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INTERVIEW

Jemma Redgrave: ‘Doctor Who will keep me young’

The actress would be happy to be remembered for the sci-fi series, she tells Dominic Maxwell

Jemma Redgrave: “My character wanted to make her way on merit. That wasn’t difficult to play”

Dominic Maxwell

Saturday November 25 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Jemma Redgrave has a problem. “Every time I get a new office,” she says, “it blows up.” Granted, she admits, the first time we saw her office — in the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special of 2013 that featured Matt Smith and David Tennant — it was in the Tower of London, and that one has stayed standing. Otherwise, though, in her role as Kate Stewart, the head of the Doctor’s paramilitary allies UNIT, her workplaces seem to routinely explode. That they seem to get swankier and swankier each time only seems to make them more vulnerable to the zap gun.

She won’t give anything away, and the BBC is keeping under wraps each of the three 60th anniversary specials, which start tonight. Yet you have to fear for the giant floating Marvel-style Unit HQ that features in the trailer. Redgrave doesn’t appear until the final part, which pits David Tennant’s returning Doctor against Neil Patrick Harris’s Toymaker, a villain not seen since 1966. She will, however, be the one other holdover from the 50th anniversary specials. “Yes,” she says with a disbelieving smile over morning coffee in a north London café, “I think it’s just me and David.”

She and her sons, now aged 29 and 23, had watched the series ever since it returned, after 16 years off our screens (a one-off comeback starring Paul McGann aside), in 2005. She wondered for a while why seemingly every other actor she knew got a role in it. Hers, though, has proved to be the longest-running.

She first played Kate Stewart opposite Smith in an episode in 2012. She didn’t realise the significance of the surname at the time: Stewart is the daughter of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, the head of Unit from 1968 to 1975, during the eras of Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker. All of which is catnip to the fans, some of whom, as emissaries from Doctor Who magazine, were on set doing a story on her first day. They helped her to join the dots.

As Kate Stewart in the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (BBC)

Stewart, after all, didn’t use her full name. “She didn’t want to take advantage of her connections and wanted to make her way on merit,” Redgrave says. As the daughter of an actor (Corin Redgrave), the niece of two actresses (Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave), the granddaughter of actors (Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson) and the cousin of actresses (Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson), she knew where Stewart was coming from. It can be tedious spending your time fending questions about how you’ve got where you are today, after all.

“That you’re some sort of nepo baby? It can be, can’t it? Sometimes those questions go on and on and on, many, many, many, many years down the line.” Redgrave, a gifted under-player of a scene, gives a surprisingly full-hearted chuckle. “So that wasn’t a difficult scene to play.”

Redgrave appears only sporadically, but has rubbed shoulders with six doctors: Smith, Tennant, Peter Capaldi, John Hurt (in the 50th special), Jodie Whittaker and, coming soon, Ncuti Gatwa, who will take the lead once Tennant’s celebratory trilogy is done.

There have been rumours that Stewart and UNIT are getting their own show, but Redgrave insists that this is news to her. Then again, it’s rare for her to be permitted to admit even that she is in the first Gatwa series. She has to sign an NDA each time she shoots the show so that nobody, with the exception of her partner, who may be staying with her in Wales during shooting anyway, knows what she is working on.

She understands the rationale for this, although it can become absurd. During lockdown, because travel was restricted, the BBC sent a car to her north London home to pick her up for filming. On the way to the car she bumped into Smith, who lives in the area, walking his dog. He asked where she was heading. Cardiff, she told him. He asked what she was working on. “I said, ‘I can’t possibly tell you. I’ve signed an NDA.’ And he said, ‘Oh well, send them all my love.’”

Redgrave is a young-looking 58. Her extensive stage work includes appearing in a London production of Chekhov’s The Three Sisters with her aunts. Her TV work includes starring in the series Bramwell as well as recurring roles in Holby City, Grantchester, Silent Witness and Cold Blood. How would she feel if the world remembered her most for her sporadic role as the head of UNIT?

“I think that’s OK,” she says. “I grew up watching Jon Pertwee. And Jon Pertwee doesn’t change in my imagination. The people I grew up watching don’t get older in my imagination and I will remain in the imagination of the children who watch this 60th-year episode. And that is a kind of lovely thing. So I’m very happy to be remembered as Kate Stewart. Also, she’s a formidable woman. She has humour and heart and courage. And she’s vulnerable and aware of her limitations. So she’s kind of human in every possible way, even though she exists in a world of aliens and tech.”

On the subject of “the sci-fi stuff”, she admits that jargon and technobabble can be hard to play: the plot may need it, but it’s hard to bring much of yourself to. So she tries to find some emotional resonance of her own. “Either that or you just play it fast. It’s one or the other.”

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She has found, too, that the fans will support her in other roles. Recently she appeared in a play, Octopolis, at the Hampstead Theatre in London. “And a lot of Who fans came to see that, which is a lovely thing. She’s a great character, but partly the reason that UNIT has continued through this series is because fans have been very vocal in their love of those storylines.”

When she was growing up, it took her a while to admit that she wanted to be an actress. “My parents split when I was young. My mum [Deirdre Hamilton-Hill] supported me and my brother. There wasn’t a lot of money around, but we did get taken to the theatre. And I think growing up in the theatre, and particularly not having a fear of Shakespeare because I encountered him on the stage and not in the classroom for the first time, was a great privilege.”

It was a trip to see the Wars of the Roses Shakespeare history plays at the RSC in Stratford when she was 13 that convinced her she wanted to act. “Before that I’d played my cards close to my chest. I didn’t have much confidence. I was quiet about it because there were a lot of people in my family who acted.” When she told her father, he gave her a complete Arden set of Shakespeare plays, and wrote “to commemorate your decision to become an actress” on the front page.

She went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, after which she began to work regularly. She appeared in a TV film, The Relief of Belsen, with her father, and in Howards End with Vanessa, but beyond that has ploughed her own furrow. So is the family connection one she can celebrate at this point?

What’s lovely, she says, is going to a set and having crew members come up to her and tell her they worked with her father, or her aunt, or her cousin or her brother Luke, a successful cameraman. “And usually anybody who says ‘I’ve worked with somebody in your family’ says it because they loved working with them. So it’s suddenly not quite such an intimidating environment.”

Family fame is dwarfed by sci-fi fame anyway. “I’m ‘her from Doctor Who’. And if you’ve got a body of work behind you, people don’t talk about the name. I just feel lucky that I come from the family that I come from because I grew up with books and theatre, which is a proper privilege. There wasn’t a lot of money, but there was that, and that’s worth everything.”

Doctor Who is on BBC1 and iPlayer from November 25. Jemma Redgrave’s episode is on December 9

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raindancer2004 · 3 years ago

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Stress of a new life

Word Count: 3,553 Alec x OC Swan Oneshot Warnings: Fluff, Angst

Comfort / Fluff Prompts: 2: “I’m at the hospital” 4: “How long has it been since you’ve slept?” 15: “You need to eat something” 16: “Stop telling me you’re ok” For @thevolturiarejustbetter who also gave me a detailed stroyline to work with.

