Which of your characters (personas) is your favourite? (This club, other clubs, former clubs, whatever.) Is it the character who is easiest to write for? The one who is most like you? The first character you made? The character who attained the highest rank?
Mine is a character who definitely writes himself but I think I have very little in common with him so I can't understand why he is so real! He lives in a former club and he has been my highest ranking character but when I created him his role was to be unranked. You see what I mean about him having a life of his own? He's a bronzerider and he was named after Anne McCaffrey's T'gellen. I just shuffled the first two letters until I found a pair that were pronounceable and gave a similar sound. (I mean T'gellen up to the end of The White Dragon - Menolly's friend T'gellen.) I've been writing for him for eight years and I don't think (or he doesn't think) he's ready for retirement yet. He is one of my early characters, but not my first.
My first character was a female journeywoman smith at the Weyr with a large, close family ... Oh dear! It wasn't Arateyka but I do seem to run to a type!
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My first 'sona was Burkina, who is a lot like me...She's fun to write for. You'll all get a chance to meet her as I bring back the majority of my DEW 'sonas.
My current favorite is N'kalen...he is just *so* easy to write for! He has all the fun loving aspects of me.
I also miss Nikeves, the first adopted 'sona I ever wrote for. I have long term plotting in progress to get him back sometime. He's the highest ranking I've ever had.
I love all my 'sonas! It really depends on my mood which is my favorite.
My first persona was D'cal (Dacraslar way back in the day before he Impressed). His very first post was with Dyaera, and that was the start of a two year romance that surprisingly is still going despite all the troubles they've had.
My biggest surprise was U'kaiah. I intended him to be much different than what he is now. He kinda ran away from me from the start ;) I think he would have to be my favorite since of all my personas I think he's the one who has grown and changed the most over time. And I have a lot more planned for him...
But my favorite kind of personas I've written has got to be my bad guys XD THey are so fun. It amazes me since I'm really a nice person in RL, but when I write a Meijah or a V'lorn I can be downright wicked :twisted: Who knew???
Quote from: "Eimi"My biggest surprise ...
That's nearly a topic on its own! My Jh'slaen was with me in my previous club for THREE years and was no trouble at all. Slightly secretive and a bit of a loner but otherwise just nice and quiet and useful for a copost now and then.
I don't know what's in the water at RBW but he's turned into a very different character since arriving at Triad.
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The first persona I ever made here was Shayla, and I guess she's the most like me personality-wise. And looks-wise too.
The easiest persona for me to write for would have to be Traelyn. Out of all my personas, she's the one I've developed the most. She turned out to be so different than what I first had in mind. In the beginning, she was supposed to be more reserved, especially when it came to her relations with men. Ha! I completely misjudged her, and she decided to take off on her own and write for herself. *g*
I have the most fun writing personas who have a lot of insecurities about themselves, like Trae, Larken, Nialyn... But then, I love writing horny, arrogant, good-deep-down R'alt and Ar'lis too...
What can I say? I love them all :roll:
I don't know, Jane... I think sometimes the biggest surprise personas can become our favorites! :D
Of course, my favorite tends to change based on who is doing what... and usually whether or not they've surprised me lately!
Though the easiest persona for me to write is Abrei... because she gets to say all the stupid, annoying and just plain clueless things I often want to say but have learned better. ;) And MAN it's fun to be dumb sometimes!
Dyaera was my very, very, VERY first persona, back when I joined one of Triad's parent clubs in... oh, in maybe 2001? (And Mikel... I think YOU approved her!)
She's fun for me because she FINALLY is getting to age. And because she's actually evolving and growing thanks to her totaly messed up relationship with D'cal. (Oh, Eimi... how long ago it started! And how have we managed to keep them this miserable for TWO YEARS?!)
QuoteBut then, I love writing horny, arrogant, good-deep-down R'alt and Ar'lis too...
