What's your (character) type?

[rahnyjae]

Protectors and nurturers. Protectors fighting, nurturers healing. This dynamic is just about in all of my WIPs from high fantasy to crime drama. Sometimes, there are dependents between the two, either children or someone childlike. I'm really into Found Family, too, and orphaned siblings (typically more than two so they can all fill some familial role.)

[Ulta]

I don't think I have an actual type to gravitate towards. Probably because I really want my characters to be varied. Though a good 90% percent of them all have a fear of loneliness so...maybe that's it?

But again, I like my characters to be varied. It also helps when they all have at least SOME part of myself. Makes them easier to put in character AND keeps them diverse.

[Jenny-Toons]

It also helps when they all have at least SOME part of myself.

I can totally relate to that. Earlier, I had said I liked making characters with maternal-like traits, and I feel a lot of that comes from my own maternal traits ^^ I really like helping people and try my best to be support and nurturing. So a little part of that goes into my own characters

[Wumbl]

I obviously write a huge range of characters but... The ones I get really obsessed with are the ones who dedicate themselves to a cause out of lack of direction...

Foreas in my comic decides to help the hero purely because he is the only person he cares about at the time and he hates his normal life... and he is also one of my favourites. Then there's Neptune who travelled the world and learned to fight purely to distract herself while she ran away from her mistakes. (no spoilers here)

I've also got a character in the works who becomes a contract killer purely because he is uncomfortable living a normal life after events of his past. He even adopts a kid purely because he thinks "Well, someone's gotta be his dad."

Hell, I've got a character who formed a mercenary group just to do some soul-searching after her dad died.

I have a type... yeah.

[GalacticPotato]

Haha, mine would be the lone detective, common in noir, mystery and cop stories, what can i say? I just love those kinds of stories

[advertisingmerc]

Whiny babies who eventually turn mature.

I love me some character progression.

[jpnakashima]

Is this still rolling?

I tend to write characters centered on the feelings of guilt and shame. I find that many of my protagonists and villains have some kind of relationship with one or both of those feelings. Alienation and wanting to run away might creep in as well. That said, my stories usually end up being about getting past those negative feelings. I like to write characters who never give up, maybe because I feel I give up too easily.

(I'm boring I know)

I also feel the antagonists I usually create (and the ones I love the most) are those disproportionally lashing out against the world because they feel hurt by it. I also love and am gravitating, these times, around villains who feel the world owe then something and use that as an excuse to be douches.

[keii4ii]

Lawful-aligned.

I'm very Lawful myself, and I find it hard to come across stories centered around lawful characters. It annoys me when the only lawful characters in a story are portrayed as the Perpetually Boring. Lawful people CAN have fun. Lawful people CAN change. Lawful people can even be diverse!!! Gasp!

I don't exactly make it a priority to tell that message, but I think I naturally end up doing that by writing what I want to read.

[joannekwan]

Ehehehehehe

Um … I write a lot of slightly older (than me) men who are usually unhappy with some aspect of their lives and more often than not are disgruntled or depressed about it. Some hide it better than others.

[ashriott]

Most of my characters are often weighed by their demons. Throughout the story, they seek some sort of change or reform, whether it is for best or for worse. They are goal-orientated and usually driven by conscience. They are both appreciative and hateful of the values which they have gained within their lifetimes.

I suppose that's how I would summarise it? Most of my main characters and villains are like this... ^^;

[PaulDevers]

Oh boy, I can't even tell you how often I swan dive into the 'dramatic death' plotline with most non-Tapastic-comic stuff I write. About two of my stories hinge on dramatic character death. Usually female, most of the time, which is a pattern I should try and branch out from.
When it comes to individual character personalities, I think I lean pretty hard on either the huge-ego jerk archetype, or the complete goofball that will dip into being serious at times persona.

[xanedis]

Total jerks with broken hearts. I don't know why I keep returning to that kind of character whenever I start a story. I simply find them... pitiable? I wish them to change.

Sometimes, that'll only happen for a single moment before everything gets ripped away from them. Is there ever a happy ending for these guys? You tell me.

I also like writing crazy goofballs with REALLY compelling backstories. They'll never be the main character, though, as the universe couldn't bear the weight of their antics.

One more character type I really love: friendly friends. Not the "tease you 'till' you die" type, but the "I'll tease you because I know you can take it" type.

[CurlyComics]

I think I always write sarcastic -trickster types of people that under those thick layers of sarcasm they are really really sad...
Other than that flamboyant and very extra dudes are a thing lately for me , cause all that drama is kinda fun to write
I also tend to be a sucker for dramatic backstories and complicated family relationships. I know those are like the most cliche things ever

[JimJom]

I seem to write a lot of sarcastic, funny and quiet characters. I feel because it comes from my personality, except I'm not funny.

[bobabyulcom]

I really don't have a type. Maybe just characters with strong morals, I guess. They aren't easily swayed from their own beliefs. Female, as well. I write more female protagonists than I do men (for now).

[Mari]

I tend to write sarcastic assholes. Probably because I'm one.

[spicy_sweets]

Whoa, pinkbeard looks way more fun than bluebeard

[VibrantFox]

I think I tend to lean towards daydreamers and deep thinkers most frequently, probably because I tend to get a little lost in my daydream as well sometimes. A close second would probably the adventurous types, a lot of my characters have a little bit of wanderlust in them it's just a matter of how much it drives one versus the other to actually go out and explore.

[LyliClovis]

NOTHING LIKE A GOOD OL' SCARF.

I've only made one comic so far (just started last summer!), so I can't really say... BUT I do have a lot of personal characters that are the delinquent type. 8')
I also tend to have strong biases and love towards the "I act happy/normal on the outside but on the inside I'm suffering/messed up". Those characters are my favorite, but I don't think I have a character like that yet.

[KSlinger]

I write a lot of young to middle-aged men who are struggling to forgive themselves. They desperately want to fix the problems they see around them of their own and other's making and experience pitfalls trying to change things round. Often they are missing something crucial (love, acceptence, humility, trust) and often it is someone else who shows them what it is.

I also write a lot of old people? They're my default! If I need a character for anything I guarantee it'll be a funny old man with a pipe or an old woman who drinks hard liqour. No complaints from me.