Excessively Detailed Headcanons Meme

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Because headcanon is pretty much all I have. ;)



1. What does their bedroom look like?

2. Do they have any daily rituals?

3. Do they exercise, and if so, what do they do? How often?

4. What would they do if they needed to make dinner but the kitchen was busy?

5. Cleanliness habits (personal, workspace, etc.)

6. Eating habits and sample daily menu

7. Favorite way to waste time and feelings surrounding wasting time

8. Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging

9. Makeup?

10. Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such?

11. Intellectual pursuits?

12. Favorite book genre?

13. Sexual Orientation? And, regardless of own orientation, thoughts on sexual orientation in general?

14. Physical abnormalities? (Both visible and not, including injuries/disabilities, long-term illnesses, food-intolerances, etc.)

15. Biggest and smallest short term goal?

16. Biggest and smallest long term goal?

17. Preferred mode of dress and rituals surrounding dress

18. Favorite beverage?

19. What do they think about before falling asleep at night?

20. Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them?

21. Turn-ons? Turn-offs?

22. Given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen?

23. How organized are they? How does this organization/disorganization manifest in their everyday life?

24. Is there one subject of study that they excel at? Or do they even care about intellectual pursuits at all?

25. How do they see themselves 5 years from today?

26. Do they have any plans for the future? Any contingency plans if things don’t workout?

27. What is their biggest regret?

28. Who do they see as their best friend? Their worst enemy?

29. Reaction to sudden extrapersonal disaster (eg The house is on fire! What do they do?)

30. Reaction to sudden intrapersonal disaster (eg close family member suddenly dies)

31. Most prized possession?

32. Thoughts on material possessions in general?

33. Concept of home and family?

34. Thoughts on privacy? (Are they a private person, or are they prone to ‘TMI’?)

35. What activities do they enjoy, but consider to be a waste of time?

36. What makes them feel guilty?

37. Are they more analytical or more emotional in their decision-making?

38. Would they consider themselves a Type A or Type B personality?

39. What recharges them when they’re feeling drained?

40. Would you say that they have a superiority-complex? Inferiority-complex? Neither?

41. How misanthropic are they?

42. Hobbies?

43. How far did they get in formal education? What are their views on formal education vs self-education?

44. Religion?

45. Superstitions or views on the occult?

46. Do they express their thoughts through words or deeds?

47. If they were to fall in love, who (or what) is their ideal?

48. How do they express love?

49. If this person were to get into a fist fight, what is their fighting style like?

50. Is this person afraid of dying? Why or why not?

Comments

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2. Do they have any daily rituals?

Not before the war. Eibhlin is pretty neat, in general, but she doesn't have to do, or particularly enjoy doing, anything the same each time (which different than some of her classmates, many of whom had particularized rituals, either because they were aspy or superstitious about testing). She'll do things efficiently which might involve in many cases performing a task in a similar manner. The closest thing is probably the tea making?

After the war she has some difficulties with distractions/keeping a schedule, so Beetee revamps the tracking bracelet he invented for Wiress (who I imagine has had those issues to some degree most of her life, and it became almost unmanageable after her arena). Beetee/the bracelet put her back on a schedule that she pretty much keeps to (which probably still doesn't count as a ritual, but, well...). The closest thing I can think of is Sunday evenings, which eventually become a kind of 'extended family dinner' thing, with her new 'blended family'.

8. Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging

Eibhlin's feelings about indulgence aren't as complicated as any of the other Threes; she had a privileged (for Three) life through most of her upbringing, with scientist parents, all the benefits that accrue to children who test Alpha, and then attending the science academy. She started having a bit of a tough time around 14-5 when she started to feel some distraction around one of 17s on the Blue Team; she knew she was 1) not old enough to hold his attention and 2) not supposed to be blanking out during collaboration sessions just because he'd rolled up his sleeves and was displaying tantalizing expanses of wrist and forearm... If she hadn't been reaped, that might have been an indulgence she became conflicted over.

Post-reaping, Eibhlin's favorite indulgences are of the scientific variety: expensive or hazardous chemicals, lines of research that are fascinating but not particularly remunerative, etc (I think all the Threes could spend a *lot* of their stipends, without thinking, on MOAR SCIENCE). She also likes ice cream and candy, so it's generally always in the apartment somewhere.

22. Given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen?

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH Eibhlin doesn't need to be given something to do. Her brain will feed her idea after idea. She might work on her latest formula, scratch out a design for a project, or if she's in a more whimsical mood, start composing something. If her brain is giving her too many ideas, she'll core-dump them in hasty notes, for later.

33. Concept of home and family?

Whew, a bit complicated. Eibhlin's parents died when she was six or seven. Until eleven she lived in the peacehome of the central sector, which was a decent place but didn't give her any kind of substitute family (and, er, her personality doesn't help much). The academy makes it a lot easier for her, being with people who have similar or complimentary personalities, assigned to a team that lives together and has structured activities together. She adapts pretty quickly to the idea of a family built on common interests and skills, rather than blood.

Her level of comfort with a 'found family' makes the transition to her post-arena life more smooth than it might otherwise have been (it also helps that Lumina and Beetee make sure she knows what to expect after she wins, so there's less disappointment when her former family are nowhere to be found). For Eibhlin, family is a matter of choice, and home is where those people are.

[kawuli.livejournal.com]

Eibhlin's parents died when she was six or seven.

AWWW! How did I not know this? Poor kiddo, but yeah it makes sense why she's very ADOPT ALL THE FAMILY

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Ah, I think I keep forgetting who I told what? It's relevant to Eibhlin, emotionally, but er, it's somewhat overshadowed by the later trauma.

Eib's parents were chemists for one the major heavy industry companies in Three. They, along with most of their scientist colleagues, the laborers, and their children in the on-site daycare, were killed in a massive explosion and the resulting fire (due to what everyone knows was the insistence of the Capitol in cutting corners on safety to reach certain production targets, but is only reported as a 'tragic accident'). The incident is still remembered, decades later, as the [Namehere] Industries disaster. Unfortunately, it's not the only incident--there's a constant push-pull between Three and the Capitol on safety v. speed.

[kawuli.livejournal.com]

awwww, that makes sense re: speed v safety. I'm glad Eibhlin's found her own families now <3

[lorata.livejournal.com]

these give me ALL OF THE FEELINGS but omg the sidebar about her teenage distraction had me cracking up, you poor child (AND HAHAHAHA FOREARMS)

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Charlie Chen is 120 lbs of sex on a stick ladies: thick black hair that falls into his face when he leans over, kept a rakish half-inch longer than most of the boys, the thick-tendoned wrists of a man who's lifted some heafty lab equipment, dark eyes you could swim in. And you should see him differentiate an equation.

[kawuli.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD EIBHLIN XD XD XD

(ETA: you should see him differentiate an equation made me laugh but also I...actually can see the appeal in that >>)

[lorata.livejournal.com]

omgggggggggggggg this is great

(also lol somewhere in another universe Ryan went CHARLIE WHO)