ARCHETYPE TIPS FOR FICTION

Reason

Just as his title suggests, the Reason character is present in the story to provide a voice of logic. He is:

• Someone who is fundamentally logical.
• Someone who makes decisions based on logic, not emotions.
• Someone who acts in logical ways.

EXAMPLES

C-3PO in Star Wars, Hamm in Toy Story, Inspector Gordon in Batman Begins, Herod (!) in Claudius the God... the Tin Man, Alice Liddell, Stannis Baratheon, Lloyd Asplund, Kristian in "The Ringstetten Saga", the Clever Princess and her intellectual equal in "The Snow Queen", Juan Carlos Ruiz in real life,  Elinor Woods in my Hogwarts fics,

Emotion

If you’ve guessed that the Emotion character is pretty much the opposite of the Reason character, then it’s a gold star for you. The Emotion character is:

• Someone who is fundamentally emotional.
• Someone who makes decisions based on emotions, not logic.
• Someone who may be negatively emotional (e.g., angry) or positively emotional (e.g., compassionate)—or both.
• Someone who acts in emotional ways.

EXAMPLES

Mr. Ping in Kung Fu Panda, Cathy in Wuthering Heights, Amelia Sedley in Vanity Fair, Melanie in Gone With the Wind... Many a character in the Game of Thrones series: Jaime Lannister, Brienne Tarth, Renly Baratheon (foil to Stannis), Loras and Margaery Tyrell, Theon Greyjoy... Luna Lovegood, the Cowardly Lion (foil to the Tin Man), most leads in "The Ringstetten Saga" (all three arcs, and except Kristian), Sandra Dermark (overlaps with Reason), María Calzada, Marian Woods in my Hogwarts fics, Kyle Glenriver (overlaps with Reason) in the selfsame fics (both foils to Elinor Woods)

A recent bible for creating fictional characters happened to fall recently into my hands.
I identify myself mostly with this character type/archetype: 

The FREE SPIRIT: eternal optimist, she dances to unheard tunes. Playful and fun-loving, she travels through life with a hop, skip and a jump, always stopping to smell the flowers and admire the pretty colours. She acts on a whim and follows her heart, not her head. 
Motivated by following her heart.
Virtues:
-sincere
-upbeat
-imaginative
Flaws:
-impulsive
-meddling
-undisciplined 

4. Free Spirit—motivated by following her heart 
· Virtues
· sincere
· upbeat
· imaginative 
· Flaws
o impulsive
o meddling
o undisciplined - See more at: http://amberargyle.blogspot.com.es/2008/10/8-master-archetypes.html#sthash.yUr5l5P0.dpuf

4. Free Spirit—motivated by following her heart 
· Virtues
· sincere
· upbeat
· imaginative 
· Flaws
o impulsive
o meddling
o undisciplined - See more at: http://amberargyle.blogspot.com.es/2008/10/8-master-archetypes.html#sthash.yUr5l5P0.dpuf

4. Free Spirit—motivated by following her heart 
· Virtues
· sincere
· upbeat
· imaginative 
· Flaws
o impulsive
o meddling
o undisciplined - See more at: http://amberargyle.blogspot.com.es/2008/10/8-master-archetypes.html#sthash.yUr5l5P0.dpuf

4. Free Spirit—motivated by following her heart 
· Virtues
· sincere
· upbeat
· imaginative 
· Flaws
o impulsive
o meddling
o undisciplined - See more at: http://amberargyle.blogspot.com.es/2008/10/8-master-archetypes.html#sthash.yUr5l5P0.dpuf

4. Free Spirit—motivated by following her heart 
· Virtues
· sincere
· upbeat
· imaginative 
· Flaws
o impulsive
o meddling
o undisciplined - See more at: http://amberargyle.blogspot.com.es/2008/10/8-master-archetypes.html#sthash.yUr5l5P0.dpuf

4. Free Spirit—motivated by following her heart 
· Virtues
· sincere
· upbeat
· imaginative 
· Flaws
o impulsive
o meddling
o undisciplined - See more at: http://amberargyle.blogspot.com.es/2008/10/8-master-archetypes.html#sthash.yUr5l5P0.dpuf

The free spirit archetype is a quirky, talkative, charming, and unpredictable individual.

The free spirit character archetype will lighten a serious story, add comedy to a light tale, and just the right amount of unpredictability to any plot. Some well-known free spirits include Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe in Friends, Meg Ryan as Kathleen in You’ve Got Mail, and Emma in Emma by Jane Austen.

