6k Meme

[x_autnihil]

I meant to do this when Cesare hit 5k, but I didn't feel like it at the time. So 6k Anything Goes meme! I also play Kusama Nowaki, so please let me talk at you about him, too. ♥

ASK A QUESTION it can be anything CFUD related, OOC, IC, First Impressions, Relationship, psychology, thoughts, whatever. i.e. My character's opinion of your character or

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[justwannahave]

Way older than he ever expected, you mean. And more than one secret.

Cindy thinks that Cesare is an intelligent teenager. He's obviously of the nobility and well-educated for a man from this time. There's enough confidence in him that indicates that he's been groomed for leadership. Having a title and being a high-ranking member of the clergy would probably mean a lot more in the past and if Cindy ever looks up the history of his time, she'd realise that he's one of those Borgias. In the meantime, she is okay with a casual friendship. Also, there's the post-kiss realisation that he might be a bit of a player too.

Tiffany is still a teenager! And she likes having someone around to explain things about the modern world because that's rather like the travelling teachers' from her world. She's glad that there are actually competent adults around. If Nowaki thinks that there are more competent and senior doctors around, she's honestly relieved because the illnesses might be different in different world. Tiffany tries to learn new things no matter how awkward the situation is. Apologies in advance if you see a teenager writing notes out of the corner of your eye during mistletoe season.

Cesare's top ten list of people he is trying to snog?

[x_autnihil]

damn this is hard. He doesn't have a list so much as a set of criteria for people to fit, at least mostly. I'm going to do that instead because I've been trying and failing at this all day. xD;

1) Female
2) Approximately his age (several years older is preferable to several years younger because sob that hits prepubescent FAST)
3) blonde is preferable but it's really not a big thing
4) He's kind of short. Too much taller than him starts to get weird. :|a
5) spunky is good. he likes people showing spirit.
6) intelligent, open minded--obvious lack of either of these is a big turn off
7) not an obvious threat. it's hard to get too into the kiss if you're worried about poison or shanking.
8) "traditional" femininity isn't needed, but she needs to be comfortable with her sexuality
9) general physical beauty is kind of a big one, but I'm too lazy to really get into what this means for him
10) a proper degree of self-esteem is also important. he's not going to respect someone who doesn't respect themselves.

So have Cindy and Tiffany met in Camp? What do/would they think of each other?

[justwannahave]

Cindy would be flattered by all of the above. Except she's not even within two hundred years of Cesares's age and she saves the shankings for when she's ready to blow her own cover or if she really doesn't like the person.

They have! Briefly because Brianna is Tiffany's roommate and they met that time when Cindy walked Brianna back to ZEX's ship. They don't trust each other at all. Tiffany is brown-haired and ordinary looking--so she has negative impressions of pretty blonds. Cindy knows that dealing with witches is a tricky business and this isn't even a witch on her side. All this without even talking to each other. If I ever self-cest . . . who knows?

What would Cesare think if he ever found out one of Cindy's secrets?

[x_autnihil]

He'll figure out the Cinderella thing eventually--he's already toying with the idea that was brought up before, that everyone is fictional, at least to those from other worlds. Given that (which was why he was asking about the My Little Pony toys) and what he knows about her (name, father remarried, poor relationship with stepmother and stepsiblings, connection with shoes, husband in politics), he'll make the connection at least tentatively once the story is brought up to him. He won't mention it, though. She is allowed to have her secrets and the interesting part about this to him would be that it's true, not the details behind it. He might eventually try to talk to her about it or get a clearer picture about it, but for a while at least he would be perfectly content to pretend to ignore it.

Her modern job would actually get more of a reaction from him although he would consider it less important. More immediately pressing, perhaps, since it would move her into a different level of dangerous, but less important overall. Either way chances are good that he would not mention it to her even if he found out.

And in exchange, what would Cindy think if she ever did look up Borgia history?

[justwannahave]

It's history--it doesn't really bother her. She wouldn't be sure about the warlording bit though--invading and conquering pings her in a bad way. And boy those Borgias knew how to stir things up. Since he's younger in Camp, she'd hope that he's not as scheming as his adult self. Besides, it's not like she doesn't hang out with shady people in canon and in Camp. She gets along best with a man-eating (reformed) wolf in canon--it's the not-so-nice person in her relating to other not-so-nice people--so Cesare is not so bad.

Pimp Cesare's/Nowaki's canon?

1/2 (Junjou Romantica)

[x_autnihil]

Junjou Romantica

Basically it's three interconnected stories about three m/m couples, one of which is Hiro and Nowaki. :)

If Hiro and Nowaki are the pretty-much-married, extreme tsun/dere pair, then the other two couples are... well, even more special, tbh. WHY ARE THE VANILLA ONES IN CAMP? This chart kind of sums it up! As you can see, that 24 v. 28 age difference between Hiro and Nowaki is nothing in comparison to those other two (18 and 35 sob!). It's pretty mindless, which was part of the initial draw for me, actually! It's very easy to get into and you can pick up and read the individual story lines on their own without any problem (the chapters are labeled by which couple is getting the attention: Romatica, Egoist, or Terrorist). As a warning, the series is very NSFW, with... well, I'm pretty sure every chapter eventually involves some man-on-man action. :|a As with many things in this genre, there are parts that toy with the noncon line, but the series itself as very big on the Happy Ending and if you just want to read/watch something that doesn't require thinking or worry about the possibility of a Bad End but does include pretty men doing things to each other and minor romcom drama, I would recommend this. :)b

Scans are here and the anime is here. (No guarantees about the quality of that second link, though, as I really only looked at the manga.)

