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2. Answer the ten questions the person who tagged you made and make up your own 10 questions for the people you tag to answer.
3. Choose ten people and put their icons in this journal.
4. You have to legitimately tag people.
5. No tag-backs!
6. You can't say no tags.
7. Everyone that has been tagged must make a journal entry.

Orignally tagged by  defiance

1. What's one thing/animal/symbol that people connect with you?
Teddy Bears probably. I've been known as that type that listens and is there for comfort but I'll have to take it one step further. I'm also indifferent and like my more realistic counterpart, I'm capable of being mean and scary... plus I eat just about everything.

2. Top three OTP's!
WHYYYYYYYYYYYY.... I hate you  defiance
1. Sonia x Gundam Tanaka (SDR2)
2. Kanji Tatsumi x Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
3. Tadaomi Karasuma x Irina Jelavić (Assassination Classroom)

3. What would you say is the main motivation behind your art/stories?
People and pieces that tell stories in a way I can understand is really the most important thing. I am inspired by writers who can tell a story using only the knowledge of one or two characters at a time. What inspires me is to step into the shoes of a character or even a writer and understand the way they think and to know why they do the things they do. I like delving into the mind and heart of the subject and being able to empathize with their actions. The more uncanny and awful the actions, the better. A writer who can make me agree with a deranged killer, is a writer I really can look up to. I like tangible concrete reasoning even if it's stretched a little and the only real turn off is action without consequence or things happening for the sake of railroading the plot of a story. I am inspired by pieces with a natural flow where even the most fucked up of occurrences seem to blend into the feel of the story. I like to think the words in a well written piece move like notes in music.

4. What's one thing you want to do before you die?
Change someone's life for the better. If everyone can do that, the world won't be such a shitty place to live.

5. What kind of characters do you gravitate towards?
Internalized characters. They likely have a neutral or stereotypical outlook on the world and either are quirky and awkward or they play to the expectations society has given them. They always have more to them than people give them credit for. I guess in short, I gravitate to characters who don't try to be interesting. By trying to blend in and not being good at it, they make me want to know more about them.

6. Now tell me about the first story you ever wrote(if you don't have one, first thing you remember drawing)!
The first story I can remember completing was that of a dog who lives with an unusual fortune. His lives themselves aren't unique but rather his death is. Upon dying he wins a sort of metaphorical lottery allowing him to reincarnate as a dog just like his past life. He grows up in an almost identical way and when he leaves his childhood home his path splits and becomes unique and different. The character's spirit is thousands of years old and has seen the world in so many different lights. He's happy go lucky and sometimes even a little retarded and it's unclear whether this personality is one of enlightenment or insanity.

7. What are some physical character attributes that you like(can include accessories, patterns, markings, etc.)
Scars and Tattoos. I like the look of a world worn character but mega bonus points if the character designer goes to the lengths of making sure that each scar has a story and each tattoo is there for a reason. I also like older male characters Like grizzled veteran types. People with horror stories or who can still be badass even though they've got some miles on them. It really just reaffirms the world worn thing I suppose.

8. Tell me something most people might not know about you.
I juggle alot of faces and wear alot of hats. It's important to me that I can be flexible and cooperative.

9. What do you look for primarily in a story?
Good character design both internal and external. I take one look at the protagonists of the story and if they look like/act like shit I don't want to read or watch further. The story could be AMAZING but if the characters are garbage I'm not interested and that works in reverse too. If the story isn't well written but the characters are really deep and thought out, I can forgive a bad story in most cases.

10. Who are your biggest writing/art inspirations?
In no particular order:
1. Thomas Harris (Silence of the Lambs)
2. Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)
3.Stephen Crane (Red Badge of Courage)
4. Truman Capote (In Cold Blood)
5. Edgar Allen Poe (Cask of Amontillado, Masque of the Red Death)
6. Mark Twain (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
7. Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist)
8. Jack London (White Fang, Call of the Wild)
9. Gary Paulsen (Hatchet)
10. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Rime of the Ancient Mariner)

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Gonna steal a few so I don't have to think so hard

1. What do you look for primarily in a story?
2. What characters do you tend to gravitate towards?
3. What is your biggest pet peeve in art/writing?
4. If you could live in a fictional world where would it be and why?
5. You have 12 hours to live, what do you do?
6. If you could trade places with someone/something who/what would it be?
7. The item to your direct left is your weapon against a zombie invasion. What is it and how will it help?
8. If you had to forever give up something you love, what would it be?
9. What is your best tactic for cheering someone up?
10. What are your greatest inspirations?