Alice and Bella were talking in the kitchen when Luna came downstairs “Oh! Hi Alice. What are you doing here?” “I’ve come to see Bella…I had a vision…Bella…” “That doesn’t matter know Luna. We have to go to Italy. We need to save Edward” Bella cuts off Alice “Why? He left you. He didn’t want you” Jacob interjects “I’m not going to let him kill himself out of guilt” Bella tells him. “Luna…help…tell her to stay” “No. Jake. I may not like him much because of what he did, but she loves him. Come on Bells” Luna says as she takes Bella hand and leads her out of the house and over to Carlisle’s car.

Once Alice showed Aro her vision of Bella becoming immortal Aro decided to let them go…except Luna. “Ah Miss Swan…I cannot permit you to leave” Aro’s voice stops both Bella and Luna in their tracks “B-but you said…” “I said Bella could leave with Edward and Alice, you however…must stay” Aro says cutting Luna off “Why?” Bella asked “Because she is mated to Alec” Edward answers, Luna spins to face Edward, shock written across her face and he nods at her. Luna slowly turns back round to see Alec staring at her, his mouth in a thin line “I don’t think he likes me” Luna said to Aro low “He doesn’t like anyone” One of the lower guards mumbled from the back of the room. Alec hissed at him before turning to Demetri “Take her with you so she can say goodbye to them…please” Demetri nodded at Alec “Come on Luna” Alice says softly and takes her hand in hers as they walk back to reception.

A few hours later after Bella, Edward and Alice had left the castle, Luna found herself standing beside Alec in Aro’s private study, Caius and Marcus standing behind him at his desk. “Aro, with all due respect I cannot stay here, I’m 16 and am in High School…” “I understand that I do but you cannot leave my dear. Do you want to suffer the way your sister has for the last six months?” Aro pauses to allow Luna to speak but she doesn’t, she just shakes her head “Mates do not do well apart as you have seen for yourself and with regards to your schooling, you can finish the courses online and we can help you too” Aro continued and gave her a smile. “We can also teach you about our history and laws as you’ll need to know them now you’re part of the family” Marcus said softly “H-how soon do I…” “There will be no rush to turn you as you are living here with us” Caius replied and Luna nodded “This means that you and Alec can get to know each other without the added pressure of you being a newborn” Aro added and smiled at Alec. “Thank you masters” Alec replies and bows his head.

Luna was given her own room on the floor below the Elite Guard floor, her room was opposite Heidi’s. Jane was pleased that her brother’s mate was nowhere near the lower guard floor which meant no one could harm her, not that Jane was too worried about it. Heidi introduced herself and told Luna that if she needs anything she only has to ask. “I-I don’t have any clothes with me as I wasn’t intending to stay here. Are there any shops nearby?” She asked low “They’re closed now but I can take you tomorrow. I can lend you something to sleep in and clothes for tomorrow’s shopping trip” Heidi replied “That would be very nice of you. Thank you” Luna replied smiling.

The following morning Luna and Heidi got ready to go shopping. “I don’t have much money so it won’t be a long trip” Luna told Heidi “Don’t worry about any of that, the cost of the shopping trip is covered” Heidi replied and Luna went to argue “Nope, don’t argue hunny. It’s already been decided” Luna nodded and Heidi led her out of the castle. Heidi bought her some dresses from the little boutique that her, Chelsea and Corin buy theirs from. Luna also picked up jeans, t-shirts, underwear and shoes.

Luna signed up for her courses online with Demetri’s help “I studied for a degree online a few years back so I’m here to help you if you get stuck” He gave her a warm smile and sat on the sofa beside her “Thank you Demetri” She replied although she could feel herself getting stressed just thinking about studying online…alone. She wished she was back home with Bella because Bella could always calm her down if she was feeling overwhelmed and stressed.

Demetri had noticed that Alec wasn’t spending much time with Luna and that she seemed to be spending all of her time studying, he assumed this was her way of dealing with the situation. The desk in her room was covered in textbooks and notebooks with the laptop Caius had bought her sitting on the left side of her desk. Demetri and Heidi had lent her some books from their rooms for to read in her downtime.

“Luna, can we talk?” He asked getting her attention “Of course, what about?” “The twins” He answered her and she nodded and turned to face him. “Alec and Jane had a rough time when they were human. They were accused of being witches and after enduring years of verbal abuse and being cast out by the other villagers they were finally burned at the stake. Aro and Caius saved them just in time and gave them immortality” Demetri explained and Luna nodded, her eyes becoming glassy at the thought of Alec and Jane being treated so cruelly “Neither of the twins have ever been in a romantic or loving relationship so whilst the idea of finding their mates appeals to them, the reality is a lot scarier for them, especially if their mate is human” Demetri continued “So just don’t take it personally they’re not big fans of humans” Felix added.

Aro and Caius had noticed that Alec and Luna were not spending much time together so came up a scheme to get the two of them in the same room so they would have to talk. Caius met Luna and Alec in the Library one Friday afternoon “Right I need the two of you to put those boxes of books away correctly” Caius instructed them and pointed to the four boxes that were on the tables. Alec and Luna did as Caius asked but barely spoke to each other for the few hours they were together, something Caius wasn’t happy about. “Please can you help me to reach the higher shelf?” Luna asked Alec “Sure, just leave the book on that table” He replied and pointed to the table beside him “Thank you.” “How’s your studying going?” Alec asked Luna “It’s ok, thanks. There’s just a lot of it as I’m doing everything online.” He nodded in response and resumed placing the books onto the correct shelve. She didn’t want to burden him by telling him she was struggling and getting stressed out with her schoolwork and trying to settle into the castle full of vampires.

A few days later Luna had decided to study in the Library as it would make a change of scenery from her room. She was so engrossed in her studies she lost track of time and didn’t hear Felix enter the room. “How long has it been since you’ve slept?” Felix asked as took a seat beside her at the table where she had all of her books laid out “I slept for a few hours last night” She replied “Let me rephrase little human. When was the last time you got between 6 to 8 hours sleep?” “I don’t know Fe. When was the last time you got between 6 to 8 hours sleep?” Demetri chuckled from his place on the sofa “You walked right into that one” “It’s been centuries since I slept seeing as I’m a vampire” Felix responded looking at Luna, she didn’t respond just gave him a small smile and returned to her studies.

Demetri had noticed over the months the tell-tale signs of Luna being stressed as there were two things she would do; tapping her nails on the table or constantly twirling her hair around her fingers. Felix noticed that these little things appeared to irritate Alec although he never said anything to Luna as she was his mate. There was a part of Alec that found the hair twirling thing adorable.

Luna had been in Italy for about three months when her relationship with Alec changed, her bond with Alec had taken hold and according to Marcus it was very strong, despite her and Alec barely seeing one another. She could count the number of conversations they had shared, not that she would class them as conversations. She had tried talking to him when they were in the same room but he didn’t return the conversation as he found it hard to talk to her.

Luna had spent the past four days studying and completing assignments as Alec was away from the castle along with Jane, Demetri and Felix. She missed Demetri and Felix as they had become her friends in the few months since she arrived at the castle. She missed Alec too but she put that down to the mate bond that was in effect because she wasn’t sure if she knew him well enough to miss him on her own.

