Meme time!

[notevendarkyet]

Ganked from trialia:

Name a character that you know I write or have written, and I'll tell you:

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits.
c. One of his/her worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character. This part may be a little tricky with SOME of the characters, but I'll do my best.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

A list of the characters can be found here. I have written others, but not as consistently.

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[warden-betrayer.livejournal.com]

>.>

Solace, because you picking her up totally threw me for a loop.

[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
I have said it before, and I'll say it again. Jag and I shouldn't be allowed to plot together.

I just got nosy and wanted in on your and hers Justine/Maggie storyline? ;)

b. One of his/her best traits.
Completely focused on what she's doing. She's very... resourceful.

c. One of his/her worst traits.
She has... no limits. No breaks whatsoever. One way, it's very amusing, other ways, it's practically terrifying.

d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
When she gets some of the 'processor' time, it's not difficult at all. I get enough information about what she would do / what she likes/dislikes / says in certain situations, it's a clear voice. I just am afraid to dabble in her darkness too often?

e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
Bah. I'd go with phrase, 'sometimes passionate, but possibly unstoppable if she really set her mind on something.'

f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.
Well, first is wrapping up the entire story that Jag cooked up about Justin going away - I am still waiting to see what outlines she'll give, but Sol will probably write her own side of it all. At length. ;)
After that? Exploring the new setup of the family, I guess.

[vivo-per-ardua.livejournal.com]

Karrin. XD

[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

hehe

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
Heh. First there was Kas. Who managed to intrigue me between Harry and Dami. Then I started (back in September) reading Storm Front, and got through the first chapters. And Karrin appealed to me as a writer, because, well. 1. She wasn't the character that is described in lovely, sex-appealing terms, but still a lot of respect and professionalism is shown; 2. I knew that by the number of books published at the time, despite working closely with Dresden, they weren't a couple. I can't really fully explain why I found that so appealing, but I do - the fact that two people click together, are even attracted, doesn't necessarily mean they need to get married and live happily ever after. I think it's a challenge, because - they fit, but even though I'm hopeful, I am not sure they ever will belong. And that's interesting.
Then I didn't read the rest of SF till January. Um, yeah. My mistake. By then, Connie had started, and other Dresdenverse muses (Maggie and Thomas, I think) were popping up.
I did go back to finishing the book. And by the time Harry complained, though his concussion, 'But mom, it's not even dark yet!' I knew I wanted her. Because Murphy is good people. Not simple, not pure, but good. In... many senses of the word.
/ramble. ;)
In brief, Karrin was possibly the first muse I picked up after thinking it through for a while.

b. One of his/her best traits.
Um. She's got big hard round balls. And that's a quote, from memory, from Speed.

c. One of his/her worst traits.
She's stubborn as hell, and her anxiety about getting into a relationship leads her to some... very odd choices in men. Just saying. (She still likes him though - Kincaid, I mean...)

d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
Her voice is distinct, and in that sense, it's easy to write her. On the other hand, I lack information about her spheres of competence and social circle, like US police departments and such, and that adds a certain... zing of a challenge. :)

e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
I didn't write it. But...
"Small. But fierce." That covers it :D

f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.
Hmm. Settle where she is in some of Harry's verses. Write up those request fics (NO I haven't forgotten!). Oy, I need to write her prompt for mind_the_muse too, I think; for thetenspot she's covered.
bah, I need to check my comms and see where I need to post. *sighs*

Back to Karrin. There are quite a few muses to explore where she stands with, with. Like Kincaid. Elaine. Heh, Harry, because Small Favor left things a bit akimbo. And I like to know who a muse of mine is, and how she relates to the world around her before I push her into situations that she may find challenging. Or tragic.
She's a very strong muse, and a really interesting influence in the menagerie in my head. I most certainly intend to keep her for a long time!

[vivo-per-ardua.livejournal.com]

I just started Fool Moon... XD

Also: Anna smelled a conspiracy the second the Feds showed up and the one bitch tried to shoot Murphy.

