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Yet another Ghost Headcannon
Both Papa Emeritus I and Cardinal Copia are on the autism spectrum, though they experience autism a lot differently from each other.
Papa I:
- His lifelong special interest is theistic Satanism. Unlike his younger brothers, who merely preach the word of Satan, this boy lives it. When he still served as Papa, he would get stressed and overwhelmed easily, and the best way for him to calm himself down and distract himself was to read ancient Satanic texts.
- He mostly stims (self-stimulates) through movement, usually rocking back and forth, fidgeting, tapping his foot, etc. He also enjoys pressure stimming; burying himself under a pile of fluffy blankets or hugging himself helps him calm down a lot.
- The best way to calm this old man down is to wrap your arms around him and hug him tightly, swaying gently. Sweet Satan does this man love hugs.
- He’s always been a bit socially awkward, and when he was younger, he would come off as rude to a lot of people. This man had practically no filter, and just said what was on his mind. This got him into a lot of trouble, but a lot of people actually appreciated his brutal honesty. He’s a lot more conscious of social expectations now, but chooses not to follow them because (let’s be honest), they don’t make any sense.
- He mostly keeps to himself, being an introvert, and tends to say very little, but when it comes to things he’s passionate about, he could infodump all day.
- He was considered the least charismatic of the Papas due to his inability to connect with the clergy. Despite this, he was possibly the most devoted Papa, practicing rather than preaching.
- Papa Nihil always knew there was something different about his oldest son, but instead of treating it as a bad thing, he taught his son to embrace his eccentricities and to love himself.
Cardinal Copia:
- Has always struggled with selective mutism, a condition that causes him to be unable to speak when overwhelmed or anxious.
- He was ostracized at a young age, believed to have been a changeling.
- This caused him to turn to Catholicism, praying to god to “make him normal”.
- He was always able to relate to the city’s rats– they were innocent, yet despised, just like him. Though wary of his interest, his parents let him keep a few rats in a cage outside.
- Unlike Papa I, Copia is quite the social chameleon, able to adapt to different social situations.
- Though often awkward in person, Copia’s charisma comes out on stage, where he can embrace his true self.
- Copia is very much a tactile stimmer, known to rub his hands together, fidget with his grucifix, and pet his rats when he gets anxious.
- One of his more “embarrassing” stims is burying his face in his rats’ fur, enjoying their softness and their scent.
- Sometimes when he’s along and in deep thought, he’ll mindlessly put his grucifix in his mouth and suck on it.
- While Papa I struggles with generalized anxiety, Copia struggles mostly with social anxiety, especially in one-on-one situations; he’s a lot more comfortable in front of people than among them.
- He used to have incredibly low self-esteem, but has gained a major confidence boost by leading Ghost
OP is autistic and likes to imagine her favorite characters as being autisitc sometimes
Siempre hago lo mismo
Me alejo de las personas
Las supero con facilidad
Pero siempre las recuerdo
Siempre las veo
Y me pregunto si sera muy raro hablarles
Después de que paso tanto tiempo
Los veo pasar
Y mil cosas pasan por mi mente
Les quiero hablar
Pero no se de que
No se me ocurre nada
Mi cerebro trabaja por elaborar algo
Pero nada
Y mientras pienso
Ya se fueron
Se están alejando mas de mi
Y no me importa realmente
Solo me molesta no ser capaz de decir algo.
from the nape of her neck he made his descent
/ like sternum to button, lined lip pinches in between(are you with me? he asked. until the end, she said.)
Writing: The Villain
In most stories, there is a tangible villain that works at every opportunity to stop your hero from reaching their goal. They are oftentimes the epitome of evil and hatred, depending on how extremely their villainy runs. In many ways, they are almost as important as the main character, so here are some tips on developing them well.
- Villains should be handled with the same deep thought as heroes.
- Just because they’re the villain doesn’t mean they aren’t a very major character, and complex characters are always more favorable than simple, boring characters. Develop their appearance and personality in detail. Formulate a backstory. Understand the motivations behind what they do, and let their actions reflect their internal desires.
- Find ways to make your villain stand out from other villains.
- Most villains are maniacal. They are almost all willing to do terrible things in order to get what they want. A lot of villains are related to their character in some way, and sometimes this relationship is revealed in a plot twist. These are all well and good, but trying to make these ideas seem fresh and interesting is difficult nowadays. Play with your ideas and tweak these tropes, or maybe even disregard them all together. Do what you can to make your villain not sound like another Voldemort or Darth Vader. (Reading your work and/or having others read your work is a good way to see if your villain (and other characters, too) are interesting and unique enough.)
