101 Questions meme
Snagged from a bunch of people
101 Questions You Should Be Able to Answer About Your Character
Basics
1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
Miniver Shelton Brendan Cheevy, sometimes called Cheev or Cheevy, once called Minnie Mouse in school and by the factory douchebags.
2. How old are you? When is your birthday?
January 22, 1943 -- age 25 [sometimes played as 10 or almost 40] because time-pretzels are fun!
3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic?
I was born in Saint Francis Hospital in Beacon, New York. After that I lived for about 9 months in a bar at the end of the universe. Now I live in Los Angeles, and in my later life, I travel a lot but live in someplace called Mordland.
4. Who are/were your parents? (Names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
I don't really like to talk about it, but okay... my mom's name was Kathleen Annarose Brennan, and my dad was Bobby Cheevy. Mom was a professional alcoholic who occasionally gave haircuts and dad... um... I don't really know what he did. I think he was a travelling salesman or something. At least... he travelled a lot, and sometimes he'd come home with money. Mom was a fucking cunt. Dad... was a good guy, and he tried real hard, I guess, but he didn't have it in him to be any kinda father or husband.
5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
I had a sister named April Cornwell. She was my twin. She was funny and beautiful and a junkie... and dead. Her last name was different from mine because she got married to this trucker when she was 16 and he died when his rig exploded. *pause* Okay, we made all of that up. She came from almost 30 years in my future and I met her in the bar but she WAS my sister and she always will be, even though she's gone now. [Miniver will find out eventually that he does have a much younger half-brother from his father's second marriage. The mun has not yet decided whether they'll ever meet.]
6. What is your occupation?
As a kid I worked odd jobs. At 16, I started work at the Nabisco box factory, and did that for eight years. Now I work lights at a small theatre in LA and eventually I'll be a professional musician.
7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?
5'8", average about 130 lbs. give or take.
8. What color is your hair? What color are your eyes?
Hair is black [okay -- really it's just a very, very dark brown, but it's "black"], eyes are blue.
9. What is your race?
100% Irish. Mom's parents came over from Dublin, dad's from Carrickfergus.
10. To which social class do you belong?
Grew up as low as you can get before you hit the guys who live under bridges... right now I'm sort of mooching off my boyfriend with enough income of my own to qualify as somewhere comfortably in the lower middle area... someday I'll be a participant in one of the largest economies in the world.
11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others?
I don't really think I'm attractive. I guess other people think I'm all right. I ge told I'm cute a lot. I look like Oscar Wilde.
12. What is your style of dress?
I used to wear ratty, wrong-sized Salvation Army shit. Now it's kind of a mix of that along with clothes I've gotten from Bar and stuff I take from Pickles' closet he doesn't wear anymore.
13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features?
I have a bunch of jagged scars that sort of spiral up my right arm, from a fight with my wizarding ex-boyfriend. Also got a piercing in my left ear, half way up the cartilage. And... a little skull tattoo on my left arm. [Old-Miniver has a couple more piercings, and other tattoos, of which the only one yet decided is a purple tulip on his lower left back, with the name of his Milli-sister written on one of the petals -- April.]
14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
I'm allergic to dust, pollen, mold, and being with a cat for too long can bother me a little. I used to be sick basically all the time but since Draco did his wish-thing on me, I really don't get sick as easily. I also used to be kind of the impiest wimp ever, but Will and Mia and Pickles have given me some basic fighting lessons, which has apparently toughened me up somewhat.
15. Are you right- or left-handed?
Right. [mun note: While Miniver says he's right handed, and does WRITE with his right hand, with everything else he sort of switches, and overall is actually more left-handed. Probably he was born a lefty and switched as a kid, and had just enough artistic aptitude to compensate so that his handwriting is not shitty. He can't draw, though.]
16. What does your voice sound like?
A shade deeper than tenor and I tend to speak quietly. I have a slight accent best described as "diner girl" that apparently gets hilariously more pronounced when I'm drunk. -.-
17. What kind of vocabulary do you use?
Hippie by way of classic lit with shades of slang picked up from my boyfriend, and a certain amount of stammering and filler.
