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"Dialogue, generally, is one of the most active ways that you can convey information and characterization."
"If you can master doing some of these things, if you can master getting across all of this in dialogue... you have just mastered characterization in a way that will not put your reader to sleep."
"Every description is going to say something about the character that is doing the describing, and the character being described."
"Noodle Incidents are not about what happened, it's the way they are talked about and described that's basically a characterization speedrun."
"It's safe to say that the part of the Sonic fandom that we classify as creepy spawned around 1993 due to the cartoons and comics."
"Her words and actions are perfect; it's like a two-dimensional character jumped into the three-dimensional world."
"The relationship handling is above-average... they have real dynamics to them."
"Calm, cool, collected. We're looking at a hired gun, no two ways about it."
"Kyoto Animation's method of visual storytelling gives its shows a level of realistic depth and characterization rarely seen but far more memorable."
"Bring on miserable Marie, it has reached the point of no return."
"Monster. Just watch Monster. It's my favorite anime, the best psychological anime with the sublime portrayal of human nature I have ever seen."
"Derek Mears as Jason... is the most badass scary intense brutal Jason in any of the Friday the 13th movies."
"These words are a window into the heart and mind of America's favorite pirate."
"Little character notes, like cute buns on the side of her hair, just make it pop."
"Flanderization involves taking a character’s minor traits and emphasizing them to the point of outlandishness."
"He just writes Batman in a really awesome way. The mythos, how cool and unstoppable he comes across, and you know, just how interesting he focuses on the training and things a lot more than others."
"It's the most man thing. There's so much character in that dialogue."
"Consistent characters are common to all the best stories ever told."
"Power Rangers at its best is all about characters."
"Harley Quinn surprised me. I didn't think one of the strongest DC shows in years would be the one that doesn't focus on characters in action, but characters and comedy."
"Classic Jimmy Johnson, isn't it? He's nice and steady, moving his way forward."
"Big action scenes with characters, that is what good movies are."
"Every character is… a character. You know? Like, they've got their own stuff goin' on, their own motivations."
"They're not just strong, they're fully formed human beings with such incredible backstories."
"And if that's not godly characterization and performance prowess, we're not sure what is."
"This new character is like a god. It's ridiculous."
"He's breathing hard too, he's really weird. That's a hard worker right there."
"Okay, so. All of this shit has happened on Ted Lasso, right?"
"Mako's fire was smoldering rather than boiling, a prison inmate always watching his back."
"There's just so much life in this book and so much heart, and the characters are just so excellent."
"This time the rags to riches story that we got wasn't for Jeffrey, it was for Shane."
"Thanks to an impeccable performance by Kathy Westlick, the rebellious reptile's gruffer tendencies always come off as charming instead of eye-rolling."
"I mean what what what more can I say about Edward El it is it's Edward he's uh he's short and he gets angry for being short guys that's my boy that's."
"Jake’s alien progenitor is simply that – an alien named Warren Ampersand, who can impregnate other creatures it deems suitable to be hosts."
"But one thing that has been consistent from the start is a strong focus on characterization."
"The bits of Marvel movies that people love are the scenes in between the action."
"He is easily one of the most formidable characters in all of comic books."
"The atmosphere of the map... it's got a lot of character."
"Hardy's Bane is makers more intelligent than the bumbling buffoon from 1997."
"There's nothing scarier... than a blind old woman with whites for eyes."
"Every single NPC I talk to quite compellingly sells the illusion that they're a real person with real emotions and an actual backstory."
"She's attractive, she is exotic, and she could totally pull off being a badass."
"Cersei has no heart. She's Game of Thrones true human villain."
"An exquisite example of literature's saddest white people."
"This chick is a psycho. This is like that vindictive, you know, fatal attraction type. She'll boil your rabbit."
"It's just pure 100% egotistical Cell chewing the scenery action."
"Whitebeard is the best character in One Piece, my favorite Shonen character ever."
"I'm literally just standing in this guy's way of course this guy with the shades on of course he's running it all right you're all loaded bro."
"The more specific the character is, the better the art is."
"Bob at the very beginning is established as a slightly pathetic character, playing on the blundering oblivious ‘stepdad’ trope."
"He dominates the hallway, and you sense all of the strength and resilience and energy for which he was famous."
"Effortless, beautiful, sarcastic, and morally ambiguous."
"Audiences will accept some pretty wild things as familiar and comfortable if the POV characters are familiar and comfortable with them."
"And I watched it and I was like which is amazing like the writing the characterization the attention to detail uh the performances everything's amazing about it."
"By far the best new character is Bellatrix Lestrange, the Death Eater played by Helena Bonham Carter."
"He's an anti-capitalist he's a guy who's a Social Democrat."
"The female characters are extraordinarily well drawn."
"This is a broken man who's had a horrible childhood and a horrible life."
"The Aviator is not the story of Howard Hughes, it is a story about Howard Hughes and that's why it works."
"I think perhaps the best words to describe YG would be disruptive... they really like to break the rules."
"Jeff the killer, Lane whispered, still holding up the scissors."
"Any character, even when relegated to a love interest or comic relief role, can suit up."
