Adding Character Traits To The Wiki (Merits & Flaws)

[Gossamer]

Character Trait Discussion

So in chat lately we've been talking about character traits heavily. Fallon found list list of traits on the internet and handed out the link in chat today. I'd really like to expand on it and then add the list to our wiki if possible. Can you help us expand? This also might be a good place to add or advertise some of what you think is your own character's merits and flaws. I know I've added mine to my own character's sheet.

So help me brainstorm and add to the list! Post your suggestions and your own character's merits and flaws below!

active
adventurous
affectionate
afraid
aggressive
ambitious
amiable
angry
animated
annoyed
anti-social
anxious
argumentative
arrogant
attentive
babyish
bored
bossy
brave
brilliant
busy
calm
can't keep a secret
careful
cautious
charismatic
charming
cheerful
childish
clever
clumsy
coarse
cold-hearted
compassionate
competitive
complacent
compulsive
conceited
confident
confused
considerate
cooperative
courageous
cowardly
crafty
critical
cruel
cultured
curious
cynical
dangerous
daring
decisive
dependable
dependent on
others
determined
diligent
discreet
dishonest
disloyal
disobedient
disparaging
disrespectful
dissatisfied
doesn't learn
domineering
doubtful
dutiful
eager
easygoing
eloquent
encouraging
energetic
enthusiastic
fair
faithful
fearless
fidgety
fierce
finicky
foolish
formal
frank
friendly
frustrated
funny
generous
gentle
giddy
giving
glamorous
gloomy
grateful
greedy
grouchy
gullible
happy
harried
hateful
haughty
helpful
honest
hopeful
hopeless
hospitable
humble
hyper
ignorant
ill-bred
imaginative
immature
impartial
impatient
impolite
impudent
impulsive
inappropriate
inconsiderate
independent
industrious
innocent
insensitive
insolent
intelligent
jealous
judgmental
lackadaisical
languid
lazy
liar
logical
lonely
loving
loyal
lucky
malicious
mature
mean
meticulous
mischievous
moody
mundane
mysterious
naive
negligent
nervous
never satisfied
no sense of humor
noisy
obedient
obliging
obnoxious
observant
obsessive
overindulgent
prejudice
procrastinator
reckless
rude
sarcastic
selfish
self-pitying
shy
smart
stubborn
superficial
tactless
taking self too seriously
too trusting
unable to commit
uncommunicative
unconfident
unmannered
untrusting

[S'Essy]

Nice one! I really like the idea!
My suggestions:

babbling a lot, talkative, lovely, likeable, sympathetic, mad, gluttony

And those came to mind suddenly.

[Zoszem]

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selfless/unselfish, proud, pretentious, slob, respectful, meek, eccentric...

I'm thinking!

EDIT: inquisitive, egotistical. Kind of similar to curious and falls close to selfish. Or "self-absorbed"... Hrm.
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[Shane Wallsly]

Maybe Admirable, clean, adaptable, warm, well-bred (as the opposite of ill-bred), tolerant, wise and witty?

Edit: stalwart and steadfast!

I came up with this for Shane. Not sure about it now but I'll post it anyway. First draft was very lopsided on the negative side.

Positive Character Traits: ambitious, careful, cautious, clever, crafty, curious, independent, selfish, imaginative, logical, observant, adaptable.

Negative Character traits: cowardly, clumsy, competitive, critical, cynical, fidgety, formal, gloomy, greedy, jealous, liar, lonely, selfish.

[Fallon]

Hurrah, Traits!

I will suggest a some more "good" traits that I have managed to scrounge up from my mind:

Adaptable
Balanced
Calm
Capable
Challenging
Deep
Dignified
Exciting
Focused
Forgiving
Idealistic
Impressive
Modest
Neat
Passionate
Playful
Popular
Realistic
Respectful
Sociable
Skillful
Trusting
Understanding

And one of my favourite words - meretricious (definition: apparently attractive but having no real value).

I will come back probably with more later. As for Fallon herself...

Merits:Focused, mischievous, loyal, inquisitive, charismatic, decisive.
Flaws: Manipulative, Stubborn, Temperamental, Unbalanced.

[Gossamer]

Gall
Deranged
Driving goal
Inferioirity complex
Superiority complex
Intolerant
Low Self-esteem
Masochist/Sadist
Pacifist
Territorial
Soft-hearted
Clear-Sighted
Eidetic Memory
Self confident
Absent minded
Overconfident
Weak-willed
Daredevil
Graceful
Green-Thumbed
Pitiable
Airhead
Addictive
Weird

[Nemesis]

This is a cool idea Gives people shorter bits to think about, rather than having to memorise the loooong paragraphs that we wrote upon creation!

