~MissCyraf

Hey guys! so I'm starting to write up the script to my fancy-pants manga dealie when i have the time. i started working, so, honestly, i don't really have the time anymore...i was so dead yesterday that when i got off, i went to sleep right away. i was so happy for the weekend and SLEEP! I work at a bookstore and LOVE it, but having to do register and stand....for over 8 hours straight is simply no fun, haha.

it's especially been hard because i'm a big fat dummy and when to see Dark Knight at 12:01 opening night(morning?) it was fantastic. i just was so fried by the end that i dont really recall what happened...oh well, i suppose i will have to go see it again! and yes, i am a huge batman fan, have been since i was like, 6.

ANYWAYS--the point of my journal!
My friend gave me this character sheet to fill out to develop my characters a bit. and it's brilliant! It made me think of plot things that i would have never thought of if i simply sat down and started writing. SO-I post it for you It's very long, but it'll really help anyone with characters fill them out. ok bye!

Character sheet

-Character’s full name:
-Reason or meaning of name:
-Story, novel or series in which character lives:
-Nicknames or aliases:
-Reasons for nicknames or aliases:
Physical Appearance
-Age:
-How old they appear:
-Weight:
-Glasses or contacts:
-Height:
-Type of body build:
-Skin tone:
-Skin type:
-Shape of face:
-Distinguishing marks:
-Predominant feature:
-Looks like:
-Is he/she healthy?
-If not, then why?
Favorites and Least Favorites of Character
-Fav color:
-LFav color and why:
-Fav music:
-Lfav music and why:
-Fav food:
-Fav expletives:
-Fav literature:
-Fav expressions:
-Fav hobbies:
-LFav activities:
-Have to do them anyway?
-Mode of transportation:
-Daredevil or cautious:
-Same when alone?
Habits
-Smokes:
-What, how much, when:
-Drinks:
-What, how much, when:
-How does he/she spend a rainy day:
-Job:
Background
-Hometown:
-Type of childhood:
-First memory:
-Most important event in childhood that still affects him/her and why:
-Education:
-Religion:
-Finances:
-Mother:
-Relationship with her:
-Father:
-Relationship with him:
-Siblings:
-Relationship with them:
-Extended family:
-Close?
-Why or why not?
Attitude
-Happy/content in general?
-Most at ease when…
-Ill at ease when…
-Priorities:
-Philosophy:
-How he/she feels about self:
-Past failure he/she would be embarrassed for people to know about and why:
-If he/she had one wished granted, what would it be and why:
Personality
-How does he/she treat others:
-Why?
-How do people see him/her:
-Why?
-Greatest source of strength in his/her personality:
-Does he/she know it?
-Greatest source of weakness in his/her personality:
-Does he/she know it?
-Character’s soft spot:
-Is it obvious to others?
-If not, how does he/she hide it:
-Biggest vulnerability:
Traits
-Optimist or Pessimist:
-Why?
-Invtrovert or extrovert:
-Why?
-Drives and motivations:
-Talents:
-Extremely skilled at:
-Extremely poor at:
-Good characteristics:
-Character flaws:
-Mannerisms:
-Peculiarities:
-Biggest regret:
-Minor regrets:
-Biggest accomplishment:
-Minor accomplishments:
-Character’s darkest secret:
-Does anyone know it?
-Does character ever tell it?
Self-Perception
-One word character would use to describe self:
-One paragraph character would use to describe self:
-What does he/she consider best physical characteristic:
-What does he/she consider worst physical characteristic:
-Are these realistic assessments?
-Why or why not?
-How he/she thinks others perceive him/her:
-What things would he/she most like to change about self and why:
-If one or all changed, would character be happier?
-Why or why not?
Interrelation With Others
-How does he/she treat others in general:
-In specific, strangers?
-In specific, friends?
-In specific, significant other?
-In specific, hero/heroine?
-How does character view hero/heroine if they have one:
-Reader’s first impression of character:
-Why?
-Does anything happen to change this perception:
-What do family/friends like most about this character:
-What do family/friends least like about this character:
Goals
-Immediate goals:
-Long-range goals:
-How does he/she plan to accomplish these goals:
-How will others be affected:
Problems/Crisis
-How does character react in a crisis:
-How does he/she face problems:
-Kinds of problems he/she usually runs into:
-How does he/she react to new problems the story brings up:
-How does he/she react to change:
General
-Favorite clothing, and why:
-Least favorite clothing and why:
-Jewelry:
-Other accessories:
-Where does character live:
-Where does character want to live:
-Money habits (thrifty, spendthrift, etc) and why:
-What does he/she do too much:
-What does he/she do too little:
-Most prized possession and why:
-Person most influenced by and why:
-Most important person in his/her life before story starts and why:
-How does he/she spend the week before story starts:

