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A CHARACTER-BUILDING QUESTION MEME

10. What makes them feel safe or secure? What makes them feel insecure or unsafe?

The last time Eva felt truly safe was with her dad. That was almost 4/5 years ago, and ever since Eva has been living in constant fear, mainly because of Damon. He traumatized her a lot during Zach’s death, as well as the many months after it (he psychological abused her). This overall made Eva feel very paranoid, anxious, and suffering extreme trust issues. She believes that anyone and everyone is capable of hurting her the way that Damon hurt her and it has made it very difficult for Eva to get close to new people because she has such a hard time opening up and trusting them. 

The only time Eva truly felt safe since her father’s death was the time where Damon (and Bonnie) had “passed away”. With Damon officially gone, it gave Eva a chance to breathe. She was no longer on constant alert waiting and expecting the next attack from him. She was finally able to sleep through the night without having nightmares of Damon attacking/turning/killing her and killing her father (though she did experience nightmares of other traumatic events) and was even able to move on with her life somewhat. However, that moment of peace was only short lasted before Damon finally returned, forcing Eva to return to her own paranoid ways as well as triggering some unwanted nightmares of Damon, and even triggering a panic attack the moment she found out he had returned. 

                          "Are you trying to give your favourite                           aunt a heart attack? How on earth can                           you go outside dressed like that?”

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1: What’s your OCs favorite color?

Eva’s favourite colour is a mixture between blue and yellow. It’s always been that way for as long as she could remember, and she’s never been able to properly choose between the colours. So it’s just always been blue and yellow. 

8: What are some of your OCs strengths?

As a human-vampire hybrid, Eva has many of a vampire’s strengths such as enhanced speed, strength, agility and senses. Even though she may be weaker in that department compared to other vampires and werewolf-vampire hybrids (being half human and all), she is definitely stronger than humans, witches and werewolves who are in human form. Her immunity to those which would be considered a weakness for vampires and other hybrids can also be classified as some of Eva’s other strengths. This includes immunity to sunlight, vervain, compulsion and requiring an invitation to enter a human’s home. 

12: Is your OC sexually active?

Yes. I really don’t know how to expand on this I’m so sorry.

13: What is your OCs earliest memory?

Eva’s earliest memory was one of her birthday parties. She doesn’t remember much of it, other than it was just a small party with a bunch of other kids from the neighbor hood, and included a surprise visit from Zach.

21: Who is your OCs best friend?

Eva’s best friend is her distant half uncle, Stefan Salvatore. He made a real positive influence on her when he helped her deal with her father’s death, as well as adapting to her new (half) vampire life. This caused Eva to trust Stefan almost more than anyone else (still alive anyhow). She will often go to him first whenever something is up and bothering her. Her trust and love towards Stefan (as an older brother figure) even promoted Eva to ask him to walk her down the aisle to her wedding to Dan, as neither one of her parents were no longer with her and he was the only relative she had left that she was actually proud to call her family. 

24: What does your OC smell like?

Eva has a unique smell due to her human-vampire hybrid status. It’s basically described as a cross between the two species, not fully ‘dead’ but also not fully ‘alive’. Almost like she’s caught in a void between the two. The main reason why Eva smells so usual however is because there has technically never been one of her kind before, so no one has ever known what a human-vampire hybrid would smell like. Aside from the scent of her species, Eva will sometimes smell like coconut due to the moisturizer she applies daily to her burns, as well as the rest of her body. 

37: What was your OCs first word?

Like with most young kids, Eva’s first word was the name of one of her parents: Momma. However, she had been really young at the time and was still learning to speak, so it came out more of a constant jumble like “ma-ma-ma-ma-ma”. The fact that she was basically raised by her mother had a lot of impact on why Eva’s first word was the name of her mother and not her father. Zach, unfortunately was not around when Eva first said her first word, however it wasn’t long before he paid a visit and saw his daughter speak for the first time. 

41: What is your OCs motto about life?

Eva doesn’t have a motto, or if she did, it wouldn’t be a good one considering that she is a very depressed person with a very negative view on life, especially on her life. 

45: Does your OC like reading?

Yes, Eva enjoys reading immensely. She’s loved reading ever since she could remember. It’s always been one of her favourite hobbies to do. One of her favourite things to do whenever she visited her father in Mystic Falls was to raid the library in the boarding house. Eva often joked that she would read every book in the library, although now that she has immortal life there is a impassibility that she may turn that joke into a reality. 

59: What is the first thing that someone would notice about your OC?

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12. What is the character’s wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or do they have six of the same suit? 

Eva’s wardrobe is overall very tomboyish. She wears a lot of jeans, converse shoes, plain shirts, just anything that she finds very comfortable. A lot, if not all, of her clothes are long with long sleeves and long pants as they cover her burn scars and just help take the edge off Eva when she heads out. Her shirts may occasionally have different prints, patterns, designs on them, however she tends to stand clear from anything extremely girly (pink with frills and whatnot). Even though Eva may not be big on fashion, she does have a variety of clothes to choose from. She’s not the type of girl who likes wearing the same outfit all the time. Having different stuff to from is something that Eva doesn’t mind. It helps keep her wardrobe fresh so she doesn’t have to rely to go shopping every weekend. 