Luna decided to go out for a little while and get some fresh air, finally taking a break from her studies. She walked around the shops and picked herself up some snacks and a new notebook for later. She was waiting inline at her favourite Coffee Shop when she felt a little lightheaded and swayed slightly trying to steady herself but failed. She fainted and dropped to the floor, the reflexes of the man behind her not being quick enough to catch her.

Luna woke up in hospital, her head was throbbing and when she lifted her hand to her head, she felt a bandage on the left side of her forehead. “Oh, you’re awake. Don’t try and get up. You hit your head and we need to keep you in for a few hours so we can check if you have a concussion now you’re awake.” The nurse said as she came to stand beside the bed and checked Luna’s vitals. Luna nodded and sighed ‘Alec is going to be so upset if I’m not back soon’ she thought to herself.

Luna had been gone for a few hours and Alec wasn’t too worried about her as he knew that if he needed to find her he could simply ask Demetri to track her. ‘It’s a good thing that she’s taken a break from her studies, she was looking tired’ he thought to himself and continued to read his book.

Sometime later, Alec’s phone rung and he didn’t recognise the number but something inside him told him to answer the phone. “Hello” “Alec, it-it’s me…” “Luna? Where are you calling me from?” “I’m at the hospital” “What? Why?” “I-I fainted. Will…you come and get me…please?” Luna’s voice was low and full of emotion as she didn’t know if he would come and get her “Of course I’ll come get you. I’ll be there as soon as I can.” He hung up the phone and made his way to Demetri’s room, not bothering to knock before he entered.

“Demetri I need you to take me to the hospital…” “Why?” Demetri asked cutting him off “Luna’s there. She fainted. I need to bring her home” Demetri stood and nodded “I’ll get my keys” They passed Jane on the way down to the underground garage “Please let the Kings know we’re going to bring Luna home. She’s at the hospital” “Of course brother” She replied and hurried to the throne room.

Demetri and Alec arrive at the hospital and make their way to the front desk “We’re here to collect Luna Swan. She was admitted after she fainted” “Of course, one moment” The receptionist put some details into the computer before turning her attention back to Demetri and Alec “Miss Swan’s in Room 215” The receptionist replies with a smile. Demetri and Alec make their way to her room and find her sitting on the bed waiting for them.

“Luna, darling how are you feeling?” Demetri asked as he stepped closer to the bed “I’m ok. I’m sorry for any trouble I’ve caused” She replied low “You haven’t caused any trouble. You’re safe and well and that’s what matters, right Alec?” Demetri said as he turned to look at Alec. “I’m just glad you called me, but I just want to get you home” Alec said and held out his hand to her. Demetri smiled at the small gesture as he knew Alec struggled to show his emotions…to anyone but Jane. Luna stood from the bed and hesitantly places her hand in Alec’s cold one, the moment their hands touched Alec intertwined their fingers and gave her hand a small squeeze. She looked up at him and he gave her a tiny smile, one that she returned.

They arrive back at the castle and Alec leads her straight to his room, passing the stairs that led up to her room in the process, something Luna and Demetri notice. Demetri smiled to himself as he watched Alec with Luna ‘I hope this incident brings them closer’ he thinks to himself.

They enter Alec’s room to find Jane, Felix, the Kings and Queens waiting for them, the fireplace had been lit also giving the room a light glow.

Dora stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Luna “Oh child, I’m so glad you’re ok. I was worried when Jane told us the news of you being hospital” “Yes, you gave us a quite the scare” Sia added as she wrapped her arms around Luna and Dora, Alec held back a growl at Luna being taken from him by the Queens. “You need to eat something now you’re back home with us” Marcus said softly and Luna nodded “I’ll have Gianna prepare anything you want” He added with a smile. “Could I have some toast and Jam please?” Luna’s voice was low in the room “Of course my dear. I’ll ask Gianna to make you a cup of tea too” Marcus replied “Thank you Marcus.”

Caius stepped forward next and looked her over “You need to rest and I do not want you left alone for the next few days…just in case” He places his hands on her cheeks and gives Alec a quick look over her head “Luna’s staying in here with me. I’ll look after her” Alec says looking at Caius, who nods in response. “Very good. We’ll take our leave now we know you’re ok. If you need anything and I do mean anything, please let us know” Aro says with a smile and takes Sia’s hand in hers. Luna smiled at them and appreciated their concern as she watched them leave.

Alec steps forward and Luna feels an arm slide around her back, a hand coming to rest on her waist. “How are you feeling sweetie?” Jane asked “I’m ok. I just feel silly for fainting and I’m sorry for…disturbing Alec” “You have no reason to feel silly darling, you’re human. It happens sometimes” Demetri told her, his voice comforting. “You didn’t disturb me love and even if you did, you don’t need to feel sorry for that. I’m your mate, you can disturb me anytime” Alec told her as his free hand gently turned her face towards his. She nodded and murmured “Thank you Alec.” “We’ll leave you be too” Demetri said and nodded towards the door, Felix and Jane followed him out.

Alec and Luna were alone in his room and it was quiet, something Luna seemed ok with as she made her way over to the sofa and took a seat. She let out a sigh and he saw her shoulders relax a little and he smiled to himself. He passed his desk on his way to the sofa to join her when he heard her phone vibrate as it was still on silent. Bella’s name was flashing on the screen “Here it’s Bella” Alec said and handed her the phone” “Thank you” She replied.

“Luna, Luna, are you ok?” Bella’s voice told Luna how worried Bella was “Bella, I’m fine I…” “Really? You fainted. You ended up in hospital” Bella cut her off “Really. It’s warm here and I was a little dehydrated…” “How did that happen? Are you not looking after yourself?” “I’ve been busy studying for exams and doing assignments…” “What and Alec hasn’t taken care of you? Are you being neglected?” “This has nothing to do with Alec. I’m fine Bella” Luna started to get upset with her sister as it seemed like she rung just to have a go at her. “I’ve eaten since I got back from the hospital and I am fine. Alec has…” “Stop telling me you’re ok” Bella said frustration clearly showing in her voice. Alec sighed again and made his way over Luna and gently took the phone from her. “Bella, you’re upsetting Luna and I won’t allow it. She really is ok, she just over did it with the studying and forgot to eat and drink plenty, apparently it’s a human thing and is common around exam times” Alec says, trying not to lose his temper at Bella “I just want to know she’s being taken care of Alec” “I was away for a few days but I’m back now and I am going to take care of her and she’ll call you in a few days. Goodbye Bella” Alec ended the call and turned her phone off.

Alec turned to face Luna and noticed tears were beginning to fall and he gently lifted his hands to her face wiping them away with his thumbs. “Don’t cry love” He said softly “I-I’m not ok Alec. I’m stressed about school, living here is…different and we…we…don’t really talk to each other” Luna’s voice was low and shaky as she told him how she really felt in that moment. Alec gently lifted her into his arms and carried her to his bed, placing her gently on top of the duvet. “How about we talk now?” He asked and she nodded. He climbed on the bed beside her and gently wrapped his arms around her “As you’ve been honest with me…I’ll be honest with you” “O-ok” “I’m not very good at showing my emotions or talking about them…unless it’s with Jane and for that I’m truly sorry. I should have made more of an effort with you, although I was always around to ensure you were safe…along with Demetri and Felix” He chuckled “They seem to be very fond of you, apparently, you’re their ‘little human’” It was Luna’s turn to chuckle “Yea, well I am little compared to them and they’re nice. I like them” “Yea, they’re alright” He agreed.

