i am all blade.

                                     YOU CAN’T THROW ME TO THE WOLVES; THEY COME WHEN I CALL.

❛ ―――――― lovelier than the stars. ❜ independent, selective, multi-verse, multi-ship tanya from the twilight saga.

PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND GESTURE. 1. How do they move and carry themselves? Pace, rhythm, gestures, energy? 2. How much physical space do they use, active and at rest? 3. How do they position themselves in a group? Do they like to be the center of attention, or do they hang back at the edges of a crowd? 4. What is their size and build? How does it influence how they use their body, if it does? 5. How do they dress? What styles, colors, accessories, and other possessions do they favor? Why? 6. What are they like in motion–in different environments, and in different activities? What causes the differences between these? 7. How do they physically engage with other people, inanimate objects, and their environment? What causes the differences between these? 8. Where and when do they seem most and least at ease? Why? How can you tell? 9. How do they manifest energy, exhaustion, tension, or other strong emotions? 10. What energizes and drains them most? 11. How are they vocally expressive? What kind of voice, accent, tones, inflections, volume, phrases and slang, and manner of speaking do they use? 12. How are they bodily expressive? How do they use nonverbal cues such as their posture, stance, eyes, eyebrows, mouths, and hands? DISPOSITION AND TEMPERAMENT. 13. How do they greet the world — what is their typical attitude towards life? How does it differ in different circumstances, or towards different subjects? Why do they take these attitudes, and why do they change? How do these tend to be expressed? 14. What do they care deeply about? What kind of loyalties, commitments, moral codes, life philosophies, passions, callings, or spirituality and faith do they have? How do these tend to be expressed? 15. What kind of inner life do they have — rich and imaginative? Calculating and practical? Full of doubts and fears? Does it find any sort of outlet in their lives? 16. Do they dream? What are those dreams like? 17. Are they more shaped by nature or nurture — who they are, or what has happened to them? How have these shaped who they’ve become as a person? 18. What kind of person could they become in the future? What are some developmental paths that they could take, (best, worst, most likely?) what would cause them to come to pass, and what consequences might they have? What paths would you especially like to see, and why? CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS. 19. How do they behave within a group? What role(s) do they take? Does this differ if they know and trust the group, versus finding themselves in a group of strangers? Why? 20. What kind of individual relationships do they have with others, and how do they behave in them? How are they different between intimate relationships like friends, family, and lovers versus more impersonal relationships? 21. What kind of relationships do they tend to intentionally seek out versus actually cultivate? What kind of social contact do they prefer, and why? 22. How do people respond to them, and why might these responses differ? 23. How do they respond to difficult social moments? What makes them consider a social situation difficult? 24. How do they present themselves socially? What distinguishes their “persona” from their “true self”, and what causes that difference? 25. What do they need and want out of relationships, and how do they go about getting it? 26. How do they view and feel about relationships, and how might this manifest in how they handle them, if it does? ACTIVITIES AND PREFERENCES. 27. What do they strongly like and dislike, in any category? Why? 28. What are they likely to do if they have the opportunity, resources, and time to accomplish it? Why? 29. What kind of activities, interests, and hobbies do they have? What significance and impact do these have in their lives, both positive and negative? 30. What is their preferred level of activity and stimulation? How do they cope if they get either too little or too much? 31. Is there anything that counts as a “dealbreaker” for them, positively or negatively? What makes things go smoothly, and what spoils an activity or ruins their day? Why? 32. Do they have any “props” that are a significant part of their life, identity, activities, or self-presentation somehow? What are they, how are they used, and why are they so significant? How would these props’ absence impact them, how would they compensate, and why? THINKING AND LEARNING. 33. How do they learn about the world–what is their preferred learning style? Hands-on learning with trial and error? Research, reading, and note-taking? Observation or rote memorization? Inductive or deductive reasoning? Seeking patterns and organization? Taking things apart and putting them back together? Creative processing via discussing, writing about, or dramatizing things? 34. How do they understand the world–what kind of worldview and thought processes do they have? Why? 35. How and why do they internalize knowledge? What effect has that had on them? 36. How much do they rely on their minds and intellect, versus other approaches like relying on instinct, intuition, faith and spirituality, or emotions? What is their opinion on this? 37. Have they had any special education or training that colors their means of learning about or understanding the world? Conversely, do they lack some kind of education considered essential in their world? What kind of impact has this addition or lack had on them? 38. Is there anything they wish they could change about their worldview or thought processes? What, and why? 39. What sort of questions or thoughts recur in their lives, either specifically or as a theme? Why are these never answered, or answered permanently to their satisfaction? 40. What do they wonder about? What sparks their curiosity and imagination, and why? How is this expressed, if it is? FREE FOR ALL. 41. What associations do they bring to mind? Words or phrases, images, metaphors or motifs? Why? 42. I have a question of my own!

