: Re: How to write a character who recently gained emotions I have an android character who, ever since the near-death experience of his very young childhood, he has lacked emotions of any kind.

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Initially he would be confused and overwhelmed. He's experiencing things he's never had to deal with before and has no real base to understand it.

If you've ever seen someone on hormone therapy or a pregnant woman, you'll see how they experience rapid mood swings and can overreact at the littlest things. That would be your character for a little while. If you want to keep it from being over the top, have the initial emotions muted. That will allow the sense of wonder in the android, and still show how strange and intoxicating happiness or anger can be without overwhelming the rest of the plot.

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