sandandwater

Because some of these are inapplicable / lame, just answer the ones you feel like answering.

1. Who are you?
2. Yay! How long have we been RPing together?
3. What was your first impression about our Rps? (i.e., were you nervous, intimidated, disappointed, impressed, amused, annoyed?)
4. First characters we played together?
5. Most amusing scene from one of our Rps?
6. Most depressing?
7. Sappiest/most romantic?
8. Cutest couple from our Rps?
9. Cutest friends?
10. What's your favorite character that I play? Why?
11. Least favorite? Why?
12. Something you'd like to RP/see happen in an RP with me at some point (no matter how random!)?
13. Name a song that reminds you of one of our couples/one of my characters and why you chose it.
14. Anything in particular that makes my style of RPing stand out from others'?
15. Anything I could improve on?
16. Character of mine you'd like to see more of?

1. What gender of character do you play more of, male or female? Why?

I happen to have more female primary characters. I say primary because with my OCs and even the canon characters I pick up, I try to write them as a whole person with friends, family, random whonots in their daily lives. This means I write secondary and tertiary characters as well, much as you would for a novel. These beings do not exist in a void. So for example, I have Pippa here. I also write Mike, Alessandro, Marcello and in some instances I will pick up Rory who is someone else's muse altogether to write a prompt or a scene. In terms of the types of voices I will write, I'd say it's about 50/50. Break it down by primaries and most are female.

2. Is this different or the same as your own gender?

Same, with the same caveat as above.( Read more )

What pieces of you are in your characters?

The characters I write are not so much pieces of me as they either explore things I myself am interested in (and would like to learn about), have a core issue I can relate to or are simply something I can easily mimic. This holds true for canon and original (non-fandom) characters

Canon:

abbytude --she's sarcastic, hard, would rather go it alone than depend on someone else and has grown up with a parent who was rarely ever actually the parent in the relationship. And then there's the alcoholism. I'm an adult child of an alcoholic, I find occasionally exploring Abby's darker side to be cathartic.

half_whole_pw --the mingling of being a person strong in their faith, struggling with the issues of a young, gay conservative in a religious family--even in a religion that is fairly progressive as far as allowing women and gays to be clergy, is not easy. Add in the loss of a sibling (a twin in the character's case)and you can see that under the surface of a cheerful person lurks deeper issues. I relate more to the NPC sister (also canon) that I write alongside Peter. I have dealt with the loss of one older brother and still watch another struggle with what it means to be gay in a conservative family.

squirrely_scot --Sue White is purely gonzo. She defies the laws of reason, physics, simple logic...What can you say to a woman that will only answer your questions in the language of a crow? Feck off! Sue is nothing more than comic relief and something I can easily mimic.

makerofhats --Charlotte is dying. She's also a romantic and lover of the fanciful. Just an excuse to read more Emily Dickinson on my part and play with language and prose when I feel like pulling this one out.


Original:

sand_andwater--Pippa. She's a writing experiment and a general mess. The closest thing I have to a Mary Sue. I use her to play with an art form I am fascinated with: Venetian glass blowing. I also get to play with NYC, a place I enjoy being though I don't visit nearly often enough. And music. Anyone that knows me, knows I love music. Pippa is on the outside looking in on the music industry: a fan and a critic.

rein_it_in--Laine is my indulgence for horses. I used to ride semi-competitively in Rodeo events. Barrel Racing. Rough and tumble. She also deals heavily with the loss of an older sibling and a less than stellar relationship with her father. She's no-nonsense and doesn't suffer fools.

jansenmaceibhir--She's been quiet of late but when I do drag her back out, Jansen is the child of two worlds, two cultures. So am I. Sometimes it's hard to figure out what or who you identify yourself as--if you do at all.

A few words about the ArPea Awards:

The mun would like to thank you for all of the nominations, especially for the category of Romance Writer (my mun journal is hinkydoodle.)

I am completely amused that Pippa has been nominated as a muse you'd like to slap. Pippa, on the other hand, is horrified. She believes she has been used, abused and tortured enough without suffering further abuse at the hands of more fellow RPers/muses. Larch was quite enough, thank you.

She does thank you for acknowledging that she and Ro are made for each other.

Congrats to everyone else that was nominated.

Comment on this post. I will choose five userpics from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are using them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so others can play along.

I'll keep updating this post with my answers. The first set are from Bobby Barnes:

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Request any fic of mine and I will provide you with a commentary/annotations, like a DVD extra.

Since Pippa is MIA for a while and isn't going to be commenting to anyone, here...have meme.

Name a hand full of people you RP with, read, or have heard of. Say something positive, a reason why you like their characters, or the players. Anything that is constructive, positive, and better than the general: <3!!

Because Pippa interacts with some different people than Abby:

James Potter--Much love for the mun, this mun loves the muse. This muse...has the misguided assumption that she can reform the muse, no matter how he torments her. Lulz, so many of them.

Aryn Wakefiled--They have a lot in common even if they won't discuss it. Aryn's fun in that she humors Pippa's proper ways (and her Ro obsession). Mun is fun to chat with OOC too.

Paul Smecker--One of the very few people Pippa ever lets see her truly snobbish side. He's educated, intelligent and while a bit coarse (hahaha understatement what?) Pippa holds him in high esteem.

Melinda Duvall--One of these days she'll let the writer into her inner sanctum. Mel's a fun one for Pippa to talk to about anything from floppy hats to making glass to some of her better kept secrets.

Rory Stone--How can we not mention the love of her life? Lord knows Pippa mentions him ALL the time. She is his and he is hers and woe for anyone who tries to get between them. Yay for a mun who puts up with my nuttery.

Friending Meme

It's just started up, but please go take a look, meet a new muse or two and have fun!