The character is an 18 year old female. The setting is a fantasy world with magic and not human, both of which are important. We'll call her Rachel.

Born into a minor noble house, she is the eldest of twin sisters. Unfortunately she was born blind and so is passed over as heir. Additionally, for the first several years of her life she's raised as an inferior to her twin. Not physically abused, and given a limited education, but "put in her place" if you will. She's not brought out in public and kept with the servant children when they host events.

Children begin developing the ability to use magic between six and eight. As I mentioned, they're not human and one of the differences is the ability to see in infrared using their magic. There's a physical aspect in addition to this, and in Rachel's case the nerves that operate on infrared are not damaged unlike her normal vision. In other words, she soon figured out how to see, albeit in a monochrome scale and only when using her magic.

Rachel thought this would mean she would be accepted by her mother and father, but she was wrong. In order to avoid trouble, her parents gave her to her uncle to be his heir, as his wife died and he had no children. The uncle was kind if a little distant, distracted by his duties with the military. Regardless, he provided the ability to catch up on her education and she was sent to "the academy" at eight.

(As an aside, I don't have a proper name for the place yet, it only features in the back story, but it is based on the medieval cathedral schools during the middle ages, when they would accept noble children and educated them. Additionally, Rachel learned to read because their sight is a mixture of Near Infrared and normal infrared, so creating some heat near the page allows her to clearly see the charcoal markings on the page.)

At the academy she was bullied. Adopted, blind, and an outsider, it was inevitable. I haven't really dived into this, as it's where I am needing help, but I am imagining the bullying gets physical at some point.

I want her to develop into who she is at the start of the story: Someone who comes across at first as very restrained and unemotional, but as you get to know her she comes across as cynical and even arrogant. Rachel can quietly tear you apart verbally without raising her voice. It's only after people get past the walls she has put up that her caring side is revealed.

Rachel followed her uncle into becoming a military strategist, and she has the potential to be great at it. Her biggest issues is her outward coldness and the fact that once she actually commands in a battle, the fact her actions results in some of her men losing their lives deeply bothers her.

Thinking about it and with feedback, I'd go with this: Rachel starts out cold and arrogant. Life has taught her to be guarded and not show weakness. After her first real battle, which they lose because their enemies summon demons, the aftermath racks her with guilt and pain. A commander whom she's friends with also almost dies, and her desperation to ensure he survives is meant to encompass her desire to protect her men. It also opens up to her that maybe her feelings for him are more than friendship. This causes her a crisis of faith in herself and her beliefs.

There is a romance that develops but it's slow and the partner, we'll call Eric, is meant to contrast with Rachel. Orphaned at seven, he was happily adopted by his aunt and uncle and raised as a full member of the family. He's outgoing and reckless, which annoys and fascinates Rachel. I don't want the romance to change their personalities so much that they sand each other's rough edges off by the end of the story.

My question is does it make sense that she develops this way? She starts off being made to feel inferior, then she gets bullied, yet her uncle's people treat her with respect and she has a very quick mind. She didn't yell or burst into tears as her bullies might have wished, but she could never refrain from telling them how she felt.

That's how I imagine it but I don't know if it works. Any suggestions?

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I need help conceptualizing the kind of evolution a "loser" character might undergo, without them ceasing to be a "loser" or switching over to the "good guys' side" (since no such side will exist). If anyone here has ever created a loser, a pitiful failure who kept banging their face against the wall, how did you write them?

Long story short, I have this story about a competition among young magic apprentices, in which the winner earns the title of witch.
Among the participants is Blum Blorein, a natural born loser, who has lost this competition for three consecutive years, who has lost every competition she ever participated in. She plays the role of the rival in the story, she appears frequently, antagonizes the MC, loses in a humiliating way and runs away while claiming it didn’t count. She is annoying, petty, high on herself and above everything a sore loser.
She struggles to win because the contest demands the forging of alliances and the use of betrayal; yet, she is too critical and judgmental to secure allies, while simultaneously being so naive that anyone can easily take advantage of her. Furthermore, she often alienates others because of her faith: she is a Catholic witch (a peculiar combination) and, to make matters worse, a fervent believer who tends to view everyone else as a sinner. To ensure she doesn’t lose this time, her family has paid a powerful participant to protect her from the shadows, an act of assistance that she, however, interprets as divine intervention. Even so, even with that help, she is helpless on her own.

This character will evolve through constant defeats and humiliations at the hands of the protagonist, but my question is: in what direction? How does this downward spiral of failures unfold? How does someone who is a "loser" think, and how does their situation go from bad to worse? If the MC is a prick and a bully, and the possibility of them striking up a friendship is ruled out, what path would a rival character take?

You don’t have to necessarily help with my character; even by sharing your losers, you could help me get an idea of ​​where to take mine.

I'm trying to find a model of protagonist writing I found really interesting which based itself on 13 qualities for a desirable character, and most likeablecharacters had A/N amount,

I remember it really intrigued me due to clearly allowing for morally bad characters if they had other traits and was a fun model

has anyone heard of this and do they remember who wrote the idea? many thanks