| Thursday, January 18, 2007
There are aspects to any character, any personality. As one's star sign may be divided into sun, ascendant, and moon, so have I tried to demonstrate two possible aspects of Saelle - as a character, and an extension of self.Saelle started out as a more outgoing, rather bohemian side of my personality. Her first class (on another mud) was Alchemist, and she was always blowing things up. XD While she has turned rather gloomy and rather serious with her entrance into the RL-oriented (rather than RP-oriented) Aardwolf, I've tried to reflect the main aspects of what is supposed to be her (and partly my) personality in this outfit. Original!Saelle would never be caught dead in anything other than medieval wear (;)), but this version is Saelle, after she's entered Aardwolf and stayed for a bit. Aged a little, too. Still a strong character - rather independent - yet with a touch of femininity. I picture Saelle as short, (look at the high heels ;)) with long mahogany hair she twirls up and sticks a stick (or, today, a rose:)) through. Her style of dress is emphatic, striking, yet honest. There are some contradictions within the outfit (e.g. delicate chain bracelet vs spiked high-heels), but Saelle is comfortable with herself so they don't really matter. What is important is that she has strength to protect others, the ideas to make the process fun (though admittedly her creator is rather short on ideas these days :( ), the music to relax to, and the freedom to do all the above.
But even then, there was a touch of melancholy to her -- so I decided that one outfit was not enough to describe the character. The one below has a black and white feel, and reflects the hidden and potentially negative side of Saelle's (and my) personality. It is not exhaustive (I am a very flawed person -wry-) but I've tried to distill the main points. The Saelle here is barefoot, chained, shackled -- while she wishes to be free on the outside, she remains tied on the inside. This is her as a child, as a little girl wishing she had a friend to talk to, instead of that cuddly teddy bear with the fixed smile. As an overprotected girl who hugs Safety to herself while guarding lost innocence - though, if it is there, is it, after all, lost?
Themes below include obsession -- the addictive game, the things I have fixated on over the years. Aardwolf, is, of course, included. -wry- This child has not yet learnt not to feel so much, for things may be taken away far too easily, so she holds on to the hope that her strength of feeling for things will be unbroken. Facing the emptiness of her internal (internet;)) world, she holds onto her hopes that one day, the person who gave her the headphones would return to look for her.
XD I made that up. The headphones, though, do represent Saelle's love for music (which she already shows in her external personality) -- if she lived in the real world, she, like me, would bring her mp3 player whenever she goes out.
Oh dear, it seems I've written half an essay. XD Ah well, pardon verbosity. Thanks for organising, Ikyu! :)
jenn drew virtual pen across paper @ {10:02 pm}..
