I Just Made Up A Guy In My Head Named Haiku Joe While Saying "hi Cujo" To My Dog, I Think It Woukd Be

So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

you don't deserve that blorbo if you have to skinnify them in fanart i'm sorry

I love trans voices. I love pre-HRT and “started HRT a month ago” and sore voices lowering and carefully trained voices and I love trans laughter and trans singing and I love the in-between androgyny of some voices and I love MY voice and I love my friends’ voices. I love husky voices and medium voices and high pitched voices and gravely voices. I love range changes and I love the expressiveness. I love trans voices.

The Dragon Girl is Fat. She spends her day Sleeping on her Hoard of Feathers. They are worth Nothing and yet she is Cozy. The Knights of the Realm stop by her cave to Nap with her. They tell her Bedtime Stories about their Adventures and she Cooks their Food with her Fiery Breath. The Dragon Girl is Fat and she is Beloved for that.

Ok, loves, so we've all got the message that joking about suicide is bad for your mental health. Now we need to get on "joking that the planet/all of humanity has no future is bad for societal health/encouraging resistance to bad shit."

King: "i need reinforcments!"

The Court Wizard:

"SURVIVING"

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tbh, i think The Worst Couple You Know has probably made out to radiohead but i dont think they'd be kary perry fans

That song by Katy Perry where she goes "making out in your mustang to Radiohead" came on the radio while I was driving home and I immediately started speeding in anger because no one is fucking making out to radiohead that's never happened be fucking for real I hate you so much Katy Perry God damn

The vibe is that Miquella is so innovative because he’s so wise because he is actually older than he appears. When in reality Miquella’s mind is child-like still, and he is innovative because he has a child’s imagination, energy, optimism, kindness, and general good will. Everyone else in the land’s between is rigid in their ways and beliefs, discriminating against other races. They are tired and pessimistic, depressed and without the energy to do anything. Their minds are dull and uncreative and think of nothing but “order” and what peoples to kill in order to get the world they want. Miquella literally creates an Erdtree knock-off, welcomes all the oppressed and sick, helps his sister, and even makes plans to travel to the shadow lands. He has child-like wonder and it’s this curiosity that lets him do so much shit.

Dying on my warframe hill for my horrible warframe opinion that being horny for warframe is perfectly fine "Except for the weirdos who created and perpetuated the meme about Wisp's ass".

Because I straight up didn't even notice Wisp had a modeled ass for like 2 years

(reminder that this is a shooter where you over the shoulder ADS and NORMALLY have a big intrusive syandana on so like.... how was I supposed to know??)

and found out about it through reading a warframe meme- only to find out you weirdos have been objectifying her ass to the point of COMMUNITY WIDE MEME and somehow I'm the weird one for not having "ass" be a top 5 word that pops into my head when someone says Wisp.

So I've gone full contrarian because I'm annoyed that, community wise, no one can bring up wisp in a serious connotation without slipping in a reference to her fuckin' ass. Like dude, chill.

Imagine if every video about other frames started with extremely weird heavy breathing perversions like what are you doin' bro, I thought this was a video about a wisp build not you splooging over metal cheeks.

wisp ass is a bad meme and those perpetuating it are the lame kind of horny on main. The kind I read as "just weirdly out of place and kind of disrespectful". You may crucify me now.