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What's there to say? Kim and I MSTed an awful 'Character Development' guide that wasn't.
My characters are Julian and Devin, two brothers; Julian is six years older than Devin. Liana and Virus are Kim's characters. They're acquaintances. Liana is around Devin's age, and Virus is the youngest of them.
Put under a cut for length and because all four of them use sometimes gruesome imagery.
Volume A; Detailed Characters
Julian: Subtitle: '(How Not To Write Them)'
Devin: That should be a colon.
Everyone has thought of a story sometime.
Julian: 'Once there was a stupid child who thought it could write. It couldn't, so everybody hated it. The end.'
Yes, theres
Liana: I wasn't aware one could pluralize adverbs.
a beginning, middle, and end. Yes, you need a conflict.
Devin: This sounds like something out of a grade six English textbook.
But even if you have a detailed plot, yet unrealistic characters, your story falls flat on its face.
Virus: Like Yasu on a daily basis.
Devin: This is kind of like a story, too. A horror story.
Julian: And it just took a pratfall.
I,
Devin (as author): Michael Jackson...
myself, have a few tips...
Devin: I wish you had a few less. A nice round number springs to mind.
To start off;
Julian: The End.
Liana: We wish it so. Unfortunately...
Name:
Julian: Darn.
Devin, dryly: Nice to meet you, Darn. I'm Devin.
Yes, all characters have names. No one is just a face.
Julian: Not at all. Sometimes people are brains, or asses, or once in a while a good chest.
*pause*
Julian: I mean women, thanks.
Devin: Large chests normally aren't attractive on guys, no. Anyways...
Liana: I have a relatively pointy diamond ring on right now. I think you should both be quiet.
Devin: I'm not the one being crude, thank you very much.
Virus: Oh well, sending your brother through a wall should be enough for her. Just don't say anything more to the topic.
it's nice if you have a simple name for your main character have a normal name, such as Mike or Emily, but it's good if you mix them in with not-so-known names,
Virus: Or, you could give them a monstrous label like Ibtihaj Ahriman-Blake.
Julian: And I thought my name was bad.
Virus: Just stick with Virus, thank you very much.
Liana: She'll beat you. Don't use that name.
Devin, very quietly: I will not make a cough syrup joke. I will not make a cough syrup joke.
Julian, just as quietly: Or a Reboot joke.
or even names of your own creation, such as Terra, Lucas, or (my own created name) Casili.
Devin: Don't look now -- Casili might be a character in a published universe!
And of course, the last name
Virus: Or two.
is a must.
Julian: Don't forget the forty-three middle names!
Devin: It'll be 'Lorelei Allison Tremaine et cetera' all over again.
Having a last name gives your character an identity, a family tree, a history.
Devin: I thought the authors did that.
One mistake people make - a character doesn't have to be based off the name.
Virus: Really? No, parents foresee the future and look up name definitions to perfectly fit their children all the time.
choosing a name just to suit your tastes doesn't mean to make the character like that. It could fit them, or not at all. For example:
Autumn was the envy of the school. She was kin to the season, the name fit her perfectly. Her hair was an auburn, fitted to the falling maple leaves, long and silky smooth.
Liana: Or dry and crunchy akin to the aforementioned falling maple leaves.
Devin: Or slimy and covered in moss. Either or.
Her face and body were faultless, curving in just the right places,
Devin: Like the small of her back -
Julian: Her double-chin -
Devin: The corns on her feet -
Julian: The tumor on her eyelid -
Devin: That stupid pimple on her nose -
Julian: Her -
Devin: I think we can stop now.
without even the trace of an imperfection, a scar, or other previous wounds.
Liana: And she fails school because she has to go through her diet and exercising routines all day, everyday.
Virus: And her entire school can see the stretch marks since she only wears halter tops and mini skirts.
Julian: She wondered why the girls wrote mean things about her on the stall walls in the bathroom.
Devin: *raises eyebrows* And how do you know they do that?
Julian: Somebody broke all the sinks off the wall one year, so we had to use the girls'.
Virus: Oh did they...
