User blog comment:Vinnnn/Character Critiques, Tips, and Hints/@comment-4598697-20150612004638/@comment-33209858-20150613111218

First of all, I'm so sorry it took me forever to reply to you! But I rarely ever, if at all, work with character from lesser-known fairy tales. However, I do have a few ideas, so hopefully I help you in some way~

So, for the daughter of Hebe I was thinking she could either look like her mother before she was graced with the beauty from the Fairy, or she could already look like the actual goddess Hebe - y'know, beautiful and goddess-y. I like the idea of making the daughter of Hebe really, really self-confident and sort of full of herself and she hates the fact that some Fairy is going to make her extremely intelligent and extremely beautiful - Maybe she feels like she's already smart enough and already beautiful enough and she doesn't want the help of the next Anguilette. Y'know, just give her personality a little twist to it~

For your male OC, even though "nice guys finish last" people IRL sort of irk me, I say go for it! Definitely make a character that feels that way - It'll be realistic that way. I'd suggest giving him some positive traits as well, though. Perhaps he is actually a nice guy, but he's just awkward around other people sometimes. Maybe he feels the pressure to get a girlfriend or something, and so he tries a little too hard to charm people of the opposite gender, but just ends up making a fool of himself. Feel free to add more to his character than the "nice guy" trope, so that he actually stands out as a character

For their appearances and designs, there's not a lot to work with unfortunately. There no real motifs I can find for them. I'd try to make them look like royalty - possibly old-time, medieval royalty with crown motifs and royal blue/royal purple colors. Maybe one of them could have a French accent, or be able to speak French fluently as a nod to where their original tale came from.

As for their destiny and how they view it: Perhaps one of them could be a bit more rebellious and not want to follow it, because I mean, who wants to die and get turned into a tree? And the other one could have a very different view and could be a Royal who wants to live up to the legacy of their tale, no matter how it ends. I mean, the Prince of the Peaceful Island doesn't die or anything like that, so if you're making his son and I would imagine that he'd be a Royal because y'know Happily Ever After. Or, you could make him a Rebel because he truly does love the next Hebe and doesn't want to lose her

Hopefully I helped in some way - Like I said, I don't really work with lesser-known fairy tales so my apologies! But if you need any more help or ideas, feel free to ask again and I'll try to help as much as I can~