Whoa, That's a Lot of Questions!

[Alessandra De Luca]

So my friend showed me this list of questions called 365 CHARACTER QUESTIONS FOR WRITERS AND ROLEPLAYERS, which is supposed to help you get in touch with your character. And... I decided to make it a game! Hah. I cut out and edited some of the questions so this would make more sense for Hogwarts students, so there aren’t 365 of them anymore (but there’s still a lot, LOL). Since there are so many questions, and I doubt that anyone can/wants to answer all of them in one sitting, just do the ones you feel like answering at the time. You can always come back to edit it later. At the top, change the OOC and IC dates for the last time you updated it. You can answer from either your perspective or use quotation marks to answer from your character’s perspective. I guess if an answer changes, you can cross out the old one with a strikethrough or just delete it, LOL, whatever. And if you're kind of wordy, you'll probably need two posts by the time you answer all the questions.

[color=Black][blockquote][b]LAST UPDATED:[/b] {Write the real date and update it each time you change/add answers}
[b]ISS TIMELINE:[/b] {Write the IC date or what point in time it is for your character}

[b]1.    What does your character’s name mean to him/her?[/b]

[b]2.    It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?[/b]

[b]3.    If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?[/b]

[b]4.    Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?[/b]

[b]5.    What is your character’s favorite physical activity?[/b]

[b]6.    When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?[/b]

[b]7.    Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?[/b]

[b]8.    What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?[/b]

[b]9.    What is your character’s favorite weather?[/b]

[b]10.    What is your character’s favorite season?[/b]

[b]11.    Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?[/b]

[b]12.    Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?[/b]

[b]13.    A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]14.    What does your character eat for breakfast?[/b]

[b]15.    What is your character’s least favorite weather?[/b]

[b]16.    What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?[/b]

[b]17.    If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?[/b]

[b]18.    What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?[/b]

[b]19.    What is your character’s least favorite season?[/b]

[b]20.    Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?[/b]

[b]21.    Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?[/b]

[b]22.    What is your character’s least favorite color?[/b]

[b]23.    What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?[/b]

[b]24.    Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?[/b]

[b]25.    Describe the outside of your character’s home.[/b]

[b]26.    Describe a typical birthday for your character.[/b]

[b]27.    Which mythological figure best personifies your character?[/b]

[b]28.    What is your character’s least favorite animal?[/b]

[b]29.    What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?[/b]

[b]30.    A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?[/b]

[b]31.    What is your character’s favorite animal?[/b]

[b]32.    What is your character’s favorite beverage?[/b]

[b]33.    What is your character’s least favorite food?[/b]

[b]34.    What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?[/b]

[b]35.    How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?[/b]

[b]36.    Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?[/b]

[b]37.    Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?[/b]

[b]38.    Does your character know how to swim?[/b]

[b]39.    How does your character feel about large bodies of water?[/b]

[b]40.    Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?[/b]

[b]41.    What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?[/b]

[b]42.    Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?[/b]


[b]43.    A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]44.    Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?[/b]

[b]45.    Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]46.    What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?[/b]

[b]47.    How does your character dress on a typical day?[/b]

[b]48.    What is your character’s earliest clear memory?[/b]

[b]49.    How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?[/b]

[b]50.    Is your character introspective?[/b]

[b]51.    How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?[/b]

[b]52.    Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?[/b]

[b]53.    What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?[/b]

[b]54.    Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.[/b]

[b]55.    What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?[/b]

[b]56.    What style of furniture does your character prefer?[/b]

[b]57.    What style of furniture would your character never purchase?[/b]

[b]58.    Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?[/b]

[b]59.    What games did your character play as a child?[/b]

[b]60.    What does your character do for recreation?[/b]

[b]61.    It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]62.    Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]63.    A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?[/b]

[b]64.    Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]65.    How does your character feel about growing old?[/b]

[b]66.    How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?[/b]

[b]67.    What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?[/b]

[b]68.    What kind of physical condition is your character in?[/b]

[b]69.    How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?[/b]

[b]70.    List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.[/b]

[b]71.    What was your character’s last nightmare?[/b]

[b]72.    What was your character’s last pleasant dream?[/b]

[b]73.    When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?[/b]

[b]74.    What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?[/b]

[b]75.    Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?[/b]

[b]76.    Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?[/b]

[b]77.    What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?[/b]

[b]78.    Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]79.    What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?[/b]

[b]80.    What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?[/b]

[b]81.    Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?[/b]

[b]82.    What is your character’s most traumatic memory?[/b]

[b]83.    What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?[/b]

[b]84.    How would your character’s parents describe him/her?[/b]

[b]85.    What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?[/b]

[b]86.    Who is your character’s worst enemy?[/b]

[b]87.    Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?[/b]

[b]88.    Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?[/b]

[b]89.    If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?[/b]

[b]90.    Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?[/b]

[b]91.    Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?[/b]

[b]92.    With whom does your character live?[/b]

[b]93.    If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?[/b]

[b]94.    How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?[/b]

[b]95.    To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?[/b]

[b]96.    What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?[/b]

[b]97.    What is your character’s favorite holiday?[/b]

[b]98.    What is your character’s least favorite holiday?[/b]

[b]99.    How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?[/b]

[b]100.    What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?[/b]

[b]101.    Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?[/b]

[b]102.    What is your character’s favorite hangout?[/b]

[b]103.    Where does your character feel most safe?[/b]

[b]104.    If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?[/b]

[b]105.    When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?[/b]

[b]106.    What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?[/b]

[b]107.    Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?[/b]

[b]108.    Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?[/b]

[b]109.    List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.[/b]

[b]110.    What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?[/b]

[b]111.    Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]112.    When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?[/b]

[b]113.    What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?[/b]

[b]114.    What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?[/b]

[b]115.    Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.[/b]

[b]116.    How does your character feel about material possessions?[/b]

[b]117.    What is your character’s most treasured possession?[/b]

[b]118.    What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it? [/b]

[b]119.    Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.[/b]

[b]120.    What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?[/b]

[b]121.    If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?[/b]

[b]122.    If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?[/b]

[b]123.    If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?[/b]

[b]124.    If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?[/b]

[b]125.    Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?[/b]

[b]126.    Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?[/b]

[b]127.    Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?[/b]

[b]128.    If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?[/b]

[b]129.    There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?[/b]

[b]130.    Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?[/b]

[b]131.    Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?[/b]

[b]132.    What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?[/b]

[b]133.    One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?[/b]

[b]134.    What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?[/b]

[b]135.    Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?[/b]

[b]136.    Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?[/b]

[b]137.    Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?[/b]

[b]138.    From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?[/b]

[b]139.    From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?[/b]

[b]140.    From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?[/b]

[b]141.    A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]142.    From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?[/b]

[b]143.    Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?[/b]

[b]144.    From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?[/b]

[b]145.    If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?[/b]

[b]146.    Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?[/b]

[b]147.    From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?[/b]

[b]148.    A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?[/b]

[b]149.    Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?[/b]

[b]150.    Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]151.    Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?[/b]

[b]152.    Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?[/b]

[b]153.    What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?[/b]

[b]154.    What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?[/b]

[b]155.    How does your character want to live out his/her older years?[/b]

[b]156.    Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?[/b]

[b]157.    Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?[/b]

[b]158.    Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?[/b]

[b]159.    Has your character ever killed anyone?[/b]

[b]160.    Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?[/b]

[b]161.    What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?[/b]

[b]162.    What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?[/b]

[b]163.    Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?[/b]

[b]164.    What sense of humor does your character have?[/b]

[b]165.    Is your character ambitious?[/b]

[b]166.    What makes your character proud?[/b]

[b]167.    What makes your character embarrassed?[/b]

[b]168.    Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?[/b]

[b]169.    Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?[/b]

[b]170.    Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?[/b]

[b]171.    Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?[/b]

[b]172.    What makes your character feel righteously angry?[/b]

[b]173.    What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?[/b]

[b]174.    Describe your character’s favorite birthday.[/b]

[b]175.    Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.[/b]

[b]176.    Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?[/b]

[b]177.    How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?[/b]

[b]178.    What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?[/b]

[b]179.    If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?[/b]

[b]180.    What is the worst gift your character has ever received?[/b]

[b]181.    Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?[/b]

[b]182.    Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.[/b]

[b]183.    Detail one secret shame your character feels.[/b]

[b]184.    What is the best meal your character has ever had?[/b]

[b]185.    Is there anyone your character despises?[/b]

[b]186.    Is there anyone your character would die to protect?[/b]

[b]187.    What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?[/b]

[b]188.    Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?[/b]

[b]189.    List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.[/b]

[b]190.    List three things that could motivate your character to kill.[/b]

[b]191.    List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?[/b]

[b]192.    How does your character feel about romantic relationships?[/b]

[b]193.    What is your character’s romantic history?[/b]

[b]194.    What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?[/b]

[b]195.    What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?[/b]

[b]196.    If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?[/b]

[b]197.    If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.[/b]

[b]198.    Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.[/b]

[b]199.    If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?[/b]

[b]200.    If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?[/b]

[b]201.    Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?[/b]

[b]202.    Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]203.    What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?[/b]

[b]204.    What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?[/b]

[b]205.    What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?[/b]

[b]206.    What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?[/b]

[b]207.    If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?[/b]

[b]208.    Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?[/b]

[b]209.    How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?[/b]

[b]210.    If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)[/b]

[b]211.    How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?[/b]

[b]212.    How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?[/b]

[b]213.    What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?[/b]

[b]214.    If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?[/b]

[b]215.    How physically healthy is your character?[/b]

[b]216.    How mentally healthy is your character?[/b]

[b]217.    How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?[/b]

[b]218.    If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?[/b]

[b]219.    Does your character want power or authority of any kind?[/b]

[b]220.    Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.[/b]

[b]221.    Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.[/b]

[b]222.    What is your character’s view on basic human nature?[/b]

[b]223.    How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?[/b]

[b]224.    How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?[/b]

[b]225.    How easily does your character relate to others?[/b]

[b]226.    Does your character prefer adventure or security?[/b]

[b]227.    Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?[/b]

[b]228.    What was the last medical problem your character had?[/b]

[b]229.    Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.[/b]

[b]230.    How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?[/b]

[b]231.    What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?[/b]

[b]232.    What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?[/b]

[b]233.    What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?[/b]

[b]234.    What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?[/b]

[b]235.    What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?[/b]

[b]236.    What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?[/b]

[b]237.    If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?[/b]

[b]238.    In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?[/b]

[b]239.    Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?[/b]

[b]240.    Did your character have any heroes as a child?[/b]

[b]241.    What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?[/b]

[b]242.    What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?[/b]

[b]243.    What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?[/b]

[b]244.    What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?[/b]

[b]245.    Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?[/b]

[b]246.    Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?[/b]

[b]247.    If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?[/b]

[b]248.     Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.[/b]

[b]249.    Describe your character’s dream home.[/b]

[b]250.    Describe your character’s childhood home.[/b]

[b]251.    What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?[/b]

[b]252.    How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?[/b]

[b]253.    What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?[/b]

[b]254.    What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?[/b]

[b]255.    What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?[/b]

[b]256.    How does your character view the opposite sex?[/b]

[b]257.    What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?[/b]

[b]258.    What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?[/b]

[b]259.    How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?[/b]

[b]260.    What does your character feel most confident about?[/b]

[b]261.    What does your character feel least confident about?[/b]

[b]262.    Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?[/b]

[b]263.    How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?[/b]

[b]264.    Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?[/b]

[b]265.    What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?[/b]

[b]266.    What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?[/b]

[b]267.    In what arena is your character most competitive?[/b]

[b]268.    Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?[/b]

[b]269.    On what does your character spend his/her money?[/b]

[b]270.    What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?[/b]

[b]271.    What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?[/b]

[b]272.    Has your character ever watched someone die?[/b]

[b]273.    Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?[/b]

[b]274.    How does your character view minor violations of the law?[/b]

[b]275.    Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?[/b]

[b]276.    Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?[/b]

[b]277.    How well does your character handle change?[/b]

[b]278.    Does your character enjoy surprises?[/b]

[b]279.    Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?[/b]

[b]280.    How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?[/b]

[b]281.    What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?[/b]

[b]282.    How does your character greet others?[/b]

[b]283.    Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?[/b]

[b]284.    Does your character swear?[/b]

[b]285.    Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?[/b]

[b]286.    How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?[/b]

[b]287.    How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?[/b]

[b]288.    How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?[/b]

[b]289.    What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?[/b]

[b]290.    Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?[/b]

[b]291.    How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?[/b]

[b]292.    How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?[/b]

[b]293.    How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?[/b]

[b]294.    What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?[/b]

[b]295.    Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?[/b]

[b]296.    What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?[/b]

[b]297.    Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?[/b]

[b]298.    When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?[/b]

[b]299.    Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?[/b]

[b]300.    Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?[/b]

[b]301.    How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?[/b]

[b]302.    How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?[/b]

[b]303.    Does your character like poetry?[/b]

[b]304.    What is your character’s energy level?[/b]

[b]305.    Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?[/b]

[b]306.    Has your character ever had a mentor?[/b]

[b]307.    Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?[/b]

[b]308.    Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?[/b]

[b]309.    Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?[/b]

[b]310.    Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?[/b]

[b]311.    Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?[/b]

[b]312.    Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?[/b]

[b]313.    In what ways does your character annoy others?[/b]

[b]314.    Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.[/b]

[b]315.    Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.[/b]

[b]316.    Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?[/b]

[b]317.    Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?[/b]

[b]318.    How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?[/b]

[b]319.    Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?[/b]

[b]320.    Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?[/b]

[b]321.    How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?[/b]

[b]322.    Does your character have any interest in history?[/b]

[b]323.    Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?[/b]

[b]324.    What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?[/b]

[b]325.    How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?[/b]

[b]326.    Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?[/b]

[b]327.    Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?[/b]

[b]328.    If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?[/b]

[b]329.    How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?[/b]

[b]330.    Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?[/b]

[b]331.    Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?[/b]

[b]332.    How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?[/b]

[b]333.    Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?[/b]

[b]334.    Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?[/b]

[b]335.    Describe your character’s soulmate.[/b] [/blockquote][/color]

(January 21, 2010) EDIT: QUESTIONS #4 & #197 HAVE BEEN EDITED.

Credit: Errant Dreams

[Alessandra De Luca]

LAST UPDATED: February 19, 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her? Alessandra was named after her late grandfather, Alessandro De Luca (LOL, mafia boss). She considers it a sign of respect.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing? She's probably at home or at the Donnellys' house, hanging out with Aidan and Fi.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it? Oh, gosh. With magic, Alessa changes her hairstyle all the time. She tends to choose on a whim, really, depending on how she feels that day.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? I would have to say dancing.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?

10. What is your character’s favorite season? Spring. That's when flowers bloom, yo.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict? A picture of her and Aidan looking happy together.

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do? Shriek and flick it off. If Aidan's around, she'd hug him for comfort.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?

22. What is your character’s least favorite color? Puke green, probably.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal? Ugh. Worms, probably.

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? The color blue makes Alessa think of Aidan's eyes, and that makes her feel... squishy, LOL.

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)? Nope.

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it? She'd totally do it for fun with other people, but she'd probably suck at it. She has a terrible poker face because she's so damn easy to read. But that's okay. If they're playing for money, she won't mind because she has tons of it.

38. Does your character know how to swim? Yes.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life? She's afraid of being alone in the dark. It used to be pretty intense when she was younger, to the point where she broke down crying when her sister locked her in a dark closet (see history section of Alessa's profile for more details). Even now, she still tries to avoid being alone in the dark as much as possible. She's all right being alone if it isn't too dark, and she's all right in the dark if someone's with her, but the combination makes her extremely anxious.

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective? Not really.

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence? She is outwardly confident, but sometimes she can be really insecure.

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character? Singing!

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child? Hmm... She definitely played hide and seek. I'm pretty sure she played other games with her friends, but I don't know what they are.

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in? Not bad.

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom? Alessa can get bored with routine pretty quickly. She responds by finding something new, fun, or interesting to do, preferably with other people.

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about? Probably her boyfriend at the time. Currently? Her and Aidan spending the day at their special spot.

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white? Color, I'm sure.

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory? Eep. It's in the history section of her profile. The time her sister locked her in a dark closet by herself when she was playing hide and seek with Aidan and Fi.

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy? I'm not sure if Alessa has any real enemies right now.

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)? Aidan Donnelly and Victoria MacMillan.

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to? Wendy Palmer. She doesn't like Wendy because she's always flirting with Aidan and putting her hands on him. However, they live in the same dormitory for the majority of the year, so she's polite if Wendy talks to her, but rather standoffish.

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it? If best friends count, Victoria MacMillan. Alessa tells Tori pretty much everything. Sometimes she confides in Ian Fleming, if she wants a rational male perspective.

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend? Alessa has a boyfriend! Aidan, of course.

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line? Aidan, LOL.

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them? Ugh. Alessa has an older sister, Carmina, who was really horrible to her when they were kids because she was jealous of all the attention her baby witch sister got from their parents. Carmina used to blame a lot of bad things she did on Alessa and tell her that her parents didn't love her and that she wasn't good enough and stuff. Now, they're kind of estranged. Carmina went off to boarding school in America and got herself knocked up and married some loser. Alessa says the only good thing that ever came out of Carmina was her adorable baby nephew, Michael Angelo Johnson (Yes, the name reference was intentional, LOL).

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it? Alessa is very rich. She's never had to worry about money, so she doesn't think twice about spending it.

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic? Alessa is not a very big fan of reading, no.

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up? Special.

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it? Nope. Alessa has never needed to cook for herself because she has servants at home who do it for her. And at Hogwarts, food is provided by the house-elves, so she doesn't need to cook there either.

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times? Oh, dear. Giggly, to both.

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw? Her insecurity.

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength? Her ability to forgive.

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw? Aidan Donnelly says Alessa's worst flaw is that she's very emotionally driven, and that she's too pretty and flirty for her own good (but he says that's okay because he deals).

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength? Victoria MacMillan says Alessa's greatest strength is her friendliness.

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert? Alessa is definitely an extrovert.

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it? I don't think she does.

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger? She's probably smacked Aidan a few times.

159. Has your character ever killed anyone? No.

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines? Oh, yes. Very much.

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious? Not really.

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it? Alessa actually hasn't thought too much about it. She just knows she wants her first time to be special.

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises? Her sister, who's quite the bitch to her.

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else? Rich girl.

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on? LOL, she pretty much already does. She'd spend the money on whatever she wants, pretty much, including presents for her friends. A lot of it would go toward clothes, of course.

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is? Alessa's type is most definitely charming, handsome boys, the ones who say sweet things and give compliments. Alessa thinks her type is boys who are sweet and caring.

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood? Her female best friend was Chelsea Stewart, a girl she met at the Muggle Catholic school she attended. Her other best friend was, of course, Aidan Donnelly.

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die? No.

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises? Yes, she loves them!

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear? Only in Italian.

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her? Depends on why they're angry. If she feels the anger is unwarranted, she gets angry right back. If she feels that she deserves it, she gets depressed.

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something? She gets quite indignant about it.

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it? Alessa loves shopping.

