How do you picture the characters of your favorite stories?

Hi there everyone!

A thing that’s been happening to me lately when reading erotica is that my mind has started to use people I’ve seen in TV, films and Internet Almighty. It used to be nonexistent people or people I know, but I guess I’ve been exposed to so much content in my life that my brain cannot escape it!

Anyways, I thought it’d be cool to share what our minds have visioned for the characters we know from the hot stories uploaded to the myriad of sites that is GKS.

Let me start with one of my recent favorites: Love Begins At Home, by the sensational S. Q. Neemie. Now, before I start, bear in mind that this is my mind’s interpretation of the characters. Many won’t fit that much the description, and for that I apologize, but isn’t that part of the fun? Seeing how readers interpret the reality that has been created? :smiley:

First off, the character I’ve got a most vivid image of is Tanner. In my mind, he looks exactly like Jared Leto and his Jesus Christ aesthetic.

That holy yet sexy vibe is a killer and I think it matches Tanner’s wolf in beautiful sheep’s clothing feel.

Then there’s Blake, who in my mind would look something close to model Rafael Miller:

I’d say he’s sweet, athletic, manly and a bit of a natural leader, the kind that is not aware he’s got that role.

Now, in my head Pastor Johnson looks like Patrick Dempsey just a bit more down to earth and less smartly clothed :joy:


Then, for Devon I see him like someone who’s athletic, loyal and fun, so he kind of reminds of Shade Andrew.

As per the rest of characters, they all look like people my mind made up, which is good because it means the imagination section of my brains is still alive and somewhat working!

So, what do you think? Do they match the way you’ve imagined them? Am I super far from your point of view? Also, and most importantly:

How do you picture the men from your favorite stories? :blush:

Please, feel free to add your own list of pictures of the characters from your favorite stories :smiley:

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One of my favourite stories is MonsterMash62’s Extreme Changeover.

I always picture Mark as Chad Demchik.

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And once the transformation is complete, this is how I see Kevin and Mark.

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Hey, that’s excellent! The younger dudes are spot-on in my opinion, and Leto is so close. Dempsey is a surprise, but I can see it—and it’s not an unhappy image.

These images make finishing the next chapter all the easier.

Like you, I hardly ever see “real” people as types of characters—with one exception. For some reason Joey in my now-ancient Brother-in-Law Christmas series always was Jesse Williams in my mind. No clue why!

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This takes me back to when I was reading the Strain trilogy; I read the main character Ephraim Goodweather as a black man and his son Zach as mixed race. It was more that I didn’t realize I read them that way until the TV show was announced and I saw Corey Stroll cast as Ephraim that I realized I had read the Ephraim in the book as a black man.

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I “cast” real people as my characters because it gives me a visual reference.

I used my references as promos during PHOLUS REBORN:




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Oh wow, really? Happy to know that I got close! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: To be honest, the clearest images in my head where Tanner’s and Blake’s. I read their descriptions and Jared Leto and Rafael Miller appeared to play them right away. Pastor Johnson took a little bit but his foggy self shaped into Dempsey after a while, and my mental image of Devon was also kind of blurry until I came accross Shade Andrew’s pictures on instagram. I kind of had a harder time visualizing the rest of the characters, though. It wasn’t until recently that I got a clearer image of Tony, and as for Ethan the image I had of him had to drastically change when his body was described in his chapter :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: But that’s quite a common thing to happen and it doesn’t make stories any less enjoyable. Jiang was never a problem, though, but he doesn’t look like anyone I could share a picture of.

I just read MonsterMash62’s story and I must say Chad Demchik really fits the description. From the big muscled body to the handsome yet slightly primitive face, he’s very similar to what I got from the story. I don’t know if @MonsterMash62 may agree, but I think that you did a good job there!

