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You are the imaginary friend

What’s your character’s most controversial hot take?

I’m sure your character has one or two hot takes – tell us about them. This character question was inspired by a blogging question on Open Mentions.

Your imaginary friend just handed in their two-week’s notice.

How have politics impacted your character?

Politics is a broad term. It can refer to local councils, governments, and trade agreements. It can also relate to gender assumptions, family dynamics, and social expectations. If…

What is your character’s deepest fear?

It is a rare person who has no fears at all. There are some fears so deep, we might not even be fully aware of them. What fears…

Your imaginary friend just asked for next week off.

When she hugs someone their painful memories are moved into her mind

When she hugs someone their painful memories are removed and placed into her mind. Her memory is now just a series of painful moments intersected with moments of…

What are some of the ways that the world around your character has shaped who they are?

A pacifist buys a gun

A man with a wooden leg walks into a nightclub and applies to become a pole-dancer.

What lie does your character believe about themselves?

We’re not always fully truthful with ourselves. We harbour illusions, misconceptions, and half-truths. Your character probably does too. What is a lie they believe about themselves?

You don’t remember what you did last night but now both Heaven and Hell have banned you.

How will your characters change the world around them?

Your imaginary friend has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand a strange ransom…

man wearing hat holding wooden rod under gray sky

What secret or forgotten aspect ties your character to the history of your setting?

This could be an ancestor involved in a historic event, a similarity to a person of legend, or something else that you have invented. Even if this does…