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meme: more than meets the eye
We haven't done this one since March and we've got new kids (and old kids!) to talk about. Consider it a warm up for the wave of info posts that are coming.
There are certain characteristics about the people we play that *we* know, but we get tired of repeating in every introductory ping. There's also stuff that players wouldn't really be able to figure out just looking at an icon--how tall someone is, if they have an accent, what kind of clothes they are wearing...and in some cases, if their eyes/hair/whatever are different than the PB we've picked.
So wax poetic about what your characters look/sound like, if they have tics or scars, if they have a distinct singing voice, etc!
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There are certain characteristics about the people we play that *we* know, but we get tired of repeating in every introductory ping. There's also stuff that players wouldn't really be able to figure out just looking at an icon--how tall someone is, if they have an accent, what kind of clothes they are wearing...and in some cases, if their eyes/hair/whatever are different than the PB we've picked.
So wax poetic about what your characters look/sound like, if they have tics or scars, if they have a distinct singing voice, etc!
(I stole this post from

Jaina Solo
-Barely 5'1" and overall tiny. Probably because the writers like the idea of the tiny girl killing multiple dudes at once.
-In really good shape. She's mostly muscle.
-Dark brown hair, which is currently just above her shoulders thanks to getting it burned off in the last catchup.
-Her preferred clothes are simple, just a shirt and pants or flightsuits. She tends not to wear her Jedi robes much in Fandom, due to the fact that she's had so many clothes ruined during invasions that it's just easier to throw away t-shirts when they're covered in zombie gook or whatever.
-Dresses to fit in with the locals when she can, so when she's on the mainland it's almost always jeans.
-No accent. Despite growing up on the same planet as Ben.
-Always has her lightsaber (purple!) on her, unless otherwise stated. If she can't wear it, it's hidden in her purse. (Yes she has a purse.)
-Has little faded scars over her back from voxyn venom, but they're only really noticeable if you're for some reason staring at her bare back. Also has a slightly more noticeable puncture wound on her forearm and a scar over her ribs.
-Updates on the scars front: there are burn scars on her back and shoulders that she'll be hiding till they fade more (yay for immediate treatment). The lightsaber scar down her stomach won't be going away (boo for immediate cauterization!).
-Doesn't actually have the dimples Sophia does.
-Brown eyes. One might call them brandy brown. Ad nauseum.
-Has her phone and comlink on her at all times unless stated.
-Is 32, but I actually tried doing the math and figured out that she's physically about two years younger than her numerical age. (I get bored at work, dude.)
-When she travels via portal, she always wears her gnome necklace she got for Christmas. Because she wants to send a MESSAGE.
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Luke Castellan
→ The most noticeable thing about Luke is that he has a long white scar running down the right side of his face. It's very, very, very noticeable. An average person would probably see the scar first and then the face attached to it second.
→ Blonde hair that's tinged with gray streaks and it's actually cut somewhat cleanly now.
→ He has blue eyes that match his father's (which you would only know if you saw Hermes).
→ Luke actually has scars all over but the only other "wow, that's a big scar" one would be a long red one down his left side starting just under his armpit.
→ Currently has four tattoos: An owl behind his right shoulder (for Annabeth), a lightning bolt on his left wrist (for Thalia), a trident on his right side over his ribs (that one's still a birthday surprise for his boyfriend though shhh) and wings tattooed to each ankle (for his dad/himself). So, okay, he's got like seven tattoos then. Probably will get more 'cause he's got to put his stupid impulsive urges into something that's not evil.
→ Like Jace, Luke moves very gracefully because of his training as a swordsman.
→ He's also very muscular due to training. Take my word for this as I have no shirtless icons.
→ Has terrible taste in clothes. Absolutely terrible. Sandals, orange shirts, jorts. He doesn't much care it's terrible either.
→ Right handed and has the penmanship of a serial killer. Chicken scratch, if you want to be nice about it. Most of his handwritten assignments will have a ton of spelling mistakes as well because he's dyslexic and doesn't really believe in proofreading.
→ He's got a bad case of Batman voice. Very, very deep and rough. His PB smokes irl so, yeah.
→ Has ADHD so he's constantly moving whether it's shifting from foot to foot or bouncing his leg up and down or snapping his fingers together, etc. He also has difficulty keeping track of things that don't interest him, such as class.
→ His ADHD also manifests itself in some extreme messiness. Expect to trip over stuff when you're in his room, find half-full glasses on top of the tv, random shoes in the bathroom sink, etc.
