Fun things time--anybody curious?

[kawuli]

Asks about OCs, give me a name and a number and I'll tell you a thing.

1. What is their worst fear?
2. Does your OC have a temper?
3. Religious beliefs?
4. Height?
5. Weight?
6. What is something that they really regret?
7. Something they’re proud of?
8. What is something they really hate?
9. Now something they really love?
10. How does your OC react when they’re embarrassed?
11. Birthday!
12. Are they a morning person or a night owl?
13. Is there anything you would have changed about your OC?
14. If you could compare your OC to an animal what would that be?
15. Give me a description of their family
16. Are they good with technology?
17. Describe some of their hobbies!
18. Describe their sleeping habits
19. What are some of their strengths
20. What are some of their weaknesses
21. Do they have any mental disorders? (PTSD/Depression etc)
22. Do they have any physical impairments (Blind/Deaf/Loss of a limb)

Comments

[lorata.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna toss this up a bit!

Matt: 10, 12, 14

Alister: 17, 18, 19

Rokia, from tumblr

[kawuli.livejournal.com]

2. Does your OC have a temper?

People don’t expect her too, because about 90% of the time Rokia is quiet and withdrawn and pragmatic (when she’s on her own time, rather than playing Victor Rokia). Getting angry doesn’t get shit done. But every once in a while she hits a wall and kind of goes off. The most likely trigger for that is people doing anything to her sisters, or hinting that they might. At which point she will come at you with everything she’s got. This can become slightly absurd, like when (10 years postwar) Kadi is studying at Beetee’s polytechnic and Rokia’s about to go fight Beetee because he made Kadi feel stupid. (Kadi’s like FUCK’S SAKE I’M FINE I JUST HATE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS please do not go fight my teachers.)

She blows up at Sara just after the war because Sara’s being optimistic about reconstruction and Rokia’s… the opposite of that: she doesn’t know where her sisters are (and just has to hope they’re alive), she’s working absolutely ridiculous hours trying to keep cargo moving by air while the rail grid is down, everything is hard and scary and awful and she just snaps. Phillips gets milder versions of this kind of thing a lot before he leaves.

When Rokia’s at Lyme’s postwar she goes through a period of just being angry, in general, at everything, which means she’s much more likely to snap at people over stupid shit because it’s just the drop that pushes her over the edge. Lyme gets the worst of it, but Lyme is also very much okay with that because well, girl’s got good reason to be pissed. And anger is better than shutdown, which has tended to be the response before that.

19. What are some of their strengths

She’s incredibly stubborn. A strength or a weakness, depending on the situation really, but it’s a big part of what keeps her alive, so we’ll count it. She’s resourceful and creative, because growing up with no resources she had to learn to improvise. She’s not book-smart, but she’s got a good intuitive sense for how mechanical stuff works, because she’s been doing this kind of stuff since she was eight years old and she pays attention. (That second part is important. Not everyone pays attention enough to generalize to underlying principles.) It’s pretty hard to get into the circle of Her People but once you’re there she’s very protective. This is funny when she’s like I WILL FIGHT YOU at people who are giving Lyme a hard time, given that Lyme’s twice her weight and a full foot (er, 30cm) taller. (Right after the war Rokia hears Lyme arguing on the phone with a guy from 6 who’s fucking with cargo shipments to Two, grabs the phone from Lyme and tells him off. And it works. And Lyme’s like …..huh.)