Meme!

[batyatoon]

So there are these two memes going around and I like them both, but for the moment I'm gonna just do one at a time. Seen several places:

Pick a character I've written or roleplayed, and I will give you the top five ideas/concepts/other I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to depicting them accurately. This includes both original characters and characters about whom I write fanfic.

Any character I've ever written is fair game, but I reserve the right to say "eh, I got nothin'" if I feel I don't really have that firm a grasp of them. A list of my RP characters follows below the cut.

Milliways:
byhisbootstraps William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean)
forewarned_is Kali (Supernatural)
ladyfirestarter Charlie McGee (Firestarter)
simon_doctor Simon Tam (Firefly / Serenity)
stilljustandrew Andrew Wells (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
toxic_perfume Cavilo (Vorkosigan Saga)
veryvorkosigan Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan(Vorkosigan Saga)

Other:
no_thief Kaya (OC)
nonsomniac Dee Elliot (OC, Heroesverse)
porcupineliz Liz Whitaker (OC, Fireflyverse / orig universe)
Rapunzel (OC, fairytale-based)
Topher Brink (Dollhouse)
Zillah Monchard (OC, Fireflyverse)
Alcina (OC, BtVSverse)
Jordie Miller (OC, BtVSverse)
Emma Baldwin (OC, BtVSverse)
Fitz (OC, BtVSverse)
Janet Creeque (OC, Dark Towerverse)

Comments

[crazedcrusader.livejournal.com]

Faith demands that I ask about Andrew and Kaya.

[batyatoon]

No fair! Pick one.

[crazedcrusader.livejournal.com]

Kaya, then.

[batyatoon]

1) Kaya is pretty close to feral when we first meet her, and she doesn't shake that off quickly. Even once she comes to trust a few people, she'll still view everybody else with that same wary fight-or-flight reflex.

2) The primary motivation in Kaya's life for the past two to three years, aside from basic survival, has been trying to find a way to obey her parents' last instructions: take the box to Najmi. She's certain down to her bones that everything will be all right if she can just get there, and that she must not let anything stop her. The word is driven.

3) Of the family she's lost, she misses her papa the most.

4) Kaya's parents were both scholars, and raised their children accordingly. It shows, sometimes.

5) There's a lot of hurt and rage in Kaya over what's happened to her (and what is still happening). Most of the time it's denied any outlet. When it does come out, it's very ugly.