Gratuitous Meme is Gratuitous

[caitri]

Shamelessly liberated from tocourtdisaster:

Pick a character I write, and I will give you the top five ideas/concepts/other I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to depicting them accurately.

Five Things About Bones

Five Things About Mal Reynolds

Five Things About Richard Castle
(Yes, I KNOW I've never written Castle fic,

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Five Things About Mal

[caitri]

1) Mal will tell you he's an atheist, and that he doesn't believe in any God, Gods, or fat babies with feathers and harps. This is a lie. He does believe in God. He just thinks God's a nasty piece of work and they'd be better of if He, She, or It wasn't around mucking about with everyone.

2) He is an educated man. Self-educated. On his Ma's ranch, even with about forty ranchhands to help, there was more work than schoolin' had time for, but when he was a kid he read as many books on the cortex as he could get his hands on. Most folks assume he's not that smart, never mind he has a head for figures. That's fine by him. You wouldn't believe the gosse folks from the Core will spout if they think you don't understand 'em

Re: Five Things About Mal

[thistlerose]

Perfect, and perfectly in character! ♥

Re: Five Things About Mal

[caitri]

<333

Yeah, we should probably worry that I write about a character...IN CHARACTER. O_o

Re: Five Things About Mal

[gadgetorious]

#1.... HELL YES. This is absolutely my canon.

Re: Five Things About Mal

[caitri]

...only 1? :P

Re: Five Things About Mal

[gadgetorious]

Uh... just especially #1? Also, it's the one point that I believe with all my heart but that I don't see reflected in fandom very much.