Aha, how does Elly put up with that sort of company? XD

Oh, nice! I had a friend who did something like that too --not with kings, but with princes. "Prince" was a rank for people who were charged with a certain region --there were no higher titles, and it was gender neutral.

They also use "prince" as a gender neutral term in Hunter x Hunter, but I wonder if that's more on the part of the translation.

Anyways, I like the idea. Nothing wrong with gender separate terms, but having cultures where a title is gender-neutral is interesting as well.

So the person who is married to a king is still queen in your story?


Aha, if you have multiple characters, a pattern may start to form after a while.

Back when I was RPing often, I had seven or eight characters who were the highlights of my writing. Each personality was different (because I made an effort to pick traits that were distinct from the last character created), and each were fun to write in their own way.

What I found out was that my writing flowed best when I wrote for someone who was more extroverted and caring, because a caring character is more willing to invest in others and help them, and an extroverted personality is more likely (in my writing) to try something new, and so better navigate their own story without my own conscious effort to add new elements in. They also tend to be more funny, which suits my own writing style very well.

I also have a soft spot for contemplative introverts. Although they tend to be more reserved, I tend to focus on their growth and emotional depth, and their feelings and development tends to be more intense in my writing. They are in the story to help themselves at least as much as they are to help others, if not even more so. Because of that, they have firmer lines drawn, and so can fuel more drama because their firm stance on something can fuel conflict.

(This isn't how all introverts and extroverts work; this is just what works best for me in my writing.)

Practice. XD I don't wanna say she's mellow or laid back, but she's very collective and kinda just goes with it and has control of herself.

Yes whoever marries the "king" is automatically the "queen". So if Elly marries, her spouse will be queen. However most aren't familiar with this system in her kingdom and they tend to think the ruler is queen due to the person being female. And very few people know what she looks like, so not many are familiar with her as ruler.

Thanks. Yeah my daughter inspired me. She put on her paper crown and said "Don't I look like a king?" And I said: "Yes." And that's how I came up with the idea. She's so cute.

I think she's more Ambivert. And I think I tend to do more ambiverts and extroverts. I'm not sure if I've done an introvert.

Right. Whatever is best that works for a person's story is always a plus.

Ohhh, so the meaning of those titles are limited to just her own kingdom.

Why do only a few people know what she looks like? Was the royal family very private?


Edit: I came back from a walk with a friend. It looks like our average walks are 6km.

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Mikael Hart wrote:Ohhh, so the meaning of those titles are limited to just her own kingdom.

Why do only a few people know what she looks like? Was the royal family very private?


Edit: I came back from a walk with a friend. It looks like our average walks are 6km.

Yeah I'm working on more to it, but right now I don't feel well so no matter how much I pry my brain I come up blank.

I meant outside of her kingdom. Yeah they're very private. The villagers of her kingdom tend to not make a fuss because Elly likes to be treated just like a person outside the castle.

That's cool. It's too cold to walk here. That and I'm sick. Did I mention that? Geez I can't remember well.

Royalty from other kingdoms haven't met her, right? Is it because they have never had conferences together?

I'm just curious, because I haven't written for royalty in ages, and even then, they tend to be side characters.

My first one (to my recollection) was a blind queen, and said blindness was what set off my character's journey. Then there was a prince from a werewolf-human kingdom, a king of a desert kingdom, two forest princes from two stories, a family of unnamed royals mentioned in my witch's story, and a faery queen.

XD Sounds like a lot but I was about 13-14 when I made my first three, and my last one was in over two years ago. I'd love to learn more about the royal lifestyle so that I could better write them, though.


Ooh, hope you feel better soon!

I think you haven't mentioned it yet, but get well soon!

Oh Zelda can be difficult from time to time :( :D

Oh I remember! Does dropbox work, too?

Drop box?

Aha, I'm having a lot of fun in the game, at least. I'm enjoying the cooking and foraging aspects.

Yeah. I'm still working on the background of it.

Right now I'm so out of it I'm amazed I'm making coherent sentences. I don't even know if coherent is the right word, so if not put in the right word. Ugh! I always get hit hard when sick.