18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics.
I'm kinda twitchy and mousey... I cry too easily... and certain people may say I have a mean streak in me and like to tease and torment people but I don't know WHAT they're talking about... [AND HE LIES LIKE A BITCH.]
19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes?
I shower whenever I need to, which is usually every day cuz otherwise the dust from work makes my allergies go nuts when the meds wear off. I don't wear perfume or any of that shit, that's just as bad.
20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)?
Erm... mildly stoned.
21. Do you use body language? How?
I don't gesture too much, but it's pretty easy to tell when I'm being shy or upset. I kinda wear my heart on my sleeve. Um... I tend to hide behind my hair sometimes.
22. Do you have a commonly used saying?
Umm... I say y'know and like a lot... otherwiseI don't think so...
Childhood
23. What is your earliest memory?
...it was snowing. I was laying on the couch, almost asleep, watching it against the window... in the other room my dad was singing "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" to my mom... I think maybe she was sick... or something was broken... I'm not sure, but I didn't understand it and I was pretending I could see faces in the snow flurries, and the faces were werewolf people but not like bad ones, and they were talking to each other. I think maybe I was 3 or 4 then, I really don't know.
24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it?
I dropped out after I turned 16 because I had to work and couldn't do that AND school. But man, I loved it. Not the people, mind. I hated GOING to school because I got beat up on a lot, but I liked the learning. Always wished I coulda graduated and gone to college.
25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill?
Pickles and Toki teach me music, Will and Mia taught me to fight, Draco and Harry and Ginny helped me learn magic, and everything else comes from my insatiable love of books.
26. How would you describe your childhood in general?
It was shit. No, I don't want to talk about it. EVER.
27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Heh... a knight. I wanted to rescue princesses and slay dragons.
28. When and with whom was your first kiss?
Age 14, with a little Jewish girl named Dana. It only took that one time to teach me I was kinda wrong inside. It never happened again for a decade.
29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
.......Draco Malfoy. *cough* I was just barely 24.
30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you?
Nobody I know about, though as stated before, I do look like Oscar Wilde.
Influences
31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Leaving my world forever. Everything good that's ever happened to me was a direct result of that.
32. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Leaving my world forever. [Old-Miniver would answer this question differently... probably along the lines of getting married and finding his place in the right world.]
33. What is your greatest regret?
...sometimes, it's being born. I don't really wanna talk about it.
34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you?
I'm not sure. I think it'd have to be that stupid fight I had with Draco. I was drunk as FUCK... he gave me these scars, I broke his jaw, and if memory serves it took er... I think it took four people to get us apart. Or six. My memory of the event is somewhat hazy.
35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they?
If I told them, they wouldn't be secrets, would they? [Most of Miniver's past is a secret. This is even more true for Old-Miniver, the mysterious celebrity whose parents and place of origin remain a mystery to everyone but people who've been to Milliways. Old-Miniver also keeps it a secret that he has a mild form of bipolar disorder. And it's a pretty well-kept secret that he's married to Pickles.]
36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
Lying to someone who didn't deserve that kind of mercy.
37. When was the time you were the most frightened?
I was frightened for most of my life. If there's anything that manages top of the list, I guess... it's a close race between the time Pickles was in that crash, the time some chick shot herself next to our car, the time I was in withdrawal and seeing weird shit trying to get me, and um... I guess the time I tried to kill myself back in Beacon.
38. Have you ever traveled outside of your country? If so, to where?
I've been to the end of the universe, and all over Europe with Pickles. [Old-Miniver's been even further, and by then developes a love affair with Russia.]
Beliefs
39. What is your alignment?
Um? The fuck? How about Chaotic Pissoff?
40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
...it kinda depends. I'm mostly idealistic with a depressive streak. So I can go either way depending on my mood.
41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why?
I've met a lot of gods. I'm pretty sure there ain't nobody keeping tabs on them.
42. Do you believe in an afterlife?
Yeah. But I'm not sure how it works.
43. What is your greatest fear?
Having to go back where I came from.
44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why?