i am hoping people might give this a like. anyone willing to plot? i’m working on the remainder of the starters but i just do better when there is a plot set in stone so i have a better idea of where it’s going.

one. i open up my body, whole and spit-shined eager and inside there is only a mouth. the mouth says you are not an easy person to love. curious, i reach into this mouth and pull out the tongue. i make the tongue say it again, and again. you are not an easy person – you are not an easy person to – and it’s so silly looking. this little flip-flopping thing in the palm of my hand. i show it to everyone. my friends. the guy at 7-11. on the morning you leave i hold it right up to your face. so close you practically choke on it. so close that it practically becomes your tongue. and everyone i show it to just looks at me and laughs. of course, they say, of course this is true. two. this body wears crazy well and so unlike a man. like well-sewn black lace and pink moscato. this body lit the votive candles above the bathtub and forgot. they burned all night. the house still stands. small miracle. this body fell asleep and woke up with a kitchen knife in the bed. again. i am off somewhere in a swirl of blue silk slow and watching this body. my body. i brought a knife to gunfight, but i am the knife. i am all blade. three. i wake to my phone glowing are you awake still? and in the dizzy smear of sleep i say, come be bodies with me. he arrives and i meet him at the door, lock fingers, lead him to my room. i kiss him and say i don’t believe in truth anymore.i kiss him and say i am paralyzed by hope. i kiss him and say i’m going to break you open and find the butterflies. and beneath that the concrete. and beneath that the rich dirt. i kiss him and say there is something in me that cannot be healed. there is something in me needs breaking open. ( independent and unaffiliated original character, )

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one. i open up my body, whole and spit-shined eager and inside there is only a mouth. the mouth says you are not an easy person to love. curious, i reach into this mouth and pull out the tongue. i make the tongue say it again, and again. you are not an easy person – you are not an easy person to – and it’s so silly looking. this little flip-flopping thing in the palm of my hand. i show it to everyone. my friends. the guy at 7-11. on the morning you leave i hold it right up to your face. so close you practically choke on it. so close that it practically becomes your tongue. and everyone i show it to just looks at me and laughs. of course, they say, of course this is true. two. this body wears crazy well and so unlike a man. like well-sewn black lace and pink moscato. this body lit the votive candles above the bathtub and forgot. they burned all night. the house still stands. small miracle. this body fell asleep and woke up with a kitchen knife in the bed. again. i am off somewhere in a swirl of blue silk slow and watching this body. my body. i brought a knife to gunfight, but i am the knife. i am all blade. three. i wake to my phone glowing are you awake still? and in the dizzy smear of sleep i say, come be bodies with me. he arrives and i meet him at the door, lock fingers, lead him to my room. i kiss him and say i don’t believe in truth anymore.i kiss him and say i am paralyzed by hope. i kiss him and say i’m going to break you open and find the butterflies. and beneath that the concrete. and beneath that the rich dirt. i kiss him and say there is something in me that cannot be healed. there is something in me needs breaking open. ( independent and unaffiliated original character, )