Talk:Fitzroy Avery Vacker/@comment-68.231.221.239-20180902052638

Fitz is possibly the best character ever created. Why?

Because Shannon was an ultimate writer when she wrote his character. People often see nothing in his personality, often claiming he doesn't have one. And their right. At least from the definition of "personality" when we talk about book characters. "Personalities" in books are often sub-conciously created AROUND their role in the story by the author. For example, Keefe is a "bad-boy" created to be one of Sophie's love interests, which is common in literature. You see, in literature most characters and occourances are placed strategicly in order to create character archs. Therefore, the authors create the roles first, and then the characters AROUND the roles. Which is why Fitz is claimed to "have no personality" because everyone is used to "personality" in books to be their roles in the story. But Fitz HAS no direct role in the story (though it does have SOME traces to the "perfect kid" role) which means his personality is fluid and near-infinite. This is game-changing, because that means he has no role to follow, just like reality. His personality is the most human (by that I mean everyone in real-life) and by that I mean adaptable and complex.

So well-done Shannon Messenger for stepping out of the character creation process that every other author had down!