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* [[Mary Sue]]: Your character cannot be right/ be the most powerful/do the right thing all the time. You don't want a [[Boring Invincible Hero]] in there. |
* [[Mary Sue]]: Your character cannot be right/ be the most powerful/do the right thing all the time. You don't want a [[Boring Invincible Hero]] in there. |
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** Canon Sue -[[Author Avatar]]: While it's not bad to [[Escapism|give your characters exciting lives]], if they are simple [[Author Avatar|Author Avatars]], have no real defects and struggles, and are used as a medium just to fulfill [[Wish Fulfillment|your desires]],[[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|your character won't be believable]] as imperfections make characters human and therefore [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|"more realistic" and deep.]] |
** Canon Sue -[[Author Avatar]]: While it's not bad to [[Escapism|give your characters exciting lives]], if they are simple [[Author Avatar|Author Avatars]], have no real defects and struggles, and are used as a medium just to fulfill [[Wish Fulfillment|your desires]],[[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|your character won't be believable]] as imperfections make characters human and therefore [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|"more realistic" and deep.]] |
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* [[Rape as Backstory]]: If your character suffers from [[Rape as Backstory]], don't treat it lightly. Being violated in such a way tends to have mental and social effects on someone. How they treat |
* [[Rape as Backstory]]: If your character suffers from [[Rape as Backstory]], don't treat it lightly. Being violated in such a way tends to have mental and social effects on someone. How they treat it should be an integral part of their character. |
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** By the same token, don't [[Wangst]] about it. Try to find a realistic balance. |
** By the same token, don't [[Wangst]] about it. Try to find a realistic balance. |
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* People commit two mistakes when adding a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] and a [[Freudian Excuse]]. One is that they treat it as if it's not there; the second is that they blow it out of importance when it ''is'' brought up. Acknowledge that a character that has gone through a life-changing event will be different from those around him. On the other hand, do not let it take the character over and have a strong effect decades after it had happened unless you plan to show the character as a severely traumatized individual. |
* People commit two mistakes when adding a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] and a [[Freudian Excuse]]. One is that they treat it as if it's not there; the second is that they blow it out of importance when it ''is'' brought up. Acknowledge that a character that has gone through a life-changing event will be different from those around him. On the other hand, do not let it take the character over and have a strong effect decades after it had happened unless you plan to show the character as a severely traumatized individual. |
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