#Unrelated: prejudiced characters. Give me characters that are biased against X

[gnawer-of-table-legs]

Big fan of when character flaws are actually. Yknow. Flaws. Being closed off and cold isn’t necessarily a bad flaw to give a character, but it’s so overdone that it doesn’t feel like a flaw anymore. And then there’s stuff like in Percy Jackson, where Percy’s fatal flaw is “loyalty”— he would do anything for his friends even if it meant the end of the world.

and um. I love the books/series more than anything but girly pop (riordan) that’s not a flaw.

give me characters that are selfish. Greedy. Cowardly. Arrogant. Lazy. Envious. This is ESPECIALLY important for main characters.

@captain-will

thoughts?

Edit: I think that character flaws should have actual, permanent consequences more often— not just in tragedies. Give me a story where everything turns out okay, but there’s one relationship that will (justifiably) never be the same because of a character’s flaws. they aren’t enemies, they are STILL allies— but that does not and will not lead to forgiveness.

#My only real criticism with PJO #Love the series I promise #Unrelated: prejudiced characters. Give me characters that are biased against X #..but do not show or even FEEL aggression towards X when face-to-face or thinking about someone they know personally #Only when “x” is a concept and easy to judge because it has no human face. #Let THAT be a source of internal conflict!! Let that be character development!! Let it be the Main character!! #That’s how prejudice works sometimes and we CAnt fight it if we don’t understand it!!