The Free Spirit is Eccentric

Following normal conventions is boring to a free spirit. Life should be lived with a splash, is her motto. Her eccentricity shows in her quirky habits, her unusual clothing, her hobbies, and her interests.

She may be an astrologer or an artist. She might be an actor or entertainer. Whatever she chooses as her career, it will be something where her creativity can shine and where the lines of convention and norms are blurry.

The Free Spirit is Talkative

The free spirit character archetype loves to talk. She is one of those characters that will chat about anything and everything, charming some people and irritating others, but everyone still thinks she is adorable.

Her charm lies in the fact that she can tune in to others’ feelings and be empathetic. Her empathy sometimes makes her think she knows more about how people are feeling than they themselves know, and she often sets herself up as a matchmaker.

At the same time, her ideas sometimes appear so far-fetched that others don’t understand her. This comes across humorously. She finds enjoyment in the littlest things, and shares them by telling endless tales.

The free spirit goes with the flow like a leaf floating on the surface of the water.

Free Spirit Relationships

The free spirit is sincere, upbeat, and cheers everyone up. Because she is so much fun to be around, she always receives invitations to parties and events. People don’t take the librarian seriously because of her unusual ideas and habits. Yet she can be highly intelligent, which makes these relationships frustrating for her.

In romance, the free spirit is most likely to fall for a character that is indulgent and patient. Even though he may not understand her process, he sits back and enjoys the show. The free spirit paired with the warrior will lead to humorous escapades (Rapunzel and Eugene, Anna and Kristoff, Liselotte and Gerhard/Hedwig and Alois/Katinka and Gustav Adolf).

Free Spirit Role in Stories

The free spirit serves equally well as the antagonist or the protagonist in a novel. As a protagonist, she injects humor, good feelings, fun, and excitement to the plot. As the antagonist, she is the person who makes everything go wrong for the hero/heroine.

The free spirit is always lighthearted, no matter what role she plays. She brings a ray of sunshine to even the darkest of stories, but she shines with her brightest light in comedies.

Katinka and many other of my female OC:s (in fact, most of them! Think Réna/Ilona, Hedwig, Ulrika) are Free Spirits as well, while the lead male roster in my works tends to consist of dark and conflicted Romantic heroes (Gustavus, Katinka's POW beau turned spouse, for instance).

Fictional examples: Luna Lovegood, Pinkie Pie, Madeline Hatter, Pippi Långstrump, Phoebe Flower, Ty Lee, Sophie in The Misfortunes of Sophie (more details here: http://al261200.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/hyper-girls-in-fiction.html)...

The dark form of the Free Spirit character is the Lunatic. A good idea would be pitting these two characters against each other as enemies:

The LUNATIC: the unbalanced madwoman, she draws others into her crazy environment. The drum to which she marches misses many a beat, but to her, it is the rest of the world that is out of step. Don’t even try to understand her logic – she is unfathomable.

A more complete personality typology listed me as a Mercurial. Think of a person with mercury poisoning (AKA Mad Hatter Syndrome): http://www.ptypes.com/mercurial.html

EAH BOOK 2...

I've got Book 2 now as well! In this one, I learned about Maddie Hatter's pirate allergy and many other of her quirks, because she is placed center stage...

...in spite of being "Miss Not Appearing on This Cover"!

Her klutzy personality will place her in rather serious scrapes. Will Maddie's friends be able to save her?

EVER AFTER HIGH: OTHELLO

Aside from The Royal Betrothed (The Princess Bride), Madeline Hatter has written a story titled Disloyalty (Othello), before The Royal Betrothed, in my EAH AU. Starring Charles and Sophia once more, this fic shifts into an atypical Elegant Gothic style, way darker than that of the previous parody. Cue an unexpected twist ending!

Starring:

• Charles Liddell as Othello
• Sophia Eleanor of Lilienstiel as Desdemona
• Lutwidge Liddell as Iago
• Rainer Leutnant as Roderigo
• Blondie Lockes as Emilia
• Laurent des Lauriers as Cassio
• Mireille de Myrthe as Bianca
• Ruby Rabbit as a Herald
• Madeline Hatter as the plucky narrator, a French maid, and a "Magical Space Angel", who lands with her flying teacup on Earth and resurrects all the slain in the end.