"The characters are all immensely memorable and endearing."
"He's a freedom fighter, Alex. You're a born leader." - Farah
"You have to have a tragic backstory because it's One Piece."
"It's not a Maul movie. It's not a Fett movie. It's not even a Lando movie or Kira movie. It's an underworld movie."
"It's not like being given a character, it's like really being let into somebody's life."
"Rosie is quite a glutton too. She has a bottomless belly or something."
"At Purdue, they're always going to have a tall lanky dude... At Duke, they're going to have a guy that tries to trip everyone."
"They feel like real characters, and that says a lot about this movie."
"I have not begun to unleash the Grouch, kitty."
"She's portrayed as deeply competent, often in contrast to a male counterpart."
"The companions are strong... they're believable, they're real people, they're cool."
"He was like the city itself, cold, infuriating, and exhausting."
"Gone are the stodgy mannered behaviors of period biopics of old, the royalty is funny, petty, sexually liberated—they feel like people you might meet on the street today, just with prettier words and taller wigs."
"God Jesus God, I think the reconciler is God."
"Say I'm the kind of man who'd gun down his own best friend. What do you think I'd do to some guy that I don't even like?"
"Wow, what a perfect way to characterize and categorize the white cloaks."
"Each archetype is like a multi-faceted diamond."
"It has characters that you can latch on to very quickly."
"Yes, yes, oh my gosh, wait, oh my lord, she's a monster!"
"The only part of the show better than the gritty confrontations was Vincent D'Onofrio's iconic performance as the villain Kingpin."
"Moon Knight is brilliantly bonkers, a dark globetrotting adventure."
"Odin is one of the most interesting characters of this new God of War Saga."
"Putin is literally like one of those people you could say is actually evil."
"Unrepentant, unfixable sociopath. No weepy backstory to make you feel good for the villain."
"Yamper here represents that perfectly; it is literally known as the puppy Pokemon."
"Valentina is a true badass and a beast, she's a terminator period."
"Believe this is a game by who's the exact creator was someone named Mr. Prince."
"Enemies would shiver when they hear a name like that, even the Torrid."
"That's a thin line, the tread, and early SpongeBob knew exactly where that line was."
"It's just rare to see SpongeBob angry, not comically angry but casually angry."
"Calling him the brains of the group while accurate would be a little bit of a misnomer."
"What intestinal fortitude here from Basic Becca."
"An incredible fighter. Character-wise as well, really fighting like absolute fighters."
"Having Eleanor be the master manipulator made her a far more interesting character..."
"Another iteration of Julia Louise Dreyfus's character was that of Madame Hydra."
"A clear villain, right? The Jailer, he's our main man."
"A bad boy halo is never late or early, they arrive exactly when they mean to."
"I'm not late, I am on time. A bad boy halo is never late or early, they arrive exactly when they mean to, you muffin heads!"
"Biden does have the potential to be funny in a different way they just don't give us the con he's more slapstick."
"This battle is the qualifier for the word epic in Epic Rap Battles of History."
"Aquaman is just like the coolest party dude in the world."
"Michelangelo is a party dude, Raphael's the [ __ ], Donatello's the nerd, and then Leonardo is just Leonardo."
"Donatello was much more interesting because he's like the egon in the group."
"What makes this a truly great sequel is that it presents Michael far more as a force of nature."
"Graham has the patience of like an absolute Saint."
"This is masterful. I'm learning so much about this character from a movement. The level of storytelling in Andor is so next level."
"I love badasses, but we sure seem to have a lot of them these days."
"If I were to give the distinction of chaotic evil to anyone it would be The Driver of warthog cage."
"Doing whatever it takes to get his way is the one consistent principle that Mitch McConnell lives by."
"First off and last place in the number nine spot is the Butcher."
"You're the Terry Benedict of this particular story, so you're the mark."
"He's funny, he's threatening, he's crucial to the stakes of the story."
"And he's also their best chance, this ancient and bumbling conman."
"And in case you hadn't figured out that Pratt is supposed to be an evil rich guy, lots of people are gonna rejoice when I'm dead. No, when you die people are probably gonna puke."
"I mean these people are evil, man. That is true."
"I think he's an Inquisitor, I think he's a guy out there you see him in every trailer and he's with the stormtroopers and he's hunting, he's doing."
"Great writers are fascinated by people, then they find them in situations and story."
"He was described in court as the most arch evil person who ever existed."
"It's literally Lockhart chapter, it's his namesake chapter."
"Primal Groudon, quite a damn beastly looking monster."
"This collection of characters is just so iconic and there's not too many, there's not too few, it's perfect."
"Iron Man is easily one of the coolest characters in the Marvel Universe."
"Every character gets these moments of shine and it's never one way or the other."
"His role as the socially awkward and compulsive, but brilliant tech-savvy detective is captivating from the moment he's introduced on screen."
"Compassion is the number one attribute to a gunfighter."
"Pom's blood type is type AB, which is seen to be either one of two personalities: either you're a rational genius or a total nut job."
"The jade behemoth... he's a really good big boy and I love him."
"He's like a shadowy figure, he just moves through the shadows, he's a total void."
"Brilliant characters and one of the best sci-fi worlds ever created."
