What are your trademark character archetypes?

Posted 6 years, 3 months ago (Edited 5 years, 7 months ago) by hedgemaze

This was a conversation my friends and I were having earlier about our characters: everyone has certain character archetypes they're a sucker for-- or maybe ones that they can't help but keep making. What's your poison?

You can interpret this generally: maybe archetypes like "jerks with a heart of gold", personality traits like "smug", storylines like "friends who fall in love", whatever types of characters you love to see or create!



My characters:
a) idiots but they try
b) feelings are hard let's never talk about them
c) conflict resolution is hard let's never talk about it


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sylfeon

-bisexual
-buff ladies
-dark skinned poc

solarsnapp

Let's see:

  • strong girls (whether physically or mentally strong, it doesn't matter)
  • very energetic or upbeat characters who have a bit of a self-worth or self-hatred problem
  • characters with poofy hair
  • lesbians (or just LGBT+ characters in general, I don't think any of my characters are straight)
  • short and unpredictable
LilDevilDesi
  • Yandere boys
  • Creepy but cute men
  • just creepy men
  • sadist guys
  • cute victim type girls

I have a very bad pattern but i wanna do romantic horror so ><
CloudedOtter

- Characters of immense skill or talent, struggling with impossible tasks laid upon them by circumstance or fate

- Characters close to the above characters, who are struggling with their own feelings of inadequacy on top of worrying about their loved ones

- Dark/monstrous/beastly/frightening characters, who actually aren't evil, but powerful, strong-willed, and protective

- Characters sharing a body, who work together despite their rough edges and differences 

- Characters, often aro/ace-spec and/or poly, who have close bonds that don't fit neatly into society's classifications of and notions about relationships 

- Soft, pretty men/masc folks and strong, deadly ladies/fem folks 

- Nerds 

bulgariansumo

-Sweet and Good Boys(tm)

-Girls Who Ignore Their Own Feelings for Others

-Radical Nonbinary Peeps

-Geeks of Many Flavors

-Childish Adults

-Kids with Jobs

-Someone said I had a lot of androgynous characters one time? 

sunnyshrimp

- anti-social/stern, duty-bound bastards (sometimes with hearts of gold. they often do not have one however)

- absolute grade-a organic dumbasses 

- Scientists

- "what the fuck are you doing, what the fuck are you all doing, why the fuck am i here"

- caesar

HEAVENDELUXE

> beautiful yet distant boys who have settled into their lots in life/assigned roles but wish they didnt have to
> dutiful and a bit gruff/stiff types who have a caring bit somewhere in there, however prominent
> jovial leader-figure that you cant decide if theyre a dumbass or not
> child ruler

im predictable babey

chelonianmobile

-The Tyke Bomb, Creepy Child, and/or Enfant Terrible (as defined by TVTropes, not the artistic term), preferably female.

-Sharp contrasts in character duos of a jaded sarcastic one and a cheerful innocent one.

-Skinny trashy boys with foul mouths and awkward interpersonal relationships.

-Smart practical girls who herd the male characters around a bit.

-Found families and nakama.

WaterSpiritKelpie
  • Nasty boys/girls
  • Sharp toothy people
  • Yellow eyes
  • Dumbasses
  • Close nit weird friends 
  • Sexy lesbians 
(I need to uplode more of my charaters)
Almondlover

- Total grump who hates the world, probably bullied as a kid

- "lol guess who just got shot. Like this post if you relate"

- Homeless kid who has the messiest hair and doesn't have any social skills

- Big tall gf with a gf who's also tall but gf 1 is like way taller anyways

- Joyful, cheerful character who loves the world

- Very tall, imposing character who actually has crippling anxiety

- Aliens??? Aliens. Also includes monsters and demons.