How well do you know your main character? the SF/F edition

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Would your character become a thief if it would help their cause?
They start the first book being reluctant highwaymen. So, er, yeah.
What does your MC put more faith in? Friendship or blood?

The theme of the series -- a brother and sister discovering whether blood is thicker than water.

What does your main character think about whales?
I am not sure they know they exist. So not a lot?

ETA: Oh wait, question!

Noble death or ignoble life?

Choose.
 

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Mr Flibble inspired me. :tongue


You're caught between the choice of dying quietly to uphold your ideals or to strike out against your oppressors and live, but risk becoming the sort of person you hate most. Which do you choose?

Welcome to my plot. ;)

Question...question: What was your MC's first concert/musical performance?

Uhm, I'd have to guess it was street performers or at a festival. They're not quite at the civilized concert state yet.

Noble death or ignoble life?

Choose.

He's shooting for ignoble life tempered by noble death.


What would your character do if confronted by a modern-day toaster?
 
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Mr Flibble inspired me. :tongue




Welcome to my plot. ;)



Uhm, I'd have to guess it was street performers or at a festival. They're not quite at the civilized concert state yet.



He's shooting for ignoble life tempered by noble death.


What would your character do if confronted by a modern-day toaster?

She's an educated woman and familiar with this newfangled electromatism, so she'd probably try to figure out how it worked. And promptly electrocute herself.


Quick! Your character needs to hide a body! What does she do? Does she know a guy that knows a guy?
 

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Quick! Your character needs to hide a body! What does she do? Does she know a guy that knows a guy?

Nick would freeze as he wrestled with the guilt of having caused (directly or indirectly) the loss of life. The training of his youth that would tell him how to get rid of the body so it was never found, but he refuses to be that kind of man. At this point in his story, he'd probably turn to his companion Malkeous to take care of it. Malkeous hasn't developed the morals that Nick has.

Q: Oh no! The person or people that raised you aren't your real parent(s) and you never knew! How do you react?
 

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Nick would freeze as he wrestled with the guilt of having caused (directly or indirectly) the loss of life. The training of his youth that would tell him how to get rid of the body so it was never found, but he refuses to be that kind of man. At this point in his story, he'd probably turn to his companion Malkeous to take care of it. Malkeous hasn't developed the morals that Nick has.

Q: Oh no! The person or people that raised you aren't your real parent(s) and you never knew! How do you react?

Sera would be infinitely relieved because those people sucked, but then would also be very confused since her power is inherited. There's a limited number of people who could have passed on that power and she definitely wants to know who they are.


Q: An alien race is invading their planet. Do they fight, begin negotiations for a ceasefire, or....
 

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Fight. Given his history, he would not trust anyone to honor a ceasefire.
Those aliens could be in trouble.

Your MC is surprised by an arranged marriage, which would help solve a major problem/deliver the MacGuffin/whatever? How does s/he feel?
 

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Your MC is surprised by an arranged marriage, which would help solve a major problem/deliver the MacGuffin/whatever? How does s/he feel?

Nadia would be all for the arranged marriage if it helped her along the way to killing the emperor. Unfortunately, the arranged marriage she faces in the story accomplishes the exact opposite.


Your main character finds out that the villain has outsmarted them? What do they do?
 
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Your main character finds out that the villain has outsmarted them? What do they do?

My main character is one of the villains. He'd probably kill more people and push his sister around to blow off steam.

Your MC gets a lewd Snapchat. How do they react?
 

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Your MC gets a lewd Snapchat. How do they react?
Horror. My MC grew up in a society where PDA was a no-no and pornography a criminal offense.

Plus, he would likely punch whoever gave him the offending letter. Since, ya know, he lives in a fantasy world and any such message would have to be hand-delivered, not digitally sent.

What does your MC do to unwind when all alone?
 

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Your main character finds out that the villain has outsmarted them? What do they do?

Heh. The prince would swear a lot, then run and tell his father. Which was what he planned to do before the fake witch queen cursed him to forget her plan in the first place.

Your MC gets a lewd Snapchat. How do they react?

