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Ask me about my characters

Shamelessly gakked from dukongmeng over on deviantArt
Give me a character name and I guess I’ll tell you:

01. Full name
02. Best friend
03. Sexuality
04. Favorite color
05. Relationship status
06. Ideal mate
07. Odd Skills/Skills in general
08. Last Amusing Escapade
09. Favorite food
10. Crushes
11. Favorite music
12. Biggest fear
13. Biggest fantasy
14. Quirks
15. Bad habits
16. Biggest regret
17. Best kept secrets
18. Last thought
19. Worst sexual/romantic experience
20. Biggest insecurity

Please bear in mind that not all of these apply to all of my characters. Also, some of the answers my be spoilers.

Kishandren
01. Full name: Kishandren al Saharen
02. Best friend: Aldiara
03. Sexuality: straight
04. Favorite color: smoky grey
05. Relationship status: single and uninterested
06. Ideal mate: none
07. Odd Skills/Skills in general: sword skill, horseback riding, tracking, but nothing really odd
08. Last Amusing Escapade: injuring herself while climbing a tree in direct defiance of her father’s orders
09. Favorite food: Shay-shan (a kind of sweet desert)
10. Crushes: none
11. Favorite music: she enjoys the works of a Kasheran composer by the name of Lidalphen
12. Biggest fear: discovery
13. Biggest fantasy: being forever free of her family
14. Quirks:
15. Bad habits: she’s very distrustful of strangers
16. Biggest regret: *SPOILER*
17. Best kept secrets: *SPOILER*
18. Last thought: *SPOILER*
19. Worst sexual/romantic experience: *SPOILER*
20. Biggest insecurity: *SPOILER*

Mienna
01. Full name: Mienna of Karath
02. Best friend: Inhari
03. Sexuality: straight
04. Favorite color: deep red
05. Relationship status: taken
06. Ideal mate: Nalshen
07. Odd Skills/Skills in general: nothing particularly unusual, but she’s very good at standign for long periods of time without moving.
08. Last Amusing Escapade: unknown
09. Favorite food: slightly over ripe fire flower berries
10. Crushes: Nalshen
11. Favorite music: religious chants
12. Biggest fear: loosing Nalshen
13. Biggest fantasy: being able to finally marry Nalshen
14. Quirks: she blushes at the drop of a hat and can’t lie to save her life
15. Bad habits: she has a tendency to be a little pushy and bossy
16. Biggest regret: Not being able to save her best friend
17. Best kept secrets: she’s intensely jealous of Chounen, as Chounen knew Nalshen long before Mienna met him.
18. Last thought: generally, her last though of the day is something related to Nalshen, though sometimes she thinks about things that have happened during the day.
19. Worst sexual/romantic experience: falling off a bed
20. Biggest insecurity: she doesn’t feel she deserves her position as Chief Priestess

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Character meme

Character Meme

Choose twelve of your original characters, in no particular order. Then, answer the questions that follow, but don’t look at the questions before you pick the characters!
1. Kishandren
2. Chounen
3. Mienna
4. Sahiren
5. Toef
6. Aldiara
7. Kinrou
8. Kenjariyo
9. Nahiro
10. Leshmiir
11. Inhari
12. Jiken

