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light-wrath-paradise · 2 months ago

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I love characters who are manipulative in one way or another but rarely or never lie.

Especially scrumptious when there IS a clear reason for them choosing this tactic.

In other words shout out to Solas Dragon Age and Henry Miller DSAF specifically. Trying to think of more hoes like that but the thing is that I mostly remember the ones I've analysed.

Or like I can think of two more characters but for them I believe it's just circumstantial? Like one of them seems to simply...not consider lying and he doesn't need to because 90 % of the time he frames what he's saying as a hypothetical. And now that I think about it he does lie sometimes. I think he just genuinely doesn't consider it as his go-to tactic, I don't think he avoids it on purpose. And the other guy lies like...twice and also doesn't seem directly opposed to it, it's just that most of the time it was enough for him not to tell the whole truth. And that's easier than making up a lie. I don't think he has a special reason either.

But yeah anyway shout out to characters who avoid lying on purpose. Show me more of these hoes immediately.

#even better is the fact that i accidentally keep making characters who are the opposite #like. my inquisitor Adabo is a lying liar who could outlie the devil and s/he does not care. s/he'll say and do anything that benefits #her/him. s/he keeps telling random people that yes s/he IS the herald and then when people are like 'ummm do you really believe that?'#s/he's like 'lmao no' or 'what do YOU believe?' and then responds in suit #s/he does and doesn't believe in the Maker or the elven gods depending on what the most profitable option is #her/his beliefs are himself; polticial elven supremacy; and good old brutal strength #which is funny considering s/he's a mage. a mage who can and will bludgeon you to death if you get too close i guess #and then you have my girl Liliana who lies all day every day about literally everything for no reason other than she's a massive #pathological people pleaser who must give the 'correct' answer no matter what. she's the kind of person who's afraid to state her #favourite colour and will lie about it. she lies about everything all the time. if you ask her about something you will likely have #to pry the truth out of her; unless she thinks that the truth also happens to be an answer you might like #she's artificial and manufactured. she's Galatea. she's a mannequin in a boutique. she's a script you can edit to your heart's content #she's a trophy wife. she's composed and restrained and docile and naïve and she's Desdemona. she's naughty and she can take #a joke and she's a 'cool girl' and she 'gets it' and she's a bit of a bad egg and a little mean. she's empathetic and funny and quiet and #nothing out of the ordinary. she's hyper and wild and emotional and friendly against all odds. she's whatever you want her to be.#what do you want her to be? who do you want her to be? she's a tabula rasa so choose your perfect person. make her into whatever you want #idk something about Liliana in this context is extremely funny. man who lies like once or twice and otherwise takes great care #not to have to lie instead resorting to dodging questions; but when asked a yes or no question he WILL admit even to murder. even in #situations where it inconveniences him (at best). and a woman who will lie instinctively and who lies so much that she isn't even sure what #the truth is anymore and who has lost herself in fake identities. like haha girl what was your name again? Lillian? Liliana?#What surname should we attach to that? Boswell? Miller? What of the resulting combination? Do you know? in the end you'll #dub yourself The Devil anyway (another lie; isn't it?) so what does it matter. they call you mindless and a beast but you're #more than prepared to wrestle the role of the devil from someone else's hands and take it for yourself. it's a lie but it's a lie that #seems true to you. girl you are the devil; in your own eyes at least.

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