haii I don't have a lot of ppl blocked but usually my criteria goes:
1) underage and/or ppl I feel are lying abt their ages (I have a very real fear of this bcs it's happened in the past)
2) ppl that straight up steal twts (not mine specifically, and I'm not talking abt twting similar things coincidentally)
3) ppl that indulge very srsly in engagement-baiting
4) weird fic writing takes i.e. writing discourse (not the fics themselves)
5) ppl that engage in t/b discourse and regularly twt "omg X could never be a t/b". which, I feel is very diff from "omg look at X being such a t/b". I fw anything so the only ick I ever get is w the first example.
6) I also usually block ppl that state "omg block me if you like this thing"
7) ppl that constantly twt w very odd negative connotations (not to me specifically)

I think I only have like under 20 accs blocked and am pretty forgiving for how often ppl appall me so yeah, if you're someone I've blocked I'm so sorry but we are not meant to be in this lifetime🥲🥲

anon hello thank you for the most wonderful ask ever omg?????? idk if I deserve such high praise or if I can accurately answer this in a way that's helpful but let me give it a go💗

I think it has a lot to do w who I am as a person, the nature of my jobs (I work in the mental health field and I am a part time nail tech) and my lived experiences. I am naturally observant and empathetic, and I have a natural curiosity about people as a whole — what makes up their personality, which quirks weigh heavy and not, and also: the things that make them who they are to me. I'm also an introverted social bug so more than half of my friendships are spent observing and remembering. I see a myriad of personalities both in my work life and social life, so it's easy to categorize certain things abt ppl for me.

In the writing perspective, one thing I always strive to do it to make a character both predictable and unpredictable. It's less abt thinking "would character A do this" and more abt making them do it in a way that makes sense even if it seems unlikely; because I feel like that's how a lot of ppl in real life operate. Every person has their own belief systems, and things that make them betray their belief systems. So I feel like playing into their vices without abandoning their own ideals makes them relatable to the reader. Like moments of weaknesses that make them retract and expand at the same time, growing into new forms without losing touch w who they were before — all things that we wish we could do but have a difficult time achieving.

I also think playing into vulnerability as a concept is good exercise. I make layouts for fics, but I don't make them strict because I want the character to form in real time for me, and not have them be preformed bcs halfway through you will get frustrated bcs they don't feel right. Because doing it that way, you already have a set-in-stone formula that leaves very little room for the character to act flexibly. More than half the time I don't follow through with what I think the character would do ideally. Because for that added humanness, you as an author need to step back and loosen your grip on the character justtt a tad.

Also I play around w dialogue a LOT. have them say what they want to say with never saying it in the actual words. like when character A wants to tell character B to stay with them (whatever the reason), A would never tell them "please stay" outright. bcs as real humans when we're vulnerable, we can always find one hundred different ways to deflect. "just tonight" if they're desperate abt it. "you're always leaving huh" if they're a bit petulant abt it. or maybe it won't even be dialogue-centric, like it could be walking them to their car, refusing to look at them the entire way there w hands in pockets and a curt little good night. find many different ways to not say things outright, basically.

In regards to mindset, I feel like it's definitely a learnable habit to be observant, or at least be observant abt ppl's existing observations. In terms of sensitivity, I definitely am not, because I do have a hard time picking up tones and hints irl. but in the fic writing context, the urge to love someone makes it impossible to not pick up on their everything. their voice their gaze the way their hands move when they're: nervous, happy, etc. playing around w the idea of a character that seems to be very bad at taking care of another character is also rly good practice; like when they cannot rmb certain things they've been told, but can identify them by the sound of their footsteps alone. I also like to delve into what makes a character endearing, what makes them frustrating, what makes them impossible not to love despite wanting to whack them over the head multiple times. bcs loving someone is easy but loving them the way they need is very hard. added human experience and all, these are all of my favourite things to explore when I write.

hope that made sense in some ways, thank you so much for liking my writing, and if you need anything more lmk💗💗💗💗