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fan_elune

Characterisation meme

Jan 12, 2011 21:33

Gakked from the_grynne and shadesofbrixton:

Pick a character I write, 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, characters I RP and characters about whom I write fanfic.

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fan_elune January 13 2011, 00:56:17 UTC

1 - Hiaviirc-na bae: the sacred ultimate self. The na he is always going on about, that sense of place, being as much yourself as you can be - this is the ultimate goal in the De philosophy, and Niko lives strictly by that philosophy.

2 - Karedan. Niko is an assassin priest, even if he is not in Striv society anymore. Simply because he no longer practices it does not mean that it has stopped informing who he is. He is learning what it means in Gotham in terms of his duty. This is, of course, only in GYO terms, and when writing him in his universe, it is just as important in much more obviou ways.

3 - Kiaredan bae: one without comparison. Niko was the only human to become this good a karedan. This means that a) he worked at it like the most stubborn man that ever stubborned. b) he embraced everything about the Striv culture entirely. This is his life.

4 - Okaara-na: the place of necessary release, as in the release of the mind enemy, klal'tloric. This is something Striv, and particularly karedane, do from time to time. They believe ( ... )

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heikki_cheren January 13 2011, 12:04:38 UTC

You should indeed ! ^^

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jade_plume January 13 2011, 09:10:58 UTC

I'm gonna go with Melany O'Tool ;)
(and happy new year :)

fan_elune January 13 2011, 17:34:53 UTC

Happy new year!

Man, Mel. I hadn't thought of her in ages. Meeep.

1 - Fun. Mel is the polar opposite of David. She likes to have fun and to draw people into having fun with her.

2 - Family. Family Matters. A lot. All the more so because of what happened to her birth parents.

3 - Friendship. She needs friendships in her life. She needs to have a support system and be part of a support system for others.

4 - Filanthropy. (Hush, I'm trying to keep the F thing going.) She does what she does because she wants to help people. If she had money she'd be giving it away and/or creating a Foundation or something.

5 - Fred. (Ha! I managed. Kinda cheating on this one, but hush.) Okay, so I didn't know she would suddenly insist on dating Fred, but she did, clearly. And he makes her super happy.

I wish I still had enough writing muses to keep going with this. I hate this sort of weird writer's block I've been in for a couple years, man. How've you been? *snugs*