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What's something about your OC that people wouldn't expect just from looking at them?

Ah, spoilers, spoilers! But definitely there's a lot more steel in Kolfinna's spine than you would expect for a person in her situation. She's not a shrinking violet despite her "shy" or "dreamy" behavior, and even if she can be a bit squeamish or anxious when push comes to shove, she will do what has to be done. Also, despite being on the "spoiled" end of the scale, she's still very kind and generous, and tends to be shocked when people don't have the things she takes for granted.

(Kolfinna's spoiled in the sense that she has a lighter load of chores around the house, and was given a bit more slack in behavior growing up for reasons I won't get into.)

If you met your OC, would the two of you get along?

Language barrier aside, I think Kolfinna and I get along okay. We'd have a fiber arts party! But she's a lot more physically active than me, so I'd probably be worn out quickly if she was like "let's go for a hike and pick berries!" And if she expected me to help prepare a Viking-style dinner, I might faint. (I think she'd like ceviche, though, but whether she's a pine nuts or a popcorn person remains to be seen.)

How easily could your OC be convinced to do something that goes against their moral compass?

Alasdair's very…he has a strong sense of right and wrong. If his men were looting, he'd stop them if the looting changed into causing innocent people bodily harm or taking an entire village's food supply. But that's not to say he has an anachronistic sense of "hey, this is a war crime and we shouldn't be doing this." It's more along the lines of "well, this is sporting, but that isn't, I don't want my men doing things that reflect poorly on me." He is, after all, still deep down the youth who called his father's fiancee a war-profiteer.

I think, though, if it came down to the trolley problem/Kobayashi Maru exam, he would probably kill one person to save the others. But only if that was the only solution. And he would feel awful about it. In terms of theft, it would only be if he thought it was victimless.

But if it's at the faro table? The gloves are off and his conscience takes a bit of a walk. He plays to win, as his Mama taught him, and he has no hesitation against playing dirty. Would he call in bets that would ruin someone? Yes. Would he get into duels over cards? Quite possibly. It's faro, not chess!

What's one way your OC has changed since you first came up with them?

Alasdair was originally--please don't laugh--supposed to be something of an analogue to various Napoleonic-era military story protagonists. Think Aubrey/Maturin, Horatio Hornblower, perhaps even Sharpe, with a definite touch of Grand Admiral Thrawn in 'cultured badass;' obviously Alasdair's not an alien and he's not running about stealing works of art. But then he wound up getting quite a bit of influence from Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, especially the film version of the Wellington episodes, and the rest is history. I don't know if he resents me for this, inasmuch as a character 'resents' their creator. It was certainly a turn. But it also keeps him from being the standard Regency rakehell...

I am glad I didn't put him in the Navy, although the blue coats would look quite dashing against his red hair. There's really not a lot that can be done on a ship in TS3!

#sim: alasdair mccarrick #sim: kolfinna the dreamer

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