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Ripley, staring at Time Paradox Psychosis Five: What's wrong with you, you look radioactive. Five: What? Ripley: Your behavior is so erratic right now, I feel like if I held a Geiger counter up to you it would make noise

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Kaz: Anyway, I've got a better idea. Y/N: Is it stupid, desperate, and very unlikely to get us out of this mess? Kaz: Yes. Y/N: Is it humilating? Kaz: If we get it wrong. Y/N: Are we likely to get it wrong? Kaz: Possibly. Y/N: In the time it has taken me to ask you these questions, could you have just told me what it is? Kaz: Definitely. Y/N: Should we get on with it then? Kaz: Yeah, we better.

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I would love to write for Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 but I am dreadfully afraid of getting his character wrong

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Harvey: You are the love of our life and we would do anything within reason to make you happy.

Therapist! Y/N: I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep.

Two-Face: We said within reason, Doc. How about I murder some guards?

Therapist! Y/N, unamused: So murder is in reason but proper self care isn't?

Two-Face: Well, duh. What kind of question is that?

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Y/N: Can you cut me some slack, Eddie? I'm sort of in love.

Edward: I'm sorry, but that's really not my problem.

Y/N: I'm in love with you.

Edward: *blushes* Oh. That brings me in the loop a little.

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Harvey: How is the most beautiful person in the world?

Y/N: *blushing* I-

Edward, butting into the conversation: I'm perfect, thanks for asking.

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Jonathan: I don't need to go to bed. I'm not tired, I'll be fine.

Y/N: But, darling, I'll be so lonely without you. Come curl up in my arms so I can feel whole again.

Jonathan: O-oh. Well. Are you trying to seduce me into healthy sleeping patterns?

Y/N: Is it working?

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Y/N: The first time I saw you, you stole my heart.

Selina: But I'm a kleptomaniac, so that doesn't mean anything.

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Therapist! Y/N: Ugh, crushes are so dumb.

Harvey: I know. Whenever I'm near the person I like I just start acting stupid.

Therapist! Y/N: But you're always acting stupid?

Harvey: ...

Two-Face: Yeah, don't think about that too hard.

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Edward: We have a problem.

Therapist! Y/N: No, YOU have a problem. I have an idiot who keeps making them.

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Edward, throwing his head into Y/N's lap: Tell me I'm pretty!

Y/N, loving stroking his hair: You're pretty fucking annoying, that's what you are.

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All Gotham Rogues: The only thing I'm guilty of is being adorable... ...and also assault with a deadly weapon.

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Black Widow OC - Dimitri Belsky

Basics

Full Name: Dimitri Belsky

Nickname(s): Dima, D

Age: 29 in Black Widow

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Appearance

Ethnicity: Russian

Skin Tone: White, tanned very slightly from traveling often

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color: Right at the junction between blond and brown

Hairstyle: Shaved thin in the back and around the sides, but long enough in the front to occasionally fall into his eyes

Build: Very thin muscle, built like a dancer. He relies on weapons for a reason

Height: 5'8"

Style: He wears a lot of black usually, occasionally with an open button up shirt of varying colors on top of his outfit. Typically black boots, black cargo pants and a black turtleneck tank top sort of deal. When fighting alongside his family though, he's wearing white and red.

Personality

General Personality Traits: Respectful, Quiet, Steady

Strengths: Perceptive, Loyal, Tenacious

Flaws: Dependent, Anxious, Guarded

Habits and Mannerisms: Tends to mumble or speak softly; Sighs a lot; Tosses his hair; Mouths the lyrics of songs that come into his head, regardless of current task; Tends to use sideways glances; Broad stance

Secrets: He doesn't tell anyone about his family; He tries to keep how much he's missed them from his family; His time working under a soviet espionage agency

Regrets: Letting his family get separated (regardless of the fact that he was eight at the time)

Skills/Talents: Stealth, sniping, general spy stuff; Sewing

Likes: Journal writing, American pop music, Cats

Dislikes: Being alone, Dogs, Cold

Sense of Humor: Witty banter and non harmful pranks

Guilty Pleasure: Cookies

Defining Moment: Leaving his post and forging his own way in the world

Relationships

Friends: He has acquaintances, he hasn't really cracked the whole "friends" thing yet. His sisters were his best friends growing up. He counts his cats as friends

