DeadGP

A week late, anyway!

First and foremost, a gargantuan thanks to Ganth for gracing my humble page with a new subscription, which gives me access to the great wealth of powers that lie behind a mere asterisk. I WILL USE THESE PRIVILEGES WELL (or at least as well as I did when I had a sub before).

Second and uh... not-foremost, it's fucking 2011. That means we are but one year closer to the world as we know it ending. Yes, my friends, I am talking about this day and age ending in a cataclysmic event that Nostradamus himself would shit himself three times over for:

McFlys.

Also known as those self-tying shoes from Back to the Future, smacking you right in the head in 2015. BE PREPARED FOR THE SHOEPOCALYPSE.

Also be prepared for those Christmas cards I was working on to be JUST A LITTLE LATE. The holidays were far more hectic than my little caffeinated excuse for a brain could comprehend, but never fear! A card enclosed with a DEADGP ORIGINAL will soon be gracing your doorstep like a fury of a thousand bears on stimulants that make cocaine look like Benadryl (because what would an ORIGINAL DEADGP journal be without a nod to cocaine?).

ALSO also, round three of Kitty-Quixotic's illustrious Break OCT ended, and I was _predictably defeated by the equally-as-illustrious LadyRiverlark! Even though I'm kinda sad I won't be able to put forth my own story any longer, I am glad I got to face Lady, and that I once again made it to the third round of something. HERE'S SHOOTING FOR THE FOURTH ROUND NEXT TIME!

And finally I hope to get some actual deviations up soon, preferably stuff that isn't of the OCT persuasion. WE WILL SEE, as I've been kicking around a bunch of ideas that may just be about ready to be kicked straight onto a word processor like there's no tomorrow. But finally-finally, I saw this meme floating around and why not start the new year by wasting some time the good old fashioned way?

STOLEN FROM Leucrotta AND DONE WITH

One quick generic question as an introduction: What name does your character go by most often?
"Lisi trash", although 'trash' can be substituted for any sort synonym to that. He surprisingly doesn't get called Dan very often.

Which is more common for your character: giving or receiving help?
Neither is more common than the other, really. He's probably more like to receive help, though.

In crowds, does your character tend to gain energy or expend energy?
So does he seclude himself or act out? I think that's what this is asking. Anyway in crowds he likes to mind his own business until someone gets in his way or pisses him off somehow, which is usually inevitable.

What's your character's IQ?
On a scale of smart to dumb, Dan would pronounce the 'b' in dumb and then shoot anyone who told him it was pronounced otherwise. He can still speak properly (enough anyway, and with simple words), and has a fair amount of street smarts to boot.

Which of the seven deadly sins is most prevalent in your character's personality? (Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, or pride?)
Wrath, without question and for more reasons than I care to list!

Conversely, which of the seven holy virtues most applies to your character? ([Listed as opposites to above] Chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, or humility?)
This is actually kinda hard to pin down. I suppose humility to some extent, and though he never really shows it properly, somewhere deep down he knows he'd like to.

How does your character see himself—is he down on himself, content, or a braggart?
Dan tends to be pretty down on himself about his life and decisions, which has happened to grant him a rather short fuse when people confront him on his faults (unwittingly or not). He can be a hell of a braggart and he taunts a lot in fights, although he does so more out of wanting to be hit harder by his foes than from sheer confidence.

How does your character perceive his surroundings? What's the first thing he notices when he walks into an unfamiliar room?
Dan doesn't pay too much mind to his surroundings, whether he's walking around outside or stepping into a bar. He tends to be much more focused on his own thoughts and actions, and as such he can come off as being very oblivious (i.e. he's sat down for a drink amongst groups of people who would otherwise kill him without a second thought). Dan usually notices chairs or any other surface he could conceivably sit down on first, and often makes a bee line toward the comfiest option available.

The eternal question: neatness or organized chaos?
Organized chaos, I suppose, but it's more along the lines of just outright chaos. Most of Dan's belongings are kept within the myriad pockets of his coat, and he never really bothers to organize them, let alone remember where he put what. So in the middle of a gunfight it isn't rare that he'll pull out a handful of cigarettes rather than more bullets.

How much time/thought does your character invest in his personal appearance (this includes posture, mental preparation for a specific event or meeting, etc.)?
Counting the time it takes to push his hair out of his eyes, shake out his coat, and empty his boots of dust and rocks, I'd say approximately two or three minutes, and none of those actions really require a whole lot of thought. He never really prepares for anything either, as his life tends to be a non-stop rollercoaster ride of death and confrontation!

Does your character believe in the afterlife? If so, what does he see as qualifications to move on to a peaceful afterlife/the extent of sin to have a less than peaceful afterlife? If not, why doesn't he like the idea of an afterlife, peaceful or otherwise?
Dan is, simply put, scared shitless of an afterlife because the only one he's heard tale of is the age-old 'good guys live in peace, bad guys live in agony' deal. He obviously doesn't believe in it enough to change his ways (for the time being, anyway), but the thought of having to pay for all the horrible shit he's done isn't a pleasant one.

About how much patience does your character have for mundane yet important tasks? If he is interested in an activity, how long will it take for him to tire of it?
Dan can spend a fair amount of time on maintaining his guns, filling his flasks, and rolling cigarettes, and actually finds them to be pretty relaxing. If he finds an activity fun, he'll most likely keep at it for hours, especially if it's competitive.

In closing, what does your character's name mean?
Well it doesn't really have any deeper meaning to it, but I chose it because 1) most of my characters have names that rarely exceed five letters and 2) the name Dan just sounds badass to me. It's short, can be notorious, and it's easy for people to taunt him with (Danny boy is commonly thrown out). His last name, Lisi, is a bit more storied, but once again doesn't hold much of any actual meaning to it. Back when I first made Dan, and his subsequent family, I needed to come up with a last name for them quickly, and the first thing that popped into my head was actually my sister's name, Lizzy. So I just changed the pronunciation of the first part to sound like 'lie' and replaced the z's with an s; it's a rare day when someone actually says it right without me telling them how.

And that's about it! TILL NEXT TIME!