#no other traits or flaws

[ace-of-dragons-art]

my favourite bit to do on my DnD character sheet is to put exactly one (1) character trait in the personality traits box, and then put that same trait in the flaws box

#no other traits or flaws #we die like men #dnd #dnd community #ttrpg #ttrpg community #ttrpg memes #dnd memes

[alicentes]

I didn’t sit here for years tryna stay calm and silent while listening to your bad takes on gale (who grew up oppressed, in poverty and then witnessed his entire district getting wiped out then rightly went to fight in the rebellion because it was his inlg chance of tearing down the system the wanted him and his family dead) being a “terrorist war criminal who is single handedly responsible for killing innocent people including prim and who is the REAL villain of the hunger games” just for y’all to turn and start stanning and defending actual facist dictator and child trafficker Coriolanus Snow because you saw a young hot version of him.

#i actually do enjoy coryo as a villain and liked his origin story but people are really making excuses for him? and they know what he became #gale hawthorne #the hunger games #anti coriolanus snow #tbosas #like even in tbosas he shows that he is a sociopathic narissist. he tries to be good but those traits are still there and he embraced them #as for gale he was oppressed his entire life and lived in the poorest part of panem and resents the rich who were complicit in his suffering #the things he does for the resistance were things he thought was neccessary to win to end oppression #the other option was losing the rebellion and getting tortured killed and allowing snow to cause a lot more suffering #do i agree w everything he does? no because he is a character with flaws but i dont blame him one bit for decisions after the genocide of 12 #he has to live with the consequences of what happened during the war and what he had to do to survive #but he is not a bad person for fighting back and willing to kill to survive he also does not understand the toll it takes to have to kill #him and snow are the same age and they both choose survival but snow is choosing power for himself and restoring his families wealth #and gale is choosing to join the rebellion and willing to fight for the sake of the rest of his people and to put an end to the suffering #one creates an oppressive society and one is tearing down that society both do whatever it takes #wow i guess i have more thoughts on gales character than i originally thought and the comparisons with snow are interesting

[jessepinwheel]

my very serious writing advice for people who are trying to write more morally complex characters is to stop caring about their morality and focus instead on their individual motivations

it’s hard to articulate exactly what I mean, but the essence of it is basically: when a character does a murder, not only do I not care about whether they’re justified in doing so, it’s straight-up irrelevant. a character’s moral standing from some nebulous universal standard has no bearing on the plot or their interactions with other characters and has no use in the story for me as a writer. what does matter is why the character thought they were justified and then if it comes up to other characters, what they think about it.

you can obviously think about your characters’ morality but it’s not your job as a writer to interpret your stories for your readers and tell them how to judge your characters. your readers can see the evidence for themselves and draw their own conclusions. your job is just to understand why a character is motivated to act in a certain way and have it make sense

focusing on character motivations is a much more versatile framework than trying to give them specific personality traits or moral alignments, and frankly more useful to understand why a character would do a certain thing instead of just what they do. that way when something fucked up happens and your character starts acting differently, there’s an actual logical reason for it that isn’t you forcing characters to do things because it’s what’s required to make the plot go

when you write your characters with the understanding that people are not static and they act differently under different circumstances, complexity in character and morality follows naturally.

#honestly I don't think of my stories as being morally complex #like the thought of morality doesn't enter my mind at all #I straight do not care #advice like 'make sure you give your characters some flaws' have always felt very unhelpful to me #traits don't have to be good or bad #they're just traits #whether something is a flaw is heavily context dependent #and trying to build characters from a sum of 'good' and 'bad' just flattens them #this ties back into my other thing about how characterization is a scam #because you can write just about any character by writing a reasonable human person #and just having a good handle on what they want and what they're willing to do to achieve it #that's it #that's all you need #I have a lot of thoughts about this but #at the end of the day #does it really matter if a character is 'right'? #is it not enough to put a character in some situations?

[scintillyyy]

honestly, though. sometimes when the drakes are discussed it does seem a little "oh, they never would never do <insert terrible fanon trait here>, they just <insert a different trait they....also never really did and is actually kind of contradicted by canon? here>"

#honestly i'm usually fairly forgiving about the second because i'm sure i'm guilty of it too lmao #and it's also like. that's usually more of personal intepretation/reading thing which should have different viewpoints #variety is the spice of life and all #& i like defending the drakes AND talking about how they failed #but sometimes the thing that is confidently stated they do instead is something canon directly contradicts. #they never would force feed him something he's allergic to #they would just have super strict expectations of his behavior & not be affectionate #meanwhile the expectations are limited to don't wear a t-shirt to a wedding rehearsal and jack is shown hugging tim like every 5 issues #(and janet is dead and can have no expectations but the only time we see her she's like “you can be whatever you want to be sweetie :)”) #and they are shown having a very iconic outing with him and they treat him nice & want him to have a good time & are very loving #i too want to swing the pendulum the other way but that second one does apply to both good and bad traits lmao #“jack was just trying to get close to his son” well. no he really wasn't. #or “jack never cared about his son & never tried to listen to him” well that's not exactly true either #god i love them. my polarizing flawed family.

