It doesn't happen that way....

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Stolen from the_betrayer. ♥

Anon is completely available for this, too.
So anyone can ask me anything without feeling like I'll know who they are or pressured.

Or anything.
Really, you can comment with more than just a character.


NAME ANY OF MY CHARACTERS THAT I HAVE EVER PLAYED. AND THEN I'LL FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING:

❥ what initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
❥ one of his/her best traits.
❥ one of his/her worst traits.
❥ how easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
❥ the story/thread/chapter/post/etc where I feel that I truly captured them.
❥ my plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

The List.

Also, since I play.... Three characters, at the moment - if you'd like to specify which game's muse, instead of just picking a character, that would be really cool.

Yeah.

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imxnotxshort

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❥ what initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him.

I find this 'question' to be irritatingly misleading. As anyone that's known me, and my take on RP knows, I don't RP Ed because I like him. I RP him because I can relate to him, find him an easy character to get into, and basically I'm lazy and hey there, self-insert. I guess. I think I can do him considerable justice, because I feel like I can relate to his motives for things, what with our personalities being as similar as they are, so I can rationalize his actions and I refuse to play a character that I don't understand and can't defend the motives of.

Yes, I understand that this is a general response about Ed, and not the one you specifically asked for, but considering he was my first Ed ever - it's the best answer I can give.

❥ one of his best traits.

Oh god, considering how much I hate him right now- I might need to come back to this one.

Is it sad that I came back to this, and the only thing I can really think of is that... I really like his icons? Honestly, if I think of something - I'll just comment again. It might take me a few days.

❥ one of his worst traits.

His inability to do anything that he wants to do. He's become a shut-in of a character that's life revolves around making other characters (including NPCs) happy, and ignoring his own wants and feelings to a very dangerous extent for someone of his personality type.

He tries to give the people closest to him whatever they want, even if it's not what he himself wants, and from the first time I've played him he's never been very good at knowing what another person really -does- want. After realizing that Al really wasn't coming back - as went the story in the game he originated from - Ed's focus became keeping Roy happy, so that he didn't lose him, too. After, of course, an attachment was developed between them considering a good deal of time during their 'courting' Edward was simply numb to the whole experience...

but because of all this, Ed treats himself like a trained dog, completely repressing his own wants in favor of pleasing others - and agonizing over any time he might 'slip up' and revert to his old (canon) attitude.

❥ how easy I find it to write the character.

He's a self-insert. Literally. He's the Ed that is most like me, out of all of them (well, maybe edmunculus, but I think this one is actually most like me.) So, writing for him is probably the easiest thing I could ever do.

❥ how difficult I find it to write the character.

Emotionally, it's very difficult. I don't have trouble as far as getting him active goes, but considering the amount of everything that went into the game he originated from, and the fact that when I do write him I see nothing but my own flaws in his every action - swallowing my pride and letting him do things is probably the worst part. I spend a lot of time wondering how badly a canon version would beat him up, if they ever met. Then again, with how compassionate Ed is, and how pathetic he's become... He'd probably just leave him alone to be pathetic elsewhere.

❥ the story/thread/chapter/post/etc where I feel that I truly captured them.

I can't really pinpoint when I felt the proudest of him, as far as capturing his true personality goes. There was a lot of stuff that made me very happy and confident in my RPing, yet the part that got me the most was not an actual post that I participated in, but an IM conversation with a complete stranger who told me how accurately they felt I played him. Even though I'd never seen the movie, I managed to settle on a personality that reflected what he should act like for that age, and it still remains the best compliment I feel I've ever received on his characterization.

❥ my plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

I've stopped RPing him, except for one or two posts in the fmadressingroom, but the only reason he was even brought into there was for crack amusement of having him meet another Ed I play and the potential for them loathing each other immensely.

And I think that plan has since been obliterated.

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alchemyxfreak

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Recycling journals makes this hurt. Because I still see alchemyxfreak and think secondchancerp. Okay, enough of my babbling. Onto the real .... babbling.

Also, run-ons are my friend. Down with punctuation. ♥

❥ what initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him.

Uhh, besides my original statements above about why I play Ed, and other general info, I'm more or less answering this one based on the game they're from. What prompted me to pick up Ed in Purg was the fact that a friend nagged me into it I thought he'd be an interesting character in the setting.

At the time, there was very little interaction with the gods if you minded your own business, so Ed was able to come into the game as the skeptical non-believer that he is. I liked the premise for him, as far as the sinning goes - because that is the plot of FMA. And I truly think if Ed was dumped somewhere and told "You're here because you sinned, now make up for it." he would accept that, because he does shoulder the burden so fully. So, I figured it would be an interesting angle to play from, with his personality and that's what became my final reasoning for joining with him.

❥ one of his best traits.

He's very level headed, and rational. This could also be listed under one of his worst traits, because I fear it attributes to his personality quirks that makes him different from canon, and I fear getting OOC with it. I play him the way I feel he would be, based on his personality in the show, the movie, and the fact that unlike the movie - he has a whole new purpose in Purg, and instead of worrying about wanting Al with him, he'd rather his brother be safe and at home away from Purgatorium. Considering Ed is the sinner, not Al, in his eyes.

❥ one of his worst traits.

He's still very much Ed in that he thinks he can be best friends with everybody, and in a place like Purg with spiteful and dangerous characters - it's a scary place to be. I spend a lot of time stopping before I post something and wondering 'Would he really do this?' because there's a lot that I feel he would do that I don't want him to, as the player. I don't want to annoy other players, or put him in a sticky situation and he likes to just poke at things until they're unrecognizable.

❥ how difficult I find it to write the character.

Generally speaking, I think I can get a feel for him 70-80 percent of the time. There are some characters that I really hit a writers' block responding to, because I like to word things in a way that you can 'hear' Ed saying it, and the responses he wants to give to their statements are more.. something I would say. In another game I was in, we played Modern Day, and I need to remember that even though he's surrounded by those elements in this game, he's canon and wouldn't likely know those references.

This is also a massive issue based on the fact that they never really show us how similar the other world is to our's.

❥ how easy I find it to write the character.

In his own element, I think I do all right with him. I can generally get his voice with a lot of people, like Aaron and Wrath - and writing for him is sort of like a second nature for me... I don't have any trouble with one emotion of his more than another, I know happy Ed, as well as angry Ed and sad Ed - but he's always easier to play with someone to bounce off of.

❥ the story/thread/chapter/post/etc where I feel that I truly captured them.

The thread with Wolfram, that Angel said she thought he was remarkably in character. It meant a lot to me, because I was already proud of my ability to pull him off so well in that conversation. I worry that people miss the subtle things I throw into what he does and says, I don't want people to think of me as an inconsistant player because Ed's an inconsistant character, and several people agreed that the way he acted seemed right for him. So, that's the first one that sticks out in my mind when people ask this.

❥ my plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Being able to sleep on a real bed. They need to move soon. <3

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Purg!Kyo?

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Your answer~ (http://icarusxelric.livejournal.com/24481.html)

I posted it in an entry so I wouldn't forget to do it. <3