Memes from Menace

Several months ago I posted the original Character Development Checklist, because why wouldn’t you need dozens of random questions about your character?

In my humble opinion, there’s no such thing as too many questions. How can we ever know too much about our characters? The reader might not see it, but everything the author knows will mold the characters and the story. How can that be a bad thing?

Which is exactly why I added dozens of questions to the original character sheet. Check out a link to the first one above, and scroll below for an updated version

Basics:

Character’s Name (first, middle, last)

Character’s Nickname(s)

Name pronunciation

Origin of name

Age

Ethnicity

Sex/Gender

Sexual orientation

Hair color

Eye color

Height

Weight

Scars

Tattoos

Birthmarks

Piercings

Right/left handed/ambidextrous

Glasses/contacts

Apparel:

Clothing preferences

Accessories

Style

Trinkets

Favorite possession

Equipment

Grooming habits

Family and Relationships:

Parents

Siblings

Grandparents

Marital Status

Significant Other

Children

Pets

Friends

Enemies

Close relatives

Non-close relatives

Ancestors

Religion:

The religion they follow (if any)

Beliefs

Superstitions

Virtues

Location:

Country of Birth

Place of Birth (State, city, etc)

First Language

Cultures

Traditions

Schooling:

Highest Education

Degrees

Home-schooled/public school/private school

Favorite subject

Favorite teacher

Least favorite subject

Least favorite teacher

Average grade

Study habits

Special education

Graduating year

Work:

Occupation

Salary

Employment history

Work space

Mode of Transportation

Total income

Boss

Hours

Experience

Co-worker relationships

Rank

Work ethic

Home:

Rent or Own

House, apartment, etc

Mode of transportation

Living space

Address

Hometown

Inner Workings Of Your Character:

Secrets

Fears

Worries

Eating Habits

Food preferences

Sleep preferences

Work preferences

Book preferences

Music preferences

Introverted/extroverted

Optimist/pessimist

Hobbies

Pet peeves

Prejudices

Proud of

Biggest vulnerability

Embarrassed by

Worst memory

Best memory

Earliest memory

Fondest memory

Skilled at

Unskilled at

Attitude

Obsessions

Stresses

Addictions

Handicaps (physical)

Handicaps (emotional/psychological)

Allergies

Medical history

IQ

Temperament

Attitude

Perception and outlook on life

Desires

Regrets

Soft spots

Habits:

Verbal quirks

Physical quirks

Gestures

Work habits

Sleeping habits

Annoying habits

Irrational habits

Eating habits

Healthy habits

Unhealthy habits

Mannerisms

Drinking habits

Vices

Objects Kept In - And Why:

Their closet

Their bedroom

Their purse/bag

Their fridge

Their car

Their desk

Their pockets

Their junk drawer

Their glove compartment

Their backpack

Their locker

Their car trunk

Their wallet

Their suitcase

Favorites:

Favorite book

Favorite movie

Favorite hobby

Favorite animal

Favorite color

Favorite season

Favorite food

Favorite drink

Favorite time of day

Favorite song

Favorite music genre

Favorite memory

Favorite band

Favorite words

Favorite subject

Favorite number

Favorite TV-show

Favorite place

Least Favorite:

Least favorite book

Least favorite movie

Least favorite hobby

Least favorite animal

Least favorite color

Least favorite season

Least favorite food

Least favorite drink

Least favorite time of day

Least favorite song

Least favorite music genre

Least favorite memory

Least favorite band

Least favorite words

Least favorite subject

Least favorite number

Least favorite TV-show

Least favorite place

Other:

Talents

Political preference

Strengths

Flaws

Prized possessions

Special/favorite memories

Time and date of birth

What they love

What they hate

Social class

Sports/clubs

Blood type

Posture

Speech impediments

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

🎊 I’m happy to have met you.

😣 I’m a little nervous to interact with you.

💌 I don’t RP, but I follow you because of your interesting threads.

👭 Can we roleplay together?

👍 You’re doing great! Keep it up!

👌 Your character portrayal is amazing.

🙅 I think your portrayal could be worked on a little more.

💞 Do our muses have the potential to become romantic interests?

💭 Your thoughts on our threads?

💧 I don’t know what our muses can do in a thread together. Ideas?

💔 I would like to improve our muses’ relationship.

🗣 Care to talk outside of our threads? (discord/skype/twitter/etc)

✍ Could we have more threads?

