I recently realized that about 95% of my characters are utter assholes. And I love them to bits and pieces. I suspect this is what I get for being, well, me. Goddammit, if I had to pick a Harry Potter house (yes, I just watched the 5th movie, and yes, I do adore Lucius Malfoy, because he's rather foppy and makes me think of 30% of Oscar Wilde's characters, hence my current fondness for Harry Potter), it would totally be Slytherin. Cutthroat ambition? Thirst for power? Oh hell yes, count me in. You think I'm kidding? Well... I do love Ravenclaw too, a bit. I would make a good Ravenclaw. I'm dorky, nerdy, and geeky. I love learning. I hate stupid people. Nonetheless... teh intarnetz tells me that I would be a fantastic Slytherin, which amuses the hell out of me. (Actually, teh intarnetz tend to tell me I would be a fantastic Slytherin, an only slightly less fantastic Ravenclaw, a quite decent Gryffindor, and an utterly abysmal Hufflepuff. Amusingly enough, the only house I actively dislike (for myself, at least) is Hufflepuff, so I imagine I'm set! Gosh, I would be a terrible Hufflepuff. All that... work! Goodness. That makes me sound terrible. That's life.
Whoa, anyway. That's what I get for currently working with a small gaggle of (pre)-teenage boys and girls. The ones that aren't actively malicious do tend to be rather self-centered and see the world in terms of black-and-white. Either that or they're timid little brats. OK, fine, except for the kid who spends much of his time baking and calming people down. I think I would actively like that kid as a person, not just a character. I'm much more fond of fictional characters than I am of real people, anyway.
I suppose this doesn't do my darling babies credit, does it? I don't know. I personally find them all... compelling, to say the least. Or the most. Likability doesn't matter - indeed, I frequently find it irrelevant, both in books and in real life - so much as personality. And style. Oh yes.
God, this is going to be a party. 100 pages in 30 days? Sa-WEET!
EDIT: I may find this useful. I may not. I haven't decided yet, really.
- artisans
- innovative, charismatic
- impulsive
- rationals
- strong-willed, resourceful
- aggressive
- guardians
- dependable, stable
- self-deprecating
- idealists
- insightful, conscientious
- inflexible
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