet?
Josiah: I'm awkward! I never had a girlfriend before!
Alene: And what if he doesn't like me? I could never live with it.
Me: You're a bit dramatic aren't you?
Alene: Only sometimes. And I always keep it hidden from everyone. Also put me through the Correct Quotes Chat.
Me: Okay.
Me: Wow you have an edge don't you.
Alene: Yeah. That's why I act super cold to Daniella.
Daniella: Probably even more so after my embarrassing confession.
Alene: Oooh yeah.
Josiah: But luckily we get together because of that.
Alene: We yell a bit.
Me, who is this moment discovering this: WHOA.
Josiah: Yeah I guess I yell at her.
Me: Whoa…
Alene: And obviously I yell at him.
Silas: Hello children. So it turns out I do have feelings.
Me: Really?
Silas: And a sister. She's the reason I got stuck here without my degree. Because I had to protect her. And now I'm hella bitter.
Daniella: I noticed.
Rune: Wait that's a change for him?
Silas: I actually do care about Daniella. Just a tiny bit. As a student. I would be sad if she died.
Daniella: Well that surprises me.
Silas: I'm hard on her because I want her to be her best. It's not my fault you fools can't see that.
Me: Dude, injecting people and shooting them is not cool.
Silas: What would you know about it?
Sam: I'm Mexican.
Me: Oh really?
Sam: Yeah. And I sort of ran away from home. Not exactly ran away. But it's really awkward when I get caught coming home for a bit.
Octavia: I can speak Spanish too.
Me: Okay.
Octavia: My dad named me. He was in the army.
Me: What happened to him?
Octavia: I'm uptight about that.
Rune: Yeah I'm the only one who knows about her past.
Octavia: And she's the only one allowed to call me by my middle name.
Rune: Niko. Short for Nikola because of her father's cultural background in Slovakia area.
Octavia: And I call her Theresa, her actual name.
Rune: I'm the only one she's open to. The same with her and me.
Octavia: I might be a lesbian honestly.
Me: Okay…
Octavia: I'm probably Aro. But I'm still trying to figure it out. But whatever the case, I need my cuddles. And no one must find out because I am a serious hardass.
Me: …Aight.

I stan Octavia

She's awesome. And a real hardass with issues and I love her.

Me: Lucas, you’re a softie big brother.
Lucas: Ok, got it.
Me: Moxie, you’re an underrated fiery ball of passion.
Moxie: Got it!
Me: Sire… you’re just… sad. Ok?
Sire: Can I be happy?
Me: No
Sire: But what if I smiled all the time.
Me: Then… don’t?
Sire: It’s not my fault you can only write completely charismatic characters.
Me:
Moxie: He’s right, you know.
Me: (crying)
Lucas: There there, you’re fine.

Me: Okay so Aster is gonna be dead because it contributes to plot-
Jake: Nope.
Me: okay well it's not like you have a say in any of thi-
Aster: hey
Me: How…?
How did you get in here?
Aster: Jake brought me
Me: No, see, it doesn't work this way-
Jake: If you kill my sister off then you'll have to kill me.
Me: Okay.

And that's why Jake dies in my book- trying to get his sister back 😂😂💀

Me: Beck, you're a minor character who doesn't even get a name-
Beck: No, I get my own story a few years later.
Me:……..fine.

Me: So this is a series Travis your an empath-
Travis: Demon empath
Me: Right, and you're level headed but nerv-
Travis: Actually I get tortured and go crazy after killing everyone in the room with their own emotions.
Me:Huh?! When did that happen?!
Travis: Literally a second ago and Teddy my astounding boyfriend loves me so much he doesn't care that I am an oddity.
Me: Okay then, well you go straight to the kingdom of torch-
Teddy: Actually we make friends with Leon and Gabrielle who are runaway and they travel with us.
Me: What no, they have their own story!
Leon & Gabriella: Not anymore.
Me: Fine! Sam and Sean your asexual and twins who are full-
Sam: Actually we are poly and not brothers.
Sean: To top off we are also pansexual!
Sam & Sean: We are just soul twins!
Me: Well, that just happened.

