I have been working on this meme for over a week! So, finally, All About Lorna from the mun's perspective:


The Character Physically

1. What is the character's stature and build? Is she overweight? Thin? What is her height and weight?
Lorna is 65 inches tall, currently underweight due to stress but generally speaking, curvy.

2. How old is she?
Twenty-seven.

3. Describe her posture. Is it good? Does she carry herself well? Is she crooked? Straight?
She has exceptional posture; she can tap into the Earth's magnetosphere to hold herself up with very little effort.

4. Is she in good shape or out of condition? Is she muscularly weak or strong?
She's in good shape (except for being underweight and overstressed).

5. How is her health? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
At the moment she is anemic and underweight. She suffers from anxiety and is prone to panic attacks.

6. Is she physically active or sedentary? A fast or slow mover?
Active and normally quite fast.

7. Is she clumsy, awkward, graceful?
She can be all three. She's naturally a bit awkward and clumsy but her mutation makes her graceful if she's aware.

8. Does she move in straight or curved lines? Is she physically tight or fluid?
She's a curvy woman. She can be tight when nervous.

9. What are her chief efforts?
Physically, Lorna tries to take care of herself. She is very conscious of her weight and her looks and expends a great deal of energy maintaining them.

10. Is the character good-looking, pretty, beautiful, average, plain, ugly, disfigured?
She's beautiful.

11. Is the character aware of herself physically? Her looks?
She is very aware of her looks. She knows she is pretty but she is also deeply insecure about it.

12. Describe her complexion and skin. Dark, light, clear, marked?
Fair skin, clear complexion.

13. Describe her hair, coloring, styling. Is it taken care of?
Long, big curls and bright green. She usually wears it down but sometimes pulled back or in pony tails. She takes very good care of her hair.

14. How is her usual dexterity? Does she have good hands: Can she do things? Is she a worker?
She's good with her hands but can be clumsy and fidgety when she is nervous (which is often).

15. Is she physically tense or relaxed, nervous, controlled?
Usually nervous.

16. What are her chief tension centers?
She holds a great deal of tension in her spine.

17. What part of her body would you notice first?
Her hair and her great rack.

18. Describe her basic gravity factor. Is there a downward pull or buoyancy?
Buoyancy.


The Character's Clothes

1. How much clothes does this character have?
Lorna has an extensive wardrobe.

2. What items are in their wardrobe?
A 'professional collection' with dress suits; overalls, jeans and sweaters she wears for lab work; a closet full of dressy clothing to wear to parties and out on the town; pajamas; a few old X-uniforms and a number of tops pilfered from her boyfriends.

3. What are their favorite articles of clothing?
Her boyfriends' sweaters (sad really).

4. What colors are the clothes? Is there a wide range? Bright or dull? What are their favorite colors to wear?
Lorna wears a wide range of colors. She most often wears black or white and she only wears red at Christmas, though it is one of her favorite colors.

5. Are their clothes bright or dull?
More bright than dull.

6. Were they bought or home-made, hand-me-downs, expensive?
Her current wardrobe is expensive thanks to her relationship with Bruce Wayne.

7. What is one of her favorite items to wear?
Her boyfriend's sweater. (Or ex-boyfriend as the case may be)

8. Do her clothes fit well?
They are mostly expensive and thus well tailored. However, she's lost weight recently and she often wears the aforementioned boyfriends' sweaters which are obviously too big.

9. Is she comfortable in what she wears? Does she "fight" her clothes?
She is normally comfortable with her clothes.

10. Is she confident about the way she dresses, or uneasy?
She's uneasy about herself but not necessarily what she wears.

11. Does she care for her clothes? Keep them up and neat? Is she worried about how they look?
She takes care of how she looks and that includes her wardrobe.

12. Does she have to dress a certain way because of her job or position? If so, do her usual clothes fit her real, basic character?
She dresses up when she needs to make a report or present herself professionally. In her lab she wears comfortable clothes that won't be ruined if an experiment boils over.

13. Does she dress according to a self image of herself? Is that self image conscious or unconscious? At what age was this self image made?
She has an unconscious self-image of what she 'should be' that was ingrained in her from a very early age when her Mum required her to dye her hair and dress very particularly. She still dresses to this image without realizing it. Similarly, when she wears her boyfriends' clothes she is unconsciously attaching her identity to someone else.

14. What kind of underwear does she wear?
Lacy, frilly, pretty things.

The Character's Voice

1. Does she speak in a high or low pitch voice? When might she be higher than usual? When lower?
Lower rather than higher. When upset it gets higher; when she's trying to be 'adult' or she's coming on to someone, she forces it lower.

2. Is she a loud or soft talker?
Loud and she doesn't realize it.

3. Is there a wide range in the voice in volume, pitch and/or quality, or is the voice pretty consistent and even?
Her voice changes when she is upset. She can screech.