Here, have three more pictures. And I just want you to know that I put in the extra time to weed out all the sexing screenshots/scans sob

2/2 (Cesare)

[x_autnihil]

(Okay, first off, I haven't been this head-over-heels for a canon in quite a while. ♥ I'm SUPER ANAL RETENTIVE about historical fiction and it has to be either Damn Accurate or Amazing Enough That I Can Overlook It. I take this to extremes with Borgia things since tl;dr they're my history forevergirl and strange things keep being done to them sob.)

Cesare

As the title implies, it follows Cesare Borgia. :)b Unusually, however, it focuses on him as a teenager instead of an adult, opening in 1491 when he is still attending university in Pisa and before his father becomes Pope. I... actually like this more because this is a pretty big chunk of time when there's no real anything in the historical record about what he was getting up to. The story itself is clearly dramatized for the purposes of being a good read, but it does a very good job of hitting several important issues and ideas from the time period, and it makes a real effort to be faithful to the era.

Here to the end of the chapter (like five pages, I think?) is a good sample of the other two main characters, Miguel (the protector) and Angelo (the puppy). I adore Miguel. I don't even know what to say to pimp this other than that Miguel is magical and amazing and much more nuanced than he appears at first. This is actually true of all of them, even Angelo who is just SO DENSE at the start. (S-seriously, you can just go and skip the first three chapters if they are too Angelo-centric. He gets better after that.)

All the historical setting and such aside, this is basically a story about three boys trying to make sense of the world around them. One of them is caught between high ideals and an upbringing that is teaching him to be absolutely ruthless, one of them has found a purpose in life but is also deeply jaded, and one of them is still very much an innocent and has found himself pushed into an entanglement much bigger than he is.

OH YEAH, pimp or at least explain your two canons to me! I know absolutely nothing about either of them apart from what I've heard the characters say in threads. :)

[justwannahave]

Copy-pasta from my meme:
Discworld: It's about a world that is flat and sits on the backs of four elephants standing on the back of a space turtle--this should give you an idea of what it's like. Everything is a mirror of stuff happening on Earth, so there are books about the post office, about musicals, the Da Vinci Code, Shakespeare, etc. Only in parody form.

The Tiffany Aching series can be summed up as: The Girl Has Too Many Stalkers. Or Not-Harry-Potter-Thank-You-Very-Much.

The Wee Free Men: Tiffany goes up against the Fairy Queen because that bitch snatched her younger brother. She's nine years old. This is when she meets the Nac Mac Feegle--they're basically the Smurfs crossed with the Picts. This means that she has acquired several hundred little blue men in kilts who like to drink and steal sheep as stalkers.

A Hat Full of Sky: Tiffany goes away to learn to be a witch, but she gets possessed by the Hiver--an eldritch entity from the dawn of time--and almost does very bad things because she's only eleven and came down with a serious case of the stupid/teenage angst at one point.

Wintersmith: Tiffany is thirteen and is infected with a really serious case of teenage stupidity resulting in her getting between Winter and Summer. Everything almost dies because the Wintersmith wanted to marry her and bring about eternal winter. Also a very clever and polite metaphor for a girl hitting puberty.

I Shall Wear Midnight: Tiffany has to battle the Cunning Man who has been looking for her ever since she kissed the Wintersmith to death two years ago. Her life will probably be filled with cleaning up after herself because what she did in the last book attracted a lot of attention from all the wrong places. And she has functional hormones and official relationships too now.

[justwannahave]

. . . The BL goodness would have helped.

Fables is about a bunch of refugees who happen to be fairytale characters from a hundred different worlds (the Homelands). Only you don't know if they inspired the fairytales or they're the fairytales brought to life.

The creator is a bit of a Conservative, but you can ignore his ranting most of the time and concentrate on the story. The Fable community is a big secret because they were hiding from the Adversary and the normal humans (Mundanes) Cindy is Fabletown's only off-the-books agent who masquerades as a bitchy shoe-seller but is actually a super-spy with 200 years of shady business under her belt. She's the one who gets sent out if something threatens Fabletown's security. She's James Bond and Jack Bauer with tits! Meaning that she can use sex in her line of work--damn you, double standards.

Prince Charming had three wives--they're all awesome ladies despite occasionally suffering from plot. Snow White was Deputy Mayor until she had kids. Sleeping Beauty is a secret weapon who sacrificed herself to put the Adversary's capital city to sleep. Cinderella serves her community by kicking ass all over the world and back in the Homelands. Maybe Charming felt bad about it in the end, because he finally stepped up and did something awesome during the battle with the Adversary's Empire.