Me: Ok, so I'm going to kill off Matthew.
Matthew: What?
Me: I'm sorry, but it's necessary.
Matthew: But I have an interesting backstory now!
Me:…Ok fine. You win this round. Although I'm not sure I'd call it winning because you're still going to suffer.
Matthew: Maybe throw in a prequel, and we'll call it even.
Me: *pulling up a blank google doc.* I'll see what I can do.

Me: Gerard, I really need you to be really nervous and timid. Think you can handle that?
Gerard: Um… yes?
Me: Ok, great! You're already nailing it! Just keep on–
Gerard: *gets into heated argument with Crispin*
Me: Wait–
Gerard: *Gets into a heated argument with Caleb and Eva*
Me: Stop–
Gerard: *Gets into a heated argument with literally ever other character*
Gerard: *Gets so frustrated that he uses his powers to uproot a tree*
Me Um… ok I think we have really different ideas of what timid and nervous is supposed to look like.

Me: Ok, Ara, I'm not going to give you a love interest.
Ara: Yeah, I'm fine with that.
Me: But you're still straight though.
Ara: What? No?
Me: Yeah, no, trust me. You totally are.
Ara: But–
Me: You're straight.
Me: Ok, upon some further research, I've decided that you're actually aro/ace.
Ara: You goddamn idiot, I've been trying to tell you that the entire time!

That ending though.

I'll have to do one for God's of Brooklyn later.

Sire: I’m a happy character and you can’t change it.
Me: Okay… then you’re in a post-apocalyptic world being raised as a hunter for monsters only you and a select few can actually see.
Sire: But I’m happy.
Me: Your parents are dead and you live in an orphanage tasked with raising said hunters.
Sire: :]
Me: You watched them die…
Sire: Aaaand?? I’m still happy.
Me:….. I kill Moxie.
Moxie: :0
Sire: I’m so depressed that 1930’s United States would be jealous.
Moxie: I did not agree to this.
Me: You all had it coming.
Lucas, in the corner: (muffled sobs)

Me: Nadia, you need to be a stone cold badass.
Nadia: intimidates people in a child-like voice
Me: Fine that'll just be your voice
Nadia: No. Just for when a scene needs it.
Me, pulling my hair out: Nadia, you are a serial killer-

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Me: Valerie, you're going to be one of the main characters.
Valerie: Okay.
Me: You're gonna be based off of Emily from UD. And Heather Chandler.
Valerie: Abuses her friends
Me: Wait, no-
Valerie: Is head bitch in charge
Me: That one is okay
Valerie: As HBIC, takes advantage of her good looks to exploit other students
Me: N-No-
Valerie: Actively insults one of her friends
Me: Please stop-
Valerie: Refuses to go to a funeral with a friend, despite promising she'd be there
Me: Stop it
Valerie: Can't interpret others' feelings (doesn't know that they're mad, or scared, etc.)
Me: Wait, no-
Valerie: Is basically a sociopath
Me:

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Me: Haydn is gay, Andy is pan.
Valerie: I'm bisexual.
Me:
Me: Alright, but that won't need to be said in the script-
Valerie: I cheated on Nathan by hooking up with two girls.
Me: wha- Okay. Fine.
Alex: Hannah and I are lesbians.
Me: I like it!
Valerie: I cheat on Nathan by hooking up with them.
Me:
Me: Why would you-
Nadia: I'm asexual.
Me: See, that one makes sense-
Nadia: But panromantic.
Me: That-
Nathan: I'm demisexual.
Valerie: You only dated me because you didn't want to seem weird for not dating anyone.
Me, head against keyboard: Fine!
Me: Almost all of my dead characters are LGBT. Goddamnit
Madi: Exists
Me: … 8 LGBT, 1 straight. What is happening with this script.