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them? I think Alessa gets along with everyone but Wendy. And then, it's not like they fight, I think they just tend to stay out of each other's way. Alessa ignores Wendy for the most part, and Wendy doesn't bother to ignore Alessa because she doesn't care, LOL.

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level? Kind of high, I'd say.

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow? Alessa is awesome with plants. At Hogwarts, she loves Herbology class, and she gets pretty damn good marks in it. She really likes flowers, and she kind of wants her own garden.

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history? Not really. She tends to live in the present.

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[lucius]

LAST UPDATED: January 28, 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her?

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be? Hmm... LOL, I guess he'd want more defined abs? I like to say he can afford to buy them, so it's okay that the ones he has aren't too great.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? Playing Quidditch.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction? Insult him.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?

10. What is your character’s favorite season?

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?

22. What is your character’s least favorite color?

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?

38. Does your character know how to swim? Yes.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective?

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world? Hmm. His mother, but it doesn't really show.

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it? Lucius is filthy rich, and he loves it. He also enjoys rubbing poor people's noses in it.

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why? Lucius's favorite teacher was Professor Horace Slughorn, Head of Slytherin House. Lucius was undoubtedly favored by Slughorn, who is a really easy person to butter up.

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it? LOL, nope. Lucius cannot cook at all. That's why he has house-elves.

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that he/she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times? Lucius drinks, but he's never been drunk. I think it has something to do with the fact that his father loses control and beats Lucius sometimes when he drinks. Lucius hates losing control. And... he doesn't get high.

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw? Lucius is pretty damn prejudiced.

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength? His ability to love.

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw? "Lack of conspicuous sex appeal," says Regulus Black.

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength? "His ability to persuade," says Regulus Black, "though, apparently, this ability of his has been put to test by Narcissa."

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger? Oh, yes. The Malfoy family's house-elves have been victims of Lucius's temper for years.

159. Has your character ever killed anyone? Yes. Cecilia Greengrass, for sure. I'm not sure who else he might have killed.

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have? Dry, for sure. Sarcastic. Kinda mean.

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises? Muggles.

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner. Condescending, prideful, cold.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation? Yes and yes.

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it? Yes, often.

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[isabelle]

LAST UPDATED: January 16th, 2009
ISS TIMELINE: Summer 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her? It's French so she links it with her mother and that part of her heritage that she really loves. Her middle name, Madeleine, is her mother's name so that means a lot to her as well. Her last name, Laurentine, she hates, because it's also her father's last name and she doesn't want to be reminded of him. But Isabelle Laurentine is who she is and she's not changing that because it would make it seem like her father had far too much influence on her and she would never let him have that.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing? Probably coming up with her new year's resolutions after everyone else has because she's cool that way and refuses to make resolutions on New Year's Eve itself seeing as, in her mind, it's stupid to make resolutions only one day of the year and no one sticks with them anyways.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be? She wishes that she was a bit taller but she's on a growth spurt this summer so that's being taken care of. Otherwise, she just worries about stupid things, like if her eyes are too close together or too far apart or if her nose is too big or if her ears are too small. I mean, she's not the sort of girl to stress about her appearance so much but she's still a girl and she still cares.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it? Which one? Haha, well okay, I'm gonna look at this as a timeline thing. When she was younger and up until the accident, her hair was golden and about boob-length and she wore it down, varying between straight, wavy, and curly since it was think enough. It suited her sweet, good girl, popular decorum and she wasn't really the type to think about changing it too much. Then, after the accident, she cut a bunch of it off so it was all chunk-y and bleached it and had it straight most of the time. She wanted something new that wasn't at all like her old sweet appearance. But her hair has also been getting lighter as she got older (it was even darker when she was younger) and as it has reached a near-platinum state by now, at sixteen, she doesn't really bleach it much anymore. Also, recently, she's grown it out to something closer to its old length, wanting a change for the summer (even if most people cut their hair shorter for the summer - Isabelle doesn't do normal, remember?). It reminds her a bit of the way her hair used to be when she younger, before the accident and all, and she's not quite sure how she feels about that. But it's softer now than it was when she was bleaching it and looks much healthier in its longer state. As for how much she cares about it, she did quite a bit before the accident, not so much when it was all choppy and shorter and bleached, and now she sort-of just leaves it messy and semi-curly, semi-straight all the time. And that is enough about her hair so I'm shutting up now -blushes-

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? Dancing and flying. I know. Dance, that's right. She hasn't for a while but she did from a very young age up until the accident (along with soccer but that wasn't her thing as much as dance was) and she loved it. She had the natural body of a dancer and was really good and everything but she hasn't gone back since and although she'd rather die than admit it, she misses it. But shut up, Isabelle Laurentine and dance? You never heard anything. And then flying of course, she just loves it. It's the biggest thing muggles are missing out on, in her mind, even if she doesn't really feel sorry for them, only in a superior kind-of way. She used to play Quidditch but dropped that after - what else - the accident. She still flies though, she just prefers to fly around super high when it's raining or possibly thunderstorming and then dive down as if she's trying to kill herself, as seen in recent threads... -coughs- Iknowshe'scrazyokay?

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not? Ooh well she totally did a ton of tree-climbing in her younger years, as for now I could see her climbing trees if she's like out on the lawn (do they have trees there?) or like somewhere with a lot of people around. And she'd get annoyed and go sit up in the tree instead. She's weird, I know.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction? Well, this would probably be her father. And she would ignore him. But seethe on the inside. Or depending on the circumstances, she might cause a scene. But I mean, she's rid of him now, she's moved out, so she doesn't need to worry about him so much. Plus, with the current thread that's going on, she's insisting that her worst enemy is Andromeda Black. And her first reaction is to glare at her. And if Noah wasn't there, she might slap her or something if she was in a violent mood.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity? That's a good question. Anything that she'd be forced to do, especially if it was a 'team' thing, would be a big no no. She's not a fan of being forced to be active or of having to work with other people. But there's not really a specific physical activity that she despises or anything. Just like team sports in general, I suppose.

9. What is your character’s favorite weather? Thunderstorms. She's the kind of person who would go stand outside in a thunderstorm and run around and get soaked. Or fly around.

10. What is your character’s favorite season? She loves winter, but she has a love/hate relationship with snow. She gets fed up with it being everywhere when it gets to the point that it's all dirty and slushy and gross but otherwise she loves it. And she loves when it's snowing. Fall is cool too with the leaves falling and all that but snowfall trumps leaf-fall every time.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict? It would be a photo of her; her father - I know, I know, just wait for the explanation; her brother, Keegan; and her mother, obviously taken when the latter two were still alive. Just some random candid shot of a moment when they were all happy and actually a family. They wouldn't even have to be smiling or laughing, just all of them together as a family before anything got messed up, something candid and real that she can remember, even just like part of an everyday routine. Although if anyone ever asked, she would say her, her brother, and her mother, the father thing is too hard to explain.

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they? Yes! She is the co-owner (well okay, at this point tis more Rose's than anything but still) of Venus, a slinky, silver, long-haired cat that she got when she was starting out at Hogwarts. Keegan helped her picked the name, after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Since she's such a pretty kitty. After the accident - yes, I'm sorry, I'm going to be referring to this a lot but it was a big moment of change for her - she didn't bring Venus to school anymore, she was just kind of at home and stuff but when Isabelle went to get all her stuff when she moved out, she got Venus and brought her back and told Rose she could be co-owner since she herself isn't really responsible enough to deal with a cat, haha. She probably couldn't even keep a fish alive.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do? Okay, whoah, un-girly or not, that's still creepy. She would probably jump up and shout with surprise or something and then be all grossed out and shake and stuff. But she'd get over it. I mean, it's just a bug.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast? What Hogwarts happens to be serving? Haha, she's not really a breakfast person, like she loves breakfast foods but during the week, she barely eats breakfast or doesn't at all. She might grab a croissant or maybe some fruit or something. Occasionally, on the weekend, she'd have an actual breakfast.

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather? When it's painfully sunny. She has to squint and wear sunglasses and even if it makes her feel like a vampire, yeah, she's not a big fan of the sun. Although in her moments of exasperation, she does wish she lived somewhere constantly warm like California or Florida or some Caribbean island or something. She's confusing, I know.

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory? Just the everyday routine of being a family, as lame as that sounds. Of course, certain moments more than most, like going to Diagon with her family to get all her stuff and being all excited before her first year at Hogwarts, excitement before Keegan's first year too, going on family trips, that sort of stuff.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often? Well, everything that I just mentioned? She did keep a diary when she was younger too, so she can go back and read about happier time and such, when they were all a family and life was good, and she wasn't so messed up. I mean, she doesn't really go back and read that stuff 'cause it's too hard but she could if she ever wanted to.

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork? A painting of Paris that her mother did and which she currently has as she brought it with her when she was getting all her stuff from home.

19. What is your character’s least favorite season? Spring. It's just... blah. There's nothing really special about spring. Sure, it's cool 'cause everything is being 'reborn' and it's rainy and... okay, maybe she does like Spring. But Winter and Fall are both great so she's thinking Summer might be her least favorite. Except she's not completely anti-sunny and she loves swimming and fruit smoothies and stuff so I'd say it's a tie between Spring and Summer. Unless you can count the very end of Winter as a season. When the snow is dirty and gross and everyone's sick of it. And it's getting warmer so it's all slushy everywhere? Yeah, she hates that.

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer? Depends who's asking? If a random person, she would probably just ignore them or walk away. If in an annoyed mood she'd probably go with "dead" just so they leave her alone. After all, she sees that as being true, really. Her dad's as good as dead to her. If it was someone she actually trusted or cared about then she might be more genuine and explain about her dad not really caring about her anymore and the accident and all that. But pretty much the only people who would get that out of that her would be Rose or Noah. Eventually Jules but you'll have to wait until I finally get around to posting in that c-log to see their history. (;

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely? Oh, she's determined to go with 'something else entirely.' She doesn't like the idea of being like other people. Plus, it's true. She can stay up really late and she can also get up really early. Even during the same night. She just doesn't need a lot of sleep. Although it's far more common for her to sleep in than go to bed early. But she still doesn't sleep in all that much 'cause once she's awake, she has trouble just going right back to sleep.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color? Like pukey-y green-y brown? I mean, seriously, that's just gross. No one likes that color. She's also not a fan of yellow, sick of Hufflepuff-ness and of the stupid robes they must wear.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? It makes her feel that this is a very random question? Why orange? That just makes her think of pumpkins and Halloween. But oh look, there's your answer. As for how it makes her feel, um, is spooky a feeling? Bahaha, I don't know, Isabelle thinks this is a ridiculous question so she's moving on.

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next? Depends what you mean by 'home.' If referring to the house she grew up, she'd be kind of freaked, figure it was her dad's blood and wonder if he killed himself or something and he really was grieving all this time and feel horribly guilty and just freak out. Even if right now she's arguing with me and saying that no, she already considers her dad dead so she wouldn't freak... She would. She cares more than she lets on - yes, Isabelle, yes you do - and besides, she freaks out all the time. -giggles- But now, if we're talking about the Black Manor, since that's where she's currently living, she'd be like "Whoah" and all but not really care. She'd just figure that one of them eventually killed another one and not be all that surprised. She's hoping Narcissa got Annie.

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home. Again, it depends what 'home' is referring to but let's go with the house she grew up in, kay? It's a huge house, estate-like pretty much, way out in the country. Her mother was really artsy so she had a studio around in the back and there was also a small stable because yes, they had horses. Her father was extremely well-off so it was all pretty grand but they weren't all stuck-up about it, they had a big house but it was really cozy and they'd laugh about it and everything. But right right, the outside. Okay, I don't really know any architechtural terms and I have to go so consider this one to-be-finished whenever I get back to this...

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.
27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?
28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?
29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?
31. What is your character’s favorite animal?
32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?
33. What is your character’s least favorite food?
34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?
36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?
37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?
38. Does your character know how to swim?
39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?
40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?
41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?
43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?
44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?
45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?
46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?
47. How does your character dress on a typical day?
48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?
49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?
50. Is your character introspective?
51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?
52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?
53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?
54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.
55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?
56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?
57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?
58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?
59. What games did your character play as a child?
60. What does your character do for recreation?
61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?
62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?
63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?
64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?
65. How does your character feel about growing old?
66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?
67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?
68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?
69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?
70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.
71. What was your character’s last nightmare?
72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?
73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?
74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?
75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?
76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?
77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?
78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?
79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?
80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?
81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?
82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?
83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?
84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?
85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?
86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?
87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?
88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?
89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?
90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?
91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?
92. With whom does your character live?
93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?
94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?
95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?
96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?
97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?
98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?
99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?
100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?
101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?
102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?
103. Where does your character feel most safe?
104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?
105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?
106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?
107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?
108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?
109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.
110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?
111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?
112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?
113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?
114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?
115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.
116. How does your character feel about material possessions?
117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?
118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?
119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.
120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?
121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?
122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?
123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?
124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?
125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?
126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?
127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?
128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?
129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?
130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?
131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?
132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?
133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?
134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?
135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?
136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?
137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?
138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?
139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?
140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?
141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?
142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?
143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?
144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?
145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?
146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?
147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?
148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?
149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?
150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?
151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?
152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?
153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?
154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?
155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?
156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?
157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?
158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?
159. Has your character ever killed anyone?
160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?
161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?
162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?
163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?
164. What sense of humor does your character have?
165. Is your character ambitious?
166. What makes your character proud?
167. What makes your character embarrassed?
168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?
169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?
170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?
171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?
172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?
173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?
174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.
175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.
176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?
177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?
178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?
179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?
180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?
181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?
182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.
183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.
184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?
185. Is there anyone your character despises?
186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?
187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?
188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?
189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.
190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.
191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?
192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?
193. What is your character’s romantic history?
194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?
195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?
196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?
197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.
198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.
199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?
200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?
201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?
202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?
203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?
204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?
205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?
206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?
207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?
208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?
209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?
210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)
211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?
212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?
213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?
214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?
215. How physically healthy is your character?
216. How mentally healthy is your character?
217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?
218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?
219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?
220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.
221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.
222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?
223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?
224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?
225. How easily does your character relate to others?
226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?
227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?
228. What was the last medical problem your character had?
229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.
230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?
231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?
232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?
233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?
234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?
235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?
236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?
237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?
238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?
239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?
240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?
241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?
242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?
243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?
244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?
245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?
246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?
247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?
248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.
249. Describe your character’s dream home.
250. Describe your character’s childhood home.
251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?
252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?
253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?
254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?
255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?
256. How does your character view the opposite sex?
257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?
258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?
259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?
260. What does your character feel most confident about?
261. What does your character feel least confident about?
262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?
263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?
264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?
265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?
266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?
267. In what arena is your character most competitive?
268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?
269. On what does your character spend his/her money?
270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?
271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?
272. Has your character ever watched someone die?
273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?
274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?
275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?
276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?
277. How well does your character handle change?
278. Does your character enjoy surprises?
279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?
280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?
281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?
282. How does your character greet others?
283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?
284. Does your character swear?
285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?
286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?
287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?
288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?
289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?
290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?
291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?
292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?
293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?
294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?
295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?
296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?
297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?
298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?
299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?
300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?
301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?
302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?
303. Does your character like poetry?
304. What is your character’s energy level?
305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?
306. Has your character ever had a mentor?
307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?
308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?
309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?
310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?
311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?
312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?
313. In what ways does your character annoy others?
314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.
315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.
316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?
317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?
318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?
319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?
320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?
321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?
322. Does your character have any interest in history?
323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?
324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?
325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?
326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?
327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?
328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?
329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?
330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?
331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?
332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?
333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?
334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?
335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[rose]

LAST UPDATED: 16th January 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer of '77

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her? Ahh well Rose's full, real name is "Rosalie" and there was no real reason for her name other than the fact that it was pretty? And she usually goes by "Rose" since she likes flowers aaand so it fits?

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing? Hmm...she's prolly trying to carry out her resolutions or hanging out with her friends orrr doing her homework?

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be? She'd probably make herself taller. But, like Isabelle, she's still growing soo...nothing I guess? Rose is very accepting of herself, flaws and all (:

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about
it? Well, usually Rose's hair is long and dark, usually curly but sometimes straightened. For the summer, though, she decided she wanted a change and chopped most of it off so that now, when it's curly, it's just a little below chin-length. It's strange for her right now, but she likes it. Plus, she thinks change is good.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? Playing Quidditch

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not? Probably the other day or something, and probably so she could get to Benji's window and whine to him about how she'd broken her pact with Isabelle because she was thinking too much about Tristan or something along those lines XD Or you know, just to hang out >>

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction? Rose doesn't have any enemies! ! Or...well, if she did, Rose would probably be kind of awkward, but she'd mostly be quiet around them and not say much, probably avoid them? IDK, I've never experienced Rose with someone who didn't like her now that I think about it, lol.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity? Hmm...that's a toughie...ermm...yeah IDK I'll get back to you later XD

9. What is your character’s favorite weather? When it's nice and sunny. But not like blindingly sunny. Just enough so that it's warm. Like a nice summer day where you just wanna laze about in front of the lake and do nothing and not even think about homework. Yeah, that, that's nice for Rose =)

10. What is your character’s favorite season? Spring! That's when all the flowers are out and stuff aaaand everything's pretty and the weather is nice. So yes, definitely spring. Even though Benji get's pollen fever and what not around that time =(

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict? Oooh dear, just one photo? Hrmm, well Rose would probably try to find a way to get a picture that had everyone she cared about stuffed in it. Which would mean it would be a very crowded picture, but hey it could happen? XDD Iffff not, then a picture of her family on a nice day just laughing and smiling and what-not. Very simple, but sweet (:

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they? Well, she co-owns Venus with Isabelle. It was one of her sixteenth birthday presents. Also, she has a horse, Star, back at her uncle Aaron's farm XDD

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do? Shriek, flick it off and then run to Benji or Ian or whoever happens to be closest while close to tears. What, she's a scaredy cat >>

14. What does your character eat for breakfast? Umm...food? Lol I honestly don't know, I don't think Rose has a favorite breakfast food? Well, hmm, she DOES like pancakes a lot thought, sooo pancakes a guess? Oooh!! Chocolate chip pancakes!!

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather? When it snows. It's cold and wet and yucky, even though its really pretty in her opinion!

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory? The days she would go to her uncle's farm during the summer and everyone would be there - her family, including Ian, and Benji.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often? Hmm, she'd probably re-vist the entry she wrote when she first met Benji, and the entry she wrote when she got on the Quidditch team, the entries about her friends, and well I'd see Rose reading her whole diary all over again just for the fun of it, although she'd skip over the sad parts XDD

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork? Ermm...she...doesn't have one? XD

19. What is your character’s least favorite season? Winter. It's the season where she gets sick almost every week because of the crappy cold weather. Plus, winter = snow = cold + wet + also sickness-inducing. So yeah, winter.

