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Concerning Aleit~

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January 27, 2010 - 7:34am — arrowdoe
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I don't know what to do.
Whenever life is going great for me, it always sucks for Aleit.
More recently, he just saw someone he's cared about very deeply for a long time.
But it's awkward. He can't get it out.
It's in there.
It's in me.

I told myself that I'd never let my characters influence my personality.
But... Aleit got to me.
He's the only deer I can sit around and doodle on a sketchpad and not feel like I have to make him look good.
He just is.
He's still that lovable fluff of boyish fur that I brought with me when I came here.
He's still the same young boy that I have loved since my time here began...
I still cry myself to sleep over him and his friends.
What happens here... affects me.

I want him to be happy and have a fun time in this forest...
but I can't give it to him anymore.
He's not a fawn anymore.
Aleit is a full grown stag with a heart of gold and I can't help him anymore.

What's the best advice you can give to a suffering character...?
Hopefully you'll put it both ways.

EDIT; I guess I wasn't very clear. What would you do if your character was suffering, rather hurting, the way Aleit is?

I don't know what to do anymore...
January 27, 2010 - 7:39am — Shiori
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Sadly, I have little advice

Sadly, I have little advice on the matter...but I know exactly how you're feeling ^^' If someone does come up with something I'd love to hear it myself XD
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January 27, 2010 - 7:53am — Kaoori
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i wish I could help you. :/

i wish I could help you. :/
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January 28, 2010 - 2:47am — Verycrazygirl
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Keep him close to you, the

Keep him close to you, the relationship between player and deer can very well be beautiful.

Hmmm, we don't have any love advice being very unsuccessful ourselves, eh, perhaps patience is the key - Aleit is still young and has much experience yet to attain. Let him learn what it's like to love, and learn whatever happens with it. It will deepen him as a character - he'll learn, and he'll have his friends behind him all the way.

Depression like this is something that heals.

Hope this made sense, it's early here.

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The closest Vir and I have to Aleit's place...
Well, the loved one is dead, and I don't think it will ever heal. So... Eh...
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January 28, 2010 - 2:51am — arrowdoe
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Thanks VCG

Thanks VCG <3
I guess I've just never been through this with any of my characters, so I don't know what I should do.
FFF I try too hard to make everything better.
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January 28, 2010 - 3:14am — Seed
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My advice would be to embrace

My advice would be to embrace it: it's what I do when Seed is hurting. I throw myself into his heart and try to do my best to capture his feelings. And yeah: it leaves me crying. It wears me out. But...I also love to watch him grow through that pain, and become a fuller character. I find that if I don't fight the hurt, it passes from him quicker, and I walk away feeling very bright and clean, like my soul's been scrubbed somewhere deep inside. Don't try and protect him.

Uncle Seed sends his love, and will be sure to give Aleit nuzzles to the fifth if he runs into him.

...also, I have found that when I embrace Seed's pain, it really turns on the writer in me. His angst is both sincerely painful and sincerely delicious. It's like icecream, but made of his tears :3...I'm not sure how I achieve that balance, but I do.
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January 28, 2010 - 3:36am — arrowdoe
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Thank you, Seed, I'll try

Thank you, Seed, I'll try that <3

Aleit welcomes his company like you wouldn't believe ^^

Teary Icecream? Sounds salty... but I liked how you put that ^^
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January 28, 2010 - 3:39am — Seed
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XD Sure, break my metaphor.

XD Sure, break my metaphor. Maybe the tears are the sprinkles on the sundae of melancholy or something.

Seed feels likewise: he never feels the world is more perfect than when he's with a member of his close circle of very tight friends and family.
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January 28, 2010 - 3:44am — arrowdoe
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Sorry xD x(

Sorry xD <333

This is going to work. I know it is.

Oh, and sorry if Aleit doesn't nuzzle you or sniff you or anything =P
I can't get my nuzzle/sniff buttons to work >x(
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January 28, 2010 - 3:46am — Seed
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Try clicking the ground. That

Try clicking the ground. That happens to me a lot.
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January 28, 2010 - 4:02am — Alecsander
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I tried something new. I

I tried something new.

I freely admit that it came depressing to play Furfur.
So I started a new story of revival and faced the source of his depression head on.
I find it more enjoyable to write about his "disappearance" and getting out of a real crisis as opposed to just moping about his love life.
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January 28, 2010 - 4:09am — Terabetha

Also remember that characters

Also remember that characters are never all sunshine and happy, they only start to become true characters when they respond to the full range of emotions. Take the good times and the sad times with your character to heart, explore how your character really feels, how they want to feel, and just use it as a stepping stone to give Aleit and yourself a view on what is good in his circumstance.