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What is your favorite type of character?
villains with great origin storiessnarky best friends
bad boy with a heart of gold
found families
there are probably more but those are a few of my favorite character tropes.
The main character going on a suddenly triggered downward spiral that was just waiting for them all along. Bonus points if they are always taking dangerous combinations of pills and booze while trying to solve a crime.
i have a soft spot for secondary characters
Aline wrote: "i have a soft spot for secondary characters"real
Lynn wrote: "There are a lot that I like, but here is a smaller list.Funny guys that are a little cocky.
Then you would enjoy Nelson DeMille's character John Corey. His remarks always crack me up.
hot older grumpy, preferably rich mmc without a child who's only soft for the fmc
a little chaotic, desperate, inspiring,realistic and ofcourse loving
Oh, I love this. And I only figured this out like three months ago, but:If everything in a character would suggest they aren't good, and then they are just the kindest person to childen. Like, they pretend to hate kids but as soon as one actually shows up they just immediately drop everything to play babysitter.
Same thing if a character is dark, and broody, and sometimes mean, but at the same time just cares so much.
Just ... grumpy characters in general, but they only appear grumpy and on the inside they have a heart of gold and are not going to ignore it.
(Close second are characters that just have a heart of gold, without the grumpy appeance, because I just love it when people care so much, something about it always makes me feel better.)
Sarcastic, goof off type young man
I always liked Daffy Duck but Bugs is a close 😬
Smart but underestimated. Someone that never gets a second look, but is super clever, and kind of a chameleon.
funny smart with a sense of humor sexy emotionally intelligent ect....lol i can go on I like bad boys too
The one who don't needs saving and can take care of themselves.The one who doesn't shy away from being direct and straight to the point, without talking around the bush, even when it's because of nervosity.
The one who knows what they want and actively fights for it – even when they're insecure about it or have second guesses. Someone with a goal basically. Doesn't have to be anything fancy or big, just something.
The one who's weird, knows it and embraces it.
The one who's loyal to their own morals and wouldn't mind stopping a close friend if it goes against their morals. Even if it might mean losing that "friend".
Morally Grey Characters. More realistic and relatable.
I love the characters that have morally gray actions, but they are doing things for the right reasons. Ones that are completely damaged, but still want to help others, even if they act like they don’t.
I have soft spots for the best friend character always. I like male characters older than me. I also like a character if they follow their morals till the very end.
gold retriever type boy with black cat guy being best friends/brothers
I don't have a favorite character, I invest in all the characters so I like all for different reasons. but that's what brings the balance to the story.
definitely morally gray men, or golden retriever type of boys
Charismatic or morally grey for sure
i love the character that shows the main character around and is like their mentor :D
I feel like I'm in a minority nowadays but I love great villains!By that I mean real, outright villains - because I've seen a big trend in recent years to try and explain and humanise and make villains relatable or to traumatically justify them like I'm supposed to feel bad for them and that's fine (sometimes) but I miss just having villains who were just bad because somewhere they made a choice and they had badness in them.
That combined with a well crafted personality is the key to success in most any story with a hero-villain dynamic because as a wise person once said: a hero is only as good as his villain allows him to be (pardon my mish-mashy quote).
The realistic characters
I love the kind of dreamy, curious, self-confident, fighter, wise...
I love female characters. Just about any personality type.
mysterious, crazy guy but cares about some people. I also have soft spot for the side kicks (mostly friends or brothers who cares without any conditions.
morally grey or supportive interesting funny best friend.
I like characters that are relatable. A character that faces struggles and failures which force him to adapt and to learn ways of overcoming the stressful experience. Also kindness is a big plus for me.
A complex personality -perhaps a Jekyll and Hyde character
probably gonna have to say the funny loveable side character because at the end of the day I'd had a storyline with just annoying main characters or an intense plot without the funny side character everyone loves. they probably make the story what it is. no matter how relatable the main characters are. that type of side character will make it all better!
characters that live in the gray, they do bad things but for good reasons
I like characters that know more than they show, that are underestimated. The ones that can create the biggest plot twist.
Intelligent confident female characters. Oddly enough, the same kind of ladies I like most in real life. Go figure.
anti-heroes who have a complex back story
grumpy at first and then mellow and possessif
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Relatable intelligent and opposite-of-doormat female characters, and the morally grey ones
Funny guys that are a little cocky.
Hype best friend.
The one character that's older than the rest.
The depressed duo.
The list could go on! (Also, please don't judge my opinions, I haven't really read very many books.)