15 question OC interview [Fynn edition] 🕑
Tagged by all the lovelies @ghost-town-story @fanged-solace and @willtheweaver -- thanks, guys! I love writing these they're so fun :) Today we're going to interview Fynn!! I'm very excited for this as his character recently got a bit of a behind-the-scenes makeover and has some new backstory. :)
Previously on, in case anyone wants to view, are Antonio's interview, and Paris's.
"We gather here today..." Antonio intones, holding his notepad and lantern as though he is the sole survivor of a doomed expedition in the jungle. "For a bold and momentous occasion."
"Speak for yourself," Paris says, leaning against the wall behind him. "Some of us gather for the entertainment."
"Being me," Fynn says dolefully, trying not the clutch the armrests of his chair so tight that he ruins the fabric.
Are you named after anyone?
Not a terrible question to start off with, all things considered. "Yes," Fynn says. "My grandfather. He died when I was only a few years old."
When was the last time you cried?
And a terrible second question. Fynn eyeballs Antonio, but he just looks normal. Which is to say, like an utter loon. Behind him, Paris and Velia knock their shoulders together. Only Lewis has some measure of sympathy on his face. Probably because he knows he'll be next before too long.
"I don't remember," Fynn lies. He did remember. It had been the night before he'd decided to leave the city.
Antonio raises an eyebrow but scribbles the answer down.
Do you have kids?
"Booo," Velia says loudly. Antonio twists around in his seat to glare at her.
"My older sister has children," Fynn says before either of them can start a fight. "I've only met the oldest two. They are some of my favorite people in the world."
Do you use sarcasm?
Fynn sighs. "Alas yes."
What's the first thing you notice about people?
"I don't really," Fynn apologies. He tries not to wilt under the four confused gazes suddenly latched on him. "I'd make a terrible detective."
"Not at all?"
"Leave him alone, Antonio," Lewis says, and what do you know, Antonio moves on.
What's your eye color?
"--I don't know," Fynn says, thrown. When has he ever noticed, or cared?
Lewis scurries over and kneels before him. "Gray," he says. "Like steel beams. Or coal smoke."
Fynn smiles down at him.
Lewis winks.
Scary or happy endings?
"I don't like endings," Fynn says honestly.
Any special talents?
"No," Fynn says, frowning. "But I've skills. I'm a mechanic by trade, I know my way around an engine and the tools needed to maintain her, and a fair bit of carpentry as well."
"And you're good with kids," Velia adds. "That's a skill alright."
Where were you born?
Fynn can't help but grin, thinking of home. "Norway."
What are your hobbies?
Fynn frowns. "I'm a working man--"
"Oh shut up," Antonio whines. "Live a little, Fynn. You're here with us, aren't you?"
"Then you're my hobbies," Fynn says, just to see their faces.
They don't disappoint.
Have you any pets?
"I can hardly feed myself on a good day," Fynn says, realizing he's calmer now than he expected to be. "Can you imagine a dog trailing after me?"
"How about a rat?" Paris suggests unhelpfully. "Since they're already your roommates?"
"Or a pigeon?" Velia adds.
Fynn rolls his eyes. The two of them, honestly.
What sports do you play/have played?
"This is ridiculous," Fynn mutters.
"Yes, ridiculous," Paris says, almost like he's been waiting for it. "Quite right, Fynn."
Antonio shoots him a look. "I didn't invite you, you insisted on accompanying us. At least get out and leave us be."
Paris leans down, grabs the notebook and reads off the next question.
How tall are you?
"Fynn," Paris finishes, laughing a little. "Have you a measuring tape in your pocket?"
"Yes, actually," Fynn says sheepishly pulling it out. He hands it to Antonio when he sees how large his grin is.
Paris throws his hands up. "Might as well actually measure then."
"Six foot one inch!" Antonio says triumphantly. "Good lord you're tall."
Favorite subject in school?
"I stopped going to school when I came to America to work," Fynn tells them. "I can't say I miss it."
Dream job?
"My job now," Fynn says. "With my family nearby and well and a steady paycheck."
"And a flamingo," Antonio says promptly.
Fynn stares.
"Just to spice your plans up a little," Antonio elaborates. "Worry not, I will supply it."
"You're going to make me steal from a zoo, aren't you," Velia says grimly.
Antonio smiles.
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Whumpee slips a note into a stranger’s palm, hoping they’ll understand the cry for help hastily scribbled on the scrap of paper.
But the stranger only smirks and hands the note to Whumper. “You should watch them a little closer.”
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the question, you see, is not ‘is it too ooc for this character to cry’ but rather ‘what circumstances would push this character to cry’
this is the whump wisdom, go forth and make that character cry
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Hey, to you sci-fi/fantasy writers out there (and maybe some others, but this is mainly for things that can’t really be researched irl), if you want to write a character who is a driven, passionate expert on something, don’t write about them rambling indifferently about some boring, mundane part of it. Give them a deep, intense hatred of some oddly specific wow-I-did-not-even-know-that-was-a-thing-and-it-would-have-never-occurred-to-me-that-it’s-a-bad-thing thing they’ll gladly rant about.
Write a dragon rider who really fucking hates it when a dragon is trained to bow while being reined. A space ship engineer who is pissed off when perfectly good antimatter ship has been adapted to run on neutral matter. A historian who is still not over the massive failures of a general who lost a specific battle 300 years before she was born.
The guy currently giving us a series of lectures on the restoration of historical buildings really, really hates polymer paint. At the artisan school our stained glass teacher really hated this one specific Belgian artist - we never really figured out what did that guy even do, but he’s been dead for over 200 years and our teacher was glad that at least he’s dead.
Experts don’t just know things you’ve never thought about. They’ve got strong opinions about it.
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hey so like
hi, you. yeah im talking to you. You like my stuff from time to time and reblog once and a while, and I always recognize you in my notes. we’ve never talked, maybe you dont like to say much or you’re nervous or something. it’s okay, whatever it is.
I see you. you mean a lot to me. sometimes when I’m having a hard day, I’ll notice your name once again in my notifs and it makes me smile. im not kidding.
I don’t care if you’re a “ghost” follower or you send me asks all the time. i see you and I love you so much, genuinely and truly. you are really important to me.
thank you. thank you for being there. <3
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“But let me give you the dark side of writing groups. One really dark side of writing groups is, particularly newer writers, don’t know how to workshop.
“And one of the things they’ll try to do is they’ll try to make your story into the story they would write, instead of a better version of the story you want to write.
“And that is the single worst thing that can happen in feedback, is someone who is not appreciating the story you want to make, and they want to turn it into something else.
“New workshoppers are really bad at doing this. In other words, they’re really good at doing a bad thing, and they’re doing it from the goodness of their heart. They want you to be a better writer. They want to help you. The only way they know is to tell you how they would do it, which can be completely wrong for your story.”
—Brandon Sanderson, Lecture #1 Introduction, Writing Science Fiction And Fantasy
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