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RhymewithRay · 12 answers · 3y

Hi friends c: what are the things you consider when shipping characters? It can be your own ocs or canon characters from games/shows ect :o basically, what gets you invested in developing the dynamic between two characters?

First off I think about whether the characters/OCs look good together. Then I consider how their personalities compliment or contrast one another. If I think they could realistically work out then I become invested! I really like when characters actually feel like they’d canonically work out. I think it’s nice when characters look good with each other, but it’s more important to me that they actually make sense.

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