I think that says a lot about your taste in men there, Dana 8)
My first persona was D'ren, and he's such a nice boy I have trouble being mean to him. But he's growing up and we all know that means making some mistakes.
N'vanik is by far my favorite. Often he's the easiest to write for. I just 'get' him and he has a way of invading my thoughts. I love how messed up he is, and how he keeps shooting himself in the foot, and I like the way he's changing, even if I'm worried I'm turning him into a marshmallow ;)
Quote from: "Eimi"QuoteBut then, I love writing horny, arrogant, good-deep-down R'alt and Ar'lis too...
I think that says a lot about your taste in men there, Dana 8)
I have a thing for bad boys :oops: So sue me, Eimi lady!
I've only been in Triad a little while, and I've never done any other clubs, so my answer is a bit limited here. But I have done A LOT of writing for fun, and when I include my Triad personas (several more in the works included here) in with those characters, I can definately say that Eleada and F'melar are in my top ten.
Eleada I took everything I ever learned about character creation the hard way, and applied it when I made her. I love her! She writes herself, she is her own person, has her own memories and a past I both know and discover bit by bit. Even better, she's the kind of confident person I would love to be friends with, who I would love to be, but who's still human enough to relate to and laugh at or cry or roll your eyes with.
F'melar I haven't really done with much yet, but I really like him. He isn't happy, he isn't perfect. He's got parts of me I don't really want, some that I do, and in my mind he is the voice for all the frustration I have over being nearly deaf but am never allowed to show -his hearing issue is very similar to mine, right down to the two (bright blue and winged in his case :) ) hearing aids. But he's still his own person, and it's just starting to show and I can't wait to see where he goes on paper instead of just inside my head.
My first on Triad was Cortana who is also fastest growing character. She was never supposed to turn into the flirter she did. I'm very happy about where she'd going though.
I'm really liking I'poro. His dilemma with liking his best friend and having his newest friend like him is just a blast to write.
My favorite would have to be Kouna, she was a surprise in every way shape and form but I love her personality and trauma. Its a blast writing her and I love how she pulls on a life of her own.
I still haven't made up my first ever character on Triad yet. He's still a secret, but I promise you'll like him!
My first character was Arilanna I think... her or J'klin, I can't really remember. Boy have both of them changed since I first adopted them!
My favorite would have to be B'vin. The poor guy just can't be happy no matter what.
My biggest surprise would have to be Y'nub. I know he's only a NPC, but I just love writing for him and he's begging to become PC! I'm trying to fight it, but he's using his devious charms against me :D
My first was Karaya. But, she has taken a backseat to Z'al. Z'al has become my favorite. I like to mess with his life. He started out as my fun loving boy. In one turn a lot of things changed for him. I mean he found out he had a son, got threadscored, fell in love, found out he is going to be a daddy again, Nyinth caught a gold, and his weyrmate impressed. And I am not nearly done with messing with him.
Though I find Dirwol fun to work with to. He is a harper Journeyman with a goldridder love....oh the possibuilities.
Firsa was my first, and the second character I created. Ever. I was pretty young.. probably 15 or so, and she and my first character, Isis, were somewhat Mary-Sueish. But then Firsa took on a life of her own. She's bitter, silent, cynical, and has starred in post-apocalypic earth dramas and captained her own junky space-age Fed-Ex-esque ship. She's been a smuggler and murderer. I love her to death... I just need to write her more.
My favourite Triad character...? That's hard. I really enjoy writing Larstad (who you will see more of, I assure you) because he's such an arrogant bastard and he runs all over people. I like Tsaera because she's so frighteningly strong, and because she's got a history. I like Harki because she's a self-centred cow. I love Mariss because of her curiosity and refusal to accept the status quo. I like Thalia's self-doubt and the way she is so... womanly. J'nus I enjoy coaxing out of his shell - he's a man with a story, but doesnt like to call attention to himself- which makes him a devil to write.