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Me at midnight, literally 2 days ago: watching Avatar: The Last Airbender
Nadia: Oooh, you know who I like? Azula.
Me:
Nadia: If I'm Azula, does that mean Nathan is Zuko?
Me: eye twitching
Nadia: Alex is almost literally Toph, just not blind
Me: scrambling to write this down

Me: Christopher, as the only prince, you must be-
Christopher: No. I have four siblings, actually.
Georgie: Hi! I'm the younger, more annoying prince.
Eleanor: I'm the sweet, naive princess.
Gabriel: I'm here, and I'm the angry, misled prince. Also the oldest, but not the heir.
Me: Not the heir? How does that-
Cordelia: I exist too. And I'm not just a one-off mention, I'm a quarter fae and I can see Mab. Also I'm the heir because the king thinks I'm a bastard and wants to keep an eye on me, so I try to outdo myself to impress him.
Me:…..okay then.
Christopher: Since I'm not the only prince, can I be an alchemist too?
Me: Okay.
Christopher: Excellent! I'm an amateur alchemist who sold my heart to the fae to keep Eleanor from dying.
Me: Okay, that's a lot of things that you didn't mention earlier.
Christopher: I'm very reserved.
Georgie: Can I have a dog? Can I have a do-
Me: Yes, you can have a dog.
Georgie: Cool! I'm gonna steal Christopher's portion of the magic water to make her Immortal.
Me: Well that'll backfire later.
Louis: What?
Me: Nothing. Go away, I'll talk about you later.
Gabriel: Also Cordelia isn't Julia's daughter, she's Sylvia's. They did it before he went off to war, and the king never bothered to tell Cordelia that Julia wasn't her mom.
Me: Sounds about right.
Gabriel: Oh, and we have a fourth brother who was assumed dead when the castle was attacked. His name was William.
Iam: What?
Me: Go away! You're not supposed to know that yet!

I'm so glad this thread has kicked back up xD

Here's how Dakota's development went:

Me: Okay, new character of mine, You're going to be a cold, ruthless, war machine with no identity outside of Belphegor. You're going to be an utter enigma, with no history, real name, or-
Dakota: I like animals. And my name's Dakota, don't be a heathen.
Me: …Okay. I guess I can work that in somehow. You can like bulls, since they're really strong and powerful, like you-
Dakota: Sure, but I have a pet chicken who I named Idiot and I would die for. And like, 40 other animals.
Me: …
Dakota: Also, I kinda hate people, but I will wave at you if we're both driving opposite directions on a country road, because chances are you're my neighbor, and my parents raised me right.
Me, raised the same way: Alright, fair, I'll give you that. But you still hate people because of all the times you've been betrayed and hurt by them, right?
Dakota: Yes.
Me: Great! So you're still-
Dakota: But I will also go to war to protect humans.
Me: _{But that doesn't make sense, how will I make that work with your character?}

Dakota: I don't care, figure something out.
Me: …Ok :|

Nix: Oh hey what's up.

Me: Oh, ok. So, you are gonna have a really simple backstory.. I think-

Nix: takes shirt off

Me: W-what are you doing..

Nix: has burn marks on back

Me: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Baron: spontaneously exists

Me: WHAT ARE YOU DOING

Baron: turns out to be Nix's brother

Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAA

Nix: is a villain

Baron: is a hero

Me: STOP THIS

Nix: is afraid of fire, like, really badly

Me: what is this coming to I don't want this

Nix: lays flowers at 2 graves every week

Me: crying

Baron and Nix: are triplets

Me: Wait where is the third one then?

Nix: turns out that his house exploded cause his mom was an alcoholic and his power controls alcohol and his sister controlled fire and boom the explosion killed his sister and mother and made him a villain

Me: leaves

Nix: spontaneously DIES

Me: WHAT HOW DID THIS EVEN-

Baron: revives Nix then DIES

Me: Markiplier confused face w-w-whAt

Nix's sister: turns out to be alive

Me: I JUST WANTED HIM TO HAVE A NORMAL BACKSTORY AAAAA

I had a villain character who had been abused as a child, and he was super dark and twisted. I actually loved to hate him because he was so terrible. He was horrible and heinous, and the vast majority of characters in my universe were like "Nah man you don't wanna mess with him." And then… like… I don't even know what the crap happened, but he got injured (I was gonna kill him off finally) and this soft girl came along and started taking care of him. He hated her, threatened her life everyday, yet she kept on taking care of him, and next thing I knew I had a transformed villain and the best ship ever, and I still don't even know how it got from point A to point B, but… heck, it did. Now he's trying to learn how to be a good guy and erase the sins of his past, but he's having some trouble because everyone except for his girlfriend hates him for all of the abominable things he did before, so he's got a lot of guilt because of it.