Character writing meme

[owlmoose]

Ganked from lassarina.

1. Comment to this post with the name of a character that I have written in fic.

2. I will comment telling you the following:
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/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Comments

[lassarina]

Paine =p

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Figured this was coming. :)

a. Paine was immediately my favorite character in the game. I like her no-nonsense attitude, toughness, and dry wit. Also, I was intrigued because she was the only main character who was a mystery. We know the deal with Yuna and Rikku; what's the deal with Paine? Even the first time through, I played with a careful eye on her backstory, trying to figure her out.
b. Her loyalty.
c. Her temper, and the way she closes herself off from the people that care about her.
d. Almost always very easy. She's the character who comes most naturally to me, and the character I'm most likely to write in the first person.
e. Hmm, that's a hard one. Nothing comes to mind right away. I guess, if I had to pick any single fic it would probably be "Darkness, Dawn" -- it's a snapshot of her present and her past and I think I got her character pretty nicely.
f. I'm sure I'll keep writing Paine for awhile, although I don't have specific stories featuring her planned at present. There's still the 30_fantasies claim to finish, and of course the pull of Paine/Nooj continues to be strong -- there are still rocks in that relationship to turn over, and as long as I enjoy looking for them I'll keep writing it.

[delladella.livejournal.com]

Auron, let’s say.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

a. As with Paine, I was drawn to Auron because he's my favorite character in the game (for many of the same reasons actually) and because his background is left full of juicy unanswered questions.
b. His devotion.
c. His stubbornness, which sometimes leads to a lack of empathy.
d. Fairly easily. Sometimes when I haven't written him in awhile it takes a few drafts before I can really get into his head.
e. I admit to being fond of the Zanarkand chapters (first pilgrimage) in "A Guardian's Legacy" in this respect. As far as shorts go, I think I'd choose "Lost Love".
f. Lately, I've only written Auron for challenge and requests, and I expect that will continue unless I get bunnied really hard for something. I've written two novel-length fics about the character, one of which was basically his biography, and so in way I feel like I really don't have much left to say about him.

[muggy-mountain.livejournal.com]

Kinoc

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

a. Unanswered questions galore! The game sets up this glorious situation between him and Auron and then tells us almost nothing. So I wanted to know more. What makes him tick, what caused the rift?
b. His cleverness.
c. Ambition ambition ambition.
d. Not too difficult. It takes me a little while to settle into his mindset, but once I do it comes pretty easily.
e. "Choices". Hands down.
f. As with Auron, I don't have many Kinoc bunnies anymore, but I enjoy writing him for challenges and to requests. So I'm sure those will continue.