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100 Random Character Development Questions

Under a read-more due to length.

001. When is their birthday?

September 17th

002. Do they do anything to celebrate their birthday?

Absolutely! The Addams family celebrates life as well as death! Cake is mandatory, and the family makes a point of spending some special time together, whether it be a fun outing or a game night at home. Gifts are present, but generally not the focus as gifts are often given on random days as well.

003. Does your character like coffee better, or tea?

Tea! When she gets older, Wednesday doesn’t mind coffee, but Thing makes wonderful tea, they know just how long to steep it.

004. Do they prefer being alone or with others?

In the right company, being with others, but it’s very much with the right people. Wednesday doesn’t mind being alone, but family and friends always make for a better time.

005. Are they in good health?

For an Addams, absolutely. It may not be good health if someone outside the family would follow her diet, but she’s a bit different. She’s in no danger of major illness, and is by all means in a rather athletic shape. She practices Judo and is quite skilled.

006. What sense do they most rely on?

Sight. Wednesday is generally rather good at using all her senses, but sight is really just the most useful.

007. Is your character an optimist or a pessimist?

An optimist! Things have a way of working out for an Addams.

008. What is their favorite fairy tale?

Her and Pugsley’s version of Red Riding Hood. The wolf is okay in that one.

009. Do they believe in happy endings?

Yes.

010. Do they believe in love at first sight?

Yes.

011. How would your character court the person of their dreams?

Well, her family has lots of advice on this. She’d wear pretty dresses, keep her hair down, learn to dance, and pull a nice long face. If that doesn’t work, though, she’s been given plenty of backup options.

No, but really, she would likely change her appearance somewhat, but would largely offer her affection as acts of service and time spent with the person of her dreams. If it truly is a person of her dreams, then they will want to court her as well, and she imagines things will fall naturally into place.

012. What makes your character embarrassed?

Remembering the terrible crushes she’s had on people that wouldn’t even play with Pugsley’s octopus.

013. Have they ever been bullied or teased?

Yes, she didn’t mind much so long as they were just insulting her.

014. Detail one secret shame your character feels.

She wants her Marie Antoinette doll to be period-accurate. Even though the clothes she wears are beautiful, and the period-accurate ones are horrific, Wednesday would rather it be light and frilly.

015. Are they most likely to fight with their fists or their tongue?

That depends– not much aside from insulting her family will make Wednesday resort to physical violence, but when words simply won’t do….

016. What is their choice of weapon?

If a weapon is to be used, a nice knife.

017. When does your character think that violence is justified or deserved?

As mentioned before, when someone insults her family.

018. Your character wakes up to find that war has been declared. What do they do?

Rejoice.

019. If they could have a superpower, what would they choose?

Teleportation

020. What are their hobbies?

Writing, raising spiders, painting, ballet, etc.

021. How do they display affection?

A loving look, or (as a child) excited hugs. Occasionally thumps on the head. Sharing of possessions.

022. What is the most beautiful thing they’ve ever seen?

Her mother’s garden

023. What do they consider beautiful in others physically?

A lovely pallor

024. What do they consider ugly in others physically?

A penchant for bright clothing

025. What do they consider beautiful in others personality-wise?

Intelligence

026. What do they consider ugly in others personality-wise?

A sense of superiority

027. What is their idea of perfect happiness?

Family and the means to decorate and provide for her family in the way that will make them most comfortable.

028. What makes them laugh out loud?

Uncle Fester’s dynamite caps

029. What sort of sense of humor does your character have?

Dark & Gloomy

030. Do they believe in the afterlife?

Yes, though her idea of the afterlife is not conventional or definite by any means.

031. Are they superstitious about anything?

Yes. Imagine most superstitious, reversed (ex. lucky number 13, breaking a mirror is 7 years of good luck, etc.)

032. Does your character believe in ghosts?

Yes

033. Do they keep their promises?

Most of the time.

034. What’s their view of lying?

Reputable people don’t lie. That said, sometimes she doesn’t feel like she has to be reputable.

035. What is the most important rule your character lives by?

Family first and family last and family by and by.

036. How honorable is your character?

Depends on when you catch her. I’d say mostly honorable.