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Stiles Stilinski
→ Dresses like your average teenage boy, lots of jeans, and t-shirts. Almost never without flannel and for some reason he owns a red track suit. The Red Riding Hood jokes write themselves!
→ Clumsy as all get out. He's constantly tripping and running into things. The boy fell out of his chair and landed on another dude for no other reason than zoning out.
→ Has a pretty serious case of ADHD and therefore is a bit of a spaz, constantly moving around, speaking fast and if a conversation bores him you'll know it.
→ On the rare occasion where he's calm and quiet it probably means he's actually truly upset about something.
→ Like Luke, his ADHD manifests itself into some extreme messiness. But unlike Luke, Stiles has more of an organized mess. He knows where everything is even if it looks like a hellhole in there.
→ Has a bit of an oral fixation. If it's long and phallic it'll probably go into his mouth. I'm not kidding.
→ Is a bit of a mouth breather, won't even lie. His mouth is hanging open in about half of his icons.
→ Right handed and his handwriting is very tiny. His classroom notes start out pretty well but by the end of the page sentences are half-written and when he goes back to study he'll have no idea what the notes meant.
→ Speaks with your average Californian accent. Think the general accent you hear on almost every American TV show.
Olive Penderghast
* 17 years old, because she's kinda repeating senior year. Shh it's a secret.
* On the taller side of average (about 5'7") and all skinniness and limbs. Girl is gangly.
* Biiiig green eyes.
* Wavy auburn hair that falls just a little past her shoulders, and is generally worn down or in a ponytail.
* Pale and freckly. It goes well with the tall and gangly and ginger thing and makes us all imagine that in some world, Olive is supposed to be sort of awkward.
* Despite her icons, she generally does not dress in lingerie. I mean, she still has all that stuff, so if you're really good.... But yeah, generally more of a t-shirt and jeans kind of girl.
* Has a low, throaty kind of voice, though not really a smokes-two-packs-a-day kind of deal so much as just naturally that way.
* Accent-wise, she's from Southern California, so nothing too exciting there.
* More on this in the infopost I'm probably cranking out later today/tonight, but her cell phone ringtone is "Pocket Full of Sunshine" by Natasha Beddingfield. Yes.
Jace Wayland
→ Has curly blonde/golden/honey colored hair and brown/tawny/amber/syrup colored eyes. Blonde and brown are my descriptors, the others are Cassie Clare's. And he thinks because he and
→ Jace's skin is covered in rune-shaped scars all over his body and a few of the darker ones are actually tattoos, the most noticeable being an eye-shaped one on the back of his left hand.
→ It's on his left hand because he's left handed, see. It's the mark every Shadowhunter gets on their dominant hand when they're twelve.
→ He also has a star shaped birthmark on his shoulder. This is important in canon later on, so I'm mentioning it now.
→ His face is constantly being described as beautiful/angular/angelic. Barf. The only flaw on his face (barf) is that he has a chipped incisor tooth.
→ Moves very gracefully like a trained fighter would. And he's very, very speedy. All due to the extra boost of angel blood in his veins.
→ He's more of a lean muscular than a built buff dude like my other blonde boys are.
→ Dressed very neatly and expensively and usually only wears white, black or gray. He also wears the
MorgansternWayland family ring on his left hand. It's silver with a W and stars engraved in it (he's wearing it upside down but he doesn't know that yet).→ Will also be carrying a stele on him at all times. It's basically a glass wand. NO, CASSIE CLARE, YOU DIDN'T RE-USE YOUR HARRY POTTER FIC FOR THIS SERIES AT ALL, REALLY.
→ Has a general American accent but it actually sounds very crisp and high class. Like almost English but not quite there. He lived in a European country until he was 10 and they might make him English in the movie so this is my compromise.
→ Also his actual name isn't Jace. It's Jonathan Christopher. J-C = Jace. But it sounds like it rhymes with "mace" not Jay-Cee.
→ Very, very, very clean to the point of being compulsive about it. He will not only keep his room spotless but he will make your room spotless if you leave him alone in there. And, no, he won't ask before he does it (but I will OOCly of course).
Victor Mancha
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Kitty Pryde
-Brown eyes.
-5'6", and slender. She's built like a dancer, really.
-19 years old and looks it.
-Is nearsighted and wears glasses sometimes.
-She's from Chicago, so if she has an accent at all it probably shows up in flat vowels here and there.