[doomgrasshopper.livejournal.com]

Pollyanna because I'm curious. :)

[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
Heh. I discovered Pollyanna as a book rather late (say, age 24?) and in many ways, it was a revelation to me, at that point in life. Then for a while I was channeling her for a very long while (there are many comments on my MUN Lj where people call me Pollyanna-like even ;) )
Then I started roleplaying (yes, later) and I discovered that I could open my wings wide, writing muses (eventually), and I just said... let's try this and see what happens.

b. One of his/her best traits.
Um. It's Pollyanna. The Glad game. I don't think she plays it, anymore, she is it.

c. One of his/her worst traits.
She's naive. She will believe what people tell her.

d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
Heh. It's actually difficult, because she's a content person. And I've not grown good enough at plotting explosions in characters' lives on my own yet to actually put her to activity.

e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
"I am glad." ... sorry. I haven't written her enough to come up with stuff of my own...

f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.
Actually get to write her. There are a few justprompts things I'm getting writing ideas from and I do want to explore the story from her PoV. See if and what ways she can interact with people who RP (although to be honest, a lot of the muses on sws honestly scare both me and her >.>) ahem. Generally, write her! ;)

[doomgrasshopper.livejournal.com]

I adore Pollyana and have been accused of being one which I take as a high compliment. :) I'll look forward to reading your prompts.

If you ever want her to interact with non-scary pups *snerk* My OC Meghan is so very Pollyanna herself. Well, as Pollyanna as she can be working with death and disasters. :)

[houndforhire.livejournal.com]

Ivy. Natch. :)

Oooh cookies!

[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
She is made of contrasts. And also, she wasn't appealing to me until Small Favor added the extra drama/tragedy to her story.
I think in Death Masks, it's said that the knowledge is passed form mother to daughter at birth, while in Small Favor, it says that the Archive's knowledge is passed to the daughter usually after the daughter has already had a daughter of her own (yes, I do need to revisit my textev, but I think that was an actual contradiction - probably JB changed his mind), but the fact that it placed her as different from any other Archive before her suddenly appealed to me. Also, the stuff about her mother's suicide. Also, the fact that, summarily, Ivy-the-girl is pretty much almost broken down by what happened. I need to write her to flesh that out, but that was... fascinating.

Besides. She's cute.

b. One of his/her best traits.
Courage - and resilience.

c. One of his/her worst traits.
Not that much of a bad trait as a vulnerability - she's still a child. And, as recently discussed, she's facing adolescence in the near future.

d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
Moderately. She's a bit too complicated to be easy to write, and I sometimes catch myself doing research before writing - because she's supposed to know. And I don't mean just scanning through things - actual in-depth reading up on stuff.
But her voice is still... clear.
And she likes kitties!

e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
The fact that she did come out of her veil for Harry, and would have for Kincaid too. Despite all the many reasons to stay safe.
I still have to write something where I capture her character well.

f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.
Get to know her, first, and then figure out what she's doing next. But there's a lot to find out about her, before anything else.

Re: Oooh cookies!

[houndforhire.livejournal.com]

We definitely look forward to both the finding out about her and the figuring out what she's going to do next. :)

Re: Oooh cookies!

[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

Umgh. It's really really scary (just as Kincaid himself) remarked) how much power she yields. And that all things considered... people are willing to follow her lead. (she's just a kid, for mercy's sake!)

Bah, another reason to find her intriguing - the parallels with Alia from Dune...

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[houndforhire.livejournal.com]

*g* I was just thinking that the other day, when we were watching Dune.

Kincaid says he's willing to follow her lead when she knows best, and he'd follow her lead or Murphy's or even the vampire's (I think he means Thomas) if they knew best. It's a matter of what's practical.

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[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

Hee! Which version of Dune? (buaha I actually love both, and am bouncy each time Leto II / the James McAvoy version post to sws >.> )

Gah, that's frightening.
... and Murph says he'd follow her lead so that he could watch her ass, not because any other reasons.

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[houndforhire.livejournal.com]

The first one from the 80s, 'cause it's the only one we had.

Heh. Kincaid is frighteningly practical. And he says her ass is well worth watching. Lech.

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[notevendarkyet.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Yummy! David Lynch did make an impressive movie!

lol
And she says, I knew it.