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What exactly is a "different color flag" in the fiction industry? 🚩🏴

🟢 Green Flag.

🚩 Red Flag.

🏴 Black Flag

🤎 Beige Flag

Okay, so what exactly is "different color flags" in fiction?

Where are you from?

How many colors are there?

Can one character change color?

First...

The term Red Flag does not stem from the fiction industry.

Originally, it was the English word for "danger warning flag."

It has been around since the 18th century.

Before being used in the metaphorical sense that

"A warning sign that something may be in trouble."

Then the online world applied to relationships.

And then gradually branch into Green Flag, Beige Flag, Black Flag and other colors that we see today.

🟢 Green Flag.

People who are with, life is better.

Such as

❤ Respect other people's boundaries

❤ Communicate honestly

❤ Responsible for actions

❤ Accept when doing wrong

Speaking the language of the villagers is

Dating and calm

🟡 Yellow Flag

Not a problem yet.

But should continue to observe

Such as

❤ Very jealous

❤ Not much trust people

❤ Too introverted

❤ Hurry in a relationship

Not a bad person.

Just need to keep looking.

🔴 Red Flag.

A serious alarm.

Such as

Like control

Repeated lie

No respect for boundaries

Use emotions to hurt others

Get away!!!

⚫ Black Flag

A very popular term in the fiction industry.

Referring to that character

❤ Danger

❤ Obsessed

❤ Ready to do immorality

♀ Red flag until burned to black

But the reader still loves

Because it was written out and charming

🤎 Beige Flag

The strongest colored flag in recent years.

I mean,

"Strange is bad and not bad."

Such as

❤ Replay the same song every day

❤ Have a strange ritual before work

❤ Name every device

❤ Thousands of passwords, but not easy to remember

And does one person have many colors?

Yeah.

And in fact,

Virtually all humans have multiple colors at once.

Someone who's a Green Flag in one story.

Could be the Yellow Flag in another story.

Or even Red Flag in some situations.

Can the characters change color?

Yeah.

And good characters often change colors, too.

Some started the story as Yellow Flag.

And then grow to become a Green Flag.

Some started the story as Green Flag.

But the last became Red Flag.

When power, fear or loss change them,

Summary (in the corner of the rite) 🙃💡

Colored flags are not "verdicts."

But it's a tool that helps us understand character.

And maybe...

Reading the funniest fiction

Probably not finding the perfect Green Flag.

But watching that one human being

Which color to choose to grow?

# Dee Jung, this world has many colors🌈🏳️‍🌈

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... Read moreในฐานะคนที่ชอบอ่านนิยายและติดตามเทรนด์วงการนิยายออนไลน์ ผมสังเกตเห็นว่า "ธงสีต่าง ๆ" กลายเป็นเครื่องมือที่ช่วยให้ผู้อ่านเข้าใจลักษณะนิสัยของตัวละครได้ง่ายขึ้น หรือแม้แต่สะท้อนให้เห็นถึงความสัมพันธ์ในเรื่องนั้น ๆ ได้ชัดเจนขึ้น ธงสีเหล่านี้ไม่ได้เป็นเพียงคำตัดสินว่าตัวละครดีหรือไม่ดี แต่เหมือนเป็นสัญลักษณ์เตือนหรือคำชื่นชมสำหรับพฤติกรรมบางอย่าง ผมเองเคยเจอนิยายที่ตัวละครเริ่มต้นด้วยกลิ่นอายของ Yellow Flag ซึ่งหมายถึงคุณสมบัติที่ยังไม่เป็นปัญหาแต่ควรจับตาดู เช่น ขี้หึงหรือเก็บตัวมาก แต่เมื่อดำเนินเรื่อง เราจะได้เห็นการเติบโตและพัฒนา จนกลายเป็น Green Flag ที่เป็นลักษณะนิสัยที่น่ารักและน่าเชื่อถือได้ เช่น เคารพขอบเขตผู้อื่นและสื่อสารตรงไปตรงมา ในทางกลับกัน ตัวละครบางตัวที่ตอนแรกดูเหมือน Green Flag ก็อาจกลายพันธุ์ในบางสถานการณ์เป็น Red Flag ที่เป็นสัญญาณเตือนจริงจัง เช่น มีนิสัยชอบควบคุมหรือใช้ความรุนแรงทางอารมณ์ สิ่งนี้ช่วยให้เนื้อเรื่องมีความลึกและความซับซ้อนมากยิ่งขึ้น และทำให้ผู้อ่านได้ติดตามความเปลี่ยนแปลงซึ่งทำให้นิยายมีเสน่ห์ เรื่อง Black Flag ถือเป็นธงสีที่น่าสนใจเพราะหมายถึงตัวละครที่แฝงความอันตรายหรือพร้อมทำสิ่งผิดศีลธรรม แต่กลับมีเสน่ห์บางอย่างที่ทำให้ผู้อ่านหลงรัก ตัวละครลักษณะนี้มักจะเป็นตัวเดินเรื่องที่ท้าทายและสร้างความตรึงใจ ส่วน Beige Flag นั้น เป็นธงสีที่สะท้อนพฤติกรรมที่แปลกประหลาดเฉพาะตัวของคน ๆ หนึ่ง ทั้งที่ไม่ใช่สิ่งดีหรือแย่ เช่น มีพิธีกรรมแปลก ๆ หรือตั้งชื่ออุปกรณ์ทุกชิ้น นี่เป็นข้อดีที่เพิ่มความสมจริงและสีสันให้กับตัวละคร ทำให้พวกเขามีมิติและน่าสนใจยิ่งขึ้น นอกจากเรื่องธงสีแล้ว สิ่งที่ผมชอบมากคือการตระหนักว่ามนุษย์เราทุกคนไม่ได้มีแค่หนึ่งธง แต่มีหลายสีในตัวเองพร้อม ๆ กัน และธงสีเหล่านี้สามารถเปลี่ยนแปลงได้ตามสถานการณ์และการเติบโตของแต่ละคน นี่ทำให้นิยายมีความเป็นมนุษย์และช่วยให้ผู้อ่านเห็นภาพการพัฒนาของตัวละครอย่างชัดเจน ท้ายที่สุด การอ่านนิยายที่สนุกและน่าประทับใจ อาจไม่ใช่การหาตัวละครที่สมบูรณ์แบบ ซึ่งเป็น Green Flag อย่างเดียว แต่คือการได้เฝ้าดูว่าตัวละครแต่ละตัวนั้นจะเลือกเติบโตไปในทางสีใด และสิ่งนี้เองที่สร้างเสน่ห์แห่งการอ่านนิยายสำหรับผม

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