could you critique my main characters, Feraen and Kalo? the story is barely a few chapters in and their profiles still need some work but here they are
lol is that a John Mulaney reference??
So hey
First, we have Feraen!
- so to have the hatred of nobles, that's cool but you can do fun mind tricks off of that by juxtaposing one noble in a similarish situation as her and come to the same solution, or show how virtually, everyone is kinda the same with their needs because nobody is as one-sided as you think. Kinda try and prove her wrong in a sense and always have a mirror like this for her flaws. This will make the story more compelling.
- maybe add a little more to the nature part. she kinda feels like a copy and pasted adventure-fairy tale-girl hero thing going for her. so mainly: what separates her from them
- go deep into the themes and corruption into religion and politics- how do they affect each other- what power does this give the corruptors, and so much more! Just dive in deep. This will add in great themes
Overall pretty good.
Lastly, we have Kalo
- I want her to feel more than a stereotypical cool and collective princess.
- what does her past and growing up really show in her character now
- how brain-washed is she towards the system?
- she needs to feel more real and an actual human rather than a stew of cliche.
So yeah, Jana. talk to me if you have any further questions.
yes it's john mulaney :)
i put very little into their characters on here, sorry, but yea, i'm fully intending on making feraen realize that nobility isnt inherently bad, and kalo's own prejudices are gonna change when she learns about feraen's world, they're eventually gonna go against the systemhow is kalo cliched? i tried to make her feel natural in the actual story, so it might just be that i didnt put a lot of detail into her profile
Ok, so I found Kalo cliched because she didn't feel like she was even unique in a way. To be "cool and dignified," I think that is most princesses (in a way) in a fairy talesish setting (i don't know what to call the setting) are quite along with those guidelines. I guess there is too much stigma around them. Because if she was too ram bunches and crazy, that would also fit into a predestined mold. So what I am saying is basically give her more sides to the face than just that. she feels like a sketch rather than a 3d model if you get what I'm saying. if I where you, I would look for real life of people in power and a silver spoon, watch videos on how to write more complexed characters.
Heres some of my recommendations (just channels):
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0zIZlbgvEifm_hd3FwlBQ (very introspective if you are good at reconizing metaphors and other deep thing)
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHACfIDFF66r6rYFjH7hHrSjmlU6MjKHD (podcast)
yeah i still have a lot of work to do on kalo. thank you for the feedback!