Julian, firmly: Yes.
Liana: *frowns* Hold on...
Virus: Okay, you think, and we'll talk.
Her eyes shone brilliantly, and they never seemed to lose their brightness,
Virus: 'Cause, you know, she sticks lip gloss in them, so they're always brilliantly shiny.
Liana: And magpies flock to her and try to peck them out.
Devin: Not to mention she blinds anyone who gets into a staring contest with her.
even if she was sad.
Liana: Actually, eyes would shinier when they have tears in them. Like when people are sad.
Her lips were tinted tourmaline, and they were always the same color - she never needed makeup.
Liana: She wished.
Or...
Autumn was the school freak. She was overweight, yet insisted she was slim. her hair was straggly, always in knots and tangles. In was a flat black,
Julian: and so was his brother, Out.
clashing with her pale, blotchy skin and giving her a slightly gothic appearance when noticed alongside her pimples, her thin, dull lips,
Liana: Because goths are not allowed to be pretty?
Julian: I think it means the rather skeletal, undernourished, extremely pale look that faux-goths sometimes end up with.
and her cold eyes that made one think of dark abyss.
Liana: Even though they were light in color.
Having trouble choosing a name? Some baby sites have ridiculously long lists of names, but I can, provide a few for those lazy folks. ^.^
Devin: Comma splice, check.
Julian: Utterly stupid smilie used in what is supposed to be information, check.
Girls;
Amy
Emily
Cassandra
Ashton
Liana: I always thought 'Ashton' was a unisex name.
Ashley
Nicole
Alexandra
Alexis
Alexia
Devin: *snickers*
Julian: Huh?
Devin: Alexia is an inability to read caused by brain damage.
Julian: That's a nice name. Soon we'll be seeing girls named Anorexia and Diarrhea and Gonorrhea.
Melissa
Sarah
Amber
Autumn
Julian: Fall.
Hope
Devin: Despair.
Julian: Toothache.
Grace
Virus: Klutz.
Boys
Devin: *Colon*...
;
Matthew
Martin
Michael
Devin: First it's 'choose uncommon names' then it's 'Michael'.
Julian: Bit of an obsession with M-names, isn't there?
Charles
Tony
Terry
Carl
Norman
Nathan
Alexander
Ryan
Brian
Dean
Jim
Joe
Age: If you make your character an eight year old, think about it - they won't be standing up to an adult fearlessly.
Virus: Sure they would. Stupid brats.
Most adults could use an eight year old as a coffeetable.
Liana: 'Coffee -space- table' and only if they want to get arrested for abuse from burning their kid.
Eight year old don't go swearing,
Julian: You'd be surprised at the words they pick up. *glances at Devin*
Devin: Your fault, Julian.
Julian: Point taken.
using drugs and being mean,
Virus: Eight year olds cannot be mean. Someone has had an extremely sheltered life.
Julian: Or they just don't have siblings.
remember that. It's the same thing as a teenager might do those things. Adults tend not to get along with new people as quickly
Liana: Oh we get along. We might not like each other, but we'll get along.
- it's the kids who do that, so most of the time, kids are the happy-bouncey friend-making type.
Julian, dryly: The author obviously hasn't met Devin.
Virus: Or any of the various kids I've had to babysit.
Gender: Simple. Girls generally don't go beating the stuffing out of someone.
Virus: Heh. Really...?
They use words
Liana: And heels, and rings.
Julian: I know a girl with a rather mean drop-kick.
to fight, mostly, and it's the guys who are more likely to get physical and fight.
Julian, singing: Let's get physical, physical... I wanna get physical...
Devin, pained: Stop it, Julian, stop it.
Liana: Please...
It's not fact, just a generality.
Devin: A rather broad one, at that.
Liana: Very broad.
Your girl might be able to beat boys at their own game, or your boy may be a person whom
Devin: *winces*
prefers insults from afar.
Julian: Or close up. *leans into Devin's face and grins*
Devin: *elbows him*
Description: Hair colour and body shape aren't really dependant on the personality.
Devin: Au contraire.