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer? "I have the most amazing sisters! Amanda is super duper awesome and sweet and social, and Sophie is just the smartest cookie everrrr! My parents are amazing, even though my mum IS a little too over-protective, my dad is awesome although he's over-protective too and doesn't like the guys I like like...ever! Ian's amazing, too, and it's so great that my best friend and my cousin are best friends cause we can all hang out and it's not awkward or anything! Hmm, Uncle Aaron's the best, cousin Millie is great and has theee most adorable baby ever, oooh and then there's Aunti Edna, she's great too, really hilarious during the family gatherings, I just love her ohh and there's Uncle Jack too, he's great too, even though my mum doesn't like him very much because she says he drinks too much, but I dunno I still think he's great! Although I do hope he does stop drinking because you know, drinking alcohol is a very bad habit. Anyway, where was I? Oh right, the rest of my family! Well there's-" aaand she'd go on and on C:

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?

22. What is your character’s least favorite color?

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?

38. Does your character know how to swim?

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?


43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective?

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[rabastan]

LAST UPDATED: January 24th, 2010; 8:33pm
ISS TIMELINE: Summer 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her?
First name's just a name. Canon, durrr. Last name though, now that's grown to be complicated. Way he sees it, his surname is the last tie he has to his family. On one side, everyone wants to have a family. Everyone wants a good dad and a good mom; a good sibling or two. However, the Lestrange's are unfortunately not your every day family and since his own flesh and blood was the last thing he had to give up in order to be with Khai, Rabastan almost has a dislike for his own name. He doesn't want any connection to them. They represent something he is no longer apart of, spare the Death Eater business. The only reason he has for liking his surname now is that eventually he'll get to share it with Khai.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?
Probably at home? It depends on if we're talking about the previous January second or the upcoming one. Last January he was in the pits, hating life. This January he'd be at home. Well, his new home. I imagine Khai would be on break, so, yeah, probably at home.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?
Alright, on a humorous note, I just gotta quote Ke$ha: "I can find someone way hotter, with a bigger...(wow)...well..." Serious note? I honestly can't decide. I'm almost tempted to say eyes. His eyes are like...his guard. He knows how to hide what's going on in his head. Maybe if he had a warmer color, then it'd be good for him, just because he'd be forced to be more open with people. That'd be a bad thing, though, as his job of sorts requires lies. Not much good if he can't lie effectively.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?
I admit it: I snorted at this. Rab's hair? Classical emo swoosh. He likes his bangs because it's something else he can hide behind. Gives him an "edge." Looks intimidating. Whatever you wanna call it. For meeeee...well, I just like his hair and enjoy making him have a fetish with it and therefore won't let him cut it.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity?
Clearly I shouldn't have done this massive questionaire with Rab. We'll just leave it as this: his favorite physical activity involves Khai. Second favorite physical activity: Quidditch all the way. The adrenaline rush and all that. He likes soaring around at alarming speeds. It's the only time he can really just...do. Kind of like a brainless activity, even if it requires skill to not run into a tree?

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?
In the time I've RPed him, never. But I'd say he would have as a kid. That's just the sort of thing a rambunctous little boy would do. Since the Lestrange's place is so huge, I mean, it's only natural he'd try and explore every ounce of it, including the tree tops.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?
I'm not sure Rab has a worst enemy. He has enemies, true, but one that's classified as "worst?" Only name that comes to mind is Ludo, but that's just from the time I've RPed him. Of course more recently - or soon to be recent - all the Order members will be. Either way, whatever kind of enemy he comes across, being honest he'd just like to kill them off. More discreet route is to just annoy them.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?
Uuuuuh...anything that's required. He likes working out. But if someone told him he had to drop down and do twenty? He'd just laugh in your face, even if he's capable of doing so.

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?
Huh. Probably sunny? Well, okay, maybe not "sunny." Just not raining, with the sun out, minus all the cutesy sunflowers and rainbows.

10. What is your character’s favorite season?
I would say summer because he wouldn't have school, but now that he's graduated I guess that doesn't really count. I guess we'll just stick with that, just because it's time and stuff outside.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?
Well, this hasn't happened yet, but he'd keep his wedding photo.

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?
Currently? Negative. Unless you count The Cat.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?
Squash it.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?
Waffles.

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?
Um...you know, I'm not sure. He likes sunny "best," but he's not against the rain. Snow's fun. So, yeah, I really don't know.

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?
I think I'm going to have to say any trouble he got into with Rodolphus. Since they're on outs with each other now, that's all he really has left of his "old brother." Like, that'd be the only happy memory he has with him. Even if he hates him now, that wasn't without formerly being best friends.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?
Rab does have a journal, but he only keeps one because his mother always made him. Good way perserve history and all that. Plus then you have like, a record of your success/failures. Learn from it and all that.

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?
Huh. Honestly not sure. I'd think he'd be kind of...past glamorous art. That's too upscale; it'd remind him of home, fancy parties he hated going to.

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?
Fall. Back to school.

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?
Snorts and tells them to go talk to his father.

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?
Thrives on the night, all the way. Mornings are for wussy's.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color?
Blue.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
BAHAHA orange. Sorry but I'm leaving this one blank. If you don't know how Rabastan feels about the color orange, go do your research.

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?
THAT WOULD FREAK HIM OUT. First thought: Khai's dead. His very worst nightmare would have come true. Regardless of what really had happened, that'd be something that might just push his sanity over the edge. He's always been paranoid his ties with Khai would ultimately lead to her death. If that really happened? Rabastan would go psychotic past his own normal standards.

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.
Uh. How about I show you a picture?

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.
Huh. Well, he's only had one IC one, and that one sucked. He was alone and annoyed.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?
Weird question. Probably...well, I think of a dragon just 'cause that's the only creature I know from myth's that are vicious. I'm sure there's something beter out there than that, but for now it'll do.

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?
Cat. I guess.

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
Initially, Gryffindor, which just pisses him off. Secondly, blood. That could be good or bad. Depends on whose blood it is, why it's there, and whose responsible for it's presence.

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?
Flip him off.

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?
Huh. You know, I'm probably just gunna have to say snake because he isn't really into the whole animal thing.

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?
Firewhiskey. [;

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?
Anything that's green and leafy.

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
Ehhh the sky. And I guess it makes him feel good because if there's blue skies out, that means he can go fly around on his broom.

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?
To be perfectly honest Rabastan can be a very, very sensitive person when he wants to be - and he can be the most heartless boy you know. So, if he had to go to the hospital for whatever reason, he wouldn't get all choked up seeing other patients and stuff. It'd depend on who he was visiting in the hospital, though, for his reaction on when he sees whoever it is on their white bed.

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?
Uuuuhhhh not that I know of but that could just be something Rab's hiding from me. I mean, he's had magical means of healing servere wounds, if that counts?

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?
I've always been proud of Rabastan for having a great poker face. Granted he doesn't always apply himself, but when he does he's got a good shot at winning. So. I would imagine he'd be fairly good at gambling, if it's people-oriented. If it's just start up guessing, then eh, maybe.

38. Does your character know how to swim?
Of course.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?
He feels fine; thanks for asking.

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?
Um, not unless losing the people he cares most about is a phobia. And even that is a more recent development to his character.

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
Strangely enough I'm going to say purple reminds him of his mother. Since her font color is a shade of purple. I don't know what I decided that. Purple just seemed good for Dominique.

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?
He sees clouds.

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?
Well chances are he probably did do it. And he'd lie his way around it just like he does everything else.

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?
...Rabastan probably would already know the perpetrator.

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?
Honestly? Depends on who it is.

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?
Uh. I'm not sure a necklace counts.

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?
Hoodie, t-shirt, skinny jeans, shoes.

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?
Wasn't this already a question? Probably something with his mom. Or Rodolphus.

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?
Aha. Brilliantly.

50. Is your character introspective?
I'll get back to you on that.

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?
Depends on what it is. I mean, Rabastan is an opinionated person, sure, but if winning the debate of opinions is of no value to him then he isn't going to bther speaking his mind.

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?
Arrogance fits him well. What can I say?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?
Quidditch count?

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.
Same old stuff he wears. Hoodies, array of shirts, jeans, socks, underwear, etc., etc.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

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LAST UPDATED: Jan. 16
ISS TIMELINE: Summer before her Seventh Year

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her? It connects her to where she was born, and all her siblings have 'K' names, so it also connects her to them in a way

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing? Probably cuddled up with Rab next to a fire and making him stay there all day XD

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be? Khai hates how big her forehead is.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it? Khai changes her hairstyle all the time. She considers it part of her outfit, and therefore it's different with everything she wears. High priority stuff

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? Sex. With Rab, of course.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not? Last time she climbed a tree was when she was waiting for Ludo to show up before the dance. It didn't go well.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction? Cross her arms and typical pissy-girl pose. Either that or get scared shitless, depending on who exactly it is.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity? Quidditch.

9. What is your character’s favorite weather? Sunny, hot, humid. Like home.

10. What is your character’s favorite season? Summer.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict? Her and Rab

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they? Her kitty, Aesop <3

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do? Scream like a little girl and then make Rab kill it.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast? Eggs, and toast with strawberry jelly.

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather? Snow. Ew.

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory? Being with her mother.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often? Constantly talk about Rab, and bitch about her dad, and worry about her family back home.

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork? Anything that depicts a beach.

19. What is your character’s least favorite season? Winter.

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer? Probably one of the only things she'd show real emotion with. Loves her mom, a lot of sarcastic but cute quips about her siblings.

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely? Night owl. Hates mornings, except that she gets to wake up next to Rab.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color? Purple. Only color she doesn't look good in.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? Orange makes her think of Rab failing at peeling the orange, and of sunsets on the beach.

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next? Freaks out, assumes that something happened to Rab. Might be either his or someone he's hurt. She'd freak out on him as she's freaking out in general, but mostly she'd just be happy he's okay.

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home. Living with Rab, it's a little townhouse in the middle of london. Brick walls, white door, all that.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character. Nothing special, just a little celebration with Rab. Maybe an outing with Indi or Johnny.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character? Hyppogriff. Gorgeous, proud, and dangerous when they want to be.

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal? Dogs. Ew. They drool.

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? Gryffindor. Kind of annoyed. First thought probably goes to either Indi or Noah XD

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react? Depends on the day. Rolls her eyes and blows it off or gets pissed and blows it out of proportion.

31. What is your character’s favorite animal? Cat.

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage? Orange Juice

33. What is your character’s least favorite food? Red meat.

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? The ocean. Calm, peaceful.

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)? She hates hospitals. They always mean someone close to her is in pain.

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)? Nope.

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it? Nah. She'd be good at it, because she's a great liar, but she doesn't like to gamble really.

38. Does your character know how to swim? Duh.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water? Again with the beaches.

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life? She kind of claustrophobic. And is fear of Rab dying a phobia?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? Again, hates it. Ew purple.

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes? Kitties? Are there such things as Rab-shaped clouds?

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do? Asks Rab what to do. "He'd know."

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the
perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this? Having faced this situation...she does nothing. Tries to live her life as best she can and try to forget it happened. Unless Rab wants to do something about it.

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do? Help them, fo sho. Well...depends on who it was.

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing? SHOES.

47. How does your character dress on a typical day? Dressed to impress. Always.

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory? The beach.

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to? Not amazing. She's not defenseless, but she can be overpowered. Yes, she's had to.

50. Is your character introspective? Not amazingly, but yes.

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself? Bahaha. Should I even answer this? I don't think there's anything Khai doesn't have an opinion on.

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence? Kind of both. Less confident when it comes to Rab. Overconfident in front of everyone else.

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character? Shopping. Looking gorgeous.

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside. Clothes, clothes, clothes. Shoes. Makeup. More clothes. Jewelry. LOTS of jewelry. Oh, and a bunch of Rab's stolen clothes.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like? Clean, with a spattering of Rab's tee-shirts on the ground. Maybe some shoes she left out.

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer? Comfy and pretty. Nothing dirty XP

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase? Anything with big cushions or pillows. Anything green. Maybe something suede.

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it? A bed. XD

59. What games did your character play as a child? Hopscotch, jump rope. That kind of stuff.

60. What does your character do for recreation? Shop.

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do? Tan. Or...sunbathe, since she can't really tan. Something to show off her body in a bikini.

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do? Try to find somewhere to go and protect everyone else if no one else decides to do it.

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation? Freaks out. Cries a lot.

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do? Tries to make her way to civilization, or Rab. If she's with him when she dies she doesn't really care.

65. How does your character feel about growing old? She hates the idea of being ugly or wrinkly, but the idea of growing old with Rab makes it bearable.

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality? Mostly she's just scared for Rab's. She's scared to die, but it's not something she dwells on. She'd rather spend her time enjoying being with Rab rather than worrying about when either of them might die.

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals? Khai likes anything fancy. Anything from different countries, anything expensive. Not a fan or red meat, but pretty big on chicken. Loves fresh fruit, because it was always available to her as a kid. She ate it constantly, and still does.

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in? Since Khai loves working out, and is kind of obsessed with keeping her image up. She loves working out, but does it more when she's stressed out. Plus she feels like she needs to keep up with Rab's athleticism so she can keep up with him in other ways.

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom? Pretty easily, though she's good at keeping herself occupied. She doesn't broadcast it, but she actually likes reading, and putting together new outfits in her head.

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for. Khai is very proud, and her friends and family will always be most important to her. Well, other than her douchebag dad. Loyalty has always been big for her, and being honest. Sometimes too honest.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare? The same one she always has, re-living the night she was raped.

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream? Probably one where she fell asleep in Rab's arms. Those are always good dreams.

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about? Her future, her unborn/dead baby, the beach.

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having? *points above*

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams? Sometimes, not always.

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white? Color. Khai loves colors.

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them? Nah, nothing serious.

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do? Figure that it's either Rab's fault, or that he knows what's going on, and glare at him all 'morning' until he confesses.

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning? Snuggle back into Rab's chest and fall back asleep.

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night? ...Snuggle into Rab's chest XD

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world? I don't think I even have to dignify this with an answer.

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory? Being raped when she was young.

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any? Khai has quite a few tattoos. Honestly Rab got her into it, and they're addicting. No birthmarks though.

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her? Depends on which parent you're talking about. Her mother would just kind of smile and talk about what a strong girl she is, and her dad would just carry on about how she's 'going somewhere in life' because she's marrying someone rich. *eyeroll*

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like? Decent except with her dad. She hates her dad. Seriously.

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy? Probably Marlene McKinnon

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)? Indi or Johnny (not counting Rab)

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to? Rodolphus. Definitely. And boys that hit on her.

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it? She'd cry. A lot. All the time.

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it? Either Rab, Johnny, or Indi. Between the three those are people she trusts most.

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend? DUH.

92. With whom does your character live? Right now, she lives with her dad, but soon she's going to be living with her HUUUUSBAAAAND :3

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line? Rab, Indi, Johnny, maybe her bank o.-?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates? Meh. Not really any feelings. She's disconnected from them, so she doesn't really care.

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them? Probably just Rab, maybe something for Indi or Johnny, though she always sends a little something to her siblings for their birthdays.

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday? Rab :3 And pretty other stuff he brought with him XD.

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday? Used to be Christmas, now probably her birthday.

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday? Halloween. Seriously bad memories.

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her? The friends she does have she's pretty close to, so they know her pretty well.

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it? That she's been raped. Only Rab knows. Then again Rab himself is something of a secret of hers.

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them? Yes. She has a little sister and two little brothers. She'd do anything for them, but she doesn't know them very well since she's been away from them most of her life.

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout? Slytherin Common Room or Hogsmeade

103. Where does your character feel most safe? With Rab <3

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at? The big cats: tigers and lions and all those. And the cute little monkeys of course.

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent? All of them?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it? At the moment, she's doing fine. She gets a lot of money from her dad, but once he finds out that Rab lost his inheritance, he'll probably pull that, but by then she'll have started her business, so I think she'll be okay.

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they? Not really. As much as Khai's personality has changed in the past few years, her interests are pretty constant.

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic? Casual reader, but yes, she enjoys reading. Only when she's bored and away from Rab, otherwise he gets her full attention.

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year. Romeo and Juliet (thanks to Johnny - "Too depressing."), Calming your Quidditch Qualms (from Rab, to stop her from freaking out about him getting hurt - "Didn't help much with those pictures."), and The Pro's and Con's of Married Life (...Indi XD - "Needs more sex photos.")

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was five years old, eight years old, and twelve years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at each age.

116. How does your character feel about physical possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of It or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?
196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s) now?

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?
292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[marielle]

LAST UPDATED:January 17, 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer, 1977


1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her? Her name Marielle is translated from French as "bitter torch." So, whenever her mere [mother] complains about her attitude, Marielle says its her fault for giving her such a wonderful name. It gets better. Her middle name is actually Irish, Colleen, which means "wench" or "peasant girl." Lastly her French name Croisseux, unfortunately, has stilll found no meaning. So, Marielle is a "bitter wench." How's that for the already low self esteem? And I bet you thought her name was pretty to begin with.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing? She's probably painting a pretty scene of the lake and day dreaming about her Knight in shining armor whisking her away...you get the point.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be? What doesn't she want to change about herself? She does hate how white she is, feeling practically translucent next to everyone else.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it? Mari, if it were up to her, wouldn't do anything with her hair other than pulling it up into a ponytail. But because certain people put a lot of effort into giving her a makeover and helping her be "pretty", she appeases them. Normally she does as little as she has to, straightening it. But, when sick of the normal do, she curls her hair in curly waves.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? Tree climbing. She can get up higher than the rest of the world and see what normal people can't. It's like she's looking down on everyone.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not? Look above. The last time she climbed a tree was probably two months ago, when no one was looking.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction? Her eyes widen, she seethes, her face turns bright red, and she thinks of the best insult she possibly can and then blurts it out.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity? Jumping jacks. What's the point of jumping up and down and up and down in place, waving your arms like a lunatic, and having your boobs jiggle uncomfortable? No thanks.

9. What is your character’s favorite weather? Cloudy and a light breeze. Clouds always cast the coolest shadows on objects. Perfect for shading in drawing.

10. What is your character’s favorite season? Fall, when all the leaves change.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict? When she was two, it was her birthday, just her mere and her. There was a big cake in front of Marielle with huge eyes, and in the picture she's just barely smacked her face into it. Mere said it was the funniest thing she'd ever seen.

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they? She has a wicked cat named Kindles who she loves, but believes to be the spawn of satan. She had an owl who sadly passed away.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do? Flick it off with her finger lazily.


14. What does your character eat for breakfast? Whatever Hogwarts is serving. If she's at home, bagels with cream and orange juice.

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather? hot, humid days.

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory? Marielle's mere took her to the circus. Everything was so exciting, even if she knew it wasn't real magic like theirs, it was fun to see muggles.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often? Mari likes to flip through the pages a lot of her journal. She would be taken back to memories of her and mere, because she's all she really has.

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork? Oh, to make her choose! It would be practically impossible. Not one of her own, she's far too humble for that, but....oh she can't choose.

