Honestly, I donāt really see a problem with using stock characters. Most of the time, authors literally just use them as background characters. I like to use a combination of stock characters and the random generator because it is soooo time consuming just to create 10 characters that stand in the background and do random actions.
Its a different story when stock characters are used as important characters in the story, but other than that, everyone really needs to keep in mind that 1: authors do have lives and priorities; they arenāt gonna spend all day creating a bunch of random characters and outfits to match. 2: creating characters takes longer than some may think, especially when youāre halfway in a story and you start writing a scene that has so many background characters in it.
Am I the only person who has pretty much never gotten a randomly generated character thatās actually usable? Like Iām talking about super light lips on really dark-skinned characters nearly every time
Youāve literally seen evidence of some people who didnāt know randomiser existed. That could be the same case for other authors. I literally only ever stumbled on randomiser by accident. Besides that, some people like using stock characters and prefer using them over the randomiser. There is absolutely no point in feeling frustrated over BACKGROUND CHARACTERS (apart from the group of authors who use stock characters as mains).
To prove how easy it is to - not even using a generator - just click random stuff and move on with your life. I closed my eyes and picked different features at random. Ngl it turned out pretty well, might do it more often.
Does anyone feel sad for the stock characters tho?
They just exist and get transformed into other people, they donāt have stories of their own
I might just start writing a story about all of them (a parody)
I donāt mind stock characters in the background, personally, but I think they do run the risk of calling attention to themselves. A background character probably shouldnāt be all that distracting, so if you are using āRoseā in your background and keeping her outfit stock as well, you run the risk of some peopleās eyes being drawn to her in a way that probably isnāt positive.
It bothers me when they are major, named characters. If the main characterās friends and love interests are stock characters in stock clothing, that is odd to me. I have yet to see an MC that was stock, but I also didnāt think Iād ever see a stock love interestā¦ until I did.
That sounds awesome. āYou are a digital ghost who only exists on an app for the purpose of being transformed into someone else. What happens when you find yourself able to break character for the first time?ā