- Consider that your villain is (probably) still human.
- Even if they aren’t human in the technical sense, they probably still have human emotions. Give your character depth by exploring their sense of morality and where they came from. Why do they think what they’re doing is acceptable. Do they think it’s acceptable? What happened that lead them up to this point of villainy?
- Explore your villain’s relationship with the other characters.
- Are they closely connected with your hero and the hero’s friends? Are they in no way related? What did the good characters do to get on the villain’s bad side? How deep does your villain’s anger or hatred for your hero run? Do they hate them at all, or are they doing what they’re doing for another reason? Are the things that your villain is doing a direct result of the hero’s actions, or was there another cause?
- Decide what the end result of the villain’s actions will be.
- You have one of two very basic routes this can take: your villain can either defeat or be defeated by the hero. The hero also has one of two routes (if they defeat the villain): they can defeat them by force and kill/imprison/etc. them, or they can “convert” them to the good side. How will this decision affect your villain? How will it affect the overall story? How will it affect the other characters? What will the long-term effects be?
- Their motivations must be believable.
- Too often the villain comes off as cheesy or unsatisfying because there doesn’t seem to be a good reason for them to be acting against the main character. Their actions and motivations should be just as definitive and interesting as any other character’s. Try to avoid falling into the trap of “sworn revenge” for no good reason–or, even worse, copping out by saying the villain is “just crazy”.
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Resource Dump: Creating Characters!
Primary Characters
- Your Hero: Top Ten Rules
- 10 Traits of a Great Protagonist
- 4 Steps to Creating a Truly Active Protagonist
- 20 Tips for Creating Relatable Protagonists
- How to Center your Story
- How to Create Unforgettable Protagonists
- 25 Things You Should Know About Protagonists
- Creating Memorable Characters
- Creating Strong Female Protagonists
- Creating Dynamic Protagonists
- How to Create Characters
- Inner Dialogue - Writing Inner Character Thoughts
- 25 Things a Great Character Needs
- 5 Ways to Create 3D Characters
Secondary Characters
- 10 Secrets to Creating Unforgettable Supporting Characters
- How to Write Effective Supporting Characters
- Question to Ask (& Strengthen) Your Minor Characters
- 5 Tips for Developing Supporting Characters
- Techniques for Creating Great Secondary Characters
- 5 Steps to Dazzling Minor Characters
- 3 Ways to Create Stupendous Supporting Characters
- Creating Memorable Secondary Characters
- 5 Archetypes for Supporting Characters
- Your Map to Creating a Memorable Minor Characters
Names
- Top Ten Tips
- 8 Tips for Naming Characters
- 7 Rules of Naming Fictional Characters
- Name that Character!
- 6 Creative Ways to Name your Character
- Naming your Characters
- A Guide to Naming Characters
- Female: 1 | 2 | 3
- Male: 1 | 2 | 3
- Alien: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Surname: 1 | 2 | 3
- Unisex: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Traits
- List: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
- Developing Character Traits
- How to Create Good Personalities for your Characters
- Develop Memorable Personalities
- Give your Character Personality
- How to Create a Character’s Personality
- How to Make Sure your Character’s Personality Shines
- 5 Building Blocks of your Character’s Personality
Appearance
- Appearance Generator
- Your Character’s Physical Appearance
- How to Describe a Character’s Looks
- Describing a Character’s Appearance
- Character Description Resource
- Examples of Physical Characteristics
- Describing the Physical Attributes of your Characters
- How Great Authors Describe Character Appearance
- Ultimate Guide to Nailing your Character’s Appearance
- Describing Clothing and Appearance
- Character Appearance Help
- Character Description Resource
- Describing People: A Person’s Physical Appearance
- Describing the Physical Attributes of Characters
Speech
- Talking About your Character: Speech
- Variety in Character Voices
- All your Characters Talk the Same
- How to Create Distinctive Character Voices
- How to Create Characters Who Don’t Sound like You
- The Art of Voice in Fiction
- Create Varying, Yet Realistic, Speech Patterns
- The Art and Craft of Dialogue
- Writing Character Voice
- Creating Differences in the Speech Patterns of your Characters
- Style: Person and Speech
- Dialects: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Backstory
- Building Better Backstories
