Character Questionnaires

[PTAV]

I was a little indecisive about whether or not to post this here, but it seems to be the best possible fit. Besides, I find filling them out to be fun. I'M SUCH A DORK

Anyway, if you've never encountered one of these before, a character questionnaire is just a series of both simple and in-depth questions that exist to help you further cement your understanding of a character and flesh them out. You can answer every question provided, skip some you find uninteresting, expound upon one that manages to catch your interest - answer them in any way you want, whether from your point of view as the writer or from the character's perspective as an inside look to some of their inner workings! If you've never done one before, then give it a try; who knows, you might find it fun. In my experience, all it can do is help!

Below are a few links to some good questionnaires.

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www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/106
www.writersbeat.com/showthread.php?t=14402
www.errantdreams.com/pages/pc_questions
www.creative-writing-now.com/writing-character-profiles.html

[Brainiac 5]

• What do you consider your greatest achievement?
  “My Time Bubble. Currently the only method of transporting one’s self between timelines.”
  
  
• What is your idea of perfect happiness?
  “…Answer will not be confirmed.”
  
  
• What is your current state of mind?
  “Current state of coding is a mixture of apathetic and contemplative.”
  
  
• What is your favorite occupation?
  “A researcher. The role of a superhero is very nice and intriguing, but… a researcher.”
  
  
• What is your most treasured possession?
  “A picture of Superman and I, acquired shortly after he arrived.”
  
  
• What or who is the greatest love of your life?
  “…Superman.”
  
  
• What is your favorite journey?
  “Leaving Colu.”
  
  
• What is your most marked characteristic?
  “My Coluan heritage or the mark of Brainiac on my cranium.”
  
  
• When and where were you the happiest?
  “When Superman agreed to stay.”
  
  
• What is it that you most dislike?
  “Prejudice. It becomes old after too long.”
  
  
• What is your greatest fear?
  “Becoming just like my ancestors.”
  
  
• What is your greatest extravagance?
  “My lab.”
  
  
• Which living person do you most despise?
  “Brainiac 1.0. Technically non-existent, but his coding still ‘lives’ on.”
  
  
• What is your greatest regret?
  “….Being born.”
  
  
• Which talent would you most like to have?
  “The capacity for human emotion and love.”
  
  
• Where would you like to live?
  “The 21st century.”
  
  
• What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
  “Being integrated into the Coluan system.”
  
  
• What is the quality you most like in a man?
  “Goodness, heroism, never backing down.”
  
  
• What is the quality you most like in a woman?
  “…I do not understand the distinction.”
  
  
• What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
  “. . . . . . Everything.”
  
  
• What is the trait you most deplore in others?
  “Excessive Pride.”
  
  
• What do you most value in your friends?
  “Loyalty and Power.”
  
  
• Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
  “I do not read fiction.”
  
  
• Whose are your heroes in real life?
  “Superman.”
  
  
• Which living person do you most admire?
  “Superman, again.”
  
  
• What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
  “Bravery.”
  
  
• On what occasions do you lie?
  “In order to preserve the time stream, and when talking about my history or ancestors.”
  
  
• Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
  “Examples include: ‘Status’, ‘Coding’, and ‘Twelfth level intelligence’.
  
  
• If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
  “…A difficult decision. Either I would be human, not Coluan, or I would not be a descendant of Brainiac.”
  
  
• What are your favorite names?
  “Clark, and Lyle is sufficient, though less so.”
  
  
• How would you like to die?
  “Completely sane, in Superman’s arms.”
  
  
• If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
  “I would like to be a human, but considering who I am and my actions, it would be something even more detestable.”
  
  
• What is your motto?
  “I do not feel the need to live by a certain set of coded words… Though if an answer is required, likely a coded phrase along the lines of ‘twelfth level intelligence’, or that Superman is everything.”