Field Guide to Mith, Puel, and Linden
So I've seen a few other people on my friendslist do this, and I think it's a nifty idea. In short: mithrigil, lindensphinx, and I live together or we will once I move to NYC for good, at any rate, and have a ton of overlapping interests and group projects, but we're also notably different in a lot of ways. We realize a lot of you guys probably know us primarily through our involvement in Hetalia, and that you might be less familiar with one or two of us than you are with the other(s) -- hopefully this chart will let you find out more about us and pick up on details we've only maybe alluded to in the past, or details that aren't readily apparent if you've only spoken with us briefly/casually.
This chart is all in good fun -- we know you guys all know we're separate people with our own likes/dislikes/whatever, but we figure it's a good way to answer a few basic questions and let you know a little bit more about us, and to pinpoint just what those likes/dislikes/whatever are.
Without further ado!
mithrigil
puella_nerdii
lindensphinx
age
26
22
25
occupation
musician
grad student
PhD candidate/baby professorlet
hair color
brunette
blonde
redhead
height
5'11" (seme-height!)
5'5" (not that short)
5'2" (without the heels)
creative endeavors
writes: fanfic, original fic, music; acts (sometimes); cosplays, builds armor; bakes; sings (all the damn time); plays: piano, organ, spoons; dances (in the street)
writes: fanfic, original fic, plays, socially relevant meta; acts; directs/facilitates; cosplays; sings (sometimes); dances (if necessary); cooks
writes: fanfic, original fic, papers, metametameta; cosplays; plays: piano; dances; period hairstyles and general people-decoration
extroversion level
online: surprisingly amicable hermit
offline: in your face.
online: SUPER FANDOM ORGANIZER YAY!
offline: it's a performance, and I want my Equity-mandated breaks.
online: intimidatingly intense, but a lot quieter about it
offline: intimidatingly intense.
DnD alignment
True Neutral (leaning towards law)
Chaotic Good (pretending to be CN)
Lawful Evil
political affiliation
Adamsian federalist
kind of a socialist
unrepentant monarchist
fandoms (past)
12K, Digital Devil Saga, Final Fantasy VII and VIII, Gundam Wing, Hetalia, Inception, Lord of the Rings
Battlestar Galactica, Final Fantasy (IV/VI/VII/XII), Firefly, Harry Potter, Hellsing, Hetalia, Kingdom Hearts, Petshop of Horrors, Runaways, X-men
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Final Fantasy (VII/XII), Harry Potter, Hetalia, Hikaru no Go, In Nomine, Kingdom Hearts II
fandoms (fond of)
Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, Echo Bazaar, Final Fantasy IV and VI, Inglourious Basterds, Mad Men, Ooku, Princess Tutu, Sherlock BBC, Suikoden, Temeraire, Tokyo Babylon / X, Trek Reboot
Community, Doctor Who, Echo Bazaar, Farscape, Mad Men, Megaten, Misfits, Princess Tutu, Ooku, Sherlock BBC, Temeraire, Tokyo Babylon / X, Trek Reboot, Vorkosiganverse, White Collar, Wicked Lovely
Battlestar Galactica, Criminal Minds, Echo Bazaar, Kuroshitsuji, Ooku, Princess Tutu, Sherlock BBC, Spin State, Tokyo Babylon / X, Vinland Saga, Vorkosiganverse
fandoms (active)
Homestuck, Hunger Games, RocknRolla, Vagrant Story / Ivalice Alliance
Game of Thrones/ASOIAF, Homestuck, Hunger Games, the Sandman, Tiger and Bunny, does Shakespeare count?
Hunger Games, Farscape, White Collar, er does Byzantine history count?
character types
magnificent bastards, hanged men, the unhinged, nerds, artists, the hopelessly conflicted, scruffy old men, monsters, perverts, and bodyguards.
badass on the outside, fragmented on the inside; decent people in indecent worlds; bitty vengeful things; hypocrites; cocky sons-of-bitches; women who kick ass; the ones who fell and broke; terrifyingly crazy people; terrifyingly sane people.
bad men who are good kings; people who unwisely fall in love with God; poets; diplomats; dictators; seconds-in-command; magnificent bastards; liars and thieves.