They laid there in silence for a few moments before Luna spoke again “Demetri told me about your past. Your experience with humans and how…how you became immortal…” She paused to look at Alec and noticed his face was the same as before; relaxed. He nodded for her to continue “He wanted me to know, wanted me to understand that you not talking to me or not being around much wasn’t personal to me…it was due to your dislike of humans in general” “I’m sorry that my behaviour made you feel you couldn’t come and talk to me and that you worried about calling me but I’m glad you called me to come get you and not Demetri or Felix” “You’re my mate…even if we don’t spend time together and I didn’t want to upset you” Her reply was low and her honestly hurt him a little. “I promise to do better Luna. We can work this mate thing out together…if you’d like?” She smiled and nodded “I’d like that very much Alec” He smiled back at her before making his confession “You are my mate, mine to love forever and even though I’ve given you no reason to believe me…I do love you. I love you more than I ever thought possible and…and I want you to move into my room with me. I want this to be our room.”

More tears fell down Luna’s cheek and she sniffled a little “I-I love you too and I’d like to share your room with you…get to know you better” “Then it’s settled. Our forever starts now” He told her and pressed his lips gently to hers in a soft kiss. “That was my first kiss” “Mine too” He replied softly and tightened his hold on her a little. “Sleep my love. I’ll be here when you wake.” Luna and Alec spoke for a little longer before she finally fell asleep in his arms. ‘my little human’ he thought to himself and closed his eyes relaxing beside her.

#demetri volturi #felix volturi #jane volturi #alec volturi #aro volturi #marcus volturi #caius volturi #heidi volturi #alec x oc #volturi #twilight #oneshot

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riverthewriter-blog1 · 6 years ago

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Novel Prep

I was tagged by @things-waiting-to-be-written. Thanks<3

Rules: Answer the questions and then tag as many writers as there are questions answered (or as many as you can) to spread the positivity! Even if these questions are not explicitly brought up in the novel, they are still good to keep in mind when writing.

I’m doing this for my current wip, Angelic.

FIRST LOOK

1. Describe your novel in 1-2 sentences (elevator pitch)

Anna, a new member of the rebel group Morning Star, tries to escape the sanctuary she once called home. She is forced to watch her friends, cursed with Gifts that are more harmful than helpful, deteriorate along with the life she thought she knew.

2. How long do you plan for your novel to be? (Is it a novella, single book, book series, etc.)

It’s going to be the first in a book series called These Cursed Gifts

3. What is your novel’s aesthetic?

Oh jeez, I don’t really have one. I guess I’d have to say it’s gloomy with a tiny tiny sliver of hope. Does that count as an aesthetic?

4. What other stories inspire your novel?

Angelic is an amalgamation of every book I’ve ever liked, except a whole lot worse.

5. Share 3+ images that give a feel for your novel

MAIN CHARACTER

6. Who is your protagonist?

Anna Nevarro

7. Who is their closest ally?

Her friends are Corin and Zell

8. Who is their enemy?

Irictus Daastra (name is still pending because I know it sounds weird)

9. What do they want more than anything?

Escape

10. Why can’t they have it?

The Haven is a sanctuary created by Gifted-people with the powers of angels- to protect them from the outside world. It’s almost impossible to escape.

11. What do they wrongly believe about themselves?

That she, as an Ungifted, is unworthy of power, knowledge or a good life

12. Draw your protagonist! (Or share a description)

Anna is stick-thin from hunger, with blue hair and brown eyes. She’s kinda cute if you look hard enough. I would draw her but I have no artistic skills whatsoever

PLOT POINTS

13. What is the internal conflict?

Anna is struggling to accept her identity and trying to face the fact that she might be about to lose the only friends she’s ever had.

14. What is the external conflict?

There’s three groups of Gifted, all with different powers, and they’re at war with each other. People are starving, Gifted fight Ungifted in the streets, and there’s an insane man with the power to control minds bent on ruling the Haven. In other words, there’s a lot going on

15. What is the worst thing that could happen to your protagonist?

Losing the people she loves

16. What secret will be revealed that changes the course of the story?

I can’t say it because I’m still trying to work it out, but let’s just say the Gifted are not who they think they are

17. Do you know how it ends?

I’m going off of a very vague idea and hoping I’ll figure it out when I get there

BITS AND BOBS

18. What is the theme?

Freedom vs. safety, acceptance, prejudice

19. What is a reoccurring symbol?

The color silver and angel wings are pretty important

20. Where is the story set? (Share a description)

Whatever is left of the earth after we destroy it. It’s set in South America

21. Do you have any images or scenes in your mind already?

I am writing this entire novel off of one scene that’s been driving me insane for three years

22. What excited you about this story?

I’m having a really fun time writing it, and I worked on it for NaNoWriMo this year. That was super exciting for me, since it was my first year doing it

23. Tell us about your usual writing method!

I always start at the beginning and just write it all out, trying not to stop. Then I go back later and fix all my mistakes

I’m tagging a few people I follow since I don’t really know anyone on here yet. @margaretcroftwrites @cawolters @monstrouswrites @whywritewhenyoucansleep @teen-age-writer @idreamonpaper hope you all don’t mind...

#writing #novel prep tag #novel planning #writing games #riverthewriter #tcg

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ride-run-sleep-repeat · 7 years ago

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There are many types of fun and for some reason, I keep having to push the limits of this “fun”.

I was asked to be part of the Mont Adventure Racing team for Wildside Adventure race as unfortunately, Dane had to pull out due to injury so we got bumped into the mixed category. Now I’d done Wildside back in 2014 at short notice and after vowing to never do one of these types of races again (for at least 5 years), I was now saying yes to my third.

So the fun I was looking for came in a 400km race on bikes, foot, abseiling, kayaks and packrafts to get to the often elusive finish line in as little time as possible. Easy right?

Here’s the course break down:

Leg 1 – 55km Trek Leg 2 – 107km MTB Leg 3 – 50km Trek & Abseil Leg 4 – 45km MTB Leg 5 – 33km Packraft Leg 6 – 10km Trek Leg 7 – 45km MTB Leg 8 – 14 km Paddle Leg 9 – 10km Trek Leg 10 – 26k MTB

Leg 1 was basically the ultra-marathon I hadn’t planned to run in many years. The boys set a cracking pace and I could only put my head down and keep my feet moving. Starting at Lake Eucumbene we made our way along the shoreline for 3/4’s of the trek till we went up over the hills and hit the first TA at the big, beautiful Trout. We were also rewarded with a cold lemonade and iced coffee from the servo.

After building our bikes up and making a quick transition we started on the 107k MTB which took us towards Orroral Valley. This leg was great. Mostly for the fact that I could keep up with the boys and that it was all very rideable. There were some big bloody hills, but nothing too outrageous. Morale was high, we got to the TA in Orroral to pack up bikes and start the 3rd leg which was a 50km trek & abseil.