☺ I love our muses’ relationship!

i    :     in reference to siblings .

❝ i’m not here to see you. i’m here to see your brother/sister. ❞

❝ so, how many siblings did you say you had again? ❞

❝ sometimes i wish i had a sibling or two. ❞

​❝ where ever my brother/sister goes, i go. from now on. ❞

❝ i have a long lost sibling out there somewhere. ❞

❝ you are like my brother/sister. ❞

​❝ you are brother/sister to me. ❞

​❝ you are the brother/sister i never had. ❞

​❝ no offense but, your brother/sister scares me. ❞

​❝ if you brother/sister knew about us … come on. ❞

​❝ me and my siblings don’t get along that well.  ❞

​❝ i never knew you had a brother/sister. why didn’t you tell me? ❞

​❝ i always wondered what it would be like to have a twin. ❞

​❝ for a twin, you all look nothing a like. ❞

​❝ i have a twin brother/sister somewhere out there. ❞

​❝ my brother/sister and i don’t get along anymore. ❞

​❝ hey, we should invite your brother/sister to come with us. ❞

❝ me and your brother/sister, we might .. kind of … like each other. ❞ 

​❝ my brother/sister would have liked you. ❞

​❝ you remind me of my brother/sister. ❞

​❝ sometimes i just think about what my brother/sister might do. ❞

​❝ me and my siblings go everywhere together, what did you expect?  ❞

​❝ my brothers/sisters are always into trouble but not me. ❞

​❝ i’m the only good sibling between me and my siblings.. ❞

ii    :     in reference to parents .

❝ so, your parents turned out to not be your actual parents.. ❞

❝ i didn’t realize we were at that point in our relation/friendship to meet parents. ❞

❝ i thought you might of wanted to meet my parents. ❞

​❝ no offense but your mom(s)/dad(s) scare me. ❞

❝ i’m not sure that your parents like me very much. ❞

❝ wait, you want me to meet your parents? ❞

​❝ my parents are going to freak out if they find out. ❞

​❝ are you insane? my parents will kill me, bring me back, then kill me again! ❞

​❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) are fighting again.. ❞

​❝ your parents give me hope that love does last. ❞

​❝ i don’t even get along with my own parents, let alone yours!  ❞

​❝ i think we should definitely call our parents. ❞

​❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) will know what to do, trust me. ❞

​❝ wait, you want me to lie to my parents? ❞

​❝ my parents took my phone, so i couldn’t text or anything. ❞

​❝ i can’t go, my parents want me to either stay in or go with them somewhere. ❞

​❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) called yours and so, that’s how i know. ❞

❝ wait, my mom(s)/dad(s) called you? why? ❞

​❝ my parents are grounding me, i’m not sneaking out anymore. ❞

​❝ okay, just let me go ask my mom(s)/dad(s). ❞

​❝ i asked my mom(s)/dad(s), she/he/they said no. ❞

​❝ what your parents don’t know won’t hurt them, right?  ❞

​❝ hey, i think your mom(s)/dad(s) are starting to like me finally. ❞

​❝ so, you just found out that you were actually adopted? ❞

iii    :     in reference to children .

❝ cute kid, is he/she yours? ❞

❝ do you have any kids? ❞

❝ wouldn’t you like to have kids some day? ❞

​❝ how many kids would you want to have in the future? ❞

❝ do you ever think of having kids with me? ❞

❝ i have a kid, things are different now. ❞

​❝ i’d rather hang out with my kid than hang out with you. ❞

​❝ you can walk with me to pick my son/daughter up from school if you want. ❞

​❝ i don’t think i’m really ready to have anymore kids, what about you? ❞

​❝ so, you have kids? how many? ❞

​❝ i’ve raised enough kids to know better than that. ❞

​❝ hey, she’s/he’s just a kid, leave she/he alone. ❞

​❝ you’re really good with kids. ❞

​❝ wow, i’ve never seen anyone so good with kids before. ❞

​❝ i’m really good with kids considering i have one of my own. ❞

​❝ sometimes i think i should just have more kids. ❞

​❝ i’m good at a lot except for being a parent, it seems. ❞

❝ i’ve seen you with your kid, you’re doing a fine job. ❞

​❝ the hardest thing to do is to raise my son/daughter. ❞

​❝ you worry too much, i’m sure you’re daughter/son will be fine. ❞

​❝ i met your daughter/son, he/she seems wonderful, sweet almost. ❞

​❝ i like the idea of having kids more i think.  ❞

​❝ it’s natural as a parent to worry for their child, relax. ❞

​❝ my child drives me crazy but i love him/her and wouldn’t have it any other way. ❞

iv    :     in reference to all the above .

