bah and humbug (and grr)

[nevecat]

Simon's working late tonight, as am I, so I shall spawn a meme to keep me amused when I look back here. The 'grr' is because I'd half written this post when IE decided to misbehave (no, I'll never learn)

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Everyone likes to think of their RP characters as unique, but often they do end up falling into certain archetypes and/or having a running

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[lanfykins]

[Psychology]
...most human? Galena
...most alien/abstracted from human norms? Artemisia. Really.
...most bestial/primal? Artemisia again

[Archetypes]
...hero? Malady Evans
...anti-hero? Verity Stranger
...villain? Errileia
...evil incarnate? Like I would ever play evil incarnate!
...comic relief? Songbird
...stalwart supporting character? Rachael Hunt (Boggan)
...wise (smug) advisor? Songbird
...parent? Rhian
...love interest? Imogen (well, she was for Prince Benedict!)
...walking plot-device? Err, Rachael Singer?
...background colour? None. All my PCs are at the centre of their own stories.

[Fairy-Tale roles]
...King/Queen/Sultan/etc? Artemisia
...prince/princess/damsel in distress? Liinei
...pauper/ugly duckling/cinderella? Galena
...monster under the bed? Heh. Artemisia
...grand vizier/evil stepmother? Swantje Guderian, Margravine of Wurtzberg
...seventh-son-of-a-seventh-son? (or daughter) Hmm. Tricky. Possibly my second Inferno II PC, the member of house Aries with Piscean tendencies whose name I can't remember.
...trusty peasant? Rachael Hunt
...fairy godmother? Rhian
...tricksy riddling wotsit? Songbird is tricksy, Sibyl is riddly
...anthromorphic critter? None

Are there any themes which you consistently explore through your characters? The conflict between doing your duty and doing what your heart tells you to.