Modifiers and their meanings

For convenience and greater clarity, I will use the heroine — Masha. Masha is a slender student waiting for her prince. Gender: fem! — a male character changes gender to female. fem! Masha → Masha. male! — a female character changes gender to male. male! Masha → a dignified student waiting for his princess. nonbinary! — a female/male character “loses” gender, becoming either asexual or bisexual. nonbinary! Masha → Masha is no longer waiting for anyone. Essence: human! — humanization. human! Masha → Masha. vampire! — a vampire. werewolf! — a werewolf. demon! — a daemon. angel! — an angel. god! — a God. elf! — an elf. mermaid! — a mermaid. alien! — an alien. zombie! — a zombie. Age: de-aged! — always lowering the character’s canonical age until early childhood. de-aged! Masha → little Masha, who goes to kindergarten. aged-up! — if you add years to the character. aged-up! Masha → Masha graduated from the university and got a job. kid! — a child version of an adult character. kid! Masha → Masha, who goes to school. adult! — an adult version of a minor character. adult! Masha → an adult Masha, who already has a family. teen! — teenager character. teen! Masha → fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Masha. Character: dark! — implies a significant change in the character’s character relative to the canon, from exaggeration of negative traits and loss of moral guidelines to a complete transition to the dark side. dark! Masha → evil student Masha. light! — accordingly, a lighter version of the negative character of the canon. light! Masha → sweet and kind Mashenka. reverse! — Intentional change of character traits to the opposite. This primarily concerns character, but can also affect appearance and polar role changes in the AU. reverse! Masha → fat pensioner Gregory alt! — an alternative version of a character from a parallel reality. alt! Masha → Masha, who is the princess of the fairy-tale world. What can I say? In fact, there are a lot of modifiers. As has been described, they are distinguished by age, character, sex and essence. But there are many others. You can also create your own. For example, a lawyer! Masha → Masha, who graduated from university and works as a lawyer. Some may say that modifiers are not important, but this is not true. This way you can let the reader know what awaits him in your work and will attract his attention. Well, I think the explanation was helpful. Don’t forget that you can find other articles on helping writers on my profile.