Fiction and Fantasy

Tag: Characters

  • Why People Hate Mary Sues

    She’s perfect. She always says the right things at the right times, people can’t stop gushing over her, and she never does anything wrong. She makes everybody look bad, but she feels plastic, fake. You’re sure her life is secretly a mess, but she’ll never show it. To her, everything seems easy, effortless. She never…

  • Type Casting: Roy Mustang

    Some characters are so well-written that they seem life-like. But how would these realistic characters stand up to real-life personality typing? It’s time to put the Enneagram back to the test by gauging characters’ personality types based on their core drives and greatest fears. Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters The remainder of this…

  • Top 10 Anime Girls

    A few weeks ago I told you my Top 10 Anime Guys, but what about my Top 10 favorite girls in anime? (I’m keeping it fair by limiting it to only one character per show!) 10. Professor Ursula (Little Witch Academia) Little Witch Academia, 2013 Trigger; screenshot from Netflix She’s quirky, she’s a little goofy,…

  • Top 10 Anime Guys

    There are so many incredible guys in the world of anime. Here’s my personal Top 10. (But only one character per show, or else half the list would be from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.) 10. Jin Ohtomo (Tokyo Ravens) Tokyo Ravens, 2013-2014 8-Bit; screenshot from Funimation He may not be one of the main characters in…

  • Type Casting: Katuski Bakugo

    Some characters are so well-written that they seem life-like. But how would these “realistic” characters stand up to real-life personality typing? It’s time to put the Enneagram back to the test, gauging characters’ personality types based on their core drives and greatest fears. Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters The remainder of this post…

  • Parentage and Family History: Bane or Boon?

    This post will contain spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi You have been warned. YouTube 2018 Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the first new Star Wars film in a decade, so it came as little surprise when fans began feverishly theorizing about every question the film raised. Thousands of Star Wars theories flooded…

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