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<blockquote data-quote="Shadow_Legend" data-source="post: 3389094" data-attributes="member: 50553"><p>I can definantly see where Nugan is coming from with this.</p><p></p><p>Here's two seperate examples...</p><p></p><p>EXAMPLE A</p><p></p><p><em>Finneus the dwarf walks into a bar. He's wearing plate mail armor and an axe and has a long red beard. He walks up to the bartender and says,</em></p><p><em>"Can I have a drink?"</em></p><p><em>The bartender replies,</em></p><p><em>"Certainly, sir."</em></p><p><em>Finneus drinks the drink.</em></p><p><em>"Oh, this is good ale. I killed a lot of orcs today."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p>In direct opposition to...</p><p></p><p><em>Finneus walks into the bar, his face bruised and swollen. The dwarf has the broken shaft of an axe in one hand, and a pair of pink thong underpants in the other. He sits down at the bar, and glares at the bartender with some kind of contempt.</em></p><p><em>"Kinnae gimmie a drink, laddeh." The bartender, clearly bewildered, looks at Finneus.</em></p><p><em>"Yeah, whaddya want?" The bartender says in a thick new jersey accent.</em></p><p><em>"Ale, laddeh, an' keep it comin'." Finneus replies, and drinks his drink, spilling most of it down his shirt.</em></p><p><em>"Ain't fraggle rock ale, hahaha." Finneus replies, wiping his mouth. "It'll do, laddeh. Takin m' knife to th' ladehs, makes a dwarf a mite thursty, if ye kin." </em></p><p></p><p>Bam. In the course of a conversation, we go from two very drab, very plain characters, almost out of an LOTR book, to a mouthy bartender from Jersey and a messy prostitute murdering dwarf. It's a bit warped of an example, but the point is this- the little things about your characters speak way more than blocks of text and Gimli/Legolas wannabes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadow_Legend, post: 3389094, member: 50553"] I can definantly see where Nugan is coming from with this. Here's two seperate examples... EXAMPLE A [I]Finneus the dwarf walks into a bar. He's wearing plate mail armor and an axe and has a long red beard. He walks up to the bartender and says, "Can I have a drink?" The bartender replies, "Certainly, sir." Finneus drinks the drink. "Oh, this is good ale. I killed a lot of orcs today." [/I] In direct opposition to... [I]Finneus walks into the bar, his face bruised and swollen. The dwarf has the broken shaft of an axe in one hand, and a pair of pink thong underpants in the other. He sits down at the bar, and glares at the bartender with some kind of contempt. "Kinnae gimmie a drink, laddeh." The bartender, clearly bewildered, looks at Finneus. "Yeah, whaddya want?" The bartender says in a thick new jersey accent. "Ale, laddeh, an' keep it comin'." Finneus replies, and drinks his drink, spilling most of it down his shirt. "Ain't fraggle rock ale, hahaha." Finneus replies, wiping his mouth. "It'll do, laddeh. Takin m' knife to th' ladehs, makes a dwarf a mite thursty, if ye kin." [/I] Bam. In the course of a conversation, we go from two very drab, very plain characters, almost out of an LOTR book, to a mouthy bartender from Jersey and a messy prostitute murdering dwarf. It's a bit warped of an example, but the point is this- the little things about your characters speak way more than blocks of text and Gimli/Legolas wannabes. [/QUOTE]
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