Memery

[opusculus]

Stolen from several people! I want to ramble about characters at you~

Ask me about any character, and I will pick [at least] one of the following and tell you:

(a) Three facts about them from my personal fanon.
(b) Two reasons they're amazing.
(c) Five things that I'd like to see happen to them.
(d) Three people that I might ship that character with and why.
or
(e) If I don't know the character or the fandom, I will make something up.

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[unicorn]

Ivan Vorpatril.

[opusculus]

Two reasons they're amazing.

1. He's the only person on Barrayar with a well-developed survival instinct and the brains to stay out of the spotlight. That has to count for something
2. He cares about saving kittens! And means well! Just. Oh Ivan.

Five things that I'd like to see happen to them.
1. Something that forces him out of his laziness.
2. Actually I am totally looking forward to the upcoming book about spy antics with Byerly that looks to end with him getting married. Does that count?
3. Getting a little brother. Or sister. Or both.
4. Being assigned to keep Vorparadijs out of Miles' way for a couple weeks.
5. More creative fails in his love life, that manages to surpass the time he had a threesome after being given a drug that causes impotence or the time he asked half the Koudelka girls to marry him in a panic. Because that would be awesome.

I think Ivan brings out my slightly sadistic side.

[inarticulate]

I cannot decide. Either Cordelia or Cielo?

[opusculus]

I will do both! Because I'm easy like that.

Cordelia:
Two reasons they're amazing.
(Doing this for Cordelia almost feels redundant.)
1. SHOPPING IN THE CAPITAL.
2. Just the entire way she looks at the world and analyzes it and causes everyone around her to look at it differently.

Three facts about them from my personal fanon.
1. Cordelia never really fit in on Beta. Too wild when pushed. As debauched as Beta appears, it's very orderly in its own way, and she's...good at creating order, but not terribly good at living in it, I think. That was one of the draws for Survey for her.
2. Spoilers for Cryoburn: [After Aral died, Cordelia will go on adventures. Although Vicereine of Sergyar's a good role for her so I'm not sure, but. God I want a post-Cryoburn Cordelia adventure book so badly.]
3. Cordelia was possibly the most effective political wife ever in terms of supporting education and health. Would you want to argue with her?

Cielo
Two reasons they're amazing.
1. He's a demon cannibal AI who still tries to be happy, despite everything.
2. He's a fascinating mixture of immaturity and maturity and philosophy and just having fun.

Five things that I'd like to see happen to them. All these things pretty much have to be in the next life since lol DDS.
1. I actually totally want him to meet o'Brian's incarnation and for them to become bff.
2. Him trying to copy Gale's homework.
3. Embryon beach trip for real.
4. Some dealing with the fact that he was a lab rat in his past life and probably remembers bits and pieces like the rest.
5. Basically an entire lifetime of adorable Embryon antics.