It’s a weird thing racing on your home turf, good – because you know parts of the course, bad – because you know parts of the course. For example, the first part of the trek went through the AMRA Deep Space Mountain Marathon course (from which the mug I won in the race a few years ago I am currently drinking coffee from) and up to Booroomba Rocks. There are some big ass hills to get up and down. Once we got to the trailhead for Booroomba though, we knew there was only a short walk up to meet up with the Abseiling crew to get harnessed and ready to go. Not that I was nervous to do the abseil but I was kind of glad we were doing it at night. After a short and sweet abseil, we reached what i’m going to rank as an equal first worst experience of my life, the other being hike a bike up a mountain in China with 1 billion mosquitos trying to bite me.

We’d estimated it would take us 16 hours (which was the long estimate given to us at the start) and it took almost 24. Paul and Tom had planned for us to go a different way to the river but once we got to the bottom of the rocks, decided it was “easier” via the river. We took bush bashing to a whole new level on this leg. I tried to keep up with the boys but would literally get stuck and have to play Marco polo to find them a whole 5 metres away. Expending a lot of energy to go a whopping 1 km/ph is well… there were words said about Richard (the race director) that would make you blush.

Rare image of bush before I put my Gopro away for about 24 hours.

The rock hopping up the river was fun-ish, and there were some really beautiful waterfalls along the way, often accompanied by some really extreme farts thanks to Paul.

After getting out to near Corin road my feet were pretty wet and sore so I asked if we could take 15 min in the sun to dry them out. I think it took about 20 minutes to discuss this possibility, along with our sleep strategy. In the end, much to our time guardian Lee’s displeasure, we took the 15 which would probably prevent problems in the long run. (Or so we convinced ourselves).

Scott met us for a photo op near Woods reserve which was lucky because not long after I got an epic nosebleed which dripped on Lee’s walking poles (sorry Lee!).

Leg 4 was a ride started at Pierces creek and travelled through all the 4wd tracks in the pine forest. After collecting a CP at the cave, in what turned out to be an excellent navigation move, we decided to ride around to the Deep Space Observatory removing a disgusting part of Bullen Range. After doing a lot of down, up, walk, repeat we got to the descent of the range just as the sun was rising which was pretty speccy.

We arrived at the TA at around 6:30am and after packing the pack horse aka Paul with all the paddles and packrafts, we walked the 12kms from Point Hut crossing to Kambah pools to start on the water. Mel met us a little along the way on her commute to work which was really nice too!d

I always knew there was a nudist beach just down from Kambah pools but only go to experience this first hand literally 20 metres into our raft. It was a sore sight for eyes, I tell you what. After some full frontal nudity, and not because we were changing at a TA, the packraft was really enjoyable. We’d been worried at the start of the race that we might have to do this leg during the night, which meant we were either going to have to sleep before it or risk hypothermia. Somehow the stars aligned and although the river was pretty low, we got through it without a problem during the day. (Except for flooding our dry bags and giving the people watching at home small heart attacks because our tracker stopped working, sorry!). Also, huge shout out to Kim for the Riverview cafe, those brownies were epic!

Leg 6 was a 10km loop around the Cotter to some really cool lookout spots. We passed Stromlonauts as they were starting and they looked in pretty good spirits (although Tom says Clare’s eyes told another story). Then, because it was too easy, the last CP on the leg was 500 metres up a gully. You know, to keep it real again. We saw a few teams at the TA but don’t ask me what they were doing or where they were going.

With morale high, Leg 7 took us back on the bikes up the road to Stromlo to climb the steep fire road to the top. Having not slept for 48 hours + at this point, I decided to take a nodoz just before the climb. Holy. Moly. My eyeballs returned to their sockets, knees stopped aching and, clicking down into my granniest granny gear, I charged all the way up to the top without getting off. I even managed some primal whoop. I think everyone should get to experience a caffeine high after two days of sleep deprivation. Like, I’m pretty sure you haven’t lived until that moment.

Being locals to the area, the boys put away the maps and from Stromlo we sped on fire trails around the Arboretum and Black Mountain to the peninsula where we started the paddle leg.

Paul says this was the highlight for him because it was so trippy. We started this leg at 1am and there was no wind so the lake looked like glass. Everything on the bank had a reflection and everything was morphing into weird shapes. We were all feeling pretty tired by now and I couldn’t get my bearings for the life of me. Sleep monsters were everywhere we looked and while we made some good time collecting the first two CP’s after the third around Kingston Foreshore we slowed down considerably. I was having what felt like 5-minute dreams to jolt awake and find I was still paddling. Lee was also having trouble keeping himself awake because when I managed to keep my eyes open for more than a few minutes, I’d have to make sure he steered us clear of the trees and other debris around the edges. We finally made it to the TA and got ourselves a bit warmer around the gas heater.

Leg 8 was basically a huge hike around the Parliamentary Triangle to answer questions about buildings in Canberra. I would have prefered this be done on bike but as Tom pointed out, it was probably safer on foot. After passing the War Memorial, we decided to pop into Campbell shops around 5:30am to see if something was open. Lee knocked on the bakery door because there were lights on. Miraculously, someone came out and opened the door for us, we asked if we could buy something to eat and get coffee, she said she was just a baker and couldn’t make coffee for us but would let us buy food. I asked if I could make the coffees, as I knew how to use the machine and SHE AGREED. (Although I’m sure if she knew we hadn’t showered in a while it might have been a different story). So I made everyone a coffee, we scoffed some pies outside and marched onto the TA and our FINAL LEG.

Two climbs is what stood between us and the finish. We took the run-up fire trail to the top of Ainslie, which was mostly a hike a bike, then through the saddle to hike a bike up Majura. Close to the top, we came across a supporter’s sign for us, which had been vandalised and defaced by the BMX bandits and their grubby zinc. Soon after we met Ollie about halfway down the descent where he followed us along the wind tunnel of Majura parkway before wishing us well.

We crossed over the finish line after 3.25 days (78 hours) of racing with only 1 and a half hours sleep. To say our sleep strategy was aggressive is probably an understatement but got us through in the end.

On reflection we had a pretty good race partially due to the navigation of the boys being spot on, thanks to Richard Old and his crew for putting on a well organised expedition race in Canberra. We loved the course (even the hard parts) and really enjoyed racing around home.

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‘We missed a major opportunity.’ Affordable housing lags near new Charlotte light rail | Island Packet

Long before the mid-March grand opening of Charlotte’s light-rail extension, city leaders vowed to help build affordable housing along the Blue Line.

More than 15 years ago, a Charlotte City Council plan recommended that the city buy land and take other steps to ensure the people who most need access to public transportation and jobs were not priced out.

But that didn’t happen.

Instead, the South End exploded with development after the Blue Line started running in 2007, turning into a haven for young professionals who pay $1,500 a month or more to live in new apartments near the tracks.

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Passengers cheered and clapped as Charlotte’s light-rail extension left the UNC Charlotte station at 10 a.m. Friday morning, opening the Lynx Blue line after four years of construction. Davie [email protected]

Almost none of the housing is reserved for people with lower incomes. Now, the same thing appears to be happening on the light-rail extension, which runs from uptown to UNC Charlotte.

“The talk about affordable housing was a publicity stunt, or they (city officials) don’t care about the poorest among us,” said Corine Mack, president of the Charlotte NAACP.

