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A. PSYCHOLOGY

1. What of the Meyers-Briggs personality types they most fit into? INFP, ENFT, et cetera…
2. What alignment are they? Chaotic neutral, lawful evil, et cetera…
3. Do they have any emotional or psychological conditions? Are they aware of it? Do they try to treat it?
4. Are they a pessimist or an optimist?
5. Are they good at handling change in their life?
6. Does your character tend to assume their interpretation of events and reality is correct, or do they question it? I.e., “I’m sure that’s what you said” versus “It’s possible I misheard you.”
7. Is your character confident in their reactions to life in general, or do they get embarrassed or easily shamed for it? I.e., if something startles them, do they insist it WAS scary? When they cry, do they feel like they overreacted?
8. Is your character a martyr?
9. Does your character make a lot of excuses? For themselves? Others?
10. Does your character compromise easily? Too easily?
11. Does your character put others’ needs before their own?
12. Does your character have any addictions? If so and problematic, have they admitted it to themselves?
13. Does your character have any phobias? If so, where did they come from?
14. Is your character empathetic?
15. Is your character observant?
16. Does your character have to go through their own trials to learn a lesson, or do they listen and learn from observation and lecture? I.e., does your character listen when someone tries to tell them the importance of budgeting, or do they have to go experience what happens if you don’t budget first?
17. What’s one of your character’s proudest moments of themselves?
18. Do they get jealous easily? Do they feel bad if they do?
19. What instantly irritates them or puts them in a bad mood?
20. Are they harsh on themselves?
21. Is your character intended to be found generally attractive? Unattractive? Average? Is there a reason why?
22. Does your character place much importance on their appearance? Do they feel confident in it?
23. What are some of your character’s biggest personal obstacles? This could be emotional, physical, social… Are they aware of it? Are they trying to overcome it?

B. SOCIAL

1. Do they believe you have to give respect to get it, or get respect to give it?
2. Do they get frustrated when lines at places like pharmacies, check-outs, delis, banks, et cetera, are moving slowly?
3. Under what situations would they get angry at servers, staff, customer service, et cetera?
4. Do they tip well? How easily can they be moved to not leave a tip?
5. Do they hold doors open for people?
6. Would your character let someone ahead of them in line if they had a big cart and the person behind them had very few items?
7. How do they respond to babies crying in public?
8. Is your character considered funny? Do they believe they’re funny?
9. What kind of humor does your character like the most? Slapstick, ironic, funny sounds, scare pranks, xD sO rAnDoM…
10. Does your character find any “bad” or “mean” humor funny? Do they wish they didn’t?
11. Your character is running late to meeting someone: Do they let the other person know? Do they lie about why they’re late?
12. Your character orders something to eat and gets their order done in a pretty wrong way, something they can’t just pick off or whatnot to correct, or something major is missing. What do they do?
13. Do they have a large or small group of friends?
14. Do they have people they are genuinely honest with about themselves?
15. Does your character enjoy social events, such as parties, clubs, et cetera..?
16. Does your character like to be the center of attention or more in the mix?

C. MORALITY

1. Does your character have a moral code? If not, how do they base their actions? If so, where does it come from, and how seriously do they take it?
2. Would your character feel bad if they acted against their morals? If not, would they find a way to excuse themselves for it?
3. Is it important for them to be with people (socially, intimately, whatever) whose major ideological tenets align with their own?
4. Do they consider themselves superior or more important than anyone else? Lesser?
5. Do your character’s morals and rules of common decency go out the window when it comes to those they don’t like, or when it’s inconvenient? Aka, are their morals situational?
6. What do they do when they see someone asking for money or food? If they ignore them, why? If they help, how so?
7. Do they believe people change over time? If so, is it a natural process or does it take effort?
8. Is your characters more practical or ideal morally? I.e., do they hold people to high expectations of behavior even if it’s not realistic for the situation, or do they have a more realistic approach and adapt their morality to be more practical?

D. RELIGION / LIFE / DEATH

1. How religious is your character? What do they practice, if anything? If they don’t associate with any religion, what do they think of religion in general?
2. Do they believe in an afterlife?
3. How comfortable are they with the idea of death?
4. Would they like to be immortal? Why, why not? If they are immortal, would they rather not be?
5. Do they believe in ghosts? If not, why? If so, do they think they’re magical/tie into their religion, or are they scientifically plausible?

E. EDUCATION AND INTELLIGENCE

1. Would you say that your character is intelligent? In what ways? Would they agree?
2. Which of the nine types of intelligence is your character strongest in? Weakest? (Linguistic, existential, naturalist, et cetera)
3. How many languages do they speak?
4. Did they enjoy school if they went to it?
5. What’s their highest education level? Do they want to continue their education?
6. Do they enjoy learning? Do they actively seek out sources of self-education?
7. Are they a good note-taker? Are they a good test-taker? Do exams make them nervous?
8. What’s one of your character’s biggest regrets?