[hannibal-is-my-comfort-show]

I thibk its funny when my friends talk abt trying to find happy queer rep while I'm just like "uh huh yah ofc, me too!" While I'm hoarding my evil sad little gays in the basement like a pokemon team whose only collective move is self destruct

#Characters who inevitably cause their own downfall due to intrinsic character traits that the genre exploited to become flaws?? #now thats rep i can get behind #support gay rights and wrongs #also when two characters are the objects of eachothers affections and afflictions 👌😩 #like yesss spiral intto the worst (and somehow best) versions of yourself where the only remnant from the past is holding the others hand #anywayssss #hannibal #hannibal nbc #nbc hannibal #netflix #hannibal netflix #renew hannibal #revive hannibal #will graham #hannibal lecter #hannigram #murder husbands

[beansterpie]

rewatching LoK, i'm being reminded how much I dislike the.... the brothers, mako and bolin, yanno? they're such underwhelming characters on basically every level. it'd almost be impressive if they weren't in every episode and didn't annoy me so much ugh

#bean talking into the void #also this show in general is very flawed lol #cool things about it but the choice to structure it more like a #prestige tv show #as in each season follows One Story #is... i wouldn't say it was a bad choice but i feel like you can see the growing pains #switching over from the episodic structure of ATLA #s1 while flawed is solid #it knows what it's trying to do even if it doesn't always stick the landing #season two feels like a season-long filler episode LMFAO #which is hilarious because a lot of world-building stuff happens #but tonally it's all over the place #serious political plots interspersed with the B Plot following Tenzin and his family #on vacation??? #so fucking random #but anyway back to roasting the brothers #i find bolin just annoying in general his brand of comedy totally doesn't work for me #but at least he has like #a personality that's consistent #mako is sooooooo blah #the writers have no idea what to do with him and he comes across as having a strikingly boring personality #with no defining traits other than being wishy washy (and a boot licker) #it FEELS like he was meant to remind viewers of Zuko #at least in appearance if nothing else #another broody pretty boy to latch onto #but he has literally nothing interesting to actually get invested in #sure he's got his tragic backstory and he's the 'older brother who took care of his younger brother after their parents died' boo hoo #but that's all just exposition and it's barely shown in a way that feels illustrative or emotional in any way that matters #(other than him comforting bolin in s1 after he KISSES THE GIRL HE KNEW BOLIN HAD A CRUSH ON lmfaoooooo) #(what a good big brother lmfao)

[starlooove]

Also about the Duke holding himself to higher standards thing something about the black boy being unable to afford slacking off in a way is peers are allowed to/are comfortable with? At least to himself? Cmon….

#that’s a lot of hc territory but do u hear me #also btw I don’t think the others slack like that #but I also don’t think what Duke says is without merit #but also I acknowledge it’s like writers not giving a fuck about unamed background characters impacted by the bats #BUT THIS #REMEMBER I said idgaf about the assassins tim called and it’s not REAL if literally nobody felt the impact #like if tim ‘we don’t get to make that choice’ drake didn’t feel a thing about removing the choice for betterment from hundreds #is it real or did they write that in just to make him look cool #anyways all this to say IF DUKE FOUND OUT HED BE PISSED #listen ik it’s sounding judgmental without being there #that’s the point #it’s a flaw to an extent #a character trait that’s not all bright and bubbly unless it’s fun to say #anywayyys then ID care or believe tim did that #but yeah i got distracted but I promise I had examples #just him not letting shit slide like that bc they have a responsibility to the civilians #and sorry it gets continuing the cycle of abuse sometimes 💔 #‘u better depress that patrol route’ #etc. #HE GETS BETTER #GUYS JEFF!!! THIS IS WHY HES HERE #listen to ME #ok bye #AND THIS IS NAWT TO SAY ELAINE AND DOUG DID THIS #IK how y’all get. #I’m saying that elaine and Doug instilled a strong sense of personal responsibility and helping others in him #and once they’re gone he clings onto them fiercely! #and gets worse. #ily <3

[kordeliiius]

Remnants

#houseki no kuni #hnk spoilers #character redesign #mixed media #i think it'd be more interesting if the post-metamorphosis results were not just inconsistent but flawed as well #i saw flawed despite intentionally harkening back to one of padpa's most recognizable traits #but scars and other deformities are part of that category ig #keiArt

