#wordsnstuffcharacterdevelopment

Find a face claim for your character and identify the differences

Oh, this is an interesting question. I'm going to be completely unsurprising and unoriginal and go with Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess

Nirtovi Warbringer is, after all, a vainglorious warrior princess.

But this is an interesting question because the most obvious differences are that Nirtovi is an evil elf from outer space and has grey skin, pointy ears, pointy teeth, and spooky glowing red eyes. Which I am at least 60% sure Lucy Lawless does not have, though the jury's still out on whether or not she's an evil elf from outer space. I made a Nirtovi in Hero Forge and she looks like this:

Questions like this are hard for me because I have no idea what anyone looks like, both real people and the pretend people I write about; I don't ?thnk? I have face blindness, but visualizing and describing faces is a challenge over here.

So, each day, I will follow the questions by @wordsnstuff (the questions can be found here  https://wordsnstuffblog.com/post/173485333935/31-days-of-character-development-may-writing).

Due to the limited time that I have each day, I will focus on two characters that I have already presented here, Dorothea Starrick and Lucia Barbarigo, two of my most favourite ocs. (tagging @random-oc-questions-fairy​ !thank you for posting about this event, this is going to be fun!! I cannot wait!)

So, the first question for today is this:

What does your character think they want?

Dorothea Starrick: Being the daughter of the Grand Master of the British Rite, Dorothea knows that there are certain expectations that she has to meet. But these expectations are not unwelcomed to her, because she wants to bring honour and pride to her family’s name by following in her father’s footsteps and wants to bring peace and wealth to London, just like her father has done before her. She wants to be a just leader, one that will be able to carry The Order into a new age of prosperity.

Lucia Barbarigo: Lucia Barbarigo is the youngest among "Le Figlie della Laguna”, as the children of Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venezia, are known among the people, and she knew from a young age that all she would have been useful for, to her family at least, would be to marry to a powerful family that would help consolidate the power of the Barbarigo in the Dogado. Because of this she had tried to convince herself that all she wants from life is to be a good wife, a good mother and to support her intended, Tiziano Contarini, chosen by her father for her. However, the arrival of a certain Florentine Assassin will shed some light over what she truly wants.

1. What does your character think they want?

(more OCs will be added as we go along and I actually make them but for now we just have the main 3)

Ken: At the moment Ken's main desires involve rather normal things. He wants to graduate from high school and start working at this family confection shop full time, and of course getting a girlfriend would be nice too, but that can wait.

Scarlet: Having finally been given the chance to live a more public life, she is super interested in wanting to experience everything such a life has to offer, such as making friends and doing "normal" teenager things. She also is super addicted to Ken's blood and hopes to be able to keep up their agreement where she periodically is allowed to take some of it.

Melanie: Given Melanie is the spoiled little sister type, her thing is fairly simple, she wants to be able to monopolize her big brother's attention and finish up her schooling as quick as possible in order to become a great businesswoman who can support her brother and the shop.

13. Find a face claim for your character and identify the differences.

Elle Fanning in Ginger & Rosa 

IMPORTANT NOTE: I have not actually seen this movie. Really, this choice is more about facial expressions and body language than anything else (though obviously the red hair doesn’t exactly hurt). Fox would have a longer, more angular face with more almond-shaped eyes, and a pointed nose rather than a short turned-up one.  Like Fox, it seems that this character is typically pretty unreadable except around people she really trusts. Most of the time Fox prefers to remain aloof, hiding her emotions behind resting bitchface a scowl, her piercing gaze acting as a deterrent to any prying eyes. Of course, this limits Fox’s ability to make friends significantly. Even so, some people manage to get past the walls she puts up to isolate herself, and there’s a wonderfully mischievous and playful quality to her personality that emerges once she feels comfortable around someone.

14. What is your character’s ethnic background?

Rhea started off her journey wanting an adventure where she can help people. She was content to be a scientist working in a lab to focus on tasks related to making sure life could be mad easier for others. It evolves into her thinking she needs to save everyone.

Day 2: What does your character actually want?

Nero: Really just wants to raise his daughter right. Bringing up a scrawny little human in the big scary forest hasn't been easy. He spent a lot of her younger years constantly worried that something would happen to her, and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. On a larger scale, he wants the rift between humans and monsters to go away, if only so that people will stop treating Gena like...well like some kind of monster. He's aware that there's an awful lot of bad blood between them though.

Gena: Would like to know while no one else in the forest looks like her. Nero hasn't kept humans a secret, per se, but he seems pretty reluctant to talk about them. It's enough to convince her that there's something to do with humans that must have to do with her...now if only she knew what a human looked like. She assumed that, much like Mars, she must be the last of her kind, and that must mean that the humans are responsible for her status, right? Well. Sort of.

Prince Leo: Is really quite lonely. He just wants a family more than anything. Getting out from under The King's rule would also be nice, but if he were presented with the opportunity for either freedom or family, he'd take family. This has translated into a fierce protectiveness for his adoptive daughter, Selene. Leo knows the King only tolerates Selene's presence due to the power she holds, but still. He hopes she can have a future among mankind.

Day 12

What are your character’s weaknesses?

Hmm my instinct was to go flaws but thats not actually the same thing. Still similar.

Terran: Overlooks feelings, including his own.

Raymond: Apologies and makes excuses for people, trusts when he probably shouldn't

Challenge was made thanks to  @wordsnstuff

Day 1: What does your character think they want ?

Melanie: Melanie wants to do well at her new job and become the team leader that Candy thinks she can be. She also wants to hug her cat and listen to some music. A frappe

Michael: Michael wants to perfect this cake recipe his mom has been trying to teach him. Wants to play his game without his in-game teammates being complete idiots. Cuddles.

Tyrell:  Everything (jk, kinda). Some of those furry crocs to annoy Candy with.  A cute partner they can fluster with their flirting. Also wants cuddles. 

Candy: For her training with Melanie to be over, so she can finally step down. A break. For Tyrell to not wear crocs to work. A baby bottle pop.