in a cluster of freaks, she is all that I seek

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As seen in a number of places:
Name a character from some fandom I know and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my own personal headcanon.

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[dawning-star.livejournal.com]

Tom Collins - RENT

Might as well go for the unusual suspect. :P

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1) He had some interest in AIDS activism before he got sick himself - at least one friend died sooner than they would have with more reasonable medical care.

2) No one ever expected the restaurant thing to get anywhere, least of all him. That and the studio idea were just things everyone tossed around when things got depressing, in a 'wouldn't it be nice if...' sort of way. And after Benny corrupted the studio concept, Collins pretty much gave up on the restaurant actually happening until Mark hit it big.

3) Collins is going to stick around longest of the positive bohemians. And when he does let go, it'll be more of a '...why am I sticking around here without Angel?' thing than a long drawn-out fight.
Mark will understand, but he'll still take it pretty hard.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Carl.

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1) Carl was mostly a C student in high school. He was the star of the math department, and anything else that had to do with computers, and he pulled the occasional B in English (when they were discussing a play in the grading period) and other subjects (when he thought knowing what was what would help him get a date). Other than that, he was mostly bored in school, and didn't realize the lack of effort would affect his chances at getting into college.

2) He was still 17 when Bishop hired him, which meant he was commuting from his parents' for a while. When the group was in a hurry to do a job, it usually meant he had to spend the night at Mother's. Thanks to that almost more so than the commute, he started looking for an apartment a couple of weeks before his 18th birthday.

3) His factual goofs in the hunt for Cosmo's office (the 'private property' and toy company being unimportant) can be explained as such: The night before, everyone other than Bishop went to Mother's apartment - trust the paranoid guy to have both the most extra space and the best security. Everyone was pretty wired anyway, but no one started worrying until the boss hadn't at least called after midnight. Carl didn't get to sleep until two or three in the morning, and got phone-answering duties not long after sunrise, when Bishop finally called. Even the bonus adrenaline from unpacking the van at Liz's apartment and trying to call the NSA could only go so far. The sleep deprivation was starting to win out by the time they found the building; he probably had a nap after they got back to Liz's from that.

[penguinetta57.livejournal.com]

Yo!

Morwen. (If headcanon applies, that is.)

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Sorry this took so long, but she doesn't give me much backstory. So:

1) Of the cats in books two and three, Jasper is the oldest, most likely followed by Jasmine and Miss Eliza. Morwen had those three before Kazul talked her into moving to the Enchanted Forest. Most of the others she had at the time either didn't want to move or didn't survive it, but as cats happen in call kinds of places, it worked out on the balance.

2) She was about twelve when she first met Telemain. He was studying something; she corrected part of his theory. Once he got over the irritation of being proven wrong by such a young girl, no matter how smart she was, they hit it off.

3) She tried to dye her hair black once, despite people who knew better telling her it wouldn't stick for very long. No more than five spells later, the dye job was completely gone. These days she doesn't really talk about it - though she has wondered how on earth Killer managed to dye his fur. Rabbits aren't known for their opposable thumbs, after all.

[empath-wiggin.livejournal.com]

Wrong journal. Sue me.

Hm.

Mark. (Any AU or canon)

And, because I lose, Teppic.

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1) Mark will never actually replace his first copy of Moving Pictures, even when it needs to be tied together to keep from losing pages. He might need to buy a new one so he can read it, but he'll never replace the first one. It's sort of like the Scone of Stone, only not really at all. (This applies for pretty much any version of him.)

2) For squeefit: He actually wouldn't mind casting Esther in a more prominent recurring role, as he thinks she does better at the acting thing than she gives herself credit for. Esther won't let him, though, since she was mostly pinch-hitting in Hogfather and she thinks Sacharissa's more than enough of a stretch.

3) For millicanon: Mark's film of Hitchhiker's Guide will include the man in the shack, mostly because there's no good reason not to. His appearance will be closer to the version in the book than in the radio shows, but probably still distinct from both of those.