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[queenchoa-blog]

character development meme ; day eight

What are some of your character’s more notable merits and flaws (including physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, etc.)? How did they develop? How has this helped or hindered them in the past?

It's obvious to everyone who knows her that Choa is very motherly. Pretty much as soon as she was adopted into her new family, she assumed an authority role with her younger siblings, lecturing them some when needed, fussing over them even more when needed. As the family grew, so did her nurturing ways, and upon going to Hogwarts, it branched out to taking care of her friends as well. It's just in her nature, she loves others fiercely, protects and babies those who require it (or even those who don't), and always puts others before herself. She'll be a good mother someday, should the opportunity for her to have kids ever arise. As for flaws, she's not the smartest person in the world. She tries, but she simply doesn't have an aptitude for most academic things. She's an average student, which is passable, but she doesn't really excel anywhere aside from cooking and baking, which certainly doesn't help her grades. She also tends to bottle her negative emotions, because in her need to put others first, she doesn't like to let her problems get in the way. She sets her own issues on the back-burner in favor of helping everyone else. She's a bit obsessed with always being the strong one, and feeling guilt if she dwells on herself for too long. This is fine at the time, but it's clearly not good to let things build up, something she hasn't learned yet.

[arachnomancy-blog]

character development meme ; day eight

What are some of your character’s more notable merits and flaws (including physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, etc.)? How did they develop? How has this helped or hindered them in the past?

Merits? Hongki's a hard worker. When he wants something, he puts his all into it and doesn't give up, and he doesn't let anything stand in his way. For as timid as he may seem, he's strong-willed when he needs to be, almost to the point where it borders on a flaw in itself, as he'll become manipulative when he needs to achieve what he desires. But he's a decent person, he just has a skewed view of right and wrong... not that anyone ever really helped him out there, as he rarely receives decent treatment from others. His flaws stand out more, because as already stated, he can be quite manipulative. He doesn't hurt people, at least not intentionally, but he does use them to get what he needs. Whether he's conning someone with a lie or using more direct methods to sway them into doing what he wants -- let's not forget his reputation -- he usually finds a use for someone and gets what he needs with little trouble. He also has horrible anxiety, if one would consider that a flaw, and is often too panicky to function around others without the aid of alcohol, which certainly hinders his social interactions. And that brings us to his last notable flaw, his drinking problem. Alcohol helps him be less twitchy and nervous, so he replies far too much on drinking, because he believes it helps him more than it hurts him. But, needless to say, his attachment to liquid courage is very unhealthy.