Oscar: "Uh, Luke, duh. He's the only one who lives with me anyway." Luke: "I think Oscar just answered for both of us." How good was your MC's education? Was it happy/sad? Was it expensive/cheap? Was it private/public?
MC1: Played around a lot with other boys. Learning by doing and all that *sighes nostalgically* MC2: Quite a lot of tutors, by his own request. This one actually likes learning! Amazing really, and look of where it got him! MC3: Lessons learned by life? Was there something else? *scratches head* Someone cheats at your MC at a game of cards. What happens?
Oscar: "I expose the cheater. And while I'm planning that I design the perfect line to pull when I do." Luke: "I would tell someone in charge." What genres of fiction does your MC enjoy? Specific examples if you want.
Ozzie: I'm not currently dating anyone. James and I still hook up on occasion, so I guess he'd count I guess? Uh. Fuck. We met a long ass time ago. I probably said something like "go away". James: And I obviously said "nah bra, you stuck with me." Ozzie: You didn't even have bra in your vocabulary. Ozzie: I'd get out as fast as possible. Large fires are another trigger for me. I don't have good memories of fire. What's your MC's blood type?
Ozzie: Uhm, I guess my favorite would be sci-fi. I read a lot, comics mainly, but some books to. My favs are Shades Children by Garth Nix, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein, and X-Factor. Ozzie: *Shrugs* My education was pretty much like anyone else's, for the most part. Went to public school up until secondary where I went to a private arts school on scholarship. That's where I started acting but I actually got in for painting. Haven't gone to college yet. What's your MC's blood type?
Honestly? I have no fucking idea. I don't even remember which one I am. I'm not convinced that's a detail I should add. Even I have incidental detail limits on my character's personalities, despite my complexity "obsession".
Mishu Jerni: When I was little, my friends and I thought it would be fun to prank the Elder Priest. The idea was that we would take certain statues and put them in weird positions, or drape dark cloth over them (it's a long story) so the Elder Priest would think it a sign of a horrid disaster coming. We got caught by a younger priest who wanted to help us, so we had him go get the Elder Priest. Next thing we know, and this is from what I'm told, the Elder Priest ran out into the main Chapel in nothing but a towel draped over his waist in full view of everyone present. I was hiding in a cupboard laughing my ass off while I listened to the clamoring. Amos Garnier: Someone I didn't like had gone blind. Terrible, yes, but he didn't treat me well because I was blind, called me the 'blind tavern rat'. It was funny in an ironic way, not that I was laughing uproariously at him. Your MC has just been cut off in traffic by a reckless driver. What does he/she do?
Oscar: (Screaming at them)"You fucking stupid arsehole fuck!!!" Luke: (sighs) "Why are people so mean sometimes?" What's the worst thing your MC has ever done, in their opinion? Do they regret it?
Amos Garnier: "The worst?" <winces> "I lost a best friend over something I said. Now I can't take it back, I can't apologize to them." <sits down, mutters> "I really want to." Mishu Jerni: "I told the bully she was a whore. I got punched in the gut for it, but I don't regret it." Kevin McKinley: "I lost my temper and said an ethnic slur out loud. Yeah, kind of awkward." <grimaces> "Not my finest hour." Helen Chert: "I was a little harder on a particular student than I am on the others and caused him to break down in tears. Do I regret it? I didn't like the crying part, no, because that wasn't my intent, but I was trying to get him to understand a lesson he was arguing with me about." In your character's opinion, is goodness merely objective? Do people have to be arbitrarily good to everyone? Isn't it better to take what you can and show little empathy or respect to those you dislike?
Oscar: "If I thought that, and I wouldn't be an activist as well as a playwright." Luke: "You mean treated strangers like they're not human just because they're strangers? NO. Why do you people want me to be mean?" What does your MC enjoy most?
don't be impatient.. am answering.. am answering MC1: A horse and the wind. Wide open spaces. The sun. Not necessarily in that order. MC2: Words. Poetry, legends. *blushes* MC3: A willing lass, a game of dice. No deep thoughts for me! Which vice have your MCs never felt the need to explore?
Kevin McKinley: Greed, I guess. And the need to be an ass to others. Amos Garnier: Uh, I don't murder people and steal their things if that's what you mean. Mishu Jerni: <mimics a priest> "Do not do things which are unkind to others. Now let us make you listen to boring sermons about things that happened long, long ago and have no merit to you at all." Helen Chert: Addiction. Not only is it not productive given my line of work, but my mother once told me that if she ever saw me getting addicted to drugs, alcohol, or gambling, she would strangle me. What would your MC do if his/her crush confessed that in a fit of anger, he/she killed an entire house full of people because a few of them had done him/her a great wrong?