First, he would turn bright red. Then he would wonder where it went. Finally, he would seek out his scientist brother to see if maybe he wants the weird device that showed the lewd image because the prince has no idea what it is as that kind of technology is banned in their kingdom.

What does your MC do to unwind when all alone?

Sit on his bed and cuddle his stuffed monkey doll while reading the latest copy of the Questor's Regestor. This of course hinges on him being able to kick all his servants out of his room.

What actor/actress would your MC want to play them in the movie of their life? If movies existed in their world, what would your character's favorite be?
 

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Heh. The prince would swear a
What actor/actress would your MC want to play them in the movie of their life? If movies existed in their world, what would your character's favorite be?

He'd like Tom Hiddleston to play him, but Mr. Hiddleston would unfortunately already be cast to play his handsome cousin instead.

So MC would go home to watch his favorite movie, Marty and tell himself looks aren't everything.

(Assuming movies exist in his world, which they don't.)

Which would your MC rather do? Go to a fancy party in a tux/ballgown, or hang out in a t-shirt and shorts at a clambake?
 

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Whichever one had less people at it. He's actually recently discovered "relaxant" (basically alcohol in the future) and has found it's helped him start to forget his constant paranoia and stress, so possibly the clambake.

Q: Does your character believe in an afterlife?
 

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Q: Does your character believe in an afterlife?

Nadia does.

Deril does at the beginning of the story, but events of the story lead him to question it.


How does your character deal with their dark side?
 

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What's the one possession your MC would most hate to lose?

A handwritten note from his best friend saying he was weird but that's okay. It reminds MC of a time when his life wasn't completely insane.

Question: Why did your MC's last relationship end?
 

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How does your character deal with their dark side?

Depends. Slams a persons head against a table or makes a very subtle threat.

What's your characters weapon of choice?

Standard issue police firearm. Or angelic knives.

A handwritten note from his best friend saying he was weird but that's okay. It reminds MC of a time when his life wasn't completely insane.

Question: Why did your MC's last relationship end?

I don't know. I truly never thought about her past relationships.

What would you MC do if he/she was forced to choose between a broken peace or an all out war that would rip the nature of the world apart.
 

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Question: Why did your MC's last relationship end?

Because my MC is hiding her real identity and her beau would have been obligated to kill her for the greater good if he found out who she is.

What does your character value more, intention or outcome?
 

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What does your character value more, intention or outcome?

That's a tough one. He feels his outcomes often are not indicative of his intentions, so he'd have to be patient when other people mess up.

If your MC could say one thing to the person closest to them, what would it be?
 

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If your MC could say one thing to the person closest to them, what would it be?

That depends on if we're talking about the person my MC is closest to in her own world, or the person she's closest to in the world she gets transported to.

If it's the person she's closest to in her own world, it would probably be her little sister and she would say, "I love you and I'm proud of you," one last time because she doesn't know if she'll ever get back to her own world to say that again.

The person she's closest to in the world she gets transported to is the woman who takes her in when she first arrives on the scene. I think MC would simply tell her "Thank you," because the woman understood her situation and was kind and generous to MC when no one else was.


If your MC came face to face with a dangerous mythological creature that they used to think didn't exist, how would they react? Would they fight it? Run from it? Cry? Something else?
 

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If your MC came face to face with a dangerous mythological creature that they used to think didn't exist, how would they react? Would they fight it? Run from it? Cry? Something else?

While everyone else was debating whether it was real or how could it exist, she'd find the biggest gun and shoot it. When that didn't work, she'd be the last to run away, still shooting at it.


What's your MCs greatest guilty pleasure?
 

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What's your MCs greatest guilty pleasure?

Fighting - or more specifically, killing. She'll never admit it, but proving herself to be stronger than someone else is the only thing that really gives her any satisfaction anymore.

Does your MC consider him/herself a good person?
 

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Not really. He has a strange habit (one which I didn't plan, I swear) of negative self-talk. He keeps saying things like "I am a horrible person."

Does your MC have a weakness for intoxicants of any sort?