Almost 5,500 apartments are planned or under construction along the route. Most are high-end, luxury developments. Only a pair of developments totaling about 250 apartments, less than 5 percent of the units coming to the area, are reserved for people who need low-cost housing.

Charlotte leaders acknowledge that their strategy to draw affordable housing to the Blue Line has been ineffective. But some said affordable housing near rail lines remains an attainable goal.

Kaleia Martin, a 24-year-old recent graduate with a master’s degree in social work from UNC Chapel Hill, says she has to live with her parents because she cannot find suitable affordable housing, even with a roommate. David T. Foster III

Officials plan to explore whether low-cost housing can be built on excess land that was acquired for the extension, said Pamela Wideman, the city’s director of housing and neighborhood development.

Wideman did not provide a timetable for officials to study options or propose solutions.

“For me, a successful rail line includes diverse price points,” Wideman said. “It’s not just for wealthy people.”

But there are only about 14 acres of city-owned land left over along the 9-mile rail extension, a spokeswoman for the Charlotte Area Transit System said. Some of it is covered with stormwater runoff ponds and might not be suitable for development, and all are subject to federal restrictions that could make it more complicated to build.

Charlotte’s failure to draw more low-income housing near the rail line serves as a cautionary tale to advocates for the poor and transit planning experts, who point to other cities that have seen better outcomes.

Places such as Seattle and Denver have created public-private partnerships to provide low-cost loans for affordable housing near transit stops. City Council member LaWana Mayfield said Charlotte should have planned ahead and bought land for future affordable housing projects before private developers and real-estate speculators moved in.

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“We missed a major opportunity,” said Mayfield, chair of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee. “When the Blue Line opened in South End, the previous council had the same opportunity. Unfortunately, we did the exact same thing our predecessors did, and missed that ball.”

‘No other plan’

When Charlotte officials began reckoning with the potential impact of light rail, the logic behind the drive for affordable housing was simple: Transit would help connect people to jobs and boost economic opportunity for residents who can’t afford a car.

A 2002 city policy that was supposed to guide development said leaders should “aggressively pursue opportunities” to partner with private companies to build low-cost housing within a 1/2-mile walking distance of transit stations.

Officials envisioned providing government subsidies to mixed-income developments where well-to-do residents would live next to families who made about $53,000 a year or less. The city should encourage “a minimum of five percent up to a maximum of 25 percent” in multifamily buildings be affordable, according to documents.

But of the nearly 4,300 new housing units built in South End since 2007, almost none are reserved for lower-income renters. South Oak Crossing, built by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership near the Arrowood Station, are the only new units built along the line for affordable housing. The development includes 100 income-restricted apartments where rents range from $390 to $915, depending on how much tenants make, and 92 market-rate units that cost up to $1,025.

Rent in Charlotte has hit a new high. Here’s the average, and where it costs the most.

And Charlotte’s highest profile project along the original Blue Line fizzled. Before the light rail opened, the city spent more than $9 million buying land near South End’s Scaleybark station, clearing buildings and other site work.

Leaders agreed to sell 16 acres of land to Pappas Properties, and the private developer agreed to include 80 units of affordable housing for families making less than roughly $40,320 a year.

But more than a decade later, none of the affordable housing has been built. The land sits mostly idle, except for several dozen new townhouses under construction with prices starting around $400,000.

Charlotte spent $2 million for housing project. After 11 years, it hasn’t been built.

Former city council member Michael Barnes, a Democrat who served from 2005 to 2015, said the Scaleybark project killed momentum for affordable housing along the light rail.

“The city hung its hat on Scaleybark,” Barnes said. “There was no other plan for anything.”

Michael Barnes answers a question during The Charlotte Observer/WBTV mayoral debate sponsored by Duke Energy and hosted by Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

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‘Out of the question’

For years, a top priority of the City Council has been to disperse affordable housing to avoid concentrations in poor neighborhoods. Clusters of poverty have been linked to crime, school segregation and other social ills.

Barnes said council members agreed that Optimist Park, Villa Heights, Belmont and other neighborhoods adjacent to the Blue Line extension would be hurt by adding government-subsidized apartments since they were already beset by poverty and blight.

“We needed to let the market lift values before we introduced affordable housing,” he said.

Former Republican city council member Kenny Smith said the issue reflects how affordable housing was not a major priority for city leaders until violence erupted after the fatal 2016 police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Following the unrest, city council members said they understood the frustration and vowed to restore public trust. In a letter to the community, they promised to help build or preserve 5,000 units of affordable and workforce housing over three years.

“Everybody was not on board until two years (ago),” said Smith. “The riots changed everything.”

Adding to the city’s concerns: A 2014 study from Harvard and UC-Berkeley showed that poor children in Charlotte are less likely to escape poverty than their peers in America’s 50 largest cities, ranking Charlotte dead last for economic mobility.

Now, Smith said, city leaders have few ways to bring affordable housing to the Blue Line unless they purchase property – an increasingly expensive proposition along the Blue Line route.

Kaleia Martin knows how pricey that can be.

Martin, who grew up in Charlotte and rode the light rail as a teen, has been searching for housing she can afford since she graduated last year from UNC Chapel Hill with a master’s degree in social work. But she is living in her parents house in northwest Charlotte to save money.

“It would be amazing” to live on the Blue Line, said Martin, 24, who earns about $39,000 a year. “In my situation, it doesn’t make sense to live in a $1,500 a month apartment. I’d be spending two-thirds of my income.”

“I don’t know anyone I graduated with who can afford to live on that rail line,” she said. “We already know it’s out of the question, so we don’t even plan on going there.”

‘Time for Charlotte to step up’

CATS chief executive John Lewis wants to build three new transit lines. They ‘d go to the airport, to Matthews and to Lake Norman.

“With future alignments CATS must be more strategic about land acquisition” to accommodate affordable housing, Lewis said.

But the timetable for the new rail lines is uncertain since it could cost as much as $7 billion and CATS has not said how it will pay for them.

Some affordable housing is coming to the Blue Line Extension. At North Tryon Street and Old Concord Road, Ohio-based NRP Group is planning to break ground this summer on 204 apartments reserved for people making 60 percent or less of the median income, or about $53,000 a year for a family of four.

A light rail train passes through New Bern Street at Rail Crossing Lane station heading to uptown Charlotte on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Luxury apartments catering to young professionals have come to dominate South End, and the same sort of high-end building is marching up the light rail’s northern extension.

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The company received $5.1 million from the city’s Housing Trust Fund last year, along with $1 million in federal housing tax credits and a $16.5 million tax-free bond issuance. NRP Group senior vice president Aaron Pechota praised the city for supporting the plan with trust fund money.

“I think the city of Charlotte’s been very proactive,” Pechota said. He said finding the site at Tryon and Old Concord took years, and that financing an affordable development — with a mix of city funds, federal tax credits, bonds and other money – is a much bigger challenge than simply building luxury apartments along the transit line.

“We found a site that needed some TLC,” he said.

But others said Charlotte has already missed its window to build any significant amount of affordable housing on the light-rail extension. Land values shot up as the opening approached, which limits the city’s ability to purchase or entice developers to build low-cost housing.

