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doingscience) wrote2012-09-24 12:12 am
doingscience) wrote2012-09-24 12:12 am
Character Development Meme: Day 1
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Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?
Caroline was probably born sometime in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Her parents, in my mind, weren't too badly affected; they had enough money saved to get by when jobs were slim, if without any luxuries. But they always had food and a roof over their heads, and they did the best they could to help others have the same thing. They would have instilled in little Caroline a sense of responsibility to her country and to humanity, that it was her duty to do what she could to help make life better for other people.
Both her mother and father were college graduates, and whichever one wasn't working would stay home to run the house and teach Caroline. Her father taught her math and science, her mother taught her language arts and history.
Caroline and her mother got along well enough. They didn't really understand each other, were never close, but always made sure to set aside time to spend together. And her mother was always supportive of her scientific interests, even if she considered them a little bit odd.
Her father was the scientific mind, and as such she very much admired and looked up to him. She was Daddy's Little Girl, and while he didn't spoil her with material things, he gave her everything he could as regards knowledge and learning experiences. He'd take her to work, introduce her to other scientists.
Now, since I play GLaDOS, I think it's only fair to address her "parents".
She pretty much hates them all on principle for trying to control her and continually shutting her down. They didn't seem to understand that when you put a person in a computer, they still remain a person, and should be treated as such. That said, I don't think the scientists fully understood what was going on. Aperture has always been a place that lives on secrets, and the scientists were probably on a need to know basis.
She might have liked Henry a bit more than the rest, however, because he was just so damn enthusiastic about the project. To him, GLaDOS was the greatest accomplishment in his life, and she so loves to be appreciated. Too bad the neurotoxins got him before they could really chat.
Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?
Caroline was probably born sometime in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Her parents, in my mind, weren't too badly affected; they had enough money saved to get by when jobs were slim, if without any luxuries. But they always had food and a roof over their heads, and they did the best they could to help others have the same thing. They would have instilled in little Caroline a sense of responsibility to her country and to humanity, that it was her duty to do what she could to help make life better for other people.
Both her mother and father were college graduates, and whichever one wasn't working would stay home to run the house and teach Caroline. Her father taught her math and science, her mother taught her language arts and history.
Caroline and her mother got along well enough. They didn't really understand each other, were never close, but always made sure to set aside time to spend together. And her mother was always supportive of her scientific interests, even if she considered them a little bit odd.
Her father was the scientific mind, and as such she very much admired and looked up to him. She was Daddy's Little Girl, and while he didn't spoil her with material things, he gave her everything he could as regards knowledge and learning experiences. He'd take her to work, introduce her to other scientists.
Now, since I play GLaDOS, I think it's only fair to address her "parents".
She pretty much hates them all on principle for trying to control her and continually shutting her down. They didn't seem to understand that when you put a person in a computer, they still remain a person, and should be treated as such. That said, I don't think the scientists fully understood what was going on. Aperture has always been a place that lives on secrets, and the scientists were probably on a need to know basis.
She might have liked Henry a bit more than the rest, however, because he was just so damn enthusiastic about the project. To him, GLaDOS was the greatest accomplishment in his life, and she so loves to be appreciated. Too bad the neurotoxins got him before they could really chat.