Post by Dᴀɴɴʏ Pʜᴀɴᴛᴏᴍ on Aug 17, 2016 12:21:20 GMT -5
When roleplaying, it's important to be able to convey character emotion with fluidity. In order to fully immerse yourself and others in the world your character lives in, you must be able to write their emotions properly through the use of a variety of physical cues, mental thoughts, and long-term responses. This is meant to be a quick-reference guide to dozens of character emotions, with each emotion organized alphabetically for ease of use. If you want something explained more in-depth or have any questions, please ask below!
Special thanks to The Emotion Thesaurus for helping me out with this project.
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Key:
PC: Physical Cues
IF: Internal Feelings
MR: Mental Responses
LTR: Long-term Responses
SC: Suppressed Cues
Adoration
PC: A soft expression when facing the adored, walking quickly to close the distance between oneself and the adored, imitation, reaching out to touch or brush with the tail or nose, steady and/or frequent eye contact, frequent, frivolous nodding while the adored speaks, constant, sometimes unnecessary smiling, open, relaxed posture, bright, glossy eyes, agreeing with everything the adored says and reminding them of it constantly, frequent compliments, constantly talking about the adored to others, reduced blinking, speaking with a soft voice.
IF: Quickening heartbeat, breathlessness, pulse in the throat, dry mouth, tingling nerves.
MR: A desire to move closer or touch, fixating one's thoughts on the adored, acute observation of the adored, an inability to see the adored's flaws.
LTR: Obsession, fantasizing, believing that the adored feels the same, a feeling that they and the adored are destined for each other, stalking, taking risks to be with the adored, weight loss, poor sleep patterns, jealousy, possessiveness.
SC: Avoiding conversations about the adored, observing only from afar, avoiding the adored, sneaking looks at the adored, lying about one's feelings regarding the subject.
Agitation
PC: Rising of the fur, jerky movements, clumsiness due to rushing, a bouncy gaze, an inability to stay still, pushing things aside without care, abrupt movements, a sudden proneness to accidents, forgetting words, becoming unable to form their thoughts into words, avoiding eye contact, a shaky voice, overuse of verbal hesitations such as "uh" or "um", becoming overprotective in regards to their personal space, taking too long to answer a question or respond to someone, pacing, making odd noises in the throat, flinching when touched, frequent, erratic tail movements.
IF: Excessive salivation, feeling hot regardless of the weather, stiffening fur on back of neck, light-headedness, short, fast breathing.
MR: Extreme frustration, mind blanking, frequent mistakes, a tendency to lie or make excuses, anger at oneself, mentally telling oneself to calm down or relax.
LTR: Constantly seeking an escape from a situation, snapping at others, always speaking with a defensive tone, messy or unkempt bedding and/or fur.
SC: Constantly changing the subject, making excuses, joking to lighten the mood, keeping oneself constantly busy to avoid the problem, shifting attention from oneself onto others.
Amazement
PC: Widening of the eyes, a slack expression, becoming suddenly still, sucking in quick breaths, a stiff posture, rapid blinking followed by intense staring, flinching or jumpiness, stepping back, a slow shaking of the head, voicing wonder, glancing to see if others are experiencing the same thing, moving closer, spontaneous laughter, squealing dramatically.
IF: A heart that seems to freeze, then pound, rushing blood, a tingling feeling, stalled breaths, adrenaline spikes.
MR: Momentarily forgetting everything but what they are amazed by, a desire to share the experience, giddiness, disorientation, euphoria, an inability to find words.
LTR: A racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, legs going weak, feeling overwhelmed, collapsing.
SC: Walking in jerky strides, looking away to hide one's expression, eyes widening a bit but not significantly, a stony expression, making excuses if the reaction is noticed, stammering or stuttering.
Amusement
PC: Snorting/laughing, chuckling or cackling, displaying a wide grin, exchanging knowing looks with others, witty commentary, making humorous observations, turning away before bursting out with laughter, a playful nudge or shove, eyes lit with a glow, perhaps a mischievous one, smirking, offering a bemused smile, gasping for air, drumming paws against the ground, falling against someone, a high voice, rolling on the ground, being clumsy without caring, a belly laugh, giggling, making faces, winking.
IF: Pain in the ribs or stomach, wheezy breath, weakness in limbs.
MR: A need to sit or lie down, bringing up the humorous event over and over, adding on to it to keep the amusement growing.
LTR: Uncontrollable laughter, laughing so hard it becomes soundless, body quaking, a loss of body control, begging cats to stop, breathlessness, loss of bladder control, needing to leave.