For instance, a patch of land near the future Parkwood Station sold for $525,000 in 2004, records show.

In 2013, an investor purchased the site for just under $1.6 million. Then, in 2017 NRP Group bought the land for $6.6 million — a more than four-fold increase — and started construction on 309 luxury apartments.

“We didn’t know then what we know now,” said Wideman, the city neighborhood development official. “You really have to be proactive about preserving the land.”

But advocates for the poor said Charlotte leaders should have anticipated what might happen based on their experience with the original Blue Line.

Melinda Pollack, vice president for transit-oriented development in Denver for Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit focused on affordable housing, said it is well known that without significant intervention and planning from cities that transit lines are likely to primarily benefit the well-to-do.

"The land prices will escalate around these transit stops," Pollack said. "The market will price out people with lower incomes."

Michael Gallis, chief executive officer of Gallis & Associates, a Charlotte-based-developer of metropolitan planning strategies, said Charlotte’s failure to move proactively means multifamily housing along the Blue Line will remain expensive — largely excluding people who could benefit from access to jobs and educational opportunities transit can provide.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force cited a severe shortage of affordable housing as a major hurdle for Charlotte’s poor.

Rent has jumped 36 percent in the past five years in Charlotte, climbing to a monthly average $1,142. Officials acknowledge the city has an affordable housing shortfall of 34,000 units. Last year, a consultant told City Council that the biggest – a gap of more than 21,000 units – is housing for very low income renters, those making 50 percent or less of the area’s median income.

“The whole system is screwed up at this point,” Gallis said. “It’s time for Charlotte to step up.”

In Durham, officials who plan to build light rail have set a goal of having at least 15 percent of housing units within a half-mile of stations be for residents earning less than 60 percent of the average median income.

“Our light rail is probably 10 or 12 years out,” said Terry Allebaugh, a member of the Coalition for Affordable Housing and Transit in Durham, an advocacy group that pushed for inclusion of affordable housing.

“We want to discuss now how we can ensure people who need transit can live there," he said. “People said ‘Charlotte didn’t have these discussions and look what happened there.’ ”

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‘We missed a major opportunity.’ Affordable housing lags near new Charlotte light rail | Myrtle Beach Sun News

Long before the mid-March grand opening of Charlotte’s light-rail extension, city leaders vowed to help build affordable housing along the Blue Line.

But that didn’t happen.

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Almost none of the housing is reserved for people with lower incomes. Now, the same thing appears to be happening on the light-rail extension, which runs from uptown to UNC Charlotte.

“The talk about affordable housing was a publicity stunt, or they (city officials) don’t care about the poorest among us,” said Corine Mack, president of the Charlotte NAACP.

Charlotte leaders acknowledge that their strategy to draw affordable housing to the Blue Line has been ineffective. But some said affordable housing near rail lines remains an attainable goal.

Officials plan to explore whether low-cost housing can be built on excess land that was acquired for the extension, said Pamela Wideman, the city’s director of housing and neighborhood development.

Wideman did not provide a timetable for officials to study options or propose solutions.

“For me, a successful rail line includes diverse price points,” Wideman said. “It’s not just for wealthy people.”

LaWana Mayfield

Robert Lahser [email protected]

‘No other plan’

Rent in Charlotte has hit a new high. Here’s the average, and where it costs the most.

Leaders agreed to sell 16 acres of land to Pappas Properties, and the private developer agreed to include 80 units of affordable housing for families making less than roughly $40,320 a year.

Charlotte spent $2 million for housing project. After 11 years, it hasn’t been built.

Former city council member Michael Barnes, a Democrat who served from 2005 to 2015, said the Scaleybark project killed momentum for affordable housing along the light rail.

“The city hung its hat on Scaleybark,” Barnes said. “There was no other plan for anything.”

Charlotte Democratic mayoral candidates Michael Barnes answers a question during The Charlotte Observer/WBTV mayoral debate sponsored by Duke Energy and hosted by Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

David T. Foster III [email protected]

‘Out of the question’

“We needed to let the market lift values before we introduced affordable housing,” he said.

“Everybody was not on board until two years (ago),” said Smith. “The riots changed everything.”

Now, Smith said, city leaders have few ways to bring affordable housing to the Blue Line unless they purchase property – an increasingly expensive proposition along the Blue Line route.

Kaleia Martin knows how pricey that can be.

“I don’t know anyone I graduated with who can afford to live on that rail line,” she said. “We already know it’s out of the question, so we don’t even plan on going there.”

‘Time for Charlotte to step up’

CATS chief executive John Lewis wants to build three new transit lines. They ‘d go to the airport, to Matthews and to Lake Norman.

“With future alignments CATS must be more strategic about land acquisition” to accommodate affordable housing, Lewis said.

But the timetable for the new rail lines is uncertain since it could cost as much as $7 billion and CATS has not said how it will pay for them.

Jeff Siner [email protected]

“We found a site that needed some TLC,” he said.

For instance, a patch of land near the future Parkwood Station sold for $525,000 in 2004, records show.

“We didn’t know then what we know now,” said Wideman, the city neighborhood development official. “You really have to be proactive about preserving the land.”

But advocates for the poor said Charlotte leaders should have anticipated what might happen based on their experience with the original Blue Line.

"The land prices will escalate around these transit stops," Pollack said. "The market will price out people with lower incomes."

Charlotte Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force cited a severe shortage of affordable housing as a major hurdle for Charlotte’s poor.

“The whole system is screwed up at this point,” Gallis said. “It’s time for Charlotte to step up.”

“We want to discuss now how we can ensure people who need transit can live there," he said. “People said ‘Charlotte didn’t have these discussions and look what happened there.’ ”

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A list of all my characters

For personal reference, incomplete and honestly needs a lot of work, but it’s a thing?

Some of them includes name, age range, what they look like, a basic look on what they act like, gender, sexuality, their backstories, how I plan their future, and any iterations of them. Still a work in progress, but soon I will have it written down

Note: I have talked about Jamie having a million iterations, but I am basically going to split him up into pieces like china did all the time in history.

???, ???, They/them or He/him, I don’t know Working on a Finfolk, They/he obviously needs a lot of work, but I have the basics down Prince of Finfolkheem/Hildaland, a kingdom on the peninsula that is surrounded by larger, stronger countries. Has high amounts of silver in the kingdom, and currently the king/queen is trying to get an alliance with another kingdom to protect them against the much larger kingdoms.

???, 9-23, ???, ??? and Aim, ???, Doesn’t have a set gender though lets ??? use he/him, ??? Split from being a Jamie iteration, needs only slight reworking before I can use them again

Corin, 23-29, He/him, Heterosexual One of Jamie’s alters

Alter: Cool and collected, acts like a father, and helps Jamie out the best he can through notes around the house.

Non-alter: He was born and raised in a small town, met a nice girl, got married. His a child. While the child was still young he was charged for Richard’s murder and was sentenced to death, leaving his wife and child behind. Future plans include Jamie frequently visiting his wife in a nursing home and having her be the only one who knows his identity.

Crystal, 23-30, She/her, Haven’t rped her enough to know I remembered her while creating this xD She was an old Host character that was bat shit crazy half the time and decent the other half

Erylis, 17-21, She/her, Bisexual needs serious reworking, she will be pretty much a new character soon

Jamie, 8-23, He/him, Asexual For him his alters will be posted as their own form with their backstories and such.

