MEME: Do I have a type?

[l1ttle_billy]

All this talk of whether or not certain players have a type in terms of their characters has made me curious. Do I have a type? How about the rest of you? Ping here with a list of the characters you've played and then maybe someone will ping and tell us if they can spot the common thread amongst them.

Me I've got: Robin the Frog (The Muppet Show), Billy Kessler (G.I. Joe), Tim Desmond (Gnome Man's Land), Clark Kent (Superman The Movie), Leo (That 70's Show), Leda (Bordertown), Tully Mars (A Salty Piece of Land). And that's not counting the various guest stars I've played at the Fandom Conventions.

Comments

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

I don't see a common thread with your guys. You're pretty evenly split with powered vs non-powered. And your fandoms are pretty diverse.

As for me, going by my overall character choices (not just my FH ones), I have a thing for snarky blonde girls with parental issues (mostly daddy) and a thing for guys who like to emo.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

You know looking over my own list, I think I might have to go with the fish out of water archetype. Robin's smaller than most Muppets so is often overlooked and underestimated, Billy (and Leda) are just rebelling against their upbringing, feeling they don't belong in the world their parents want them in, Clark's an Alien, Tim's an ordinary guy thrown into a cracked out situation, Tully's a cowboy turned sailor, and Leo...well he doesn't know what's going on.

I have noticed a few things with my characters in other instances: My OC's tend to have some kind of trauma in their past. Usually a childhood one. The characters I take from other fandoms either for RPG's or if I think (I could play that guy (from an acting standpoint)) tend to have that fish out of water thing.

And at an acting workshop I did a survey thing that revealed that the three adjectives that total strangers would associate with me the most are: Royal, All American, and Leader. And when I think back, some variation or combination of those do seem to be found in the character's I've portrayed.

[spiritandsword]

I don't know if I have a type as all four of my girls are completely different types of characters.

Phoebe Halliwell
Gwynn Hood
Savannah Levine
Annja Creed

The one thing I guess they may have in common is they all have some sort of Daddy Issues?

Phoebe's dad walked out on her and her sisters when she was a baby.
Gwynn's dad wants her to be something she can never be.
Savannah accidentally killed her dad.
Annja... raised in an orphanage and her father figure is... Roux. Not the best guy for the job.

[withoutverona]

I would say that while they have very different personalities, they're all strong heroines with some special gifts, either supernatural or not. Not "a type", but maybe an archetype?

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Millie (Chrestomanci Series)
Helen Haras-Uquara (Homeward Bounders)
Peyton Sawyer (One Tree Hill)
Lana Lang (Smallville)

Three are effectively orphans, one lost her mother at a young age... Beyond that... I'm not sure.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Yours all seem to be tragic heroine types.

[intraspective]

Ino
Hinata
Viki
Juli Mizrahi
Makoto (and because I realized there's only about a million Makoto's in animanga fandoms, this is Amano Makoto, from W Juliet)

I know I tend to wind up with characters who, in some way, lack some level of basic empathy for other people/things. Makoto was kinda the exception, which is probably... why he didn't last long. *facepalms*

[withoutverona]

Chronologically...

* Angela Chase
* Dream of the Endless
* Tyler Durden
* Elliot Reid
* Melody Valentine
* Romeo Montague
* Ella of Frell
* Claire Fisher
* Sarah Walker
* Jack Priest
* Temperance Brennan

I've never played anyone with powers for very long, not counting Dream, who was adopted when the game was very young. Other than that and the fact Sarah and Brennan's dads are the same kind of character (Max Keenan is a better person than Jack Burton, but not by much), Iiiiii do not think I have a type. Complicated backstories, maybe? Angst? Talent? All of those things are true for a lot of characters at FH.

I think I got nothin'.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Well, Dream, Romeo, and even Sarah are romantics, though Dream and Sarah would probably both deny it. Dream, Tyler, and Brennan are authority figures, Dream and Brennan are both a little bit full of themselves (deservedly so). Ella and Tyler are both agents of change.

[the_merriest]

I don't know how to express this, but ... hmmm. It seems like you have layered characters that aren't necessarily the face they present to the world. Tyler had the Jack-vs-Tyler struggle, Sarah is a spy, Angela has this rich inner dialogue that she smushes down around people she's not sure about ... I don't know, it makes sense in my head? Romeo seems like an exception, since he is ROMANCE and PASSION writ large, and wears his heart on his sleeve, but he doesn't feel like one, because there's the tangled web of family loyalties, and whether he knows he looks gorgeous and angsty sitting on the beach brooding, and if so, if he does that on purpose.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Um. What? *blinkblink*

[bitchprince]

Well, mine's pretty easy. Barring Ray and Jeff, all of mine so far have been types with, um, ginormous responsibility complexes. And often a military background. But mostly the responsibility.

