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[awanderingbard]

The best days are when new character development memes arrive! Stolen from joonscribble

Toss me some numbers and a character (OCs and AU versions welcome) and I'll answer the questions. Multiple characters welcome as well:

1. What is one thing others might find intolerable about them?
2. Do they have any annoying quirks? If so, what are they?
3. Name one or more of their bad habits.
4. Any addictions? (Food, sex, drugs/alcohol, shopping, power/control, etc.)
5. What is one thing they do that can negatively affect their relationship with friends?
6. Their romantic relationships?
7. What is the biggest mistake they’ve ever made?
8. What mistake(s) do they continue to make/have not learned from?
9. Name some of their major physical shortcomings.
10. Some of their emotional shortcomings?
11. What are their intellectual shortcomings?
12. At least one thing that they tend to overreact to.
13. In what ways might they be overly negative and/or pessimistic?
14. Is there anything they are too optimistic about?
15. How might they be ignorant or prejudiced?
16. Do they have any behaviors and/or beliefs that cannot be adequately justified?
17. When would they be too judgmental of someone or something?
18. Are they ever a pushover about something? If so, how?
19. Is there anything they refuse to budge on? What are they stubborn about?
20. What is a self-inflicted misery of theirs? (i.e. something they perpetuate themselves)

Comments

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Actually, in Cap 2, if it wasn't for the fact that others are talking about Steve being a man out of his time, I really wouldn't guess he's from the 40s based on his behavior or language.

He's super smart, so maybe he can adapt quickly. I'm sure everyone around him tries to help him out. He's probably a bit better off than someone from Victorian times. The 1940's had cars and phones and electricity, it's just we use them differently now.


Aw, Steve. My head is still in the daemon world so I can imagine Issie helpfully chasing after the balls of yarn that roll away from him.

Aww!

Ascii steals balls of wool and collects them if you don't watch her.

I just have this image of skinny!Steve sitting crossed legged on his bed, with his tongue peeking out as he tries to learn the pattern. Or maybe going to a Red Cross meeting with a bunch of woman and children, who all think he's sort of sweet for being there, but he doesn't notice because he's Steve.

[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

He's super smart, so maybe he can adapt quickly. I'm sure everyone around him tries to help him out.

I think Steve's ability to adapt is both a benefit and the crux of his problems. He's resilient and quick enough to adapt practically to his environment which has given the illusion that he's fine when he's struggling emotionally. It makes sense to me that as a soldier you have to prioritize the practical stuff first but then rather than tackle the emotional stuff, that all gets sidelined because technically on a day to day basis, you're fine.

Ascii steals balls of wool and collects them if you don't watch her.

When I lived with a cat, she used to build herself little forts with balls of yarn my roommate had lying around. You look up and she's asleep, circled by a ring of yarn balls.

Or maybe going to a Red Cross meeting with a bunch of woman and children, who all think he's sort of sweet for being there, but he doesn't notice because he's Steve.

I know everyone was super impressed by Chris Evans' physique as post-serum Steve (and yes, it is totally impressive) but I really liked pre-serum Steve and kind of miss him. He was so determined and noble. He was probably getting people who liked him to be better people way before he became big by just being himself.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

It makes sense to me that as a soldier you have to prioritize the practical stuff first but then rather than tackle the emotional stuff, that all gets sidelined because technically on a day to day basis, you're fine.

See, this is why I don't understand people saying that Cap is a boring character. He's a good guy, yes, but he has levels just like any other character, even if it isn't necessarily as much of a struggle for him to do the 'right' thing. He's no less complex for not being anti-hero.


When I lived with a cat, she used to build herself little forts with balls of yarn my roommate had lying around. You look up and she's asleep, circled by a ring of yarn balls.

The very first day we brought Ascii home, the firs thing she did was steal Mum's sock wool from her knitting basket, and put it in her kennel. The previous owner said 'she collects things', and we didn't know what that meant, but she literally just picks things up and takes them somewhere else. One day, I left the door to the my room open, and while I was having a bath, she took every stuffed animal and put it in a pile in the living room. She didn't chew or destroy them, she just collected them. I love Scotties, they are so freakin' weird.

He was so determined and noble. He was probably getting people who liked him to be better people way before he became big by just being himself.

I totally agree with this. Steve Rogers was awesome before he became Captain America. As a person who has dealt with a lot of chronic illness, I find his determination very endearing.

[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

See, this is why I don't understand people saying that Cap is a boring character. He's a good guy, yes, but he has levels just like any other character, even if it isn't necessarily as much of a struggle for him to do the 'right' thing. He's no less complex for not being anti-hero.

I think people tend to forget the amount of crap Steve's had to go through because he's not constantly angsting about it in the ways we're used to seeing male characters angst. Steve doesn't complain or show outwardly how much things get to him which makes sense given his childhood of having to weather chronic illnesses. In some ways, particularly after Cap 2, I find Steve the most interesting Avenger because he's an contradictory mix of resilient and completely depressed.

She didn't chew or destroy them, she just collected them. I love Scotties, they are so freakin' weird.

Maybe she's an interior decorator at heart. Like, the minute she enters a room she's like, "These dolls look better on the floor. Really draws the eye. I'll just arrange them here."

Steve Rogers was awesome before he became Captain America.

Erskine chose well. Steve was the right person to give that amount of power to because he didn't change where it counted.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I think people tend to forget the amount of crap Steve's had to go through because he's not constantly angsting about it in the ways we're used to seeing male characters angst

And we don't see any much of him before the transformation, when he was really struggling. We see more of him after the serum, when everything comes easily to him.


Maybe she's an interior decorator at heart. Like, the minute she enters a room she's like, "These dolls look better on the floor. Really draws the eye. I'll just arrange them here."

Hehe! 'Yes, this earplug is a nice green, I think I'll put it next to the wall in the front hall and they're realize they really should change that paint colour'. :-D

I"m off for a nap. Laters!

[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

We see more of him after the serum, when everything comes easily to him.

Well, sort of. It's like he got all the tools but crappy things continued to happen regardless. Poor Steve. He barely had time to enjoy being able to run without dying before serious shit went down.

Have a good nap!

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I meant more in a physical sense. He becomes the hero right away, there's no conflict there. Tony had to build his suit out of scraps, and he had to work out all the kinks, and still was conflicted about it. Thor has to learn humility and die before he can become the hero. Steve, once he has the serum, just is Captain America. Bad things happen and continue to happen, but the becoming the hero arc is very short for him, because he's already a hero before he starts. His movie is not about him becoming the hero, it's about him getting to the point where he crashes into the water. Both Thor and Iron Man's first movies end with them taking the responsibility of being the hero, Captain America's movie ends with everyone else becoming better and working harder to live up to the hero that Steve was.