relationship tropes
May-December; huge guy/tiny girl; bodyguard crush; knight in tarnished armor/ruler; magnificent bastard/magnificent bastard; the only one allowed to defeat you; mutual obsession; parental figure (non-incest); mentor/student; doomed by canon
incredibly screwed-up people trying to make each other better; functional but not done fixing it; enemy mine; master and monster; cocky young thing/sly silver fox; (horribly exploitative) power imbalances; partnerships; LOYALTYKINK; ridiculous amounts of UST; mutual obsession
mutual obsession, master/subordinate, love stories about irrevocable loss, magnificent bastard pairings, mutual obsession which DESTROYS THE UNIVERSE, enemy mine, epistolary romance, Stockholm syndrome, reverse Stockholm syndrome, teams and teamwork
fic modus operandi
theme first, dialogue first, fight as you go, strict structure, writing on trains
start with an image, hash out plot via research and talking to people, figure out theme from there
Argument first, structuregeekery, dominant thematic images, hope there is a plot
semicolon-to-m-dash ratio
2:5
4:3
1:4
frequency of syndetons
high. And also poly-.
conjunctions are overrated
consistently, endlessly, and in tripartite.
DO NOT WANT
drama; mediocrity; pork or shellfish; to give up, ever; top 40 radio; planes; to be talked shit about behind my back; to ever see middle school girls dressing like prostitutes (again); condescension; fluff; a world without art
bureaucracy; epithets; women who say "I'm not a feminist, but..."; people who do social justice wrong; most New York actors; social conservatives; Hollywood liberals; mangoes; jobhunting; people who assume that all vegetarians must be members of PETA; ~edgy~ humor; not being good enough.
Powerlessness. Incompetent authorities. Bananas. Dill. Being caught, being underestimated, being told to stop believing in the narrative. Dudes who wear their pants below their ass. Traveling alone (especially to Interesting Foreign Locales). False egalitarianism at the expense of talent, meaningless or arbitrary action, nonfunctional institutional bureaucracy. Language exams. Planes. Slow apocalypse.
metatheme
the power, influence, and consequences of the past
the need for change and the promise of the future
the possibility of the righteousness of the world
If you can think of anything to add to the chart, let us know! We had fun making this, and we're totally down with adding to it. We're also happy to answer questions about or to clarify any parts of the chart you want more information on.
also, using new icon because I love it. Eee, the Scarlet Pimpernel. ♥
also also, I need to stop comment-backlogging myself. Bad Puel.
.
This chart is all in good fun -- we know you guys all know we're separate people with our own likes/dislikes/whatever, but we figure it's a good way to answer a few basic questions and let you know a little bit more about us, and to pinpoint just what those likes/dislikes/whatever are.
Without further ado!
mithrigil
puella_nerdii
lindensphinx
age
26
22
25
occupation
musician
grad student
PhD candidate/baby professorlet
hair color
brunette
blonde
redhead
height
5'11" (seme-height!)
5'5" (not that short)
5'2" (without the heels)
creative endeavors
writes: fanfic, original fic, music; acts (sometimes); cosplays, builds armor; bakes; sings (all the damn time); plays: piano, organ, spoons; dances (in the street)
writes: fanfic, original fic, plays, socially relevant meta; acts; directs/facilitates; cosplays; sings (sometimes); dances (if necessary); cooks
writes: fanfic, original fic, papers, metametameta; cosplays; plays: piano; dances; period hairstyles and general people-decoration
extroversion level
online: surprisingly amicable hermit
offline: in your face.
online: SUPER FANDOM ORGANIZER YAY!
offline: it's a performance, and I want my Equity-mandated breaks.
online: intimidatingly intense, but a lot quieter about it
offline: intimidatingly intense.
