forageables:

a list of quirks for characters to make them a little more interesting

• doesn’t like to wear shoes
• always has a piece of sugarfree gum in their mouth
• has a collection of cartoon dvds
• walks everywhere they go
• only wears pastel colors
• won’t go anywhere without three hairbands on their wrist
• refuses to wear any shoes except red converse
• has a crippling fear of something mundane like mushrooms
• has a dream notebook filled with every dream they can remember
• has a really loud sneeze and goes into sneeze fits
• only wears vintage clothing
• has damaged hair from messing with it too much
• super good at advanced math but can’t do addition for shit
• believes in the supernatural, like ghosts
• likes to go on midnight shopping trips and run through stores
• gets too emotionally attached
• loves dogs and has three of them
• has hallucinations, but not scary ones
• works at a fast food establishment in their free time
• always carries a musical instrument with them
• always carries a sketchbook with them
• likes to name inanimate objects
• strictly against drug use
• excessively polite
• excessively indecisive
• can recite the first 200 digits of pi
• can only play clocks by coldplay on the piano and plays it 24/7
• gets itchy skin when anxious
• has to move things around in a certain pattern before going to sleep
• worries that if they do one thing wrong they’ll die
• obsessed with puzzles
• obsessed with rpg videogames
• texts with one thumb
• always has red painted nails
• an amazing runner with super toned legs
• has a beautiful voice
• has restless legs, especially at night
• has terrible performance anxiety
• doesn’t like to turn assignments in because they’re afraid they’ll fail
• loves science but is really bad at it
• can/can’t make friends easily
• likes to lie in fields and stare at the stars
• believes that wishes can come true
• falls deeply in love
• bruises super easily
• beautiful/horrible handwriting
• ambidextrous
• only likes nintendo games
• only drinks sparkling water
• doesn’t watch tv/listen to music
• goes to concerts every week
• likes slam poetry
• likes to study in coffee shops/libraries
• doesn’t understand politics but tries nonetheless
• wears the same sweatshirt every day
• collects sweatshirts
• works three part time jobs
• crazy intelligent but super shy
• likes to memorize phone numbers instead of writing them down
• loves to calculate probability
• gets homesick very easily
• wants to leave home very badly
• trips a lot
• can’t dance but tries anyway
• brushes their teeth seven times a day
• incredibly honest to a sometimes brash extent
• only draws with mechanical pencils
• only writes with pens
• collects pens from hotels
• wants to believe in heaven but can’t
• watches a ton of anime
• makes people cute nicknames
• makes people origami
• uses origami as a coping mechanism
• owns a ton of t-shirts from hot topic, but has never been inside
• makes all their own food
• vegetarian/vegan/pescatarian
• eats rice krispies every morning
• does everything “for the aesthetic”
• watches kids shows
• goes to a private school
• short term memory loss
• loves disney movies
• makes lists of random things in their free time
• only eats foods with a spoon
• only likes to wear skirts
• never has their hair down
• dyes their hair every two weeks
• likes to collect pokemon cards
• gets obsessed with games really easily
• gives up too easily
• gets their heart broken too often
• has a mysterious disease
• has a big social media following
• tries too hard to be popular
• likes to draw everything and everyone
• can eat a whole lemon
• listens to “edgy” music all the time