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Bulu

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I like art and writing.

Guys when I say I hate archetypes I don't mean I hate certain types of characters, I mean I hate the way archetypes make people's minds immediately characterize a character wholly through one trait associated with a certain archetype. For example, if I say one of my characters is hopeful, they've flattened Asaye into the positive, optimistic, cheery archetype. If I say a (especially female) character is strong, they've flattened Neima into the hot-headed, stubborn, scary, aggressive archetype. If I say a character is socially anxious or soft, they've flattened Halaesa into the damsel in distress, constantly stuttering, naive, always blushing archetype often used as a romantic plot device. If I say a character is weak, they've flattened Syelan into the fragile, sensitive, emotionally expressive, helpless, incompetent archetype. If I say a character is detached, they've flattened Dakivi into the cold, stoic, brooding, never-talks-to-anyone archetype.

I'm not saying these archetypes are bad, I'm just saying I hate that media literacy is so low that people immediately default to popular tropes when they see a certain trait in a character instead of seeing the character as they are. They say they want complex characters, but they can't comprehend any kind of complexity that's not an already popular pattern