First place Winner Announcement!
Yo! Waddup contest readers! Jack Vertigo (God, my name is cool) here finally for the first place announcement. It took so damn long for me to post this, which was supposed to be posted November 3rd, because I've been either too busy or haven't had access to a computer. But finally here it is... the moment of truth. This one was kind of a no brainer to choose.
The definition of character is "a personified expression of emotion through action for a cause designed to trigger an emotional response from its audience usually through empathy."
It's key to know that the goal of your character is to trigger an emotional response from your audience.
The winner is the one who's character can trigger the strongest emotional response in its audience.
There are three major parts to triggering that emotive response you are being judged by.
Motivation. What is Motivation? Motivation is what makes a character who they are. Why is it necessary? Because if you don't understand what makes them who they are ou don't really understand them at all. How I judge you based on that? I will be judging this by how ell I understand the character.
Emotion. What is Emotion? Emotion is the emotional reaction the character has to the Motivation. Why it's necessary? It's part of the definition of character. "expression of emotion." How I judge you based on Emotion? Easy. I should be able to easily identify the main emotion the character feels.
Action. What is Action? Action is maybe the most important part of character. Action is what the character does for what they want. Why is it necessary? In a story if the character doesn't do anything, then you have very little, if nothing, to write about. How I judge you based on Action: I should be able to easily define the goal of the character.
And now, finally, based on the stanza I have stated,
the 1st place winner issssss...
SuperYuuki
SuperYuuki
SuperYuuki
For her character: Moira Desmarais
O, God, where do I begin? First of all, she even submitted a link to a deviant art sketch of her(a good drawing by the way) second, this character has met ALL the stanza's. This character has Motivation, Emotion, and Action. Third, this character just plain creeped me out just by reading! Fourth, she submitted the most detail of all the character entries.
All this combined triggered the strongest emotives of all the characters.
Now let's talk about how her character has met all the criteria I was looking for.
Motiv: This character was accused of something she didn't do and was made to sew her own mouth shut(creepy) and executed.
Emotion: The Motivation gives this character very strong, dark emotions. An extreme agony and pain that can be expressed well as a Hollow.
Action: Using her anguish she quickly became more and more powerful as a Hollow, becoming a Vasto Lorde, and then clawing off her mask.
Now, she will approach the current Primera for her place to be determined. These actions make her a great antagonist for the world of Bleach. This character would be a great addition to the bleach story.
Kudos to SuperYuuki, great job! You are really good at creating characters. If you have not read her characters profile, you should check it out. It's dark, creative and very well planned out.
I hope you all enjoyed the contest. Just one more shout out to the winners. They did a good job on their characters and deserve some recognition.
3rd - Hollow Apocalypse
2nd - Okami – G
1st - SuperYuuki