It's hard to tell what makes me angry. I don't get angry much and when I do it's kind of for a lot of reasons. Um... a lot of things make me sad. I'm like, oversensitive or something, and APPARENTLY maybe I have some kinda like unbalanced... thing. Whatever. Fuck off, I don't wanna talk about it. But Pickles makes me happy, and writing, and singing, and good poetry, and travelling, and.... yeah, a lot makes me happy.
45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil?
I think people are basically stupid.
46. What are your views on politics? Religion? Sex?
Politics I don't give a shit about, religion is a form of personal emotional sedation so whatever works for you, and sex is awesome and I do it whenever and wherever possible. ^_^
47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing?
Gambling... uh... I've never been to a casino or anything but I sometimes make bets with people, that's fun. Lying... heh... ain't no different than telling the truth as long as you don't get caught. Theft... Well if you can't keep your hands on your stuff, it's your fault you lose it. Killing is unnecessary and stupid. [Old-Miniver will have revised these opinions somewhat -- he likes to gamble, lies like a con man, pockets anything that catches his eye, and while he isn't himself a killer, he's grown numb to it based on how frequently it happens around him.]
48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs?
As far as necessary. Though if you want to be retarded, that's your problem as long as you don't try to get me to join you.
49. How much do you value money?
More, I suspect, than people who've always had it do.
50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Knowngly hurt someone who didn't deserve it.
51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good?
...yeah. Although it kinda depends on the situation, and like... what the greater good is.
52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
Pff, duh.
53. Are you superstitious?
No. When I do shit like that, like to protect myself from werewolves or vampires or whatever, it's because I KNOW it's real. But the stepping on cracks thing and shit... not at all.
54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others?
I find them intellectually interesting. But I'm not afraid to tell anyone I think they're full of shit.
55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings?
It depends who I'm with. Sometimes I think I might be kinda too honest. Other times, not at all.
56. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
I... sometimes catch myself thinking women are inferior.
Dealing With Others
57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
Pickles. Because I love him. Without him, I wouldn't belong anywhere.
58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why?
I respect Oscar Wilde for being who he was in a time that didn't accept it. I'd rather not talk about who I hate. [...But Old-Miniver doesn't have any qualms about saying that he most hates his parents for being too young to know better than to be cruel, stupid shitheads.]
59. Do you have a significant other? Who?
Yup, Pickles!
60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend?
Yeah, I think I have a lot of frends. I have more friends than I ever did before coming to Milliways, anyway. Besides Pickles, people I consider my best friends have a habit of disappearing off the face of the universe, though. It used to be April, then Roddy, then... I guess I have a lot of really good friends now but I wouldn't call any of 'em my best friend. Toki and Le Chiffre come real close, though. [Old-Miniver's best friends are Murderface and Toki.]
61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex?
Um, I guess I kinda like... feel some sorta basic bond with other Irish people, but it's not really anything more than a conversation starter at best. I don't really know what class I am and I have a hard time telling what other people are and I don't especially care. People of the same gender.... um, sometimes I want to fuck them but otherwise, yeah, it's sort of... case by case.
62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex?
Where I come from there was a lot of racial prejudice but I never understood any of it and still don't. I do kinda sometimes get... weird ideas about women that I know are largely untrue, and I try really hard to tell myself that and not act on them or anything but I really don't relate to women at all and they make me uncomfortable. I sort of... don't automatically see them as people. The only women I consider people are the ones I know well enough to be able to not think of them as women anymore.
63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
I fall in love every few days. XD But above and beyond anything and everyone, I really do deeply love Pickles.
64. What do you look for in a potential lover?
A penis.
65. How close are you to your family?
If you mean blood-family... I don't have any. [That's his story and he's sticking to it.]
66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children?
I never thought about marriage... I mean... yeah, I kinda would, but I don't think I can do that. I have some critter-kids I love but I'd never want a little person one, and... I have a family, but I guess it'd be nice to be able to really understand a lot better who they are.
67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I'll argue up to a point, but I do have a tendency to be the one who backs down first.
68. Are you a listener or a talker?
I'm a good listener and punctuate the conversation with occasional monologues.
69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others?