Family: Natasha Romanoff (Older Sister), Yelena Belova (Younger Sister), Melina Vostokoff (Mother), Alexei Shostakov (Father), His cats Tasha, Lena and - post the events of Endgame - Lev

Enemies: Dreykov and the guards of The Red Room; Clint Barton and Kate Bishop (briefly)

Lovers: N/A

Relationship Status: Single

Reputation: Quiet and reserved amongst those who don't really know him

Miscellaneous

Current Residence: America

Collections: A handful of cat toys, a few pictures of him and his family members

Accent: Russian

Voice: Light and on the higher end of male voices

Signature Quote: "If there is a reason I don't say anything, it is because I do not have the words to express how it makes me feel."

Song: TBD

Backstory

Dimitri "Dima" Belsky never really knew his birth parents. As far as he knows and as far as he cares, he had no family until he was placed in the care of Melina and Alexei when he was five. Natasha was eight and Yelena was three. How he ended up under the thumb of Dreykov and his various nefarious pursuits he has no idea and he doesn't really want to know. The point was, he spent three of his most formative years with this little family unit and he loved them like they were his own.

Dima was a momma's boy growing up - something that follows him into his adult life later - and enjoyed all the time he spent with his sisters. He was a sensitive kid and didn't like being away from his family for too long. So, the separation of the family that one fateful night was as bad as it could possibly be. His mother had been injured and they were separating him from his sisters. Worst of all, his father was doing nothing to stop any of it.

While the girls were taken into their training to become widows, Dimitri was placed into a spy program for training with other young boys. He hated it. He missed his family, missed his sisters and the other boys were so terrible. He was tormented by the adults in charge as well as the other boys, so he did the only thing he could, he got quiet. They wouldn't bother him as much if he gave them less reason to.

He was still trained in espionage and was capable of working through some of his emotions later when he had the ability to have items of his own. He wrote things down because he had no other outlet. No one else has ever seen it or ever will. He was a spy for a while until he found a way out. He faked a death and supported himself by using his only skills. He became a gun for hire. And that's what he does until his sisters come calling.

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Leia: So are you gonna explain how the hell you crashed the ship?

Eli: Well, we were close to landing and there was a deer in the way, so I said "Poe, deer!"

Leia:...And what did Poe do?

Eli:...He said, "Yes, honey?"

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Luke, talking about Nyla: I would never say that my partner is a bitch and I don't like her. That's not true... My partner is a bitch and I like her so much!

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Jyn: So... who's the big spoon and who's the little spoon?

Sevrina: We're chopsticks.

Jyn: Well... that's cute!

Jyn: Does that mean you two snuggle together perfectly?

Cassian: No, it means that if you take the other away, the only thing the other is good for is stabbing.

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Some Quick Character Tips

Here are a handful of quick tips to help you write believable characters! 

1. A character’s arc doesn’t need to grow linearly. Your protagonist doesn’t have to go from being weak to strong, shy to confident, or novice to professional in one straight line. It’s more realistic if they mess up their progress on the way and even decline a bit before reaching their goal.

2. Their past affects their present. Make their backstory matter by having their past events shape them into who they are. Growing up with strict parents might lead to a sneaky character, and a bad car accident might leave them fearful of driving.

3. Give reoccurring side characters something that makes them easily recognizable. This could be a scar, a unique hairstyle, an accent, or a location they’re always found at, etc.

4. Make sure their dialogue matches their personality. To make your characters more believable in conversation, give them speech patterns. Does the shy character mumble too low for anyone to ever hear, does the nervous one pace around and make everyone else on edge? 

5. Make your characters unpredictable. Real people do unexpected things all the time, and this can make life more exciting. The strict, straight-A student who decides to drink at a party. The pristine princess who likes to visit the muddy farm animals. When character’s decide to do things spontaneously or in the heat of the moment, it can create amazing twists and turns.

6. Give even your minor character’s a motive. This isn’t to say that all your characters need deep, intricate motives. However, every character should need or want something, and their actions should reflect that. What’s the motive behind a side character who follows your protagonist on their adventure? Perhaps they’ve always had dreams of leaving their small village or they want to protect your protagonist because of secret feelings.

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