Character Development Memes are my fave

[awanderingbard]

I've started following referencesforwriters on tumblr, which is a gathering of different resources for writers of all sorts. It's quite a useful blog, I favourite almost everything they post. The other day, someone posted a list of questions that you should know the answers to for your characters. It seemed to have quite good meme potential, and I love me some character development meme. I've removed some questions, as there were many. So,

Give me the name of a character I write or have written, and a number from the list below. I'll answer the question.

1. What is the best thing in your character’s life?
2. What is the worst thing in your character’s life?
3. What seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character?
4. What is your character reluctant to tell people?
5. How does your character feel about sex?
6. What would your character make a scene in public about?
7. What are your character’s major flaws?
8. What does your character pretend or try to care about?
9. What is your character afraid of?
10. What is something most people in your setting do that your character thinks is dumb?

Feel free to ask for OCs and AU versions of characters. Also feel free to ask for more than one character, or more than one question.

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[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Trevelyan

4. What is your character reluctant to tell people?

In his profession, Q is forbidden from telling most everything, so it's not so much reluctance that stops him. Even when he dates, he makes it quite clear from the beginning that everything he says is going to be a lie, and if he or she isn't cool with that, then he doesn't pursue it.

However, what he finds very hard to tell people is that he needs help. He hates needing help. It's not so much failure that he dislikes, failure is just a way to learn what not to do. But implying in any way that he is incapable of dealing with a problem by himself is extremely hard for him to do. It stems very much from his father's death, and not wanting to bother anyone with anything, and only cemented itself when Sherlock went off the rails, and he felt that adding to his family's problems was just selfish, so it was best to deal with it by himself. In most cases, he does very well at this, but there are times when one or more brothers has to step in. He doesn't mind Sherlock so much, but he always feels bad bothering Mycroft with anything. Mycroft being disappointed in him is something he hates.

9. What is your character afraid of?

Flying is Q's big phobia. He dislikes giving up control to someone who he doesn't know and trusting them to hurl a metal tube from one place to another without incident, while he sits in the back, fully aware of the multitude of ways it is possible for someone to kill them all. He does not consider this a phobia, as phobias are irrational, and dying in a plane crash is not an irrational fear.

Also, unlike his brothers, Q is aware that he doesn't care as much as other people, and sometimes fears that he's missing out on something by not feeling things to the same depth. Falling in love isn't something he cares about either way, as he's quite happy with or without companionship ,but he does sometimes worry that he can't fall in love, which is a concept he finds a bit off-putting. And one the rare occasions he has thought about children, he's a little bit terrified that if he should end up with some, he wouldn't know how to love them.

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is so interesting! I especially feel for poor Q, worrying that he can't fall in love or wouldn't love his children. And I love Mycroft worrying over his brothers. So sweet. I'm glad he had his genetic heart condition worked on.

Thanks very much!