Julian: In English?
Devin: 'Get your facts straight, you idiot.'
However, your characters eyes are very well related.
Devin: They're twins.
Julian: I suspect mine are second cousins.
Liana: No, they're identical twins. Both your eyes look exactly alike to me.
Julian: Do you have a sense of humour or what?
Foreboding characters have that reflected in their eyes.
Virus: Someone hasn't met Riyah. Or Gabriel. Or Yasu. Or Kalst. Or Kuros. Or--
Liana: Me. Or me. Now moving on.
For example, Professor Snape's first description in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Devin: *Comma*...
.
'His eyes were black like Hagrid's, but they had none of Hagrid's warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.'
Devin: Improperly done quotations, check. But at least it wasn't a case of changing names and claiming it.
Facial expression, too, is heavily based on the character. For example, my own Chloe Nympe:
Julian: Who we don't care about -
Virus: I kind of want her to show up so I can beat the snot out of her.
'Her features tend to keep their poker face, rarely showing any emotion completely, like once in a while, a bemused look.'
Devin: This kid's even worse at actually writing than at telling people how to write. And that's pretty bad, for the record.
Liana: Because people are statues and they have a consistent facial expression.
Virus: Valley girl talk. Like oh-em-gee, like yesterday there was like this guy and like he was like, so like-- ...yeah. That was disgusting.
Clothing: This is related to the personality majorly - A girl who likes wearing lacy pink dresses isn't going to be a 'Bang! Bang! You're dead!' type person. It's like putting two North ends of a magnet together. It just doesn't work. You get the picture.
Julian: *glances at Liana and Virus* No I don't.
Liana: That's depressing. Virus is male, and I 'just don't work'.
Devin: Does that make Kenneth a transvestite? He insults people and gives them black eyes.
Virus: I don't know, does it?
Julian: *grins* He'd love this. Especially chatting with a couple little girls.
Liana: *goes to slap him*
Virus: Excuse me? I'm taller than you.
Julian: *leans back from them* Hey, hey! I'm just saying...
Devin: Kenneth is seven foot four. Compared to him, you *are* little.
Personality: The big thing!
Devin: Oh, yes. Big. Like the Hindenburg.
Most of the character is based off the personality of that character. Personalities can be so varied it's impossible to stereotype them.
Julian: Sure it's possible! Right here, we have the starving artist who's starving for a good reason.
There can be ruthless characters, friendly characters, stubborn ones... *coughTopazcough*
Virus: Okay stop. Who the heck is Topaz?
Liana: She's born in November, a Scorpio. It's just that obvious.
The idea to fully develop a personality is to ask yourself 'What would this character do if this happened?' and add the answer to your personality.
Devin: Your personality, mind you, not your characters'.
With personalities, it's best to just mold them after yourself, if you're new to this, and just answer like how you would.
Liana: Oh... No, it did not just suggest that. It didn't.
For example;
Chloe is cold, unfeeling of much.
Devin: Somebody's trying to talk like a fantasy novel and failing.
Mariah is based off me,
Devin: Only more beautiful and smarter and craftier and intelligent and more capable.
Virus: Duh, like how else would it work?
Julian: I imagine a dog could put its paws on the keyboard and type something better than this, yes.
*pause*
Devin: I'm hoping the author is female.
Virus: Beech.
Liana: ...No comment.
and Amber's
Virus: Okay, person has an obsession with people named after yellow rocks.
Julian: Children, children! Don't use yellow rocks. It's like yellow snow. *smirks*
Devin: Actually, amber is -
Julian: Shut up, Devvie.
Devin: *scowls*
Liana: -fossilized tree sap?
Virus: Shh! Leave me to my delusions. They're rocks.
a cute hopeless-type
Julian: Hopeless-type. Is that like blood type?
Virus: Well if it's in their blood... All the funner to beat it out of them.
Julian: Nice. Did you need a rather dopey, but utterly adorable sidekick?
person
Devin, reciting: Place, or thing.
Julian: I'd go with 'thing'.
.
What would they do if they were teased?