4. Is there good resonance to the voice? Is the voice throaty, chesty, heady, nasal?
Chesty if anything.

5. Is there tension in the voice? Anxiety? Emotion?
Everything about Lorna is very emotional.

6. Is there an accent? Anything unusual in pronunciation? Emphasis? Phrasing?
She has an oddly old-fashioned turn of phrase and a very slight Boston accent.

7. Is it a trained voice, or just natural?
Natural.

8. Does the character "try" to speak well or just "how it comes out"?
She tries. She doesn't always succeed.

9. Is the speech clear or muddy? Does she mumble? Is she distinct?
She doesn't mumble, she is very distinct. However, she can babble, especially when nervous, and doesn't always make sense.

10. Is the voice comforting or irritating? Reassuring or disturbing?
She can be comforting but her naturally nervous voice can irritate.

11. Is she self-conscious when she speaks to others? How large a group could she speak to before she became self-conscious?
Yes, she is generally self-conscious. However, she has spoken before many large groups. She tends to be very nervous beforehand but okay once she is doing it.

The Character's Mind

1. Is the character smart, dumb, naive?
Brilliant, but also naive.

2. Does she think quickly? Slowly? Is she quick-witted? Dull?
Too quickly. She often speaks or acts before thinking things all the way through.

3. What kind of education has she had?
She was in a parochial school from Kindergarten through high school. She graduated at the age of 16 and went to Harvard for her undergraduate degree, UCLA for her Masters and is currently (trying to) pursue a PhD from Columbia.

4. What subjects does the character have knowledge or expertise in?
She's a physicist and specializes in nanotechnology.

5. Is the character impulsive or deliberate in reaching conclusions? Is she logical, rational, or emotional?
Extremely impulsive. To a fault. She is very logical, but overly emotional and not particularly rational.

6. Does she think out things before she speaks or can she "think on her feet" as she is speaking?
She tries to think things out because when she doesn't she babbles, gets easily frustrated and can lose her temper (which is most often what happens).

7. Does she have contemplative times? What does she think about when alone?
Yes, she over-thinks everything. Everything

8. Is she an idealist? A pragmatist? A dreamer? An idea woman? An action woman?
She's an idealist.

9. Is her life motivated chiefly by abstract ideals or practical rewards?
More ideals than rewards. She follows her heart.

The Character's Emotions and Personality

1. Is she an introvert or an extrovert?
An extroverted introvert. She's sociable and engaging but secretly shy.

2. Does she get along well with people? Does she have charm? Are people attracted to her? Does she like people?
Lorna is a people person and makes friends easily.

3. Does she have many friends? Any close friends?
She has many surface friends and a few close friends.

4. Is she hot-blooded or cool-headed?
Hot-blooded.

5. Does she have a narrow or wide range of emotions? Do they show often?
A wide range of emotions she shows all the time.

6. Does she indulge in emotional peaks, outbursts, or valleys? Often?
She can be melodramatic but she doesn't realize it. Then someone points it out and she's ashamed.

7. Would you say she is basically sensitive or calloused?
She tries to be sensitive and can be, however she sometimes doesn't realize how calloused she is.

8. Is she suspicious, cautious, trusting, or naive about new people or situations?
Naïve. She's very trusting.

9. Is she an aggressive or reactive person? Is she a pusher or a puller?
More reactive than aggressive, though she can be aggressive in her reactions. However, she pushes more than pulls.

10. Does she take positive or negative action?
Positive. She only takes negative actions when pushed to it.

11. In a danger or emergency situation would she go to it or run away from it?
She'd be rushing toward it.

12. Is the character basically nervous or calm?
Nervous.

13. Does the character have a sense of humor? Does she appreciate jokes? Can she see humor in unfunny situations? Can she laugh at herself?
Not a well-developed one, no. She appreciates jokes she gets but often misses them. And she cannot laugh at herself at all.

14. Can she tell a funny story or joke? Do others find her amusing?
No.

15. Is she a practical joker? What is her opinion of tricks or jokes played on other people?
No and she doesn't really like the practice.

16. Is her humor ever cruel?
She's just not very humorous.

17. Under what conditions could she be harmful or mean or cruel to another person?
If someone attacks anyone Lorna cares about she will lash out at that person.

18. Is she a loving person? Is she full of love and giving or rather bound and tight in this area? Is she capable of relation to others in a loving way? Is she capable or relating to one specific person in a romantic way?
Lorna has a lot of love to give but she gives it more freely to the abstract idea of people and the world than to individuals. She loves her friends and family in her own way but she's tied up in knots about it. She is capable of relating to someone romantically but she no longer believes she can love that person.

19. Is she loved by any other people? In what way?
She is lovable and loved by her closest friends.

20. Is she romantically in love now? With whom? Is this a happy, rewarding or frustrating situation or her?
Lorna would say she cannot be romantically in love and that it is frustrating for her. An outside observer would say she's in love with more than one person and that it is frustrating for her.

The Character's Wealth, Power, and Influence

1. Does this person have much money? Does it provide position or respect from others for her?
She has enough. Her family were upper class but hardly aristocratic.

