*dances* I'm always so happy when I find out my brain isn't quite the sieve I keep thinking it's been becoming lately :D
And don't apologize for the tl;dr! It was very informative.
As for my muses... I'm a little all over the board with them. Some I app because I want to app someone and know there's interest in having the character come in game, others were apped because I threw a journal together for them on a lark to roleplay an event or at a DR or over at dear_mun and I just ended up having SO MUCH FUN I couldn't let them sit in a muse box forever. And... I don't know.
I'm actually not picky with my muses although I tend to pick favorite characters or characters I loved on screen. Coming from a writing background, and the type of person that I am, I love challenges, so I won't ever rule out a character as cannot do unless I've tried to write them before. Like Mai-HiME. I can't write any Mai-HiME voices so I'll never app a Mai-HiME character. Likewise with Kurz Weber and Melissa Mao from Full Metal Panic. Those voices just elude me despite my best attempts. But for the most part, I'd like to think I'd be able to make a passable mark on most characters.
I have noticed that all my characters tend to have some type of inner, quiet strength that I tend to relate to so I can have some type of foundation with which to base my take on their character. I love writing silences and quiet moments so that's probably the reason why.
And... I should stop with the tl;dr myself XD
Um, another question! What's Fai's favorite food and/or desert?