19. What is your character’s least favorite season? Summer, because she doesn't get to see her friends and it's so scorching hot.

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer? "Mere. My mother, who is still a teenager at heart, hotter than me, and the most vivacious woman you'll ever meet. We're a small, but complete family. Almost. Sometimes I wish...well, never mind."

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely? A morning person, she has a very strict schedule she attains by.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color? All colors are important in a palete.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? The changing leaves of fall, fresh pumpkin pie, the color of her first bandaide. It makes her think of home.

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next? She's stunned and probably goes into shock. She'd be absolutely horrified, afraid to look because her mother is her whole life. Then she thinks, perhaps her mother finally murdered her kitty. Or maybe her kitty murdered her mother. Gasp. Bad kitty!

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home. It has vines winding up the sides of it, the outside is textured white and it's a townhouse connected to another home. There's a pretty little gate in front of it and oodles of plants everywhere. Her first home was ugly but this was grand. It's all her mere can do to afford it though.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character. Mari wakes up with a smile on her face. Mere undoubtly shows up before she can get out of bed with breakfast. They have breakfast in bed together and her mere makes her go shopping. Bleh. But then they travel a great distance to go to her favorite museum in Paris and they have tea and a grand restaurant. Marielle makes a comment about how she'd like to meet her father, Mere is disgruntled, they go home, have a cake. The end.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character? uh. no idea.

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal? Monkeys. She met a ragged man with a monkey on the street once and that bloody monkey pick pocketed her.

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? It reminds her of sunsets and sunrises, a fresh apple, her mere in her small red dress putting on earrings and getting ready for her date.

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react? She blushes and swallows.

31. What is your character’s favorite animal? Birds

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage? Tea

33. What is your character’s least favorite food? Steak

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? She envisions the wide ocean and open skies. She sees fisherman on their boat pulling up their nets to see what they caught for the day, and a little boy and girl sharing an ice cream, sitting on the dock.

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)? Marielle has never gone to the hospital before, but if she did she probably would feel rather indifferent. She doesn't know the people there, so why would she care either way? She wouldn't like the smell, and she'd definitely hate the bland color of white.

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)? No, Marielle has never had a physical ailment besides a broken bone.

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it? Hahaha, no. She only plays go fish at tea parties.

38. Does your character know how to swim? Yes she does. She learned when she was six.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water? She doesn't mind them, once she went on a boat ride and it was rather exhilirating.

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes? Marielle can see so many things. For some reason, all her many images transform after a time into a great dragon, breathing so much fire out that it blurs away the other clouds, and they become just that again. Clouds.


43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do? She lies, and lies well.

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this? Marielle will just let it fester inside of her and not tell anyone. If this person is really meant to be caught, someone else will tell on them for her. She's not about to get all eyes on her and have enemies at her doorstep for turning someone big in. Life in cruel, get a helmet. It's not her job to demand justice.

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do? She runs to find a pay phone and calls someone to help. Mari isn't good at taking care of people, she would only get in the way, so she stands to the side and makes sure no one runs the person over. Maybe she can find construction cones or something. Hey, it's better than walking by.

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing? Blue jeans, they're so comfortable and you can do anything in them. Hence why they have been 'forbidden' by her personal fashion police. Anything that she likes will be banned.

47. How does your character dress on a typical day? She has to think long and hard about what is and isn't in style. She'll wear some dress that a friend has picked out, with a matching necklace and bright shoes. If she were dressing comfortably she'd pull on her favorite cardigan and sweats, with fuzzy boots.

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to? Mari definitely underestimates herself. I think she'd fair much better than she thinks. She isn't dumb, and her average train of thought just might be what gets her out of a dangerous situation. She observes more than others, but when it comes to wit she backs down. If someone starts a feud with her she will be merciless.

50. Is your character introspective? Oh yes, extremely. She is constantly examining her character.

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[julian]

I'VE RUN OUT OF TIME! I'LL FINISH LATER!!!

LAST UPDATED: JANUARY//^18th

ISS TIMELINE: Summah!

1. What does your character’s name mean to him?

It means he's special! Only not really. He thinks it's pretty and calm.

2. It’s January FIRST. Where is your character today, and what is he doing? Julian stays at hogwarts for the holidays (though I'm not sure if it's still the holidays for them) but he's probably passed out in the common room with Wendy with a bottle of fire whiskey in his hand.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him, what would it be?

His jaw sticks out a little more than the top.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he choose it? How much does he care about it?
Julian keeps it short for the sole fact that he doesn't have to care about it.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity?

Running

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he has never climbed one, why not?

He's probably been chased up a tree by the cops, but other than that, I think he's never climbed a tree on purpose.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?
Depends on the circumstances. Never would back down. Probably a very fierce look. If they'd done something to piss him off, he'd either duel or fist fight.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?

I've sat here for over five minutes trying to figure this out. He likes all types of activities. :\

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?

Raining in the front yard, sunny in the back.

10. What is your character’s favorite season?

Fall

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?

Probably his mum and dad! (that's the only picture he has of them! =D

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?

He has an asshole of an owl, but is getting a new one soon.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?

Fuh-lips out! Bugs are nasty.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?

22. What is your character’s least favorite color?

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?

38. Does your character know how to swim?

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?


43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective?

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[johnnymyers]

LAST UPDATED: 25 January 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer, 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her?
Johnny hates his full name. Johnathon Marcus Myers was a name that his parents gave him at birth, and he can’t stand it. Mostly because he has terrible memories from his childhood where his mother was standing at the bottom of the stairs, calling up to him because he had accidentally broken all the glass in the house again. His full name was never used unless he was in trouble or something, and even today when people say it in a joking form, he can’t listen to it. He doesn’t even like the name Johnathon. He’ll joke about it and say that it sounds “too serious”, but mostly it’s because it’s the only thing his mother will call him. His last name ties him to a family that hates him, so he really doesn’t even like that as much. Plus, now, Johnny Myers is also, like, code for “the gay boy”, or something. One can’t think of Johnny Myers without going—“Oh, yeah, the gay boy from Ravenclaw.” Johnny prefers just to be called Johnny, a nickname his twin sister gave him when they were younger. Not only does it suit him more, he believes, but it is the one tie to his family that he doesn’t mind as much. Mostly because he and his sister are unbelievably close.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?
January 2nd. Well, at this point, Johnny’d be in auror training, although this would be awfully close to the holidays. Which means he’d probably be in Mexico with Lucas’ family, or, if he’s not there, then he’s back at his own apartment with his little brother, Luke.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?
His nose. Ohmygawd, does Johnny hate his nose. He didn’t even like it before it was broken three times by Rabastan Lestrange and miscellaneous others. But now that it’s been reset—so it’s obviously a little bigger than it previously had been, along with slightly more crooked –Johnny can’t stand it.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?
Johnny’s hair is always in his face. Always. Mostly, it comes from the fact that he refuses to cut it. It’s one of the very few things that Johnny has blatantly done as a rebellion toward his mother. Every time he would go home, his mother would always tell him to get a hair cut. So, he kept it long because he knew it bothered her. Not that Johnny went out of his way to piss off his mother—quite the opposite, really –but it was more the fact that it was the one thing that he could control that pissed her off. It was… more refreshing than hearing her lecture him about the evils of magic for the fifteenth-millionth time.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity?
Oh, we’re not even going to try and lie. Johnny loves having sex. You may not see it yet, but, dear God, will it become apparent relatively soon.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?
Johnny has a terrible fear of falling. Not so much of heights, but of falling. He also has a memory of his older brother falling out of a tree and breaking his arm. His mother sort of forbade the hobby after that, at least at his house? He’s never had the opportunity to climb a tree at school. Or, maybe he has, but never the desire. Mostly because he doesn’t want to fall himself.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?
To hide. If he can’t hide his whole person, than at least his face. Johnny, at this point in time, is very reclusive. The few fights he’s been in have caused him to realize that, at this point, he’s usually going to be the weaker of the two when matched with nearly anybody. Tired of getting his ass kicked, Johnny’s formed a habit of not fighting back. So, put him against his worst enemy—which, at this point, would probably be his mother—and he’d sort of try and find some way to get out of it. First reaction, though, would be to hide.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?
Uh, flying. Yeah, the whole “fear of falling” thing has sort of made him wary of getting in the air on a broomstick.

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?
Warm. Johnny likes warm weather—not particularly “sweating my balls off” hot weather, but warm weather. He doesn’t even mind cold weather so much if it means he gets to cuddle and be warm.

10. What is your character’s favorite season?
Summer, at least right now. Mostly because he gets to spend time with Lucas without all of Hogwarts watching their every move.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?
It would be a family picture, right before he turned eleven. Lizzie would have his arm around his shoulders, and they’d be laughing in the picture, a birthday cake in front of him. He likes this picture best because it’s the only one he can find where his mom is legitimately smiling at him. It’s before he knew he was a wizard, before he knew he was gay, and it was before his whole life went to shit.

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?
He has two kittens that he randomly acquired after getting drunk one night. He originally named them Mudblood and f*g**t, but ended up renaming them once he was sober. Naturally, their names are Romeo and Juliet.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?
Squeal like a little girl, blush because he squealed, then immediately hide his face because he’s blushing.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?
Depends. His mother was really good at making beans and toast, occasionally having black or white pudding with some sausages and eggs. When he’s with Lucas’ family, it’s something different every morning, and always whatever Theresa puts on his plate. When he’s by himself, it’s usually pancakes. Just because they’re easy to make, and delicious.

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?
Snow. He can’t even think about it; it’s why he enjoys being in Mexico with Lucas so much, it’s warm without there ever being a chance of snow ruining it for him.

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?
He honestly can’t really remember one where something didn’t ultimately end up ruining it. Usually, it had to be on one of his birthdays; it was one of the only times where he wasn’t overshadowed by one of his other siblings.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?
Well, most of Johnny’s good memories would be fairly recent, though slightly sporadic. The ones he would visit most often would be the ones that included Lucas. The one that really sticks out in his mind would be the day Lucas came out of the closet. It wasn’t necessarily what happened that day that Johnny would look forward to reading—Lucas throwing up had been really fucking gross, to be frank—but rereading what happened would send Johnny back to the way he felt after everything that happened. His stomach would tighten in the same pleasurable way, and he would remember what it felt like when he first realized that he was in love with Lucas. That, to him, is much more meaningful than anything else he could have written about, and he’d want to revisit that moment over and over again.

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?
Casablanca. Yes, he realizes it’s a movie. He also finds it to be one of the greatest masterpieces he’s come across in recent years. It’s so iconic and deliciously good—and who wouldn’t fall in love with Humphrey Bogart? Every boy has their first crush, you know.

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?
Winter. It was around the time that everything fell to pieces; it’s his most miserable and the loneliest time of his life, and he hates the season because of it. Plus, the fucking snow is awful.

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?
He doesn’t. He’ll change the subject as quickly and effortlessly as he can.

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?
Johnny’s definitely not a morning person, that’s for sure. I wouldn’t say that he stays up late, either? Johnny’s an active person during the day, but it takes a lot for him to get out of bed or to go into it.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color?
Orange. It’s just really sort of… ugly.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
[P.S. So did not read this question before the last one. I am cracking up.]
It makes him think of really garish sort of clothing; like the old track suits his mother took to wearing for her PTA meetings or the one pantsuit she wore to Easter mass. He feels really uncomfortable about it, and it also makes him a little ill to think about it.

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?
Well, being the paranoid fuck that he is, Johnny would immediately duck down to the ground and hide behind a table. Mostly because he’d assume someone broke into his house, and that they attacked Jenna. His next move would be to sit there and think for a moment how absolutely ridiculous that is because the door was locked before he came in, and he’d stand up. Then he’d call out to Jenna, find out she was alright, and feel incredibly stupid. Then he’d hear the yowling and realize that his kittens were fighting again, and one of them scratched the other, thus causing the blood. He’d yell at them to no avail, fix the cat’s wound, and draw a little so he didn’t feel as stupid for overreacting.

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.
It’s an apartment, so there isn’t anything terribly special about the outside of it.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.
He usually spends it alone, writing a letter to Lizzie to wish her a good one. His mother used to send him cards with money, where he’d venture out to Hogsmeade and buy himself some chocolate, but she stopped doing that when he turned thirteen. When he’s finished writing the letter to Lizzie, he’ll draw for a little bit. Maybe sing the song to himself before deciding to call it an early night and go to bed. Really, it’s not any more different than any other day, and he’s sort of gotten used to that.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?
The World Turtle. In many cultures, it is believed that all of the world is supported on the back of a turtle. Johnny often feels like the weight of the world is resting on his shoulders; he isn’t the type of person to share his burdens with others, preferring to keep them to himself.

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?
Dogs. Johnny has a real aversion to them.

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
Lucas’ ears when he gets embarrassed. They turn the most adorable shade of red, usually after his cheeks have already adopted the same color. It makes Johnny’s insides twist a little, and he giggles when he thinks about it.

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?
He sort of just tucks his chin to his chest, looks at the floor, and pretends he never heard them say it to begin with.

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?
Johnny has always liked cats; he hates that his father was allergic because it kept him from getting one when he was younger. But now he has two, and he adores them.

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?
Cola. He has bad memories of getting drunk that he can’t even stomach butterbeer anymore.

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?
Vegetables. His mother made him eat them as a kid, and he hates them.

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
The way Lucas always goes on about his eyes. He knows they’re blue, but he’s never really, like, looked at them and went, “Damn, my eyes are blue today.” But Lucas is always pulling his face up, trying to get him to stop hiding his eyes. So when someone makes a comment about how blue they are, he usually blushes and gets all bashful, because he’s thinking about all the different comments Lucas has made.

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?
He feels embarrassed. He hates going because it usually causes all the attention to be on him again, or they’re asking too many questions, and he just can’t stand it.

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?
He had his tonsils removed when he was seven, other than that he’s only had magical medical treatments, when he was at Hogwarts.

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?
Johnny doesn’t gamble, because he doesn’t trust it.

38. Does your character know how to swim?
Yes. It’s one of his favorite things to do in the summer.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?
He’s never been to the ocean, but standing next to the Dark Lake often makes him feel incredibly small.

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?
He has a fear of falling, that is only really “intense” when he’s up rather high or doesn’t have the best footing wherever he is. Beyond that, Johnny has severe abandonment issues, which are rather intense as they stem from his childhood. These issues often lead him not to trust a lot of people, and his self-esteem within himself and the relationships he’s in is extremely low, almost to the point of being entirely non-exsistant. He’s convinced that everyone’s going to leave him, and it takes a lot for him to be convinced otherwise.

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
Purple doesn’t really draw too much out of Johnny; he really can only think of ridiculous things like awkward dress robes or just… extravagance. Purple makes Johnny think of extravagance or flamboyancy?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?
Johnny sees clouds. He wouldn’t be the type to get lost in the “bunnies” or “puppies”. He’d rather just lay on his back, stare up at the clouds, and lose himself in his own thoughts rather than attempt to make something out of nothing.

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?
He’d stumble through excuses before just admitting his guilt. He’d apologize. Johnny is always the first to apologize, even for things he hasn’t done. He’d prefer to save himself the trouble.

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?
Johnny’d internalize it. Johnny has a habit of just… sitting on things and letting them eat him up from the inside out. He wouldn’t attempt to turn them in, but he’d possibly try and help them. Not necessarily cover it up, but rather come to terms with what they’ve done.

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?
Tries to help in the best way that he can, before grabbing them close and apparating to the nearest hospital.

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?
His pair of basic black Chucks that he’s had for years.

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?
Simply. He grabs what’s clean and throws it on.

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?
His mother screaming at him for eating a cookie before dinner. She smacked his hand, pulled him into a corner, and made him sit there for a whole hour.

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?
Johnny honestly wouldn’t be terrible at defending himself in a fight. While, ultimately skinny, he is rather quick and could possibly get in there and be quick about it. He just chooses not to. Usually, Johnny just decides that he deserves it, and doesn’t fight back when he should.

50. Is your character introspective?
Yes. Almost annoyingly so.

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?
Johnny doesn’t have any truly strong opinions about much other than himself. He has opinions on who he is, where he should fit, and what he thinks about other’s thoughts about him. But his opinions about others or the world remain slightly biased from what his mother told him as a boy. Not that he particularly agrees with her, but that he’s more prone to believe the opposite of what she says.

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?
Johnny lacks confidence like the desert lacks water.

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?
His art. Whether it’s his sketching or his piano playing, Johnny’s art is the most important thing to him. He also enjoys reading as much.

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.
Oversized clothing; hand-me-downs from his other siblings, or clothes that were donated to the church that his mother took advantage of. Nothing fits the way that it should, and nothing is in order. It’s all really haphazard and a bit of a mess.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?
A mess. “Organized chaos” he calls it. Mostly, he has a pile of dirty clothes sitting in the corner, a stack of books on his bedstand and around that general area, a desk littered with paperwork from training in addition to miscellaneous sketches and drawings.

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?
Antiques. Johnny isn’t particularly a history buff, more of a romantic about it. He enjoys the sort of romance that is instilled in him when he thinks about where it came from, who possibly used it. The story behind it would intrigue him as much as the general art of the furniture’s architecture and design.

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?
Anything remotely modern and horrifically cheesy.

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?
A good, sturdy kitchen table. Some of his best memories are of his family surrounding the kitchen table, whether to celebrate a birthday or to bake Christmas cookies together. He’d want the same kind of tradition in his own house.

59. What games did your character play as a child?
Hide and seek, mostly. Being small made it a rather advantageous game for him. He could stay in the same place for hours before someone found him.

60. What does your character do for recreation?
Reads, writes, draws.

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?
Goes outside, sits under a tree, and draws.

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?
Well, being of age, he’d probably conjure up something for others to stay under. If he couldn’t do that, he’d attempt to protect the children as best as he could, possibly getting the help of others to make some sort of shelter for them to wait it out under. His first concern would be everyone else.

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?
He’d be devastated, but he wouldn’t want to make a big deal out of it. He’d internalize it, as always, and suffer through his last few days in silence so that those around him weren’t uncomfortable anymore. Except being with Lucas might cause him to break, if only just a little. He could possibly break down entirely if Lucas pushed just the right buttons over it, and he’d get hysterical.

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?
Attempt to save himself as best as he could, doing what he thought was right. He probably wouldn’t move, but attempt to find some way to call out for help.

65. How does your character feel about growing old?
He doesn’t like to think about it, because he’s ridiculously unsure about his future. It’s a daunting idea to him, mostly because he’s not sure if he’s going to end up growing old alone.

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?
He doesn’t think about it in the way that most teenagers don’t think about their own mortality. He doesn’t have a conscious belief that he’s invincible, but he doesn’t believe that he’s going to die anytime soon. Even with all the attacks and the war looming over his head, Johnny still naively believes that he’s going to come out of it alright.

