Naruzeldamaster
Sage
So I'm talking like. Black Beard, he was a real badass of a pirate, and did many insane things, but people only remember him for his Beard, which was black, and he would tie candles and light them to in order to terrorize his enemies. I'm sure the man was a regular nutcase and was remembered for a ton of other shit. But yep, Black Beard, the bearded pirate who had a black beard. Yup.
Anime do this a lot, a character (Usually an officer or something, or a particular instructor) will have way more clout than they realistically should have. Then protagonists come along and the people afraid of them realize they weren't that terrifying to begin with. (Or they were that terrifying and couldn't do anything about it) Either that, or the character having too much clout than they rightfully deserve, and have just enough strength/skill to back up their hot air, etc.
I kind of want to write a character or two who are like that, like the other characters know to be afraid/concerned just from the name.
Not sure how to go about it. I know Fear is one way, but not all characters I wanna write like this enforce their power through fear.
From my experience with this writing mechanism, the character in question tends to be one of two things: the 'best' at something, or the 'leader' of something, sometimes both.
I'm not sure what else goes into it though.
I'm not just talking about character names either too, Kind of want a few places in my world that have that "one does not simply walk into mordoor" energy. Even if the place itself isn't actually that dangerous if you're strong enough to survive there.
Anime do this a lot, a character (Usually an officer or something, or a particular instructor) will have way more clout than they realistically should have. Then protagonists come along and the people afraid of them realize they weren't that terrifying to begin with. (Or they were that terrifying and couldn't do anything about it) Either that, or the character having too much clout than they rightfully deserve, and have just enough strength/skill to back up their hot air, etc.
I kind of want to write a character or two who are like that, like the other characters know to be afraid/concerned just from the name.
Not sure how to go about it. I know Fear is one way, but not all characters I wanna write like this enforce their power through fear.
From my experience with this writing mechanism, the character in question tends to be one of two things: the 'best' at something, or the 'leader' of something, sometimes both.
I'm not sure what else goes into it though.
I'm not just talking about character names either too, Kind of want a few places in my world that have that "one does not simply walk into mordoor" energy. Even if the place itself isn't actually that dangerous if you're strong enough to survive there.