But my all time favourite pbem character is a soul-sucking asexual shape changer named Yxah. Man, did I have fun with Yxah... Yxah and a blind noblewoman named Tessra who I brought from a retiring mouse of a girl to a vengance-obsessed criminal mastermind. Someday I really need to finish her story...
GAH! I ramble. See how I ramble!
I have to say that my all time favourite character I have created is Xelinda. She ended up marrying a elven prince and had three children. Before that she rescued an elven princess from kidnapper (she was slave at the kidnapper's household.) Not only that, she was a wolffolk, a race that I had thought up, a people who could change their shape to a wolf.
She was kind, warm-hearted person, playful and joyous, yet she also had something wolfish in her: she was also be ruthless, cold-blooded huntress. If you pissed her off, she literaly ripped your throat out.
I have two very favorites... But I love every character I create or adopt. They become 'mine'.
Triad (my only PERN club and the only one I'll ever have :) ).. has to be J'darin. After 8 years writing in Pern Weyrs, J'darin was my VERY first bronzerider. I just never had one before.
I created him and didn't adopt him, and sometimes thats easier to love. Although I love N'klar too and I adopted him. J'darin is the most interesting person I know. He keeps surprising me and I love writing solo posts with him although I havent in a while.
I like Daynar alot too, although Dysali was my very first persona ever and I love her to death. Like Becki said, D'ren and Dysali are too sweet and nice to hurt, although we're trying LOL
Non-Pern stuff ..
I've been writing in Robert Jordan's world for 12 or 13 years. I started ages ago and I have a character I have had since then - Kallandra al'Kanntur, an Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah (for those who know the world). She's old, smart, tough, and one of the first wolfkin Aes Sedai ever seen in AOL Robert Jordan Fandom. She's as real to me as a child would be and she lives her own life even when I'm not writing her. I have posted my writings with her in the "other writing" section for people to read. My best work is with her and continues to be.
Also, I write a Black Ajah sister in this fandom named Morella Faiye. She is sooooooooo bad. I also wrote Semirhage (again for those who know) for a few years, and my writing partners became scared that I could write such evil things LOLOL
Like Eimi, I'm a sweet person, but when I write evil, I become evil LOL Maybe why I like Daynar so much. All those evil instincts we supress must come out on the pages LOL
Come on, PCPs (that would be Paint Can People), fill in the blanks here. Which was your 'best' character, and why?
My all time favorite persona was Occhipinti.
He was the one that was most complete to me. He was the one I most felt while writing. Writing him was always emotional to me, more so than any other persona I wrote.
I look forward to bringing him back, possibly retired, certainly widowed.
Quote from: "Mikel"My all time favorite persona was Occhipinti.
Was he an Aztec?
Quote from: "Jane"Quote from: "Mikel"My all time favorite persona was Occhipinti.
Was he an Aztec?
No, he was named after a friend of mine, Joe Occhipinti. Italian
My favorite from Triad was V'leran. Not because he ended up Weyrleader, but rather because I just clicked with him. He was very easy to write for.
There've been others at other clubs that have been like that for me... I tend to have a whole passel of personas, but only one or two that the words just flow for, all the time.
I can't decide between five of my old 'sona's (the number grows as each one pops into my head). The names may sound familiar to a few of the 'oldies' and 'ancients':
Cayria - I created her as a favour to Angie, way back when PS was still around. She needed a partner for one of her old riders, and Cayria surprised me with her back-story. It came out of nowhere and rocked my socks.
J'gen - an old, injured bronze-rider/dragonhealer, who had the most amazing time with two wonderful partners. Syrita who died of a growth and one of Mirri's creations to fill in where Syrita left off. *sighs* I cried while typing Syrita's end...
Eris - my first sona to give birth... beautiful storyline and about my fourth ever PC. Created as a Holders wife for Vix's Alternon????
T'shen - created just for Bree's character Nalilie...those two had fun :D
and lastly...
