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MunchSized Rants - Character Dislikes
12 years ago
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Disclaimer: Please don't take anything said in Munchsized Rants personally. I find myself guilty of most of the things I want to bitch about, so just because someone's guilty of any of them doesn't automatically put an 'I hate you' stamp on their forehead. It just makes me secretly snicker or rant or rave or pester, depending on my relationship with the person. There's a reason I'm posting these on my personal account versus something more popular, like my nitetigrezz account, or something more appropriate yet still with significantly more watchers, like my nitescratches account. I'm not looking to start a flame war. I just need a place to let my little prejudice Ishaan air out. Thank you for your understanding. Now let the rant begin!
Character profiles. I still remember way back when I was a tween, writing them about a dime a dozen. They came so easily to me, ranging from simplistic physical details to more fleshed out likes and dislikes and bad habits. I also looked into a lot of character profiles of the supposed more professional style, including Sailor Moon and Lisa Frank. They ranged vastly in detail (ever notice how most Japanese characters' profiles include blood type and star sign? O.o) though I did my best to learn from each example. To this day, I still write character profiles in an attempt to better get to know a character that was otherwise a one-use or to better organize my thoughts for the sake of consistency.
One thing I've noticed lately in a lot of fursonic profiles is the Generic Dislikes. Whether it's a part of a character reference picture that's often posted on sites like FA, or an actual character profile on an rp'ing site, Generic Dislikes seem to be about as unavoidable as Gonorrhea in a cat house. For a long time they only mildly bothered me, but the more I see them, the more they're like a visual version of nails across a chalk board.
What do I mean by Generic Dislikes? Things that any halfway decent person in their right mind would not like, or even Hate. Things such as 'haters', 'liars', 'art thieves', 'racism'- I mean c'mon, who's the last person you spoke with who actually Likes any of these things?! Nine times out of ten I wouldn't even consider these a dislike so much as a seething hatred of! If anything, it only shows some of the most two dimensional characters ever, with a creator that has ZERO creativity! Why not give them something more realistic, or tangible, or non-generic, like a dislike of closed places or spiders or FREAKIN' ASPARAGUS WOULD BE MORE CREATIVE!!! Something UNIQUE to that particular character that's not on every single other persona's sheet!!!
FUCK!!!
Now, I admit, I'm guilty of doing this too, but I at least TRY to throw in some uniqueness with the generic BULLSHIT!!! Even if it's something as boring as a certain food or place or person or whatever, just to give SOME point to even BOTHERING with putting the damned category in the damned profile to begin with!!!
I understand that most characters are a projection of one's self, thus the term 'fursona'. When you have multiple characters, they tend to be different extensions of yourself, and when you have a whole bunch of characters, there's always going to be at least a little of you in each of them. Otherwise, how can you actually relate to them in different situations. I get that. I of all people understand that. But are you going to tell me that you're so BORING and there's so LITTLE to you that all you can list as a dislike is the EXACT SAME SHIT everyone and their mom is putting??? Really?! Fuckin' A!!!!
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Okay, I feel better now. This has been a MunchSized Rant. If you detested this, then instead of bringing the torches and pitchforks just nuke the damned journal anytime you see 'MunchSized Rant'. Otherwise, open discussion is welcomed in the comments. Thank you!
Character profiles. I still remember way back when I was a tween, writing them about a dime a dozen. They came so easily to me, ranging from simplistic physical details to more fleshed out likes and dislikes and bad habits. I also looked into a lot of character profiles of the supposed more professional style, including Sailor Moon and Lisa Frank. They ranged vastly in detail (ever notice how most Japanese characters' profiles include blood type and star sign? O.o) though I did my best to learn from each example. To this day, I still write character profiles in an attempt to better get to know a character that was otherwise a one-use or to better organize my thoughts for the sake of consistency.
One thing I've noticed lately in a lot of fursonic profiles is the Generic Dislikes. Whether it's a part of a character reference picture that's often posted on sites like FA, or an actual character profile on an rp'ing site, Generic Dislikes seem to be about as unavoidable as Gonorrhea in a cat house. For a long time they only mildly bothered me, but the more I see them, the more they're like a visual version of nails across a chalk board.
What do I mean by Generic Dislikes? Things that any halfway decent person in their right mind would not like, or even Hate. Things such as 'haters', 'liars', 'art thieves', 'racism'- I mean c'mon, who's the last person you spoke with who actually Likes any of these things?! Nine times out of ten I wouldn't even consider these a dislike so much as a seething hatred of! If anything, it only shows some of the most two dimensional characters ever, with a creator that has ZERO creativity! Why not give them something more realistic, or tangible, or non-generic, like a dislike of closed places or spiders or FREAKIN' ASPARAGUS WOULD BE MORE CREATIVE!!! Something UNIQUE to that particular character that's not on every single other persona's sheet!!!
FUCK!!!
Now, I admit, I'm guilty of doing this too, but I at least TRY to throw in some uniqueness with the generic BULLSHIT!!! Even if it's something as boring as a certain food or place or person or whatever, just to give SOME point to even BOTHERING with putting the damned category in the damned profile to begin with!!!
I understand that most characters are a projection of one's self, thus the term 'fursona'. When you have multiple characters, they tend to be different extensions of yourself, and when you have a whole bunch of characters, there's always going to be at least a little of you in each of them. Otherwise, how can you actually relate to them in different situations. I get that. I of all people understand that. But are you going to tell me that you're so BORING and there's so LITTLE to you that all you can list as a dislike is the EXACT SAME SHIT everyone and their mom is putting??? Really?! Fuckin' A!!!!
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Okay, I feel better now. This has been a MunchSized Rant. If you detested this, then instead of bringing the torches and pitchforks just nuke the damned journal anytime you see 'MunchSized Rant'. Otherwise, open discussion is welcomed in the comments. Thank you!
Though I'd laugh my ass off XD
I only put things on them too, I try not to aim dislikes at people groups.
Charahub is a good place to find questions to answer though :> my new charasheet, whenever the furk i can manage to work on it, will be brilliant<3