: Re: How can I write humor as character trait? I have a character that likes to make humor, puns and jokes. Humor should work here as a character trait; something really peculiar to this particular

An alternate approach to the ones suggested so far:

It's a coping mechanism. If the tale is grim in general, it wouldn't be out of place for a character who has seen some stuff to cope by making jokes. In this case, he's not doing it to make others laugh (not that that's an issue if they do), but to keep his mind off of what he doesn't want to think about. So: if he makes a joke nobody else catches, he might smile but then just move on. If he's caught thinking, he responds by making a joke instead of answering seriously.

Granted, this might be a major shift and not possible for your character.

An example of this is, perhaps, Cody from Brandon Sanderson's excellent series The Reckoners.

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