037. If your character saw someone drop a large sum of money and knew that they could probably take it without anyone noticing, what would they do?

Give it back. Depending on the sum, possibly slip in a little more for charity. Money’s a strange thing, for the Addams family.

038. What bad habits do they have?

Using her family’s possessions without permission

Proclaiming when she knows a secret

039. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person?

Isolation from loved ones

040. What is their obsession?

Raising pedigreed spiders

041. Are they comfortable with technology?

Depends on the type.

042. What is their greatest achievement?

Though no one knows it’s actually her art (as they believed it was Sam Picasso’s), her paintings have been critically acclaimed. She’s most (un?)known for her trees with human heads. She’s more proud of her spiders, though.

043. What will they stand up for?

Family.

044. What disgusts them?

Apples

Non-consensual sadism (deriving joy from hurting someone that doesn’t want to be hurt). (while I HC the Addams Family are neither sadists nor masochists, there’s no judgement of those who are, unless it hurts those who do not want to be harmed)

045. Does your character have any chronic medical conditions?

046. How do they handle getting sick?

Her father will typically call Dr. Mbogo, but he’s usually busy and by the time they’ve run off another doctor, the illness will have run its course

047. What was the last medical problem your character had?

Her temperature was very oddly low for a few days.

048. Do they have any allergies?

049. How does your character feel about growing old?

Well, everyone must

050. How does your character feel about their own mortality?

What of it? It’s unconcerning

051. If they knew they would die tomorrow, what would they do today?

Spend time with her family

052. What is your character’s worst flaw?

A shocking refusal of awareness that her family is in any way “strange.” Also her undying loyalty.

053. What is your character’s greatest strength?

Undying loyalty. Also her refusal to think of her family as “strange.”

054. Does your character want power or authority of any kind?

No? Yes? She’s happy to have it but does not demand it.

055. Is your character an introvert or an extrovert?

Introvert

056. Has your character ever struck someone in anger?

Yes. Harold Pomeroy.

057. Has your character ever killed anyone?

058. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

A nice storm staying at home and curling up against Kitty. Lurch would play the harpsichord and her parents would dance, she would play with dynamite caps with Pugsley and Uncle Fester, Grandmama would tell her about Marie Antoinette again, she’d play hide and go seek (and Thing would help her cheat), and at the end of the day her Mother would read her a lovely bedtime story.

059. List several phrases your character is fond of uttering. Where did they pick them up?

“It’s so nice and gloomy” - How she’s always described her house. Echoed from her mother’s words.

“It’s Marie Antoinette” - Whenever people ask about her doll

“No.” She’s a very stubborn girl, and knows exactly what she said.

060. What is your character’s attitude toward education and learning?

She’s extremely intelligent… but may have the system a little backward. She’ll fail to spite her teachers, unless she’s very interested in the subject. Even then she doesn’t like answering tests.

061. Does your character prefer adventure or safety and security?

Adventure.

062. What sort of legacy does your character wish to leave behind?

That of a true Addams

063. How well does your character handle difficult people?

She’s undeterred.

064. In what ways does your character annoy others?

Wednesday is very set in her ways at times, and will keep at her argument without escalation (and without deescalation) when it comes to minor differences.

065. Is your character better at leading or following? Which do they prefer?

It entirely depends on the situation.

066. Does your character prefer city life or being out in nature?

Nature

067. Does your character believe in fate or destiny?

Not in the way this question makes it sound.

068. How strong is your character’s sense of responsibility? What kinds of things trigger it?

You may have guessed it now, but very strong. Particularly to her family or any group she is a part of, she feels she has the responsibility to show her worth and care for those within.

069. What about your character is heroic?

She will defend her family until her death and beyond.

070. What about your character is cowardly?

If there’s something she doesn’t want to deal with, she simply won’t. This isn’t really a problem for smaller things, but sometimes....

071. How kind is your character?

I think she’s actually rather kind, but it may not come across that way, always. She has a very good heart for those she cares about.

072. In a Dungeons & Dragons game, which class would your character be? (wizard, fighter, bard, priest, ranger, etc.)

Oooh... this should not be as hard as it is... I want to say warlock.

