How to write HEROIC TRAITS AND THEIR FAULTS
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Accepting – too accepting; willing to excuse extreme behavior
Adaptable – used to traveling from situation to situation; may not be able to fully adapt/live in a permanent situation
Affable – accidentally befriends the wrong sort of people; pushes to befriend everyone
Affectionate –inappropriate affection
Alert – constantly on edge; paranoid
Altruistic – self-destructive behavior for the sake of their Cause
Apologetic – apologizes too much; is a doormat; guilt-ridden
Aspiring – becomes very ambitious; ruthless in their attempts to reach goals
Assertive – misunderstood as aggressive; actually aggressive; others react negatively when they take command all the time
Athletic – joints weakened from exercise; performance-enhancing drug abuse; competitive
Brave – engages in risky behavior; exposes others to risky situations
Busy – overworked; no time for play
Calm – do not want their sense of security disturbed; turn a blind eye
Carefree – apathetic about life; naïve
Careful – paranoid
Charismatic – uses their charm for evil; convinces people to do questionable things; gains an unexpected cult following
Complex –difficult for others to understand and/or get close to
Confident – arrogant
Cooperative – submissive
Creative – lazy; procrastinator
Cultured – arrogant; elitist
Curious – sticks their nose where it doesn’t belong
Dainty – delicate; easily broken
Decisive – refuses to change their mind
Dedicated – dogmatic
Determined – refuses to recognize a no-win scenario
Diligent – perfectionist; neat freak
Disciplined – by-the-book; need standards
Dramatic – overdramatic; no one takes them seriously; see life as a game
Dreamy – cannot focus on the present; thinks only in abstract
Dry – negative; smartass
Eager – hyperactive; refuse to follow through; blindly rushes through actions
Eccentric – not understood by others; strange; cannot socialize; cannot read body language
Empathetic – bleeding heart; try to humanize everything
Fair – value justice over mercy
Fierce – violent
Flirty – flirts with the wrong people; make unwanted advances
Forgiving – forgives everyone, no matter how bad they are
Funny – not taken seriously; sad on the inside (several famous comedians have been suicidal); eager to please
Generous – gives everything away; thinks nothing for themselves
Gentle – patronizing; over-forgiving; naïve
Gifted – fear others will surpass their abilities; arrogant; ambitious
Good – NEVER USE THE WORD “GOOD” WHEN DESCRIBING A CHARACTER. USE ETHICAL OR MORAL OR NICE, BUT DON’T USE GOOD. The moment you use “good” is the moment you have decided your story is black and white and that is BAD
Hardworking – works too hard; doesn’t get enough credit for their work; taken advantage of; forgets to take care of self
Honest – blunt; tells truths that hurt others; cannot keep secrets
Honorable –honors all promises, even the stupid ones; by-the-book; studious
Humble – refuses to take credit for work; dislikes attention
Idealistic – naïve; cannot see evil motives or fault in others
Independent – does not play well with others; withdrawn; dislikes authority
Intelligent – arrogant; does not listen to others’ ideas; depressed
Loyal – overwhelmed with responsibilities they feel they need to honor; does not see faults in what or who they are loyal to; taken advantage of
Lucky – relies on their luck to get them through situations instead of working it out themselves
Mature – arrogant; condescending; patronizing
Mysterious – unknowable; isolated; unsociable
Obedient – obeys stupid commands
Observant – pick up on negative body and language cues faster than others; perceives others to have extreme emotions
Opinionated – speaks at inappropriate times; alienates others with radical views
Optimistic – refuses to acknowledge defeat
Organized –perfectionist; neat freak; cannot function amidst disorder
Patient – waits too long; inactive; passive
Perfectionist – obsessive disorders; take a long time; never satisfied with their work
Playful – don’t take life seriously; inappropriately try to make light of a serious situation; not taken seriously
Powerful – absolute power corrupts absolutely
Productive – rushes through things; envied by coworkers; nerdy; perceived as sucking up to the boss
Protective – over-protective; paranoid; possessive
Proud – arrogant; unwilling to accept help; headstrong
Rebellious – resents authority; uncooperative; temperamental; represents a defunct or incorrect ideal
Regretful – spends too much time in the past; sad; avoids situations like the one they regret
Reserved – bottles up feelings; unsociable; difficult to understand; reluctant to tell secrets
Restless – unfocused; cannot follow through; has a history of moving and/or many short relationships
Romantic – cheesy; enslaved to their partner
Selfless – refuses to think of self; suicidal; self-destructive
Sensitive – over analytical; perceives things that aren’t there
Sentimental – saves everything; vomits emotions; tells everyone, even when in appropriate, about the object of their sentiment
Simple – want yes/no answers; turn away from complex problems; passive
Strong – fears being seen as weak; bullying; compensates for or hides weaknesses; refuses to acknowledge weaknesses
Suave – manipulative; untrustworthy
Successful – fears losing success; paranoid; ruthless; hates or fears competitors; arrogant; descends into self-aggrandizement; decadent
Tactful – tells white lies; despises revealing information; unwilling to give up secrets; waits for the appropriate moment
Tender – cannot make hard choices; bleeding heart; unwilling to injure or hurt others
Thoughtful – under-appreciation can make them bitter; sensitive; over-attentive
Wise – perfectionists; people expect them to be right always; fears giving the wrong advice; have doubts
Witty – cannot take things seriously; offends others; thinks they are funnier than they actually are
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