-Her natural state is intangible, and she's solid basically through sheer force of will. My personal rule is, if you're trying to hurt her, she's not getting hit, but if you're not, it's fine to feel her. She doesn't appear any different between the two states, though.
-Kitty's a pretty casual dresser, big on jeans and t-shirts/sweaters/tank tops on a normal day.
-Sometimes wears a Star of David necklace.
-I am not kidding about her work outfits. She's not always dressed exactly like that, but black and awesome-yet-practical boots are a mainstay, and leather pants, short skirts, and midriff do make appearances.
-According to some panels there may be a navel ring*. I'm still deciding if she has that here. Do kids still do that these days?[*This is also the exact same comic that once sent her out into public in what appears to be her bra. Yes, of course guys are checking you out, Kitty, you forgot to get dressed.]
Peeta Mellark
→ Has blonde hair and blue eyes.
→ He's very short, yes, but he's pretty well built for a guy his size.
→ He's very strong from lifting those bags of flour around.
→ Wrestles pretty well too.
→ Has rough looking hands (they got burnt a lot at the bakery) but he's a very good artist.
→ Right handed and has very swirly feminine handwriting. Cake frosting handwriting.
→ Not the most coordinated human being on earth. Tends to make a ton of noise when he walks. Or at least Katniss says he does. Just wait until the racket after he loses his leg.
→ Dresses like he's from the 1930's. Why? I don't know, that was what they all looked like to me in the movie. Most of his clothes also have holes in them and look well worn. He should probably go shopping at some point.
→ Almost always looks cheerful and approachable, even when he's not in a good mood. I guess it's because he's so wee and hobbity.
→ Speaks with a slight Southern accent that's more twangy than a drawl. District 12 is supposedly near West Virginia and believe me when I say I know what I'm talking about when it comes to a West Virginia accent. His accent wouldn't be that bad compared to, say, Katniss because he's from the merchant class of District 12.
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The game likes to keep characters roughly of the same height unless they're volus, oh, Bioware.Natalie V. Adams
-- Has brown eyes, and straight, light blonde hair down past the middle of her back, usually worn in a ponytail, with bangs almost but not quite hanging over her eyes.
-- Yes, kind of does look like
-- Is eventually going to grow up to be The Perfect Woman (canon says so in those exact words), so she has that going for her, lookswise.
-- At this point in time, though, she's pretty, but not really into making that obvious, so she looks a little mousy.
-- Doesn't wear makeup, or too many accessories.
-- Wears comfortable clothes: baggy t-shirts, hoodies, jeans, flat shoes, all in muted colours.
-- Apparently doesn't have to blink as much as an average person; these days uses that to observe people closely rather than to give them an ice queen stare.
-- Is generally pretty reserved and introverted, without being shy. She just doesn't feel like smiling at everyone.
-- Has a very good hold on her emotions, and will most of the time let you see only what she wants you to see.
-- The above goes for her voice, too: she sounds neutral and mild a lot of the time, bordering on disinterested.
-- Sounds more or less like this, give or take a few 'eh?'s and a flat tone.
(-- Will eventually sound like this, but that'll be a conscious choice.)
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Marasiah Fel
-Has long brown hair with a white streak right up at the front of her hairline. She usually either leaves her hair down or pulls it half back.
-Brown eyes.
-Dresses in the style from back home, which is pretty nice stuff, usually loose and easy to move in.
-Has a lightsaber (silver!) on her at all times unless otherwise stated, but she usually tends to conceal it.
-It's probably impossible to shake the poise off of her. I'd say she carries herself like Leia talking to Tarkin.
-That's also how I imagine her speech patterns, minus the quasi-British accent.
-No discernible accent.
-Isn't a big smiler. She will do it, but it's not an automatic reaction to most things.
-She has a great glare, though.
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- Red hair and what used to be blue eyes. Artists sometimes use creepy white orbs instead of blue. Which doesn't matter because...
- Matt is always wearing sunglasses. Even at Night. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8)
- He's typically dressed in jeans and t-shirts which have probably seen better days and were possibly purchased at a thrift store.
- He also always carries one of those fold up white canes with a red tip.
April Ludgate
- Wears contacts.
- Has longer hair than you can see in most of her icons -- right now it's about this long (http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/2011/07/office-personality-april-ludgate.jpg).
- Is half-Puerto Rican (her mom's side).
- Speaks in an unaffected-sounding deadpan like so (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDY0KtBcuVI).
