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Q&A How to make a mimicking character believable

Don't make it a person. The best example is The Raven who only says "Nevermore." This is very clearly a very intelligent being and yet his lexicon is limited to not only one word but a "kind of a ...

posted 7y ago by Doctor Zhivago‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:41:26Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Doctor Zhivago‭ · 2019-12-08T05:41:26Z (over 4 years ago)
Don't make it a person. The best example is The Raven who only says "Nevermore."

This is very clearly a very intelligent being and yet his lexicon is limited to not only one word but a "kind of a number of nothing" word at that.

So in the madness of the human mind...

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-10-22T00:49:55Z (over 7 years ago)
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