❝ i’m leaving town, going to stay with some of my family. ❞

❝ today is the day i meet with my real family, wish me luck. ❞

❝ you are more than family to me. ❞

​❝ my whole family decided to come into town and stay a bit. ❞

❝ are you worried about meeting my family? because you shouldn’t. ❞

❝ have you seen my family? crazy is an understatement. ❞

​❝ i wish i had a family, but i’ll never know the feeling. ❞

​❝ you are lucky to have a family, that’s all i’ve ever wanted. ❞

​❝ i will do anything and everything for my family, no matter what. ❞

​❝ you are family to me, more so than some of my actual family. ❞

​❝ it’s the closest thing i’ve got to a family.  ❞

​❝ this family is falling a part and it is all your fault! ❞

​❝ you’re the reason our family is the way it is now. ❞

​❝ i don’t think your family likes me very much. ❞

​❝ i have a complicated relationship with my in-laws. ❞

​❝ what’s it like to have a family? i’ve never known. ❞

​❝ one day, we are going to have a family of our own. ❞

❝ do you want to start a family with me one day? ❞

​❝ i have a really big/small family. ❞

​❝ where is your family? ❞

​❝ i don’t have a family. ❞

​❝ we are not family anymore.  ❞

​❝ we’re no longer family as far as i’m concerned. ❞

                                                Caring Edition 

‘ Hey when was the last time you slept? ’

‘ Stay in bed, please. ’

‘ Do you want me to get you anything? ’

‘ Let me look. ’

‘ Let me help you. ’

‘ Here, let me bandage that up. ’

‘ I made you something to eat. ’

‘ You’re burning up! Go lay down. ’

‘ Please drink more water. ’

‘ Were you able to keep that down? ’

‘ Does this hurt? ’

‘ You need to stay still. ’

‘ Want more blankets? ’

‘ Do you want to talk about it? ’

‘ Try to breathe slowly. ’

‘ It’s alright I’m here. ’

‘ Here hold my hand. ’

‘ I’m not going anywhere. ’

‘ You can sleep here. ’

‘ Rest as long as you need. ’

‘ Look at me. ’

‘ Tell me what you are seeing. ’

‘ You can rest in my arms. ’

‘ I will make you some tea. ’

‘ Please, take this. ’

‘ You should be resting. ’

‘ I’m just checking in, how are you feeling? ’

‘ Snuggling helps with a lot of things, so come here. ’

‘ Want me to take you to a doctor? ’

‘ I am a doctor, so please listen to me. ’

bonus: send “ 💪 reverse” for my muse to catch your muse working out

i used to want to save the world.

what one does when faced with the truth is more difficult than you think.

i learned this the hard way. 

and now, i will never be the same.

where are you going?

a scorpion must sting, a wolf must hunt. 

what if i promise to be careful?

fighting does not make you a hero. 

war is nothing to hope for. 

can i see it?

it’s beautiful. 

you’re safe, and there is nothing you should concern yourself with. 

you keep doubting yourself. 

you are stronger than you believe. 

are you hurt?

i love her as you do.

you’re a man. 

don’t i look like one?

men are easily corrupted. 

is it true you saved his life?

you let this little thing tell you what to do?

you can either do nothing, or you can do something.

i am willing to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.

who will i be if i stay?

it’s hideous. 

a deal is a promise, and a promise is unbreakable. 

you’ve got to put down the sword. 

is there anything else you want to show me?

this is a terrible idea. 

who gets paid for honour?

i am both frightened and aroused. 

you should be very proud. 

everyone is fighting their own battles.

i may as well teach you how to dance. 

they call us heroes. 

i don’t drink.

we work well together.

now i see that you’re attention is, elsewhere. 

you know nothing of the gods. 

what i do is not up to you. 

you don’t believe me. 

what are you?

why are they still fighting?

they don’t deserve our help. 

we’re all to blame. 

it’s not about deserve, it’s about what you believe.

i believe in love. 

i am not your enemy.  

i wish we had more time. 

i love you. 

you can save the world. 

For ancient and/or immortal muses, here are some questions to build your headcanons!