- Has kind (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly45qsZWfH1r6xn7go1_500.png) of (http://baconwrappedshrimp.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tumblr_lucz0urhzq1qc19olo1_500.jpg) adorable (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/starbucksweetie/1233631/394974/original.png), if slightly (http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/april-ludgate-ladyfootlocker.jpg) hipsterish (http://fashionablepeople.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/aprilludgate-boots.jpg) fashion sense. She (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la3l5xUcYD1qz8jg7o1_500.png) really (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWtgwJYXqMU/TzrN6G6p5YI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/JGmtqyczeGk/s1600/galentine.png) likes (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzwow5C7cO1r61x1mo1_1280.jpg) stripes (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tumblr_m6v05wTKOC1qlfauho1_500.jpg).
- Is almost always wearing at least eyeliner and lipstick, and generally has chipped polish on her nails.
- Speaks fluent Spanish.
- Has a Midwestern accent (Indiana, to be specific) and has the dialect to match (like she says pop instead of soda, etc. I do not always remember this).
- Has the messiest apartment ever. Really.
- Is insanely good at staring. (She can win a staring contest against a cat, you guys.)
- Has some pretty terrible posture.
- Can move really quickly and is also kind of super-flexible.
- Spends more time on her hair than she cares to admit, tyvm.
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(Le sigh at my lack of Julie-inclusive icons. Here, have one where she's just gone out of frame.)
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I'm going for the maximum possible your-character-vs-my-character showdowns, can you tell?
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Cade
- Will have the terrible goatee.
- And multiple earrings in his ears.
- And tattoos on his arm that look like this (http://edandmari.com/starwars/images/CadeSkywalker.jpg).
- Has blond, curly, Anakin-mullet-y blond hair and bright green eyes.
- He's still growing, but he'll hit more Anakin's height than Luke's, so let's say he's 5'11" and going up a few more inches.
- Wears tight black pants and shirts without sleeves. If it's cold or he's feeling like a badass, he rocks an Angel-style duster.
- Is in a comic, so my best guess on accent is "generic American-y", but he will lace it with ridiculous amounts of Huttese curses. I apologize now.
Stacey McGill
-Blue eyes.
-She's supposed to be tall, so I'm saying she's 5'6" now with an inch or two to go.
-She also works the heels a lot.
-Almost too thin thanks to a very strict diet.
-Is a fashionable dresser (with a side of occasional wtf) for 15, which I take to mean she shops at Forever 21 a lot.
-Accessorizes a lot, too. Which is really probably where most of the wtfy stuff comes in.
-Also there's no guarantee she'll match. (The most clashy outfit I ever saw in the BSC books did not come from Claudia, let's put it that way.)
-Has pierced ears! Apparently that is a big deal.
Susan Sto Helit
-Skinny. One might even say bony.
-Pretty, if a little off-looking. It's the stern, intimidation thing.
-Has pure white hair with a black streak running through it. Its normal state resembles that of someone having suffered an electrical shock. Sometimes it moves on its own, and styles itself as appropriate.
-Has a birthmark on her cheek of three pale lines, which you usually only see when she's angry or embarrassed.
-Doesn't smile much at all.
-Tends to make people feel like they're being judged when she looks at them. This may be because she is totally judging them.
-Is described as moving like a tiger.
-Tends to dress very properly, with everything covered up that's supposed to be. Also likes black.
-The dress she wears when she's Deathing it up is black and lacy.
-British accent. I'm not even gonna try to say it's something Discworldian.
Alec Lightwood
So. Alec Lightwood:
- Has black hair (that's right, and YOU thought it was brown) and blue eyes the color of the East River after a storm (which is blue, by the way. Not gray, like the East River with which I am familiar). His eyebrows are "slender" and "wing up at the corners," and he has killer cheekbones.
- Is pretty tall. Taller than Jace's 5'11", but other than that idk. Tall.
- Doesn't look as muscular as he actually is, because...
- He wears ratty sweaters and loose-ish jeans pretty much all the time. Worst rich kid ever.
- Speaks in a New York accent, which I have yet to be convinced is an actual thing, and I imagine his tone in particular to be pretty flat and calm most of the time.
- Has runes and scars all over his body, including an eye-shaped one on his hand and a whole bunch of others I don't actually feel like digging up at work.
- Carries a glass stele, yeah.
- Is fast and graceful because he's all superpowered and evolved, you guys.
- I imagine that he talks into his lap a lot rather than meet people's eyes, idk.
- Has lots of callouses from being a badass archer type, haaaay.