Jett - created for my dad. Jett was the Smithcraft Hallmaster at Pern Shadows. My dads nickname was Jett and he was a steelworker, and I adored Jett! Mikel created a partner for Jett but she was just a young thing, very innocent where Jett wasn't.... oh crap - I just remembered another one... Adahn... Jett's younger brother..... and then there was......I could go on....
Jane you shouldn't have started this thread, I miss them all!!!!!!!
Quote from: "Jane"Which of your characters (personas) is your favourite? (This club, other clubs, former clubs, whatever.) Is it the character who is easiest to write for? The one who is most like you? The first character you made? The character who attained the highest rank?
You would think that with all of the hundreds of PCs and NPCs I've written for that this would be a hard question to answer, but it isn't. My favorite character of all-time is Ql'rin of Triad & Rocky Crater fame.
The easiest one to write for has got to be Piyer in all of his incarnations. He has done and gotten away with many a thing in a club, and about the only thing that I've not had him do was break the fourth wall and speak directly to the reader -- he's already unabashedly used OOC info ICly.
My first PC was J'yce -- six years ago this month -- and Piyer is just as old since he was born as an NPC to J'yce's first thread (round-robin club). Then someone made the mistake of telling me I could have more than one PC in a club, and the rest is history.
The highest rank isn't an easy answer since rank from club to club isn't always equal. I've written for a couple of Weyrleaders, several Craftmasters, a few Lord Holders, and at least one goldrider (not sure if there was a 2nd, but in any case these goldriders were very short, story-driven roles measured in weeks if not days).
Now... Which one is most like me? They all are. Each one of them is a reflection of some aspect or aspiration of me. And yes, I am ignoring the word "most" in that question, mainly because none of you would believe me if I didn't say it was Piyer. :geek:
Well my FAVORTIE character of ALL TIME from ANY verse has to be... hmmm... this is tough... Oh I got it, my favorite character of all time has to be Anna McEssus and her alter ego/past-current life Aurum. They were created as an NPC type thing for my Young Wizards persona, Keil Xavier Tar'Maraus (Isn't that the coolest name EVER!). Aurum was his version of "the manual", she was a familiar. (If you haven't read Diane Daune's books you deserved to be hit in the head with a running chainsaw :kettensaege: They're that good.)
In one of his story line's you found out that Aurum had developed feelings for him (which was slightly creepy because familiars are little firelizard like creatures with human level intelligence) anyways they were on a mission to a bad planet and Keil got hurt. Aurum was so scared he would die she cried over his body (which is a miracle because familiars couldn't cry) and the tear healed him. The Power's that Be then rewarded Aurum with the chance to be human and prove that she and Keil could work, and they basically split her into two separate beings, one familiar, one Human, with the same memories, but only the human one still had feelings for Keil. And thus Anna was born.
It was my favorite story to write and come up with and those two surprised me in their magical transformation from NPC to full fledged character in about two minutes. I liked them that much. So thats my favorite character/persona.
Quote from: "Patrick"... They were created as an NPC type thing for my Young Wizards persona, Keil Xavier Tar'Maraus (Isn't that the coolest name EVER!). Aurum was his version of "the manual", she was a familiar. (If you haven't read Diane Daune's books you deserved to be hit in the head with a running chainsaw :kettensaege: They're that good.)
They're among my most favourite books ever, Patrick! Who knew there was YW fanfic. Hmm.
Its not posted anywhere. Just sitting in some notebooks int he back of my closet. Maybe I should get around to transferring them over. Hmm...
Hmmmmm. Riveenata was my first here, and I don't do as much with her as I want, which is why I plan to make her life hell pretty soon- fleshing out time! Talwynn is my "military" persona. When I was in Air Force Junior ROTC, and now in AFROTC in college, I take on a seperate no-nonsense-shut-up-do-your-work-NOW persona. Talwynn's a whole character created off that side. L'pin is fun because he's like your sweet semi-absent-minded heavily bookish professor- if said professor seemed to have really good luck having the ladies (or men)! K'ran is amusing because he's so atypical. Corran is also a focused dedicated persona like Talwynn, but he's much more able to relax and enjoy his life, and he's got a few stories to tell. And then there's Kapera, who you can't really spend time with unless it's a.) in the context of work (hatchings, threadfall, weyrwoman duties) or b.) in her bed. Sometimes there's c.) drinking as well.