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?
Johnny eats whatever is placed in front of him. Sometimes out of sheer manners, but often because he honestly has no true preference to what he eats, as long as it’s good. Vegetables, once more, are not something he particularly enjoys eating, but he’ll occasionally choke them down if it means he won’t be insulting someone who invited him to dinner. His favorite food is his mother’s Shepherd’s Pie; he stole the recipe and has worked ridiculously hard at trying to replicate it, to some meager success. A new favorite is the food Lucas’ mother cooked for him over the summer, something Lucas promises he can make nearly as well. Johnny hopes beyond belief that this is true.

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?
He’s skinny, but that doesn’t mean that he’s in any sort of good shape. Quite the opposite: he gets winded rather quickly, and goes out of his way to be lazy when he can get away with it. Auror training will probably kick him in the ass, and not in a good way.

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?
Rather easily; Johnny has quite a short attention span. Boredom often leads to nervousness with Johnny, because it gives him the opportunity to think—and therefore overthink on things—and he starts to fidget because of this.

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.
Lizzie
Lucas
Khai
Jenna
Bella
Annie
Luke, his brother
Being honest about himself
His homosexuality
His wand
His sketchbook
Equality
Peace
Love
His “new” family—Lucas’ family
His mother’s opinion of him
Fitting back into his family—wanting it back the way it used to be
His magical abilities
Friendship
Success
Money

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?
Johnny has the same nightmare almost every night, particularly when someone isn’t there. He’s walking down a hallway that doesn’t seem to end, littered with pictures and portraits of his family; first, the happy ones that he remembers of birthdays and lazy summer afternoons and family picnics and Christmases. Slowly, though, the pictures change to ones that don’t include him anymore before finally transitioning to pictures of his family and friends staring angrily or worriedly or sadly at him. And he finally gets to the end of the creepy hallway, there’s a door. And he knows he shouldn’t open it, but he does. And inside the room is everyone he’s ever known and cared about, and it’s like he walked in on a party he wasn’t invited to. First, they’re all happy, laughing and getting along with each other—even his mother with Jenna or Lucas –and then they all turn to look at him, and suddenly he’s extremely small. Absolutely tiny as he stares back up at them, and they’re looming above him, and then it starts. First with his mother, telling him how he would never be good enough to be called her son, what a failure he was, and how she never loved him. Then it would move through the rest of his family, even his littlest brother Luke describing how much he can’t stand Johnny. It moves through his friends, next, from Jenna to Annie to Khai to Bella, and Johnny’s pressing his hands to his ears, trying to stop from hearing them. He doesn’t want to believe it—how can he believe it? They’re lying, they have to be—and he looks to Lucas for some sort of something, even the tiniest of smiles to let him in on the joke, but Lucas is glaring at him with the rest of them, and Johnny feels smaller than he’s ever felt in his life. Lucas opens his mouth and says all the things Johnny fears most—that he doesn’t love him, couldn’t ever love him, how sick can he be, liking other guys? And he wakes up right as Lucas finishes, always leaving him with this terrible feeling of absolute loneliness. It’s usually too early in the morning for him to actually get up, but he won’t be able to sleep for the rest of the night, Lucas’ bitter tirade echoing in his ears.

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?
If Johnny isn’t having a nightmare, he usually doesn’t remember his dreams. Mostly, though, the pleasant ones consist of different swirls of colors or sounds that are soothing to him. Occasionally, he’ll dream about a future with Lucas, but they’re never very concrete or permanent. They usually just move from one picture to the next, never quite settling into a true story or a tangible feeling. It’s just peaceful.

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?
Lucas. Usually, it’s their future together, but often times it’s just him thinking about their relationship in general. It makes him happy.

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?
The one above is the worst that he can remember, though there are other times where he wakes up suddenly with a much greater feeling of dread, but he can’t particularly remember why.

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?
Not unless they’re his nightmares, and, even then, he sometimes can’t remember.

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?
Color, always. Vivid, bright, obnoxious color.

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?
He’s healthy as a horse, usually, unless clumsiness is considered a medical condition.

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?
If he woke up and the sun hadn’t risen, he’d go back to sleep. And he’d probably repeat this process until he realized something was wrong, which might legitimately take some time, or someone else waking him up for him to even notice what had happened.

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?
Cuddles back into his pillows and attempts to get five more minutes of sleep.

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?
If Lucas is there, he kisses him good-night and snuggles into his side. If Lucas isn’t there, he usually gives Jenna a kiss on the cheek before getting into bed. But he usually makes a point to say goodnight to someone. It makes him feel less alone when he goes to an empty bed.

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?
Lucas Juarez.

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?
When Johnny was thirteen, he came home one summer to find strange people in his house. His mother had hired a few religious “healers” in an attempt to squash the magic out of him. That summer, they created a slideshow of “evil” images. They attached leads to his temples, chest, arms, and legs. The leads were attached to a machine that emitted little jolts of electricity every time a new slide came on. The idea was to evoke a painful memory every time Johnny saw something that pertained to magic, in hopes that it would scare him to ever do, see, or take part in anything magical. When his accidental magic caused the machine to overheat and shut down, those men were fired and new men were hired. These men were “practicing doctors”, which Johnny later discovered meant that they had the licenses to practice and acquire the drugs they needed, but their practices were in secret and not regarded at all within the medical community. These men would knock Johnny out for an hour or so every day, using a machine to pump the blood out of him, clean it, and pump it back into him. The idea was to clean the evil, magical traces out of his blood. Johnny spent his whole summer stuck in the basement of his house—his mother and father had told his siblings that they had sent him away to summer camp. That whole summer as a whole is Johnny’s most traumatic memory, mostly because he couldn’t really tell when one day ended and the next began. All he remembers is the feeling of relief when his mother finally gave up and sent him back to Hogwarts at the pleading of his grandfather. Johnny’s never told a soul about that summer, and he never plans to.

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?
Johnny has small scars from where the leads were, though they just look like birthmarks. Someone would have to look closely to see that they are linear to realize that they aren’t there naturally. Johnny also has a scar along his neck from where his tonsils were removed as a child.

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?
His parents wouldn’t talk about Johnny if asked about him. They would pretend they had no idea who you were talking about, but, if seriously pressed, his mother would merely call him a burden and an abomination, and his father would merely nod silently and go back to what he was previously doing.

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?
It’s nonexistent, except for his occasional correspondence with his twin sister, Lizzie, and the fact that he’s decided to become Luke’s legal guardian in the hopes of him never having to go through the kind of things his mother forced him into.

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?
Himself. Johnny will be the first person to put himself down, to put himself in immediate danger, and the first person to truly hurt himself before someone else can. Johnny doesn’t hate himself in the way that one would hate a true worst enemy, but his blatant disregard for his own well-being almost borderlines on self-hatred because it could be seriously misinterpreted as suicidal.

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?
Lizzie, Lucas, Khai, Jenna, Bella, and Annie. Yes, even after everything, Johnny refuses to let go of her.

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?
Rabastan Lestrange. If he didn’t make Khai so unbelievably happy, he wouldn’t have forgiven him for the beating, and he really, really wouldn’t be going to the bastard’s wedding.

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?
As best as he could, attempting to remain strong for those around him, though it would devastate him internally.

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?
Khai Statton is the only person that Johnny can honestly say anything to without any sort of fear of offending her, hurting her feelings, or grossing her out.

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?
Lucas Juarez. <3

92. With whom does your character live?
Jenna, his near-sister. When on holiday from school, his little brother Luke lives on his couch which pulls out into a bed. And Lucas is a regular visitor, usually.

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?
Lucas. Perhaps Khai or Jenna, but definitely Lucas.

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?
Indifferent. He figures if he leaves them alone, they’ll leave him alone.

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?
He wrote his twin sister a letter on their shared birthday, but he hadn’t been with Jenna for hers, or Lucas for his. Plus, he really wouldn’t have had the money to buy them something extravagant. He probably would have sketched them something particularly for them and personalized it with a note on the back.

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?
A letter from Lizzie, a card from Luke, and a letter from his mother, explaining that he was now of age, could make the decision to no longer use magic, and if he continued to do as such, she was cutting him off. Ironically enough, he received a check in the mail from his grandfather, with a letter stating that he would financially support him until Johnny could find himself a decently paying job.

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?
Johnny hates most holidays due to the religious meanings behind them, and the terrible memories of growing up with his fanatical mother.

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?
Christmas, with Easter as an extremely close second.

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?
Johnny is incredibly close to his friends, who know an awful lot about him. Perhaps not everything, because there are some things that Johnny refuses to talk about, but they know exactly what he wants them to. Most of his friends feel like family to him.

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?
Johnny has never talked about all the different things his mother used to do to him as he grew up to “cure” the magic from him. Mostly because she threatened him with much worse practices if he told, and also because he’s embarrassed that he allowed it to happen.

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?
Johnny has five siblings, and he has a very strained relationship with most of them. He and his twin sister, Lizzie, are as close as close can get, or, at the very least, they used to be. Now it’s a bit more of a stretch, mostly because Lizzie needs to stay in their mother’s good graces so that she’ll pay for university. Johnny has also decided to become Luke’s legal guardian, acting as more of a fathering figure to his younger brother than the mentoring older brother he previous was to him. He plans to rescue him from their mother at the end of this summer, and will not allow him back into that house unless their mother agrees to stop her practices and stop judging them for something they can’t help. He won’t let Luke back until his mother decides to love them for who they are, and he realizes this may never happen.

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?
His own apartment. It’s the first time he’s felt home in a very long time.

103. Where does your character feel most safe?
When Lucas wraps his arms around his waist from behind, rests his head on Johnny’s shoulder, and just holds him there for a moment, not saying a word. It doesn’t matter where or when, but when Lucas does it, Johnny feels safer than he’s ever felt in his entire life.

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?
The tigers, for nostalgia’s sake. He also quite enjoys the flamingos and their flamboyancy. Big cats, mostly, though. Their sheer grace and power intrigues him.

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?
Discount stores and second-hand clothing shops. He doesn’t have the kind of money to go to brand-name stores all the time, so he prefers to just buy in bulk and for as cheap as he can.

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?
Johnny depends entirely on an allowance given to him by his grandfather, which covers rent, food, and the occasional trip to the bar with the guys from training or to take Lucas on a rather meager date. He hates it, it embarrasses him, and he wishes he could change it.

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?
He hasn’t. He usually doesn’t try anything new, really.

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?
Johnny loves to read. It’s one of his favorite things to do. He’ll usually read the paper with breakfast, then at least a chapter a day before bed. He is a die-hard fanatic; if there would be one room Johnny would have to have in his house, it would be his own personal library. He could get lost in one for hours and not even care.

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.
Romeo and Juliet, How to Kill a Mockingbird, A Catcher in the Rye.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?
Johnny doesn’t really listen to music, though he enjoys playing classical pieces on the piano. Chopin is his favorite composer, with Debussy being a very close second.

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?
He immediately signs up to fight. When the Death Eaters attacked Hogsmeade, Johnny finally found his “niche”, and he enjoys the idea of fitting in. Finally finding something he was good at would be reason enough to risk his life.

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?
An artist. Johnny’s always wanted to be a famous painter; he used to drive his mother insane by scribbling on the white walls in crayon.

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?
He wishes he could be the perfect son for his mother. He wants it more than he’s ever wanted anything, and he’d do anything in his power to get it.


114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?
Money. Johnny wishes he had more money. He wants it badly enough, though he isn’t a fool to do absolutely anything for it.

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.
Finger-paints
A real easel
A pink bicycle
A pony

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?
He knows that they shouldn’t be so important to him, so he feels kind of guilty how important to him they really are.

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?
He kept a few of the cards from his first date with Lucas. He likes to read them over and smile a little, he tucked them into his sketchbook, which is his most treasured possession because it’s filled with his memories, exactly from his point of view.

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

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[alicelogan]

*coughs* so, i snuck on here to work on this secretly even though i'm supposed to be doing my mounds of hwk... fief is being a bad girl okay? >< she's sorry but she can't help it.

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LAST UPDATED: Saturday, January 29th, 2010.
ISS TIMELINE: Winter of 1976.

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her?
It means ‘noble,’ which I don’t know if I am or not, [laughs], but I try to be.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?

I’m in my dormitory doing homework! It’s important to remain on top of my studies, especially after the holiday break when I get admittedly a bit lazy.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?

It would have to be my hair. I always wanted something a little more daring or out there, maybe even some bangs.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?

Well, this is ironic [laughs]. My hair’s just kind of plain and boring right now; it’s long and goes down to about my mid-back in a pin-straight line. I haven’t got any bangs or layers or anything like that. Just straight hair, which suits me fine, though, as I mentioned above, I really would like a bit of a change.

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity?
I’ve always liked jogging, and Jules - as in Juliette Benoit, the fourth year - likes to come with me sometimes. She’ll bring her friend Fiona Donnelly the third year every so often and we jog around the grounds between classes or whenever we have time. It’s nice.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?

Since I live on a farm, no matter how anti-agrarian that farm may be, there are certainly a plethora of trees around and I’ve climbed a few since I was a kid. The last time was probably last year when I got a little ambitious and climbed too far and then slipped and fell to the ground. Luckily I wasn’t too badly injured, but it was enough to scare me out of doing it again for a while.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?

I haven’t got a ‘worst enemy.’ There are people I don’t like but that doesn’t make them my enemy. That’s an awful thing to suppose of somebody, you know. Not everybody has enemies.

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?

Swimming gets a bit tiring after a while, I believe. It’s not so much fun to wade around in revealing outfits and float above an abyss, be it man made or otherwise. And it’s worse when you’re with friends, because you tend to laugh yourself silly and then you start to drown! It’s always hard to recover from a fit of giggles, especially when you’re with your friends, and there have been plenty of times where I nearly went under because of a silly joke. Then, when you get fatigued, it’s never any fun to keep swimming. With jogging you can chat and giggle and laugh however much you’d like and usually you don’t tire as easily as you do with swimming.

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?
10. What is your character’s favorite season?
11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?
12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?
13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?
14. What does your character eat for breakfast?
15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?
16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?
17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?
18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?
19. What is your character’s least favorite season?
20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?
21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?
22. What is your character’s least favorite color?
23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?
25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.
26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.
27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?
28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?
29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?
31. What is your character’s favorite animal?
32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?
33. What is your character’s least favorite food?
34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?
36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?
37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?
38. Does your character know how to swim?
39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?
40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?
41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?
43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?
44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?
45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?
46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?
47. How does your character dress on a typical day?
48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?
49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?
50. Is your character introspective?
51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?
52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?
53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?
54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.
55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?
56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?
57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?
58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?
59. What games did your character play as a child?
60. What does your character do for recreation?
61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?
62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?
63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?
64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?
65. How does your character feel about growing old?
66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?
67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?
68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?
69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?
70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.
71. What was your character’s last nightmare?
72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?
73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?
74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?
75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?
76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?
77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?
78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?
79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?
80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?
81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?
82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?
83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?
84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?
85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?
86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?
87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?
88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?
89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?
90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?
91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?
92. With whom does your character live?
93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?
94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?
95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?
96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?
97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?
98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?
99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?
100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?
101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?
102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?
103. Where does your character feel most safe?
104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?
105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?
106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?
107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?
108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?
109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.
110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?
111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?
112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?
113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?
114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?
115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.
116. How does your character feel about material possessions?
117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?
118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?
119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.
120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?
121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?
122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?
123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?
124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?
125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?
126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?
127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?
128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?
129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?
130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?
131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?
132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?
133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?
134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?
135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?
136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?
137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?
138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?
139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?
140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?
141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?
142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?
143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?
144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?
145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?
146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?
147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?
148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?
149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?
150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?
151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?
152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?
153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?
154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?
155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?
156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?
157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?
158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?
159. Has your character ever killed anyone?
160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?
161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?
162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?
163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?
164. What sense of humor does your character have?
165. Is your character ambitious?
166. What makes your character proud?
167. What makes your character embarrassed?
168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?
169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?
170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?
171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?
172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?
173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?
174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.
175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.
176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?
177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?
178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?
179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?
180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?
181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?
182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.
183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.
184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?
185. Is there anyone your character despises?
186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?
187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?
188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?
189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.
190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.
191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?
192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?
193. What is your character’s romantic history?
194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?
195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?
196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?
197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on her.
198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.
199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?
200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?
201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?
202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?
203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?
204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?
205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?
206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?
207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?
208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?
209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?
210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)
211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?
212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?
213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?
214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?
215. How physically healthy is your character?
216. How mentally healthy is your character?
217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?
218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?
219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?
220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.
221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.
222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?
223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?
224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?
225. How easily does your character relate to others?
226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?
227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?
228. What was the last medical problem your character had?
229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.
230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?
231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?
232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?
233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?
234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?
235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?
236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?
237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?
238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?
239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?
240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?
241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?
242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?
243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?
244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?
245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?
246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?
247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?
248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.
249. Describe your character’s dream home.
250. Describe your character’s childhood home.
251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?
252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?
253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?
254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?
255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?
256. How does your character view the opposite sex?
257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?
258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?
259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?
260. What does your character feel most confident about?
261. What does your character feel least confident about?
262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?
263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?
264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?
265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?
266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?
267. In what arena is your character most competitive?
268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?
269. On what does your character spend his/her money?
270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?
271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?
272. Has your character ever watched someone die?
273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?
274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?
275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?
276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?
277. How well does your character handle change?
278. Does your character enjoy surprises?
279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?
280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?
281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?
282. How does your character greet others?
283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?
284. Does your character swear?
285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?
286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?
287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?
288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?
289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?
290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?
291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?
292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?
293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?
294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?
295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?
296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?
297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?
298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?
299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?
300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?
301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?
302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?
303. Does your character like poetry?
304. What is your character’s energy level?
305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?
306. Has your character ever had a mentor?
307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?
308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?
309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?
310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?
311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?
312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?
313. In what ways does your character annoy others?
314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.
315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.
316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?
317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?
318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?
319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?
320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?
321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?
322. Does your character have any interest in history?
323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?
324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?
325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?
326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?
327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?
328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?
329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?
330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?
331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?
332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?
333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?
334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?
335. Describe your character’s soulmate. [/blockquote][/color]

[matthewfairfax]

LAST UPDATED: Febuary 21, 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer, 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her?
Matt’s first name seems common, seeing how he had met another two Matthews in the muggle town he lives in. Even though it is common, he doesn’t really mind it that much. As it turns out, ‘Matthew’ means ‘gift from God’, which seemed rather ironic. He never really was the religious type. While there might be some kind of controlling spiritual force up in the sky somewhere, it never seemed to affect him too much. His life was his own.
Toivo, Matthew’s middle name, is actually the Finnish word for ‘hope.’ This was particularly significant for his muggle-born mother, who, against the odds, married a pure-blood. The idea that perhaps not every person could be judged by who they were considered to be. She was so happy with her life and handsome husband at the times when Matthew was born, but not much later, life took a turn for the worst when love had faded away and replaced with bitter scorn, making his name seem almost ironic. Today, Matthew’s personality is shaped by his own hope and optimism for people, despite the tragic turns it takes.
Fairfax is his father’s name, the only man he hated for his entire life. His mother was betrayed by his father, so he could go back into his beloved pure-blood society life. This unfortunate add-on to Matthew’s name is a burden when it comes to his social life, where people sometimes associate the name with the stingy, materialistic, horrible upper crust. Matthew constantly worked to show that he’s the exception to the upbringing, that’s he’s more than the son of David Fairfax.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?
Guessing that it would still be winter break, he’d be wandering the muggle town of Upper Flagley, either hanging out with a few of his childhood friends that happen to be in town, or chatting up a girl with his usual flirting. Typical.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?
Hmm, Matthew’s never really been one for vanity, although he does think he looks pretty good already. So, nothing?