Ben Skywalker
--Reddish hair (despite icons that show him as a blond) that is almost always in need of a haircut.
--Blue eyes (same shade as Luke's and Anakin's, yay for family resemblance).
--5'10". I DON'T CARE WHAT CANON SAYS. HE WILL NOT BE RANDOMLY SHRINKING LIKE JAG DOES. Is bitter he will be shorter than Ender FOREVER.
--Random-ass
BritishCoruscanti accent. Despite growing up on the same planet Jaina did.--18 years old and even with the obsessive ice cream eating has a ridiculous metabolism and works out obsessively (running, weights, sit-ups) so he's on the more-muscled-than-he-looks side.
--Unless noted, is always in a simple black flightsuit. He left his Jedi robes back on Coruscant.
--He's also no longer wearing a lightsaber: he left that in the floor of the Jedi Council Room last week.
--There's a reason he doesn't take his shirt off readily, other than being extremely pale thanks to his mom's genes: he has a lightsaber scar that goes from his shoulder blades to his waist (thank you, evil!Tahiri), numerous smaller scars from being tortured via Embrace of Pain, and an interrogator droid. He also has a lovely set of claw marks across his chest and shoulder thanks to fighting dinosaurs, and big new mark from someone sticking the Sith equivalent of a dagger into his leg.
--Will not be growing facial hair. EVER.
Jaye Tyler
-Really blue eyes.
-While she often looks bored, she has the most expressive face ever. She deserves an award.
-5'3"? I'm waiting for Kry to get back to me on this. Shut up.
-Unless otherwise stated, has her purse with her. It's a large one, in which she carries an orange smoosh-faced wax lion.
-Is not the world's best dresser. Her style is not like most people's. Her coats are big and possibly furry, she wears colored tights, the shirt she is wearing in this icon has cutouts...
-Because this came up once forever ago, she actually does wear things like skirts.
-Possibly overaccessorizes. She's usually wearing several necklaces at once, for instance.
-One of those is totally the Seahorse necklace Alec gave the cabin members. Because shut up, that's why.
-Has an impeccable American accent, by the way.
Annie Edison
-Also has huge blue eyes. Like, Precious Moments eyes.
-Is about average height. I think 5'6"?
-Doesn't show off her boobs hardly at all, but somehow they're really noticeable. Seriously, it's like she walks with her chest.
-To be fair, though, she does have a pretty nice rack. I mean, a monkey gets named after those things.
-Is cheerful and often smiling.
-Tends to wear things like cardigans and skirts, and likes the bright colors. Seriously, it's rare to see her in something dark.
-Totally carries a backpack to class.
Topher Brink
- Is really skinny -- more so than his PB Fran Kranz, who's actually got a bit of muscle on him.
- Has a tattoo of possibly meta for NCC-1701 on his left ankle, which is the ship from Galaxy Quest. Blame Kenzi.
- Wears a bracelet on his left wrist that says "Kill your idols."
- Wears sweater vests. Lots of sweater vests. Also, khakis and Converse.
- Has a kind of shrill-ish, nasaly kind of voice, audible here. California accent.
- Is incredibly flaily, what with the ADHD, and gestures a ton when he talks.
- Has magical hair that confounded the Auditors by standing straight up. It does this. He'll never tell how he gets it like that, though I credit sculpting spray. Oh, Topher.
- Is kind of really anal about germs, so he always has clean hands.
- Used to be really weird about touching people, but now he's simmering down with that.
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Karolina Dean
-- Blue-eyed with long blonde hair.
-- Dresses like some kind of a beach hippie chick, with lots of colors and prints and bare midriffs and bandannas.
-- Smiles a lot, though she's a little bit shy and awkward.
-- Sounds Californian, with this voice.
-- Wears a MedAlert bracelet which is actually inhibiting her powers.
-- Not actually human: though born and raised in LA, she'd genetically an alien from Majesdane.
-- In her alien form, she looks otherwise the same, except her skin and hair shine in all the pastel hues of the rainbow.
Daenerys Targaryen
Anyway.
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Jackson Whittemore
-- Green-eyed with fairly short dark blonde hair.
-- Looks and dresses like an Abercrombie & Fitch model.
-- Obviously comes from wealth, and carries himself with great confidence, like he owns wherever he happens to be.
-- Will be coming in with scabbed over but not entirely healed puncture wounds from werewolf claws in the back of his neck; feel free to notice.
-- Sounds exactly like this.