Name: James Steward
A.K.A.: Other vampire, "defective" vampire, Dark soul eater (Do not confuse with the same anime LOL X) )
Age: Unknown. They said it is more than two hundred years.
Gender: Male
Race: Half Blood; half-tiger, half-wolf
Species: Vampire-Exile \ fallen vampire
Clan: Unknown (Possible Caitiff)
Generation: Initially, it was the ninth, now - seventh.
"Humanity": Low
Relationship: Single.
Family: Unknown.
Orientation: Heterosexual
That's enough basic information about him, right now. The rest - will come later.
Character belongs to me~
Drawn by ShandristheHedgehog from deviantart.com
P.S.: I am very sorry for my bad english ;W; but alas, I can not do anything about it, because I know it is not as good as we would like. T_T I have to use online google translator.
A.K.A.: Other vampire, "defective" vampire, Dark soul eater (Do not confuse with the same anime LOL X) )
Age: Unknown. They said it is more than two hundred years.
Gender: Male
Race: Half Blood; half-tiger, half-wolf
Species: Vampire-Exile \ fallen vampire
Clan: Unknown (Possible Caitiff)
Generation: Initially, it was the ninth, now - seventh.
"Humanity": Low
Relationship: Single.
Family: Unknown.
Orientation: Heterosexual
That's enough basic information about him, right now. The rest - will come later.
Character belongs to me~
Drawn by ShandristheHedgehog from deviantart.com
P.S.: I am very sorry for my bad english ;W; but alas, I can not do anything about it, because I know it is not as good as we would like. T_T I have to use online google translator.
Category All / All
Species Tiger
Size 600 x 1000px
File Size 197.9 kB
Mm, alright. First of all, let me specify that I'm not the best writer in the world, I can only give advice based on the experiences I've made over the years. So take my review with a grain of salt. Now then.
Appearance wise, entirely reasonable looker, maybe a bit too thin for a tiger, but given his vampiric side I can gloss over that. Doesn't really have a lot of tiger about him in general, I would've perhaps added some pale stripes to his cheeks and markings down his tail to make sure the species is communicated properly. The wolf side could be brought out a bit more by making the base of his ears more fluffy and thick, and possibly giving him a bit of fluff around the jaw line towards the back (like Vix has). The outfit is alright, perhaps a bit stereotypical for a broody vampire though.
Now, for the actual character..
From the description, I feel like the character is.. Overpowered. He's essentially Blade, but with mind control powers, shape shifting, cleverness, immunity to bullets/swords, night vision, aura vision and super strength added on top.
On the flipside, his only weaknesses are that.. He has nightmares?
It's fun to make a character that has lots of abilities and can whoop ass, but when you're trying to write a story, the character has to first and foremost be relatable, in order for people to get invested in the story and its progression. If your character is a superhuman vampire with no real weaknesses and very low humanity, you're basically making evil Superman without a weakness to kryptonite. And even regular Superman WITH kryptonite is a pretty boring character, so I think you'll probably have a very hard time selling this one to the readers..
So how can you fix this? Well, if you want to keep with the theme of him being an uncaring vampire daywalker who has no qualms about killing whoever gets in his way, then you'll probably have to reduce his power level a bit, make him more vulnerable and, well.. "Human". Give him a conscience, make him work for his power, make sure he's placed in situations where he will struggle and grow. Start out with only enough power that he can successfully survive in his world, and build him up from there.
As an example, he could start out with only his half-blood powers and half of his physical strength, and have him thrown into a situation where that's barely enough and he has to fight for his life. He survives, barely, recovers after a while, and has to improve himself to avoid getting killed later as a result of that fight.
The way I progress my characters is kinda like a video game setting, you can occasionally surprise people with previously unseen powers, but for the most part the power has to be built from the ground up. Take Fenfen as an example, she began with nothing, a whimpering, crying, half naked mess in a snowy mountainside. Through the care of others, she grew quickly, learned magic and trained in physical combat, then was thrown into the world to prove herself. From there, she was forced into a situation where she lost control of her powers and almost got both herself and her friend killed, narrowly escaping the torch more by luck and accident than by her own will and strength. But at the same time, she also realized she was able to use other powers than most of her kind.
Your character has potential, but if he starts out with all these powers, you're gonna have a hard time catching and keeping people's interest. If you're careful, you can write a great story about a lowly half-blood who rose through the ranks and became a big-boy vampire. If you're not, you could lose all interest from your readers before you even begin.
All that said, vampires are a very difficult subject to write, and if you can pull it off, you'll be doing really well. Best of luck :)
Appearance wise, entirely reasonable looker, maybe a bit too thin for a tiger, but given his vampiric side I can gloss over that. Doesn't really have a lot of tiger about him in general, I would've perhaps added some pale stripes to his cheeks and markings down his tail to make sure the species is communicated properly. The wolf side could be brought out a bit more by making the base of his ears more fluffy and thick, and possibly giving him a bit of fluff around the jaw line towards the back (like Vix has). The outfit is alright, perhaps a bit stereotypical for a broody vampire though.
Now, for the actual character..
From the description, I feel like the character is.. Overpowered. He's essentially Blade, but with mind control powers, shape shifting, cleverness, immunity to bullets/swords, night vision, aura vision and super strength added on top.
On the flipside, his only weaknesses are that.. He has nightmares?
It's fun to make a character that has lots of abilities and can whoop ass, but when you're trying to write a story, the character has to first and foremost be relatable, in order for people to get invested in the story and its progression. If your character is a superhuman vampire with no real weaknesses and very low humanity, you're basically making evil Superman without a weakness to kryptonite. And even regular Superman WITH kryptonite is a pretty boring character, so I think you'll probably have a very hard time selling this one to the readers..
So how can you fix this? Well, if you want to keep with the theme of him being an uncaring vampire daywalker who has no qualms about killing whoever gets in his way, then you'll probably have to reduce his power level a bit, make him more vulnerable and, well.. "Human". Give him a conscience, make him work for his power, make sure he's placed in situations where he will struggle and grow. Start out with only enough power that he can successfully survive in his world, and build him up from there.
As an example, he could start out with only his half-blood powers and half of his physical strength, and have him thrown into a situation where that's barely enough and he has to fight for his life. He survives, barely, recovers after a while, and has to improve himself to avoid getting killed later as a result of that fight.
The way I progress my characters is kinda like a video game setting, you can occasionally surprise people with previously unseen powers, but for the most part the power has to be built from the ground up. Take Fenfen as an example, she began with nothing, a whimpering, crying, half naked mess in a snowy mountainside. Through the care of others, she grew quickly, learned magic and trained in physical combat, then was thrown into the world to prove herself. From there, she was forced into a situation where she lost control of her powers and almost got both herself and her friend killed, narrowly escaping the torch more by luck and accident than by her own will and strength. But at the same time, she also realized she was able to use other powers than most of her kind.
Your character has potential, but if he starts out with all these powers, you're gonna have a hard time catching and keeping people's interest. If you're careful, you can write a great story about a lowly half-blood who rose through the ranks and became a big-boy vampire. If you're not, you could lose all interest from your readers before you even begin.
All that said, vampires are a very difficult subject to write, and if you can pull it off, you'll be doing really well. Best of luck :)
Oh my goodness too many words X_x
Okay, I will take all of this into consideration. (In fact, he has a very long and very complicated story, and it needs to be lay out individually.). Thank you for having expressed your opinion, and thank you for being has wished me good luck = 3
Okay, I will take all of this into consideration. (In fact, he has a very long and very complicated story, and it needs to be lay out individually.). Thank you for having expressed your opinion, and thank you for being has wished me good luck = 3
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