It depends... a pretty long time for the stuff that matters, though.
70. Do you hold grudges?
As weird as this is gonna sound -- not as often as I should.
71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
No. But I also don't follow the leader.
72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people?
It's alright sometimes, but it burns me out really quickly.
73. How well do you express yourself?
When I actually WANT to express myself, I do it extraordinarily well.
74. How quickly do you judge others?
Faster than I think is justified sometimes.
75. Do you care what others think of you?
Not anymore, with some exceptions.
76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy?
Kinda. Draco used to be sort of my enemy for a while, but I like to think we got over that. Will was my enemy, but we got over that, too, even though I still tease him more than some people seem to think I should. Tony Thunderbottom... I think we're kinda enemies right now, though I wish I could figure out how not to be -- not just make peace with him, but make peace with myself about who he is. It's very confusing.
Personal Taste and Opinions
77. What is your favorite pasttime? Color? Food? Possession?
My favourite pasttime is quickly becoming watching movies with Pickles. My favourite color is um... I guess probably red. My favourite food is marshmallows. My favourite possession.... errr.... huh. That one's hard. I wouldn't say it's my FAVOURITE but two of my most IMPORTANT possessions are my flask that I took from my mother that has her maiden name engraved on it, my wand, and the snake ring Pickles gave me. Likewise important is the moonstone pendant I have from Moon -- it's my insurance.
78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment?
As long as it's good, I'll watch it.
79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?
Yes, yes, no, yes. Because it's fun. [Old-Miniver does all four, though he doesn't always pick p whores in order to actually have sex with them. He's a little strange.]
80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
Movies, take-out, pot, booze, sex. It's awesome.
81. What is your most cherished fantasy?
...that's a really... I mean... whatever, it's something that can't ever happen, so who gives a fuck?
82. How long is your attention span?
It's either inexhaistable or about 12 seconds.
83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny?
I laugh when I get nervous a lot. Otherwise... I dunno, maybe not so much? [Old-Miniver would say yes. He loves to laugh, and provides himself with entertainment in the form of practical jokes whenever none seems forthcoming from elsewhere.]
84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what?
Really graphic violence. People who let themselves be abused.
85. How do you deal with stress?
..................um, usually by crying. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic?
Sports? Hahahano. Fuck that shit. I can't draw, either. I kinda like to sometimes, but I know it all looks like shit. [Old-Miniver likes some sports, if by sports one means casual attempts to play tennis, DDR, and foozeball.]
87. Do you like animals? Do you like children?
I like animals, yeah. I used to hate dogs but Pickles gave me a puppy and she kinda cured me. But no, I don't like kids.
88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
I only have a plan when absolutely necessary.
89. What are your pet peeves?
I hate it when people don't stand up for themselves, especially to ME. I mean... I'm a pushover. I KNOW that. Anyone who can't take what I dish out it pretty pathetic. It also really bugs me when people try to be martyrs for a cardboard cause and make bad decisions just because the alternative might upset someone.
Self-Image
90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness?
My strength is I'm smart and good at communicating things in writing and music. My weakness is I'm a little emotionally unstable and shy.
91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I'd be braver.
92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
Introverted.
93. Do you like yourself?
...I don't really dwell on it and I make a lot of effort to do my best and be a good person, but no, I don't. [Old-Miniver's over that, though. He likes himself PLENTY.]
94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted?
I guess I fall into a routine when I have obligations I need to meet like work and Life Support, but when I don't, I don't have much of a routine. I just do what I feel like.
95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime?
Write more songs, get into the busness for real, save up some money so it isn't all on Pickles to have cash handy when we need it.
96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
Famous, famous and significantly wealthy, famous and significantly wealthy and married and still givin' it all I got.
97. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
I dunno. With Pickles. Whatever else... well, I guess I'd want it to be pretty quick.
98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death?
My words.
99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality?
Um... that depends, it changes from day to day. [Old-Miniver's reply is: "Kiss. My. Ass."]
100. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Um... I really don't know. :\ [Old-Miniver's reply is: "Flaming sex god."]
101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?
I kinda like to think I'm not... I think the fates are on my side.
