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Is it weird that the majority of my characters have mental-problems?

Off the top of my head;

From The World

Winter: narcissistic, bloodthirsty, and trigger-happy. Wants to take over the world, and has an unhealthy fascination with mirrors. Goes without mentioning that she's a sadist and has a grand old time tormenting her underlings.

Shier: No ( Read more... )

Last night at the club, I fenced four bouts, and three of my opponents had equipment malfunctions. I think for two it was their body-cords, and for one, their blade. I don't mind so much, but at tournaments, god, people can get nasty about it. At Midwest last year, there was a girl in my pool, and it was her first time competing, ever. Now, that's ( Read more... )

I killed Shier today. Or maybe not. But I hurt him pretty badly.

It's odd, how much I tend to abuse my characters. Shier and Ryuichi especially.

Both of them are going to lose their right arms near the end of their respected stories. Huh.

Kaede-sensei, Ryuichi decided, was insane. She was also wasted, which was not a good combination if you wanted to live to see the morrow. Which Ryuichi did. Really. He didn’t want to go out drinking with her, but that was what he was doing.

He didn’t have a death wish.

Though, he reflected, dodging the table-leg swung at his skull by the ( Read more... )

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Ryuichi was twitching, and looked nothing short of homicidal. Half of his hair was out of his ponytail, and the rest was sticking to his face and the back of his neck, a combination of eggs and flour, and oh yeah, the sugar, gluing it in place. Couldn’t forget the sugar; it made everything so much stickier. It wouldn’t come out ( Read more... )

Ryuichi held the sword up, turning it so the light reflected off the steel. He checked the balance silently, nodding absently as he did it, pleased. Natsume Kaede wondered how he could be so calm. At his age, she would have been trembling, but his hands were steady. Arai Ryuichi was so very cold. Training had paid off, it seemed.

“It’s a good ( Read more... )

Though, of course, noted does not mean anything will be done about them. Why? Because the muse is a strange thing, and works in ways I am often at a loss to understand.

I should explain.

Lately, I've had the urge to see how close I can get to killing Ryuichi without actually taking him over the edge. Mission-wise, I mean. Why? Because I can, and ( Read more... )