This, sir, I wasn’t expecting! Looks like the work of someone who gets paid for digital image editing. Or maybe from someone who’s really into digital image editing? Anyway, it looks so cool! :hushed: I love the captions by the way, Sir Patrick Stewart’s specially. So funny to picture him attending the casting and saying those words extremely politely and out of the blue :joy:

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Great story series. It was hot and funny and adorable all in one.

I’d love to ride Josh Maley as a centaur.

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He’s gorgeous!

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I forgot about this thread. A few months back I based the appearance and some of the personality of one of my characters after a gay porn star. I’ve never done that before but it helped inform the character and made him easy as heck to write! Dale Savage is always dispensing curiously fatherly advice to younger porn actors and does it in a nice, classy way. And he’s so handsome to boot!

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oooooo, I love both sharing with authors how I view their characters and learning how others are imagining my characters!

I’ll do the same one you did with @sqneemie and Love Begins at Home because it’s legit my obsession at the moment (re-reading it from the beginning for, like, the fiftieth time).

Tanner:

Paster Pete:

Blake

Ethan
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Sam (imagine tattoos though)

Kent

Devon

James
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Tony

Nino/Gino

Mateo

Jiang

Lyle

Drew

These aren’t perfect, but pretty close to how I view them…I just love this story so much lol

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I am deeply charmed by all the love this story is getting. Hopefully the ending won’t disappoint. :slight_smile:

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Honestly, even if I’m ‘disappointed’ so to speak, I’ll continue to deeply enjoy the journey and will likely reread it for years to come…errr…cum :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

You ever want to talk what works for you in the series, let me know! I’m anxious to repeat the success of the series in the future.

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Oh! I like your Tanner. Traditionally angelic features but hints of dominance, ambition and a certain darkness appears when looking long enough.

Your Nino/Gino looks super hot! A bit on the wild side, with that cut in the eyebrow.

And your Jiang is amazing! I’ve aways had difficulties finding a picture that represents Jiang properly. In my mind, he’s slightly short and stocky due to his years as a gymnast, and his face shows his superiority complex and disdain towards others. That’s a very hard mix! Not many models or athletes fit the description.

By the way @EdIam, since we’re in this conversation, I tend to have problems picturing the men of 18/19 described to have hairy chests :see_no_evil: The internet seems to only supply smooth twinks and studs for that sphere. Some of your stories have hairy teenagers and the way they look tend to fluctuate in my mind. Coincidentally, one of my go-to references is Levi Conely, who you used here for Sam, but I think he fits better the description of someone in their twenties. Do you happen to use any references yourself, or do you simply manage to picture the trope in your mind?

Didn’t know him but with just that picture I can see he’s got the perfect ingredients for a very interesting (and attractive) character. :heart_on_fire:

He can also play an incredibly mean villain. DisruptiveFilms FULL SCENE - Virgin Twink Shares Bed with Older Friend of the Family - Pornhub.com :wink:

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Honestly, I just know I had some guys in my class I had big crushes on in high school and remember that an 18 year old can look older or younger than their 18 years. There aren’t a lot of pics I can use or find for hairier chested high school Seniors without feeling like my Google image search is being monitored by the FBI, lmao. But if I just type in ‘hairy chested young man’, the results are usually doable. For reference, though, when I say hairy chest (which I usually always prefer all my mind fucked guys to be), it’s not always completely covered. For instance, here’s how I imagined the twins in my story for I Think…

They’re 18 in the story, and a small amount of chest hair works for me. But in my mind, it fluctuates and these pics end up being slight references to what I’m imagining rather than 1:1 copies.

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Oh! I see. I always thought they’d be fully covered in fur or something, and that clashed with the memories I have from my teens. This amount of chest hair I can picture with no problem. My mind seems at ease with it.

Happy to know I’m not the only one with fluctuating depictions of the characters. Sometimes I wish my brain could produce more stable images, but maybe that’d mean I lost a big part of my humanity somewhere :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

And that’s a very handsome man, by the way. I may go re-read the part with the twins once more now that I have this reference :grin: Not that I need a excuse, though.

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