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How to Be a Likeable Male Character1. Treat women as equals, not as inferiors.

2. Know how to smile and laugh.

3. Do not be ashamed to cry.

4. When you have a woman, treat her as a person, not as a piece of property.

5. Be tender.

6. Be forgiving.

7. Make the most of what you have.

8. Take as much thought for others as you would for yourself, if not more.

9. Do what you personally feel is right, in spite of other people's objections or downright mockery.

10. Do not be ashamed to admit fear, but do not let your fear stop you from acting.
What Makes a Good Story?1. The prose flows naturally.

2. There is an equal balance of humor and seriousness.

3. You actually learn something from it.

4. The characters are believable.

5. The characters go through a significant change of some sort, whether physical or mental.

6. There is some sort of conflict going on; not all goes well.

7. Good descriptions, vivid but appropriate; the best stories are where the audience has a good idea of what's going on and yet they're still free to use their own imagination.

8. Originality.

9. Proper spelling and grammar.

10. Appropriate for intended audience.
BlackoutI see you starting to show signs
Signs of pain, weakness, darkness
The pain is killing you from the inside out, your weakness is in your ability to strive onwards, and the darkness is overcoming you so you can't see

I had to help you, laying there motionless
So I try picking you up and started carrying you
But I could not, not for a long time

I already was tired and weak from the burning sun from above
So I laid you down on a park bench and to see if you were feeling any better
But nothing, the signs were becoming worse

Before you pass out, I said to you
"I will find you water and find someone else to help to carry you home"
You no
Crimson dreamerHaving woken up from a very dark dream
Full of bad things and remembering
He walks through the halls just in search
Making sure there's no trace of the hurt

There's no blood on his hands from his heart
There's no fire on the wood to start
There's no smoke in the air to destroy lungs
There's no monsters to kill all there young

No, in his dream's it was full of screaming
Everyone was gone or in the process of leaving
Blood covered there clothes and body
And every where he looked was foggy

But now it's just dark and quiet
Everyone's sleeping so it's silent
Where should he go, he wonders?
Not back to bed or under the covers

He can
Dear Words...Dear Words,

You've cut me, you've sewn me
You've raised me, you've grown me
You've made me, you've known me
ever since the night I spoke.

You've built me, you've blocked me
You've freed me, you've locked me
You've helped me, you've mocked me
with a dream that you awoke.

You've held me, you've drowned me
Your form unknown around me
You've lost me, you've found me
Your woven threads confound me

You've moved me, you've bound me
Your depth and length enshroud me
And all the while you ground me
To a world unfit for you.

And silently you stir
Beneath the crevice of my youth.
A double-sided knife
would be an understated truth.
Light turned into evilSince when did you become the devil?
Since when did light turn evil?
I'm running and running
running of panic
running of fear
nothing helps
nothing make the devil walk out of here
the chaos around me
it's all I can see
it's all I can hear
Can't run
Can't escape
Help me...
I need someone
I need someone to tell me
Try to be still
Don't move and I'll mend that broken vein
Just lay still for a little while...
Everythings is just a black hole of pain
What's the point then?
When the light in my life
The man who was supposed to be my savior
My own little angel
turned dark
When the savior became the source of pain
The devil w
Trust...I can't stand it anymore
The laughing
The pointing

Why me?
What have I done to you?
I want someone to look at me

And actually ask if I'm okay.
I can't stand the way people look over me

Just because I say,
"I'm just tired"

I am tired.
Tired of everything that's been thrown my way.

Can't there be someone out there who understands?

I hate the fact that I'm just a friend for benefit.
Whenever I try to tell you something serious
You just laugh at me.

You just laugh at me.
Laugh.