- Basic Tips to Create Better Characters with Tragic Backstories
- How to Write a Backstory
- Writing Characters Using Conflict and Backstory
- Backstory Description Generator
- Questions to Create Character Backstory
- How to Weave in Backstory to Reveal Character
- Nail your Character’s Backstory
- How to Write Backstory Without Putting your Reader to Sleep
- How to Write a Killer Backstory
Diversity
- How to Make Young Adult Fiction More Diverse
- Writing People of Color
- A Few Tips and Resources for Writing Characters of Colour
- Writing Characters of Colour Tastefully
- Writing With Colour
- 7 Offensive Mistakes Well-Intentioned Writers Make
- Writing Characters of Colour
- Describing Characters of Colour
Gender
- Female: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Male: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Transgender: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
- Non-Binary: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Sexuality
- Main Character Sexuality
- On Writing LGBTQ Characters: 1 | 2
- Writing Gay Characters
- Guide to LGBT YA
- Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes
- Writing Bisexual Characters: 1 | 2
- Writing Asexual Characters: 1 | 2
- Pansexual & Demisexual Characters
- How to Write Gay, Bisexual and Pansexual Characters
Introduction
- Introducing a Character
- Introducing your Main Character
- Do’s and Don’ts for Introducing your Protagonist
- First Impressions
- How to Introduce a Character
- How Not to Introduce a Main Character
- Introducing the Protagonist
Development
- Character Development
- 9 Ingredients of Character Development
- Characterisation 1 - Character Development
- How to Develop a Character for a Story
- Character Development
- Character Development Drives Conflict
- Developing your Characters and Making them Interesting
Relationships
- How to Write Strong Character Relationships
- Character Relationships
- 3 Keys to Developing Character Relationships
- The Secret Behind Great Character Relationships
- 3 Tips for Character Relationships
- Building Believable Relationships
- Sibling: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
- Platonic: 1 | 2 | 3
- Romantic: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Strengths
- Identifying your Character’s Strengths
- Character Strengths and Weaknesses
- Introducing the 24 Character Strengths
- Character Strengths and Virtues List
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- A Balance of Strengths
Flaws
- 123 Ideas for Character Flaws
- DarkWorld RPG Flaws List
- Character Flaws
- Ten Ugliest Character Flaws
- The Four Types of Character Flaws
- On Giving Flaws and Weaknesses
- Character Flaw Index
Goal
- Why your Character’s Goal Needs to be 1 of these 5 Things
- Goals Define the Plot
- Goal Setting for You and your Character
- How to Explore you Character’s Motivation
- 4 Ways to Motivate Character and Plot
- Motivation
By Genre
- Fantasy: 1 | 2 | 3
- Sci-Fi: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
- Romance: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
- Thrillers: 1 | 2
- Horror: 1 | 2 | 3
Heroes
- Your Hero: Top Ten Rules
- How to Write your Own Hero Story
- What Makes a Great Hero?
- Creating Heroes and Heroines
- Write a Story about a Hero
- How to Create an Antihero that Readers Love
- Heroes vs. Anti-Heroes
- Create a Super Hero
- How to Create a Brand New Iconic Hero or Villain
- What Makes a Hero
Villains
- How to Create a Credible Villain in Fiction
- How to Make a Purely Evil Villain Interesting
- 9 Evil Examples of the Villain Archetype
- How Not to Create a Villain
- Creating Villains People Love to Hate
- 3 Techniques for Crafting a Better Villain
- Basic Tips to Write Better & More Despicable Villains
- Writing Tips for Creating a Complex Villain
- How to Create a Great Villain
Do’s & Don’ts
- Do’s and Dont’s of Writing a Good Character
- How to Create a Character
- Characterisation Dos and Dont’s
- Female Characters of Do’s and Dont’s
- Do’s and Dont’s of Dialect
Helpful Writing Blogs
- fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment*
- writeworld
- referenceforwriters
- thewritingcafe
- aquestionofcharacter *
- writingwithcolor
- fuckyeah-char-dev
- dailycharacterdevelopment
Clichés
- Characters and Cliches
- Top 10 Character Cliches
- 7 Lazy Character Cliches
- 10 Most Cliched Characters in Sci-Fi
- Four Worst Character Cliches
- Female Character Cliches
- Character Cliches to Avoid
- The Cliche Character Test
- How Cliches Can Help You Make Great Characters
Templates
- How to Create a Character Profile
- Writing Character Bios
- Character Sheets and Character Creation
- Gender/Sexuality Generator
- Extremely Detailed Character Template
- Writer’s Resource: Character Template
- Character Description
I’m always a slut for for new characters
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