101 Questions You Should Be Able to Answer About Your Character
Basics
1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
Miniver Shelton Brendan Cheevy, sometimes called Cheev or Cheevy, once called Minnie Mouse in school and by the factory douchebags.
2. How old are you? When is your birthday?
January 22, 1943 -- age 25 [sometimes played as 10 or almost 40] because time-pretzels are fun!
3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic?
I was born in Saint Francis Hospital in Beacon, New York. After that I lived for about 9 months in a bar at the end of the universe. Now I live in Los Angeles, and in my later life, I travel a lot but live in someplace called Mordland.
4. Who are/were your parents? (Names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
I don't really like to talk about it, but okay... my mom's name was Kathleen Annarose Brennan, and my dad was Bobby Cheevy. Mom was a professional alcoholic who occasionally gave haircuts and dad... um... I don't really know what he did. I think he was a travelling salesman or something. At least... he travelled a lot, and sometimes he'd come home with money. Mom was a fucking cunt. Dad... was a good guy, and he tried real hard, I guess, but he didn't have it in him to be any kinda father or husband.
5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
I had a sister named April Cornwell. She was my twin. She was funny and beautiful and a junkie... and dead. Her last name was different from mine because she got married to this trucker when she was 16 and he died when his rig exploded. *pause* Okay, we made all of that up. She came from almost 30 years in my future and I met her in the bar but she WAS my sister and she always will be, even though she's gone now. [Miniver will find out eventually that he does have a much younger half-brother from his father's second marriage. The mun has not yet decided whether they'll ever meet.]
6. What is your occupation?
As a kid I worked odd jobs. At 16, I started work at the Nabisco box factory, and did that for eight years. Now I work lights at a small theatre in LA and eventually I'll be a professional musician.
7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?
5'8", average about 130 lbs. give or take.
8. What color is your hair? What color are your eyes?
Hair is black [okay -- really it's just a very, very dark brown, but it's "black"], eyes are blue.
9. What is your race?
100% Irish. Mom's parents came over from Dublin, dad's from Carrickfergus.
10. To which social class do you belong?
Grew up as low as you can get before you hit the guys who live under bridges... right now I'm sort of mooching off my boyfriend with enough income of my own to qualify as somewhere comfortably in the lower middle area... someday I'll be a participant in one of the largest economies in the world.
11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others?
I don't really think I'm attractive. I guess other people think I'm all right. I ge told I'm cute a lot. I look like Oscar Wilde.
12. What is your style of dress?
I used to wear ratty, wrong-sized Salvation Army shit. Now it's kind of a mix of that along with clothes I've gotten from Bar and stuff I take from Pickles' closet he doesn't wear anymore.
13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features?
I have a bunch of jagged scars that sort of spiral up my right arm, from a fight with my wizarding ex-boyfriend. Also got a piercing in my left ear, half way up the cartilage. And... a little skull tattoo on my left arm. [Old-Miniver has a couple more piercings, and other tattoos, of which the only one yet decided is a purple tulip on his lower left back, with the name of his Milli-sister written on one of the petals -- April.]
14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
I'm allergic to dust, pollen, mold, and being with a cat for too long can bother me a little. I used to be sick basically all the time but since Draco did his wish-thing on me, I really don't get sick as easily. I also used to be kind of the impiest wimp ever, but Will and Mia and Pickles have given me some basic fighting lessons, which has apparently toughened me up somewhat.
15. Are you right- or left-handed?
Right. [mun note: While Miniver says he's right handed, and does WRITE with his right hand, with everything else he sort of switches, and overall is actually more left-handed. Probably he was born a lefty and switched as a kid, and had just enough artistic aptitude to compensate so that his handwriting is not shitty. He can't draw, though.]
16. What does your voice sound like?
A shade deeper than tenor and I tend to speak quietly. I have a slight accent best described as "diner girl" that apparently gets hilariously more pronounced when I'm drunk. -.-
17. What kind of vocabulary do you use?
Hippie by way of classic lit with shades of slang picked up from my boyfriend, and a certain amount of stammering and filler.
18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics.
