#rich characters

Hi Anon,

Here are some IFs with rich MC's. However, if anyone has any recommendations for this genre, please feel free to let us know and we’ll add it to the list.

Completed:

A Kiss From Death by William Loman

Blood Money, Creme de la Creme by @hpowellsmith

MetaHuman Inc. by Paul Gresty

Demos:

A Tale of Crowns by @ataleofcrowns

Checkmate in 3 Moves by @checkmatein3moves

Crimson Rose and White Lily by @manonamora-if

Detectives of Willborne by @detectives-of-willborne-if

Golden by @milaswriting

Hollowed Minds by @shai-manahan

Morning Star by @nacregames

Royal Affairs by @hpowellsmith

All of these beautiful gifs (unless stated otherwise) were made by the awesome @falcatrecon​ and @warlockwriter​! Thanks for letting me use them!

The album: Sleeping At Last - Atlas (Space)

  Starting off with one of my- oh who am I kidding, my personal favorite:

“Sun”: Sam (3 Blind Saints)

  “Mercury”: Lex (The Agency)

  “Venus”: Dave (Dave’s Blind Date)

  “Earth”: Gabriel (Supernatural) (specifically s5)

(Gif by @amynagata​)

  “Moon”: Griff Krenshaw (The Evil Gene)

  “Mars”: Warren H. “Skip” Muck (Band of Brothers)

(Gif by @lyselkatzfandomluvs​, who apparently got here long before I did!)

  “Jupiter”: Roger (Driven)

  “Saturn”: James (Open Water 2: Adrift)

  “Uranus”: Bill Koehler (Jericho)

  Because he just had to have two:

“Neptune”: Gabriel (Supernatural) (specifically s13)

(Gif by @astralgabriel​)

  And finally, one of my other dear, dear darlings, who also started this:

“Pluto”: Dean Ellis (Life)

that’s a bit of a pickle anon.

for one thing i’d probably skip the charity part because we’re already heavily conditioned to the ~philanthropist~ charity donations we see irl so i’d probably have them like just directly walking down the street and giving people a wad of cash, or like going through and paying people’s bail, or paying people’s cashapps past what’s been requested or just like idk. walking into a hospital and paying every single person’s owed bill. or like buying houses for homeless people idk. 

really like, i suppose really exaggerate the rich character’s actions. like you see those posts where like x billionaire could end world hunger and stop the war in yemen and buy every single individual in x country a house at x price? do that. really make the disparity between your rich character and the idolised rich people/characters really really obvious.

make people go ‘holy shit. they’re actually making a difference, imagine if rl rich people did this’. 

if it’s possible, i’d also adjust the rich characters’ background so that they come from a working class background and say, were adopted by a billionaire and then inherited a lot of that wealth, which they’re using to make everyone’s lives better.

also like, don’t have them live a ridiculous rich-filled, exotic animals as pets, solid gold toilet seats kind of life. that kind of lifestyle really contradicts a message of like. caring about other people in any way.

don’t be scared to have the rich character/s face genuine criticism, and the criticism can even be done in a very angry way, but they also need to inevitably accept that they were in the wrong too, and that they are not superior morally or otherwise simply for being rich.

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Just because she is rich doesn’t mean she has to be cold, materialistic, haughty, or narcissistic. Those 4 characteristics are negative on their own, and while you might be able to work with one of them and balance it with good characteristics, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to make a likable character that has all 4 of them. 

It’s hard for me to make suggestions when I don’t know the premise or the age of your character, but take each characteristic you want to give her and explore how you can change it. Stay away from stereotypes. Most stereotypical rich girls are materialistic and they know it. They flaunt their labels and their connections. So what about a materialistic character that doesn’t know it? She thinks she’s humble because she doesn’t brag about what she has, but the second something immaterial is taken from her (her favorite purse, her expensive cell phone, some jewelry), she falls apart, and she comes to the sudden realization that maybe she is materialistic after all. Now what does she do?

Also, don't make her wealth the defining aspect of her personality. Think of other personality traits that have nothing to do with money. What about her relationships with her friends and her family? What about her skills and talents? Is she insecure? Does she have a direction in life? Does she know where she's going? 

Her wealth may factor in to how she was raised and perhaps how she sees the world, but there will be other influences in her life as well that define her. Above all, examine how she treats people. Most readers will forgive even the worst character flaws if that character treats people kindly and with respect. There is also nothing wrong with showing your character humbled. It’s what great character growth is made of. Sometimes the only way they can grow is to know what it’s like to feel small. 

Oh, and watch Clueless. Cher is a much better inspiration than Regina George.

Good luck!