Sorry to anybody whose inbox is filled with all my recent crap, haha. I'm changing sketchbooks, so I thought I'd go through the old one and upload whatever I want from it, and then put it away. Nothing too special.

Um...I don't really have anything else to say for once. Usually I have a rant about something, but not so much this time. I suppose I am simply at peace with the world, lol.

MissCyraf

Crimson83 tagged me....so here be my journal!

1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 10 random (hopefully interesting) facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a blogpost of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more bloggers are tagged and named
5. Go to their blog and leave a comment telling them they're tagged
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Alright...10 interesting facts...well now, that's difficult as I am not interesting, but here we go:

1.-I'm 21, but I don't really drink all that much. Kind of an oddball in my generation O_o

2.-I used to own a very large iguana named Spike. I had her for 13 years, she was glorious

3.-I have lots of little goals in life that are really random: See the redwoods in the northwest, see the aurora borealis, travel-I wanna see Europe, South America, Asia, maybe even Africa. True, the shots that that will require kinda scare me. There are more...just can't remember them right now.

4.-I volunteer at the National Zoo, so if you ever go to any zoo with me; watch out. I go into "fact-overdrive mode" and will spill pretty much all the information I know at you

5.-A silly dream of mine is to create a popular manga--AND be able to sell it! hahaha...keep dreaming...(But I do have an idea!!!)

(Jeez, this is hard...)

6.-I have been a blonde, redhead, and brunette. My natural hair color is boring as hell--a sort of drabby blondish brownish...thing. Boo.

7.-My current obsession is the anime/manga Bleach, but I often go into Phantom of the Opera mode too...heh. I are crazy.

8.-I'm a classically trained singer. Literally. A soprano 1, which is the highest female part...(Why Phantom of the Opera and other musicals appeal to me so much, lol) Done choir my whole life and was president and vice president of the top choirs in my school, won the director's award when I graduated...sounds really fancy, but I guess it's not, haha. Haven't really sang in a while though, but I'm thinking I'll start taking voice lessons again to get back into the swing of things.

9.-With a professor, I helped "describe" a new species of insect, and did all the scientific illustrations for the research. Used a microscope attached to a camera to do it, really hard, had to be PERFECT or the picture was no good. I have my work published in the Scientific Journal of Washington Again, sounds fancy, but probly isn't, haha.

10.-When it comes to art, I like everything and do pretty much everything I can. I paint with all different kinds of paint, I draw, I like to sculpt on occasion, and I make stuff like jewelry, clothing, other random jank....whatever strikes my fancy. Today I'm taking apart my mom's old dress and resewing it into something cool that I'll wear to a party tonight. (If it doesn't suck!)

Ok-so there are some "interesting" things about me. Yep.

MissCyraf

I tag four people out of laziness.

Lol, I missed hitting 5000 pageviews! I saw it at 5001! I've been waiting for it, and ooh the irony! Anyways, Thanks to everybody for looking at my art!
MissCyraf

Alrighty. Here's probably one of hte best ways to see how truly nerdy I am. So I was watching the Bleach episodes for the first time in quite a while. From 166-- to the most recent. Some thoughts.

