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[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,

Comments

[tocourtdisaster]

Have I mentioned lately that I love the way your mind works? So, could you tell me about your Eomer, please?

Five Things About Éomer 1/2

[caitri]

1) He is a solitary man. Part of this is because he and his sister came to their Uncle’s house as children, and Théoden King was already pushing away his own son in his grief. Théodred was kind to them, but older and soon a Marshal himself. Thus he and Éowyn were all too often left to themselves, and the folk of the Mark are expected to grow up quickly. And, too, he was ever the elder, and the only son of his father, and it was his duty to see to his sister’s welfare, even above his own. When the War is over, he sees Éowyn with Faramir, and rejoices in her happiness, but he has the keep and the crown to see to, and doesn’t expect to find any for himself

Five Things About Éomer 2/2

[caitri]

4) Meeting Lothíriel the way he did was an accident. Everyone knows that. Falling in love with her was an accident, too. But some of the Gondorian gossips will tell you that his proposal to her was an accident, that he had no way of knowing that in Dol Amroth, a man gifting flowers to a maiden was tantamount to posting banns. (And it is true, that in Rohan such presents are simple things, because true wealth is counted in horses and grain.) But that is a lie. He knew exactly what he was doing when he picked them for her himself. She didn’t know that, though, and the flush of pleasure warring with embarrassment as she tried to explain it to him was pleasing, but not half as pleasing as when he asked her what sort of fool she thought the King of the Mark was, and he did know a thing about diplomacy, princess, and would she be so kind as to accept so that he might kiss her as he’d been longing to do these last several weeks? And then she finally understood, and he got his kiss, and later on the both of them got much more

Re: Five Things About Éomer 2/2

[anutty1]

Oh, this exactly, is how I see Eomer. This was really poignant and I'm a little misty, nostalgic for the days when Lord of the Rings was my favorite thing EVER. Great job!

[avictoriangirl]

Since you did Bones, now you need to do Jim Kirk! ;)

Five Things About Jim Kirk

[caitri]

1) Jim Kirk is not a victim. He is a survivor. It’s what he does best. The things he saw on Tarsus IV-well, a lot of them, anyway-are a matter of record. The things he saw at home though, well, Sam knows, and Bones too, a little bit. He doesn’t like talking about it though, any of it, but he doesn’t lock it away. He just accepts it, and promises himself that he’ll never let anyone else go through the things he did, not if he can stop it.

2) He hasn’t slept with half as many people as everyone likes to think. He likes a good time, yeah, but he also likes a lot of other things, too. He’s read more books than almost anyone he knows (their first year on the Enterprise, Spock is frequently astonished at the number of Terran, Andorian, Klinzhai, and yes, even Vulcan classics Kirk can draw on at will); he likes playing tri-dimensional chess and basketball; he enjoys listening to music and actually has a guitar he can strum with skill. But most of all, he enjoys being with a group of people. On the Enterprise he’ll usually share meals with

Re: Five Things About Jim Kirk

[sangueuk]

Jim thinks he can do great things too, like his Father did, but he’s going to do them all with Bones, if Bones will let him. *melts* Loved all of this but #5 was wonderful!

Re: Five Things About Jim Kirk

[caitri]

*squishes* Thank you!! I'm clearly on a roll here, so feel free to leave a request if you want something, too!! :)

[aadarshinah]

love this whole thing, but numbers 4 & 5 are just dead on *perfect*

[caitri]

*G*G* Thanks, but, er--which fic? :)

[aadarshinah]

oops, sorry, didnt' realize the comments all ran together. The Jim one.

[caitri]

Ah! Thanks! *G*

[aadarshinah]

So I looked up the poem because of this. And, wow, do I agree. Amazing, as always.

"'Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show will settle the finding for 'ee. Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em go by your looks, or your acts, or your glory. But if he finds you and you find him. The rest of the world don't matter; for the Thousandth Man will sink or swim with you in any water."

[caitri]

Aw, thanks!!!!! And yeah, I reread that recently this week and my first thought was, Holy shit! This is the boys!!!!!!

[anonymous]

Bones has the purest, most gentlemanly heart of all the guys. Yet he hides it under his grumpy crusty shell. I don't know.

[caitri]

He's a beautiful broken boy. It's what makes him awesome.