SC: Shaking the head, swallowing laughter, suppressing a smile, turning away to collect oneself, reducing s laugh to a snort.
Special thanks to The Emotion Thesaurus for helping me out with this project.
Note to mods: A direct quote from the 1976 Copyright Act: "The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." Because this thread is made for the purpose of teaching and education, it does not infringe on the copyright of The Emotion Thesaurus. Please do not take it down for plagiarism.
Key:
PC: Physical Cues
IF: Internal Feelings
MR: Mental Responses
LTR: Long-term Responses
SC: Suppressed Cues
Adoration
PC: A soft expression when facing the adored, walking quickly to close the distance between oneself and the adored, imitation, reaching out to touch or brush with the tail or nose, steady and/or frequent eye contact, frequent, frivolous nodding while the adored speaks, constant, sometimes unnecessary smiling, open, relaxed posture, bright, glossy eyes, agreeing with everything the adored says and reminding them of it constantly, frequent compliments, constantly talking about the adored to others, reduced blinking, speaking with a soft voice.
IF: Quickening heartbeat, breathlessness, pulse in the throat, dry mouth, tingling nerves.
MR: A desire to move closer or touch, fixating one's thoughts on the adored, acute observation of the adored, an inability to see the adored's flaws.
LTR: Obsession, fantasizing, believing that the adored feels the same, a feeling that they and the adored are destined for each other, stalking, taking risks to be with the adored, weight loss, poor sleep patterns, jealousy, possessiveness.
SC: Avoiding conversations about the adored, observing only from afar, avoiding the adored, sneaking looks at the adored, lying about one's feelings regarding the subject.
Agitation
PC: Rising of the fur, jerky movements, clumsiness due to rushing, a bouncy gaze, an inability to stay still, pushing things aside without care, abrupt movements, a sudden proneness to accidents, forgetting words, becoming unable to form their thoughts into words, avoiding eye contact, a shaky voice, overuse of verbal hesitations such as "uh" or "um", becoming overprotective in regards to their personal space, taking too long to answer a question or respond to someone, pacing, making odd noises in the throat, flinching when touched, frequent, erratic tail movements.
IF: Excessive salivation, feeling hot regardless of the weather, stiffening fur on back of neck, light-headedness, short, fast breathing.
MR: Extreme frustration, mind blanking, frequent mistakes, a tendency to lie or make excuses, anger at oneself, mentally telling oneself to calm down or relax.
LTR: Constantly seeking an escape from a situation, snapping at others, always speaking with a defensive tone, messy or unkempt bedding and/or fur.
SC: Constantly changing the subject, making excuses, joking to lighten the mood, keeping oneself constantly busy to avoid the problem, shifting attention from oneself onto others.
Amazement
PC: Widening of the eyes, a slack expression, becoming suddenly still, sucking in quick breaths, a stiff posture, rapid blinking followed by intense staring, flinching or jumpiness, stepping back, a slow shaking of the head, voicing wonder, glancing to see if others are experiencing the same thing, moving closer, spontaneous laughter, squealing dramatically.
IF: A heart that seems to freeze, then pound, rushing blood, a tingling feeling, stalled breaths, adrenaline spikes.
MR: Momentarily forgetting everything but what they are amazed by, a desire to share the experience, giddiness, disorientation, euphoria, an inability to find words.
LTR: A racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, legs going weak, feeling overwhelmed, collapsing.
SC: Walking in jerky strides, looking away to hide one's expression, eyes widening a bit but not significantly, a stony expression, making excuses if the reaction is noticed, stammering or stuttering.
Amusement
PC: Snorting/laughing, chuckling or cackling, displaying a wide grin, exchanging knowing looks with others, witty commentary, making humorous observations, turning away before bursting out with laughter, a playful nudge or shove, eyes lit with a glow, perhaps a mischievous one, smirking, offering a bemused smile, gasping for air, drumming paws against the ground, falling against someone, a high voice, rolling on the ground, being clumsy without caring, a belly laugh, giggling, making faces, winking.
IF: Pain in the ribs or stomach, wheezy breath, weakness in limbs.
MR: A need to sit or lie down, bringing up the humorous event over and over, adding on to it to keep the amusement growing.
LTR: Uncontrollable laughter, laughing so hard it becomes soundless, body quaking, a loss of body control, begging cats to stop, breathlessness, loss of bladder control, needing to leave.
SC: Shaking the head, swallowing laughter, suppressing a smile, turning away to collect oneself, reducing s laugh to a snort.