TFA characters and weaknesses

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
What would all of you say each character's biggest flaw is? I want to mature as a writer and have more depth, but I'm clueless. Halp!

Re: TFA characters and weaknesses

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I don't think we were given enough characterization in the movie to determine weaknesses for most of the new characters.

Re: irl professions

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
HAHA, Eduardo as a children's librarian. I can't wait to read this, thank you!

Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Bunch of coddled ones here that's for sure

So an official gay character, eh?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Thoughts, meme?
Link: http://www.newnownext.com/star-wars-gay-abrams/02/2016/

(Apologies if this has already been discussed. Don't have much interest in plodding through the tedious wankfest to discover I'm being redundant)

Re: Checking Up on Fills

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
I look at the fills post a lot and I make an effort to comment on people who post in old rounds because bless their hearts. Round one fillers (especially the person who filled my round one prompt even when round 3 was happening) are just the best!

Re: So an official gay character, eh?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
He's said something similar before, and the same goes for casting different races, but I'm betting it's either going to be one of the new characters or someone in the spin off movies, since it wasn't specific whether it'd be in the main series or something like Rogue One.

I know people in fandom have already run with it as evidence that Poe is gay, but as much as I would like that to be true, I don't think it will be.

Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yup. Gen, Millicent prompts are around.

Benefit of the doubt, prompters probably expect Hux to be in it but not spotlighted or from his POV.

Re: So an official gay character, eh?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
It's nothing official, just him saying that he would like to include gay characters and thinks they exist in the SW universe. His actual quote:

By Abrams’ logic, the sprawling Star Wars universe couldn’t possibly exist without a gay populace—even if we haven’t seen a single character identified as gay thus far. “I would love it,” he said. “To me, the fun of Star Wars is the glory of possibility. So it seems insanely narrow-minded and counterintuitive to say that there wouldn’t be a homosexual character in that world.”

So, really, nothing confirmed or official, just him saying it could happen.

Re: So an official gay character, eh?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
This. I'll take it as official once it's actually in a movie.

Re: So an official gay character, eh?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
It's probably still Phasma. There was an article about a year ago announcing she was intended to be a lesbian, but the majority of the fandom missed it.

It would be nice if Abrams included even more LGBT characters, of course and I hope that's what he is suggesting.

Re: So an official gay character, eh?

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
I take anything J.J. Abrams says with a grain of salt. I like him and his movies and tv shows, but he's the type of person who has huge ideas that never end up happening because he either gets bored and moves on to the next thing or they somehow fall to the wayside.

Re: TFA characters and weaknesses

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
tbh i think there's a lot of great characterization in "before the awakening" that the movie kind of side-steps.

for instance, in the book rey's biggest flaw, which she identifies herself, is that she trusts people. especially given the environment she's living in - she shouldn't, she doesn't want to, but she does it anyway.

i would say that for finn his biggest flaw is his empathy, maybe? it definitely didn't serve him well in the first order and i could see some conflict coming up around how cutthroat the resistance has to be in order to survive.

Re: TFA characters and weaknesses

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
And from the same novel, Poe's biggest weakness is that he's headstrong and takes unnecessary risks.

Re: irl professions

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
I work for a film festival! I do fundraising, but I do get to get sneak previews of good things and hear a lot of buzz about what's coming out. Every once in a while I get to meet an actor or actress that I'm super into, too.

Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
I have never, ever seen such wank on another kinkmeme. The mods do a fine job imo but literally every two page there's a horribly nasty comment to start a fight.
I don't know why this kinkmeme is so bad - hannibalkinkmeme was perfectly fine most days and I'm guessing it had more or less the same kind of readers (tumblr bloggers etc).
It's really discouraging when you see a prompt being derailed too, especially if it's yours or if you were interested in filling it.

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I don't understand why the mods don't delete the comments instead of screening them or posting a warning.

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
I think the average age for this fandom is a lot younger than Hannibal fandom.

Re: irl professions

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
By day I teach English as a second language to adults, by night I'm a fitness/martial arts instructor (also to adults). I like them both a lot!

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think age has anything to do with wank. People will start shit for no reason at any age, especially when they can be anonymous.

I think there's more wank because more people here rise to the bait.

Re: irl professions

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Maus is excellent.

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not saying it's causation, I'm just pointing out that it's a difference because the OP said the populations are likely similar. People in this kink meme are younger and wank more, not necessarily younger and hence wank more.

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe, but it's more guessing because there's really no way to know if they're younger.

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm trying to find a similar fandom - maybe the sherlockkinkmeme? I only remember occasional wank, whereas there was plenty on tumblr.

Re: Feel sorry for the mods Re: round 4

(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm very confident in my guess, not even just based on the content of the meme but also based on the content of the canon.