wrote: Wrote:Well then, that's an entirely different kettle of fish altogether.wrote: Wrote:The only thing I can suggest is to absolutely OBSESS over the character's in question. Learn everything you can about said character from the source material.
Well, first, I'm mainly seeking to write original fiction, not fanfiction; I only asked about "what would character X do" in terms of other people's comments about basing one character on another, or on using established characters as an exercize.
Look, let me explain something about fanfiction to you. For an author who is looking to write their own original fiction someday, writing fanfiction is good practice. And yes, that's more or less what you're trying to do, but the fine point of it all is that at the end of the day - when you're writing your original story - the characters are yours and yours alone to determine who they are and what they do.
wrote: Wrote:Sure, but that tells you how they reacted in every incident in the "source material". What about a situation that isn't in the original book/movie/show/comic/whatever? How do you take those finite data points of how a character acts in situations A-W, and from there compute how they'll act in new situation X? Or Y?
wrote: Wrote:And how do you know when a decision is "completely contradictory" to a character?Okay, hold up.
See, maybe I'm not being clear enough. This isn't just a problem I have with fictional characters, of mine or others' creation, this is a problem I have with other real people. I have a hard time understanding why other people behave and react the ways that they do.
Let me be blunt here.
We can't help you.
Why?
Because none of us are trained psychologists. None of us know how to break down what makes people tick in a way that you can wrap your head around.
I'm not saying this to be mean or anything like that, but in order for you to do what you want to do, you need to seek specialized help.
I managed to find one article - my google-fu is not the best. But maybe it might give you some insight.
http://iautistic.com/autistic-story-wri ... tivity.php