MC personality bases
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Hey \lit\ I wanna ask which of these personalities you like the most if any as a novel's main characters. If you want, just tell me what kind of main character you like in the books you read.
These are not full on character descriptions, just small snipets explaining the overall feel of some characters I've thought up.
Fantasy martial arts setting
>Socially inpet (for an understandable reason, not just "lol shy nice guy gamer")
>Will of iron
>Fast learner
>Diligent
>Formerly blind and disabled
>No sense of purpose past his current goal
Fantasy setting
>Cheerful but down to earth
>Respectful/seen by many as a role model or guide
>Devoted to his underlings
>Self providing (has lived completely alone since childhood)
>Strict morals
>Overall blunt
Modern fantasy setting
>Quiet and reserved
>Keeps calm at nearly all times
>\lit\
>Unforgiving
>Doesn't care much for making friends, only the "work" he does
Fictional modern setting (boxing)
>Quiet but extremely assertive
>Master strategist
>Relatively short temper
>Father figure to his much younger sister
>Feels heavily obligated to return any help he recieves
>Doesn't understand the majority of women (As in he thinks their way of thinking is confusing as fuck/unreasonable)
If you actually read all of that, thank you. I know almost all of you are going to shit on me, but I'd expect that from 4chan.They're all white males btw :^]
All of those can work where they are, as long as they're adequately developed.
>>7700941
write a story and write characters, don't write tropes. make them people, you've got stereotypes
>>7701117
Forgot to ask this:
I don't want good advice to go to waste from a misunderstanding, so I must ask what you mean by that. You're saying the character should not initially have the traits I listed, but slowly gain them?
>>7701310
No, you show them as they are but also give indications as to why they're like that, that means knowing their backstory, and as they story goes on you can show the outcome of their actions as they are..
>>7701416
Ah right right. Thought I was missing something. Thanks for your time anon
