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Worrying About Characters + 101 Challenge 2

Posted on March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 by Jaluna

I’ve been roleplaying my characters for the past day or so with a friend who is using her’s from her WIP with me. Mine, also being from my WIP, are becoming more vivid for me…And more worrying. I have two main characters: Haruka (who is a very complicated person I’ll talk about later in the month more) and Etsuko.

I say they’re both main characters because they’re twins that are always together, even if the story is supposed to center on Haruka. The thing is, they’re extremely tight-knit, and Etsuko takes a promise she made to her twin as a child very seriously: When Haruka was worried about not being likely to find love (for reason I’ll explain later, again), Etsuko promised she’d make Haruka her bride. And she’s VERY obsessed with Haruka, particularly protective, and will always cling to her when near someone she thinks isn’t good enough for her claiming “She’s MY bride! Back off!”

So…Yeah. That sibling complex is getting worrisome. And also I don’t think she understands the concept of incest. Or that her love is kind of not the kind she thinks it is probably. :/ That’s all to say on that, for now. I’m still working on side-characters…And by that I mean I have a general entity of “Haruka’s bullies”, but not who or what they are like.

And now for my second entry on the 101 Challenge:
What is your favorite book and why?

I have two different favorites that I can’t choose between.

  1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See is one of the most interesting historical fictions I’ve ever read. It gives a good hard look at the life of women in 18th/19th century China (I can’t remember right now which exact century…oops). It goes into great detail about things that were mainstream in life for women including footbinding (which disturbed me) and the way a hierarchy in the family worked. However, it also had a sense of camaraderie between strangers (probably the fictional part) that I found quite enjoyable. The narration was also just simply enjoyable to me, despite the rough times.
  2. Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier is a rather unique fantasy story to me, and the first of a trilogy that I’d likely recommend. The story focuses on a girl named Reason, and teaches that everyone has magic even if we don’t see it as such: for example, Reason’s magic involves numbers, and essentially her name. It has a mix of contemporary and less-modern ideas on magic, and is captivating overall to me.

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2 thoughts on “Worrying About Characters + 101 Challenge 2”

  1. Maroon Caludin says:
    March 11, 2017 at 1:11 PM

    Oh I love those characters! WE NEED TO ROLE PLAY! XD I mean, if you WANT to.

    Anyway, I wouldn’t worry too much. Just sounds like stuff that can help her character grow!

    As for books…gah, too hard!

    I shall just choose the last one (one of them) that I read that happens to be one of mine:

    “Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank: I always loved this book and have read it multiple times. I just love the writing style and the idea of writing everything down like that. Makes me want to be a better person too! Always inspires me!

    Also if you need help I’m here!

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    1. Jaluna says:
      March 11, 2017 at 7:55 PM

      Hehe thanks a ton Maroony! I don’t think you were required to answer the prompt for the blog entry, but it’s neat seeing it anyway so I’m kind of glad you did. I haven’t read that book since high school or before that, I believe. I agree- it really is an eye opener!

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