And contrasts, of course. I love characters with major personality contrasts all bundled up in 'em.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

I think it's good for the world that Jeff doesn't really fit into a "type".

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Also Arthur and Jeff both have parent issues.

[weetuskenraider]

Aside from the obvious physical characteristics and general tendency toward talkiness of my current students, I . . . don't know. Katchoo and Tahiri are both damaged in different ways, Gabrielle isn't yet. Jen has repression issues, Lacey has self-esteem issues, Anders and Conner are both mostly confident jock boys (though Anders had to grow into that) but Conner has more of a protector complex. Past characters include Anne Shirley, Archie Kennedy, Janice Covington (who fits in with the wee yappy blondes), Sakura Nishihori, and Yitzhak.

Hrm. There does seem to be some tendency toward repressive behavior of some sort or another with most of those. But it manifests in different ways.

Or maybe I'm looking at this from the wrong angle. I dunno.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

I MISS ARCHIE.

That is all.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

I'd say that even if the repressive behavior manifests itself in different ways, it still counts towards that.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Annette Hargrove
Johnny Storm
George M. Bluth
Amber Atkins
Penelope Wilhern
Prince Edward

Hm. I love playing the hyper crazy. The d'uhhhhh. The heroic. The ego? I've learned through playing Johnny that it was fun for me at the beginning, but I've never felt right with it. I don't know. Drama is good too. Sometimes. Being bitchy (when I can get away with it) is fun. So is the quietly sweet. I don't know. I guess I got nothing here. Mine seem all different. Yet the same in some ways. Um. Hi. I'm high on Benadryl.

[withoutverona]

If we set Johnny off to the side (carefully, he's hot), it seems like all of your others are naive in some ways, though they express it very differently. You don't go for the worldweary angsty kids.

I dunno. This is hard!

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Best I can come up with for mine (Angela, Shawn, Mac and now Effy) is that they're all from TV shows. They're sucha mixed bag.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Um... they are all brunettes?

Yeah, yours really don't seem to have any kind of commonality at all.

[the_merriest]

Hmmmm. I've got Rikku, Naminé, Alice Liddell, Faith Lehane, and now Lizzy Bennet. If we push Lizzy over to the side, I think the common thread with the others is that they've got some major past scars but they cover it up well? I don't know.

I'm leaving the Jerries, Tink, and Sam out of this, since they're in my obligatory leave-a-spot-for-crack slot.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

I would say that your characters seem to have a unique brand of self-confidence. Not all exactly the same, but they are all comfortable with who they are thanks to their life experiences. (Admittedly, I don't recall much of Namine's character, but Rikku, Alice, Faith & Lizzy seem to all fit that).

[crazypilotman.livejournal.com]

So... what of the mix of G'Kar, Murdock and Eleanor Robinson.

...I draw blanks except for the fact they all have no more parents. Repressed pasts maybe?

[lovemykilt]

Of course you have a type. You're the Nostalgianater.

I can only say that 'cause I've known ya forever, though.

Let's see, at Fandom I've played:
Nadia Santos (Alias)
Artie the Strongest Man in the World (The Adventures of Pete and Pete)
Lucas (Empire Records)
Daisy Adair (Dead Like Me)
Pete Hutter (The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr)
Steerpike (Gormenghast)
Maddie and Syvvie (The Cathy and Mo Show)
Warren Cheswick (Ed)
Lola (Run, Lola, Run)
Coyote (Coyote Blue)
Priestly (Ten Inch Hero)

I'm . . . obscure fandom girl?

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

That's what occurred to me too.

[harrydresden.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

Harry (The Dresden Files)
Stark (Farscape)
Lindsey McDonald (Angel)

I have, um, guys with issues? But everyone's got issues. So other than that I don't know.

Also, how have I been here this long and only had 3 characters?

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Cause you're a slaaaaaaaaaacker? :D

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

I've got

Liir Thropp (Wicked)
Geoffrey Tennant (Slings & Arrows)
Abigail Irene Garrett (New Amsterdam)
and now
Fiona Post (Mortal Coils).

Antisocial misfits! Those with identity issues! Workaholics! Books almost no one has read! (other than Geoffrey) Stuff that uses poetry or song! (other than Abigail Irene Garrett) Brunettes! (other than Abigail Irene Garrett)

Sadly enough *looks at her lot* seems to be 'damaged, but alive and still kicking'.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Well, there is:
John Connor (Terminator)
Tim Burton (Home Improvement)
Stanley Keyworth (West Wing)
Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China)

Not counting my con-goers.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Well Jack and Tim are comedy characters who's confidence may not be proportional to their abilities.