[ SECRET POST #4431 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4431 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Dude, hard disagree. A character can be fleshed out and humanized. If your character is only there to fulfill a function, your story sucks.

[(Anonymous)]

If your character is only there to fulfill a function, your story sucks.

not necessarily

[(Anonymous)]

WTF?

All characters are literally there to fulfill some narrative function in whatever story they're part of. Part of the skill of writing is making them look like actual human beings with depth.

[(Anonymous)]

That's absolutely *not* the case. Characters are not required to first and foremost be narrative functions, and any humanization is bonus. A story can be built the other way around, and sometimes, characters are just people and not literary tools. If you are interested in a story about people, a character who exists only as a walking betrayal is obnoxious as fuck. They can be humans first and foremost.

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't say that humanization was "bonus." It's a very necessary skill. Characters need to act like believable people.

But characters aren't people.

Everything in a story is there for the benefit of the story. Characters who don't serve the narrative in some way weaken the story as a whole.