what would your MC do?

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  1. Naiyn

    Naiyn New Member

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    You're talking about me to complete strangers? I don't get it, what's so great about me? I mean, I suppose I'm flattered, but it really is kind of wierd.


    If you're MC was the first person to set foot on Mars. What's the first thing they do?
     
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    "How many people can see this?"

    EDIT: Oops, too late again.

    Close their eyes and listen to the great silence.

    What would your character's dream house look like?
     
  3. Archnenna

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    Big... No, huge and set on the top of the mountain. The only people that'd live there would be her and her boy-toy.

    You have to sit at school with your MC for one whole day. Who would annoy the other one and how would the other one react to it?
     
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    Hard to answer, since my character doesn't go to school, I'm not sure one would annoy the other, and it breaks the fictional world if the writer appears in it. But I'll give it a try.

    MC: "Quiet. If you want to get through this as quickly as possible, focus on the task."
    Writer: "..."

    Someone walks up to your character and says, "I'm from a modelling agency. You should be a model." How does your characer react?
     
  5. Archnenna

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    "Yeah, right. I'm chubby. Since when are models chubby? It must be another one of that Kyra-bitch's jokes. She still wants my boyfriend. Well, she ain't getting 'im. 'Is mine."

    Someone walks up to your character and yells at his/her face: "Yatta!" What is your character's reaction?
     
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    Backs away, if it's not a public place she might draw her switchblade (she's paranoid). She's very sensitive about personal space, irrationally so; this wouldn't be taken lightly.

    How cautious is your MC about spending and cash? Frivolous? Tight?
     
  7. Naiyn

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    "How could you, Jenna?" Ari asked. "Mrs. Trissum gives you three shillings and you lose it all gambling? You could have used those coins for... well for something."


    How does your MC react to advances in technology?
     
  8. Agreen

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    Terrified. In her land, every advance in technology comes at a higher cost of blood, of freedom, and imagination.

    Your character is faced with a seemingly insurmountable threat, one only they can stop. What are they willing to sacrifice to defeat it?
     
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    Adapts well and quickly learns to use and like it if we're talking about cell phones, Internet, gadgets, etc. Resents and protests it if it's some type of Big Brother spy tech.

    What scares your MC more: cockroach infestations, or creepy sounds coming from the closet at night?
     
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    Everything, because the threat is having her liberties removed. She might be too rash and put other people in dangerous situaions without realizing it.
     
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    What scares your MC more: cockroach infestations, or creepy sounds coming from the closet at night

    Cockroaches my MC can deal with. In fact he has taken out a few of their bigger 'cousins' once or twice. Well they were giant bugs anyways.

    But the closet? He doesn't do well with what he doesn't know. If he can see it, he can atleast try and kill it without much fear. :p

    What would your character do if he or she was stranded on an island
     
  12. Archnenna

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    Yell at me for doing that to her. Or curse Belial, thinking he made it happen.

    Tell us one thing your MC said/did and got away with it, even though it wasn't the right moment to say/do that.
     
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    She hasn't gotten away with much, but there was one time, in her old life, when she robbed the person who gave her shelter. It remains her only regret.

    Edit: I may have misread your question, so here's one more on topic for it: In general, she has a lack of awareness about who and what she is, and what is or isn't acceptable. There are places she is simply not welcome, where on sight an effort would be made to, if not outright kill her, drive her off. She has a habit of strolling into taverns in these places and trying to strike up casual conversation.

    What, above all else, does your MC want? Why?
     
  14. Reggie

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    All he wanted was Maria, the girl of his dreams, from the moment he laid eyes on her at the Family Dollar store because she and him the same things in common.

    What ways would your main character would find peace for his/her life?
     
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    "Peace is hard to find," Jeremiah says. "I am hounded by the government agency called PATH. It's far more complicated than any drama any one has on Facebook or Twitter or their high school. I don't even have peace of mind with Christopher and Jeffery. Peace outside my mind? As far as I'm concerned that doesn't exist for no one, why would I be any different?" He rubs his eyes. "It's exhausting to be me. I don't think many people could hack." He laughs. "Not even you, Christopher."

    What does your MC think about war?
     
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    "Peace is hard to find," Jeremiah says. "I am hounded by the government agency called PATH. It's far more complicated than any drama any one has on Facebook or Twitter or their high school. I don't even have peace of mind with Christopher and Jeffery. Peace outside my mind? As far as I'm concerned that doesn't exist for no one, why would I be any different?" He rubs his eyes. "It's exhausting to be me. I don't think many people could hack." He laughs. "Not even you, Christopher."

    What does your MC think about war?
     
  17. skeloboy_97

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    War- one of the great waste of lives. I sigh as i walk over toward my desk and take a seat at my new, posh seat.

    What would your MC do with a million dollars?
     
  18. Elgaisma

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    not much lol he doesn't need it - he is an incredibly wealthy man that has sworn not to use his wealth. Doesn't even have hot running water. Carried a wallet for twenty years when he went on a date.

    Does your MC argue with you?
     
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    Not really. I haven't developed him enough to actually hear him, but this thread is helping. :)

    Let's say your MC was forced to spend an entire day with you from start to finish. Would you two have fun or be sick of each other by the end?
     
  20. Jonalexher

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    We would have fun :D
    Mainly because his character is based off myself.

    What was the most evil thing your MC ever did?
     
  21. Islander

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    We'd probably bore each other due to lack of common interests.

    Your MC is in a bad relationship. What would he/she do to get out?
     
  22. Aeschylus

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    Actually she IS in a bad relationship, and it's not going so well. Judging by these events she probably would take a long time to admit to herself that the relationship was bad, and once she did would be slow to start trying to leave--when she realizes how desperate the situation is, however, she'll go to any lengths to escape. It doesn't always work out easily in the end.

    Crap, tense changes... sorry about that.....

    What did your MC study in college? Or what would your MC study if he/she went to college at this point?
     
  23. Elgaisma

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    He was a schoolmaster at one point - probably History and Education.

    How did your character come into your life?
     
  24. Tobi

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    Genocide.

    I can't remember. Hopefully someone else has a better answer as I like this question.
     
  25. tcol4417

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    MY life? As in when did I create them?

    That's an awesome question - during an RP on another forum YEARS ago 9_9

    All four of my favourite MCs were forged there, though admittedly they've gone through some serious ret-cons since then but they're still the same in essence. That would have been... Jesus, eight years ago.

    ANYWAY

    How would your MC justify an action that would be seen by anyone else as a horrifically heinous act?
     

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