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?
Ha, Matt likes to style it a number of different ways! His favorite three would consist of spiking it up in the front (which he finds to be the most stylish), professionally combing it sidways, or leting it dry naturally so it hangs over his eyes a little. He cares for it a bit more than a normal guy probably would, seeing how he's practically a peacock trying to attract mates. -eyeroll.-

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity?
When he's in the muggle world, it's football (American soccer), because he grew up playing it with his muggle friends. In the wizarding world, his answer is Quidditch, of course!

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?
Thaaat would be running for the heck of it. Like, for fun. "Is that even possible? What's the point?! Augh!"

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?

10. What is your character’s favorite season?

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?
He used to have a brown lab named Missy when he was younger. Loved that dog. He practically grew up with her as his few friends. Ha, but his father hated her. Matt didn't care, though. She died about midway through his second year, with only a short letter from his father notifying him of the loss. He hasn't had a pet since, other than the two family owls.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?
Haha! He'd probably pick it up and wave it around, showing it off. He loves nature. And strange things.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?
He'd shake his head, then say, "Eh, no one worth mentioning. Just my sister and my dad." He doesn't like talking about it too much.

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?
Matt's a night owl, for sure. He's usually up reading/writing past midnight. For the social person that he is, he likes his quiet time.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color?

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?

31. What is your character’s favorite animal?

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?

38. Does your character know how to swim?

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?


43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?
He'd probably try to talk his way out of it. Matt can be pretty convincing when he wants to be.

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective?

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?
His Father: "He could have been pretty well off in the pureblood community if he hadn't gone off with all of those mudblood kids and had gone soft."

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?

92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?

309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate. [/blockquote][/color]

[Imogen Sauveterre]

So because Mr. Fleming got a bit WORDY *glares at him* I have to make two posts so I deleted the original and I'm putting them back to back. Yes. I realise I'll be editing like whoa but whatever.

LAST UPDATED: 21 February 2010
ISS TIMELINE: Summer 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her?
Imogen absolutely loves her first name. She's never met anyone else with it, nor has she heard of anyone with it. She loves that it's unique to the point where it's just ridiculous, in a very good way. If there was ever anything she just loved her parents for, it'd be that they made the right damn choice when they chose to called her "Imogen". However, they had to go and place "Amy" after it, something so horrendously common that a lot of the time, Imogen simply pretends she doesn't even have a middle name. Sauveterre shows her French pureblood heritage, which she doesn't mind so much, so long as people realise that she's NOT French and had absolutely no interest in that aspect of her bloodline whatsoever. Or the language.
2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing?
Imogen typically goes home for the holidays, so she's probably in her room reading a book or working on homework. Or chasing Genevieve and threatening to hex her straight to hell if she doesn't give her damn diary back. Imogen's not really a daydreamer, despite being imaginative, so she wouldn't be off in her won little world. She's in reality, every little bit of her. She's probably indoors, since Imogen never really was a fan of snow, though if it's a light winter she might be down by the harbour.
3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be?
Oh good lord. Everything. She hates the fact that she's so tall, so she'd make herself at least three inches shorter. She doesn't mind the fact that she's not curved like the Nile, but she wouldn't mind just looking a touch more...feminine...on top. God, and her face is so disproportionate that "pretty" just doesn't make sense. Her eyelids don't match, her lips are wonky, her facial bone structure is just off... her entire face is just so weird that she would just love it if she could create a Permajuice Potion and change how she looks forever.
4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it?
Imogen tends to keep her hair long and down. She keeps it neatly brushed and clean and untangled. Whether it decides to curl or wave or remain straight doesn't matter to her, really. Imogen didn't really choose it. She's always preferred herself with longer hair, just because... well... it looks nicer on her than any other style. She often has a fringe sweeping across her forehead, as well. To be completely honest, Imogen doesn't spend much time fretting over her hair. It's long, like she wants, and so long as it's clean and presentable, everything's fine. ... It does smell like kiwis, though. It's her shampoo. She likes it.
5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity?
Oh, horseback riding, definitely. Imogen just freaking loves it. She first rode a horse when she was four, and cried for an hour after she was told she had to get off. Fortunately, a family friend had owned the horse, and they visited often enough that she was able to get in the saddle quite often. When Imogen was seven, she spent her whole summer at the stable, riding nearly every single day and being specially instructed in proper equestrian technique. Her lessons continued weekly into the school months in weekend lessons, and Imogen caught on and learned rather quickly. She loved the speedy horses, and was eager to learned to jump. By the time she was eleven and received her Hogwarts letter, Imogen was a better, more dedicated rider than her parents ever imagined she would be, and it broke her heart that she had to stop just so she could go to a private school for ten months of the year. Every summer, though, she makes a point of going to the stable each weekend to ride again. She just... there's never been a more liberating and yet more connected feeling than when she's on a horse, communicating with another living thing through body signals alone. And nothing beats the thrill of taking off at a full-out gallop across a field. Nothing.
6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not?
Nah, Imogen hasn't ever climbed a tree. She's never felt like she needed to do so. She's not a monkey, despite what Aidan Donnelly says. She doesn't see why she should have to climb a tree when it wasn't an escape tactic or something. Really, she's never seen the appeal of tree climbing. It's just a bunch of silliness, really.
7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?
punch a bitch She'll try to ignore her, but if she gets a dirty look or comment? Yeah, she's gonna make a smartass remark that'll just end in trouble.
8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?
Warmth. Imogen loves it when it's nice and warm outside, maybe around 18°C. Perfect weather for riding outdoors, she figures. Or, whatever, being being outdoors. Imogen likes outside, when the weather calls for it. Winter, nope. But summer when it's lovely and heated? Sure, why not.
10. What is your character’s favorite season?
Autumn. Not only does she get to go back to school and see her friends again, but all the leaves turn this incredible shade of scarlet. Imogen loves scarlet. It's her absolute favourite colour. It's so beautiful, but it's got an edge to it. And it can be a name, and plus, "The Scarlet Letter" was an awesome book, even if she was only able to read it once because Genevieve accidentally knocked it into the bathtub.
11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict?

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they?
Her family has an old barn owl that Simon oh-so-creatively dubbed Mr. Owl when he was three. Imogen herself has a Northern Pygmy owl named Igor. She wants a horse rather badly - good lord, she'd love to raise Granians, as the Sauveterres used to do in France generations ago - but knows that it's not a possibility. She's never around to care for a horse, she doesn't live on a farm, and it's probably not a financial possibility anyway. Still, it's a dream that she plans on working toward.
13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do?
Uh, nothing. Probably watches it. Bugs don't really bother her. She might flick it off after a moment, but really, she's fine. It's not like it was a snake or something.
14. What does your character eat for breakfast?

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?
THUNDERSTORMS. Imogen has NO idea of where this terror came from, but she is scared to death of thunderstorms. Lightning flashes and she'll shudder. Thunder booms and she'll start to shake and shut her eyes. It absolutely embarrasses her, since no one's been afraid of thunderstorms since they were, what, six? But whatever, she's scared of them.
16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory?

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?
Well, Imogen does keep a diary. The thing is, I don't know if she'd visit the happier memories and days as much as her mistakes. Imogen has horrible guilt issues and has a tendency to not be able to let go of certain things, and visiting the harsher memories... it's like... a reminder that she did something wrong, even though she doesn't need a reminder. It's more proof. There's the evidence that she didn't imagine it and whatnot. Sad.
18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?
Winter. Must as Imogen is afraid of thunderstorms, she absolutely detests snow. Winter makes her miserable, and miserable is something she would rather not be, thank you very much. It's always cold, and snow is wet, and difficult to move through. Sure, snowball fights are hecka fun - when you win, and yes, she's glaring at you, Mr. Fleming - but really, when your nose is runny and your teeth are chattering, there's an issue. Plus, Imogen is pretty much always cold anyway. Winter just makes it that much worse, ugh.
20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely?
She's an evening person, I suppose. Imogen is not a morning person. She can be exceptionally cranky and irritable upon waking. As well, when she wakes up in a "new" place, the first couple times she's very confused as to her whereabouts. She likes getting a full night of sleep, but her mind is most active in the afternoon/evening, and she prefers to get her shit done then and whatnot.
22. What is your character’s least favorite color?
Orange. She doesn't like it. It clashes too much with scarlet! Not that Imogen, uh, necessarily thinks about what colours may or may not clash, because that... that would just be ridiculous. And girly. ... She doesn't like orange, end of story.
23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
HAHA. Orange, to Imogen is a "sick" colour. As in, she tends to associate orange with someone who's ill or something. She doesn't really know why, but whenever she thinks of someone who's sick, the colour orange comes to mind.
24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next?
Imogen laughs. No, really. She laughs. She's not happy to see blood on the floor, not by any means. It's just her reaction to it. She's shocked to see it, and she's scared, and she doesn't know whose it is or where it came from or why it's there. Her first reaction is to laugh because it's so scary and strange, oddly enough. She thinks someone's hurt. A family member. She thinks the situation is bad. Very, very bad. What if the attacker is still in the house? Shit, what if the attacker is someone she knows? She hopes it's not one of her parents or siblings. After seeing the blood and realising that she could also be in danger, Imogen leaves. She knows her abilities. She knows that she's neither Healer nor Auror. She's a skilled witch but she's not trained for combat and she'd only make an open wound worse with trying to heal it. So she leaves and goes to a neighbour's home, where she contacts Muggle authorities first before somehow, secretly alerting the Ministry. She has no idea of it was a Muggle or wizard that invaded, after all. This is all assuming there was quite a bit of blood, of course. If it's just a little, like a drop, Imogen wonder whose it is, what happened, and calls them a lazy dumbass under her breath while she wipes it up with a paper towel.
25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.
Describe? Really?
26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.
Uneventful, because Imogen doesn't tell people when exactly her birthday is. She doesn't like people giving her presents and stuff, it's pointless. So her birthday is like any other day. Well, except for Violet Stevens wishing her a happy birthday, since she's the only one outside of family who actually knows the exact date.
27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal?
SNAKE OH MY GOD SNAKE. Imogen HATES snakes. She's absolutely terrified of them. If they don't kill you by biting you and injecting your body with deadly venom, they coil their bodies around you and SQUEEZE until your bones have all broken and crushed your insides and you can't breathe AND THEN THEY FUCKING EAT YOU WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT ABOUT. No, Imogen does NOT like snakes. At. All.
29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?
Well, scarlet is Imogen's favourite colour, and scarlet is a shade of red. Seeing red doesn't necessarily make Imogen happy, per se, but there is an odd sort of satisfaction from it given that it's her favourite. She finds red to be a very bold colour, something she likes in a strange way. It - she can't really explain it, but she just loves scarlet. Red. It doesn't really make her think of anything n particular, but she loves it.
30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react?
Imogen's quick. She makes a comment right back. And if she feels insulted and angry enough, she has no problem with being just as crude. She doesn't enjoy it, but she can do it.
31. What is your character’s favorite animal?
It's a horse. Imogen feels there's no animal more majestic than a horse. Shut up, she knows it's girly. She loves them.
32. What is your character’s favorite beverage?
FIREWHISKEY. End of story.
33. What is your character’s least favorite food?
Squid. Her mother made it once. The smell of it was bad enough. The rubbery texture was just awful. The taste was wretched. The whole experience of eating it was unpleasant. And to add insult to injury - or injury to insult? - she ended up getting wicked bad food poisoning from it. Yeah, fucking pleasant as hell.
34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)?

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)?

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it?

38. Does your character know how to swim?
Of course Imogen knows how to swim. She learned in the darn ocean, currents and tides and waves and everything. Imogen is actually a very strong swimmer, but as siwmming generally involves partial nudity, it's something she doesn't do too often. She's just really not comfortable with showcasing her body. It's not just a shyness and modesty thing - well, yes, that's a big part of it - but she doesn't want people to see her dermatillomania scars. They humiliate her. She's incredibly ashamed of them, and would rather no one ever see them, thanks.
39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water?
She literally lives BY THE OCEAN. Imogen LOVES large bodies of water. The hell kind of question is that anyway?
40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life?

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do?

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective?

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character?
Horse-back riding. God, she loves it.
54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like?

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?
Imogen accepts it. She figures she'd rather know when she's gonna die and how rather than just being randomly decapitated by a bus one day. Though she looks back on how she got the injury and thinks that she could have done something different - anything different - and wouldn't have been injured so badly and she kinda beats herself up about that inside. And then she'd feel absolutely horrible because her friends have to deal with her dying and she has to force them to deal with the premature loss when there was something that she could have done to prevent--and she'd probably die in the middle of that thought. Happy times.
64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?
Dear god, Imogen dies of fright before the venom shuts her body down. She's absolutely terrified of snakes, and the very idea of being bitten by one - especially a venomous one - has her shaking.
65. How does your character feel about growing old?

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality?

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in?
Haha. She's not the most physically fit individual. She's always been a skinny kid, even more so after her growth spurt, so she's... pretty damn thin lol. She doesn't have a lot of muscle, at all. She's not skin and bone but yeah, she's quiiiite skinny.
69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?
Imogen doesn't really daydream. She prefers to live in reality. She can get on nonsensical rambles inside her head on unimportant bullshit, but it's always on something real and happening in the "now" rather than some fantasy.
74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?
Most of the time, yeah, she does. She doesn't particularly like dreaming. Her dreams are often realistic, and can be so similar to life that sometimes she can't tell the difference between something in her head versus something that actually happened. That frustrates her to no end.
76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white?
Colour. Life is in colour, so why shouldn't her dreams be?
77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?
Strangely, the first thing Imogen thinks is "Of course". I can't really explain why that's her first thought. I guess she just thinks it's typical that one day, the sun simply doesn't rise. Mildly morbid there, Imogen. After this, she wonders why the sun didn't rise and what the hell the problem is... but she just continues about her day as normal. Weirdo.
79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world?
Sebastian James Fleming.
82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory?

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like?

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)?
No one in Imogen’s life has ever meant as much to her as Ian Fleming. Their friendship really isn’t that old, but they’re “instabesties” for a reason. One of her biggest insecurities and secrets is her dermatillomania, something she’s only fully explained to Violet Stevens. It’s something she thinks she keeps well-hidden, so when Ian passed her a note one day saying that she was picking again, Imogen was quite shocked. A short conversation later, and Imogen was hooked. It wasn’t as though they immediately blurted secrets to each other, but they understood each other in unspoken personal ways that, quite honestly, are unexplainable. But that’s okay. Imogen doesn’t need words to define her relationship with Ian. Words can’t define it, anyway. She absolutely loves her best friend, that much can be said for certain. It’s not a sibling love, or parental, or platonic. Oh no, she’s not in love with him. God, no. But labelling it as “platonic” just really seems to limit how much she loves him, as though she has to stop at a certain point. Really, Imogen loves Ian unconditionally, no matter what. She trusts him more than she’s ever trusted any person in the world. He doesn’t know everything about her, but a lot of the time he has a better idea of who Imogen really is than she does herself. In fact, they know surprisingly few facts about each other. But they get each other. It’s not like Imogen can list off reasons why she loves him. She can’t define little things like that – well, she doesn’t want to define little things like that. Why do people need to know her reasons for loving him? In any case, if she absolutely had to answer the question of “Why do you love Ian?”... her answer would be “Because he’s Ian.” He’s Ian, and she loves him for who he is, always.
88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it?

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it?
Ian Fleming. Good god, see above.
91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend?
No.
92. With whom does your character live?

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line?
Leo, if Imogen could call a dead person. Failing that? Her best friend, Ian Fleming. Duh.
94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?
Easter. What? She likes chocolate and all the Easter candy.
98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her?

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?
She feels she's responsible for the suicide of a close friend. No one but her family knows about him. No one knows that she feels she's responsible for it.
101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them?
Imogen has an old brother and a little sister. She's not on the best of terms with either of them. When she was growing up, Simon used to tease her horribly about her appearance. She always had big eyes and a big mouth, and Simon teased her horribly for those. He teased her about her baby fat until she was fourteen and had gone through her growth spurt that slimmed her out. After that, he started teasing her about her gangly limbs and how she was a beanpole and so much taller than most girls her age. Simon teases her about her appearance far too much for Imogen's liking, but she bugs him about being a stupid douchebag, so it all works out. Genevieve, on the other hand... Imogen's relationship with Genevieve is incredibly complicated. She grew up loathing her sister and jealous of her for all the attention she got. Genevieve was beautiful from birth, and she was often referred to as "the pretty one" by others. Imogen never really trusted her sister, or liked her, even. And Genevieve was a strange kid, in Imogen's opinion. But it was her who managed to comfort Imogen when she needed it most, so Imogen secretly vowed to be nice to her sister from then on out. Well, as nice as her sister allowed her to be. All the same, she still doesn't trust her, and things have become tense between them again as years go on.
102. What is your character’s favorite hangout?

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession?

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?
Professor McGonagall. She doesn't put up with bullshit, and she's absolutely hilarious. Imogen does her work rather well and is a good student in class, so she's on McG's good side, and she just loves her dry wit and often smirks her way through class.
126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it?

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?
Depending on how guilty they could make her feel? It would be exceptionally easy. And Imogen tends to feel guilty for a lot of things. At first, she'd try to stand up for herself, but if the blackmailer kept picking at her guilt, she would eventually give in.
129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her?
Seriously? No. Imogen is snorting at this question. She doesn't believe it.
131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times?

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life?
Actually, yes. Imogen can be rather addictive. It's weird, though, because her addictions tend to be people rather than substances. She can become obsessed with figuring out and fixing one person, and the feeling she gets from being successful is like her high and it's hard for her to stop.
138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw?

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength?

