15 Character Meme - the Answers (Part 1)

Sep 17, 2017 18:20

First, the Characters:

1. Silver (S&S)
2. G'kar (Babylon 5)
3. Beatrice Eliott (House of Eliott)
4. Missy (DW)
5. Adam Adamant (Adam Adamant Lives!)
6. Seventh Doctor
7. The Brigadier (DW)
8. The Cat (Red Dwarf)
9. Snow White (OUaT)
10. Bill Potts (DW)
11. Henry VII (The Shadow of the Tower)
12. Cassandra Cillian (The Librarians)
13. Orac (B7)
14. Dayna Mellanby (B7)
15. Servalan (B7)


From
persiflage_1: 3 [Bea], 5 [Adam Adamant] & 8 [the Cat] are trapped in an underground bunker for 3 days: how do they survive (do they all survive)?

It's not a bad trio to get trapped down there. Provided the bunker has some food and water, there's no reason they shouldn't survive. The Cat's greater interest in Bea designing him something super-cool to wear over getting out will baffle the other two but at least it'll give them something to do while Adam tirelessly seeks for a means of escape. Bea is at least more of Adam's idea of a lady than Georgie, and she and Cat have one interest in common, luckily for all of them, because Adam and Cat locked up together would probably not have ended well otherwise.

The outcome is doubtless a wicked rogue vanguished and an amazing outfit made for the Cat, courtesy of the House of Eliott, although his inability to pay his bill leads to another financial crisis for them.

From
executrix
2 [G'kar], 6 [Seven], and 9 [Snow] want to raise money for a worthy cause--what cause do they choose and what is their fund-raising tactic?

Given the list, this line up is hard to beat for this task: Snow has canonically tried to raise funds for at least one good cause by selling candles, although I suspect non-Mary Margaret would at least vote for something easier to sell, like chocolate brownie (with a dusting of cinnamon on top). Possibly the cause is for the latest batch of refugees, or funding the library, or maybe the fairies still need their rent paid. (She would love to take on a larger, more national cause, but nobody wants to advertise Storybrooke's existence to the authorities). G'kar would be pretty enthusiastic once he got the idea of it (well, later G'kar would; earlier G'kar would need more persuading), and even in Storybrooke, few people are going to refuse to buy brownies from an enthusiastic Narn. Of course, it all turns out that Seven did something complicated and devious by means of time travel and dug up a treasure stash in a corner of the town and outdid both of them. Not that he would ever disparage their brownies, of course. Whatever, astounding amounts of money are raised, even if some of it inevitably turns out to be fake fairy gold. (Snow tells Leroy that his method of selling candles was still the best, though.)

1 [Silver] and 8 [the Cat] are on the [universe-appropriate] version of Great British Bake-Off, judged by 5 [Adam Adamant] and 14 [Dayna]. What carbohydrate wackiness ensues?

Silver is great at this. In fact, he's so suspiciously and amazingly great at this that Dayna is sure he must be cheating and is having him watched. He does occasionally have some odd ideas about actual ingredients, thought, but fixes any faux pas immediately and inexplicably. The Cat is terrible at everything, but has a go and then spends his time wandering round to see if anyone is baking anything fish-related (there is not enough fish-related baking on this show, except for his own overly literal fish cakes). Plus, presentation is a thing he thinks only applies to his personal appearance and not whatever it is he's making. He does, however, enjoy starting a food fight. Adam is naturally only a judge because the government suspect that some villain is trying to take over the country via Bake Off, but it doesn't seem to be Silver or the Cat. He's beginning to wonder about Dayna; after all, she's not all that ladylike, she could be up to no good... The food fight will inevitably be followed by a swordfight and explosions and then someone will have to find less volatile judges. (Given that Georgie and Simms would inevitably be hanging around, they could step in. They'd enjoy themselves a lot, and certainly be better at it than Adam and Dayna.)

From
romanajo123: 1 [Silver] and 8 [the Cat] are trapped in an elevator. How would they escape?

Presumably one of the other Bake Off contestants felt the understandable need to try and keep them off the show. If so, Silver gets them out less than 60 seconds and the lift gains new and unexpected functions in the process, baffling the TV studios.

7 [the Brigadier], 10 [Bill], and 12 [Cassandra] are chosen by a ancient prophecy to save the world. Do they succeed?

I should think so; that's a pretty excellent line-up for fantasy quests and world-saving. Bill will be the supposedly-ordinary protagonist who's surprised to find she's the long lost heir to whatever, while the Brig will provide warrior back up and Cassandra any magic/maths skills needed. The world will be saved and probably become a better place in the process while Bill and Cassandra get married at the end.

(Someone should definitely write a numbers filed off version of this; it would clearly be great.)

From astrogirl2:

6 [Seven] is badly injured, and 11 [Henry VII] is the only one available to treat their wounds. Is 6 [Seven] going to die? Or at least end up with some really impressive scars?

