Character Questions: Morality/Opinions/Behaviour

[gish]

Hey, remember these? Figured we're overdue for another one, especially as the Halloween event is winding down but still not wrapped up. This time, the overall theme of these questions is: Morality! Behaviour! And opinions!

Describe character's sense of morals:
If they could sum up the meaning of life, what would they say?:
What do they consider taboo (something they personally would never do):
Describe character's etiquette:
Describe character's sense of self-control:
Spontaneous or structured?
Instinctual or logical?
How does this character act in public?
How does this character act in privacy?
How does this character act around strangers vs. how they act around friends?
How does this character act around family?
How has this character most changed from youth?
How have they remained the same?
Has this character dealt with the loss of someone they knew?
If so, who?
How has it affected them?
How does this character deal with or react to-
Conflict/Danger:
Rejection:
Fear:
Change:
Loss:
Sex/Flirting:
Pain:
Stress:
Peer pressure:
Guilt:
Being wrong:
Being criticized:
Being insulted (superficially: name calling, etc):
Offending others:
Praise:
Being loved:
Being hated:
Humiliation:
How does this character express-
Anger:
Sadness:
Fear:
Happiness/Excitement:
Love (Consider the "Five Languages of Love"):
Lust:
Stress/anxiety:
Dislike (of a person, thing, or idea):
Approval (of a person, thing, or idea):
How does this character generally express themselves?
What does this character think/feel about-
Marriage:
Children:
Family/Family Values:
Children/Youth:
Old age:
Sex:
Love:
Friendship/Other relationships:
Homosexuality:
The opposite sex:
The same sex:
Money/Material things:
Politics:
Religion:
Destiny/Duty:
Magic/Myth:
Racism/Races in general:
Science/Technology:
Nature/Animals:
Modernity:
Antiquity:
Their past:
Their future:
Their role in society/job/etc:
Drugs and alcohol:
Killing/Murder:
Education:
The foreign/unknown:
How does the character view life?
How does the character view death?
How does the character view society?
How does the character imagine his/her own death?
What does the character want out of life?
What does this character consider "success" to be?
What would the character like to change in his/her life?
What motivates this character?
What discourages this character?
What makes this character happy?
What makes this character sad?
What makes this character angry?
What humiliates this character?
What most describes this character's personality?
Psychoanalysis (Describe why they act the way they do):
Does it stem from childhood or an event, or chemical?

Copy+Paste of the above!
<b>Describe character's sense of morals:</b> <b>If they could sum up the meaning of life, what would they say?:</b> <b>What do they consider taboo (something they personally would never do):</b> <b>Describe character's etiquette:</b> <b>Describe character's sense of self-control:</b> <b>Spontaneous or structured?</b> <b>Instinctual or logical?</b> <b>How does this character act in public?</b> <b>How does this character act in privacy?</b> <b>How does this character act around strangers vs. how they act around friends?</b> <b>How does this character act around family?</b> <b>How has this character most changed from youth?</b> <b>How have they remained the same?</b> <b>Has this character dealt with the loss of someone they knew?</b> <b>If so, who?</b> <b>How has it affected them?</b> <b>How does this character deal with or react to-</b> <b>Conflict/Danger:</b> <b>Rejection:</b> <b>Fear:</b> <b>Change:</b> <b>Loss:</b> <b>Sex/Flirting:</b> <b>Pain:</b> <b>Stress:</b> <b>Peer pressure:</b> <b>Guilt:</b> <b>Being wrong:</b> <b>Being criticized:</b> <b>Being insulted (superficially: name calling, etc):</b> <b>Offending others:</b> <b>Praise:</b> <b>Being loved:</b> <b>Being hated:</b> <b>Humiliation:</b> <b>How does this character express-</b> <b>Anger:</b> <b>Sadness:</b> <b>Fear:</b> <b>Happiness/Excitement:</b> <b>Love (Consider the "Five Languages of Love"):</b> <b>Lust:</b> <b>Stress/anxiety:</b> <b>Dislike (of a person, thing, or idea):</b> <b>Approval (of a person, thing, or idea):</b> <b>How does this character generally express themselves?</b> <b>What does this character think/feel about-</b> <b>Marriage:</b> <b>Children:</b> <b>Family/Family Values:</b> <b>Children/Youth:</b> <b>Old age:</b> <b>Sex:</b> <b>Love:</b> <b>Friendship/Other relationships:</b> <b>Homosexuality:</b> <b>The opposite sex:</b> <b>The same sex:</b> <b>Money/Material things:</b> <b>Politics:</b> <b>Religion:</b> <b>Destiny/Duty:</b> <b>Magic/Myth:</b> <b>Racism/Races in general:</b> <b>Science/Technology:</b> <b>Nature/Animals:</b> <b>Modernity:</b> <b>Antiquity:</b> <b>Their past:</b> <b>Their future:</b> <b>Their role in society/job/etc:</b> <b>Drugs and alcohol:</b> <b>Killing/Murder:</b> <b>Education:</b> <b>The foreign/unknown:</b> <b>How does the character view life?</b> <b>How does the character view death?</b> <b>How does the character view society?</b> <b>How does the character imagine his/her own death?</b> <b>What does the character want out of life?</b> <b>What does this character consider "success" to be?</b> <b>What would the character like to change in his/her life?</b> <b>What motivates this character?</b> <b>What discourages this character?</b> <b>What makes this character happy?</b> <b>What makes this character sad?</b> <b>What makes this character angry?</b> <b>What humiliates this character?</b> <b>What most describes this character's personality?</b> <b>Psychoanalysis (Describe why they act the way they do):</b> <b>Does it stem from childhood or an event, or chemical?</b>

Once again, I'm looking forward to reading all your responses and learning more about your characters!

Comments

[grantuseyes]

This was a good read! And also, yes, the song is playing in my noggin now.

Do you have any kind of handle on any particular mental illnesses she has, or is it all basically caused by abuse and inhumane conditions? And what's the story with Ivy's tonic and the Joker toxin? Does this all happen in the course of the movie?

I can't believe you're making me want to watch the Suicide Squad movie now. HOW HARD DO I HAVE TO SWALLOW MY IRRITATION TOWARDS JARED LETO'S EXISTENCE TO GET THROUGH IT

[sweetcandygirl]

She is a hodgepodge of a few different illnesses. Dissociation is the most common. She just... disconnects from reality.

And since I take her back story from Mad Love, Harley had the signs of dissociation long before entering Arkham. During her psychology studies in college, she came up with a theory about being in love being equal to being a criminal. She convinced her boyfriend that she had committed various crimes. And he protects her... by shooting an innocent man. He convinces Harley to kill him out of love... and that traumatized her.

Harley was infused with the Joker venom first. I do take the storyline from Suicide Squad movie, where she throws herself into a vat of the venom to prove her love for him. Instead of dying from the venom, it changed her. Due to the venom, her skin is porcelain white. She also has fits of laughter, that she can not control. At time, the laughter gets so out-of-control, that she is not even aware of other situations going on around her.

As for Ivy's tonic... this also comes from Mad Love. Basically, Ivy found Harley after an abusive situation. Harley and Ivy got close. Real close. And they wanted to explore their relationship. Ivy gave Harley a boost of her tonic... so Harley could touch her, without getting poisoned. The tonic also gave her enhanced strength, enhanced agility (and she was already a gymnast), immunity to other toxins and poisons, immunity to alcoholic or drugs.

And I have an out for you. I take A LOT of my take of Harley from the Suicide Squad comics. While I liked the movie, there was not a lot of character depth put into Harley. I took what I liked from the movie. But most of what I use are from the DC Comics.