I can't stand it.
Is there really no one out there to trust anymore...?
ConfidenceThe mirror said nice things about me today.
But tomorrow it will probably be biased,
And strongly opinionated,
To say otherwise.
Reasons Twilight ExistsSomething else to hate on

Gives nightmares to kids

Gives people false hopes

Worth a good laugh

Makes a great debate discussion

I can easily get on someone's nerves by saying "Twilight is the worst"

Easy to make fun of

Keeps Van Hellsing, Zero, and Alucard busy

Great Burning Material

Great for Mr. Kitty's litter Box :D

It makes Twihaters look smart

It makes Twitards look freakin' stupid

Makes amateur writer's feel good because they that they are at least better than Stephanie Meyer
   ~KikuMizu (09/29/10)

Fan girls needed more to lower their IQ's
   ~sean1kid (12/11/10)

It is a ploy by the governm
ApplesSweet and sensual,
The feel of your fingers on my skin.
Slow and longing,
The trail of your hands on my curves.
Languid and helpless,
The pulsing of my veins under your masterful strokes.

My love for you is like my love for apples.
Juicy, crunchy, delicious...
And as dark as a sinner's heart.
Eclipse- the summary of a painfully bad SagaEclipse- Book Three...maybe.

So, continuing the story after New Moon, we see Bella happily wedged in a ferocious love triangle between a dog (which is what Jacob the Werewolf is, essentially) and a Vampire who sparkles more than Tinker bell.

But shockingly, the love triangle isn't the ONLY thing going on here. I mean, sure, that's the focus for 90% of the book, but a whole 10% is reserved for a fight scene!

Whatttt?! Maybe SM realized that sweet nothings got boring when you were just a peeping tom, looking into a love triangle in a non-existent world... a love triangle and nothing else.

Anyways, this book is even foggier in my memory than
Logic's Insight: Twilight Part 3Reason #3 for hating Twilight, the story and lore

At this point, I'm pretty much beating a dead horse.  We don't protagonists that we actually care about, We have a mismatched relationship that we don't care about and it has a dynamic that is completely removed from common sense, so there's really no reason to keep going right?

But what about everyone else?

Ha!  My friend, it really doesn't matter what's going on with everyone else because none of it is ever going to inconvenience the nice little love affair that's going on.  Mainly because the main characters never care about what's happening around them, the surrounding events of a vampi
Logic's Insight: Twilight Introduction
Anyone ever met someone who they had a bad feeling about from the start? Maybe they didn't put themselves out in the open as often, seemed like nice people and looked legitimately trustworthy. Even then, they just seemed like someone you could have a good time with. But you had a bad feeling about this person that only grew the more you hung out with them. Eventually you see them for the manipulative jerk that they really are and see signs that they'll cause trouble. But you look around to see that many of your friends don't see what you see until...the person does something.

That would be the best way to sum up the Twilight Saga. While at f
Logic's Insight: Twilight Part 2
Reason #2 for hating Twilight, the relationship and dynamic

So we all know that Twilight's entire infrastructure is no longer valid because the central characters of the love story fail to make us care about them.  Without that, we don't care about them getting together or about what might happen because of it.

But let's pretend that physical features can constitute a bond and that we care about them for a few minutes.  It wouldn't matter because everything about their relationship and the dynamic it holds is wrong.  Everything about their little tale is so horribly wrong.

You see, every love story has a certain dynamic that affects it's m
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The Twilight SongOkay, so I got the idea for another anti-Twilight ditty, and I couldn't help myself. This goes to the tune of Billy Joel's "Piano Man", another personal favorite. Get your harmonicas ready!

~ * ~

Once upon a time, there was a girl
Known to the world as Bella Swann
Kind of a funny and quirky kid
Doesn't know half of what's going on

One day, she bumped into some vampire dude
Yeah, Edward Cullen was his name
Oh, he's such a big shot,
So incredibly hot—
How come he doesn't burst into flames?

Da-da-da-de-de-da
Da-da-de-de-da-da-da…

Sing us a song
It's the Twilight song
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood fo
I Love NarniaSince I've written songs that take a humorous bash at Twilight, I figured I'd write something about something that I actually like, for a change. Goes to Joan Jett's classic "I Love Rock and Roll", but it was Weird Al, with his parody "I Love Rocky Road", who motivated me to put all this together.

