Ooh I like this! I'm not sure that all of my characters have traits of mine, but I can say the ones that do are definitely more entertaining to write!
Bella was given my impulsiveness. I don't make the same dangerous and life-changing decisions that she did, but I have a really hard time stopping myself from doing something (or worse, buying something) if I decide I want to in that moment.
Charity is based less off me, but more on my experience working with elementary-aged children in the aftercare program. Kids these days are really knowledgeable and sometimes too knowledgeable, leading to this scary quality where nothing seems to phase them. They try to act like grownups even if they don't have the emotional capacity to, because that's what they're exposed to.
Dionisia has my job struggles. Neither of us finished a higher level of education but define ourselves by our jobs, so there's that struggle of wanting to "better ourselves" despite not having the means to.
Edric has my pessimistic skepticism rooted in my fear of disappointment.
Finnian has my unfiltered goofiness. When I get close enough to someone to where I don't fear their judgment, I am a total clown.
Frida has my emphasis on patience. As a preschool teacher I always get comments on how I "must have so much patience!", and I guess it manifested in Frida from early on.
Handsome was made right before my seventeenth birthday and, like me, struggled to figure out where his place in the world was. I think we still followed each other in the end because we're both in jobs we like, but know we COULD be happier.
Helga has my sociability. I'm not sure why, but I think it I was suddenly a Victorian I'd be a lot like Helga. She less like me and more like how I think I would have ended up if I was raised in that era.
Holly was given my childhood problem of making meaningful relationships.
— set by MJ <3 —
Bella was given my impulsiveness. I don't make the same dangerous and life-changing decisions that she did, but I have a really hard time stopping myself from doing something (or worse, buying something) if I decide I want to in that moment.
Charity is based less off me, but more on my experience working with elementary-aged children in the aftercare program. Kids these days are really knowledgeable and sometimes too knowledgeable, leading to this scary quality where nothing seems to phase them. They try to act like grownups even if they don't have the emotional capacity to, because that's what they're exposed to.
Dionisia has my job struggles. Neither of us finished a higher level of education but define ourselves by our jobs, so there's that struggle of wanting to "better ourselves" despite not having the means to.
Edric has my pessimistic skepticism rooted in my fear of disappointment.
Finnian has my unfiltered goofiness. When I get close enough to someone to where I don't fear their judgment, I am a total clown.
Frida has my emphasis on patience. As a preschool teacher I always get comments on how I "must have so much patience!", and I guess it manifested in Frida from early on.
Handsome was made right before my seventeenth birthday and, like me, struggled to figure out where his place in the world was. I think we still followed each other in the end because we're both in jobs we like, but know we COULD be happier.
Helga has my sociability. I'm not sure why, but I think it I was suddenly a Victorian I'd be a lot like Helga. She less like me and more like how I think I would have ended up if I was raised in that era.
Holly was given my childhood problem of making meaningful relationships.
— set by MJ <3 —