Original: Has DID, not in a hurry to ‘cure it’ and honestly I avoid using this one too often due to the sensitive topic and I am not sure I am doing it right.

Villain: Has ability to draw energy from the surroundings and create illusions, his ‘alters’ in this version are just wondering spirits he accidentally brought into his body though his first power. Non-alter versions used for this iteration. His parents were killed by someone during a police/gang fight and he holds resentment towards them since.

Melody, 8-13, She/her, Doesn’t care One of Jamie’s alters, but I sometimes use her on her own.

Alter: Taiwanese girl who knows only a little bit of the language. She tries to focus on her duties, but tends to get distracted

Non-alter: Taiwanese girl who’s parents moved to the US to help her sickness. Has two brothers, one younger and one older. With help, they manage to help her out for quite some time before she dies. Scared of earthquakes. Later plans are to have Jamie meets her younger brother during a big plan and she begs him not to harm him. Also planned to have a large earthquake because THEY ALL BUST SUFFER >:D not really but it will allow them to all understand her better

Mystery “Michelangelo” “Michal” “Angie”, 13-27, He/him, Haven’t really rped him enough to know well enough to put on here

Original: One may look at Mystery's name and think 'what is his real name?' and in reality, that is his real name. Though it wasn't the one given to him at birth-that one he would rather not share for...personal reasons. He tends to keep his past kept mostly a secret, and doesn't like companionship or traveling with others all that often. There was one time he willingly took a companion, but that was more of the exception to the rule. As for his personality, it at it's base is someone who is quiet not because of being shy, but because he enjoys the silence. He also uses that to focus on his thoughts and logic-even if it is sometimes strange. Beyond that, he normally takes time to observe the actions of whoever he is talking to. He uses his observations to change how he acts depending on the person. This is normally seen as him 'coming out of his shell'. His appearance isn't one that would represent a wizard, he keeps his hair cut and his face shaved, and a more rounded face. Though he would rather give his face a more mature look, he doesn't take the chance of having someone being able to follow him. His hair itself is a very dark brown-another thing he would rather change but with the risk, he doesn't. His eyes are a similar color to his hair, appearing almost black. He tends to wear the average wear for the area he is in, the last area focusing more on a cloak that fits just under one armpit up to the other shoulder. The shirt underneath goes from long sleeved to no shirt depending on the season, though at the moment, he wears a tan shirt that goes just above his elbow. The pants are full length that have a strap that wraps around the foot and the shoes cover just enough to protect the feet. Mystery's artifact is a simple small square pendent that is a dark blue-green. He has a string wrapped around it and he normally keeps it in a hidden part of his pouch with just the string sticking out into the main part of the pouch. Sometimes when he is starting to get worried about someone taking it, he wraps it around his neck to keep it closer to himself. The artifact has medium-high strength and is more proficient in healing, water magic and time magic. Though it's strongest is in healing. It is fairly average in manipulating the mind such as illusions, emotional control and it cannot do any full mind control. The artifact cannot channel any form of fire. Lightning is included in this. Mystery's magic doesn't fully align with his current artifact. He excels in the manipulation of one's mind, though has little practice on full control. He is not as strong in healing magic, and at most can heal small wounds with an average powered artifact, only able to stabilize himself with bad injuries with this artifact. He can do forms of water magic, though cannot fully manipulate water. He used to love conjuring up storms, but with the fact his current artifact cannot do lightning and thunder, he hasn't practiced in a long time. He was born into a wizard family and practiced magic since he was a child. He soon left his family taking the family artifact with him and went down a pretty bad path, being taken in by the promise or riches and the idea of a new artifact to join his first one. It didn’t go well, he tried to steal the queen’s pendent, gets betrayed by a group that had hired him to help steal the castle’s riches and loses his family artifact. He has the queen’s artifact, but now he is wanted for death. He washes up onto a shore having been defeated by the group and gets taken in by a young girl. She heals him and they spend some time together all while Mystery pretends to not remember who he is. The moment he can, he leaves taking as much food with him as possible, changing his name to what it is now and leaving his old kingdom. Soon he grows up and realizes he needs to right his wrongs from the past-though he isn’t willing to give up magic. He is searching for a new artifact and comes across someone who has a connection to one. All that is left is to get her to travel with him to search for the artifact.

Oliver: 16-27, He/Him, thinks he might be pan, but not sure

Original:

Time/Space Jumper: He is shorter in this universe then the previous ones he was a part of, though not by much. He is about average height for a human as human height has grown a lot since the early 2000's. He is rather lean in build as he had many years to build up in the higher gravity planet. His hair is dark brown and cut to a length his is more used to. His eyes are a dark blue. His normal wear is the suit that the settlers wear-a long sleeved and long pants suit, his being green and yellow. He has his helmet for when he travels outside the station and into the wilderness to keep him alive out there. Has scars from the deaths of his past lives. Currently on an alien planet for colonization. Scar circling around his body-car accident Scar on the back of his head-war injury Scar on the inside of his leg-bled out Tiny scar on his arm-mercy kill

Richard, 8-21, He/him,

Alter: Same age as Jamie, tends to be rash and not care about the consequences. Eats all the food

Non-Alter: He lived one town over and had close ties to Corin’s wife’s parents. He was murdered and stayed behind to hopefully some day make the people who killed Corin pay for what happened. Angry child 90% of the time.

Trinity 13-19, She/Her, Homosexual needs some reworking/re-finding old forms.

Wings, 200-1000, She/her, Heterosexual little baby character (no form, I have my first post for her, though) “ She held herself rather tall for someone so small. Her height only reaching just above five feet, two inches and a half with a lighter body weight. The doctors were very diligent on checking her vitals each and every day to keep from complications. Regardless of her being so small, she was rather old-or at least that is what the humans said. Just the other day she reached her 557th birthday, which from what she remembered, was still young for her. Though she had no age to translate her actual age to something similar of a human, she knew she was done growing as her kind was always short. As for physical, her skin was rather pale from spending her days inside. Her hair was light in color and thin, coming just beyond her chin in a messy fashion. Her fingers look normal until she tries to pry open seeds, underneath her fingernails are claws she can retract. On her back were two brown and white wings, reaching about four inches past her finger tips when fully spread. They have strong feathers to assist in flight-though she hadn't had a fully free flight in ages. She wasn't complaining about any of this, she held a bigger role then just someone who was born a Simurgh. She had the role of acting as the angel of the local hospital. She held that role since she was just barely 150 years old. She was dressed and styled for that part once she fully adopted it. She wore white robes to match the traditional depiction on the angel, there was a gold sash that wrapped around her waist and shoulder. On her head as a make-shift halo was a golden band with some white and golden flowers to decorate it. It was quite an appearance, but she always enjoyed it. She wears no shoes, as her feet are naturally hard, and the doctors want to keep her as close to her kind as they can. At the moment, she was walking taking a slow walk around the forest, as she wasn't a prisoner, they always allowed her to take walks like then when she pleased. It helped her clear her mind in preparation to go back with a renewed dedication to her work.”

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