what would your MC do?

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  1. rodney adams

    rodney adams Member

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    Chandler would use diplomacy. He survives in his world by talking through his problems with others and thinking on his feet.

    Your main character walks into the opposite sex's bathroom in a public area. Do they do it on purpose, or accident? Why?
     
  2. Oswiecenie

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    He does it on purpose because the men's bathroom has been flooded by some stupid kids. There's no one in the women's bathroom the moment he walks in anyway.

    What does your MC think about before they fall asleep?
     
  3. Youniquee

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    Coyan closes his eyes, letting sleep take him. But just before that, one thought that makes him groan passes through his mind.
    ...Another day with those four crazy people...well, Yaseem and Christian don't really count. But whatever I'll need all the hours I can get.

    It's Valentine's Day! What does your MC do to celebrate it (if they don't have an other half, how would they celebrate it if they did?
     
  4. Jessica Tilley

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    Well she's just broken up with her girlfriend of almost 6 years so chances are she'll either be laying in bed listening to and singing sad songs to her cat OR having a chick flick marathon and eating a huge bowl of ice-cream.

    Your MC has woken up to the police knocking on their door telling them to stay inside and lock all doors and windows as there is a gunman on the loose in their neighbourhood. How does you MC react? Do they panic and hide in the closet? Or do they switch the TV on to the news to stay up to date?
     
  5. ChaosReigns

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    he switches on the news to keep up to date, then gets a phone call from his boss in the FBI to ask if they can use his house as a base to catch the gunman


    if your MC was stuck on a desert island and had 5 items with him/her what would they be?
     
  6. tcol4417

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    Seriously? This question? I like to think these are more about a character's... well, character and not their baubles. Stuff it, I'll give one item per MC

    1 - Whiskey
    2 - Mints
    3 - A bible
    4 - Providence
    5 - Plot macguffin

    Your MC is charged with the defence of a fortified position against an invading army. Do they man the battlements or set diabolical traps? Do they meet the enemy head on or burn everything from a distance?
     
  7. BritInFrance

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    He lets the army in through the secret passage way after killing the king. The new guys offered more cash, and he always hated how the old king looked down his nose at him. Up the revolution!

    Your MC has been arrested and charged with murder. All the evidence points to him (mostly because he did it). How does he talk his way out of trouble?
     
  8. Thomas Kitchen

    Thomas Kitchen Proofreader in the Making Contributor

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    Adam wouldn't talk his way out, he'd fight his way out, or maybe he'd call for backup before he did any fighting. :)

    Your MC has been kissed by someone they have a crush on. What would they do/say?
     
  9. PlotDeviceManager

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    EDIT: Um . . . I could have sworn the previous post said something like "Your MC has just been told that things like fairies, demons, vampires, and such exist. How do they react?" Sorry, folks. I must have been drunk?

    My MC: Really? . . . . . . *Pfft* Bet they're some stuck up a**holes. I mean, what, they're too good to mix with us humans; they gotta segregate from us? Jerks . . . .


    Your MC finds a cursed object that they must carry the rest of their lives (them's the rules, no punch-backs). How do they explain it to their boy/girlfriend?
     
  10. L5678

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    Claire: Hey, Jerry...I think we need to talk...Look, I know this is going to sound weird but...
    but...
    Er, here, have your favourite meal first.

    Your MC finds out that someone has sent a hired assassin after them, how do they react?
     
  11. adampjr

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    Convinces himself that it is untrue and lives in denial of his impending death.

    Your MC learns that she is pregnant for the first time, or that his wife or girlfriend or whatever is pregnant. Is this good or bad news? How does he/she react?
     
  12. Agent Vatani

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    PERFECT QUESTION! This is what my MC is dealing with...now.

    She would be nervous, and try to hide it from her SO. Until she had to tell her fiance. When she tells him, it would be all emotional drama.


    If you MC saw a fight on the streets what would he/she do?
     
  13. tcol4417

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    MC 1 - figure out if anyone's in the right, otherwise hang around and make sure no-one crosses The Line
    MC 2 - take bets, or place them if someone already is
    MC 3 - break it up, fighting is wrong
    MC 4 - probably started it, otherwise will wait to challenge the last man standing.

    What's your MC's dream job and what kind of interview process would they have to go through to get it? It can be ridiculous as long as it's relevant (live fire mountainside obstacle course to join the special forces)
     
  14. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    The current MMC's dream job would be a fisherman in Florida. He doesn't want to fish with a group, so he wouldn't have to go through an interview process.

    Your MC is walking down an empty street, late at night. But then s/he realizes s/he's being followed. How does s/he react / what would s/he do?
     
  15. PyrZern

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    My MC does fencing as he considers it a sport of the nobles.
    So, he would keep walking a little bit further without looking back just to make sure that he's actually being followed for sure. Then he would confront the stalker with a Rapier in hand, "En Garde !" :)


    Your MC made a terrible mistake with terrible consequences. What would he/she say to the police/enforcer for causing such trouble ?
     
