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4123464 No.4123464[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

How do I come up with good character concepts for a tight-knit group of spacefarers all working together? I'm trying to do something in the spirit of Firefly, SG-1, or Outlaw Star, but I'm having a hard time filling the ship up with a group that has synergy.

Are there any articles, tips, or other resources that can give me a hand with this?

>> No.4123493

make real friends in real life and model them after actual experience. go live man.

>> No.4123495

>>4123464
Start with the ninja turtles.

No, seriously.

>leader
>nerd
>hothead
>comedian

Develop them into believable, interesting characters you can care about.

Then if you want, add a couple more peripheral characters.

>> No.4123497

>>4123495
This.

Base the group around archetypes (you can make your own, if you want) and base the characters around this model.

>> No.4123500

>>4123464
Where are Inara and the Shepherd? *irritated*

>> No.4123503

>>4123500
Well, the Shepherd is dead.

>> No.4123513

>>4123503
>>4123500
And Inara left the ship.
And then came back.
And then some other shit happened.

>> No.4123569

>>4123503
not if I refuse to respect the movie, he's not.

>> No.4123766

>>4123493
this unless it starts killing you.
>>4123495
th humours.
and an idea; leave out an important job which no one quite fills and then don't fill it. that should be worth a few throw away lines, and a scene.
and consider why they are together and how proximity and personality form their relationships.