the thing about her telling a story in a way that feels like she’s just “catching someone up” is really interesting because that’s a lot like how tiktok influencers tell stories of their lives while doing makeup, or how they relay stories in general. it’s this short form that’s supposed to keep your attention. i think that a character just kinda Talking Like That is really useful for characterization.
- it reflects who she is and how that kind of culture and mindset affects everything, not just what goes on online and
- the reason why this style of speaking is so popular on different social media platforms is because the ease of digesting it paired with a very clear and distinct influencer voice and personality helps people form parasocial attachments to the speaker.
what i’m trying to say is that it actually makes her more realistic and endearing to people reading her, especially because a PERSON like tiffany and a CHARACTER like tiffany are going to have different responses.
like, i’m a big fan of characters who are a bit vapid, because you get to see into their lives in the stories they’re in. sometimes, it’ll be a story of “my parents are rich and neglect my emotional needs and throw money at me instead,” or “there’s nothing good about me except my money/looks and i have rock-bottom self esteem,” and empathizing with them is much easier because they’re not real. but with real people… dude, rich people have SLAVES and shit. rich people will have clothing lines made in sweatshops and then go “oops haha didn’t know that was unethical.”
anyway really liked that part.