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Usually static young female characters who have eccentric personality quirks and are unabashedly girlish, dreamy, and attractive. They often exist only to serve as a source of inspiration to the male character, and as such, little of their inner life is depicted. Zelda Spellman, Bo Peep, Debora from Baby Driver: Masked villain
People may perceive the individual's eccentric behavior as the outward expression of their unique intelligence or creative impulse. [2] In this vein, the eccentric's habits are incomprehensible not because they are illogical or the result of madness, but because they stem from a mind so original that it cannot be conformed to societal norms .
Film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term in 2007 in his review of the 2005 film Elizabethtown for The A.V. Club.In discussing Kirsten Dunst's character, he said "Dunst embodies a character type I like to call The Manic Pixie Dream Girl", a character who "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its ...
Walken is drawn to characters who can’t quite adjust to their surroundings, an inclination he credits to his Queens childhood. “Both of my parents came to America when they were about 40 years ...
Each character should have their distinctive voice. [14] To differentiate characters in fiction, the writer must show them doing and saying things, but a character must be defined by more than one single topic of conversation or by the character's accent. The character will have other interests or personality quirks as well. [15]
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For example, the fact that the English word cab starts with the sound /k/ is an idiosyncratic property; on the other hand that its vowel is longer than in the English word cap is a systematic regularity, as it arises from the fact that the final consonant is voiced rather than voiceless. [5]
The character's paralysis has been the subject of much critical commentary for and against restoring her mobility. [6] [7] 2004 Celty Sturluson: Durarara!! Ryohgo Narita: Mute and communicates with a personal digital assistant [8] 2009 Homestuck trolls: Homestuck: Andrew Hussie: Many protagonists have disabilities, mostly from battle.