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Arin i Asolde

..Or Some Other Grand and Pretentious Title

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  • character life rants
  • character type rants
  • characterization rants: groups
  • characterization rants: protagonists
  • characterization rants: secondaries
  • characterization rants: villains
  • conlangs
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  • pronker
    1 Apr 2019, 19:26
    Rant on handling a large cast of viewpoint characters
    Eons later in internet time, I discover these rants via TVTropes after reccing "The Game of the Gods" over on Dreamwidth's Fancake comm. This rant re large casts is the First Among Equals. Nice…
  • Jay Speijer
    3 Mar 2018, 02:41
    Fantasy of excess: Rant on Jordan and Goodkind
    Tad Williams is a cut above RJ and TG, IMHO. I enjoyed Memory, Sorrow and Thorn immensely. Excellent plotting, pacing and character development, AND, he knows how to wrap up a series and move onto a…
  • Shaylie Meyer
    2 Jul 2017, 09:18
    Try at an original fantasy Mary Sue litmus test.
    A lot of these can be justified with good storytelling, but overall this is a great tool to use if your unsure how your character will be perceived. I'm unsure about my character, Milo, though. He…
  • Abca Def
    18 Apr 2017, 16:40
    Let's try something a little different today...
    The only form of character profiles I've ever found that have actually been useful have, ironically enough, come straight out of a rollplaying game: my characters start with a Beliefs, Instincts and…
  • Redd Hunt
    6 Aug 2016, 06:40
    Rant on mute and non-speaking characters
    A+ rant here, very good food for thought.

    I have a born-mute sixteen year old character, whose interpreter is an android that her father built for her, but loses the android when it turns against…

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