  16. Darkjester79

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    Krug only knows about police from the random bits of information he salvages from the Builder's tomb cities. He knows he could ask NINA but it would probably make his head hurt. If such people existed he would be calm and rationaly explain what he did and apologize. He would not let them take him into custody by any means as he has way more important things to do.

    Your MC is caught in the Storm of the Century. How does your MC make it out alive and what tools do they use?
     
  17. Gracia Bee

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    Hazel is a master of the elements and can control them so really it isn't a challenge for her. But she does slow the storm with the rest of her elemental group to save as many lives and facilities as possible because she is anice like that!

    Your MC accidentally kills their best friend's turtle. What do they do?
     
  18. Juju Bagdasarian

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    The golden pulse armor to protect himself then use his sword to break the force that drags him if he finds something to step on he will probably jump on a rooftop or something of course if there are people there he will jump inside to save them.
     
  19. DainTheDarkness

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    Your MC accidentally kills their best friend's turtle. What do they do?

    Apologize. He destroys quite a few things by accident.

    Your MC is teleported 100 years into the past, what do they do? (Happens in my story.)
     
  20. Alesia

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    She lights up a Marlboro and proceeds to find the nearest establishment serving alcoholic beverages.

    Your MC wakes up from a coma to discover they are missing their left arm. (Didn't happen to my MC, but it did to one of her friends.)
     
  21. Shandeh

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    Nate groaned and turned his head.

    He didn't know that was the first sign of life he had shown in weeks, though he did remember how he had gotten into this predicament. Very shortly after he managed to force himself to move, he opened his eyes to pandemonium. His team was elsewhere, though he knew precisely how much they wished they could have been given leave of their duties for long enough to see him wake up. But the medical teams. The shouting was already giving him a headache and his left arm was agony, though after this long - despite his coma, he knew precisely when it was - he should have been in little to no pain. He tried to move the arm but it didn't respond so with an irritated grunt he turned his head to the left.

    His left arm was gone. The pain he felt was phantom limb pain, something he knew well because Lin went on and on and on about how it happened to amputees so often. He could recall, once, being irritated at her constant prattle regarding medicine. Sometimes it was annoying having a medic on the team. Now it was a good thing. He knew the pain was normal - though not pleasant! - and he knew what was to come.

    It took Nate a while to really register the fact of losing an arm. When it finally clicked in his head, mingled panic and fury very nearly drowned him.

    "-and as you've already noticed," a young nurse was in the process of saying when he started paying attention to her, "we had to amputate your left arm just below the shoulder."

    "Fix it," he growled, barely managing to hide his fear. "Bionics. Flash cloning. Whatever."

    Your MC has been given no choice but to leave one friend to die, though their death could easily be prevented with medical care. What is their reaction, who do they choose, and why do they choose that person?
     
  22. bakinpowder

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    My Mc could have expected this. Although it remains a difficult decision under any circumstance, he'd cut out the one that'd deserved it. You see, my mc didn't see it coming, becuase he would have prevented it, but he is smart enough to know that he made friends with the one that gave him this offer in the first place. MC wouldn't mourn anymore then the deceased person deserves it, as the death would have been a ritual in itself.

    Your MC finds out he is in a book ? ...
     
  23. Charisma

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    He would glare at his partner, because he must've been behind it. Still, he'd brace himself, hide his face wherever he goes until he can get down to the bottom of it. Maybe it's a prank, he'd think, but he would secretly nestle the hope that someone actually thought highly enough of him to cast him in a book. Finally, when he's sure no one has seen him, he'd purchase the book. And then shove it into the dumpster when he'd see the horrible impression the author has cast of him.

    Your MC finds himself/herself falling in love with a woman who could be his/her mother's age. (if your MC is a chick, don't change the gender of the person they're falling for; not as much fun! And I know this isn't particularly creative, but it happens to my MC, so have at it.)
     
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  24. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Amos Garnier- He would be embarrassed for a while, unsure of how he'd break the news to his family and friends. Especially since they all thought he was falling in love with that nice girl who was actually around his age. He'd try to keep it secret and make up a lie that he was only helping this elderly woman.

    Helen Chert- "I actually did fall in love with a woman that age once, when I was younger. My twenties, if I'm not mistaken. She was planetary ambassador named Thuniah; There was something about her stern, no-nonsense personality that really had me gravitate toward her. She shared the same feelings for me and at first it looked like things would work out between us but soon it became clear our relationship was getting in the way of our jobs, especially when we were literally on separate ends of the galaxy. We're friends now."

    How would your MC solve the situation in Ukraine? (Sorry if it's not creative, I figured it'd be interesting to see what they'd do.)
     
  25. HelloThere

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    She'd probably have a moody internal monologue about how foolish everyone is, then she would walk off 'cos she's too damn busy.

    If your Main Character suffered from amnesia, how would they react to learning about themselves? Would they be pleased with what they were like? Or would they be ashamed?
     

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