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1. Comment to this post with the name of a character that I write in fic or RP.
2. 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.

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[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

I cannot think of a more perfect icon than that one, Sage. XDD

a.) Well, Miniel first latched on to me while I was thinking about some possible BC kidlets for Ruchiel and Alexei. Being the eternal virgin that Ruchiel is/was, having not gotten any ever in 5000+ years, I figured that her first encounter might actually cause a sort of manifestation of her newly freed virginness. Originally, Miniel was going to be a girl, being, to me, the most logical choice for an angel of virginity. In fact, it was for that reason that I realized it would be about twelve times more fun if Miniel was a boy. And when you top an innately pure sphere with raging boy hormones, you're guaranteed a good time. Things just went from there, until Miniel was somebody I had to create and write.

b.) Despite all his neuroses, Miniel is a very responsible, protective individual. If he feels that you're under his care, and realizes that you're in need of him, he'll move heaven and earth for you. If you can get past the fact that he has issues with eating chicken, he's a great guy to have around.

c.) Well. Dolls without pants make him nervous. Girls wearing skirts that show their *ankles* make him nervous. Chicken breasts make him nervous. Bikinis make him very nervous. Basically, anything even remotely promiscuous make him nervous, which makes him a bit hard to be around. XD

d.) Hm, I find Minnie to be simultaneously easy and difficult to write. He's great fun to write, and I love coming up with new things for him to find indecent, but there's more to him than just that. Like his mother, he possesses a sort of inner strength, which allows him to be indignant over tanktops without crumpling under the pressure to just accept it. I try to convey that once in a while, but it's not easy to do.

e.) I think "Coping" is a good example of Miniel, particularly how much he cares for his sisters, even when they do horribly indecent things. An excerpt:

"She was too busy being caught in her whirlwind of thoughts and emotions at first to notice the feeling of a pair of arms wrapping around her and holding her close to a comforting body while a gentle voice said, "Shh, it's okay Shemmie. It's okay. I'm sorry."

The feeling of being supported by a familiar presence, compounded with the smell of old halls and reams of paper, proved to be too much for her. Without warning, Shemiel wrapped her arms around Miniel as best she could, clinging onto him as she let go, the tears coming in small streams down her face while she sobbed for all she was worth. Miniel carefully stroked her back, ignoring the fact that she was significantly dampening his shirt. "It's not fair," she sobbed almost unintelligibly, "it's not fair!"

It was a good while before Shemiel had cried to the point where she had no tears left in her, still clinging to her older brother, hicupping softly. Eventually, she pulled away from him, rubbing the tears away from her eyes with the palm of her hand. Miniel tried for a smile, which came out uneasy and lopsided. "Feel better?"

"Yeah, I guess so," was the weak reply. She smiled bitterly. "I'm surprised you didn't walk out on me."

Miniel raised his eyebrows at her. "Shemmie, you offend me. I wouldn't do that."

"Wouldn't you, when you have a crazed pregnant woman on your hands?"

"I have an upset sister, that's all." Miniel replied. He fell silent, looking uncomfortably at his shoes. Eventually, he looked upwards at her again. "Say, if you want, I can go down to Tadhiel and see if she could possibly let go of a canteloupe. I think there's a rule that says that food accomodations can be made in the case of a pr--a pr--a...you know."

Mentally, Shemiel couldn't help but shake her head. Still Minnie."

f.) Well, I want to figure out what exactly Miniel ends up doing in BC, even if it's censoring movies, and whether or not he ever actually does give up his virginity, and what it does to him. I also want to explore him more in AoA, such as how he relates to his sisters' kids, how he relates to his own kid, and how he relates to Briah. Not to mention Arbiter Minnie is always fun. <3