character ask meme thing

[kawuli]

I might just do some of these for fun, but if you are curious about anything/anyone in particular, go ahead and ask. (some answers are spoilery so I'll probably evade those, just so you know)

1. Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with?
2. What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like?
3. What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like?
4. Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know?
5. On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets?
6. Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams?
7. Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares?
8. Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target?
9. Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up?
10. Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing?
11. In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been?
12. In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been?
13. Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way?
14. Does your character remember names or faces easier?
15. Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?
16. Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?
17. What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?
18. Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others?
19. What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?
20. In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?
21. If something tragic or negative happens to your character, do they believe they may have caused or deserved it, or are they quick to blame others?
22. What does your character like in other people?
23. What does your character dislike in other people?
24. How quick is your character to trust someone else?
25. How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person?
26. How does your character behave around children?
27. How does your character normally deal with confrontation?
28. How quick or slow is your character to resort to physical violence in a confrontation?
29. What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true?
30. What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?
31. Describe a scenario in which your character feels most comfortable.
32. Describe a scenario in which your character feels most uncomfortable.
33. In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?
34. Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method?
35. How does your character behave around people they like?
36. How does your character behave around people they dislike?
37. Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status?
38. Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat?
39. Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)?
40. How does your character treat people in service jobs?
41. Does your character feel that they deserve to have what they want, whether it be material or abstract, or do they feel they must earn it first?
42. Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?
43. Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them?
44. How easy or difficult is it for your character to say “I love you?” Can they say it without meaning it?
45. What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?

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Petra

[kawuli.livejournal.com]

15. Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?

Petra would like to point out that this question was obviously written by someone who has always had plenty of money, because otherwise they would realize that you have to be preoccupied with money if you don't have any. She's fine _now_, and it's not like she's got a lot of expenses, but seriously, this is a stupid question.

16. Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?

Success. Petra can't imagine being happy without being successful, so it's a bit of a confusing question. But it's success ON HER TERMS. She wants to be good at her job. She wants to move up the ranks, she wants to be better than Selene. She doesn't give a fuck about being rich or famous (she would like to be notorious in military circles, but that's different), she doesn't have time for shit like dating, she doesn't care if you think she's nice or pretty or any of that. She's very focused (Selene would snort and say "obsessive").

19. What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?

Petra doesn't trust people. She will trust her squadmates once they have proven to be trustworthy, but that's within specific parameters. She doesn't open up easily, and comes across as hostile by default. It's not so much that this has destroyed relationships as that it prevents them from starting--she's had random flings with girls plenty of times, but as soon as anyone wants more than that she's like NOPE. And is kind of harsh about it, like "silly girl what, you thought this was going somewhere?" This, unsurprisingly, does not endear her to those girls. Which makes it even more annoying that Selene can have friends-with-benefits things right and left with no hard feelings, because HOW?

20. In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?

Petra compares herself on objective criteria (so she claims). This is why she likes the military, there are standards and regulations and she can be objectively and inarguably the best at things. Which is obviously the goal.

She doesn't like to admit to comparing herself to people otherwise, but she does look at Selene and her seemingly-effortless ability to make friends and wonder how the fuck that's even supposed to work and whether there's something wrong with one or the other of them. She would not admit this even if you waterboarded her, though.

33. In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?

Both defensive and willing to improve. Her instinctive immediate reaction is to be defensive, but then she will work insanely hard to fix whatever the problem is. I think when she was in training there'd be times her instructors would have to stop her from basically working on something until she collapsed, if she was having trouble getting it right. She made it through Special Forces training mainly on obsessive stubbornness and absolute refusal to quit ever, so she's not about to change now.

(side note: a guy I know who went through Marine Recon training failed the first couple times because part of it was being out in the ocean for a really long time and he got so cold they had to pull him out. He had to walk around with a jar of peanut butter eating it straight pretty much constantly in order to gain enough fat to get through the water stuff without literally getting hypothermia. Point being that Petra would absolutely be that guy, not necessarily with that specific problem, but yeah she would keep going until she got hypothermia rather than admit she couldn't do something)