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Date Posted: 15:44:05 10/13/24 Sun
Author: JeffsFort
Subject: My Turn, before I forget again!
In reply to: JeffsFort 's message, "Imagine Magazine Question for 9/15" on 17:08:32 09/23/24 Mon

It's funny to me how strongly some people either support this idea or push back against it. Back in the early 2000s it was really common in forums all over the internet to have postings of what an author had in mind when creating their characters or from readers who imagine 'this' is what I think that character looks like. Personally. I love it when people post creative ways to show what it is they have no other way to show. If a character description for whatever reason makes you think of say Jacob Tremblay, then it's cool to learn why. Even cooler because lots of images of Jacob start to surface. LOL!

My problem when doing so as an author was finding ONE random image that is really close to what I imagine a character I created looks like. Then I drive myself nuts later on trying to find other pictures that are close but just seem to miss the mark. I actually have one character that has a before and after a very altering event in his plot line, mainly because I wanted to come up with an updated look but not let go of the original. Kinda neurotic when you think about it but to me it was fun because that effort tied into a story plot. The more twisted, the more I like it.

With Comsie's stuff, I loved his evolving images and how he would encourage others to share their own. That was the reason why his GFD: BloodBank site originally had the "Vampire Sightings" section (Now located at https://gfdbloodbank.com/chapters/sightings01/) and so much more that literally created a tangible world that we all could see instead of simply imagine. We need more of that still I think!

So yeah, I wanna see! (Stop laughing TurtleBoy!)

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