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𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Sept 20, 2021 18:15:27 GMT -5
What matters more to you in a character, their story or their personality? Or does it depend? It's probably the latter for me. Leafpool for example is a cat I found to be incredibly boring until she fell in love with Crowfeather, but I still love how sweet she is.
And then you have cats like Clear Sky or Needletail and their awful personalities, but they're also two of my favorite characters precisely because their stories were so interesting to me.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Sept 20, 2021 18:25:03 GMT -5
i lean more towards personality
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Post by Chicken on Sept 20, 2021 18:39:04 GMT -5
Their personality, I feel like the reason I don't really like most main characters, is because a huge part of their life and POV is based around the story, I know they still have some personality, but it's not as easy to see it clearly as someone who isn't super involved in the plot, at least that's how it is for me.
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Cloudstorm
Don’t let it kill you. Even when it hurts like hell.
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Post by Cloudstorm on Sept 20, 2021 19:39:03 GMT -5
For me characters need to Find a good balance between an intriguing personality and interesting Story . If the narratives only main Focus on a character is there personality , but they have no story, no obstacles or trials to face or overcome , or conflicts they my immersion is quickly cut off . But also if they have have a great story to tell , but cardboard-cutout blank personality , then it’s gonna get boring for me to read through super Fast. Also prefer characters that there personality isn’t completely worn on there sleeves sort of speak, or gravitates to far to Either the Goodie-2-shoes ,positive good guy character , or to far to the The ‘villainous’ wanna watch the world burn side of Bad . Makes me feel like I know exactly what to expect from a character to early on , like them to have some Blank slate that’s left open for personal interpretation , cause Hooray for Headcannons .
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Post by kells on Sept 20, 2021 20:06:02 GMT -5
I really don't know. I liked Firestar's POV because they were interesting, not just because he was a nice guy. And while I do like Firestar as a character, I would not be able to sit through an arc that mostly focuses on his personality, like with Alderheart and Bristlefrost's POV
Cats on the other side of the spectrum however are insufferable. I would never survive through Thunder or Clear Sky's POV if there wasn't much happening in them. Ivypool's jealousy was so annoying, but it was a lot more tolerable than Dovewing's because it felt there was something actually happening, and not a soap opera
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Post by Skypaw13 on Sept 21, 2021 2:43:05 GMT -5
Story. Personality doesn't matter at all. As long as they actually have one, it's fine.
Personality will certainly add to a character's likability, but it's not the reason I get invested in media.
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on Sept 21, 2021 4:43:12 GMT -5
Personality, a story can be uninteresting if the characters focused on it are dull.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Sept 21, 2021 6:04:46 GMT -5
Personality. I'd prefer a slice-of-life, aimless arc over a well-planned plot with boring, dull characters.
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Post by Rainsplash on Sept 21, 2021 6:29:30 GMT -5
Personalities, because no matter how interesting one's story is, if they're insufferable I can't bear to like them.
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Post by Chicken on Sept 21, 2021 9:07:54 GMT -5
Personalities, because no matter how interesting one's story is, if they're insufferable I can't bear to like them. This is exactly why I didn't like POT, I thought the plot and the bg characters were fantastic, but two of the pov characters, I found their personalities insufferable.
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#a3c5e6
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𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Oct 5, 2021 17:12:50 GMT -5
Bump
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Post by cable on Oct 5, 2021 17:52:44 GMT -5
i prefer the personality. the old saying rings pretty true to me. good characters can carry a bad story, but a good story cant carry bad characters.
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Aroace
#ffa100
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𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑
Villain Enjoyer
Taking a break from the forums because my cat died. Will probably be back mid to late October.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on Oct 5, 2021 18:02:16 GMT -5
Personality. I could never enjoy a story if all of the characters in it are either dull or insufferable.
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