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@the-fledgling-artist

I am so glad you asked this question, because I’ve been wanting to ask it myself for the past couple of weeks. My WIP has a male dominated cast…so I totally understand where you are coming from. (*sigh* at least, now, we can be confused together. 😀)

I’m not a guy so I hope you don’t mind me barging in here. 😛 I have a question I wanna ask myself.

But first, I want to comment on some of the stuff you brought up. (guy-vs-girl stereotypes are kinda pet peeves of mine…but I’ll try to keep a cool head.)

I agree with what @daeus-lamb said, although I would be hesitant to say that guys talk less than girls do. I grew up with four older brothers and honestly, they could out talk my sisters and myself any day. And it wasn’t just at home either, my one brother could basically strike up conversations with random strangers.😛 From interacting with other guys as well…I think guys can be as, if not more, talkative then girls. It depends on the guy and the situation…just like girls. There are shy girls and shy guys…talkative guys and talkative girls. I think sometimes we make it more confusing than it needs to be.

About anger…hmmm…well speaking from a the view point of a girl who has had a fair share of anger management issues herself, I think I can say without out lying that girls struggle with anger just as much as guys. Ever seen a girl fly off the handle???…just think about that memory for a moment…POINT MADE.

Now, my question. The main character in my WIP is a male. He’s had a rough time of it…growing up on the streets, being falsely convicted of murder, betrayed by his own brother, horribly mistreated by evil people…he’s bitter, angry, full of hate. But because of certain circumstances and his own insecurities, he has taken all of these emotions and bottled them up inside of himself. To the rest of humanity he is a kind, gentle, if not quiet and slightly aloof, man. He’s a good man, too, he helps the people around him, fights the injustice of his country’s corrupted government…he works hard and people love him. But inside, he’s a tangled mess of bitterness and pain. He lives like this for years.

Guys, is this realistic? Is is possible for a guy with this many internal problems and struggles to hide it all way, for years, and not blow a blood vessel??? I know that the human will is powerful…we human’s wear masks, we hide lots of things from each other…but is this character sounding believable to you?

I’m just gonna tag all the guys that I know exist on here (and hope that they don’t care that I stalked them down 😛) : @theinconceivable1 @wordsmith  @parker  @warrenluther04  @joseph_darkgrate  @nuetrobolt  @samuel  @andrew @thewirelessblade