2. Is she generous or selfish with her money and possessions?
She is very generous.

3. Is the character socially prominent? Is she prominent from wealth, position or office, family history, ability or accomplishment?
She's well known for a variety of reasons: she was a member of the X-Men, she's Magneto's daughter, she's dated Bruce Wayne etc.

4. Does the character rate high in the "pecking order" with her household? Town? Area? Nation? World?
In her household of Lorna, Todd and Katie, she is the adult and therefore the main authority figure. Outside of her little household she is a prominent member of society but does not have any real authority.

5. Does this person wield much clout? Over whom and by what means?
She has little clout on her own. She is associated with a number of people and organizations that give her more weight.

6. Can she command others to do her bidding, by word or manipulation?
She is capable of manipulation (hey, she's a girl) and when necessary can lead others. She would never consider herself a leader.

7. How does she get her wishes daily?
She doesn't!!

8. To whom is she subservient? Is this submission willing or unavoidable?
Lorna is subservient to anyone in authority. She places a great deal of emphasis on the mantle of leader and finds authority extremely attractive. She's very willing to be led and generally has a crush on whoever is leading her.

The Character's Activities

1. How does the character spend her time?
Lorna always has a few crazy projects going in addition to working and trying to have a personal life. She can't stand doing nothing.

2. What does her daily routine consist of?
It varies because her life is a roller coaster.

3. What is her profession or work?
She works in a lab at Wayne Enterprises in New York City. She is designing nanites to correct genetic disorders including the depowered mutants.

4. What things does she really like to do?
She actually loves her lab work. She's very analytical and likes to organize events and trips. She reads a great deal.

5. What things does she hate to do?
She hates doing nothing (having nothing to do). Cooking. Making decisions.

6. What are her leisure time activities? Pastimes? Recreation?
Reading. Livejournal. Running. Puzzles she never finishes due to her short attention span.

7. Does she play games? What kind?
She has a Wii.

8. Does she like to eat or drink? How important to her are food and drink?
Coffee, coffee, coffee. And Green Tea Lattes. She doesn't like eating, has issues with food and weight. She often breaks her food into tiny pieces rather than eating it, especially desserts or bread products.

9. How important is sex to her? What sexual activities does she partake in? Anything unusual?
Sex is a big part of her life. She prides herself on being good at it. As inhibited as she is in her everyday life she is completely uninhibited about sex. She's willing to do anything. Lorna is aggressive and most enjoys sex that hurts.

10. Is her exactitude about sex healthy or disturbing to her? Is sex a rewarding, enriching part of this person's life or is it frightening, anxious, or frustrating? Is sex a positive or negative factor in her life?
Generally she is comfortable with her sex life and sexual practices. It is most often a positive factor. However, she jumps from relationship to relationship and makes the relationship sexual before it is personal and in this way is quite unhealthy. When she's not in a relationship she is extremely jumpy about it because she places a great deal of emphasis on being loved and can confuse sex with love quite easily.

The Character's Favorite Things

1. Colors? green
2. Food? Lobster
3. Drinks? Coffee
4. Smells? Coffee
5. Time of day? Dawn
6. Season of the year? Winter
7. Books? Nonfiction
8. Kinds of literature? Victorian, children's
9. Authors? Lewis Carroll
10. Places to visit? Disney
11. Kinds of music? All, she loves music
12. Musical Instruments? No particular one
13. Composers? No particular one
14. Metals; gold, iron, copper, pewter, etc.? Silver, Iron, she likes most metals (being a magnet and all)
15. Building materials; stone, wood, clay, tile, etc.? Brownstone
16. Fabrics; silk, wool, linen, etc.? Organics
17. Pieces of furniture? Bed
18. Plants? None indoors
19. Flowers? Sunflowers
20. Trees? Elm
21. Birds? Penguins
22. Animals? Penguins
23. Miscellaneous? Pills
24. Modern Fairytale? Harry Potter

Character's Religion

1. What are her specific religious beliefs? Does she belong to a specific sect or creed? Does she advocate that group's beliefs?
Lorna was raised Catholic. She believes most strongly in redemption and forgiveness.

2. How important is religion to her?
It has become more important to her recently.

3. Is she pious, devout?
No, but she believes in God.

4. In what religious activities does she engage? What percentage of her time is devoted to it?
She has not been putting much time into it at all.

5. How does religion motivate her actions or affect them?
She is very forgiving herself.

Character's Fears

1. What things frighten her?
Being alone, being forgotten, being replaced. Failure. Love.

2. Is she motivated by fear?
Yes.

3. To what extent is she motivated; never, occasionally, usually, constantly?
She is extremely motivated by her fears of abandonment and failure. These two fears dictate nearly everything she does.

4. What would this character think were the three most terrible things that could happen to her?
1. She kills someone. 2. She falls in love. 3. She gets everything she wants.

5. What would she think were the three most wonderful things that could happen to her?
1. She saves a life. 2. She falls in love. 3. She settles.

6. What is the one thing she doesn't want anyone to find out about her?
That she isn't really worth any attention at all.