Mememememe borrowed from stackcats:

[trace_of_scarlet]

Pick a character and I will give and explain the top five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them. Any and all characters welcome - even ones I haven't written but you think I know about.

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[ceitfianna]

Minerva Mcgonagall, please.

[bethan-b-bad.livejournal.com]

Not totally certain I'm doing this right, but:

- Minimal reactions. She's very stiff-upper-lip English (even though she's actually Scottish), and unless she feels something extremely strongly, she's very, very understated in speech and in action.
- Lack of visible emotion does not mean lack of emotion. She's a total Gryffindor, just filtered through a very fine mesh of common sense. Gryffindor + common sense is basically how I'd sum her up, really.
- Scottish. JKR didn't stint on the stereotypes, so I can't really leave them out.
- Her age. She's the oldest of my characters (apart from Sam, who generally prefer to forget this slightly irritating factoid unless he really needs it), and she does behave like an adult. She's really quite old-fashioned, though not as old-fashioned as her pupils tend to believe.
- Her class. She's definitely upper-class, and although she's not snobbish she is definitely a product of her class and family background. This also brings in the fact that she's a witch to her core - I don't believe she'd do very well if she had to 'go muggle' for some reason.