Chloe would ignore them, or say a smart comment back to them to humiliate them.
Mariah would dis them right back, going toe to toe.
Julian: They then promptly step on her feet.
Virus: They stumbled because she smells.
Amber would yell 'You're mean!' and then start crying.
Virus: Why does that remind me of Riyah's reaction?
Liana: It is Riyah's reaction. Though I'd hesitate to describe her as 'cute and hopeless'.
What would happen if they found themselves lost?
Chloe would wish her friends were there, then get the heck outta there.
Virus (as character): Oh no, I'm lost. I'll just pick a random direction and start running that way.
Mariah would look around, but be afraid to move much or fast.
Virus (as character): Oh no, there's a rock over there, I'd better not walk. I'll just stay here until Prince Charming and his Fairy Godmother-mom comes to rescue me from this park.
Amber would break down crying and just sit there for days.
Julian: Starving in the process, and then her body gets picked apart by various scavengers.
Devin: What a happy ending.
What if they got Detension at school?
Julian: Detention must be capitalized, yes.
Devin: And spelled with an s. The only time you do *that* is when you're talking about the plural.
Virus: I think I've landed myself in that crap enough times to say that 'Detension' is spelt wrong.
Liana: De-tension. How do you get a remove-stress from school?
Julian: From my experience, school's the opposite of stress-relieving.
Chloe would scoff and then serve it. Stupid teacher.
Mariah would sneak out, grinning like a maniac.
Liana : Because the author would so totally do that.
Devin: Oh, I don't think it did that during detention.
Julian: Ah?
Devin: It probably skipped English class.
Liana: All of its English classes.
Amber would whine the whole class, then cry during the whole detension. Meeeeanieeeee!
Devin: That should be in quotation marks.
So, you can see how varied the responses are. It really depends.
Devin: On what? The various degrees of badass you give the characters?
Liana: Of course, that's what personality is.
Julian, as author: ... hold on. So your saying there's more to personality than how badass they are and how pretty they are?
And so, I conclude Volume A
Virus: Yay.
Devin: Thank goodness. Let's hope there's no Volume B.
My characters are Julian and Devin, two brothers; Julian is six years older than Devin. Liana and Virus are Kim's characters. They're acquaintances. Liana is around Devin's age, and Virus is the youngest of them.
Put under a cut for length and because all four of them use sometimes gruesome imagery.
Volume A; Detailed Characters
Julian: Subtitle: '(How Not To Write Them)'
Devin: That should be a colon.
Everyone has thought of a story sometime.
Julian: 'Once there was a stupid child who thought it could write. It couldn't, so everybody hated it. The end.'
Yes, theres
Liana: I wasn't aware one could pluralize adverbs.
a beginning, middle, and end. Yes, you need a conflict.
Devin: This sounds like something out of a grade six English textbook.
But even if you have a detailed plot, yet unrealistic characters, your story falls flat on its face.
Virus: Like Yasu on a daily basis.
Devin: This is kind of like a story, too. A horror story.
Julian: And it just took a pratfall.
I,
Devin (as author): Michael Jackson...
myself, have a few tips...
Devin: I wish you had a few less. A nice round number springs to mind.
To start off;
Julian: The End.
Liana: We wish it so. Unfortunately...
Name:
Julian: Darn.
Devin, dryly: Nice to meet you, Darn. I'm Devin.
Yes, all characters have names. No one is just a face.
Julian: Not at all. Sometimes people are brains, or asses, or once in a while a good chest.
*pause*
Julian: I mean women, thanks.
Devin: Large chests normally aren't attractive on guys, no. Anyways...
Liana: I have a relatively pointy diamond ring on right now. I think you should both be quiet.
Devin: I'm not the one being crude, thank you very much.
Virus: Oh well, sending your brother through a wall should be enough for her. Just don't say anything more to the topic.
it's nice if you have a simple name for your main character have a normal name, such as Mike or Emily, but it's good if you mix them in with not-so-known names,
Virus: Or, you could give them a monstrous label like Ibtihaj Ahriman-Blake.
Julian: And I thought my name was bad.
