r_vecchio | Stolen from Nikki (because I'm bored too)

Name a character that you know I write or have written (or roleplay/ed), and I’ll tell you:

01. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her
02. One of his/her best traits
03. One of his/her worst traits
04. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character
05. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character
06. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Pups

- Ray Vecchio (due South)
- Bob Fraser (due South)
- Maggie Fraser (due South)
- Harding Welsh (due South)
- Jack Huey (due South)
- Ray Kowalski (due South)

Fic characters I've written (not included in pup list)

- Tom Dewey (due South)

I would include people from my RPF fics I've written but I don't think anyone has read them XD Uh, did some Jcck Sparrow stuff too but the same applies. *looks at list* Wow, I really need a new fandom...

Also? I might not answer question number 5 (especially with RayV) because it would take me an age to find a single paragraph and I don't want to still be answering this in a year to come.

That is....if anyone requests anything...because you might not, so this is unnecessary...but if anyone does...then, yeah. I'm gonna go over here now...

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I will NOT avoid the obvious and say RAY. ;)

..er, Vecchio. ;P

Uhm, I'll come back to Ray! Me needs to think about it! :D

01. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her

Uh, RayK was already taken in

theatrical_muse so I got stuck with RayV? Alas, that is the utter truth. And I'm so glad about it! :D

I originally decided to RP with the intention of getting myself a luscious Kowalski muse! I studied

ray__k first, extensively, I might add ;P and then fell in love with the writing comm he was a part of. Especially when I stumbled across

fraser_rcmp. I was smitten. These two muns and pups unwittingly enticed me into TM. But, I was stuck. RayK had already been taken, Fraser was "with" RayK - I cried :'( And then, out of no where, a straight RayV popped up, gave me a back story with Stella (that I must admit, changed plenty of times before and after he joined TM) and I couldn't let him go! He wanted to play with them so much that I relented and took him in. And there started our blossoming relationship! After watching due South S1 and 2 eps again, I fell in love with him, he spoke to me, I listened and the rest, as they say, is history!

Why I fell in love with him, and went ahead with playing him is...hmm, hard to answer. I love his family, his innate Italian-ness, his loyalty, his snark, the fact he's so very very street smart (especially compared to Fraser), you get the impression that he's lived. He's not just a character who has a life on-screen, you can tell he's seen things, done things in his past that have shaped him into the man he is now. His father for one, Frank Zuko for another. He's quick-witted, very protective, particularly when it comes to Frannie. But at the same time, he can go at it with his sister one second, and then turn all big brother on her the next. He's wise-cracking, heee! He has some GREAT GREAT lines! He likes to think he's macho. I love his cynicism, they way he has so little faith in others because he's been let down before. And the writers don't even have to say "this man is cynical because he's been let down before" - it's all just there, a part of him. He sees scams at every turn, angles he could take, I love how he can be upholding the law at the same time as he's bending the rules. But his ultimate goal is always one of good. And he underestimates himself. Even if on the outside he doesn't show it. I think he unconsciously tries to make up for it by being arrogant and sometimes, it's too much. He feels his emotions, and I don't think that's just down to him being Italian. But he can be reserved in showing them. He'll show his love, or his hate, or whatever he's feeling, when he needs to. And he'll only be himself with people he's completely comfortable with. I adore that.

02. One of his/her best traits

His loyalty. His fashion sense! Man, my muses are the best dressers ever! The fact he'll stand by a friend no matter what, and will risk his life, or his job, or his house (sometimes all three!) for said friend. And once he loves you, he doesn't ever stop.

03. One of his/her worst traits

His insecurity. But I don't believe that's his fault. *blames Pop Vecchio* And it can quickly lead to him doing or saying things he regrets afterwards. If he's feeling defensive, he won't hold back with making any digs. He'll bring the insults and he'll bring 'em good. Uh, like when he meets Kowalski for the first time! But, in his defense, he does know what's fair and what's not.

Damn thing is too long to post all in one go! XD

Poor Ray was hated by you before! ;)

And.. wow. Your whole paragraph on why you love him is just PERFECT. I kinda want to make everyone I know read it. XD Just reading it makes me want to rewatch everything. ::loves him::

LOL! Not hated. RayK's hotness blinded me to him before! S'all...

Aw, thank you kindly! *adores him...now* XD

04. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character

It changes. I usually get my best ideas (for prompts and ficlettes) when I'm away from him and the computer. When I'm just commenting back and forth, it's touch and go. He can be real easy to write sometimes, and at other times, I'll regret what I've written the second I've hit 'comment'. Funnily enough, the hardest people I find to simply comment back and forth with are Fraser and Kowalski. Fraser's probably the hardest. And Ray is so sarcastic sometimes, or playful, or mock-serious, but it doesn't always come across on screen. It's hard writing a muse who doesn't always say what he means when he's not feeling totally secure! Grrr! And with Fraser and Kowalski, he doesn't feel that all that time. Damn insecurities.

Saying that, he's definitely easier to write now that he was at the beginning of the year! So yay!

05. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character

Oy...Lemme have a look back through his journal and I'll answer this once I find something I'm happy with! :D

06. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Uh, I still have the death!fic to finish. But that doesn't affect RP!Ray. Um, I think he's had too easy a time in MOB CITY Chicago! I'm sure someone would have spotted 'Langoustni' walking around with a cop badge by now...

Hmm. In the near future...I don't actually know XD I was planning to get him shot some time ago but now I'm not so sure about that. I'll have a think... I have a Ren/Ray fic I want to write. The only thing in the near future that I, alone, can control is my Gee!fic! Ray + gun + Gee...! *zips lips*

:D

Oy...Lemme have a look back through his journal and I'll answer this once I find something I'm happy with! :D

I await your answer. ;D

Deathfic?! :O And.. and.. shot?? But not shot and KILLED, right? Right?? I am terrorstricken!

Awww, Gee.

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