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When creating a character, there’s a lot of questions you ask yourself. Whether it’s an original character or one you’ve been playing for a long time, using a character sheet to get to know your character better can always be a nice idea. With it’s help, you’ll be able to think about things you didn’t necesarily thought about, and ask some important questions to yourself that might activate your character’s voice, or help you to get your muse back with them. Everyone has their favorite character sheets, some people prefer to have a lot of questions, some others like it a bit more vague, so here’s a masterlist of the character sheets I found on various websites and found quite interesting, plus some other things that could be used to help you see, for example, how other character view yours. 

Blank Character Sheet (+370 Questions)

Abridged Character Sheet (100 Questions)

Big-Ass Character Sheet

Character Creation Form

Character Sheet by Jody Hedlund

Creating a character Bio Sheet

Character Analysis Worksheet

100 Character Development questions for writers

Create a Character Profile

Character Development Worksheet

Original Character Bio-Sheet

Character Chart for Fiction Writers

A Character Chart By Charlotte Dillon

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Detailed Character Sheet

Character Sheet Template

Character Twenty-Question Worksheet

In-Depth Character Sheet

Character Worksheet

Character Interview Sheet (First Person)

Background Questionnaire (First Person)

Characters Perceptions (How do other people perceive your character?)

With these sheets, you could also try to find your character’s Jung and Enneagram Type or use the Moral Alignment tool. All of these things can be really useful to get a better grip on a character.

Then, if you’re trying to create a character, and do not have many ideas, or get stuck, I’d suggest for you to roam around TVTropes, which gives you a lot of tropes used for character creation. Maybe you could try to mix a few of these and create an original character?

Or, if you’re a skillful writer and know how to make your character different from another, make a list of characters in fiction you happen to find interesting and why. Try to keep it short. Then, maybe, try to mix and match things from two or three characters, take a character and change their backstory, to see what would change. Play with them to inspire yourself and create something new, original and truly yours.

Oh, and here’s a little guide to Mary-Sues and OCs, just in case you want to make sure your character isn’t going to become a Mary-Sue or a Gary-Stu

Tim forgiving Rachel for ghosting him, agreeing to be friends with one another, not needing closure...

This is EXACTLY what he's not able to do with Lucy.

Of course he can do it with Rachel (he reminds her he doesn't even need it, it doesn't factor into his life even if they do keep seeing each other around) BECAUSE RACHEL DOESN'T MATTER TO HIM LIKE LUCY DOES.

All the things Rachel said - closure, friendship, forgiveness... Chenford haven't managed to do that yet. They look like they're friends, but the only time we saw them outside work together at the food trucks, they nearly died of mortification when Nolan left them on their own. The very things Rachel got so easily, they can't get to because it's too important to do wrong, and they're frozen in their pre-relationship work collegiality.

If Tim could give Lucy that honest conversation; if Lucy could trust him enough to let her guard back down; if they could both acknowledge the hurt and find a way to build a bridge, then we might be getting somewhere. But they're gonna need some sort of shake up for that to happen.

And (thank all the goddesses) I'm excited to see that come down the line, however it rolls out!

Ooh a Friday Night Lights question and about Matt no less, one of my faves. I thought the show did a wonderful job showing Matt and his struggles, I mean this sort of encapsulates his character

and you see his maturity particularly in relation to Julie who has the “luxury” or the privilege of a normal adolescent life, which Matt does not and a great example of this is when his father does return and they have this conversation

because Julie has a kind of typical teenage response to his problem

but Matt doesn’t

and then you know there are the episodes where you see how much love there is between him and his grandmother

but it’s difficult looking after by himself as a teenager

and when he tries to do teenage things like go on a date or meet Julie at the library, taking care of her and his adult responsibilities interfere directly with that

and you know in the beginning of the relationship he made some mistakes with Julie but for the most part, he’s been understanding and he’s been accommodating and he’s been a great boyfriend and she essentially leaves him because she got restless with his stability

and he has a father who just genuinely just doesn’t want to be in Dillon with his son

and then he had a father figure in Eric who gives him the encouragement and affection

he doesn’t get from his own father

who also left the team and therefore him and his mother left when he was a child and then Carlotta goes back to Guatemala and then you know even on the field, he’s not Jason Street and then Voodoo comes and he has to compete for his spot and then that new quarterback kid I forget his name comes and takes his spot, there is this relentless feeling of being second best and/or not good enough that Matt both exhibits the heartbreak of in a few moments but mostly represses because he doesn’t like feeling negative emotions,

and he also wants to be there for his grandmother so yeah, there’s going to be a final straw and it’s going to come out it in some kind of release, I think it makes absolute sense that it comes out through him drinking and having an attitude

because he’s tired but most of all he’s sad which is what that scene really conveys, he’s just really, really sad

Matt is a beautifully written and portrayed character and I rarely get defensive of characters but I would get defensive of him.

