Heya, who misses this?

Allamorph, apparently.

He asked this in questions, so I figured I'd just make a post for it here so everyone gets pinged by the update - not like we're really busy or anything, after all:

Hum. Been about a month....

So, kind of a general question for anyone still paying attention: when working with dialogue in a fantasy or medieval setting, how does one deal with contractions? and are there any other speech patterns you might want to watch out for?

As for my own thoughts on the matter...

I'd say that what's ultimately important is to stay consistent. Oftentimes people immediately revert to very formal, very archaic language when they describe their characters from their fantasy/medieval settings. Thing is, even back then they had their slang, their ways to speak, and their own informal ways of speaking. So it really depends on how you want to approach it. I'd say if contracted speech would better illustrate your character, then go for it. But yeah, consistency of character is probably most important, I'd say.