Even if you want them hated, they still have to be liked to some extent by the reader. (wink) Have a read of the blog to see what I mean.
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oh i thought we were talking about roleplaysā¦
iām going back to making peppy evil~
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Iām talking about characters in all forms of writing.
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First of all, thanks for the blog, I find it useful! I strongly agree with all the points, especially growth. Imo, itās best to write a character (especially the main character) learn something for his/her quest. The character at the beginning shouldnāt be the same as the end of the story. I do want to point out that self-aware shouldnāt be overused, as it will irrate the readers. Great tactic to use a flawed character likeable.
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When it comes to making my own characters likeableā¦ Itās certainly a challenge.
I think this blog reminded me that the characters in my story still need a bit of development 
The main villains - one of them has a motive, but the other one still kinda needs one lol. My main character is quite self aware, although in terms of having them improve themselves - itās quite tricky XD
Personally, I rlly rlly love self aware characters, but only to a point. Maybe they understand these traits about themselves, and think about them often, but itās also really cool when theyāre acting a certain way (especially for negative traits) but have no idea why. Then they find out later in the story, which adds another layer to it if that makes sense.
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ā¦wut?
Iāve realised that whenever I make a new character in an RP, (I think this blog can be helpful for making RP characters as well) I donāt put too much effort into them. Like, I want them to be realistic but Iām just so lazy, I give up and just make them whatever. Theyāre just characters in an RP set in a fictional world, they donāt need to be realistic! Pfft- (Iām being sarcastic) I think itās time I revamped them 
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I should do this soonā¦
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I think itās about making realistic characters honestly. The more characters seem like actually people, with all their little quirks and such, the more Iāll like them.
But that doesnāt mean you canāt make like a fantasy character with magical powersā¦ they can still be realistic!
Sometimes I see interesting people IRL that I wonder about. Like there was this guy at the bus stop wearing a big brown trench coat (like kinda old fashioned too), a briefcase, and a brown fedora and Iām like, ālook at that cool dude!ā And Iām trying not to stare but also look more at him because he seems really interesting!
Like in that case, heās real, heās interesting, and heās also going about his normal life like everyone else. I donāt like characters that are more special than othersā¦
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Yes, often relatable characters is the key!