I don’t particularly like Julie as an individual character but I love her relationship with Matt, they’re adorable

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I am so incredibly pleased to officially announce the much anticipated return of Chenford Week!

This annual fandom celebration for Tim and Lucy will begin on Thursday, October 3rd and run through Sunday, October 6th! And while the 2024 event may not run as long as the event has in years past, there is something for everyone!

Using the tag #chenfordweek24 you can share all of your creations for the fandom to enjoy! From fanfics and edits, to mood boards and playlists, the fandom would love to see it all! Just don't forget to add your fics to the Chenford Week 2024 collection on AO3 which will open the first day!

Please reblog to help spread the word. Also, keep an eye out, for in 2025 the celebration will return to its original week in July! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate in sending me an ask!

It's finally here!!! Hello and welcome to Chenford Spooktacular 2024, where we are not only celebrating our beloved ship but also the fall and Halloween season! This special event will begin on Saturday, October 26th, and run for seven days before coming to an end on Friday, November 1st. 

During these seven days, you will find two fall and two halloween themed prompts (see the graphic above or click the read more line below) that you are more than welcome to mix-and-match or just use one prompt, it's completely up to you! Using the tag #chenfordspooktacular24, you can post a multitude of different forms of media (fics, gifs, edits, moodboards, etc.) as long as it's within the realms of the prompts!

That's it! If you feel so inclined, reblog to spread the word. Otherwise, have fun, and don't forget to add your amazing fanfics to the Chenford Spooktacular 2024 event on AO3 which will open the first day! If we've forgotten something or should you have any questions, please drop us an ask!

And on top of that I don't want her reduced to be 1/2 of Chenford. With that in mind I NEED A HELL LOT OF MORE LUCY'S OWN PLOTS.

The crazy thing is they put Lucy through SO much and do so little with it (DOD, Jackson, deciding to do UC work and all the implications of that FOR HER (not Tim), the bio dad SL, Rosalind’s return, the detective exam / her generally stalled career, dating her superior in a male-dominated job, being [brutally] dumped, Tamara moving out, a near fatal shooting resulting from a high risk decision she made, etc etc).

“Brace yourselves”

*boards up windows

Honestly if he was a TO without getting a golden ticket, I would’ve been fine with it. But nooooo the “main character” has to get the golden ticket. He’s doing a terrible job as a TO but he still gets praised. He gets praised for disrespecting orders too. He gets treated as an equal to Tim, Nyla and Angela. That in itself is wild considering that Lucy and Aaron are closer to being his equal.

I missed Jackson so much this season, mainly because I feel like Lucy has no support. I feel like she has had so many hits this season, one after another, but we barely know how she is dealing with any of that. (Lazy/poor writing-we don’t have time for that because we have to follow Monica around for 2 fucking episodes and a crazy slew of non relevant bad guys, instead 🙄). I feel like she has been so isolated and feel like none of the other characters seem to give a shit about the hits she took (Looking at Nolan, Angela and Nyla). Each story and hit was just dropped and never acknowledged again (again poor writing). She got teased by the entire station, 17th in detective’s exam (probably due to being blocked by Primm), she shot someone (that dude alive or dead, anyone know?-it’s like it never happened), Tim dumps her (anyone ask how she is, no, we rally around Tim instead).

Instead Melissa has to defend in an interview that she other friends outside of work.

In his interviews, Alexi kept mentioning S1, how Lucy was with Nolan and they made it clear even back then that female cops in relationships with other cops will pay the price with their career. And he said that they can't just ignore that now, that would be a 'cop out' (heh).

So is all of this - Lucy's current predicament - just because they're being stubborn and sticking to what they wrote 7 years ago?

Or are they saying to the shippers, ok you can have chenford but it will cost you Lucy's career? (Except right now we have neither 😫)

Also if it's such a big issue for women cops, why not devote a couple episodes to it? Call it out and how unfair it is and try to fix the system, instead of just being resigned to it because that's just how it is.

(and yes I know Lucy made it a little worse than just dating a fellow cop with her 5 player trade but still. If she was a guy it probably wouldn't have mattered.)

Obviously one of Lucy's strongest character traits is her empathy. She's kind and understanding and often validating others emotions. But like in this episode and 2x12 (I can't remember if there's others) she talks very clinical about herself and her own emotions. And other times she seemingly gets over things quickly (not really but seemingly to the other characters). I wonder if that has something to do with her parents, maybe treating her like a patient instead of a kid when she got upset so she does it to herself? Her being so in tuned to how others are feeling yet sometimes shutting down about her own feelings (2x12 to nyla, kinda with jackson in 2x17, struggled with the dad thing in 4x14, 6x04 there's probably others).