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shadowsong26) wrote2012-02-12 02:37 pm
shadowsong26) wrote2012-02-12 02:37 pm
Meme, from bookblather!
Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
1. Favorite Companion in the Valdemar books.
The wasp dream I told you about the other day. At least that's the weirdest one I remember.
3. Favorite board game.
I like Clue and Risk and Life and sometimes Monopoly. And Apples to Apples. Does that one count?
4. Childhood toy that you kept the longest.
There are these two porcelain dolls I've had since forever.
5. Favorite way to wear your hair.
Queue.
6. Favorite original character.
...gah, you make me choose. Okay, going to divide by fandom and original world, and pick a couple for each.
Fandom: Emily Priestly, my go-to Vampire Chronicles OC. Because she runs away looking for the vampires when she's sixteen, intending to fall in love with Lestat. Gets to New Orleans, meets the principle vampires of the world, and does fall in love. ...with the wrong one. And she's quite happy being human, thank you very much, she just happens to be in love with a vampire. She doesn't need to be turned to have a happy life with him. This might change in a few decades, but for now...My other is probably Desdemona, from Dresden Files. Because of all my DF OCs, she's the one with a full narrative backing her up. Most of the others have histories and fun things I can do with them, but, except for a couple WW incarnations (Vivian, Matilda, Hoshi, Diego), they don't have their own stories the way she does. (Marcello does, too, but he's just barely a DF OC. He's almost entirely about his Family.) Oddly enough, both of these ladies are pretty firmly in their own worlds (though Emily's played in a lot of crossovers). Most of the OCs I create tend to be portable (like Diego, who has an incarnation in pretty much every world I play in regularly, and Kirana, who went on to become Isshiri's younger sister). Maybe that's why I like these two much. Because they're stable narratively. They're also (at least at this point) my primary OCs in their respective worlds, unlike a lot of others that I really love.
Original World: If Jeth counts, probably him. But his world needs more work before I can really write in it. If he doesn't...either Dallu or Kesshare, depending on what I'm working with. Dallu because he manages to be frustratingly silent on his origin story, and yet every time I work with him, I leave the story/chapter feeling happy. Even if bad things happen in the chapter. Kesshare, of course, is a sociopath with plans for world domination and is fun to write. Especially since she's not the villain (...though she probably will be if I ever do a proper sequel) and she has a functional if not affectionate relationship with her husband and children. I like that I can play with motive and generally villainous traits with her, and moral relativism (especially if I do write that sequel), and all that fun stuff. I also like Lux, from her titular world. But she's Lucifer, so I'm not sure she counts as an original character.
7. Favorite kind of nail polish.
I don't actually wear nail polish that often. When I do, I tend to go for dark reddish tones. Sometimes purples or blues, but mostly dark red.
1. Favorite Companion in the Valdemar books.
Dallen. Because of the way he gets away with teasing Rolan. Close behind are Kantor and Yfandes, because I think they're the best examples of how the Companion relationship should work out. ...Largely because they're the only main-character adult partnership that doesn't have an obvious previous-experience layer over it, like Sayvil, or have something else going on that makes it unique--Talia with Rolan, or Lavan and Kalira. Anyway, I like them.
2. Weirdest dream you ever had.The wasp dream I told you about the other day. At least that's the weirdest one I remember.
3. Favorite board game.
I like Clue and Risk and Life and sometimes Monopoly. And Apples to Apples. Does that one count?
4. Childhood toy that you kept the longest.
There are these two porcelain dolls I've had since forever.
5. Favorite way to wear your hair.
Queue.
6. Favorite original character.
...gah, you make me choose. Okay, going to divide by fandom and original world, and pick a couple for each.
Fandom: Emily Priestly, my go-to Vampire Chronicles OC. Because she runs away looking for the vampires when she's sixteen, intending to fall in love with Lestat. Gets to New Orleans, meets the principle vampires of the world, and does fall in love. ...with the wrong one. And she's quite happy being human, thank you very much, she just happens to be in love with a vampire. She doesn't need to be turned to have a happy life with him. This might change in a few decades, but for now...My other is probably Desdemona, from Dresden Files. Because of all my DF OCs, she's the one with a full narrative backing her up. Most of the others have histories and fun things I can do with them, but, except for a couple WW incarnations (Vivian, Matilda, Hoshi, Diego), they don't have their own stories the way she does. (Marcello does, too, but he's just barely a DF OC. He's almost entirely about his Family.) Oddly enough, both of these ladies are pretty firmly in their own worlds (though Emily's played in a lot of crossovers). Most of the OCs I create tend to be portable (like Diego, who has an incarnation in pretty much every world I play in regularly, and Kirana, who went on to become Isshiri's younger sister). Maybe that's why I like these two much. Because they're stable narratively. They're also (at least at this point) my primary OCs in their respective worlds, unlike a lot of others that I really love.
Original World: If Jeth counts, probably him. But his world needs more work before I can really write in it. If he doesn't...either Dallu or Kesshare, depending on what I'm working with. Dallu because he manages to be frustratingly silent on his origin story, and yet every time I work with him, I leave the story/chapter feeling happy. Even if bad things happen in the chapter. Kesshare, of course, is a sociopath with plans for world domination and is fun to write. Especially since she's not the villain (...though she probably will be if I ever do a proper sequel) and she has a functional if not affectionate relationship with her husband and children. I like that I can play with motive and generally villainous traits with her, and moral relativism (especially if I do write that sequel), and all that fun stuff. I also like Lux, from her titular world. But she's Lucifer, so I'm not sure she counts as an original character.
7. Favorite kind of nail polish.
I don't actually wear nail polish that often. When I do, I tend to go for dark reddish tones. Sometimes purples or blues, but mostly dark red.