[butchdykekondraki]

where do you draw the line on "problematic" media? Or is it just "if I like it then its Good and if i dont then You Better Not Like It."? If this sounds like an overdramatic rephrasing then lmk cuz I'd rather talk civilly about this than argue. Same thing if we're coming off hostile. Not our intent but our mistake if so.

idk really! my stance has always just been "if this media is problematic for the sake of being problematic (south park for example) / problematic due to the creators own biases (hazbin hotel for example) then you shouldnt be giving it attention" but generally i think all media is gonna be a bit problematic. like take scp for example, its generally an interesting and well-made community project. HOWEVER, it has its problematic elements (the weird misogynistic comments/ideas in certain scps/tales, the early 2010s nazi jokes, Dr Brights Entire Existence) that tie into it being considered problematic by some. but its still Good. its weird and problematic jokes are awful, but the media itself is good. it's just best to just enjoy things critically, and not to just automatically assume that everything you like is Inherently Good and everything you dislike is Inherently Bad yknow.

#does this make sense. #idfk. i cant word things very well. my bad. #basically the take-away here is -> #some medias are fucked up because theyre fucked up. you can enjoy them but that doesnt mean theyre Inherently Good. #some medias are good but have fucked up elements. disliking that media for being Inherently Bad because of those traits gives you a flawed- #-idea of that media #just. criticize the media youre into. there will always be slightly problematic things in every media. #there is no such thing as a Purely Good media. #in other words; all media sucks. lets get you some media comprehension bitch. #?.txt #speaking.mp4

[ansburg]

bg3 fans showing their da leanings in how allergic they are to nuance 😔

#likeeeee can't y'all let your faves have some bad traits. seriously. #my fyp had some longass meta on how ga!e's folly isn't really a tale in hubris but in approval seeking #and that certainly is a component of his character fr #but are we really going to ignore the myriad of stories gale tells the pc about how someone tells him not to do something #and how he does it anyway? #and how in his youth he was spared poor outcomes either by luck or by the intervention of others #save for the uhhhh orb. which was a fafo situation #LIKE it irks me to no end that a character can't have flaws without fans needing to smooth them into something so woobifying #'it's a little hubris but REALLY he's a burnt out gifted kid like me 🥺🥺🥺 his need for validation is his WORST trait' #i just know that when interviewers ask them 'what's something you need to improve on' it's some ~im too hardworking~ shit 😔 #sorry i will be sexualizing gale for his dual arrogance AND poor self-esteem

[radiostaticyuri]

most people who are aroace struggle with feeling broken but alastor is the opposite he doesnt struggle with that because he has internalized allophobia he thinks everything intimate is gross forever and actually everyone ELSE is broke, and is therefore unable to accept that intimacy isnt bad and isnt always romantic and thats why he gaslit himself into thinking he hates vox

#on air #can you believe i mod alastor the person got cancelled for this one #i me got called allophobic for giving a fictional character a flawed trait #apparently im othering alloromantic people for this one #how do i keep getting stuck in situations with people who are this rancid #this gatekeepy

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He was just being a silly little guy!

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #wen ruohan #nie mingjue #lan xichen #JGY's character is the zigging and zagging guy of all time #We love a little meow meow that can bite and scratch and kill you. #We also love a little meow meow that can mewl pathetically! #'He's evil now and torturing his former friend?" ZAG TIME: He's a spy and feels soooo awful about it!! #ZIG TIME: He (probably) didn't need to go that deep into the role and kill as many people as he did. #Something I really love about the sworn brother trio is how they reflect how our feelings distort our perception of others. #Lan Xichen represents how when we love/care about someone -anything they do can be endearing. They aren't manipulative: they are clever. #Its less about rose tinted glasses and more about reframing every look you get of them. The constant justifications you make for them. #They just need a space to be loved! “They care for me so I will stand by them no matter what to show them I'm there for them!” #While NMJ represents how when you dislike someone - Everything they do is an affront or proof of their foul character. #Everything is a sign. Everything is 'proof' they are just as awful as you want them to be. Every 'good trait' is twisted. #The problem is that most people are just human. They are flawed and they are capable of good and bad things. #Meng Yao's motivations are very complex. Yet he's extremely human all the same. He isn't the saint nor the monster of the story.

