What Is Your Go-To Main Character?

Normally, when you write a story, you would have to choose how you're going to present your main character, which is what I would like to discuss about for today's blogpost. The following are all my own thoughts and opinions, I just made this blogpost to provoke some comments and interactions. XD Feel free to comment about what kind of MC you write, I would like to hear about them!

So, getting straight to the point. Whenever I start on a story, my go-to character would be the 'top' of the relationship. Like say, Kyungsoo is the 'top' in my ChanSoo ship, so I'll naturally write in his POV in my ChanSoo fanfics. Another example is writing Kyuhyun as my MC for my KyuWook fics, where I prefer Kyuhyun 'topping'.

Getting the image? Okay. Moving along-

When it comes to their role, I would normally make my MC something like 'in the dark' character. It means that there are some things that the MC is unaware about, most of the time it revolves around their partner in the relationship. They are by no means naive, but they are indeed ignorant to certain things, depending on the concept of the story. (Ex: Not knowing their partner is in a Mafia, in a Mafia!AU fanfic.)

Tell me if I'm not making sense, yeah?

As for characteristics, it varies a lot most of the times. Depending on who I'm writing (Kyungsoo or Kyuhyun), their character will change accordingly. Also, their character traits will also vary depending on what kind of story I am writing.

There's nothing much that I can say here so I'll just skip to the next sub-topic!

In relationships, I tend to make my MC a partner who worries a lot for their significant other. They worry about their well being a lot, but they don't show it most of the time because they don't want to bother their partner too much. They will not cut in to help their partners unless they're asked to or if they're right there when it's happening and their partner cannot fight back at all. They would certainly have disagreements with their partners, but they will still try to understand where they're coming from and think in their mindset, if possible. They will not force anything upon their partner, and would always use the passive approach when it comes to intimacy. Oh, and they do get jealous when they see their partners with someone else. However, they will not go berserk upon seeing the scene, because they trust their partners and they also know that their partners are theirs for a reason, and it will be a while before something happens that might break them apart.

Make sense, right?

I think that is about it for my go-to MC. Aside from character traits and sometimes the roles, the rest are kind of the same usually: They are the 'top' in the relationship, and they're a huge softie when it comes to a relationship.

With that said, please comment below about what your go-to characters tend to be usually! I would like to know. :D

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MissMinew #1 Oct 26, 2018 18:18:56

I ... honestly don't know what my go-to MC is? XD
I like the mental disordered character which is very often written from the pov of person with the disorder rather the ones around them. That said, though, I do have a few main characters that are just watching in on a disordered friend and/or lover and those main characters are just as heartbreaking if not more. Not every main character of mine has a mental disorder, though.

I also change it up quite a bit, really. I thought I tended to write more Minseok as the main when I write Xiukai but I don't necessarily think that's true. Granted, I haven't written a lot but Jongin's pov often intrigues me and therefore I don't necessarily choose one of them over the other. It depends entirely on the story.
I have an unpublished project that's ChanKai and at first, when the idea came to me, it was clear that Chanyeol was the main character but it didn't feel right so I thought about it from Jongin's pov and everything made sense. So that's really how I choose the main character - whichever feels right and has a story to tell. >.<'

I think I write more Jinki when it comes to Onkey, though, because I don't write a lot of Kibum, really. Kibum is usually a difficult character for me to tap into because I absolutely despise the stereotypes surrounding him. The "mother", the "flamboyant gay", the "diva". I can't stand those and I don't ever want to portray my Kibum's as such. And it's easier for me to portray him as vulnerable and strong, beautiful, intelligent, talented and whole when I do it from Jinki's pov. That doesn't make sense TT It's true, though. Seeing Kibum from Jinki's eyes makes it easier to portray Kibum's character.

I do - however - write more Gwiboon than I write Eunsook because Gwiboon is a very strong character and she's very easy to portray as a strong, reliable, perhaps-a-bit-gossipy, loyal, fierce friend who knows her place in this world. Whereas Eunsook is often a lot softer.

So I write more Gwiboon than I do Kibum but I tend to favour Jinki over Eunsook, lmao.

When it comes to relationships, I also think my main characters handle it very differently. Some of them aren't very good at relationships, some are very caring, some likes to tease a little more. Some of my relationship-stories are ridiculously fluffy and the main characters in those are often very caring, very loving. Some of my stories tap into more ... reality, perhaps? They tend to be a little more flawed. I do like a caring partner in a relationship and I want to portray that but sometimes I also want ... the bad? I don't know TT

When it comes to writing criminals I think my characters often share the same, though - the insanity and the complete disregard for human life. How they get there is one thing, but they usually end up there nonetheless. It's usually not a secret, though, that the reader has to figure out somehow - it's more of a "here i am and yes, i'm that bastard".
(Although, sometimes my crime stories are written from the non-criminal character's pov and then detective work has to happen).

All in all, I'd like to explore different kind of characters and pov's and I'm sure there are many similarities to my characters that I just don't know yet, but when I choose who is my main character - I completely go with what feels right. Because if it feels wrong, the story rarely ever reaches 500 words. c_c