...turns out most of mine are negative - what does that tell you about me?!

• Blithe
• Broody/ing
• Crude
• Ego-Centric (different to 'egotistical')
• Fanciful
• Flippant
• Indifferent
• Irritable
• Lethargic
• Lively
• Offensive
• Overcautious
• Paranoid
• Passive
• Rambunctious
• Resentful
• Resilient
• Simple
• Spirited
• Sullen
• Troubled
• Unrefined
• Volatile
• Whimsical

[Nal'reim Qyan]

Here is a compiled list of suggestions posted by goss and everyone else that has posted on this thread. I tried to keep them alphabetically (just based on the first letter) and removed any doubles (something suggested more than once). This way anyone else wanting to suggest traits can just look here and not have to look through all the posts. The ones I suggest are bolded.

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A:
addictive, airhead, absent minded, ambitious, adaptable, admirable, active, adventurous, affectionate, afraid, aggressive, ambitious, amiable, angry, animated, annoyed, anti-social, anxious, argumentative, arrogant, attentive

B:
babyish, bored, bossy, brave, brilliant, busy, babbling a lot, balanced, blithe, broody

C:
clean, calm, can't keep a secret, careful, cautious, charismatic, charming, cheerful, childish, clever, clumsy, coarse, cold-hearted, compassionate, competitive, complacent, compulsive, conceited, confident, confused, considerate, cooperative, courageous, cowardly, crafty, critical, cruel, cultured, curious, cynical, curious, careful, capable, challenging, crude, calculated

D:
dangerous, daring, decisive, dependable, dependent on others, determined, diligent, discreet, dishonest, disloyal, disobedient, disparaging, disrespectful, dissatisfied, doesn't learn, domineering, doubtful, dutiful, deep, dignified, deranged, driving goal, daredevil, dominant

E:
eager, easygoing, eloquent, encouraging, energetic, enthusiastic, eccentric, exciting, eidetic memory, ego-centric

F:
fair, faithful, fearless, fidgety, fierce, finicky, foolish, formal, frank, friendly, frustrated, funny, focused, forgiving, fanciful, flippant

G:
generous, gentle, giddy, giving, glamorous, gloomy, grateful, greedy, grouchy, gullible, gluttony, gall, graceful, green-thumbed

H:
happy, harried, hateful, haughty, helpful, honest, hopeful, hopeless, hospitable, humble, hyper

I:
ignorant, ill-bred, imaginative, immature, impartial, impatient, impolite, impudent, impulsive, inappropriate, inconsiderate, independent, industrious, innocent, insensitive, insolent, intelligent, idealistic, impressive, inferiority complex, intolerant, indifferent, irritable

J:
jealous, judgmental

K:
kind, knowledgable

L:
lackadaisical, languid, lazy, liar, logical, lonely, loving, loyal, lucky, lovely, likeable, low self-esteem, lethargic, lively

M:
malicious, mature, mean, meticulous, mischievous, moody, mundane, mysterious, mad, meek, modest, masochist

N:
naive, negligent, nervous, never satisfied, no sense of humor, noisy, neat

O:
obedient, obliging, obnoxious, observant, obsessive, overindulgent, overconfident, offensive, overcautious

P:
prejudice, procrastinator, proud, pretentious, passionate, playful, popular, pacifist, pitiable, paranoid, passive

R:
reckless, rude, respectful, realistic, rambunctious, resentful, resilient

S:
selfish, self-pitying, shy, smart, stubborn, superficial, sympathetic, slob, stalwart, steadfast, selfish, tactless, sociable, skillful, superiority complex, sadist, soft-hearted, self confident, simple, spirited, sarcastic, sullen, smart

T:
trusting, talkative, taking self too seriously, tolerant, territorial, troubled

U:
unable to commit, uncommunicative, unconfident, unmannered, untrusting, understanding, unrefined

V:
volatile

W:
warm, well-bred, wise, witty, weak-willed, weird, whimsical."

Hope this helps!

-Nal

[Gossamer]

Thank you so much! I think I'll add these into the Wiki tonight!

[Gossamer]

I'm locking this thread because we've moved the traits to the wiki.

http://www.mizahar.com/lore/Character_Traits

If you have more to add, feel free to add them into the wiki page directly.

Also, there's a great resource out there:

http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/adjectives/adjectives-that-start-with-q.html

This is where I got some of the Q's. We were lacking. So if anyone wants to go through and add more to some of our longer lists, feel free.