073. In a novel, what plot role would your character fill? (hero, anti-hero, sidekick, villain, etc.)

Strange mysterious character that ends up giving you a cryptic, true answer but you don’t realize it until the end

074. What is your character’s favorite game?

Dolls (when young), poker (when older)

075. Is your character ticklish?

Not that anyone knows.

076. How do they express anger?

Violently and vindictively. Wednesday isn’t truly angry often.

077. How often do they cry? Over what?

Not too often. When she was younger it was because of those awful tales where knights slew the poor defenseless dragons. Nowadays it’s just a nice cathartic cry every now and again.

078. How emotionally stable is your character?

Rather.

079. How easy is it for them to read the emotions of others?

Rather.

080. How easy is it for others to read your character’s emotions?

Fairly.

081. Is your character religious?

No?

082. What are your character’s sleeping preferences?

On her back, perfectly still, under two light blankets with a hard mattress and pillow.

083. What is the first thing they say and/or do when they wake up?

Yawn, then make the bed.

084. Describe your character in one word.

Novel

085. Describe your character in three words.

Child of woe

086. How would your character describe themself in one word?

Wednesday.

087. How would your character describe themself in three words?

Wednesday Friday Addams.

088. Is your character quiet or loud?

Quiet, except when she gets to use fresh dynamite caps.

089. How vocally expressive is your character?

She says what she thinks.

090. How bodily expressive is your character?

Very, if you know how to look. But it is rather subtle

091. What type of music does your character like?

Instrumental. Her favorite artist is Lurch, on the harpsichord.

092. What emotion does your character evoke in others?

Unease, sometimes. Who on earth could know why?

093. What is your character’s goal in life?

To support her family, and someday have her own.

094. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to know.

The works of Edgar Allen Poe, Dante Alighieri, and William Shakespeare.

That B-O-O-Z-E spells booze (at six)

Approximately how many heads were chopped off in the French Revolution.

095. Name three things most would not expect your character to be able to do.

Judo

Advanced mathematics

Be the unintentional cause of several law enforcement officers’ resignations.

096. How do they move and carry themselves? What energy do they project?

With confidence, poise, and grace. Wednesday projects a strange, dark energy, but one that is assured of itself and uncompromising.

097. How well do they adapt to change?

Fairly easily. Sometimes she’ll become a bit down if it isn’t as gloomy as she’s used to, but she can get it there.

098. Does your character like animals?

Yes. She has a spider named Homer and a lizard name Lucifer, among others. She adores animals! Though dogs and bunny rabbits are a bit… weird.

099. Do they talk to inanimate objects?

That depends on what you consider inanimate. In the Addams home, those lines get blurred.

100. Does your character dream? If so, what do they dream about?

Yes. Usually just about daily life-- playing, going to school, talking to her family, etc.

#proditeur #**my name is (wednesday addams)**#i hate u and i love u #i skipped around so yell if i missed one i think i got them all #i can also elaborate but???? not on all of them at once????

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archivesdiveronarpg · 7 years

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Congratulations, PIKA! You’ve been accepted for the role of HELENUS. Pika, I’ve been waiting for a Helenus application for a long, long time and I can say with utmost certainty that your application did NOT disappoint. Quite the opposite! You nailed every single aspect of Hugo down so perfectly I almost can’t believe it. His mannerisms and dialogue in your interview and sample were beautifully wary, and you get a sense of his devotion to God and why he’s so admired as a priest - but with one line you also nailed why he excels as an emissary. I can’t wait to see our beautiful, conflicted, weary priest on our dash. Please read over the checklist and send in your blog within twenty-four hours.

WELCOME TO THE MOB.

Out of Character

Alias | pika.

Age | eighteen.

Preferred Pronouns | she/her/hers or they/them/theirs, i’m honestly not super picky.

Activity Level | tbqh…not great? i can’t promise anything more than my best, which is usually activity at least every other day (though i try to get on daily!). probably a 6/10, if i were to give it a number.

Timezone | pst.

Permission | ye sure!