I'm kinda twitchy and mousey... I cry too easily... and certain people may say I have a mean streak in me and like to tease and torment people but I don't know WHAT they're talking about... [AND HE LIES LIKE A BITCH.]
19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes?
I shower whenever I need to, which is usually every day cuz otherwise the dust from work makes my allergies go nuts when the meds wear off. I don't wear perfume or any of that shit, that's just as bad.
20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)?
Erm... mildly stoned.
21. Do you use body language? How?
I don't gesture too much, but it's pretty easy to tell when I'm being shy or upset. I kinda wear my heart on my sleeve. Um... I tend to hide behind my hair sometimes.
22. Do you have a commonly used saying?
Umm... I say y'know and like a lot... otherwiseI don't think so...
Childhood
23. What is your earliest memory?
...it was snowing. I was laying on the couch, almost asleep, watching it against the window... in the other room my dad was singing "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" to my mom... I think maybe she was sick... or something was broken... I'm not sure, but I didn't understand it and I was pretending I could see faces in the snow flurries, and the faces were werewolf people but not like bad ones, and they were talking to each other. I think maybe I was 3 or 4 then, I really don't know.
24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it?
I dropped out after I turned 16 because I had to work and couldn't do that AND school. But man, I loved it. Not the people, mind. I hated GOING to school because I got beat up on a lot, but I liked the learning. Always wished I coulda graduated and gone to college.
25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill?
Pickles and Toki teach me music, Will and Mia taught me to fight, Draco and Harry and Ginny helped me learn magic, and everything else comes from my insatiable love of books.
26. How would you describe your childhood in general?
It was shit. No, I don't want to talk about it. EVER.
27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Heh... a knight. I wanted to rescue princesses and slay dragons.
28. When and with whom was your first kiss?
Age 14, with a little Jewish girl named Dana. It only took that one time to teach me I was kinda wrong inside. It never happened again for a decade.
29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
.......Draco Malfoy. *cough* I was just barely 24.
30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you?
Nobody I know about, though as stated before, I do look like Oscar Wilde.
Influences
31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Leaving my world forever. Everything good that's ever happened to me was a direct result of that.
32. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Leaving my world forever. [Old-Miniver would answer this question differently... probably along the lines of getting married and finding his place in the right world.]
33. What is your greatest regret?
...sometimes, it's being born. I don't really wanna talk about it.
34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you?
I'm not sure. I think it'd have to be that stupid fight I had with Draco. I was drunk as FUCK... he gave me these scars, I broke his jaw, and if memory serves it took er... I think it took four people to get us apart. Or six. My memory of the event is somewhat hazy.
35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they?
If I told them, they wouldn't be secrets, would they? [Most of Miniver's past is a secret. This is even more true for Old-Miniver, the mysterious celebrity whose parents and place of origin remain a mystery to everyone but people who've been to Milliways. Old-Miniver also keeps it a secret that he has a mild form of bipolar disorder. And it's a pretty well-kept secret that he's married to Pickles.]
36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
Lying to someone who didn't deserve that kind of mercy.
37. When was the time you were the most frightened?
I was frightened for most of my life. If there's anything that manages top of the list, I guess... it's a close race between the time Pickles was in that crash, the time some chick shot herself next to our car, the time I was in withdrawal and seeing weird shit trying to get me, and um... I guess the time I tried to kill myself back in Beacon.
38. Have you ever traveled outside of your country? If so, to where?
I've been to the end of the universe, and all over Europe with Pickles. [Old-Miniver's been even further, and by then developes a love affair with Russia.]
Beliefs
39. What is your alignment?
Um? The fuck? How about Chaotic Pissoff?
40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
...it kinda depends. I'm mostly idealistic with a depressive streak. So I can go either way depending on my mood.
41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why?
I've met a lot of gods. I'm pretty sure there ain't nobody keeping tabs on them.
42. Do you believe in an afterlife?
Yeah. But I'm not sure how it works.
43. What is your greatest fear?
Having to go back where I came from.
44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why?