"It's almost like you pick your favorite character and just go for it."
"He picked ones that reflect the characters best."
"Who's going to believe you over me? I'm world famous!"
"I came to my first audition wearing those because I'd actually been Luna for the previous Halloween so I had all my gear ready to go."
"Nami has been subject to more bodily stranger teas than any other member of the crew."
"Catch your characters at their worst and darkest moment."
"The secret to telling Smeagol apart from Gollum."
"He’s like a somewhat sentient natural disaster."
"In a day and age of Spartans being emotionally tortured or unremarkable, it's nice to see Halo propping up Spartans as these ultimate badasses again."
"Misuse of power... that's what makes him evil."
"Keyes's 'Godzilla vs. Kong' novelization is notable for showing us the stormy night when Kong rescued Jia instead of Ilene just talking about it."
"Geralt's fighting style makes a lot of sense."
"Fundamentally fascinating because he is beastly yet through his beastliness shines something that is far more human than we ourselves have ever known."
"If Bernadette Banner were a D and D character, she'd be a Wizard."
"Trinket knows everything, he's a great bear."
"And that is the birth of a monster, the birth of a leader."
"It's not a regular [ __ ] like it's like that's just how New York is."
"Despite the flaws in execution, hoyo has always had a good grasp on what a strong and complex female character is like."
"It's Doom but faster and more violent... They actually called the Doom Slayer 'Doom Guy' in Doom Eternal."
"A woman's terror, a woman's death agony. These are no ordinary crimes, these are the works of a fiend."
"The inquisitors: unyielding, incorruptible seekers of truth."
"There's something mystical about the locales and characters in this game."
"She's a very terrifying villain, which is partially because she manages to do a good job of playing the fool."
"The characters in The Witcher 3 make up the best cast in any game."
"It's because whenever she's next to Joe standing near him behind him she looks like an assassin."
"The gag was great, there's a dragon in this that looks pretty badass."
"Jaime Lannister is the human personification of Game of Thrones."
"I mean, it's pretty much that. It's Nathan Fillion as this, I don't know, he's not quite like a space pirate."
"It truly is a perfect John Candy movie, exemplifying everything that made us love his performances all in one film role."
"She was one of those villains you just loved to hate."
"But sometimes the most well-written characters are those that don't take up the spotlight."
"Silas is a perfect representation of a Demacian mage because he still has the no-nonsense upfront attitude of his nation, but with the magical touch to show you how he was able to leverage that side of his power."
"Schumer's strength is only when you are bowing down to him. If you do not bow down to him, he runs. So really, he's a piece of pushover. He's all bark and no bite."
"His durability is off the charts as we saw in chapter 110 where this man got flung through buildings with no scratches on him."
"He's described as a kind-hearted swordsman who wields a red sword."
"Putin is acting like a cancer, embedding himself in Ukraine."
"Putin, he's a monster... destroying people, man."
"Jerry Seinfeld the character not the actor is a morally neutral bystander of life he plays the comparatively reasonable straight man witnessing the antics of Kramer the lies of George and the failures of Elaine."
"Games and movies I love when they take the time to put the juice into the character."
"The disciple is a sadistic Slayer and she doesn't try to hide that fact."
"You are a cold-blooded killer capable of taking life without mercy or remorse."
"Even minor characters get a bit of the spotlight."
"He is the character, and is it harder too because that's sort of a villainous role or is meant to almost be a villainous role?" - Samantha
"Characterization shines through in this book as a whole."
"The world still feels kind of old and dreary and it's the characterization that provides a sense of hope."
"It is unsure if they are the same or if they are different characters entirely."
"Chuck Jager might be the dictionary definition of badass."
"That's why I've always thought that the term npc was the perfect term to come up with these types."
"Brings back beloved characters in a new light."
"Paladins are the golden retriever-coated tanks of DnD."
"That move was many levels of deranged but boy does it serve to be an incredible characterization."
"Cosplay isn't just putting on clothes. It's breathing life into characters."
"Rob Lucci is obviously an intellectual beast."
"Steel Ball Run is what happens when Araki properly adapts his model to the more standard church of action-adventure realm."
"The simplification comes in the relationship between the features more than ... or that's where the caricature is, I guess."
"Hiro Nakamura embodied the fanboy in all of us."
"They always back down because at heart they're cowards."
"I love how screwed up Laurie is. She actually feels like a Watchmen character, a sort of deconstruction of the standard grizzled FBI agent in a cop show."
"Laurie actually feels like a Watchmen character, a sort of deconstruction of the standard grizzled FBI agent in a cop show."
"He's the biggest sore loser in the history of politics."
"Look at this, it's Speedy Devin, he's looking kind of Blobby right now."
"He is an absolute beast, class, the fox beast."
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction."
"Batman Returns just does a better job... it's not the Batman isn't silly in this film, it's just fun."
"Loneliness and kindness and naivety and just he's such a fully fleshed out character."
"More interesting side characters in this one."
"She's literally credited as the bullet that brings death."
"It's important to establish their relationship."
"They were absolute monsters on the battlefield, larger and bulkier than Space Marines and even had the speed to match."