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What's the max of characters would you allow in your fanfic?
Kuma:
--- Quote from: Miku Hatsune - F on December 20, 2009, 02:13:58 PM ---1 OC which every other Touhou character will fall in love with and is a perfect little prince.
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As long as it's one of those porn games that you guys like so much
Yamachanadu:
--- Quote from: Serafie on December 20, 2009, 06:40:15 AM ---I can't take crossover fics seriously, I'm sorry. :V
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What about Shinji and Warhammer 40K?, if any crossover deserves to be taken SRSLY it's that one.
(I'm only 50% serious Don't kill me)
Alfred F. Jones:
--- Quote from: beaver1231 on December 20, 2009, 06:11:19 AM ---How do you avoid creating characters that look identical in personality?
Or do you just create everything on the spot and you're so brilliant in writing that nothing like this has ever happened?
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I just create everything on the spot and I'm so brilliant in writing that nothing like this has ever happened.
Actually, I find that the best way to avoid this is to observe people more. Remember that for the most part, no two people's personalities are the same, but no two people's personalities are widely divergent either. It's all right for some characters to have things in common-- in fact, it's to be expected. Also, everyone has their weird quirks that help characterize them in some way.
And depending on the size of your cast, you don't need to characterize everybody; some characters do need to be flat, unchanging backgrounds to a story, and that's totally fine. It's your mains you need to worry about, and as to characterizing them, I am afraid I don't have a ready answer for you. It just comes kind of... naturally, I guess. At least to me. Sorry I can't help with that.
Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin:
I once had an idea for creating a fic based on that "Fragrance of Oriental Sunflower" IOSYS flash, and it would involve every single Windows character, plus the non-game characters. However, I have since realized that this is beyond the limits of my madness.
Bias Bus:
--- Quote from: beaver1231 on December 20, 2009, 06:11:19 AM ---How do you avoid creating characters that look identical in personality?
Or do you just create everything on the spot and you're so brilliant in writing that nothing like this has ever happened?
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Pretty much what Ruro said. I honestly haven't had this happen to me yet either...
--- Quote from: beaver1231 on December 20, 2009, 06:11:19 AM ---Also, what is everyone's reaction to crossover fanfics? Spoiler: Yes, I am trying a crossover fanfic, before anyone asks.
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I'll support them. I've had several ideas for some recently, but I'm too much of a lazy git to actually fund them. Yeah I hate myself for it too...
--- Quote from: Miku Hatsune - F on December 20, 2009, 02:13:58 PM ---1 OC which every other Touhou character will fall in love with and is a perfect little prince.
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--- Quote ---As long as it's one of those porn games that I like so much.
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