I am sheep. Baaaah.

[transemacabre]

Comment to this post with the name of a character that I have written in fic. Or geeked out about.

I will comment telling you the following:

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/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character*.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Comments

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a. Reading TBolts, and then discovering scans_daily and seeing everyone squeeing over the Teen Titans and other characters, but no one seeming to notice that Zemo was the fucking MAN.

b. I love that Zemo is the little engine that could of supervillainy. He doesn't have superpowers, aside from the New Tbolts stint as Cosmic Zemo, he's just a REALLY determined guy with a pink (magenta) mask, a grudge, and Teutonic know-how.

c. Zemo is a deeply selfish character -- even when he became a semi-good guy, he still did good deeds for the wrong reasons. He wants to save the world to satisfy his overwhelming ego, to show that he is a better HERO than his father was ever a VILLAIN, not because it's the right thing to do. His bigotry is connected to this, as a manifestation of his need to feel superior to everyone, to anyone.

d. I love writing Zemo! I can go super serious and delve into a lot of abnormal psychology, or I can go humorous (make fun of Zemo? Perish the thought!). I get plot bunnies for him and the Tbolts crew very easily.

e. I think my most fun Zemo is from this drabble (http://caia-comica.livejournal.com/64237.html?thread=565997#t565997) on Caia's lj.

Zemo's terminal ennui had merged with his ego, and swelled to a size much too big to fit inside the Folding Castle. So, in a moment of weakness, he allowed Fixer to take him out to a "local joint", as Norbert called it.

"I jusssht... I just vant to TALK to him," Zemo slurred to the bartender. "To AMERIKA. Is that SO WRONG?" Hiccupping, he grabbed his beer and tried to take a deep swig. Unfortunately, he'd forgotten to lift up his mask, and the beer dribbled off his chin and pooled on the counter. The apathetic bartender reached over and moped up the mess.

The karaoke DJ announced the next selection as Heart's "Alone". Fixer bounded up to the microphone and began crooning, "Till now I always got by on my own, I never really cared until I met you!" He fell to his knees, looked into Zemo's eyes, and sang, "And now it chills me to the bone! How do I get you ALONE!?"

f. I want to write some Mel/Zemo from the Juergen-verse we came up with. Or Zemo interacting with the Fenris twins, or Zemo when he was getting pimp-beat by Red Skull. Damn. I need to get writing.