User blog comment:Breannamation/I'm sorry/@comment-14800267-20130813052228

Hon, we all know you're trying, which is why we've come in and commented rather than flamed, blocked, we also understand how sensitive people can be about characters, which is why no one's really been snappy when you've been touchy on the topic.

We do get it :)

My comment on masochism is a "Hey, I'm not sure you realise the more commonly perceived meaning of that word... Just so you know..." TECHNICALLY, you're using it right, but it's like the word gay. If I said Jane was gay, meaning happy go lucky, almost everyone would assume she was a lesbian.

It's wasn't a "you're wrong!" it was simply a watch out, your useage could offend people you probably don't even know exist. Just letting you know they're there.

I myself am not offended, but I know people who would be, and I'd rather leave a polite note then see you get flamed by what can be an incredibly touchy community of people.

The overall concept is great, you clearly care about her if you're getting wound up about the topic, which is actually a good thing (though it may feel rather terrible)

And remember, we're here to help. So far I've seen, the people here are lovely and quite knowledgable. Character creation is a mine feild of pitfall, traps, tropes and cliches. We're just pointing out where they are, mostly because we've fallen in them at some point ourselves. I, personally, have almost twenty years of character creating experience, eight of them on a professional level. I'm still learning. I attended Master Classes with Pixar earlier this year, and even THEN I learned a whole heap I didn't know. We're never perfect, so characters are never perfect, if you try to create perfection, you make a Mary Sue.