[destinyisall-tlk]

🤭

aethelred and eardwulf were abusive assholes who treated aethelflaed and eadith horribly. eardwulf had no guilt or regret for forcing eadith to flirt and keep aethelred "satisfied", even when you could clearly see she was uncomfortable. not to mention eardwulf threatened stiorra with a knife and hit her in 4x09 to "put her in her place". and if sigtryggr hadn't shown up, God knows what else would have happened. as for aethelred he roughly pinned aethelflaed's head to the table to force her to comply in S2. and from memory, he had rough sex with her, which i'm pretty sure was her first time too. and then he accused her of being unfaithful and didn't care if he embarrassed or humiliated her.

like/love toxic characters all you want. but choosing to ignore, or worse, still ship them with the women they treated terribly is gross. you can't claim to be all for tlk female characters and then not acknowledge the harm and screwed-up things aethelred and eardwulf did towards two of the main female characters.

send a 👀 + a tlk opinion and i'll say whether i agree or not. or send a ��� for my own tlk opinion

#the last kingdom #tlk personal opinion #ask #anonymous #if you wanna point out flaws/toxic traits in other characters #then also do the same for your fave

[muninnhuginn]

Xiao Li personality traits:

Willing to bend the rules if he thinks it's for the greater good. Believing the time trio over what happened with lu guang's stabbing and actively getting him moved to the unopened hospital and cxs and ql's suspect status delayed. Involving them in the investigation at all honestly.

Emotions blind him to objective reality. See: how he thought Qian Jin was an amazing officer and upstanding citizen until his wife died despite us now knowing QJ's moral slippage was occurring long before then. Thinking that Qian Jin must have changed because the Qian Jin he "knew" wouldn't have done these things.

Optimistic to a fault. Added to the previous point. Asked Qian Jin if he wanted to get his injuries checked out at the station when Qian Jin wanted nothing less. Trying the photo shop in the first place based off internet rumours on the off chance they could help with his case.

Sense of "justice" more a sense of guilt. Most of his s2 actions are fuelled by his need to fix things. He even admits that he was never the one who was an amazingly motivated police officer and he always saw that as Qian Jin's role. The difference here is that Xiao Li suddenly has personal stakes. The broad concept of justice is very different from seeing people's individual stories. An operation he ran resulted in someone getting stabbed so he tried to get Lu Guang safe and ran precautions that verged on paranoid (such as not informing his fellow officers about the powers). Chen Bin dies, so he insists he'll make it up for him and then resign. Wang Juan's fate is up in the air but is another instance where he screwed up because he was impulsive and chose to chase down Li Tianchen. And yet he keeps going regardless. He thinks that he can fix this if he just keeps going without necessarily learning the lessons he needs to succeed at that.

He's a shiguang mirror in one character. His Cheng Xiaoshi traits are much more obvious, of course. He's almost a bad end Cheng Xiaoshi in many ways. A Cheng Xiaoshi who never learnt. But his failure to properly communicate things to the people he's meant to be working alongside in case they screw it up is such a ridiculously Lu Guang trait it can't be ignored.

#link click #link click spoilers #this is semi in response to a post I saw in the tag and there's no shade intended with this. promise. #but even if his character is frustrating to watch at times I do think he has his place. #and the thing is he's not actually a stupid character? his flaws are all tied up in his impulsiveness and guilt #and all the intelligence in the world can't save you from those if you're far enough gone #I kept almost tangenting into qj personality traits with this because these two dovetail into each other oops #shiguang daili ren spoilers #(also u guys should see ooishi from higurashi. he's the og cop who screws everything up thru mostly good intentions)

[13eyond13]

I hope in the future there will be no female character that gets a great deal of resentment as much as Misa ever again.

Mhm. She def got a rather outsized amount back in the day, though I feel the fandom has come back to a bit of a more chill and accepting and appreciative POV of Misa over time at least

#to some extent i also think people just werent as serious about fandom and whatnot back in the day either #like they were just like i dont want to write about her because she annoys me and it wasnt any particularly deep reason other than that hah #people just made stuff about their faves and ignored whatever else they werent interested in / didn't like #but the 2000s was a fairly hateful towards women time as well from what i recall #anyways i like misa and especially misa with all her weird flaws and abrasive traits lol #ask #anon #p

[rdawnn]

live action avatar taking away sokka’s initial sexism as if it wasn’t absolutely integral to his character arc as he learns and grows as a person. it’s a FUNDAMENTAL aspect to the character did they even watch the original show!!! did they see him say “girls bad at things” and then completely ignore everything that came after that!!! what the fuck!!!

#like what other completely necessary bit of lore or character traits are they gonna omit #somebody on twitter said sokka was sexist SPECIFICALLY to learn not to be #and that character flaws are often meant to teach lessons to viewers by saying HEY THIS GUY IS WRONG #AND HES GONNA LEARN THAT AND CHANGE HIS BEHAVIOUR #like what are we doing here #what are we doing. #i had hope for this show but #idk anymore man