Virus: Just stick with Virus, thank you very much.
Liana: She'll beat you. Don't use that name.
Devin, very quietly: I will not make a cough syrup joke. I will not make a cough syrup joke.
Julian, just as quietly: Or a Reboot joke.
or even names of your own creation, such as Terra, Lucas, or (my own created name) Casili.
Devin: Don't look now -- Casili might be a character in a published universe!
And of course, the last name
Virus: Or two.
is a must.
Julian: Don't forget the forty-three middle names!
Devin: It'll be 'Lorelei Allison Tremaine et cetera' all over again.
Having a last name gives your character an identity, a family tree, a history.
Devin: I thought the authors did that.
One mistake people make - a character doesn't have to be based off the name.
Virus: Really? No, parents foresee the future and look up name definitions to perfectly fit their children all the time.
choosing a name just to suit your tastes doesn't mean to make the character like that. It could fit them, or not at all. For example:
Autumn was the envy of the school. She was kin to the season, the name fit her perfectly. Her hair was an auburn, fitted to the falling maple leaves, long and silky smooth.
Liana: Or dry and crunchy akin to the aforementioned falling maple leaves.
Devin: Or slimy and covered in moss. Either or.
Her face and body were faultless, curving in just the right places,
Devin: Like the small of her back -
Julian: Her double-chin -
Devin: The corns on her feet -
Julian: The tumor on her eyelid -
Devin: That stupid pimple on her nose -
Julian: Her -
Devin: I think we can stop now.
without even the trace of an imperfection, a scar, or other previous wounds.
Liana: And she fails school because she has to go through her diet and exercising routines all day, everyday.
Virus: And her entire school can see the stretch marks since she only wears halter tops and mini skirts.
Julian: She wondered why the girls wrote mean things about her on the stall walls in the bathroom.
Devin: *raises eyebrows* And how do you know they do that?
Julian: Somebody broke all the sinks off the wall one year, so we had to use the girls'.
Virus: Oh did they...
Julian, firmly: Yes.
Liana: *frowns* Hold on...
Virus: Okay, you think, and we'll talk.
Her eyes shone brilliantly, and they never seemed to lose their brightness,
Virus: 'Cause, you know, she sticks lip gloss in them, so they're always brilliantly shiny.
Liana: And magpies flock to her and try to peck them out.
Devin: Not to mention she blinds anyone who gets into a staring contest with her.
even if she was sad.
Liana: Actually, eyes would shinier when they have tears in them. Like when people are sad.
Her lips were tinted tourmaline, and they were always the same color - she never needed makeup.
Liana: She wished.
Or...
Autumn was the school freak. She was overweight, yet insisted she was slim. her hair was straggly, always in knots and tangles. In was a flat black,
Julian: and so was his brother, Out.
clashing with her pale, blotchy skin and giving her a slightly gothic appearance when noticed alongside her pimples, her thin, dull lips,
Liana: Because goths are not allowed to be pretty?
Julian: I think it means the rather skeletal, undernourished, extremely pale look that faux-goths sometimes end up with.
and her cold eyes that made one think of dark abyss.
Liana: Even though they were light in color.
Having trouble choosing a name? Some baby sites have ridiculously long lists of names, but I can, provide a few for those lazy folks. ^.^
Devin: Comma splice, check.
Julian: Utterly stupid smilie used in what is supposed to be information, check.
Girls;
Amy
Emily
Cassandra
Ashton
Liana: I always thought 'Ashton' was a unisex name.
Ashley
Nicole
Alexandra
Alexis
Alexia
Devin: *snickers*
Julian: Huh?
Devin: Alexia is an inability to read caused by brain damage.
Julian: That's a nice name. Soon we'll be seeing girls named Anorexia and Diarrhea and Gonorrhea.
Melissa
Sarah
Amber
Autumn
Julian: Fall.
Hope
Devin: Despair.
Julian: Toothache.
Grace
Virus: Klutz.
Boys
Devin: *Colon*...
;
Matthew
Martin
Michael
Devin: First it's 'choose uncommon names' then it's 'Michael'.