It's hard to tell what makes me angry. I don't get angry much and when I do it's kind of for a lot of reasons. Um... a lot of things make me sad. I'm like, oversensitive or something, and APPARENTLY maybe I have some kinda like unbalanced... thing. Whatever. Fuck off, I don't wanna talk about it. But Pickles makes me happy, and writing, and singing, and good poetry, and travelling, and.... yeah, a lot makes me happy.
45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil?
I think people are basically stupid.
46. What are your views on politics? Religion? Sex?
Politics I don't give a shit about, religion is a form of personal emotional sedation so whatever works for you, and sex is awesome and I do it whenever and wherever possible. ^_^
47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing?
Gambling... uh... I've never been to a casino or anything but I sometimes make bets with people, that's fun. Lying... heh... ain't no different than telling the truth as long as you don't get caught. Theft... Well if you can't keep your hands on your stuff, it's your fault you lose it. Killing is unnecessary and stupid. [Old-Miniver will have revised these opinions somewhat -- he likes to gamble, lies like a con man, pockets anything that catches his eye, and while he isn't himself a killer, he's grown numb to it based on how frequently it happens around him.]
48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs?
As far as necessary. Though if you want to be retarded, that's your problem as long as you don't try to get me to join you.
49. How much do you value money?
More, I suspect, than people who've always had it do.
50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Knowngly hurt someone who didn't deserve it.
51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good?
...yeah. Although it kinda depends on the situation, and like... what the greater good is.
52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
Pff, duh.
53. Are you superstitious?
No. When I do shit like that, like to protect myself from werewolves or vampires or whatever, it's because I KNOW it's real. But the stepping on cracks thing and shit... not at all.
54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others?
I find them intellectually interesting. But I'm not afraid to tell anyone I think they're full of shit.
55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings?
It depends who I'm with. Sometimes I think I might be kinda too honest. Other times, not at all.
56. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
I... sometimes catch myself thinking women are inferior.
Dealing With Others
57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
Pickles. Because I love him. Without him, I wouldn't belong anywhere.
58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why?
I respect Oscar Wilde for being who he was in a time that didn't accept it. I'd rather not talk about who I hate. [...But Old-Miniver doesn't have any qualms about saying that he most hates his parents for being too young to know better than to be cruel, stupid shitheads.]
59. Do you have a significant other? Who?
Yup, Pickles!
60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend?
Yeah, I think I have a lot of frends. I have more friends than I ever did before coming to Milliways, anyway. Besides Pickles, people I consider my best friends have a habit of disappearing off the face of the universe, though. It used to be April, then Roddy, then... I guess I have a lot of really good friends now but I wouldn't call any of 'em my best friend. Toki and Le Chiffre come real close, though. [Old-Miniver's best friends are Murderface and Toki.]
61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex?
Um, I guess I kinda like... feel some sorta basic bond with other Irish people, but it's not really anything more than a conversation starter at best. I don't really know what class I am and I have a hard time telling what other people are and I don't especially care. People of the same gender.... um, sometimes I want to fuck them but otherwise, yeah, it's sort of... case by case.
62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex?
Where I come from there was a lot of racial prejudice but I never understood any of it and still don't. I do kinda sometimes get... weird ideas about women that I know are largely untrue, and I try really hard to tell myself that and not act on them or anything but I really don't relate to women at all and they make me uncomfortable. I sort of... don't automatically see them as people. The only women I consider people are the ones I know well enough to be able to not think of them as women anymore.
63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
I fall in love every few days. XD But above and beyond anything and everyone, I really do deeply love Pickles.
64. What do you look for in a potential lover?
A penis.
65. How close are you to your family?
If you mean blood-family... I don't have any. [That's his story and he's sticking to it.]
66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children?
I never thought about marriage... I mean... yeah, I kinda would, but I don't think I can do that. I have some critter-kids I love but I'd never want a little person one, and... I have a family, but I guess it'd be nice to be able to really understand a lot better who they are.
67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I'll argue up to a point, but I do have a tendency to be the one who backs down first.
68. Are you a listener or a talker?
I'm a good listener and punctuate the conversation with occasional monologues.
69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others?
It depends... a pretty long time for the stuff that matters, though.
