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[charloft](MON) - pieces of me
Dec. 22nd, 2008 09:20 amWhat 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.
( More characters below the cut... )
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.
( More characters below the cut... )