EAH -THE ROYAL BETROTHED

The Royal Betrothed. Such is the title of the in-universe story written by Maddie Hatter in the third story arc of my Ever After High fanon.
Essentially, it's The Princess Bride in between Lilienstiel and Wonderland, with most of the cast as themselves.
The cast roster is as following:

• Charles Liddell: Himself, young master of the estate (Buttercup)
• Sophia Eleanor von Lilienstiel: Herself, foundling maidservant/Lady in Black (Westley)
• Jamie Hook: Himself as the Dreaded Captain Hook (Roberts) (ghost character)
• Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hearts: Herself as Queen of Wonderland (Humperdinck)
• Cerise Hood: Herself as the brawn of the kidnapper trio (Fezzik)
• Sparrow Hood: Himself as the avenger of the kidnapper trio (Íñigo Montoya)
• Lutwidge Liddell: Himself as the brains of the kidnapper trio (Vizzini)
• Bill the Lizard and his mate: The ROUS/Reptiles of Unusual Size (Rodents of Unusual Size)
• Fitzwilliam Scarlet: Himself as the eleven-fingered Chancellor/General of Wonderland (Chancellor Count Rügen)
• Ruby Rabbit: Herself as the albino bunny in the dungeon (albino in the dungeon)
• Gerhard Ekelöf and Kyllikki Valkoinen: Themselves as Miracle Gerhard and his wife Kylli (Miracle Max and his wife Valerie).

EAH CHARACTERS THAT APPEAR IN MY FICS

After introducing my own OC:s, I will continue with characters that belong to the Ever After High franchise and do appear within my fics. I do not own Ever After High!

Katherine "Kitty" Cheshire: REBEL. Daughter of the Cheshire Cat. A mischievous werecat who can turn invisible at will (expect "eyes-and-grin"!). A running gag in my fiction is to have her pop up, eyes and grin first, in the most unexpected moments, à la "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Roomates with Lizzie at the time of the first fic, and enjoys upsetting her royal frenemy, who keeps her collared and leashed like a pet, in a D/s (Dominance and submission roleplay) scenario... something that such a free spirit clearly hates.

Kitty Cheshire

• Parent: The Cheshire Cat
• Parent's Story: Alice in Wonderland
• Roommate: Madeline Hatter
• Secret Heart's Desire: To unravel rules, just like I would a ball of yarn.
• My "Magic" Touch: Obviously, I can turn invisible and POOF from place to place without being seen.
• Storybook Romance Status: Forget boys with puppy-dog eyes. Give me a guy who’s the cat’s meow.
• "Oh Curses!" Moment: My curiosity gets me in a lot of trouble.
• Favorite Subject: Geografairy. After I memorize the lay of the land, I can appear anywhere I want.
• Least Favorite Subject: Swim Class in Grimmnastics. Just thinking about getting soaked makes my fur stand on end.
• Best Friends Forever After: Lizzie Hearts. She’s my sister from another litter.

Madeline "Maddie" Hatter: REBEL. Daughter of (good guess!) the Mad Hatter. Her pet dormouse is called Earl Grey. Maddie is friendly, but hyperactive and scatterbrained. Allergic to pirates. She always looks on the bright side of things, but she dislikes arguments. Her favourite subject is Chemythstry: she enjoys making potions, especially the size-change kind. In my fic, she was roomates with April Hare the former course, before they were separated. Now Maddie has to share a room with Raven, the gothic and sarcastic daughter of Snow White's wicked stepmother of a queen dowager. But she is putting up with such an unexpected test of character. She will snap at a point in the fic, and side with Katla for a while... She is a social butterfly, and she can sense the good in everyone, even in people like Laurent, Will, Lizzie, and Katla (She also has a stern and reserved, "uptight" or "Stannis-like" alternate personality).

• Parent: Mad Hatter
• Parent's Story: Alice in Wonderland
• Roommate: Raven Queen (Arc I) / Kitty Cheshire (onwards)
• Secret Heart's Desire: To explore this mad world, and also own the most famous Hat & Tea Shoppe in the land!
• My "Magic" Touch: I can pull anything out of my Hat of Many Things. Tea sets, school books, white rabbits... they're all in there somewhere.
• Storybook Romance Status: I'm waiting to have tea with a boy who loves madness as much as me!
• "Oh Curses!" Moment: Well, everyone thinks I'm mad. So nobody believes me when I tell them I can see into the future.
• Favorite Subject: Che-myth-stry. I love making potions that make you grow or shrink!
• Least Favorite Subject: Debate. If more people spoke in riddles, maybe I'd do better in this class.
• Best Friends Forever After: I like everybody!

