Has Your Character Transformed?

[NoJo]

A lot of my stories are about, or feature a major character transformation.

I'm pretty much the same charcter I always was, according to people who've known me since childhood.

Have you met anyone whose character has really transformed over time so you feel they're truly a different person?

 

[impressive]

Have you met anyone whose character has really transformed over time so you feel they're truly a different person?

Yeah. Me.

I met someone. You'll find her picture in the dictionary under integrity. She taught me SO much and really shifted my focus.

I used to be just a pervert. Now I'm a principled pervert.

 

[NoJo]

Re: Re: Has Your Character Transformed?

Yeah. Me.

I met someone. You'll find her picture in the dictionary under integrity. She taught me SO much and really shifted my focus.

I used to be just a pervert. Now I'm a principled pervert.

Gosh, I always wanted principles. to your teacher.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Re: Re: Has Your Character Transformed?

Yeah. Me.

I met someone. You'll find her picture in the dictionary under integrity. She taught me SO much and really shifted my focus.

I used to be just a pervert. Now I'm a principled pervert.

Yeah, ditto pretty much. It was a he for me. His picture was next to chivalry, but the rest is about the same.

 

[impressive]

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Yeah, ditto pretty much. It was a he for me. His picture was next to chivalry, but the rest is about the same.

So -- you can now add "chivalrous pervert" to your "Saint Satan" title?

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

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So -- you can now add "chivalrous pervert" to your "Saint Satan" title?

yes, I'm the white knight for the wankers.

 

[NoJo]

I've got a lot happier, but I don't think my character has changed as a result of my having found my soul mate. If anything, I've learned to be more accepting of who I am, and who I will never be.

 

[carsonshepherd]

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yes, I'm the white knight for the wankers.

*swoon* We've needed someone like you for a long time....

 

[neonlyte]

I've got a lot happier, but I don't think my character has changed as a result of my having found my soul mate. If anything, I've learned to be more accepting of who I am, and who I will never be.

Happy for you. I feel similar, but I know I've become more demanding of others, particularly those closest to me.

 

[brightlyiburn]

A lot of my stories are about, or feature a major character transformation.

I'm pretty much the same charcter I always was, according to people who've known me since childhood.

Have you met anyone whose character has really transformed over time so you feel they're truly a different person?

My characters always change.

I'm one of those people who changes constantly. One could almost say I'm fickle

 

[cantdog]

I haven't felt like a different person, despite some changes, because there are a lot of foundational things which have stayed constant or changed only slowly.

Aside:
I suppose I felt new when I found my first fuck bunny, but I was actually not that different, that particular time; just getting laid a lot. That does make everything seem different, though!

I can't imagine whether my changes have made me appear to be a whole new person. No one has said that to me, that I can remember.

I saw it happen to a good friend who began taking Zyban, whatever it's called when you take it for its anti depressive qualities-- you know the stuff-- it's mainly a serotonin thing. He became impatient and arrogant. The drug did that, and I don't see any interest in that for fiction. He was a new person, though, more's the pity.

I've seen people transform dozens of times, but that was growth. They were still grounded in their old personalities, only better now. Most frequently, it has happened between when they were seventeen or eighteen and when they hit their mid-twenties.

cantdog

 

[eric shawn listo]

What's "character"?

 

[carsonshepherd]

The way I react to people has changed. I'm more patient and tolerant than I used to be. I'm a little less neurotic and demanding. But inside I'm still the same.

 

[rgraham666]

Not really. People generally don't stay in my life long enough for me to notice a change. Those who do stay around long enough change so slowly it's hard to notice.

For myself, I haven't changed much. I'm just more accepting of who I am, less willing to put up with bullshit and trying less to change the world.

 

[Guest]

Hiya.

 

[Guest]

I wouldn't use the word "grown" so much as discovered. I realize I have always been me, but it's taken all this time (and other people) to discover more of myself. It's great really. In the past year or so, at a time when I could not imagine it, someone came along and unveiled yet more of me to me. I only hope it keeps happening, it gives me great hope and a deep joy in life.

Perdita

 

[Svenskaflicka]

My main characters, that I've written so much about, "The Squibs" (girl band in my HP fan fics), have developed enormously. These girls take over the writing completely.

Robin has gone from a strong-willed, brave heroïne to a head-strong, cool-as-ice, fanatic resistance fighter.

Lydia has gone from an easy bimbo to a warmhearted, motherly love goddess with hidden depths.

Mickie has gone from a funny airhead to a hot-tempered, sensitive tomboy with femininity issues.

Andrea has gone from an aristocratic bore to a brave, cheeky, double-crossing, naughty goth girl.

Jenny has gone from an anonymous party girl to a scary, mysterious, independent, tough, smart female with one sensitive spot.

It's not me writing them this way, I swear - it's them telling me what to write and what they won't accept. They're very real to me.

 

[hmmnmm]

I would say not necessarily that They have changed, but I begin to see deeper into them, more facets to them.

 

[Boota]

I feel basically the same as I was as a teenager. In my early and middle twenties I was a monster. Without confessing to anything, I'll just say that I was a very, very bad person. At about twenty-nine I came back around to being me when my conscience grew back.

In my novels, the one that's out and the one in the works, both of the main characters go through major transformations. In one of my short stories the main character goes through a transformation, but the story isn't long enough to explore that in depth. I'm thinking about expanding that story into a novel just to get at some of the meat.