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Post by Melancholicdoves on Oct 27, 2014 20:54:30 GMT -6
When it comes down to it, if we want to stick a particular project for so long, we have to have a special connection to it. At a psychological standpoint, I can only assume making a special character (or characters) tailored to what we think is interesting enough to base a story on might be the representation of a part of ourselves or our own unconscious. Very similar to Freud's theory where certain elements in you dreams might be symbols of what we unconsciously want or feel; and it may not be this way for everyone, but I certainly noticed this concept with myself.
...and using myself as an example, one of Justine's character flaws is her anxiety about doing well in her new job; and while I wasn't thinking personally at myself when I developed her, it took me a while to realize my own anxieties of doing well in the future really related to her in some extent. As a more recent (?) example, while I was watching the Fanime Podcast just uploaded not too long ago today and they ended up talking about my opening preview I made last week and Evan said something to the nature of "I expect great things" and the first thought that flew through my head was: "Oh god I hope I don't disappoint" (Not that there was anything wrong about what was said, I'm actually super flattered every time I hear people talk about my stuff) but it just so happened that I was scripting some of the later parts for the series just before I began watching and immediately realized that Justine would of said the same exact thing given the situation. Other elements may include the fact Justine travels a lot in later episodes and it may symbolize being stuck in one place.....I mean the list could go on forever.
So what I'm basically getting at is: Do you think there are some shallow similarities between you and some of your characters / plot line / moral of your story? Or maybe some thoughts about the topic? I was thinking about this a lot today and although this thread seems to be a little personal, I'm sorta eager to get some responses about this.
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Post by otakrap on Oct 28, 2014 0:18:12 GMT -6
Most of my characters aren't really so well developed. heh. Although I do believe I share qualities with my characters.
Since I don't have an episode out yet I suppose I wont rant about the characters in it. I will say that how I feel about the wacky events that happen to my characters aren't too different to how I feel about experiences I've had with fanimators sometimes. I've thought about this before actually and it was surprising how the scenarios of the characters seemed similar to some of my own experiences. I don't really want to spoil too much of my series though.
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Post by Miki Sayaka on Oct 28, 2014 0:49:30 GMT -6
If I do have similar aspects shared with any characters Ive made its purely coincidental, because they kind of decide most of their lives on their own.
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Post by Whirlwynd on Oct 28, 2014 19:30:15 GMT -6
As I said in the other thread, 20 Galaxies was initially created to help me deal with childhood nightmares. The main character in the very first incarnation, that I wrote in 4th grade, was me. Over time this character became Ru. She still does share some similarities with me, especially in appearance, but her personality isn't really like what mine was at her age. Most of what I was like then has been shifted over to Colleen (a character who appears in Episode 2.)
Lady Unlucky, on the other hand, I tried not to put myself into at all - not entirely successful at that. I think I mentioned in an earlier version that some of it was trying to make me feel better about my old job, which made me absolutely miserable. "At least I don't work HERE"
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Post by pilotobvious on Jan 9, 2015 17:17:40 GMT -6
Originally, Amy in my series Future Agents was supposed to be just like me, and Maddie was supposed to be one of my friends from school. I was the mature one... pretty calm, sort of stoic... which reflected in Amy's character. And Maddie (who was actually named after my friend... sort of) was the immature, borderline annoying, overly friendly one. They weren't like us exactly, but it was like an exaggerated version of our core personalities.
Over time, Amy became increasingly pessimistic and negative, and I started to grow increasingly optimistic. Maddie has stayed about the same, completely innocent, but my friend has found herself in some trouble the past few years... needless to say she's not really my friend anymore... which makes me really sad, but what can I do?
Since Amy is no longer like me, nor is she used as my persona, I created a drawing of myself in a Future Agents suit, which turned into Major Siren. =n= Personality wise, she is nothing like me, but she looks exactly like me. Same build, hair color, and eye color. She sort of resonated to me as someone who could become a main character later in the Future Agents timeline, so I started to develop more and more details about her and she turned into one of my favorites.
Man, this comment brings some sort of nostalgia. :/
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Post by Elly on Jan 9, 2015 20:13:25 GMT -6
Michelle was a self insert, according to 15 year old Elly. Current Elly says that there are bits and pieces of me in all of my characters (for example, Michelle is a goofball, Serenity cares about her friends more than they actually know, as well as battling her inner demons, Amy is pretty shy and stutters from time to time, etc.).
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Post by titee on Jan 11, 2015 16:22:17 GMT -6
Just like Salmonu-chan, I too am an anthropomorphic fish girl, but keep that on the down low.
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