[charloft](MON) - pieces of me

What pieces of you are in your characters?

All of my characters are, to be blunt, versions of me that I run away with until they no longer resemble me in any way, shape, or form...let's be honest: every original character in RP, literature, and otherwise is born as a Mary Sue. It's the good writers that find that creative spark to make them something more.

A rundown on some of my more active/vocal characters...

Tommy Karras: Tommy is my love of magic personified. Literally, I wanted a magician muse because I've been in love with illusion since I was thirteen. Elements of my little obsession have constructed Tommy's persona and his world...I'm a hardcore devotee of Houdini, escapology is fascinating to me, and to me the art of magic has always been about the propagation of hope. Houdini's a big part of that being that he was popular during the Great Depression in particular. He did incredible things and through them, gave people hope that if he could get out of a straightjacket hanging over a New York city street, or beneath the waters of the Mississippi, they could overcome poverty and destitution.

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[mad muses] family

Speaking for myself, and not my past lives, I never had any real serious aspirations to be a family man. I mean, maybe because I never thought I’d find someone I wanted to have kids with. I love ‘em, and they love me, I just…

I wasn’t looking for a family, my family found me and now? I can’t imagine how I ever lived without ‘em.

It might be a reflection of how bad Houdini always wanted children, but I’ve felt strangely whole since my daughter was born. It’s like just knowing Zee was pregnant wasn’t enough, it’s real now. She’s in my arms whenever Zee isn’t trying to make me put her down for two seconds, warm and alive and so…present. She’s this little human being that’s in my life now, half of me and Zee put together in the most beautiful little package I’ve ever seen.

She’s a flesh and blood personification of what we feel for each other and what we’ve been through…a walking, talking example of what love can do. Well…she will be when she gets older, anyway. With the walking and talking.

I guess that’s the biggest appeal she holds for me, and yeah: I fully admit I’m obsessed with my baby girl. Have you seen her, or the woman that helped make her? She’s a little goddess, period. Long after me and Zee are gone (or at least me, anyway, being that I’m not an Immortal) she’ll be here, along with her kids and their kids.

May’s gonna make our love eternal. Least I hope so…this is bad. Already, I’m thinking about grandkids and at the same time? I’m thinking about killing the first guy that tries to touch my daughter.

Someone save me from fatherhood: I’m ass-over-teakettle crazy about my kid.

Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
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