r/CharacterDevelopment 7d ago

Writing: Character Help Need help with how to write this weird fascist magical child character in my game

So I'm writing this choice-based adventure horror game with a cast of 9 characters that are all meant to be kinda weird in personality and/or backstoey (one of the more normal characters for example saw a woman get squished by a UFO for example)

Theres this one child character I'm writing, for when the cast all meet eachother early in the game, that I really dont know how to write. Shes got a lot on her plate character wise.

She is an Argentinian demigod who is unaware that she is both of these things despite her living in Argentina for the majority of her life and knowing of her supernatural abilities. In addition she is also a fascist as she was raised by a time displaced Hitler who was hoping to use her abilities to take back control of Germany.

In addition to all that weirdness she is also just a legit elementary aged girl so im trying to think of what parts of her should be emphasized and how. Currently I'm thinking of having her act like the stereotypical spooky child but also having her go and act like a normal kid and play tic tac toe with fae or something but thats not really putting the fascist part of her out there which I feel like she needs to have for drama in the group and to make the player somewhat dislike her, but also maybe not too much to where they dont want to immediately sacrifice her when given the chance.

Sorry for being strange but my character is, and thats kind of a problem.

Any advice would be appreciated. And if anyone needs any more info just drop a post!

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u/Andycat49 6d ago

Why do they need to be a small child?

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u/y_n6 3d ago

gap moe, probably.

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u/Salazool 1d ago

Mainly for the contrast as the other characters in the cast are well into adulthood and I like her sticking out, but also to point out her as being more vulnerable than the rest, so I could have her bring characters together to help her when she's in danger. I also just want her to bond with one of the older characters so they could gave a pseudo granddaughter/grandmother relationship and have some wholesome ness in a story full of death and chaos

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u/Andycat49 1d ago

Idk man, Jojo Rabbit might be a good enough way to try to go about it.

Just feels like cramming a lot of conflicting things together and still desperately wanting the character to not be voted off the island first 10 times out of 10 when thatd typically be the logical- hell righteous- solution given the abhorrent morality of the character.

Unless they're light in their beliefs regarding that and therefore reasonable and probably swayable, then it doth demand too much and will just be priority target #1.