70. Do you hold grudges?
As weird as this is gonna sound -- not as often as I should.
71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
No. But I also don't follow the leader.
72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people?
It's alright sometimes, but it burns me out really quickly.
73. How well do you express yourself?
When I actually WANT to express myself, I do it extraordinarily well.
74. How quickly do you judge others?
Faster than I think is justified sometimes.
75. Do you care what others think of you?
Not anymore, with some exceptions.
76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy?
Kinda. Draco used to be sort of my enemy for a while, but I like to think we got over that. Will was my enemy, but we got over that, too, even though I still tease him more than some people seem to think I should. Tony Thunderbottom... I think we're kinda enemies right now, though I wish I could figure out how not to be -- not just make peace with him, but make peace with myself about who he is. It's very confusing.
Personal Taste and Opinions
77. What is your favorite pasttime? Color? Food? Possession?
My favourite pasttime is quickly becoming watching movies with Pickles. My favourite color is um... I guess probably red. My favourite food is marshmallows. My favourite possession.... errr.... huh. That one's hard. I wouldn't say it's my FAVOURITE but two of my most IMPORTANT possessions are my flask that I took from my mother that has her maiden name engraved on it, my wand, and the snake ring Pickles gave me. Likewise important is the moonstone pendant I have from Moon -- it's my insurance.
78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment?
As long as it's good, I'll watch it.
79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?
Yes, yes, no, yes. Because it's fun. [Old-Miniver does all four, though he doesn't always pick p whores in order to actually have sex with them. He's a little strange.]
80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
Movies, take-out, pot, booze, sex. It's awesome.
81. What is your most cherished fantasy?
...that's a really... I mean... whatever, it's something that can't ever happen, so who gives a fuck?
82. How long is your attention span?
It's either inexhaistable or about 12 seconds.
83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny?
I laugh when I get nervous a lot. Otherwise... I dunno, maybe not so much? [Old-Miniver would say yes. He loves to laugh, and provides himself with entertainment in the form of practical jokes whenever none seems forthcoming from elsewhere.]
84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what?
Really graphic violence. People who let themselves be abused.
85. How do you deal with stress?
..................um, usually by crying. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic?
Sports? Hahahano. Fuck that shit. I can't draw, either. I kinda like to sometimes, but I know it all looks like shit. [Old-Miniver likes some sports, if by sports one means casual attempts to play tennis, DDR, and foozeball.]
87. Do you like animals? Do you like children?
I like animals, yeah. I used to hate dogs but Pickles gave me a puppy and she kinda cured me. But no, I don't like kids.
88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
I only have a plan when absolutely necessary.
89. What are your pet peeves?
I hate it when people don't stand up for themselves, especially to ME. I mean... I'm a pushover. I KNOW that. Anyone who can't take what I dish out it pretty pathetic. It also really bugs me when people try to be martyrs for a cardboard cause and make bad decisions just because the alternative might upset someone.
Self-Image
90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness?
My strength is I'm smart and good at communicating things in writing and music. My weakness is I'm a little emotionally unstable and shy.
91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I'd be braver.
92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
Introverted.
93. Do you like yourself?
...I don't really dwell on it and I make a lot of effort to do my best and be a good person, but no, I don't. [Old-Miniver's over that, though. He likes himself PLENTY.]
94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted?
I guess I fall into a routine when I have obligations I need to meet like work and Life Support, but when I don't, I don't have much of a routine. I just do what I feel like.
95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime?
Write more songs, get into the busness for real, save up some money so it isn't all on Pickles to have cash handy when we need it.
96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
Famous, famous and significantly wealthy, famous and significantly wealthy and married and still givin' it all I got.
97. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
I dunno. With Pickles. Whatever else... well, I guess I'd want it to be pretty quick.
98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death?
My words.
99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality?
Um... that depends, it changes from day to day. [Old-Miniver's reply is: "Kiss. My. Ass."]
100. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Um... I really don't know. :\ [Old-Miniver's reply is: "Flaming sex god."]
101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?
I kinda like to think I'm not... I think the fates are on my side.