Show us your samples!

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since we've done this one and just recently someone showed me her sample for an app that reminded me of this meme.

So because it's Wednesday. Because it's raining. And because I've got a boring day ahead of me:

SHOW US THE WRITING SAMPLES YOU WROTE FOR YOUR CHARACTER APPLICATIONS!

Yes. That totally deserved capslock

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[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

Brennan's. This was an app I wrote on a whim, and the writing sample's short even though I stole Anakin for it. But it is very Brennan.:

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"A Jedi shall not know anger, nor hatred, nor love," Dr. Temperance Brennan echoed dutifully as her new teaching buddy at Fandom High explained his cultural beliefs. It was the most interesting thing about the tour of the school so far; after a decade of teaching the brightest students at the college level, a summer with high schoolers at a boarding school was a bit of a comedown, and she took only slight delight in the fact the school was in a castle. "So your culture are like perfect scientists. You rely on rational evaluation of the evidence before acting. I admire that."

Anakin Skywalker gave her a sidelong look. "Usually this is where people start telling me it's not how human beings function."

Brennan shrugged a little. "Well, I'm an anthropologist," she began. "I try to take a more rational approach to evaluating other cultures. Encouraging members not to waste energy on anger, or hatred, or the biochemical social construct we call love, strikes me as an excellent way to ensure a military corps experiences minimal distractions. It's brilliant, actually, though I wonder how celibacy works long-term. Are sexual relationships banned if there's no pretense of love?"

"I have two children and one more on the way," Anakin said tightly, hoping that would get the woman off this train of interrogation. "I wasn't always a very good Jedi."

"But you still espouse their belief system," Brennan said, a wondering note in her voice. "Or was your marriage arranged for the propagation of the culture? Because that, clearly, is necessary."

"My wife's name is Rory," Anakin said, skipping over the more complicated bits of his life story. "We met when we were both students. And if you told her you thought we got married to propagate the Jedi order, she'd ... most people would hit you. Rory would pout."

"Oh," Brennan said thoughtfully. "So you're a hypocrite."

[awakestheghosts]

I love Brennan so much. :)

[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

I do too. Thanks :-).

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

This one made me LOLOLOL when I read it. That last line is AWESOME. I can just hear her saying it in that no nonsense tone.

[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks. I had fun. The whole sample fell into place for me when I realized Brennan a)would love the Jedi code and b)would be somewhat disappointed Anakin didn't seem to live up to it.

... and why has she not poked a Jedi in-game yet? I have to make that happen.

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Oh Brennan!

[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

*pats her*

She's special.

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Now I'm trying to imagine Booth's reaction if she told him she wanted to join the Jedi...

[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It would turn into this whole debate about how no, she didn't believe in God, she believed in the Force, and she'd seen scientific proof the Force existed, and when his God started letting him float his coffee cup around the office she'd go to church with him.

And then he'd ask what kind of idiot wants to waste time floating a coffee cup around.

And then they'd be at it for another hour or two.

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Where, sadly, "it" does NOT equal sex. *sigh*

[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

Hee, I sometimes think they have more fun with the fighting.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

You know, not only can I hear Brennan saying all of that I can see Anakin's facial expression when he was called a hypocrite. That's just awesome.

[doesnt-vomit.livejournal.com]

Anakin might just want to kill her with his brain, I think. I'm sure people have tried.

[glacial_queen]

I want to snuggle Brennan. Intellectually of course. And set her loose in Kaeleer.

[puppy_fair]

This sample made me giggle relentlessly when you let me read it before apping her, and it makes me giggle relentlessly now. A definite favourite of mine, omg.