Comments on: Characters - the Good and the Bad http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/ Who doesn't want a threesome? Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: Teoh http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2151 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:49:08 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2151 Love tortured heros who are still mentally strong. Hate indecisive heros. Love strong, independent heroines but don't mind if they are the soft, timid kind who needs a man to take care of them as long as they are not those who goes hysterical. Love Tall and Dark. Handsome is just a word on the page if the writer can't give me a good picture. Though having the face put onto the cover is usually not a good idea since they seldom live up to the image of the hero in my mind. Think that's why Sherrilyn Kenyon's first cover for Dance with the Devil won, you have a hazy glimpse of the hero but not sharp, so can build him up to your own specification. Hate adultery, unless under extreme cases or a good author! Hope that helps! :eek: Love tortured heros who are still mentally strong. Hate indecisive heros. Love strong, independent heroines but don’t mind if they are the soft, timid kind who needs a man to take care of them as long as they are not those who goes hysterical.

Love Tall and Dark. Handsome is just a word on the page if the writer can’t give me a good picture. Though having the face put onto the cover is usually not a good idea since they seldom live up to the image of the hero in my mind. Think that’s why Sherrilyn Kenyon’s first cover for Dance with the Devil won, you have a hazy glimpse of the hero but not sharp, so can build him up to your own specification.

Hate adultery, unless under extreme cases or a good author!

Hope that helps!

]]> by: Shelley Munro http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2076 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:34:29 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2076 Deborah - yes, compassion is very important in a character. Ali- it's easy for alpha to bleed over into bossy if the author isn't careful since it's all a delicate balance. And yes, I'd squeak if I saw a mouse! the character should know their limitations because when they ignore them they're in danger of crossing into the TSTL category. Jodi - I agree that characters should have imperfections. IMO characters that are perfect tend toward boring. The imperfections make the stories interesting. Shuck Ying - Thanks! I'm glad we agree :grin: Cherie - I agree - pigheaded heroines are just as bad as TSTL ones. I think heroines to be able to work out/question the hero if they don't agree with a situation rather than ignoring good sense! Deborah - yes, compassion is very important in a character.

Ali- it’s easy for alpha to bleed over into bossy if the author isn’t careful since it’s all a delicate balance. And yes, I’d squeak if I saw a mouse! the character should know their limitations because when they ignore them they’re in danger of crossing into the TSTL category.

Jodi - I agree that characters should have imperfections. IMO characters that are perfect tend toward boring. The imperfections make the stories interesting.

Shuck Ying - Thanks! I’m glad we agree

Cherie - I agree - pigheaded heroines are just as bad as TSTL ones. I think heroines to be able to work out/question the hero if they don’t agree with a situation rather than ignoring good sense!

]]> by: Shelley Munro http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2075 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:16:13 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2075 Tehya, Thanks very much. Aislyn was my first published story and the heroine is very strong and determined :grin: Tehya,

Thanks very much. Aislyn was my first published story and the heroine is very strong and determined

]]> by: Cherie J http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2069 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:02:37 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2069 I like my heroes to be strong and hunky and have a code of honor. They are protective of women and children and believe in taking care of their own. The women are spunky and pretty. I dislike a heroine who ends up being a liability to the hero. For example, hero tells her to stay benind while he takes care of the villians She decides she knows better, gets herself captured and the villian uses her as a hostage or as bait. I hate it when heroines are pig headed or even worse stupid. Heroines that will sleep with just about anything on two legs really bug me too. Show some discrimination ladies. I bedlieve that flaws are fine in a character but when a character has so many that you begin to lose respect for them than it is a serious problem. I like my heroes to be strong and hunky and have a code of honor. They are protective of women and children and believe in taking care of their own. The women are spunky and pretty. I dislike a heroine who ends up being a liability to the hero. For example, hero tells her to stay benind while he takes care of the villians She decides she knows better, gets herself captured and the villian uses her as a hostage or as bait. I hate it when heroines are pig headed or even worse stupid. Heroines that will sleep with just about anything on two legs really bug me too. Show some discrimination ladies. I bedlieve that flaws are fine in a character but when a character has so many that you begin to lose respect for them than it is a serious problem.

]]> by: Shuck Ying http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2066 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:28:51 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2066 I totally agree with you about what you like in your characaters...when you say " my heroes big and tough - alpha, if you will. I like my heroes to have honor and integrity...and My heroines are never stupid" I totally agree with you about what you like in your characaters…when you say ” my heroes big and tough - alpha, if you will. I like my heroes to have honor and integrity…and My heroines are never stupid”

]]> by: Jodi S. http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2055 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:55:06 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2055 I like the hero/heroine to be strong (body and mind), ethical, moral, sincere, decisive. I don't like wimps or whiners. They have to be able to stand up for themselves and not be "walked over." I like it when the characters have imperfections, because there are no perfect people in this world! I like the hero/heroine to be strong (body and mind), ethical, moral, sincere, decisive.
I don’t like wimps or whiners. They have to be able to stand up for themselves and not be “walked over.”
I like it when the characters have imperfections, because there are no perfect people in this world!

]]> by: Ali http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2049 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:11:49 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2049 I like an alpha hero who's protective, but not too pushy and demanding. In a heroine, I'd like her to be strong and know her own mind. That doesn't mean she needs to be fearless... heck, I think I'm strong, but I'll still scream if I see or hear a cockroach, lol Character looks aren't too important for me, they don't need to be perfect... except for when we're talking about the cover. I don't like it too much when the cover looks nothing like what the author has described. I like an alpha hero who’s protective, but not too pushy and demanding.
In a heroine, I’d like her to be strong and know her own mind. That doesn’t mean she needs to be fearless… heck, I think I’m strong, but I’ll still scream if I see or hear a cockroach, lol
Character looks aren’t too important for me, they don’t need to be perfect… except for when we’re talking about the cover. I don’t like it too much when the cover looks nothing like what the author has described.

]]> by: Tehya http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2047 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:06:31 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2047 AISLYN looks great Shelly! AISLYN looks great Shelly!

]]> by: Deborah http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2044 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:51:05 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2044 I like a hero/heroine that are smart, good looking but also compassionate. Wimpy characters in both a hero/heroine I don't like. I like a hero/heroine that are smart, good looking but also compassionate.

Wimpy characters in both a hero/heroine I don’t like.

]]> by: Shelley Munro http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2036 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:29:36 +0000 http://www.dynamicthree.com/blog/2007/06/15/characters-the-good-and-the-bad/#comment-2036 Kris - good point about characters with a big difference in height. At the very least, they'd both suffer from sore necks when they kissed! Lisa - I agree - no floor mats need apply for positions as hero or heroine. Kris - good point about characters with a big difference in height. At the very least, they’d both suffer from sore necks when they kissed!

Lisa - I agree - no floor mats need apply for positions as hero or heroine.

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