But they're not safe yet and still nowhere near their goal of reclaiming the Homelands as of issue #100. And the story goes on . . .

Cesares' extra special Camp relationships?

[x_autnihil]

Cesare is selfish and the people who are the most important to him are also the people he needs the most. In Camp the person he most needs is Rue. He uses him to get feedback on ideas and help for problems both for Camp and for canon and also just as a distraction when he doesn't want to deal with things anymore. After Rue his most important Camp relationship is with Shaun, sob, although that was not supposed to happen. Again, Shaun is very useful! And unintentionally this time Cesare has started depending on him more.

One person Cindy/Tiffany most want in Camp?

[justwannahave]

They don't want people they know in Camp. Cindy--because most Fables have other vital jobs to do. Tiffany--because it would mean that she couldn't cope and that's a major loss of face for a witch.

But if it wasn't a matter of competency or missing time . . .

Cindy would like someone to update her on what's going on at home. Maybe Bigby since he was wandering around in the Mundy in search of a potential new home for the Fables. Also, she'd need him to back her up for the whole "it's not so much spilling secrets as Camp spilling them for you" thing because there are strict rules about that.

Tiffany would like to see how Granny Weatherwax deals with Camp, just out of curiosity. And she would be looking for a convenient haystack to duck behind when Granny goes ballistic.

Reverse for Cesare?

[x_autnihil]

I'm not the only one who wants Miguel in Camp. While Cesare doesn't need Miguel around quite as much as he did at first, GDI it would be helpful. Occasionally I run into situations with him where I'm just like "...but no, never mind, he can't do that because no Miguel orz" So yeah. He would be able to maneuver a lot better if he had his right hand man around and would also just be a lot more at ease. Cesare has built up an incredible amount of trust with Miguel and is missing his talent and companionship.

Why were you attracted to playing Cindy?

[justwannahave]

She's a spy--who used to be a fairytale princess! Also James Bond with tits! Meaning that sure, they'll put their lives on the line for their country/community, but they will have some lots of fun along the way. She's more committed to her job than any relationship.

Cindy is very fun to play because she can act nice and charming while being a complete hardass while on the job. She can also annoy people intensely--seriously, I need to play that out more.

Why does Nowaki want to be a doctor?

[x_autnihil]

He originally wanted to be a social worker! The underlying goal is a desire to help kids. Because of his upbringing in an orphanage and just his personality in general, he's really sensitive to the fact that there are a lot of children out there who need help and he wants to be able to give it to them. He's studying to be a pediatrician because he feels that that is one way he can really do some good for them.

How do your characters spend a typical day in Camp?

[justwannahave]

Tiffany: Wakes up early, tests the barrier, milks the cows and sheep after making sure they have enough feed, goes to eat an early breakfast, churns butter because it helps her think, heads to the library, check out new books after returning the ones from the last time, either talk to people or go look around the hospital, have lunch, make cheese, look around for local plants or herbs, have a fly around Camp before dinner, indulges in reading before writing in her diary, updates her notebook and works on her letters for the people back home before going to sleep.

Cindy: Sleeps for three to six hours before getting up and sneaking around, may go for a morning ride around Camp before breakfast, deposit scraps for the stable mice she's been getting to know, look in on the pushcart, not-work while keeping an eye on things, talk to people she knows or doesn't know, eat lunch, not-work some more while on the laptop reading the news and catching up on fashion, evening jog around Camp before dinner, may visit the bar for a drink, write a few more emails to the Director/her suppliers/home even though it might not work, maybe sneak around some more . . . when she goes to bed is a mystery and staggered in no fixed pattern.

Reverse?

[x_autnihil]

Nowaki gets up... well, depending on when he goes to bed... If Hiro is still in bed (and in Camp they typically get up at the same time) he cuddles him for a bit, then goes to make breakfast. After that he generally goes to help in the hospital for the day, although he does occasionally spend long stretches of time in the library with the Boyfriend or talking to people around Camp. Lunch and dinner are typically taken with Hiro at the messhall, although it's not exactly unusual for one of them to cook something. After dinner is generally time spent, again, with Hiro! They are so married. xD Sometimes they meet up with Nana for drinks. Sometimes they try to break the no-sex rule. Sometimes they get drinks and then after try to break the no-sex rule. Eventually Nowaki goes to bed ~draped~ over his boyfriend. ♥

Cesare's schedule is more dependent on the day of the week. On Sundays he gets up early and goes to the chapel for an hour or so. Actually, he does this in the morning many days. Tues-Thurs he is now working in the library for three hours in the middle of the day. He has lessons with Shaun scheduled in there somewhere, too... These obligations aside, one can assume that he wakes after 4-7 hours of sleep and goes to the chapel and to tend to Romulus. He goes to the library and for a ride, although the order and duration of these changes depending on his mood. Breakfast is typically grabbed from the kitchen in the consulate. Lunch comes from there or the messhall. If he is done with these things after lunch he talks to people (or bothers Shaun or makes out with Rue, sometimes all three). Dinner is again either at the messhall or the consulate and he then stays up late because all the research needs to be done and also Camp is so tempting to explore. \o\;

What are Tiffany and Cindy's rooms at Camp like?