Julian: Bit of an obsession with M-names, isn't there?
Charles
Tony
Terry
Carl
Norman
Nathan
Alexander
Ryan
Brian
Dean
Jim
Joe
Age: If you make your character an eight year old, think about it - they won't be standing up to an adult fearlessly.
Virus: Sure they would. Stupid brats.
Most adults could use an eight year old as a coffeetable.
Liana: 'Coffee -space- table' and only if they want to get arrested for abuse from burning their kid.
Eight year old don't go swearing,
Julian: You'd be surprised at the words they pick up. *glances at Devin*
Devin: Your fault, Julian.
Julian: Point taken.
using drugs and being mean,
Virus: Eight year olds cannot be mean. Someone has had an extremely sheltered life.
Julian: Or they just don't have siblings.
remember that. It's the same thing as a teenager might do those things. Adults tend not to get along with new people as quickly
Liana: Oh we get along. We might not like each other, but we'll get along.
- it's the kids who do that, so most of the time, kids are the happy-bouncey friend-making type.
Julian, dryly: The author obviously hasn't met Devin.
Virus: Or any of the various kids I've had to babysit.
Gender: Simple. Girls generally don't go beating the stuffing out of someone.
Virus: Heh. Really...?
They use words
Liana: And heels, and rings.
Julian: I know a girl with a rather mean drop-kick.
to fight, mostly, and it's the guys who are more likely to get physical and fight.
Julian, singing: Let's get physical, physical... I wanna get physical...
Devin, pained: Stop it, Julian, stop it.
Liana: Please...
It's not fact, just a generality.
Devin: A rather broad one, at that.
Liana: Very broad.
Your girl might be able to beat boys at their own game, or your boy may be a person whom
Devin: *winces*
prefers insults from afar.
Julian: Or close up. *leans into Devin's face and grins*
Devin: *elbows him*
Description: Hair colour and body shape aren't really dependant on the personality.
Devin: Au contraire.
Julian: In English?
Devin: 'Get your facts straight, you idiot.'
However, your characters eyes are very well related.
Devin: They're twins.
Julian: I suspect mine are second cousins.
Liana: No, they're identical twins. Both your eyes look exactly alike to me.
Julian: Do you have a sense of humour or what?
Foreboding characters have that reflected in their eyes.
Virus: Someone hasn't met Riyah. Or Gabriel. Or Yasu. Or Kalst. Or Kuros. Or--
Liana: Me. Or me. Now moving on.
For example, Professor Snape's first description in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Devin: *Comma*...
.
'His eyes were black like Hagrid's, but they had none of Hagrid's warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.'
Devin: Improperly done quotations, check. But at least it wasn't a case of changing names and claiming it.
Facial expression, too, is heavily based on the character. For example, my own Chloe Nympe:
Julian: Who we don't care about -
Virus: I kind of want her to show up so I can beat the snot out of her.
'Her features tend to keep their poker face, rarely showing any emotion completely, like once in a while, a bemused look.'
Devin: This kid's even worse at actually writing than at telling people how to write. And that's pretty bad, for the record.
Liana: Because people are statues and they have a consistent facial expression.
Virus: Valley girl talk. Like oh-em-gee, like yesterday there was like this guy and like he was like, so like-- ...yeah. That was disgusting.
Clothing: This is related to the personality majorly - A girl who likes wearing lacy pink dresses isn't going to be a 'Bang! Bang! You're dead!' type person. It's like putting two North ends of a magnet together. It just doesn't work. You get the picture.
Julian: *glances at Liana and Virus* No I don't.
Liana: That's depressing. Virus is male, and I 'just don't work'.
Devin: Does that make Kenneth a transvestite? He insults people and gives them black eyes.
Virus: I don't know, does it?
Julian: *grins* He'd love this. Especially chatting with a couple little girls.
Liana: *goes to slap him*
Virus: Excuse me? I'm taller than you.
Julian: *leans back from them* Hey, hey! I'm just saying...
Devin: Kenneth is seven foot four. Compared to him, you *are* little.