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hearts: ROYAL. Daughter of the Red Queen of Hearts. She is rather irascible and shows sometimes sadistic tendencies (she collars Kitty and treats her like a pet cat, causing the werecat to scratch her in a secret place [between the shoulder blades, she still has the scars], for instance). She also owns a red pet hedgehog, called Shuffle, that she uses for a croquet ball. Lizzie's Napoleon complex and ego stand often in the way between her and others. She keeps a guillotine as a clothes rack in her bedchamber, and she enjoys playing croquet. Frenemy to the members of the Literature Club. Fond of red roses and of popularity, she is counted one of the four great belles at EAH (together with Sophia, Mireille, and Katla). Is unaware of the fact that Will Scarlet, the commander of her personal guard, is plotting her death for revenge...

• Lizzie Hearts

  
  • Parent: The Queen of Hearts
  • Parent's Story: Alice in Wonderland
  • Roommate: Duchess Swan (canon) / Kitty Cheshire and Sophia von Lilienstiel (fanon)
  • Secret Heart's Desire: I'm proud of my heritage, though I do wish to be a kinder Queen of Hearts. All that shouting hurts my throat.
  • My "Magic" Touch: With a flick of the wrist, I build anything you can imagine out of cards.
  • Storybook Romance Status: I'll wait until I get back to Wonderland to think about that.
  • "Oh Curses!" Moment: People take me way too literally. When I yell, "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD," that's just my Wonderland way of saying "Please" and "Thank you."
  • Favorite Subject: Grimmnastics. I royally heart croquet. They've even made me captain of the team!
  • Least Favorite Subject: General Villainy. Why does everyone think I'm a villain? My destiny is to be a riddle!
  • Best Friends Forever After: Kitty Cheshire and Madeline Hatter are the only ones who understand me. Literally.

Cerise Hood-Rouge (née Scarlet): Descendant of Red Riding Hood. A dark-haired and reserved girl in the renowned scarlet cloak. Dark skin, short hair, and nutbrown eyes. Loves galettes (flapjacks or thick pancakes). Ostensibly related to Sparrow, and actually a werewolf. Her real older brother is Will Scarlet (she was attacked by werewolves and saved by peasants after the massacre). This aloof loner joins the team after Roswitha's disappearance, in Series II. REBEL. 

• Parents: Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wold
• Parent's Story: Little Red Riding Hood
• Roommate: Cedar Wood
• Secret Heart's Desire: Sometimes I just want to proudly howl to the world, "I'm proud of who I am!" Hopefully someday I can.
• My "Magic" Touch: The speed and enhanced senses of my father, plus my magic red cloak lets me travel unseen through shadows. Wicked cool, huh?
• Storybook Romance Status: I'm really shy around boys, but I've always been drawn to the leader of the pack.
• "Oh Curses!" Moment: I have to always hide my ears under my hood. If anyone finds out my parents were the first Rebels, we could be in big bad trouble!
• Favorite Subject: Grimmnastics, especially cross country running. Maybe it's because I run like the wind.
• Least Favorite Subject: Chemythstry. I sometimes feel like I have a hard time mixing well with others.
• Best Friends Forever After: Raven Queen, Madeline Hatter and Cedar Wood.

Blondie Lockes: A vain and blond, cute-looking gossip with fair skin and blue eyes. This ditzy and cute-looking aspiring artist is the daughter of Goldilocks, equally fond of porridge and curious. She hates Arts and Crafts classes, being sensitive and unable to take constructive criticism for her paintings. Blondie lacks sense of personal space and she frequently rifles others' belongings. Yet she is a nitpicking perfectionist. Though she is but a bourgeois commoner from Book End, she manages to trick the whole school into believing she is royalty... a lie, and one of her many Münchhausen-style tall tales, that she has managed to uphold so far. Yet she knows fair is fair, and, like Sophia, she won't hesitate when things ain't just right. What's more, her snapping up of knowledge on her mirrorcast blog/social network Just Right has made her the Varys, or the Fouché, on campus. ROYAL.

• Parent: Goldilocks
• Parent's Story: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Roommate: C.A. Cupid
• Secret Heart's Desire: Well since my family comes from an old kingdom, having my whole story told and being recognized for my Royal roots would be just right!
• My "Magic" Touch: I can unlock any door. It's no big deal, really. Doors like being walked through. You only insult their destiny by locking them!
• Storybook Romance Status: I can't wait to meet the Prince Charming that's just right for me!
• "Oh Curses!" Moment: Why do people get so mad when I borrow their things? I just assume if they leave their stuff out in the open, they want to share it with me.
• Favorite Subject: Debate. Obviously, people need to know when they're just wrong.
• Least Favorite Subject: Arts & Crafts. If you want my opinion, I don't think my paintings should be criticized.
• Best Friends Forever After: Apple White and Briar Beauty