In Character

Character | helenus ;; hugo kim

What drew you to this character? | i’m not gonna lie, hugo definitely snuck up on me. the paradoxical image of the sinning holy man was striking, but as i never read troilus and cressida, i didn’t quite feel comfortable enough with the character to apply the first time i peeped around diverona. so, this became an application for puck. anyway, fast forward a few days: i missed the friday acceptances, i looked into helenus a little (both the shakespeare and greek versions), and hooooo boy the inspiration just kind of…came? i mean, there’s a lot to draw from between the bio, the mythology, and the play.

to actually answer your question, i think what drew me to hugo was his internal conflict. hugo is a study in dichotomy, in balance. as a priest, he lives in a world of black and white, yet his reality bleeds an ugly, mottled grey (except for when it bleeds red, kek). he walks a precipice between faith and doubt (or more accurately, faith and love), and more than anything, i get the feeling he dreams on wings broken by reality. i’m not normally one partial to the good guys (i’m more of a chaotic-neutral kinda gal), but the thing with hugo is that he both is and isn’t a good guy, if that makes any sense. he’s a good man who does (has done, will do) bad things. he’s got vices that’ll come back to bite him in the ass. he’s an angel in free-fall, and i’ll be damned if that’s not intriguing to me.

What is a future plot idea you have in mind for the character? |

► 001. i am the lord thy god (comedy at its highest reveals a tragedy, and darling, you’re the biggest laugh of all)

living such a juxtaposed double life isn’t healthy. i’d like to explore how hugo is affected by the hypocrisy of his actions. how can a man preach kindness to all in one moment, then turn around and promise threats in the next? one of hugo’s biggest struggles is between balancing his role as a man of god and a man of the montagues. and obviously, this causes a lot of moral conundrums. at some point, the balance must tip. i want hugo to make a choice one way or the other: fate or faith? it doesn’t have to be an explicit choice (in fact, it likely wouldn’t be), but rather, defiance or compliance with an order. i want to see an embittered hugo, a cynical hugo. a hugo questioning his faith (or really, his identity). faith is such a central part of hugo’s character; what is he without it? is he anything without it? gimme a hugo wrecked by the war—just another casualty. how will this affect him? he is, essentially, pitting his family against his personal ethics—two fundamental aspects of himself. i imagine it may very well tear him apart, either figuratively or literally, depending on his choice.

► 002. thou shalt have no other gods before me (vacant eyes and hearts and hands)

all of hugo’s connections are fun, but oho, cinead’s. cinead’s. cinead terrifies hugo. hugo believes in one God, but to deny the power of the witches is a unique kind of heresy in which even hugo is reluctant to partake. there is only one way to reconcile this: hugo believes cinead to be the devil. well. perhaps not the devil, but his devil. i’d like to see the evolution of their relationship, how the unstoppable force meets the immovable object. hugo…doesn’t pride himself on being good at manipulating people, exactly, but he is aware he’s good at it. however, he’s outmatched by the witch, and i don’t know that he knows it. it might take him a while before he even realizes how easily he’s manipulated by cinead. interestingly, this is a plot that could break hugo, but is also possibly the only one that allows him to be truly free—after all, the hedonist is slave only to his own desires. so. yeah.

► 003. ye shall erect these stones which i command thee (though you shroud yourself in white, even you bleed red)

as a priest, hugo’s first and only devotion is to god. and he’s been good about that. but he’s still only a man. i’d like to see hugo form a romantic attachment to somebody. bonus points if it’s a guy (i hc hugo as being panromantic demisexual), because hi internalized institutional homophobia. the world of romance is a dangerous new frontier for hugo, and exploring that has a 70:1 chance of ending in angst, because, y’know…jesus.

In Depth

What is your favorite place in Verona?

“You’d probably expect me to say the Cathedral, wouldn’t you?” Hugo chuckles, steepling his fingers on his desk. “I mean, I suppose I ought to say the Cathedral, seeing how it is my home parish. And I do love it, I do. It is, without a doubt, the most beautiful house of worship I have had the honor of laying my eyes upon, much less preaching in. But—”

(…but in Verona, the Cathedral is not a place for the Lord. It is a place for Them, and Hugo cannot help the seed of resentment that buds in his heart when he thinks of their arrogance, of their flagrant insistence to squander their power in the futile pursuit of more. They have deluded themselves into playing god, have lost sight of His way in their games of war. Pride is perhaps the most deadly of the sins, but it is not the only one.)