Personality: The big thing!
Devin: Oh, yes. Big. Like the Hindenburg.
Most of the character is based off the personality of that character. Personalities can be so varied it's impossible to stereotype them.
Julian: Sure it's possible! Right here, we have the starving artist who's starving for a good reason.
There can be ruthless characters, friendly characters, stubborn ones... *coughTopazcough*
Virus: Okay stop. Who the heck is Topaz?
Liana: She's born in November, a Scorpio. It's just that obvious.
The idea to fully develop a personality is to ask yourself 'What would this character do if this happened?' and add the answer to your personality.
Devin: Your personality, mind you, not your characters'.
With personalities, it's best to just mold them after yourself, if you're new to this, and just answer like how you would.
Liana: Oh... No, it did not just suggest that. It didn't.
For example;
Chloe is cold, unfeeling of much.
Devin: Somebody's trying to talk like a fantasy novel and failing.
Mariah is based off me,
Devin: Only more beautiful and smarter and craftier and intelligent and more capable.
Virus: Duh, like how else would it work?
Julian: I imagine a dog could put its paws on the keyboard and type something better than this, yes.
*pause*
Devin: I'm hoping the author is female.
Virus: Beech.
Liana: ...No comment.
and Amber's
Virus: Okay, person has an obsession with people named after yellow rocks.
Julian: Children, children! Don't use yellow rocks. It's like yellow snow. *smirks*
Devin: Actually, amber is -
Julian: Shut up, Devvie.
Devin: *scowls*
Liana: -fossilized tree sap?
Virus: Shh! Leave me to my delusions. They're rocks.
a cute hopeless-type
Julian: Hopeless-type. Is that like blood type?
Virus: Well if it's in their blood... All the funner to beat it out of them.
Julian: Nice. Did you need a rather dopey, but utterly adorable sidekick?
person
Devin, reciting: Place, or thing.
Julian: I'd go with 'thing'.
.
What would they do if they were teased?
Chloe would ignore them, or say a smart comment back to them to humiliate them.
Mariah would dis them right back, going toe to toe.
Julian: They then promptly step on her feet.
Virus: They stumbled because she smells.
Amber would yell 'You're mean!' and then start crying.
Virus: Why does that remind me of Riyah's reaction?
Liana: It is Riyah's reaction. Though I'd hesitate to describe her as 'cute and hopeless'.
What would happen if they found themselves lost?
Chloe would wish her friends were there, then get the heck outta there.
Virus (as character): Oh no, I'm lost. I'll just pick a random direction and start running that way.
Mariah would look around, but be afraid to move much or fast.
Virus (as character): Oh no, there's a rock over there, I'd better not walk. I'll just stay here until Prince Charming and his Fairy Godmother-mom comes to rescue me from this park.
Amber would break down crying and just sit there for days.
Julian: Starving in the process, and then her body gets picked apart by various scavengers.
Devin: What a happy ending.
What if they got Detension at school?
Julian: Detention must be capitalized, yes.
Devin: And spelled with an s. The only time you do *that* is when you're talking about the plural.
Virus: I think I've landed myself in that crap enough times to say that 'Detension' is spelt wrong.
Liana: De-tension. How do you get a remove-stress from school?
Julian: From my experience, school's the opposite of stress-relieving.
Chloe would scoff and then serve it. Stupid teacher.
Mariah would sneak out, grinning like a maniac.
Liana : Because the author would so totally do that.
Devin: Oh, I don't think it did that during detention.
Julian: Ah?
Devin: It probably skipped English class.
Liana: All of its English classes.
Amber would whine the whole class, then cry during the whole detension. Meeeeanieeeee!
Devin: That should be in quotation marks.
So, you can see how varied the responses are. It really depends.
Devin: On what? The various degrees of badass you give the characters?
Liana: Of course, that's what personality is.
Julian, as author: ... hold on. So your saying there's more to personality than how badass they are and how pretty they are?
And so, I conclude Volume A
Virus: Yay.
Devin: Thank goodness. Let's hope there's no Volume B.