Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
Mar. 9th, 2018 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mithen posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
superhero_muses--How would a dear friend or relative describe your most recent POV character?
You know, the last few iterations of this have really clarified for me why I'm having a hard time writing my current POV character--because Aleister Black is a total cypher in canon and I have no idea how to make him less opaque. He doesn't have dear friends or relatives, as far as I know! I assume he has a parent, but they would probably describe him as "I haven't seen him for years, I think he became a wrestler? Quiet kid..." I've toyed with making him a total con man, but then I still have no idea what he's like under the con...
I hope your POV characters are more intelligible! Or that you have the time and energy to make them more understandable, which... to be honest I'm just not very invested in him. I'm starting to wonder if I should ditch this story and get back to my more beloved characters, in this time of relative creative drought...
You know, the last few iterations of this have really clarified for me why I'm having a hard time writing my current POV character--because Aleister Black is a total cypher in canon and I have no idea how to make him less opaque. He doesn't have dear friends or relatives, as far as I know! I assume he has a parent, but they would probably describe him as "I haven't seen him for years, I think he became a wrestler? Quiet kid..." I've toyed with making him a total con man, but then I still have no idea what he's like under the con...
I hope your POV characters are more intelligible! Or that you have the time and energy to make them more understandable, which... to be honest I'm just not very invested in him. I'm starting to wonder if I should ditch this story and get back to my more beloved characters, in this time of relative creative drought...