“—but I must admit to be rather partial to the library. I love books.” His small office is a testament to his statement. Books and writing are strewn across the room in an organized sort of chaos; there appears to be some kind of system, but it’s incomprehensible to the untrained eye. “Stories, facts…you could live entire lives in a library.”

What does your typical day look like?

“Busy.” There’s a rueful twist to Hugo’s smile. “It’s Lent, which means we must prepare for the Easter Triduum alongside regular mass…which means, basically, there’s a lot going on.” And that’s before he factors in his emissary work, which has been anything but typical since Alvise’s death. “Still, my day is pretty structured. I’ll wake up, pray, eat something light. Then I’ll go to the Cathedral and assist with business there for the day. How long I stay varies, depending on my, ah…personal business. Eventually, I’ll find my way home for the night. I always end the day with a prayer.”

What are your thoughts on the war between the Capulets and the Montagues?

Hugo heaves a heavy sigh. “War is…” Ugly. Profitable. Terrible. Beautiful. He trails off, seemingly unsatisfied with the direction of his thought.

A moment passes. Another. He tries again. “One misconception people have about the Lord, I feel, is that He is responsible for war, for suffering. I think people misunderstand his power; God is Almighty and omnipotent, but also gifted us with autonomy. One of His greatest gifts is the freedom from him—the freedom to make our world. He relinquished control so that we may be free.” His voice lightens with a levity that only feels somewhat forced. “I don’t know that I’d call this war, yet, but for all our sakes, I pray it doesn’t become one. Things are already enough, as it is.”

He stands up; there is business to attend to. “There are a lot of things I could say about the war, but let’s leave it at this: may God have mercy on their souls.” He sighs. “On all our souls.”

In-Character Para Sample:

One truth that Hugo couldn’t deny: emissary work was not unlike addressing a congregation. In both, the man was the messenger—an arm of a higher being, with no real power of his own. An effective messenger understood this; an effective messenger didn’t need power. After all, why waste your breath preaching your own insignificance when you can channel the will of a god? No, persuasion was the most effective tool available to the mortal man. Though the body belonged to the Lord, the heart belonged to the individual.

And there were few people as good as playing heartstrings as the man who looked back at Hugo in the mirror. The man sighed, tugging one hand through his hair and another across his plain black shirt. Hugo’s vestments laid neatly folded behind him, the celebratory white and green a flash of brightness from the mass he concluded only an hour earlier. The mass’ other holdover, the joyful buzz from performing a service, had long since faded, only to be replaced by a new (though not unfamiliar) sensation: the buzz of anticipation. There were fewer things Hugo hated more than being called to work immediately following a mass. He had been acting as the Montague’s emissary for long enough that it didn’t phase him—he even had taken to wearing all black under his alb and vestments, just in case—but switching from a celebrant to a businessman was immeasurably draining.

Still, when duty called, he answered. Casting his reflection one more sigh, he grabbed the mobile off the corner of his desk and exited his tiny office. He took his time walking through the Cathedral’s hallways, nodding to everyone he passed in greeting but not making any effort at initiating conversation. He couldn’t help but blink when he exited the building; it was an overwhelmingly sunny day, truly worthy of being called the Lord’s Day.

Hugo headed toward the spot of darkness in the light, a sleek black sedan parked on the street corner. He nodded at the driver, an unremarkable associate whose name always escaped Hugo, in greeting, and settled into the passenger’s seat as the vehicle roared into motion.

“You’re late, Father,” the driver said.

Hugo caught the sigh that threatened to escape by the skin of his teeth—it was a terrible habit, the sighing, really. “Yes, well. Patience is a virtue, you know. Besides, I had a few matters to attend to at the church before I left.”

The driver snorted, an inelegant sound. “Pft. The church has been around for a couple thousand years. It could’ve waited ‘til after you did your business for the Family. Should’ve. Apparently you’re meetin’ with someone important.”

“More important than the—!” Hugo was scandalized. Did this heretic not realize that Easter was in a month? No, he reasoned, composing himself, probably not. The priest coughed into his fist, and continued in a more measured tone. “Ahem. Yes. I’ve been told this is a…delicate deal.”

