#//I’ve always appreciated my FC with a ponytail

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(( detailed writer prompts )) 2, 4, 6, 8, 16

(( 2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate? yoooouuuu!! *shot* Under the cut because I got rambly on a couple of these. ))

2: what is more important to you, narrative or style? if so, why, and how do you think you portray that in your writing? 

(( Oooh, this one is a tough one. I like narrative a bit more in my own writing. If I can describe a setting in such a way that makes the reader feel like they’re there, or know what my character is feeling as though it was their own, I feel like I’ve succeeded as a writer. Style is important and often goes hand in hand with narrative, but if you have a good narrative, style will come. I haven’t quite grasped ahold of Kyle’s narrative just yet, but that’s mostly because he’s fairly new to me still. I like to focus on the area around to portray it in my writing, touching base on how things feel to the character, how the character reacts and even their motivations based around it. ))

4: without using your fc, describe your character physically - not just looks but also movement, posture, etc.

(( *rubs hands together excitedly* Oh booyah. :’D This may get long winded I apologize XD I don’t really have a FC for Kyle just yet so I’mma just describe how I see him in my head. ))

Kyle has tanned, but very smooth skin. This is partially due to genetics and partially due to the fact he spends most of his time outside, even as a child he did. He’s 5’11, so he’s fairly tall and he can even be a bit intimidating if he wants to be, but he’s often not for reasons I’ll get to in a moment. His hair is roughly down to his shoulderblades, but it’s wavy, not quite curly but with thick, sleek waves that he often wears in a ponytail or a bun. It’s color is very rich, an extremely dark brown that looks black, but in sunlight, you can see the brown sheen. His eyes are fairly large, with thick eyelashes, but despite his youth, there are slight wrinkles and almost bags under and around his eyes. They’re more visible when he’s stressed or tired, but perhaps that’s just because his eyes so easily express what he feels. Their color is a light hazel, but with a dim, minty green around his pupil. The hazel is far more obvious, the green only visible when he’s very close to someone, or when the light hits them just right.

His shoulders are a bit broad from swimming and lifting a great deal in his youth, his build just a bit stocky, especially in his legs. Kyle’s face has gentle angles, and he’s almost feminine at first glance. His hands are strong and scarred up from a life of work, callouses making them just a bit rough.

Now, onto posture. Kyle tends to not have much of a ‘poker face’. If he’s feeling anxious, it’ll show in the tension of his shoulders, his head lowered slightly, even his arms around himself if he can help it. If he’s happy, he’s open, his chest out and shoulders relaxed, a little bounce to his step and his head held high. If he’s angry, he stablizes himself in his stance, his back curves, arms tense at his sides. Sad, he’ll curl in on himself a bit, make himself small and probably fidget. Like I mentioned earlier, Kyle can be intimidating if he’s angry or irritated, but it’s so rare and he’s more like a puppy than anything. He’s tall but so ridiculously open and excitable that some people can forget he’s actually quite dangerous, if he wanted to be.

6: let’s say someone else was going to write your character - what are the main points of their personality that you would tell the other writer to focus on? what about outside of that? images/symbols/moments in their life/etc.

(( Oh geeze.... hm. Well, Kyle is naturally very open, very curious, and he tends to be optimistic. But if he suspects something is off about someone, spiritually or just threat-wise, he is quick to make judgements, but he also overrules those judgements if someone appears to change, or prove him wrong. He’s quick to trust, but also anxious in unknown situations. He doesn’t understand certain pop culture, and is very easily confused, but he tries his best to understand. ))

((As far as symbols/images, Kyle is a bit fond of crows and animals in general because of Arys, his spirit. His hood is important to him based off of the tennants that Cherina taught him, and given the fact that with Cherina’s faith, she wore it always. Kyle doesn’t necessarily share in the faith, but he is fond of the hood. It feels like home. Parents are a touchy subject for him. His father was extremely important to him, but the memory is bittersweet. He never knew his mother. The wilderness is another comfort for him, but cities make him anxious. ))

8: what writers influenced the way that you yourself write? how so? are there any that influenced you negatively?

(( My favorite childhood author was Erin Hunter of the Warrior cats series, and I’ve recently realized through convincing a friend (*cough* @ask-secretary-tatsumi *cough*) to read the books, Erin Hunter actually greatly influenced my writing. Granted, it was more of a foundation that I used to build off of, and my writing definitely would fall more in the young adult+ genre, but I still love Erin Hunter’s books. A couple other major influences for me are E. E. Knight in the Age of Fire series (dragons. dragons :’3) and Marissa Meyer with her Lunar Chronicles series. I can’t really pinpoint a writer who really negatively influenced me? But an author I wasn’t fond of necessarily would be Tahereh Mafi with Shatter Me. I wasn’t fond of the characterization and way that it developed. ))

16: for ocs: what does your character metaphorically represent to you? what is their symbolic value as it pertains to you as a writer? 

(( Kyle, in many ways, represents freedom and optimism to me, the banishment of demons. He is a character of growth, of saying ‘it’s okay to not be at the end of your story, you can still do great things.’ He goes for what he wants despite his fear or inexperience, and truly tries to live. He can be naive, but he is a character who represents bravery and youthful optimism to me. ))