MARCEL PROUST was a French writer who believed that people must know and understand themselves before they could know or understand others. He developed a list of subjective questions that he felt would help reveal to people their true selves and the inner personalities of those around them.
Which is why we think this will be a great way to get to know your character. Even if he or she is an old timer with the Dream, there must have been some changes and evolutions in the characters that not everybody witnessed. Now would be a good time to let us know of these changes or to flesh out a part of your character you'd never thought of before!
But that is not all, and this is no mere interview--- respond to the questions in any manner you choose, briefly or at length, from your character's point of view, and give us a real taste of his or her personality. Good posts will be rewarded with an
Avatar Interview Caption, an artistic rendering of your character in the process of the interview, which you will be able to append to your signature or use anywhere you wish!
So let's begin, shall we? Your character has been selected to be interviewed by a prominent journalist-- any setting is fine, either in Alef or another world/dimension entirely-- you can roleplay your character's entrance and the beginning of the interview, or jump right to answering the questions--- different strokes for different folks.
The Questions- WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
- WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?
- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION?(WAY OF SPENDING TIME)
- WHAT HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH?
- WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE?
- WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL HERO?
- WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?
- WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?
- WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU HAPPIEST?
- WHAT IS YOUR MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTIC?
- WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE (HATE) IN YOURSELF?
- WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS?
- WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE?
- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOURNEY?
- WHAT DO YOU MOST DISLIKE ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE?
- WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST OVER-RATED VIRTUE?
- ON WHAT OCCASION DO YOU LIE?
- WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES DO YOU MOST OVER-USE?
- IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
- WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?
- WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?
- WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A MAN?
- WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A WOMAN?
- WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?
- HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?
- IF YOU WERE TO DIE AND COME BACK AS A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE?
- IF YOU COULD CHOOSE AN OBJECT TO COME BACK AS, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
- WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO (WORDS YOU LIVE BY OR THAT MEAN A LOT TO YOU)?
- WHO HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON YOU?