That morning, Hugo had been told to pay a visit to a dealer associated with the Montagues. Apparently, the fool had been keeping a higher portion of his profits than the family liked, so they had decided to send the priest in to remind the man of the immorality of theft. Well, Hugo had supposed, you couldn’t deny the Montagues had a sense of humor.

Their conversation lulled into silence as the drove through the city. Hugo watched as it flew by in the window, nice neighborhoods bleeding into slums bleeding into historical centers. They slowed in a middling part of town—you wouldn’t take a tourist there, perhaps, but the area had a familiar vibrancy unique to locals. The driver pulled up to a rather nondescript home that looked to have been repurposed as an apartment complex.

“Ya got a gun on you, Father?” The driver asked.

“Unfortunately, yes.” It weighed heavily in Hugo’s pocket, another habit adopted in Verona. “Wait here until I get out. I pray the proceedings won’t escalate, but it never hurts to be prepared.”

“Aw, Father, you don’t need to worry. Who in their right mind’s gonna shoot at a priest? That’s, like, a one-way ticket to hell.”

And extorting drug dealers isn’t? The sardonic thought went unsaid as Hugo gave the driver a final acknowledgement and exited the car. A cursory glance at the tenant list gave him his final destination, and he entered the building with a pride he didn’t feel, a one-man processional sent to deliver the word of God to the heretic. Upon reaching the intended’s door, he knocked once, twice. A man, presumably the target, opened it—what a fool, Hugo thought—and regarded the priest with a wary glance, hand snaking to the waistband of his pants. So he knew why the angel had been sent to his door. Good. That made Hugo’s job much easier. Primly, he adjusted his shirt collar.

“Tell me,” he said, voice gentle but knowing, “did you know that theft is a sin?”

Time to go to work.

Extras:

a playlist–

ultralight beam ;; kanye west

( i’m tryna keep my faith, but i’m lookin’ for more / somewhere i can feel safe / and end my holy war )

talking to myself ;; gallant

( how’d my own molecules forsake me? / atoms changed behind my back )

blessings ;; chance the rapper

( don’t believe in kings, believe in the kingdom )

fall away ;; twenty one pilots

( every time i feel my selfish ambition is taking my vision / and my crime is my sentence / repentance is taking commission )

in the woods somewhere ;; hozier

( his bone exposed / his hind was lame / i raised a stone to end his pain )

day n nite (nightmare) ;; kid cudi

( within his dreams he sees the life he made / the pain is deep / a silent sleeper, you won’t hear a peep )

fade ;; kanye west

( when no one ain’t around / i think i think too much / ain’t nobody watchin’ / i just fade away )

medicine ;; daughter

( you’ve got a warm heart / you’ve got a beautiful brain / but it’s disintegrating )

hc’s & misc. bits

hugo is technically ordained as an eastern catholic priest, but is familiar with roman catholic tradition.

hugo is fluent in russian and italian. he speaks the latter with a trace of an accent of the former. he also speaks pretty good english, and is fair in classical latin.

this was kinda obvious in the para sample, but hugo sighs a lot?? the man is tired; let him live. other ticks include pacing and holding his hands on his hips. he gesticulates a lot when he speaks, especially when impassioned.

he keeps an extensive collection of herbal teas. his favorite is oolong, though his daily staple is earl grey.

hugo and albert used to call each other every week. hugo feels guilty because he’s been letting their phone calls slide recently.

hugo tries not to curse, and is usually pretty successful. when he starts breaking out the expletives, you can safely assume shit has hit the fan.

hugo claims that his plain choice in clothes is strictly a practice in practicality and professionalism. this is true. it is also true, however, that he’s otherwise hopeless at picking outfits. don’t bother flashing your rolexes and red bottoms at him, because it’ll go right over his head.

i feel like i was a little heavy on the angsty/struggling side of hugo in the app, but he really doesn’t come across as such in his interactions. he’s kind of a nerd tbh.

anyway, thanks for reading! i wanna apologize for playing hard and loose with catholicism; i’m a minimalist catholic, but there are definitely aspects here that may or may not reflect the actual rl church haha

#accepted: helenus

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