DnD alignment
True Neutral (leaning towards law)
Chaotic Good (pretending to be CN)
Lawful Evil
political affiliation
Adamsian federalist
kind of a socialist
unrepentant monarchist
fandoms (past)
12K, Digital Devil Saga, Final Fantasy VII and VIII, Gundam Wing, Hetalia, Inception, Lord of the Rings
Battlestar Galactica, Final Fantasy (IV/VI/VII/XII), Firefly, Harry Potter, Hellsing, Hetalia, Kingdom Hearts, Petshop of Horrors, Runaways, X-men
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Final Fantasy (VII/XII), Harry Potter, Hetalia, Hikaru no Go, In Nomine, Kingdom Hearts II
fandoms (fond of)
Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, Echo Bazaar, Final Fantasy IV and VI, Inglourious Basterds, Mad Men, Ooku, Princess Tutu, Sherlock BBC, Suikoden, Temeraire, Tokyo Babylon / X, Trek Reboot
Community, Doctor Who, Echo Bazaar, Farscape, Mad Men, Megaten, Misfits, Princess Tutu, Ooku, Sherlock BBC, Temeraire, Tokyo Babylon / X, Trek Reboot, Vorkosiganverse, White Collar, Wicked Lovely
Battlestar Galactica, Criminal Minds, Echo Bazaar, Kuroshitsuji, Ooku, Princess Tutu, Sherlock BBC, Spin State, Tokyo Babylon / X, Vinland Saga, Vorkosiganverse
fandoms (active)
Homestuck, Hunger Games, RocknRolla, Vagrant Story / Ivalice Alliance
Game of Thrones/ASOIAF, Homestuck, Hunger Games, the Sandman, Tiger and Bunny, does Shakespeare count?
Hunger Games, Farscape, White Collar, er does Byzantine history count?
character types
magnificent bastards, hanged men, the unhinged, nerds, artists, the hopelessly conflicted, scruffy old men, monsters, perverts, and bodyguards.
badass on the outside, fragmented on the inside; decent people in indecent worlds; bitty vengeful things; hypocrites; cocky sons-of-bitches; women who kick ass; the ones who fell and broke; terrifyingly crazy people; terrifyingly sane people.
bad men who are good kings; people who unwisely fall in love with God; poets; diplomats; dictators; seconds-in-command; magnificent bastards; liars and thieves.
relationship tropes
May-December; huge guy/tiny girl; bodyguard crush; knight in tarnished armor/ruler; magnificent bastard/magnificent bastard; the only one allowed to defeat you; mutual obsession; parental figure (non-incest); mentor/student; doomed by canon
incredibly screwed-up people trying to make each other better; functional but not done fixing it; enemy mine; master and monster; cocky young thing/sly silver fox; (horribly exploitative) power imbalances; partnerships; LOYALTYKINK; ridiculous amounts of UST; mutual obsession
mutual obsession, master/subordinate, love stories about irrevocable loss, magnificent bastard pairings, mutual obsession which DESTROYS THE UNIVERSE, enemy mine, epistolary romance, Stockholm syndrome, reverse Stockholm syndrome, teams and teamwork
fic modus operandi
theme first, dialogue first, fight as you go, strict structure, writing on trains
start with an image, hash out plot via research and talking to people, figure out theme from there
Argument first, structuregeekery, dominant thematic images, hope there is a plot
semicolon-to-m-dash ratio
2:5
4:3
1:4
frequency of syndetons
high. And also poly-.
conjunctions are overrated
consistently, endlessly, and in tripartite.
DO NOT WANT
drama; mediocrity; pork or shellfish; to give up, ever; top 40 radio; planes; to be talked shit about behind my back; to ever see middle school girls dressing like prostitutes (again); condescension; fluff; a world without art
bureaucracy; epithets; women who say "I'm not a feminist, but..."; people who do social justice wrong; most New York actors; social conservatives; Hollywood liberals; mangoes; jobhunting; people who assume that all vegetarians must be members of PETA; ~edgy~ humor; not being good enough.
Powerlessness. Incompetent authorities. Bananas. Dill. Being caught, being underestimated, being told to stop believing in the narrative. Dudes who wear their pants below their ass. Traveling alone (especially to Interesting Foreign Locales). False egalitarianism at the expense of talent, meaningless or arbitrary action, nonfunctional institutional bureaucracy. Language exams. Planes. Slow apocalypse.
metatheme
the power, influence, and consequences of the past
the need for change and the promise of the future
the possibility of the righteousness of the world
If you can think of anything to add to the chart, let us know! We had fun making this, and we're totally down with adding to it. We're also happy to answer questions about or to clarify any parts of the chart you want more information on.
also, using new icon because I love it. Eee, the Scarlet Pimpernel. ♥
also also, I need to stop comment-backlogging myself. Bad Puel.
.