I REGRET NOTHING

[fay_e]

So I don't have an ART challenge summary for last week.

Correction, I don't have an ART challenge summary for last week YET because in 3 days I watched two movies, had two 10 course dinners and one class gathering. I don't THINK I've made the wordcount, but as the post title says, I REGRET NOTHING.

Reasons for the above:
1) Watched two awesome movies with awesome company
2) One of the movies was Inception, the other was Toy Story 3
3) Had a debate with ex-classmates on whether Toy Story 3 missed its demographic, using TV trope phrases like Nostalgia Fuel
4) Based on the movie trailer for Toy Story 3, am going to watch Despicable Me this week (o_O), which is likely to be My First Ever 3D Movie (O_O)
5) Bought My First Ever Megahouse mini-food set. This set actually. Cats are so cute!
6) And because I waffle, ex-classmate bought me My Second Ever Megahouse mini-food set. Which I cannot find online, for mysterious reasons! Let us say it involves a lot of takeaway boxes, and Cake. EDIT: FOUND IT! It's called My Cake Shop...
7) Was very entertained at my two dinners, which featured performances by colleagues and amusing conversations
8) Had awesome food and company at Waraku in the Heeren

Also if you are in Singapore, and like miniature food, Takashimaya is selling Megahouse sets for $25, which is seriously cheap considering a) they usually sell for $85, and b) some of these sets are old and might be discontinued! In addition to the two sets I bought, I saw more cakes, a dog cafe, ice cream and candy.


And now to bloat this up further, WRITING MEME.

1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
5. By age, who is your youngest character? Oldest? How about “youngest” and “oldest” in terms of when you created them?
6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
8. What's your favorite genre to write? To read?
9. How do you get ideas for your characters? Describe the process of creating them.
10. What are some really weird situations your characters have been in? Everything from serious canon scenes to meme questions counts!
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?
13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
14. How do you map out locations, if needed? Do you have any to show us?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!


16. Do you write romantic relationships? How do you do with those, and how “far” are you willing to go in your writing? ;)

*wry* Do I ever! I think I do pretty well with those, for all that I like writing couples too emotionally constipated to really be open about their relationship. It mostly works because even if they aren't romantically involved in canon, they have a deep enough bond to bring them into close contact and have sufficient rapport to build a possible relationship. It does however make the regular dating milestones kind of hard, since my characters have an atypical relationship to begin with. It's part of why I wrote Swallowing Hot Chocolate - I wanted Ichigo and Rukia from Bleach to do normal stuff, but they're so far out of normal that it... almost doesn't work. *grins*

How far? ha ha ha I write married couples does that count??? Oh that's not what you're talking about? *grins* I'm not a shrinking violet - I started out with yaoi when I was 13, so norms don't really bother me. I'm usually more worried about whether it is something that the character would do, and when you have a largely asexual boy who's afraid of boobs (I'm looking at you Ichigo) there is pretty much a challenge there. But I'm also weak to the hot, so that challenge is something I'm willing to handle. Also I stalk kink memes.

But I also have to admit that apart from the physical aspect I also like my characters to get emotionally close. I'm personally a fan of the soulmates concept in fic, although when it comes to real life I'm a lot more iffy on it.


Rest of the Questions:
17. Favorite protagonist and why!
18. Favorite antagonist and why!
19. Favorite minor that decided to shove himself into the spotlight and why!
20. What are your favorite character interactions to write?
21. Do any of your characters have children? How well do you write them?
22. Tell us about one scene between your characters that you've never written or told anyone about before! Serious or not.
23. How long does it usually take you to complete an entire story—from planning to writing to posting (if you post your work)?
24. How willing are you to kill your characters if the plot so demands it? What's the most interesting way you've killed someone?
25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.
26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
29. How often do you think about writing? Ever come across something IRL that reminds you of your story/characters?
30. Final question! Tag someone! And tell us what you like about that person as a writer and/or about one of his/her characters!