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?
As told by Ian Fleming:

Her sense of shame and guilt. It’s debilitating to her. She blames herself for shit that wasn't her fault, she thinks she's hideous when she's really one of the most beautiful people I've ever met, and she has a ridiculously difficult time forgiving herself for anything, even when I point out to her face how she can and why she should. She has such a low opinion of herself sometimes, which makes it easy for her to put all this guilt and shame on herself when she really doesn't need to. She doesn’t let go of it. She can be so utterly convinced of her lack of self-worth that it’s hard for her to move on past anything. Sometimes it stops her from going after what she really wants, because she feels like she doesn't deserve it, and it stops her from accepting that she's beautiful when she really is. She picks on her own appearance, you know. She looks for things that are wrong with herself when she doesn’t need to. When people tell her she’s pretty, she won’t let herself fully believe it, even though it’s fucking obvious, because in her mind, that can’t possibly be true. Something has to be wrong with the way she looks or the way she acts. Something has to be wrong with her. I know she’s not perfect, no one is, but that doesn’t mean she needs to focus on her flaws, whether they’re real or imaginary. She doesn’t have to be perfect. She should know that. She thinks she knows it, but she doesn’t really quite believe it. Otherwise she wouldn’t beat herself up about shit as much as she does. In a sense, she wants something to be wrong with her, so that when shit happens, she has an explanation for it. She has such low self-esteem that sometimes she even tries to validate her own low opinion of herself by getting other people to think the same way about her. She can be so self-destructive sometimes that I have to worry about her, and I wish I didn’t. It's so damn hard for her to let go. When she makes a mistake, she ends up thinking more than she needs to about what she should or shouldn't have done, when it’s already over and what she should really do is figure out what she needs to do now and just do it. She has such a hard time letting go of the past that she fucks over her own future. It isn’t that she can’t fathom what she needs to do to move on. Imogen is smart enough to see reason when it’s pointed out to her, and she’s usually perceptive enough to see it for herself. She has the ability to see reality, to see sense. But she can be pretty damn stubborn about holding on to her guilt. Sometimes she already knows the answer. But then her emotions cloud her judgment, and she loses the confidence she needs to make the decisions that she needs to make. Her self-doubt paralyzes her, makes it hard for her to actually solve her problems instead of just worrying about them. I don’t hold it against her, it happens to everyone. But I wish she would learn to just let go. When her emotions are going haywire, she clamps down and tries to make sense of what’s happening. She hates feeling out of control. When all she has is questions, she just wants an answer. So when something goes wrong and she can’t find a good enough reason to blame someone else, she blames herself. It gives her something to understand, and if there’s anything Imogen likes to do, it’s understand. She wants things to make sense. She can’t understand that sometimes shit happens and it doesn’t have to be anyone’s fault. There doesn't always have to be someone to blame. She always wants to know whose fault it is, when it doesn’t even fucking matter. And when she can’t figure it out, she ends up thinking that she must be the one who fucked up. It’s stupid and fucking egocentric. She lets her mistakes haunt her when she doesn’t need to. There’s no reason for her to hold on that tightly. It doesn’t help anything. It doesn’t solve her problems, and it doesn’t make her or anyone else happy. Blame, for Imogen… it stays blame. When she thinks she’s done something bad enough, she holds on to the guilt and the blame, and she doesn’t try to go after solutions. I love her, and I wish she didn’t have to be this way, but that won’t change until she learns how to just let go. I wish she wouldn’t put her mistakes above her merits, and I wish she could just let herself be happy.

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength?

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life?

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do?

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?
Imogen grew up by the ocean and her father fishes for a living. Of course she knows how to fish. Her biggest catch was a 12lb bull huss. She's fine at it. It's not something she enjoys as much as other little hobbies, but she can do it.
153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it?

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger?

159. Has your character ever killed anyone?
She says she did.
160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines?

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have?

165. Is your character ambitious?

166. What makes your character proud?

167. What makes your character embarrassed?

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168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street?

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?
Absolutely nothing. With the exception of Violet Stevens, no one at Hogwarts even knows when her birthday is. Imogen doesn't like to make a big deal wout of it. She doesn't like the whole presents thing, the big deal made about a day that's really no different than any other day. It's silly.
174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination?

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?
To be completely, totally, one hundred percent honest? Imogen is utterly confused by sex. Sure, fine, it's all great for procreation and survival of the species - not that Imogen ever wants little munchkins running around her feet - but... well, honestly? She doesn't understand what's so great about it. Okay, so, Imogen's never actually had sex, but she knows the ins-and-outs of it enough from books she's read/friends talking about it/overhearing her parents giving her brother the sex talk years and years ago/the fact that she's intelligent enough to figure it out... anyway. So maybe it's a case of "lolz she doesn't know what she's missing" but honestly, she doesn't think that's the case. She just doesn't see the big deal and is rather uninterested in the whole thing. Meh, maybe it's because she just comfortable around guys. Hell, her best friends are guys. She's so used to being around them as just a friend that she's not sure she'd know how to handle proper girlfriend responsibilities. Such as putting out. In any case, she knows that she doesn't want to have sex with someone she's not in love with. But at the same time, she's not sure if love is really real, or what it feels like, and she's too young to know that anyhow. So how the hell would she know it when it came along? Whatever. Imogen still feels that sex is probably the most awkward, uncomfortable, over-rated activity a person could engage in, next to Quidditch. She can leave the sleeping around up to her friends, kthanks.
178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received?

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone?

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect?

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose?

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose?

201. Is your character a follower, a rebel, or a leader?

202. Your character wakes up in his/her home and smells smoke. What does he/she do?

203. What’s the strangest thing your character has ever done?

204. What social niche did your character fill as a child—bully, nerd, cool kid, something else?

205. What’s the luckiest thing that has ever happened to your character?

206. What’s the worst stroke of fortune your character has ever had?

207. If your character had nearly unlimited wealth, what would he/she spend it on?

208. Who’s the craziest person your character has ever known, and what was their relationship like?

209. How does your character want to make a living, and why has he/she chosen that route?

210. If your character had a theme song, what would it be? (You can either pick a real song or make one up.)

211. How would your character court the person of his/her dreams?

212. How does your character prefer to solve minor arguments with others?

213. What is the worst tragedy your character has ever personally witnessed?

214. If your character were a writer, what type of material would he/she write?

215. How physically healthy is your character?

216. How mentally healthy is your character?

217. How does your character feel about doctors/Healers?

218. If your character could be someone else, who would he/she want to be?

219. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

220. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s inner nature.

221. Pick three adjectives that best describe your character’s outer manner.

222. What is your character’s view on basic human nature?

223. How does your character view animals—as pests, pets, workers, or dangers? Are pets viewed more as family or as second-class citizens? How far would he/she go to protect or take care of an animal?

224. How generous is your character toward strangers? With his/her time? His/her money? His/her aid in times of crisis? His/her attitudes? His/her emotional support?

225. How easily does your character relate to others?

226. Does your character prefer adventure or security?

227. Is your character a dreamer, or are his/her feet firmly planted on the ground?

228. What was the last medical problem your character had?

229. Picture a shelf in your character’s library. List the titles of the books on that shelf.

230. How does your character prefer to celebrate his/her victories and successes?

231. What is your character’s view on privacy—his/hers and others’?

232. What double standards does your character hold? How does he/she expect to be treated differently from the ways in which he/she treats others? Does he/she acknowledge this double standard or deny it?

233. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

234. What would your character like to see written on his/her tombstone?

235. What is the most shameful thing that has ever happened to your character?

236. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to your character?

237. If your character had to pick one popular saying to embody his/her philosophy toward life, what would it be?

238. In terms of romantic relationships, what is your character’s “type”? What does he/she think his/her type is?

239. Who has most influenced your character’s development as a person?

240. Did your character have any heroes as a child?

241. What is the best vacation your character has ever taken?

242. What is the most memorable romantic encounter your character has ever had?

243. What is the biggest lie your character has ever told?

244. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever done?

245. Has your character ever broken any laws? Did he/she get caught?

246. Who was/were your character’s best friend(s) during childhood?

247. If your character were to paint the inside of his/her house, what color scheme would he/she use?

248. Write a holiday gift wish-list from your character's point of view at his/her current age.

249. Describe your character’s dream home.

250. Describe your character’s childhood home.

251. What is the most cruel and hurtful thing your character has ever said?

252. How good is your character at manipulating other people? To what end does he/she do it?

253. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning, either formal or informal?

254. What are your character’s beliefs regarding death and the afterlife?

255. What does your character believe to be his/her purpose in life?

256. How does your character view the opposite sex?

257. What does your character consider to be the most beautiful thing he/she’s ever seen?

258. What does your character consider to be the ugliest thing he/she’s ever seen?

259. How does your character feel about the idea of owning his/her own home?

260. What does your character feel most confident about?

261. What does your character feel least confident about?

262. Your character wakes up to find a poisonous spider on his/her pillow next to his/her head. What does he/she do?

263. How far does your character believe he/she would go to achieve his/her most cherished goal? How far would he/she really go?

264. Someone grabs the last of something your character wants to purchase before he/she can pick it up. How does he/she respond?

265. What character trait most annoys your character when he/she experiences it in others?

266. What’s the worst injury your character has ever received?

267. In what arena is your character most competitive?

268. Does your character feel responsible for anyone besides him/herself?

269. On what does your character spend his/her money?

270. What’s the worst illness your character has ever experienced?

271. What’s the worst illness your character has ever witnessed?

272. Has your character ever watched someone die?

273. Has your character ever been witness to a serious crime?

274. How does your character view minor violations of the law?

275. Does your character have a sense of “personal space”?

276. Does your character have any artistic talents, such as writing, painting, playing an instrument, or singing? Are they well developed or raw and untrained? Secret or public?

277. How well does your character handle change?

278. Does your character enjoy surprises?

279. Does your character tend to follow fads and trends? Does he/she studiously avoid them? Or does he/she do his own thing without worrying about it either way?

280. How does your character approach work? Is he/she organized and methodical? Disorganized and wild? Energetic and enthusiastic? Lazy and unconcerned? Something else entirely?

281. What does your character do, if anything, to take care of and preserve his/her own health?

282. How does your character greet others?

283. Does your character have any speech habits (such as ‘um,’ ‘like,’ or ‘you know’) that he/she repeats often while speaking?

284. Does your character swear?

285. Does your character have a large vocabulary? If so, does he/she like to use it in conversation?

286. How well does your character handle difficult or recalcitrant people?

287. How does your character deal with people who are angry with him/her?

288. How does your character respond when he/she is unjustly accused of something?

289. What sort of relationship does your character have with his/her teachers?

290. Does your character supervise anyone? If so, how good is he/she at it? How does he/she handle problems? If not, does he/she want to? Would he/she be good at it?

291. How does your character prefer to remember the important moments in his/her life? Does he/she talk about them to set them in his/her mind? Does he/she take photos? Does he/she write about them? Does he/she carefully commit them to memory?

292. How would your character respond if someone else took credit for his/her work?

293. How does your character feel about protecting the environment? If he/she cares about it, what does he/she do about it? What doesn’t he/she do that he/she knows he/she could?

294. What are your character’s views on fame? Would he/she want to be famous? Would he/she really like it if he/she became famous, or would it be too much for him/her?

295. Your character wakes up in a room and bed he/she doesn’t recognize. What does he/she do? Where is he/she? How did he/she get here?

296. What are your character’s views on the poor and destitute? What separates him/her from these people, if anything? How would he/she handle it (and how would his/her views change) if he/she became one of these people?

297. Does your character hold any beliefs or views that others would consider disturbing, distasteful, offensive, or sickening? What has resulted in these beliefs or views? Does your character understand that others would find these views disturbing?

298. When your character interacts with others in a social setting, what does he/she most crave, psychologically speaking? Companionship? Attention? Approval? How does this affect his/her behavior?

299. Does your character enjoy shopping? Hate it? Tolerate it?

300. Does your character get along with his/her dormmates? Tolerate them? Feud with them? Avoid them?

301. How do your characters’ dormmates view him/her and his/her living habits?

302. How well does your character take care of his/her belongings?

303. Does your character like poetry?

304. What is your character’s energy level?

305. Has your character ever been truly, madly, deeply in love?

306. Has your character ever had a mentor?

307. Has your character ever been an inspiration to anyone? Has he/she ever wanted to be or thought that he/she was?

308. Has your character ever let someone down who was depending on him/her?
Yes. She was selfish and nasty to him when he needed her most. He ended up killing himself because of it.
309. Where does your character fall on an order vs. chaos spectrum?

310. Where does your character fall on a good vs. evil spectrum?

311. Where does your character fall on a kindness vs. cruelty spectrum?

312. Where does your character fall on a cynicism vs. hopefulness spectrum?

313. In what ways does your character annoy others?

314. Make a “pet peeve” list for your character, either in general or with respect to a certain issue.

315. Pick an issue your character has an interest in, and make a wish list from his/her point of view with respect to that issue.

316. Does your character have any responsibilities he/she feels he/she can’t handle? Why did he/she take them on? What is he/she doing about them?

317. Does your character have any psychological hang-ups where money is concerned?

318. How does your character feel about different types of terrain—jungle, beaches, mountains, forest, plains, ocean, etc.? Does he/she have a favorite and/or least favorite type? Does he/she associate any particularly pleasant or traumatic past events with any type of terrain?

319. Does your character enjoy the natural world, or is he/she a city boy/girl through-and-through?

320. Does your character have a green thumb? If he/she doesn’t, does he/she try to grow things anyway? How do they come out? What does he/she grow?

321. How does your character feel about water? Does he/she like to swim? Go boating? Is he/she afraid of the water?

322. Does your character have any interest in history?

323. Does your character have any interest in the human mind and how it works?

324. What sorts of dreams does your character typically have?

325. How does your character feel about the concepts of fate and destiny?

326. Under ordinary circumstances, what would your character consider to be a crisis?

327. Are there any beverages or foods that your character insists on having every day?

328. If someone told your character today that he/she was destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would he/she react?

329. How would/did your character handle the deaths of his/her parents or siblings?

330. Is there anyone in his/her family your character refuses to speak to or have any contact with? If not, is there anyone else in his/her family who refuses to speak to or have any contact with someone else? If so, how does your character feel about this?

331. Is there anyone whose welfare your character feels responsible for?

332. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility, and what kinds of things trigger it?

333. Is there anyone whose forgiveness your character desires? What for?

334. Has your character ever hurt someone and secretly felt good about it?

335. Describe your character’s soulmate.

[Ian Fleming]

LAST UPDATED: August 18, 2010 January 11, 2011
ISS TIMELINE: September 1977

1. What does your character’s name mean to him/her? Why, yes, he does happen to share a name with the creator of James Bond. Well, his full name is Sebastian James Fleming. Sebastian is his paternal grandfather's name, and James is his maternal grandfather's name. So I guess he figures that his parents named him that way to show love and respect for their fathers? When they were alive, his parents both called him Sebastian, and sometimes his dad would use Seb as a nickname and Bastian when he was teasing. After both of his parents died and he moved to his uncle Aaron's farm, it hurt too much for him to be called any of those names, so he asked his uncle to call him Ian. And then it just stuck. He's over it now, so he doesn't mind if anyone calls him by his real name, but he feels more like an Ian now anyway.

2. It’s January second. Where is your character today, and what is he/she doing? He's at home on the farm, just doing normal things. If he's not helping out with chores, he's probably just in the library reading a novel. Or in his bedroom looking at car magazines, LOL.

3. If your character could change one physical detail about him/herself, what would it be? Nothing. He accepts who he is and how he looks.

4. Describe your character’s hairstyle. Why did he/she choose it? How much does he/she care about it? It's short and doesn't require much upkeep. He chose it because it's convenient and feels best to him this way. He doesn't care too much about it. In his words, "It's hair."

5. What is your character’s favorite physical activity? Besides waffles (shh, LOL), probably horseback riding.

6. When was the last time your character climbed a tree? Why and under what circumstances? If he/she has never climbed one, why not? Hmm... Well, seeing as his many cousins always come to visit during the summer, I wouldn't be surprised if Ian had climbed a tree in the past few months while playing hide and seek with the younger ones.

7. Your character comes face-to-face with his/her worst enemy. What is his/her first reaction?

8. What is your character’s least favorite physical activity?

9. What is your character’s favorite weather?

10. What is your character’s favorite season? Summer, I think.

11. Your character keeps a photo album of memories from his/her lifetime. If he/she could only keep one photo, what would it depict? It would be a picture from his childhood of him, his mum, and his dad together, looking happy.

12. Does your character keep any pets? If so, what are they? From ages three to thirteen, he had a Shetland sheepdog named Abby, but it died. That summer, his uncle bought a black horse that became Ian's, and Ian named it Othello, after the Shakespearean character. When he went to Hogwarts, Ian also got an owl that he named d'Artagnan.

13. A very large centipede runs across your character’s leg. What does he/she do? He'd look at it, and if it just ran across his leg and didn't do anything else, he'd just go about his business as usual.

14. What does your character eat for breakfast?

15. What is your character’s least favorite weather?

16. What is your character’s fondest childhood memory? The last time he went to the park with his parents while they were both still alive.

17. If your character were in the habit of keeping a journal, what good memories could he/she go back and re-visit through that journal? Would he/she do so often?

18. What is your character’s favorite piece of artwork?

19. What is your character’s least favorite season?

20. Someone asks your character to describe his/her family. How does he/she answer?

21. Is your character a morning person, a night owl, or something else entirely? Ian is used to waking up a little earlier than most people. I don't know if he can be called a morning person because he's not necessarily at his most alert at that time, but he's definitely not a night owl. I guess he's fairly alert from morning to evening, and then he starts drifting off when it gets really late.

22. What is your character’s least favorite color? He doesn't really have one.

23. What does the color orange make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? Orange makes Ian think of fire, and it makes him feel warm.

24. Your character walks into his/her home and sees blood on the floor. What is his/her first reaction or thought? Why is there blood on the floor? Whose is it? What happens next? Oh, dear. Ian's first reaction is to feel extremely anxious. Blood on the floor could mean that someone, most likely his uncle Aaron, the only other person who lives there, is injured and possibly dying. But he'd stay calm, because it doesn't do any good if he's freaking out while someone possibly needs help. Instead of jumping to conclusions, he'd remind himself that it might just be an accident, and Aaron, or whoever it is, is taking care of the injury and hasn't come back to clean up the blood yet. He'd also consider the possibility that there was a struggle of some sort, in which case, the threat might still be in the house. If there isn't any other evidence, such as smashed or misplaced objects, however, he wouldn't consider it to be very likely. He'd also consider the possibility that it's not even human blood. For instance, maybe one of the dogs was injured and Aaron's taking care of it, or one of the other farm animals was injured and Aaron accidentally tracked its blood into the house. What happens next is that Ian checks quickly and thoroughly throughout the house to see if anyone's there, also keeping in mind that a dangerous intruder might still be around. If he can't find anyone, he'd call the nearest hospital to see if anyone was there who'd have come from his house. In short, Ian would feel extremely anxious about the possibility that someone could have been injured but stay calm while trying to ascertain what the problem was and what he needs to do next, because he doesn't think it does any good to fall to pieces while jumping to conclusions.

25. Describe the outside of your character’s home.

26. Describe a typical birthday for your character.

27. Which mythological figure best personifies your character?

28. What is your character’s least favorite animal? Ian doesn't dislike any animal in particular. I guess his least favorite would be the one that hurts people the most, whichever one that is.

29. What does the color red make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? The color red makes Ian think of blushing. He really likes it when girls blush, LOL, it's weird.

