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[varadia]

This meme entertains me. A lot. And I want to participate. So.

Name a character that you know I write or have written, and I'll tell you:

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits.
c. One of his/her worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

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[varadia]

I have to think back to when I first read Neverwhere. I almost typed that as Neverways, curse you Viv. *solemn* But. Hmm. I think it was in the scene with the Marquis in her home, where she's trying so hard to find information and deal with the recent tragedy and her impending nervous breakdown, and the Marquis, which can't be easy at the best of times. That and the very end where she tricks Islington and Co. Yeah. Take those together, and it was totally a one-two punch, with the rest of the book in between.

I think one of Door's best traits is her sheer dogged persistence, combined with her ability to recognize when she's out of her depth and not be too proud to ask for help, or . . . pay for help. Whichever.

Her worst trait--sometimes she is too inclined to protect people from themselves, and it just gets them and her in trouble. I'd say her youthful idealism, too, but a lot of that wears away during the book, and I think in Milliways even more of it's gone, so that puts paid to that one.

Door is a challenge for me to write, not least because I am balancing a lot of book canon with a lot of previously written millicanon by people who aren't me. It's not work I mind, I just don't have the mind for it as often as I do for other characters. Like Raven. *wry*

In the future--I have some plans for Doorthreads for next week, mostly with her and Tom. Long-term plots--I don't tend to do those with her, mostly I just ride on other people's coattails and have her react to crazy. Except for Yupppie-Door. Hee.