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E. N. Leonard replied to the topic Character Castle 2.0 in the forum Fantasy Writers 3 years, 8 months ago
@rose-colored-fancy @calidris @lady-grace
If it helps, @calidris once gave me some great advice when I was doubting Aydin. She told me to imagine if they had grown up in completely normal circumstances. Would they still have those traits? For Aydin, that was a resounding yes.
Hmm, that’s interesting advice. I’ll try it on Ríadnu. Thanks!
Oh that’s SUCH a cool job! And goodness, I totally relate to that, once my accent in Dutch was described as ‘either British or Eastern European’ which… completely wrong in hilarious ways XD
Yes, I’ve enjoyed it a lot, and I partially got it to force me to practice interactions with people.
Oh wow, that’s hilarious! And all those accents are so different.
😂 Today I did a photo shoot of a sweet little Asian lady, who asked if I was Ukrainian (nope). According to her, I apparently have a Ukrainian doppelgänger who is the daughter of her friend. Probably didn’t help that my accent went wonky again today XD.Oh Jade looks COOL! I love how you did that! I love the shading on her blouse especially!
Oh cool! It looks so much like her, especially the expression – she looks really cold and resolved, but there’s still a softness about her (like she’s hiding it)
Thank you both! That’s the first time I’ve done anything like that with fabric, and I’m glad her personality shows a bit. 🙂 There we go; not standing on its head XD
*skips into room cause I heard there were drawings* —Huh. So that has a name. *remembers the times I’ve panicked and practiced in my brain before phone calls even to simple, mundane restaurants *
Wait.. that ain’t normal? *reads through everything* hmm… *goes to looks up symptoms* Wait a minute… I’ve wondered if @e-n-leonard was “neurosparkly” (awesome smash btw) but me? Nevereerrr
which seems to be a reoccurring theme here so that argument is invalidXD Anyway, um… somehow a couple of my characters have two or so symptoms I didn’t even realize are autism symptoms (one of which Emma suggested) and I recognized some as things I do. … I’m not sure what to think other than “Extra SPARKLES??” XD … nice drawings! *backs out of room awkwardly*Really? 😂 And we always thought you were the normal one! *dumps extra sparkles on your head*
Kit: “Looking for anything in particular? Or are you just here to see me ;)”
Oh my. That’s the kind of comment that could earn a Glare of Death, followed by avoidance. Poor Val.