Well, I doubt that the Doctor will die (or even regenerate early), but he's certainly fallen out of luck, as has the potentially great h/c prompt this could have been if it hadn't involved the Seventh Doctor and Henry VII. Given it's the 15th C, the medical help available isn't that great. Presumably this must be happening some time in Brittany or even Wales, or Henry would just hand him over to a physician, being a king, so young Henry stumbles over the Doctor, who gives him instructions in how to treat him and refuses to have an actual physician since he doesn't want to die. If he does wind up with scars, though, I don't think he'll be going round showing them off to people.

13 [Orac] now has the power of invisibility. What do they do with it?

He (it?) carries on as usual, only now he can do so without interference from pesky humans because they can't see him. Possibly the universe ends at some point fairly soon after.

9 [Snow] is now working for 3 [Bea]. What is their new job? Are they any good at it? Does 3 [Bea] make a good boss?

If Snow is working for Bea, presumably she's a new seamstress at the House of Eliott, for reasons. I can't see her enjoying it much, and if there's a new person in the workroom who's causing trouble and not pulling her weight, Bea might rake her down in the office and a row would ensue. However, there'd probably be apologies all round later (once Jack or Evie intervened), but they'd have to agree on Snow finding work elsewhere; somewhere that uses either her teaching skills or martial arts, preferably. Or both.

Who wins in a game of chess between 1 [Silver] and 5 [Adam Adamant]? Who wins a footrace between 7 [the Brigadier] and 10 [Bill]? And are the losers good sports about it?

I can't see anyone beating Silver at chess, although there might be duplicated pieces involved. Adam would give him a good game, though. He would normally be a good loser, but I think he might (and probably rightly) suspect some kind of cheating going on.

Unless this is an elderly Brig, he would presumably win the race. Bill would be a good sport about it. No shame losing to a trained army officer, right?

2 [G'kar], 4 [Missy], and 10 [Bill] on one team and 1 [Silver], 8 [the Cat], and 15 [Servalan] on the other are pitted against each other in a massive multiversal scavenger hunt. Who has an unfair advantage? Who goes above and beyond to retrieve that weird, obscure alien artifact? Who's the best (or the worst) at solving the puzzle clues? Does anyone cheat? And what happens when they all realize that the scavenger hunt is all part of a plot by 14 [Dayna] to get their hands on that obscure alien artifact and do something scary with it?

Okay... Well, Silver has an unfair advantage, generally. G'kar gets carried away and goes above and beyond to retrieve the obscure alien artifact. Missy is the best at solving the puzzle clues, but terrible at sharing the answers. (Teamwork doesn't come naturally to her.) Missy, Servalan, Silver and the Cat are definitely all open to cheating. Probably so is G'kar. Bill is the only one who doesn't cheat. She is a bit fed up about this.

Also, Dayna is clearly being maligned here; she only wants to keep the artifact from falling into Servalan's hands (and, let's face it, the other team contains Missy; that's not a big improvement). Being B7, the artifact will prove to be useless or blow up in someone's face, leaviong everybody unhappy. Stuff will get shot at and exploded.

From hamsterwoman:

2 [G'kar], 3 [Bea], 5 [Adam], 7 [the Brigadier], and 11 [Henry VII] from a Five Man Band/hero team to defeat supervillain 13 [Orac]. Who's the Leader, Lancer, Big Guy, Smart Guy, and Chick/Heart among the heroes, and how does their heroic quest go?

I'm not really sure what these categories are, but after guessing and looking up 'Lancer', here goes... Adam would have to be leader. He is a dashing Edwardian adventurer with a cape and a swordstick! The Brigadier is the Lancer (which my Googling says means sidekick/second in command???), G'kar is the Big Guy (although I feel he has too many brains to fit), while Henry VII can only be the Smart Guy (although he may be plotting to take over as leader if Adam doesn't do it well enough), which leaves Bea as Heart/Chick, a role for which she's a bit too business-minded and stubborn to fit, but it's either her or G'kar, and she's clearly not a Big Guy. They would be a pretty effective team, however.

Orac, though, is one scary comic books supervillain to be up against, and only G'kar would have any even remotely useful technological knowledge. However, I don't suppose Orac will do all that well against swords, five rounds rapid/explosives, or being thrown off a gantry, and Henry VII could probably do a good job at outsneaking him.

Bea, meanwhile is a bit distracted, because she's still trying to do the important thing - design their costumes...

1 [Silver], 10 [Bill], 9 [Snow], and 15 [Servalan] on social media -- are they more likely to be on LJ/DW, Tumblr, twitter, etc? What is their username, default icon/banner, and what do they post about? Do any of them get into flame wars with each other, and if so, over what?

Silver could be anywhere, let's face it. If he is, we should all worry because time is doing terrible things on the internet. His icon is whatever amuses him the most that day. I mean, his multiple accounts and icons are all whatever amuses him/irritates Steel the most that day. Or possibly, whatever collectively forms some obscure pattern that will fix whatever is wrong. You never can tell. It could easily be both.

