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@ 2016-12-18 06:24:00

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GIFT GIVING MEME: Taking the OOC strain out of IC gift giving

It's that time of the year again when we stress out over what sort of gifts one fictional character should give to other fictional characters. Sometimes it's even more stressful than picking out gifts for your actual friends. Let's help each other out!

CHARACTER NAME:
WHAT DO THEY CELEBRATE?: Do they get swept up in the Christmas spirit? Do they LIGHT 'EM UP UP UP for eight nights? Is there a combination of different holiday traditions? Do they not celebrate at all?
GIFT-GIVING HABITS: Are they bad at choosing gifts? Have they ever been caught re-gifting gifts they didn't want? Do they always give gifts to each one of their roommates or are they bad at even remembering to give gifts to their best friend?
HOBBIES & INTERESTS: What would other people know about what they like? Do they have any themes or special interests they're known for? Ex: Levi likes Quidditch, music, dogs, and astronomy and his special interests (and aesthetic themes) are aliens and outer space.
IDEAL TYPE OF GIFTS: What sort of gifts would your character love to receive? Is there anything those close to them might realize that they could use? Do you have any links to items or lists to help us out? (If you google "Gifts for [Hobby]", sometimes there are already pre-made lists! For example, I could google "Gifts for reptile lovers" for Diego or "Gifts for astronomy lovers" for Levi and be rollin' in gift ideas. You can also search treasuries on Etsy!)
ANYTHING ELSE?: Anything you'd like to add to help with the fictional gift-giving process?

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Solomon Webb

keepmarchingon
2016-12-18 01:35 pm UTC (link)

CHARACTER NAME: Solomon Webb
WHAT DO THEY CELEBRATE?: He celebrates Christmas, but in Honduras, there's a much bigger emphasis on community and family than gift giving. And apparently there's also fireworks.
GIFT-GIVING HABITS: Solomon usually puts a lot of thought into the gifts he gives, because he's still not entirely familiar with American cultures, and he doesn't want anything to get lost in translation.
HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Solomon is into a lot of things, and that makes him extremely easy. He's basically into anything that will expand his knowledge. Any kind of books, specifically history books, any kind of answer oriented books. He's into history, culture, psychology, world religions, What if books - like What if America had lost the second world war? He loves anything that asks a question and then attempts to answer it.

He also loves music. He loves all music - so anything that has anything to do with music, he will love it.

And there's also Quidditch, which he's still getting the hang of, but he's falling in love with it.
IDEAL TYPE OF GIFTS: Literally all of my characters are happy to please. But Solomon loves the idea that somebody thought of him, that they wanted him to be happy so they gave him a gift, and that makes him easy to shop for. He likes books, he likes CDs, any kind of thing that has anything to do with art, or anything that shows the personality of the person who gave the gift.
ANYTHING ELSE?: Solomon's gonna give gifts to everybody in the Ebonhide Sophomore boys dorm, Ferris, Micah (because Micah needs some love), Will and Garrett and if I forgot anybody considered his friend, it's because I'm forgetful and you should tell me.

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