16. What does this character’s voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? 

Eva’s voice can sound somewhat deep however it’s not as deep as though people would mistake her for a man. Compared to other female’s, which are generally more higher, Eva’s voice sounds slightly deeper than them. Her voice has a tendency to crack and take a raspy tone whenever she is experiencing any heightened sense of emotion such as distress, anger or extreme happiness. She also has a southern accent in her speech as a result of her growing up in Greenville, North Carolina. This trait was simply something Eva picked up after living in a town filled with people who spoke with southern accents for the first 15 years of her life, rather than it being something she inherited from her parents (neither one of them have a southern accent, although Amanda has a very very faint one). 

25. Describe the character’s thought process. Are they more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical? 

Eva’s overall thought process is very negative, added with a huge amount of stress. She can’t help but immediately assume the worst and has a very hard time believing the good in anything. A lot of this has to do with her paranoia, as well as the trauma she endured over the course of her life (the house fire, loosing her mom, watching Damon kill her dad, getting turned/attacked/killed by Damon and getting mutilated to death by Wes) which caused her to develop PTSD. This paranoia makes Eva act on a very impulsive level, causing her to act without thinking and considering her actions. It can also sometimes cause Eva to act out of fear, like she wants to avoid reliving the horrors of the trauma that she once went through. 

29. Describe the character’s temperament. Are they even-tempered or do they have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven? 

Eva has a very complex range of emotions. To everyone else she appears very cold, blunt, snarky, aggressive and rude, however in reality, behind that mask, Eva is actually just really scared and broken. As a result of her hybrid status and never truly being in control of her emotions, Eva is prone to having random outbursts of emotion, particularly rage. This causes Eva to be very hot heated majority of the time, easily angered by the smallest of things (people looking at her the wrong way, people mentioning Damon, people talking about her past, etc). Even though Eva can have moments of extreme happiness, most of the time she is angry, lost and alone, and that causes her to act angry most of the time. She is definitely a very driven person, as she loathes the idea of letting others take care of her. 

41. Are there other blood relatives to whom they are close? Are there ones they can’t stand? 

Out of all of her blood relatives, Eva was closest to her mother the most, as she basically grew up with her. She felt she understood Eva more so than anyone else. Of course, Eva was still very close with her father, however living with her mother for almost 15 years just made Eva develop a connection to her that she hadn’t done with her father. However, as of now, Eva is really close to her distant paternal uncle, Stefan Salvatore. She even considers him as an older brother figure rather than a distant uncle. He is one of the very few people whom Eva trusts completely, and will often go to him when she needs advice/help. As known by most people, Eva absolutely cannot stand Damon. The emotional and psychological trauma he put her through caused Eva to develop an immense hatred towards him. Standing in the same room as him or hearing his name being mentioned is more than enough to drive Eva into a rage.  

60. What prejudices do they hold? Are they irrational or do they have a good reason for them?

I’m so sorry I have no idea what this means *runs and hides*

66. What are their interests or hobbies? How do they spend their free time? 

                      "Stefan ain't here. Is there                       somethin’ I can help you with,                       dude?"

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19. What were your character’s deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now?

Eva’s deepest disillusion was thinking that vampires were interesting and that it might actually be “fun” to be one. Prior to turning into a human-vampire hybrid, Eva had a bit of an interest in the supernatural, book wise. She had a few vampire novels that she enjoyed reading a fair bit, as well as some vampire movies, however her perception on vampirism changed dramatically once she turned. Now, she see’s vampirism, especially her “situation” as nothing but a curse. She loathes being a hybrid, and would give anything to be a human again, fully at least. She finds no joy in not aging, in fact, it terrifies her, especially since she has no idea what is to become of her in the next 10, 50 or 100 years. 

20. What were the most deeply impressive political or social, national or international, events that they experienced?

I’m so sorry I’m drawing a major blank for this ahsajksadfd. 

21. What are your character’s manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate?

Eva has little to almost no manners. She is very snarky, blunt, rude, aggressive and can even sometimes come across as a bitch. She will, of course, tone down her aggressive behavior when interacting with people she likes however when it comes to people she has no respect for, then she won’t bother at all to tone down her personality. A lot of her aggressive personality has to do with the trauma Damon put her through - killing Zach in front of her, killing/turning/attacking her, and putting her through a lot of psychological and emotional abuse - though part of her lack of manners has to do with Eva’s inability to think before she speaks and/or acts. 

Eva’s type of hero is simply someone who is good, who has compassion towards others, has a good sense of right and wrong and overall doesn't manipulative/hurt people to get what they want. Eva’s hero has always been her mother however after loosing both her parents and turning into a human-vampire hybrid she started looking up towards Stefan to, even aspired to be like he was as a vampire - someone who was good and didn’t hurt/kill people recklessly. As known by most people, Eva has an intense hatred for Damon Salvatore due to him killing her father and turning her into a hybrid. Her hatred towards him is so great that she is completely blinded by how her killing him could affect others. She is almost blinded by her rage and desire for vengeance. 

24. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?