~ * ~

When it comes to books, I've always been picky
I've checked out everything in my library
I've read Harry Potter twice
And Twilight stinks on ice

There's just one series good enough for me
Yeah, me
Out of all the other books
These books are worth the read

Baby—
I love Narnia
So won't you go and pick up a copy, baby?
I love Nar
Of Humans and Robots - Ch. 2"Sparkplug! Give that back!" Sari shouted as she chased after her robotic puppy. Sparkplug, who had gotten hold of Sari's security key—again—only responded with an insolent yip, and ran even faster. Sari gritted her teeth and forced herself to run faster as well. Much as she loved and adored Sparkplug, that little mechanical mutt could be such a nuisance.

Presently, Sparkplug swerved around a corner and disappeared.

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Two of a Kind - Chapter 6By then, Tumnus had essentially cried himself out. He never would have realized it was possible to have wept this much, especially in the space of one day. He felt completely worn out, as if someone had opened a spigot in him and drained him. In the warmth of Terence's arms, the faun found himself beginning to slowly nod off.

Terence could tell his friend was exhausted, and so he quietly helped Tumnus to his hooves, letting the faun lean against his shoulder for support.

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How to Be a Likeable Female Character

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1. Have a sense of humor.

2. Learn to do some things for yourself; don't just sit around and expect someone else to handle all the work.

3. Have a listening ear and a sympathetic heart.

4. Dream about true love, but at the same time know how to care for yourself.

5. If you do find love, love him for who he is, not for what you want him to be.

6. Never be controlling or manipulative.

7. Never let anyone push you around.

8. Cry when necessary, but don't get carried away.

9. Always stand by those whom you truly care about.

10. Don't be so serious that you forget to have fun, but don't have so much fun that you forget to be serious.
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With all these lists of "How to be a Mary Sue" or "Life Lessons from Mary Sue" and yadda, yadda, I figured I'd make a list that shows how to be the opposite of a Mary Sue, how to have a female character that people will actually like. I'm proud to say that virtually all of my women in my stories (thus far) fit these descriptions. :D

:bulletred: How to Be a Likeable Male Character :bulletred: [link]
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*JesterOfLullaby Feb 20, 2013
I'm glad there's a list like this!
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*unicorn-skydancer08 Feb 24, 2013
Thanks, mate. :nod:
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~PlatinaStar Sep 2, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:T In my opinion characters are more fun if they ARE sometimes controlling/manipulative, or so now and then incredible selfish. Because that makes them realistic. xD
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*unicorn-skydancer08 Sep 2, 2012
True, but I think we sometimes get a little too caught up in their faults.
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~X-I-L2048 Aug 12, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Good rules to live by! =D
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*unicorn-skydancer08 Aug 16, 2012
Thanks! Glad you think so.
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~X-I-L2048 Aug 19, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Welcome. :)
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~R00-ha-ha Aug 10, 2012  Student General Artist
This sounds pretty Sue-y to me . . .
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*unicorn-skydancer08 Aug 10, 2012
Not necessarily. And it is important to have good traits; I think we're getting a little too caught up in a character's weaknesses. Sure, weaknesses make a character more believable and plausible, but they shouldn't take away from the noble qualities. We need to try to keep the scales balanced both ways.
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~R00-ha-ha Aug 10, 2012  Student General Artist
Well honestly, I don't think anybody has a balanced "scale" of "noble" and "weak" qualities. That's what makes a character realistic.

And I don't think that a weakness shouldn't take away from noble qualities; it's the meshing of the two that gives a character depth.

Plus, it really depends on the situation for having what you classify as "good" traits to BE good traits. What if your character's a villain, or something? Or a sociopath?

You're asking yourself, "why should a character have so many weak traits?". And equally, it could be asked, "why should a character have so many 'good' traits?"
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