Thoughts on Statting

[crossover_chick]

Not much to talk about today -- I watched "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" and fooled around on the Internet and worked a bit on Winter Bingo drabbles for 8butterflyboy8. Also watched the latest Nerd vid, which is about one of the dullest games ever. You think a game about daydreaming would be fun, but that game really sucks all the life out of the concept.

Anyway, since I don't have much to talk about in terms of stuff going on in real life or on the net, I thought I'd babble on about statting out some of my favorite fictional characters as tabletop RP characters. Specifically, as World of Darkness characters. I did a little of this back when I learned about the Changeling: The Lost line from Geno and his take on it with the BTTF characters. When I started creating what would be clockwork_doc and museicalmarty, I worked a little on what I thought their stats would be in the WoD. Of course, Clockwork in particular moved away from being just BTTF/WoD Changeling characters, so I never actually completed anything besides some basic Attribute scores.

Now, thanks to TV Tropes, I've learned about a fan-made line that naturally grabbed my attention: Genius: The Transgression. It's about mad scientists, and warping reality, and all sorts of good stuff. And since I learned about this while I was writing "Secundus," I thought it might be fun to do the stats for Doc and Victor. I threw in Alice after reading one of the templates for a character (what emotion basically drove them over the edge) and thought, "Oh Geez, this is so her." So far, I haven't gotten much down, but considering this is just for shits and giggles, I'm not overworried about it. But there is one area I'd like to talk about a bit.

Virtues and Vices

I've been thinking hard about these, trying to figure out how they fit. I mean, each character has their good and bad points, but HOW are they good or bad? It's a bit tricky when you have to fit them into one choice out of seven for each category. And every time I think I have a handle on it, I reread the descriptions and start second-guessing myself. Like, Doc's Virtue MIGHT be Fortitude, but it could also be Faith or Hope. Alice's Vice MIGHT be Wrath, but one could make a case for Sloth too. These are multifaceted characters, and I don't want to do anyone a disservice.

So, if anyone wants to offer up their thoughts on the matter, I'd be interested. Our characters are:
Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
Victor Van Dort
Alice Liddell

And your choices are:
Virtues:
Charity
Faith
Fortitude
Hope
Justice
Prudence
Temperance

Vices:
Envy
Gluttony
Greed
Lust
Pride
Sloth
Wrath

Comments

[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

I was considering those two, especially since Faith has "scientists" listed as possible characters with it in the book. Hope might be better, though -- Doc's always got a vision of things turning out right, doesn't he? And yeah, his vice is tricky, but I think I've got a good argument for Pride going based on Part III and the issues with Clara. *see above*

I was leaning toward Charity myself with Victor. This IS a guy who was prepared to commit suicide for someone. And yeah, like I said above, Victor seems to like to run away from his problems. (Player Piano had Victoria note this in a fanfic -- whenever he feels uncomfortable, he just wants out.)

I think it's official with Wrath -- Angry Alice is Angry. Especially when Rageboxed. My choice of those two would be Fortitude, given the way she plows on despite all obstacles and all the pain thrown her way (like the deaths of pretty much ALL her friends.)