Over the past year I've been plotting/writing a series of stories (two days to finish this NaNoWriMo, with 4000 words to go). Fantasy/adventure with a romantic sideplot for some characters.
One of my main characters has sort of surprised me, in writing her. She hasn't been part of the romantic subplot, and I didn't really see the need to give her a love interest. In part because I hate that "pair the spares" mentality. At the same time, I didn't want to delegate her to sidekick status or have her feel like a third wheel, so I've been really thinking consciously about her role in events that occur. And recently, it's occurred to me that I see her as rather aromantic, possibly asexual. She has a fondness towards her friends and is intensely loyal to those she trusts, but doesn't really see herself forming romantic attachments (and I definitely don't plan on hooking her up with anyone over the course of the three books I have planned).
I guess I was wondering what advice you might have, if any, as I go about writing this character. With my own awareness that the character is aromantic, is it something that should be definitely stated at some point within my trilogy, so there's that "canon" confirmation?
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Date: 2012-11-29 11:20 pm (UTC)Over the past year I've been plotting/writing a series of stories (two days to finish this NaNoWriMo, with 4000 words to go). Fantasy/adventure with a romantic sideplot for some characters.
One of my main characters has sort of surprised me, in writing her. She hasn't been part of the romantic subplot, and I didn't really see the need to give her a love interest. In part because I hate that "pair the spares" mentality. At the same time, I didn't want to delegate her to sidekick status or have her feel like a third wheel, so I've been really thinking consciously about her role in events that occur. And recently, it's occurred to me that I see her as rather aromantic, possibly asexual. She has a fondness towards her friends and is intensely loyal to those she trusts, but doesn't really see herself forming romantic attachments (and I definitely don't plan on hooking her up with anyone over the course of the three books I have planned).
I guess I was wondering what advice you might have, if any, as I go about writing this character. With my own awareness that the character is aromantic, is it something that should be definitely stated at some point within my trilogy, so there's that "canon" confirmation?