Is it those specific characters, or original characters in general? Original characters in general, I think! Maybe especially men, not being one myself, but women as well... .
I always feel the temptation to keep some feelings of the characters private, because pinning it down in a description just changes the tone of it; I'd rather let it suffuse the actions, especially for a character who isn't that self-aware, or is avoiding the situation, or who has that feeling so deeply ingrained in them that they don't have to think about it. But that doesn't always work for me, and then I get the advice to add more explanations. xD Yes, this, what a good way of putting it. So hard to do, but so worth it when it works...
And Shen Wei and ZYL struck me from your description of characters you're comfortable writing about, because they're so expressive in canon! Yes! They have such BIG feelings and they're so much fun to write that way.
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Date: 2023-10-30 02:00 am (UTC)Original characters in general, I think! Maybe especially men, not being one myself, but women as well... .
I always feel the temptation to keep some feelings of the characters private, because pinning it down in a description just changes the tone of it; I'd rather let it suffuse the actions, especially for a character who isn't that self-aware, or is avoiding the situation, or who has that feeling so deeply ingrained in them that they don't have to think about it. But that doesn't always work for me, and then I get the advice to add more explanations. xD
Yes, this, what a good way of putting it. So hard to do, but so worth it when it works...
And Shen Wei and ZYL struck me from your description of characters you're comfortable writing about, because they're so expressive in canon!
Yes! They have such BIG feelings and they're so much fun to write that way.
and thank you for kind words <3