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

[batyatoon]

*snorfle* HEY.

1) This is the one I have to keep reminding myself, because it's counter to my own instincts: Cavilo hates, hates, hates being underestimated, and will never play to that. Even if it would give her a tactical advantage.

2) Oddly perhaps, she doesn't mind that much being taken for granted in certain ways. That translates in her mind to being relied on, and since she knows she'll never fall into the trap of actually feeling obligated in those circumstances, she's okay with keeping up appearances as long as need be.

3) Cavilo will never stick to the bird in the hand. She'll drop whatever she's got going if something better comes along. (And whoever.)

4) Despite her universally low opinion of other people, she has an almost indefatigable optimism. She's been in tight spots before -- the life-threatening, the morale-crushing, the intolerably annoying -- and she's always gotten herself out of them. She's lost everything more than once and gained back as good or better. She firmly believes she will always survive, and she will always eventually triumph.

5) I don't actually know her real name. It could be Lara for all I know.