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Wow, okay, this is an epic topic. I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s answers so far 😀

Characters I Love

Basically any character that is virtuous despite extreme hardship or attempting to be virtuous even if they fail a lot. I’m thinking of Bonnie Silver, Elam (Oracles of Fire), Kaladin (Stormlight Archives), Parvin Blackwater (A Time to Rise), Samwise, and Aurora from So Sang the Dawn. None of these characters are perfect, but they have a general striving to do good and be good despite circumstances that could turn them into the most evil villain in the world. I personally find that really inspiring.

Then there are characters that I simply see myself in. Those would be most of the characters mentioned above, though because I’m constantly changing, sometimes those characters are on this list and sometimes they’re not. Usually when I meet a character like this I feel like I’ve found a good friend. Someone who struggles in ways similar to myself but also rises above those struggles and drives me to do the same.

I also realized that while I was thinking about this question, I kept thinking about my own characters. But since I haven’t published any books yet, I sadly can’t use them as examples 😛

Lastly, I like fun or sarcastic characters that have an interesting backstory or some strange paradox about them. Like Jayfeather and Crowfeather. They’re inspiration for a lot of my characters xD

Characters I Love to Hate

Anyone who is like Skelley Chase from the Out of Time series. Basically, any villain who is just so cool or smart that they would be an epic hero if they weren’t so darn misguided.

Characters I Hate

Um… almost every single YA heroine (and as a result, both of the super hot heroes who make her 100x more annoying). Tris is an example. And Gale. And all the characters from Maze Runner. I think they’re all supposed to be The Normal Guy/Girl (TM) and I can’t understand how that’s supposed to make them likable. In a sense, characters like this are people who I would absolutely not want to hang around with in real life.