Firstly. I like the new opening.
That being said....here are my problems.

1) ----It starts off by saying in the new filler, 168, I believe, that Orihime was rescued, they all returned to the real world, blah blah. A strange place to be putting fillers, methinks. It makes sense in that they're trying to let the manga get ahead again or whatever, but the manga continues, obviously, in a different place. In the manga, Rukia's hurt after her battle with the 9th Espada, Ichigo's battle with Grimmjow is only kinda over, and Nnoitra comes along, Renji and Ishida are still in the middle of their fight with stupid Szayel!!! Chad is...somewhere, I forget where he is. So in the anime, what, does everybody just get up from where they're hurt, or be all like, oh hey, let's stop this battle so I can go home now. NOOOO. It's stupid. The whole point, is that the Captains come in and finish off many of the Espada. Byakuya shows he could possibly care for Rukia (even though he refers to her as "that"), calls Hanatarou an eyesore (hilarious! poor guy), and squashes Zomari. Important. That's one less Espada to deal with later, and it's hardcore how Byakuya slits his own tendons not to give control to the Espada. Kenpachi also shows up, his fight with Nnoitra is a big deal. Plus, both of them have badass eyepatches. Finally, Mayuri and Szayel. Another big deal, as well as a rather twisted fight. Mayuri's weapon is really awesome, but scary as hell. I almost felt bad for Number Eight. That, and it saves Renji and Ishida, though, in my opinion, as crazy as Szayel is, they should have, together, been able to beat him somehow.

The captains going to Hueco Mundo is a main part of Aizen's plot. To lure Ichigo, his friends, and some of the Captains to Hueco Mundo, trap them there, then take out Karakura while they're stuck unable to defend. KIND OF A BIG DEAL. The fact that they just rescued Orihime and got out again easy as pie pisses me off. They didn't even show it, they just expect us to believe that Rukia stood up, brushed herself off after pretty much being killed, and that Renji and Ishida, just-what-shook Eight's hand and just left? And that Grimmjow would die that easily? NO! (plus I have a theory that he comes back later in the manga just to be a hassle cause he doesn't really die) PISH POSH!

I know, I know...I'm taking this far too seriously. But these are important scenes for the story. Tite Kubo drew his manga with consideration, I don't think he was all like--"oh, what the hell, let's just have this happen now." ...And if he did...It's good anyway. The problem is that the timing for the fillers is/was wrong. It doesn't make sense with the plot. Though I despise the Bount arc, at least the TIMING isn't wrong. It could--maybe--happen while everyone in Soul Society is trying to really figure out what to do about what just happened--Aizen's betrayal. I started watching the show before reading the manga, and I didn't even really realize that it was a filler at first. Sure, it wasn't as good as before, and I was happy that it returned back to the former plot, but, I'm just saying, it's obvious now. The whole--this isn't really part of the story--thing. It offends me. How are they going to put everyone back in Hueco Mundo, all hurting in the same way or fighting with the same people again to pick up where they left off again? I mean, at least with the Bounts, all the Shinigami come back to tell Ichigo about the Arrancar and Rukia shows up again, quickly back to the original plot. I dunno how they're going to do it this time.

Also, Aizen explains why capturing Orihime was relevant. This cut off doesn't show him explaining. Orihime ends up not being important at all, just a distraction. Again, important to the plot....(and the fact that I don't really like her, so was all like "ha ha!" but still felt bad for her at the same time....) And then Ichigo and Ulquiorra start fighting, blah blah, you know the rest. HOW are they going to solve the problems this gap brings up??? HOW?!?!! .....Despite how offensive it is, it at least makes me curious.