1. Who would make a better college professor, 6 or 11?
That’s a very good question, actually. Aldiara is a Princess, so she’d probably be decent at teaching manners or dancing. Inhari, however, is a priestess. I can’t really see her teaching college.
2. Do you think 2 is hot? How hot?
No, not really. Chounen, for one, is female and I don’t swing that way. For another, I designed her to be not all that pretty despite being noble.
3. 12 sends 6 on a mission. What is it, and does it succeed?
Jiken sends Aldiara on a mission. That’s just doomed to fail. Jiken is a bandit leader. Aldiara, as mentioned, is a princess. Doesn’t matter what the mission is. I doubt she’d listen to him.
4. What is or would be 9’s favorite book?
Nahiro would read something highly intellectual. Or religious texts. As I don’t read that kind of book, I can’t really give more specifics on that.
3. Would it make more sense for 2 to swear fealty to 5, or vice versa?
Chounen and Toef. Wow. Ok. Since Toef is Chounen’s cat, I suppose her swearing fealty to Chounen is a good metaphor for pet owning. Unless your the cat in which it could conceivably be the other way around.
4. For whatever reason, 5 is looking for a roommate. Should 5 share a studio apartment with 9 or with 10?
Toef is a cat. But I think she’d prefer Nahiro to Leshmiir. I would. (Psst! He’ll be introduced in Part 2!)
5. 2, 7, and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
Chounen, Kinrou, and Jiken. That’s something I’d pay to see. They’d likely go to some kind of sports bar, eat heavily fried food and drink copious amounts of alcohol while discussing said said alcoholic beverages.
6. 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
Mienna challenges Emperor Leshmiir? *cough*fat chance*cough* Mienna would get her ass kicked. Assuming that Leshmiir could stop laughing long enough to fight.
7. If 4 stole 8’s most precious possession, how would 8 get it back?
Sahiren and Kenjariyo. Actually, I can’t really answer this question. By even saying that, I’ve spoiled parts of the comic.
8. Suggest a title for a story in which 7 and 12 attain what they most desire.
Kinrou and Jiken. Strangely, I’m in the process of writing that. It’s a segment of ‘Children of the Dragon’.
9. What plot device(s) would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
Sahiren and Kishandren. Funnily enough, a mission where they have to rescue a princess. See plot of the comic for more information on that.
10. If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
Kinrou coming for a visit? *drool*
Sorry, where was I?
Probably wouldn’t get along as he’s a woman hater. I is woman.
11. If you could command 3 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
I’d ask Miennato maybe bless my house or something.
12. Does anyone write or draw anything regarding 11?
Nope. She hasn’t even been mentioned yet.
13. If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
Chounen would likely take Toef’s side if the cat had a confrontation with Sahiren.
14. What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
Leshmiir would never charge into battle. That’s what he has Generals for.
15. If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
The first thing that springs to mind is ‘Butterfly Kisses’.
16. 1, 6, and 12 are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
Kishandren, Aldaira, and Jiken having dim sum. Kishandren gets the last one. Aldiara would never fight over food and Kishandren would beat Jiken in a fight, hands down.
17. What might be a good pick-up line for 4 to use on 10?
*dies laughing* Sahiren and Leshmiir. Neither of them swings that way.
18. What would 5 most likely be arrested for?
Toef would most likely be arrested for fish theft or bird poaching.
19. What is 6’s secret?
Aldiara’s secret? Can’t tell you that. Spoilers and all that.
20. If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
Nahiro would beat Inhari in a race any day. Granted, Nahiro could probably just teleport himself there.
21. If you had to walk home through a bad neighborhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 or 8?
I would definitely feel safer with Kinrou than Kenjariyo.
22. 1 and 9 reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by 4’s sinister secret organization. 11 volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that he is actually a spy for 4. Meanwhile, 4 has kidnapped 12 in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of 5, they seek out 3, who gives them what they need to complete their quest. What title would you give this fic?
Kishandren and Nahiro reluctantly team up to save the world from the threat posed by Sahiren’s sinister secret organization. Inhari volunteers to help them, but it is later discovered that he is actually a spy for Sahiren. Meanwhile, Sahiren has kidnapped Jiken in an attempt to force their surrender. Following the wise advice of Toef, they seek out Mienna, who gives them what they need to complete their quest.
You want me to give this mess a title? ‘The Tiger’s Acid Trip’ most likely. That sounds like something I dreamed once. Not with these characters, but similar. That’s just…messed up.

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Webcomic character designs

Given that no webcomic awards thing I’ve ever seen actually touches on character design, I thought I’d do something about that. Designs are important. What kind you need really depends on the type of comic and story you’re trying to do/tell. I find I pay more attention to fantasy comic designs than to slice of life/modern world ones (though a few have some interesting designs).

I have a few ideas of my own for good designs to add to my list, but I’m opening the floor to you guys to suggest things. Feel free to suggest things from your own comic if you like especially if you think I don’t read yours.

I’m hoping to generate a fair amount of interest in this. Cross posted on the Tomgeeks forum.

Up for consideration:
Rice Boy
Heliothaumic
Gunner Doe
Beauty and the Beast
The Chronicles of Avernyght
Juathuur

On a slightly related note, over on deviantArt I’m also doing a best/sexiest sci-fi costume list as ones I’ve found are sadly lacking in good stuff. If you don’t have a dA account, you cam make suggestions for that here as well.