30. A stranger makes a crude comment to your character. How does he/she react? He'd probably raise an eyebrow at the comment, and depending on what it is, he might ask the stranger why he/she said that to him. He wouldn't let it get to him because the stranger has no idea who he is, and thus, no good basis on which to hurt him.

31. What is your character’s favorite animal? Either dogs or horses.

32. What is your character’s favorite beverage? Milk, maybe. He does live on a dairy farm.

33. What is your character’s least favorite food?

34. What does the color blue make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel?

35. How does your character feel when he/she visits someone in the hospital (or other major medical facility)? He feels pretty worried as long the person he's visiting is ill or injured. He'd want to stay with them until he's satisfied that they'll be okay.

36. Has your character ever had surgery (or other major medical treatment)? Well, he was hospitalized once at St. Mungo's to treat some broken bones when his horse threw him into a fence.

37. Does your character gamble? Is he/she good at it? He doesn't usually choose to gamble, but he'd probably be good at it if he did.

38. Does your character know how to swim? Yes, he does. There's a small body of water near his farm that he swims in sometimes. I think he learned in a swimming pool when he was a kid, though.

39. How does your character feel about large bodies of water? He likes them fine.

40. Does your character have any phobias? What are they, and how intense are they? How have they impacted his/her life? Uh... I guess his worst fear is that his friends and family will die of illness, but I don't suppose it's a real phobia because he doesn't have an excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid it. He's really just mostly concerned about it when someone's actually sick. Like, he doesn't freak out about people sneezing on his friends or something.

41. What does the color purple make your character think of? How does it make him/her feel? The color purple makes Ian think of flowers and also reminds him of Violet Stevens, LOL. It makes him feel... relaxed? Content, I guess.

42. Your character lies on his/her back on a summer day and looks up at the clouds. What images does he/she see in their shapes?

43. A terrible crime has been committed, and evidence points to your character’s guilt. He/she didn’t commit the crime, but he/she doesn’t have an immediate way to prove it. What does he/she do?

44. Your character witnesses a terrible crime being committed, and he/she sees the perpetrator’s face. He/she also knows that the perpetrator has friends in high places. What does he/she do? What if the perpetrator is someone he/she trusts and respects? How does he/she handle this?

45. Your character sees someone get hit by a car; the person is still alive but obviously badly injured. No one else is nearby to help. What does he/she do? Ian would try to help the injured person however he could, but not being a medical professional, he'd try to get the person to a hospital.

46. What is your character’s favorite piece of clothing?

47. How does your character dress on a typical day?

48. What is your character’s earliest clear memory?

49. How well can your character defend him/herself in a fight? Has he/she ever had to?

50. Is your character introspective? Oh, yes. Quite. Ian understands himself pretty well.

51. How opinionated is your character? Does he/she like to share those opinions with others or keep them to him/herself?

52. Is your character confident? Overconfident? Does he/she lack confidence?

53. What hobby or side interest is most important to your character? LOL, gosh. Ian loves cars. He has quite a collection of car magazines, which he looks through when he has free time. He likes classic cars a lot, and for some reason, he's rather enthusiastic about fixing them up. He helped the boys on a neighboring farm fix up a truck once, but he hasn't actually gotten to work on a classic car yet. I don't really get it, but the feeling he gets working on an automobile with his hands is just really fulfilling to him.

54. Open up your character’s drawers or wardrobe and describe what you find inside.

55. What does your character’s bedroom typically look like? It's not exactly organized, but it's neat and clean. It has a rather homey feel.

56. What style of furniture does your character prefer?

57. What style of furniture would your character never purchase?

58. Your character moves into a new home. What’s the first thing he/she buys for it?

59. What games did your character play as a child?

60. What does your character do for recreation?

61. It’s the first day of truly good weather that your character has seen this year. What does he/she do?

62. Your character is enjoying an outdoor activity away from civilization when a particularly bad storm hits. There are others with him/her, including children, and there is no man-made shelter nearby. What does he/she do?

63. A doctor/Healer tells your character that he/she has been fatally injured and that there is no hope for him/her. How does he/she handle the situation?

64. Your character is alone in the middle of nowhere. A snake bites him/her, and he/she’s pretty sure it’s a poisonous one. What does he/she do?

65. How does your character feel about growing old? He's fine with it. It's part of life.

66. How does your character feel about his/her own mortality? He accepts his eventual death as a fact of life, but he's in no hurry to get there.

67. What sort of diet does your character eat? Is he/she a vegetarian? Does he/she like meat? Does he/she prefer fresh foods, restaurant meals, or instant meals?

68. What kind of physical condition is your character in? He's pretty fit, kind of muscular. He does a lot of farm chores when he's at home, and he plays sports and stuff. And as Imogen has made pretty damn clear, his six pack is totally real.

69. How easily does your character get bored? How does he/she respond to boredom?

70. List everything that is most important to your character, including abstract principles such as freedom, physical things such as his/her home, and emotional things such as his/her mother/father. Go back and underline the things he/she would be willing to fight or die for.

71. What was your character’s last nightmare?

72. What was your character’s last pleasant dream?

73. When your character daydreams, what does he/she dream about?

74. What’s the worst nightmare your character remembers ever having?

75. Does your character typically remember his/her dreams?

76. Does your character typically dream in color, or in black and white? Ian dreams in color because he sees the world in color, and he's nothing if not a realist.

77. What, if any, chronic medical conditions does your character have, and how does he/she handle and treat them?

78. Your character gets up one morning in the usual fashion, but the sun never rises. What does he/she do?

79. What is the first thing your character does when he/she gets up in the morning?

80. What is the last thing your character does before going to bed at night?

81. Who is the person your character loves most in all the world? Well, let's see. Ian wants to say his uncle Aaron, but then he loves Rose and all the rest of his family just as much, so... Outside of his family, Ian loves Imogen Sauveterre most.

82. What is your character’s most traumatic memory? Probably the period of time when his dad had pneumonia right before he died and seven-year-old Sebastian had no idea what to do.

83. What scars, birthmarks, tattoos, or other identifying marks does your character have? What stories lie behind them, if any?

84. How would your character’s parents describe him/her?

85. What is your character’s relationship with his/her family like? Oh, it's just fabulous. They love him, and he loves them. His relationship with his uncle Aaron, with whom he lives, is fantastic, there's a lot of trust there. Ian isn't as close to his aunt Julia, his father's sister, but they love each other for sure. His relationship with his grandfather Sebastian is a little iffy because his grandfather has Alzheimer's disease and sometimes isn't sure who he is. His aunts and uncles on his mother's side of the family all adore him, I'm sure, because he is polite and caring, helps people without complaint, and has a generally pleasant demeanor. He gets along pretty well with his cousins, especially Rose. They probably had tons of fun playing together as kids. His younger cousins are quite fond of him because he actually listens when they talk, and it shows. Plus, he's damn fun. He plays games with them, gives piggyback rides to them, reads stories to them, and gives them rides on the horses.

86. Who is your character’s worst enemy? Does he have one? I don’t know. Maybe himself, actually.

87. Who is/are your character’s best friend(s)? Currently? Benjamin Burke, Aidan Donnelly, and Imogen Sauveterre.

88. Which one person does your character most wish he/she didn’t have to put up with, but feels he/she has to?

89. If your character developed a handicap or debilitating illness, how would he/she handle it? It'd suck, of course, but he'd handle it okay. He'd try to find ways to make things better and adapt to the change in lifestyle.

90. Does your character have a confidant? If so, who is it? Anyone he feels he can trust with the information, really. But I guess if it has to be a person, either Imogen Sauveterre or Violet Stevens.

91. Does your character have a lover, significant other, girlfriend/boyfriend? Not at the moment, but I’m sure he’ll get one soon enough. He's currently dating Suzanna Brownell.

92. With whom does your character live? Ian lives with Aaron Darwin, his uncle. Yep, just a couple of bachelors living together.

93. If your character were a Muggle, and you had to use the speed dial function on his/her telephone, who would be on the other end of the line? Imogen, probably.

94. How does your character feel about his/her fellow classmates?

95. To whom did your character give birthday presents last year, and what did he/she give them?

96. What did your character receive for his/her last birthday?

97. What is your character’s favorite holiday?

98. What is your character’s least favorite holiday?

99. How close is your character to his/her friends? How well do they know him/her? I guess I’d say he’s pretty close to his friends in general. To the second question, Ian says, “As well as they can.”

100. What is your character’s darkest secret? Who else knows about it?

101. Does your character have any siblings? What sort of relationship does he/she have with them? No, Ian's sibling died at the same time as his mother, in childbirth. He never got to know this sibling at all, and he's not even sure if it was a brother or a sister.

102. What is your character’s favorite hangout? I don’t know if there’s a particular one that he prefers, but he seems to like being outside in the shade of a tree.

103. Where does your character feel most safe?

104. If your character went to a zoo and didn’t have time to see everything, which animals would he/she look at?

105. When your character goes shopping, which stores does he/she frequent?

106. What is your character’s financial situation? How does he/she feel about it?

107. Has your character ever had any hobbies that he/she has since given up on? If so, what are they?

108. Does your character like to read? If so, what does he/she like to read, when, and how? Is he/she a casual reader or a die-hard fanatic?

109. List the titles of three books your character has read in the last year.

110. What is your character’s favorite type of music? Does he/she have any favorite musicians?

111. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What does he/she do?

112. When he/she was a child, what did your character want to be when he/she grew up?

113. What does your character wish he/she could do that he/she can’t? How badly does he/she want it, and what would he/she do to get it?

114. What item does your character wish he/she possessed that he/she doesn’t? How badly does he/she want it and what would he/she do to get it?

115. Think back to when your character was eight years old. Write a holiday gift wish-list from his/her point of view at that age.

116. How does your character feel about material possessions?

117. What is your character’s most treasured possession? His photo album. There’s a story behind that, but I’ll get to it later.

118. What is your character’s secret dream? What one goal, ambition or desire does he/she keep hidden from others, and why? What would he/she do to achieve it?

119. Write a list of your character’s top five lifetime achievement goals.

120. What is your character’s worst fear? How far would he/she go to avoid it?

121. If your character could be any famous person, whom would he/she choose and why? Is your character more interested in entertainment figures or historically significant figures?

122. If your character could achieve any one position of authority, what would he/she choose and why?

123. If your character could change the entire world in one tiny but pervasive way, what would it be?

124. If your character knew he/she would die tomorrow, what would he/she do today?

125. Who is/was your character’s favorite teacher and why?

126. Does your character tend to focus his/her efforts on one project at a time, or does he/she spread his/her efforts across a variety of projects?

127. Can your character cook? Does he/she like to cook? If so, what does he/she like to cook and how good is he/she at it? Yes, actually, Ian can cook. I don’t know if he particularly enjoys cooking, but he doesn’t mind it. He doesn’t tend to cook anything very fancy, just kind of normal dishes to eat on a regular basis.

128. If someone tried to blackmail your character, what would he/she do? How easy or difficult would it be?

129. There’s someone who hates your character, but your character doesn’t realize it. Who is this person and why does he/she hate your character so much? How would your character find out? What would he/she do about it?

130. Someone is secretly in love with your character. Who is it, and how does your character feel about him/her? LOL, I know who it's going to be, but I can't speak of it at this time. Wait for the plottage, yo. *winks*

131. Is your character at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path does he/she follow? How devout is he/she? Does he/she hate all members of any religion(s)? Is he/she tolerant of other religions? If so, how tolerant?

132. What hurt will your character never forgive? How old (and how minor or major) is this hurt? How much does it affect his/her life?

133. One of your character’s parents said something to him/her that she’ll never forget. What are the words that will always echo in his/her ears?

134. What is your character’s favorite color to wear? Is it the same as or different from his/her favorite color?

135. Does your character prefer recreational activities that involve other people, or solo activities?

136. Does your character ever get drunk or high? What is he/she like at those times? It doesn't happen often, but when Ian is drunk, he gets sleepy.

137. Does your character have an addictive personality? Is he/she addicted to anything? If so, how does it affect his/her life? No, he really doesn’t.

138. From your point of view, what is your character’s worst flaw? Ian can be extremely hard on himself when he's depressed.

139. From your point of view, what is your character’s greatest strength? His willingness to help make life better for people. In short, his selflessness.

140. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her worst flaw?

141. A stray cat (or dog) shows up on your character’s doorstep several days in a row and appears to have no home. What does he/she do?

142. From the point of view of someone close to your character, what is his/her greatest strength? Imogen Sauveterre says, "Maybe I'm a little biased, because I know that other people could come up with better strengths than this. But honestly? Ian is just so open. I mean, not in the sense that he's out there and wild and loud. I don't mean that. I mean he accepts everyone exactly as they are. He doesn't try to mould them to be someone his mind prefers. He sees people. He sees individuals. No matter what their baggage is, he just... he accepts them. For being them. He doesn't judge, he doesn't pretend."

143. Your character arrives home to find his/her door unlocked and slightly ajar, and he/she’s sure he/she locked it on his/her way out. What does he/she do? Why is it unlocked?

144. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her worst flaw?

145. If someone told your character that he/she had a mental illness, how would he/she react? What if a close friend suggested it? What if a professional made an official diagnosis?

146. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

147. From your character’s point of view, what is his/her greatest strength?

148. A stranger knocks on your character’s door in the middle of the night and asks for help. Does your character open the door and let the stranger in?

149. Does your character have any allergies or sensitivities? How do they affect his/her life? Oh, goodness. Yeah, Ian's allergic to lobster, and shellfish in general, I guess. It doesn't affect his life too much because he and his uncle don't usually cook seafood at home, and he doesn't go to restaurants often. When he does go to a restaurant that serves shellfish, he can just avoid ordering it, so it's not really that big of a deal.

150. Your character receives a mysterious package. There’s no label, and he/she wasn’t expecting anything. What does he/she do? He'd open it to see what it is. If there's any hint that it's dangerous, he'd be more careful.

151. Does your character enjoy camping outdoors?

152. Does your character know how to hunt or fish? Is he/she good at it?

153. What is the one major regret your character has about his/her life so far? Does he/she plan to do anything about it, and if so, what?

154. What one major thing does your character want to accomplish in his/her life to come?

155. How does your character want to live out his/her older years?

156. Overall, is your character satisfied with his/her childhood?

157. Your character has an award someone gave him/her sitting on a shelf. What is it for, and what are the circumstances under which he/she received it? Is he/she proud of it or embarrassed by it? Does he/she feel that he/she deserved it? Evidently, it’s a ‘Best Cousin Award’ given to him by Rose. They were kids back then, and I guess Rose wanted to give something to her favorite cousin. Ian doesn’t think there’s anything to be particularly proud of because he didn’t really do anything, he was just being himself, but he appreciates the show of affection anyway.

158. Has your character ever physically struck someone in anger? Not in his memory, no.

159. Has your character ever killed anyone? He thought he was responsible for his dad’s death back when he was a kid, but no, Ian has never killed anyone.

160. Is your character adventurous when it comes to food? Does he/she like to try out new cuisines? He's not obsessed with trying new cuisines, but he's open to it.

161. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

162. What is your character’s idea of a perfect meal?

163. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

164. What sense of humor does your character have? Ian has a sense of humor, but it is decidedly understated. He’s definitely not the go-to guy for jokes or slapstick comedy. He has an appreciation for statements of irony, and his teasing is fairly subtle and usually ironic in some way. Imogen Sauveterre says, “He’s intelligent and observant and quiet, but he’s not too pompous to laugh at things that are just silly. He doesn’t need to read Twelfth Night or Oscar Wilde to find something funny. It doesn’t need to be political or legit, high-class humour. If he finds something funny, he finds something funny and doesn’t hide it. He doesn’t laugh out loud too much, but you still know when he’s amused. It’s not like he cracks a joke here and there, he points out where the jokes are, and that’s what makes him funny.”

165. Is your character ambitious? Not really? Well, I guess he's pretty determined to reach his goals, but he wouldn't give up his self-respect in order to achieve them.

166. What makes your character proud? When his friends act selflessly or get over their issues.

167. What makes your character embarrassed? Not much.

168. Does your character look both ways before crossing the street? Absolutely. He ain't no fool.

169. Does your character keep in touch with childhood friends? Which ones, and why?

170. Is there anything that can get a smile out of your character no matter how sad or upset he/she is?

171. Is there anything that can upset or anger your character no matter how happy he/she is?

172. What makes your character feel righteously angry?

173. What does your character most like to do to celebrate his/her birthday?

174. Describe your character’s favorite birthday.

175. Describe your character’s least favorite birthday. That would be his seventh birthday. His father had been messed up over his mother's death for months, and little Sebastian decided not to bother him by asking for a birthday party. He'd really wanted to go to the zoo, because he'd never gone before, but that didn't end up happening. He spent that birthday alone, pretty much. He had his pet dog with him, but he doesn't think a dog is the same as a person. Ian still hasn't ever been to a zoo.

176. Does your character believe in astrology, palmistry, tarot, or other methods of divination? Not really.

177. How does your character feel about sex? What mores and morals does he/she apply to it?

178. What sort of relationship does/did your character have with his/her parents?

179. If someone asked your character what the most important rule to live by was, how would he/she answer?

180. What is the worst gift your character has ever received? Cash that his dad pulled out of his wallet on his seventh birthday.

181. Has your character ever deliberately set out to emotionally hurt someone? Not with that as his only goal, no. If he ever did that, it'd be as a side effect of telling that person something he or she needed to hear, even it was unpleasant.

182. Describe one unconscious drive, ambition, or goal your character possesses that he/she would never consciously admit to him/herself or to others.

183. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

184. What is the best meal your character has ever had?

185. Is there anyone your character despises?

186. Is there anyone your character would die to protect? There are many people Ian would die to protect. His family and closest friends, for sure. I’m not quite sure yet how he feels about dying to protect a complete stranger.

187. What is the worst news your character has ever received? How did he/she handle it?

188. Your character just received an envelope. Whatever it is, the idea of opening it fills him/her with dread. What is it? And what happens when he/she opens it?

189. List five things that could motivate your character to use violence.

190. List three things that could motivate your character to kill.

191. List phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did he/she pick them up?

192. How does your character feel about romantic relationships?

193. What is your character’s romantic history?

194. What is the best romantic relationship your character has ever had?

195. What is the worst romantic relationship your character has ever had?

196. If your character hasn’t yet settled down with someone, what could motivate him/her to do so? If he/she has, what could motivate him/her to change his/her mind again?

197. If your character has a romantic partner, would that person ever cheat on him/her? Describe the circumstances under which your character’s partner might cheat on him/her. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character’s partner to cheat on him/her.

198. Would your character ever cheat on a romantic partner? Describe the circumstances under which your character might cheat on his/her partner. Describe the kind of person who could convince your character to cheat on his/her partner.

199. If you had to characterize your character as an animal, what animal would you choose? Teddy bear with a six pack. I blame Imogen. *snort* Anyway, I used to think hawk, but now that I know Ian better, I’d say wolf.

200. If your character were to characterize him/herself as an animal, what animal would he/she choose? A wolf.