2)----The new characters....Like Amagai (did I get that right, I dunno) the new Captain. Once again, doesn't fit with former plot. In the original, it's only a small number of Captains available to fight Aizen. Adding a new Captain adds a new source of power to the mix, tipping the balance. Aizen's plan was crafted so that there wouldn't be much power in Soul Society....doesn't make sense. That being said, I was mildly amused with him. The whole light-weight drinker thing did make me chuckle...but only a little. And under my breath. He's entertaining, yes, but Kira is boring. I never cared for him too much, he's weak. Lol, I'm a harsh critic. The 3rd seat...Kifune? Was that his name? Is weird looking. Just his outfit, his little funny collar and fancy glasses, hahahah. Reminds me of Szayel, who is very flamboyant. I'm enjoying the bit about the Princess. Inoue's "warrior princess" idea was hilarious, but makes me a little sad for Inoue...she's an airhead. The big, silent guy is funny. ...I wonder if he fought Chad, who would win. Probly Chad.
Um, I like seeing parts of Ichigo's more day-to-day life, too, like all the stuff with Isshin. Funny stuff, like with the trampoline...LOL. Laughed quite a bit at that, and then when he gets the glass in his butt too....good times. ...Uh....why is Renj fighting Byakuya again in the opening?? I hope they don't beat up on poor Renji, much Renji love, he always gets the short end of the stick, it seems. This whole thing is just so out of the blue. I don't dislike the new plot really but....all the problems that have arisen don't seem worth it. Ah well, I guess fillers were necessary, but why couldn't they do something better with them? Something that might pertain to the plot...eh.................


And...Ok...this isn't important at all but......

3)----I HATE how they're pushing the Orihime-Ichigo pairing in the anime. DETEST HATE HATE HATE. I was watching with Stephanie, and she was just laughing at me cause I was cringing at the whole Orihime/Ichigo hand holding thing at the end of 167. I'm really sorry if you like the pairing, but I don't. I'm really not a big Orihime fan. Plus, she doesn't GET Ichigo. She doesn't. She wants to, desperately, but...there's something missing, something lacking. Also, in the manga, she doesn't make the whole brother as a Hollow = Ichigo as a Vizard connection. A connection that makes sense to me, yes. She thinks about how she doesn't recognize him, likes he's a different person and she can't "see her reflection in his eyes". Meaning that it seems like, to her, he barely even really recognizes her anymore, I think. That seems....more important, to me. It's not about her brother, it's about her and Ichigo. Her feelings for him, her hope that he might come to really SEE her someday. Because he doesn't see her, not like that. This is relevant, the fact that the anime didn't include this only enforces my belief that they're rooting for Ichi-hime. Boo. They also create this staring thing that holds significance, and they hold hands...I'm sure many a fangirl was "awwing" at this point. Barf. (Lol.) He doesn't do that, he looks at her like a friend, talks to her like a friend, and then--to her great embarrassment, (and I can identify, cause I hate being picked up) he slings her over his shoulder and starts to leave. No real romance, no real click. He focuses on Nel just as much as Orihime, then makes the classic "boys are dumb" comment about her being heavy, lol. Lovely. In the anime, they just push the couple so much it makes me mentally nauseous, if there is such a thing. Which there isn't. Anyways....I do not support this couple. Not that my opinion holds any sway on the show at all, lol. I CAN see a basis for something between them, but not as strong as I see for Ichigo and another, which you can probably see from my art on DA, if not my stuff on FF. He really doesn't see Inoue that way, shrug. I'm only complaining because it makes me think that Tite Kubo might have wanted this to be in the show, wanted to show the beginnings of them maybe becoming a couple. MEH. If he really wanted them to be together, he'd just freakin' do it. They're his characters. Or maybe that the show wanted to add another kind of plot by creating this pseudo-romance crap.

ANYWAYS--fillers. Bleh.
That's my rant.....

Some more Bleach artses in process...
But I'm not interesting enough to think of other things to talk about right now. Going to hang out with Stephanie, her Will, and Petarrrr (haha pirate name for him Inside joke, I'm afraid. )
Until next time,
MissCyraf