Oscar: "What crush? I'm actually asked out my crush. We're way beyond crush level. We live together. His name is Luke. You might know him." Luke: "Should we answer about us?"
What is the first thing your MC said to their current partner or alternatively best friend? Volgar: Roland and Theron would be my best friends and the first thing I ever said to them was, I have no loyalty here, back when they raided the mine I was working as a guard. How good was your MC's education? Was it happy/sad? Was it expensive/cheap? Was it private/public? Volgar: Good mostly, had a few tutors dad taught me how to smith, and other things. Got sent off to study with the dwarves after mom died thanks to my father's influential trade ties with them. That`s rare opportunity if only I hadn`t ruined it with childish lust. What genres of fiction does your MC enjoy? Specific examples if you want. It`s a fantasy setting so they probably don`t have genres like we do. I mean there might be people writing books out there but doesn`t seem like a band of mercs would be the type to lug books around. That aside, Volgar would be attracted to tales an honorable hero, so maybe Heroic Fantasy, he might also like more nitty gritty realist type works that show the underbelly of life. What's the worst thing your MC has ever done, in their opinion? Do they regret it? Volgar: Sleeping with that dwarven woman. Threw away my chance at a great opportunity, and ruined a good lot in life by sleeping with a noblemen's wife. I was just an idiotic lustful kid and she was strong independent woman...*sigh* Doesn`t help most humans ridicule you for it. Towards the end of the story it would shift: Not saving Roland, I don`t know how but I could`ve done something if I had just been quicker. I should have stuck to his side like the plan. I let myself get lured off and he paid the price. Which vice have your MCs never felt the need to explore? Volgar: I`m not much for vices. I drink a bit but it`s what you do in merc camps, I'm certainly no drunkard like my father was after mother passed. Never done drugs, don`t gamble, and women......my experiences has made me wary of the lustful hookup. What would your MC do if his/her crush confessed that in a fit of anger, he/she killed an entire house full of people because a few of them had done him/her a great wrong? Volgar: I don`t have much in the way of a crush but, if that were to be confessed to me I'd knock them to the ground. Sure I haven`t always been the most honorable person, and I run with a band of mercs but Roland keeps are jobs on a certain moral level, and I couldn`t condone killing many in such a horrific way just for a few. If you want to get revenge......do it without involving others. Granted I'd be more lenient if they were regretful, I've made mistakes we all have. What did you're MC want to be as a kid?
Oscar: "At one point I wanted to be a dancer. Yeah, I gave up that pretty quickly. Not very coordinated here." Luke: "I was one of those kids that played as a fireman." What makes your MC sad?
MC1: Music. MC2: The sea. MC3: That his little boy will learn to speak without him What makes your MC real angry?
Oscar: "Oh my god, religious bigots are the fucking worst!! Just, ahhrrr!!! Don't you understand how harmless the shit you hate is?! Gay people aren't going to hurt you by being gay!! AHHR!!" (Collapses back in chair, head in hands breathing heavily as he tries to calm down) Luke: "I hate the stuff Oscar and Marcus went through. So sad. I hate it." When does your MC tend to listen to music?
Just realized I havent done one of these yet. Ozzie: Uh. A lot of stuff really. It's not even so much a "what makes me sad" as much as I'll just be sad for no reason. And then I'll just sort of stay sad no matter how hard I try. When I'm feeling really low I try to force myself around people but that can be really fucking hard to do when people just seem to make it worse. Ozzie: People who judge me based on how I look. Or act. Clint: *Points to Ozzie* Now let us look at Exhibit A. Note the headphones around his neck. See them? Note the well-worn fabric for whatever you call those weird ear cushion things implying their loved and used appeal? Note the way he absentmindedly twirls the long cord around his finger. Look. Are you looking dammit? Gucci. Still confused? What are you all buffoons? They don't come off you fucking gits! That answer enough for you sweetums?! Does your MC like watching sports? A/N: Omg that last question was really fun to write. Clint's such a fun no nonsense character.
Oscar: "Sports? Are you kidding me? Snoozefest... Except maybe the hot guys involved." Luke: "I really like AFL games. I made Oscar watch a few with me. It was funny watching his reactions." What's your MC's sexual/romantic type?
Leading hero protagonist: heterosexual/heteroromantic monogamous Secondary hero protagonist: bisexual/biromantic monogamous Leading villain (tertiary overall) protagonist: bisexual/biromantic promiscuous What enemy would your MC most like to hang out with if they weren't on opposite sides?
