03-06-2015, 04:47 PM
New discussion topic that could yield some interesting and insightful answers; why did you choose the character you chose for the Omniverse? Have an intriguing answer? Post 'em here 
For why I chose Jon - Firstly, I guess it was a desire to stand out from the crowd somewhat, throw even more variety in the mix. I took a careful look at this site before joining, and a vast majority of the characters were either video-game protagonists or from some anime. This isn't bad, though, of course. One of the things I love about this site and what drawn me into it is the vast, colourful array of characters on here that hail from every genre you could pull from the hat. I didn't want to be 'just everyone', though. I wanted to do something different. I noticed a big lack of TV/book series character love, so I just wanted to be the first to represent on that front
mug:
Secondly, he's an easy character to develop. The great thing about the ASOIAF series is that no character is exactly good or entirely evil. Nobody's personality is set in stone, exactly. I guess one could say that Jon is the closest thing to the 'good-guy' in the series, but there's also a darker, more hate-filled layer of depth to him. The bitterness of being an illegitimate child in a world where that's frowned down upon deeply, and being envious of his trueborn and more important siblings. I thought it'd be an interesting point of view to write from, and see how exactly the chaos and confusion around him in the Omniverse changed his personality and moral physch.
Finally, if you didn't notice already, I'm a huge, HUGE GoT/ASOIAF fan I guess you could say it's what got me into the fantasy genre as a whole, since I had never watched the LoTR trilogy or anything like that before (please don't kill me). Jon isn't my favourite character, but he's certainly up there in the list. I hope George doesn't decide to kill him off before the series ends.
tl;dr - Wanted to do something different from everyone else, interesting character to write, big GoT/ASOIAF fanboy
For why I chose Jon - Firstly, I guess it was a desire to stand out from the crowd somewhat, throw even more variety in the mix. I took a careful look at this site before joining, and a vast majority of the characters were either video-game protagonists or from some anime. This isn't bad, though, of course. One of the things I love about this site and what drawn me into it is the vast, colourful array of characters on here that hail from every genre you could pull from the hat. I didn't want to be 'just everyone', though. I wanted to do something different. I noticed a big lack of TV/book series character love, so I just wanted to be the first to represent on that front
mug: Secondly, he's an easy character to develop. The great thing about the ASOIAF series is that no character is exactly good or entirely evil. Nobody's personality is set in stone, exactly. I guess one could say that Jon is the closest thing to the 'good-guy' in the series, but there's also a darker, more hate-filled layer of depth to him. The bitterness of being an illegitimate child in a world where that's frowned down upon deeply, and being envious of his trueborn and more important siblings. I thought it'd be an interesting point of view to write from, and see how exactly the chaos and confusion around him in the Omniverse changed his personality and moral physch.
Finally, if you didn't notice already, I'm a huge, HUGE GoT/ASOIAF fan
I guess you could say it's what got me into the fantasy genre as a whole, since I had never watched the LoTR trilogy or anything like that before (please don't kill me). Jon isn't my favourite character, but he's certainly up there in the list. I hope George doesn't decide to kill him off before the series ends.tl;dr - Wanted to do something different from everyone else, interesting character to write, big GoT/ASOIAF fanboy
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