F. DOMESTIC HABITS, WORK, AND HOBBIES

1. What sort of home do they live in now, if at all? How did they end up there?
2. What’s their ideal home look like? Where is it?
3. Could they ever live in a “tiny home”?
4. How clean are they overall with home upkeep?
5. How handy are they? Can they fix appliances, cars, cabinets, et cetera?
6. How much do they work? What do they do? Do they enjoy it?
7. What’s their “dream career” or job situation?
8. How often are they home?
9. Are they homebodies and enjoy being home?
10. Do they engage in any of the arts? How good do you intend them to be? Would they agree they are?
11. What are some of their favorite things to do for recreation? How did they get into it? What part of it do they like the most?
12. Would they enjoy a theme park?

G. FAMILY AND GROWING UP

1. Is your character close to their family?
2. Who makes up your character’s family, at least the more important members to them?
3. Does your character find their family supportive? If not, what would be an example why not?
4. What kind of childhood did your character have?
5. Did they go through any typical phases growing up?
6. Do they have any favorite childhood memories?
7. Do they have any childhood memories they’d rather forget or be less affected by?

H. ROMANCE AND INTIMACY

1. What is your character’s orientation, romantic and/or sexual? Has it ever been a source of stress for them? Have they always been pretty sure of their orientation?
2. Is your character a thoughtful partner, in whatever aspect of that you want to cover?
3. Does your character believe there’s only one ideal partner (or multiple ideal if not monogamous) for everyone, or that there are many people who could be right?
4. Does your character believe in love in first sight?
5. Does your character believe in marriage (or their culture’s equivalent)?
6. Has your character ever cheated on anyone or been cheated on?
7. What do they look for in partners? (Emotionally, mentally, physically..)
8. What’s your character’s idea of a perfect date?
9. What are some things that your character finds to be an instant turn-off in potential partners?

I. FOOD

1. What are their favorite kinds of flavors– Sweet, salty, sour, spicy, creamy, et cetera?
2. Do they have any eating requirements or preferences? Allergies, vegetarian, organic-only, religious restrictions…
3. Are they vegan/vegetarian (if their overall culture/species generally aren’t)? If so, why? Do they think animal products are wrong in all circumstances?
4. How often do they cook? Do they order out a lot?
5. Are they a good cook?
6. Could they eat the same thing they enjoy over and over and not get bored of it quickly?

J. POLITICS, CURRENT EVENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

1. Where does your character stand most politically? What would they align with most?
2. How politically aware are they?
3. How politically active are they?
4. Is your character the sort to fall for fake news? If not, do they ignore it or make a point to clarify that it’s wrong?
5. Are they or would they protest for a cause they’re passionate about?
6. How do they react to people whose political viewpoints are very opposite of theirs?
7. How much interest in environmental health do they have?
8. In reality-based or applicable worlds, do they believe in global warming? Do they recycle?

K. For characters in Reality-Based Worlds Who Are Unusual in Paranormal Ways (such as magical abilities, being another species, having a curse like lycanthropy, sci-fi abilities, being from another time, et cetera)– Also for instances where the scenario is similar even if their universe isn’t based on reality.

1. Does your characters have to keep their paranormal aspect (PA) a secret from general society? If so, how? I.e., they can’t discuss their abilities, they have to hide a tail, they have an alter-ego, et cetera. What would happen if society found out about it?
2. Are there others in their universe with the same or a similar PA as your characters? I.e., others from different dimensions, others of their same species. Do they know about it?
3. Does your characters have any friends who know about their PA? Any enemies?
4. Does your characters ever use their PA to get an advantage? I.e., use their ability to be invisible to steal or get out of things, compete in track while their species is a naturally superior runner, use their invulnerability 5. in careers like police work… If so, do they have any hang-ups about it?
6. Does your character feel isolated or unrelatable due to the experience their PA brings with it? If so, how do they deal with it?
7. Does their PA cause issues in daily life? I.e., if they’re inhuman in a human universe and they can’t go to a doctor or risk the doctor realizing they are not human, super abilities with physical drawbacks, they don’t have control of their abilities and must keep to themselves, et cetera… If so, how do they feel about it?
8. Does your character’s PA affect their dietary habits so that they are unusual or problematic by their society’s standards?
9. What are some routines, if any, of self-care that your character must engage in that are not typical of their society? I.e., having to file their teeth, maintaining magical rituals, drinking blood…
10. Does your character have knowledge that they can’t share with the rest of their world that could improve it if it didn’t cause chaos? I.e., a character from the future knowing about technology not yet invented, but they can’t reveal themselves by sharing it?
11. Would your character give up their PA if they could? Why or why not?

L. FOR THE MUN

1. How have your characters changed since over the course of canon/since you started writing them? (Or for ocs, since you created them?)
2. What do you consider the biggest themes in/pertaining to your character, if any?
3. (OCs) Did you create your oc to be like yourself, did they end up being like yourself, or are they very different from you?
4. Would you hang out with your character if you could?
5. Which of your characters do you think is the most decent morally or behaviorally? AKA, which is supposed to a “good guy”?
6. Which of your characters do you think is the worst morally or behaviorally? AKA, which is supposed to be a “bad guy”?
7. Which of your characters do you think is the most attractive?
8. What’s the longest you’ve written a character for?
9. (OCs) How did you come up with your OC?
10. (Canons) What made you pick your character up?

( source/modified from: https://danscratch.tumblr.com/post/158659511908/big-ol-honkin-oc-question-list-long-post )