Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12736261-20140717142131/@comment-10734109-20140817025000

Yeah, Birdie. They're probably going to be minor characters, with Janika serving mainly as comical relief every now and then and Lorraine basically just serves as the "straight man," if you will in their duo to have someone to compare Janika to. Lorraine and Janika still love each other and don't really have a deep hatred (though they would clearly get annoyed with each other since they're sisters and stuff) like Kaitlin and Ae Sook would have. Lorraine is serious, but she's patient too. She would actually make a really boring main character since none of her emotions are very extreme, to be honest, so it would definitely be wisest to keep her out of the main picture.

And even though Kaitlin and Janika have somewhat similar personalities (loud, energetic, stubborn) their interests are so spaced apart that it would be almost comical to see how they handled each other's opinions. What would make it even more interesting would be if both of them always said how much they hated the other one's inflexibility while they were being just as inflexible in that exact conflict.

At the moment, I'm trying to think of how Darren and Camilla would work into the story (since they were the other two that I really liked as well). Darren (ISTP) would definitely be compatible with Farid, and Camilla (probably an ESFJ) with basically anyone. Camilla could be the person who tries to ease the tensions and bring everyone together, even though at the end of the day the problems will probably come back and cause all of her work to be for nothing (the poor girl xD). Then, if someone gets angry at her for always trying to get everyone to be besties, she can just blow up on them unexpectedly xD.

As for Farid and Darren's relationship, it will probably start off slowly and it'll be awhile before they actually become friends (since they kind of don't pay much attention to people, much less people who don't pay attention to people xD). Maybe they'll be forced to sit next to each other in one of their classes so they'll have to learn to get to know each other. Maybe Darren could be drawing a picture of a monster and Farid could start talking about fantasy novels or something xD

And if I have not chosen your character for any of my comments yet, I apologize. However, if you do not give your characters negative traits, they will appear one dementional and Mary-Sue like. Plus, as you can tell from the characters I tend to sway towards, the more elaboration you give on your characters, the more helpful it will be to the writers who need to figure out things like social interaction and such. How do they interact with other people? Are they open and kind or are they withdrawn and cold? Are they just so self concious that they can't bring themselves to talk to others? If you say that a character is shy, tell me how they're shy. Some people just dislike being around others, while some can't seem to bring themselves to speak for fear of judgment. This trait in itself can be open to multiple completely different personality types. Also, when choosing strengths and weaknesses for characters, you should choose their most prevelent ones. If a character is only somewhat good or bad at something, then you should either contemplate the idea of removing it from the list or add the fact that they are only partially good or bad in that particular subject. Similarly, it is completely acceptable to add things that are not necessarily considered as "physical talents," if you will, such as "understanding others" and "brainstorming." This can really let us get a feeling for exactly how strong certain characteristics of a character's personality are in comparrison to others. For instance, if a character is extremely good at making friends, you could put that in their positive traits as well as their strengths. Then we can assume that this particular person is a loveable ball of friendly friendship with a side serving of attitude. Zip-diddly-dang!

Also, if you want to add in the fact that your character has a crush on someone else, then please do. The more material we have to work with, the better!

Needless to say, do not be offended if some of my next posts are optional changes to your characters.