for some direction with character development, I'm trying to pin down some, like, typologies and alignments and other things with Categories and Labels, to use to both explore the supposed personality traits and world-views and behaviours of those who fit That Type (i.e. when I read about a supposed Scorpio vs Capricorn, while trying to decide Tammy's bday, the Capricorn's traits resonated more with her vibes and my vision for her) and then to just be able to create a simplified reference list so if ppl are familiar with MBTI types, Enneagram, TTRPG Moral Alignments, Astrology, etc, they can get a quick idea from seeing those labels listed.
i used to have a whole bunch of these sorts of things saved, but that was about 10 years ago and it's all been lost to time and slipped from my memory. so where i'm at right now is just trying to recompile a list of a few reasonably common categories to look into and think abt and see what's useful for me to keep in my character development toolkit
the list is going under a read more so it'll be up to date whenever someone clicks to read it (if that's still how read mores work...?) and i am very very very open to and encouraging any suggestions* anyone may have, please and thanks!!
*barring anything HP/Rowling related, or even some of the other YA lit groupings ppl used to plaster all over the place -Hunger Games districts, the cabins/gods from Percy Jackson, whatever the hell was going on in Divergent idk I never really paid attention to that one, etc
DEFINITELY USING
Astrology (I tend to limit it to Sun, Moon & Ascendant when creating a birth chart for OCs, because it's VERY hard to try to line up the exact date/time and land on a sign that Fits Just Right the more planets you start to add onto the chart)
MBTI type
Moral Alignment (Good, Evil, Neutral, Lawful, Chaotic - with the understanding that it's fluid and flexible, that these things are what generally guide the character's decisions but there will be times they 'break type' - and also with my personal spin where it's less Hard&Fast Good v Evil and more like....selfless vs selfish, and other dichotomies like that, as opposed to an Inherent Incurable Evil lol)
I KNOW IT EXISTS, LET ME (RE)LOOK INTO IT
Enneagram (iirc this one never quite made sense to me but who knows)
idk what it's called... it was based on the Four Humors or something? Choleric, Phlegmatic, blah blah
IT'S JUST NOT FOR ME
the aforementioned YA lit factions & other such things
Tarot (PROBABLY. I think it's rad as hell and endlessly interesting but it just seems like A Lot, probably Too Much for me to be doing for general OC development across the board)
Love Languages (used to be a fan and then i learned how it originated and why and it just doesn't reaaallly sit right with me. also like lol we all give and receive love in many different ways with different people and just putting in a tiny bit of time and effort to communicate and show compassion in how you express the love you aim to give and accept the love people are hoping you will receive from you is like….basic. not always EASY. but it's doable, why we gotta pigeonhole LOVE and RESPECT and AFFECTION sdfdsfjk)
Pokemon - what type the OC would be as a pokemon, or who they'd have on their team. I have straight up NEVER played any pokemon games and only watched a tiny bit of the 90s cartoon a few times so while i think it's cool at a distance it's just not something im jumping into for the sake of casual character development lol
NOT EXACTLY THE SAME THING, BUT ALSO AIMING TO INCLUDE (for the VIBES~)
a core colour / palette
some sort of animal / plant / mineral symbolism
maybe they can get a hypothetical D&D class for funsies
i always think the whole 'characters that inspired this OC / other characters from media my OC is like' is really cool and fun but it's not necessarily an approach i often take when creating characters so it's always been kinda hard to do it?
???
fuck it, maybe i'll give them all maladaptive schemas and modes bc i fckn love schema therapy, mb i'll find some of their weaknesses that way hmmm
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