Bill probably actually has a tumblr and maybe even an LJ or DW journal and reblogs cool fannish stuff and gay pride posts. She has an icon of a favourite fannish character, but she keeps out of the ship wars.

Snow has an earnest blog on Wordpress and answers questions from readers. She has no time for trolls in the comments, though. If they're actual trolls, she'll call for Charming and go fight them. Her icon is a picture of herself.

Servalan has an official whatever-the-Federation-equivalent-is of Twitter. She doesn't write on it herself; she has someone to do that and it spouts 100% Federation propaganda and fake news and assurances that everything is in control.

She may secretly have a fashion tumblr somewhere via a sock account, though. I mean, you've got to keep an eye on what people are saying on the internets and look good, after all. She's a bit busy to use it more than occasionally though; she might lose track of all the irl back-stabbing. Her icon is the Federation logo; her sockpuppet icon is Avon because it suits her sense of irony.

From
kayim: 2 [G'kar] and 15 [Servalan] go out drinking. Who gets drunkest and what happens?

Unquestionably G'kar gets drunk; Servalan does not, even one tiny bit. I don't know exactly what happens next - it depends what she's after this time, but it does not go well for G'kar. At least he's got a better chance of getting himself out of trouble again, though...

From
justice_turtle:

Roadtrip time! 2 [G'kar], 4 [Missy], and 15 [Servalan] are on a roadtrip together. How does it go? Does anybody get left behind, accidentally or on purpose? Who, if anyone, wants to stop at all the roadside attractions? Who, if anyone, has a strict schedule figured out? Who drives?

Ah, well, at least this explains what Servalan was doing out drinking with G'kar: that was when he got left behind not-so-accidentally. I mean, even at his worst he's going to cramp Missy and Servalan's style.

Any rate, it is a roadtrip that leaves death and destruction in its wake, along with a dumped G'kar. Missy wants to stop at all the roadside attractions, Servalan has a strict schedule to observe. This does not lead to peaceable co-operation. G'kar drives until dumped, then mostly Servalan because Missy's style doesn't take account of the fact that humans don't regenerate. (Or possibly, it specifically does take account of the fact that humans don't regenerate.)

Talent show! 1 [Silver], 5 [Adam Adamant], 7 [the Brigadier], and 11 [Henry VII] -- what are their talents and who wins?

I feel Silver will win again with his 'magic' tricks, but Adam can do sword-fighting displays (with swishy cape), the Brigadier will (reluctantly if forced, although he will be Judging everyone for it) do some trick shooting. Henry VII will just sigh a bit and do one of those fake mind-reading things. He will be simultaneously amused and disappointed at how easy it is. People are so predictable and credulous!

10 [Bill] is naked except for an article of clothing borrowed from 3 [Bea], covered in cake, and chained to 3 [Bea]. How do they feel about this, and whose fault is it? ^_^

It's probably the Doctor's, but Bill is highly embarrassed about this. She thought her worst date was that one with Penny (in whichever reality), but apparently hanging around with the Doctor can make things get even more improbable and embarrassing. Bea is just worried in case cake has got over any of the latest Collection, but lends Bill some spare material anyway, and is probably even more outraged at this whole thing than Bill is. Also she didn't know she was on a date, although Evie did try to hint.

6 [Seven], 8 [the Cat], and 13 [Orac] must fight the zombie apocalypse. How doomed is the world?

The world is pretty un-doomed. The zombies are pretty dead-dead. The Cat is just pretty. Although it is possible that Seven and Orac's scheming could cancel each other out, and the salvation of the world from zombies would be left to the Cat, in which case, we would all be very, very doomed...

9 [Snow] and 14 [Dayna] must work together to defeat [Cassandra] 12's nefarious plot. What is the plot, do they succeed, and should they succeed?

I don't know what the plot is, but Cassandra does have a potential world-conquering inner-megalomaniac and an immense amount of power, both in terms of super-braininess and magic. So, it depends a lot - if Dayna and Snow can sneak up on her, then their combined fighting skills would be pretty unstoppable and Cassandra will get blown up (or retrieved for the side of Good by Snow), but if not, I fear Cassandra will succeed and keep the other two to play with later. And, no, this isn't a good idea. Cassandra really doesn't need to let her inner evil out...

And one more, because the number of The Mummy fusion AUs I have waded through this week is truly remarkable. XD Of your list, who is the most likely to steal a doom-inducing artifact from a hidden city, who is most likely to head up an expedition to return to the hidden city with the artifact, who brings the first two together, and who is most likely trying to stop the other three from unleashing doom upon the world? Also, is the world doomed, and does any of your four selections survive?

Cassandra, being another Librarian, is the most likely to steal a doom-inducing artifact from a hidden city. Given that she knows how to deal with doom-inducing artifacts, Snow would probably be willing to guide her back to the hidden city, and Bill introduces them. As to who would be most likely to stop them because they think they don't understand the artifact (or they don't know about the Library), probably Seven and/or the Brigadier. Once they realise about the Library, they will probably help, so presumably everyone will survive.

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