But I'd have to say my favorite is Ishek, because he's so complex and layered. He's a good honest man who can get tasks done but can only relate to people, not order them around. But he's in a job where being nice is bad, where being ambitious and ruthless is usually best for your Hold, where you need to seize every advantage you can. He just wants a normal life with a woman he LOVES, but he has to marry (soon, hinthint) for alliance instead. He has to learn to act in accordance with rank. He really wants to be an ordinary man, and he can't be. The conflict between who his job wants and who he is is so much fun to play! I hope I convey him well.
I can't pin it down to any one or two personae. For me, what made the fandom characters was the relationships they were in, whether romantic, familial, friendly, or adversarial. I see fandom clubs as a way to interact, meaning that solos go against the purpose of writing in the clubs. Therefore, I remember more of my writing partners and how we clicked, rather than the characters themselves. AJ and I wrote several pairs in several clubs and always clicked. Likewise, Karen and I wrote together often. Bree, I didn't have as much opportunity to write with, though that did hold potential.
And I've been avoiding this thread:
I decided to check whether I had any old writing around and found only my RCWh and HP-type writing. When I reformatted my computer, I let go of the old characters and their lives, something I needed to do to get on with my real life. It makes me sad now, but was healthier for me at that time.
Quote from: "Patrick"Well my FAVORTIE character of ALL TIME from ANY verse has to be... hmmm... this is tough... Oh I got it, my favorite character of all time has to be Anna McEssus and her alter ego/past-current life Aurum. They were created as an NPC type thing for my Young Wizards persona, Keil Xavier Tar'Maraus (Isn't that the coolest name EVER!). Aurum was his version of "the manual", she was a familiar. (If you haven't read Diane Daune's books you deserved to be hit in the head with a running chainsaw :kettensaege: They're that good.)
If you ask nicely, I can send you a picture of her getting wedding shoved in her mouth
Quote from: "Mikel"Quote from: "Patrick"Well my FAVORTIE character of ALL TIME from ANY verse has to be... hmmm... this is tough... Oh I got it, my favorite character of all time has to be Anna McEssus and her alter ego/past-current life Aurum. They were created as an NPC type thing for my Young Wizards persona, Keil Xavier Tar'Maraus (Isn't that the coolest name EVER!). Aurum was his version of "the manual", she was a familiar. (If you haven't read Diane Daune's books you deserved to be hit in the head with a running chainsaw :kettensaege: They're that good.)
If you ask nicely, I can send you a picture of her getting wedding shoved in her mouth
What if I don't ask nicely?
Quote from: "Patrick"Quote from: "Mikel"Quote from: "Patrick"Well my FAVORTIE character of ALL TIME from ANY verse has to be... hmmm... this is tough... Oh I got it, my favorite character of all time has to be Anna McEssus and her alter ego/past-current life Aurum. They were created as an NPC type thing for my Young Wizards persona, Keil Xavier Tar'Maraus (Isn't that the coolest name EVER!). Aurum was his version of "the manual", she was a familiar. (If you haven't read Diane Daune's books you deserved to be hit in the head with a running chainsaw :kettensaege: They're that good.)
If you ask nicely, I can send you a picture of her getting wedding shoved in her mouth
What if I don't ask nicely?
I'll subject you to my story of the night of the wedding and the morning after.
Then I'll ask nicely.
My favorte was my bronzerider weyrling V'bern... from my original membership here at Triad. I'm going to get him back after I'm off mentorship. I luv my lil stuttering bronze boy!