Character Interview – Ian & Fiona

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Hello, everyone! As you know, I've been participating in Kendra Ardek's 5&3 party, as Kathryn has dubbed it. Today, I'm interviewing two of her characters from HaV Academy — a villain and a hero, Ian & Fiona.

I apologize for the lateness of my post. Enjoy!

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1. First off, would you ever consider eating octopus ink pasta with squid?

Fiona Uh... no. That looks, disgusting.

Ian Maybe for image.

Fiona You would, wouldn't you.

2. Right, then. What is it like training at HaV Academy? How did you come to train as a villain/hero? Did you get to choose?

Fiona It's very different from regular school. Less hiding. I don't have to suppress my fire quite as hard as I usually do.

Ian Sports are different. Since we don't associate with people who don't have superpowers, all sports are hero vs. villain, and everyone participates in every sport. It's complicated how many different versions we have.

Fiona Currently, the heroes are winning.

Ian Because we're good villains and are letting you. Most of our actual academic studies are what you would find in any regular school, though history is slightly different since we are aware of the true nature of the Supers. There are special required classes once a week, but other than that we're just like pretty much any other school.

Fiona As for how we got there, we were born with powers — as were our parents and grandparents and so on before us. It's required for us to go. And they just assigned us to whichever side they thought we'd do better on. No, we didn't get a choice, but few people are really unhappy with the assignment. We learn to look at it as a big game that no one else realizes is a game.


3. And your names — Lavalight and Dr. Frost. Very cool. Why did you choose them? (Besides the obvious reason that they fit your powers.)

Ian Well, I have ice powers, and I was assigned to be a villain, and Dr. Frost sounds plenty villainous. It's amazing how many villains choose some form of "Doctor" in their name.
Fiona I wanted something unique that people would remember for some time... I mean, I didn't want something obvious, like Firegirl, or Flames, or Phoenix. It wasn't until after I had my name registered that my roommate reminded me that I chose the name of a lamp. Oh well.


4. Ian, you have ice powers, and you have fire powers, Fiona. Tell me about them. (How do you use them? What kind of things can you do? What is your opinion on having these powers — do you enjoy them or wish you didn't have them? Etc.)

Ian Our powers classify under the Elementals, and are controlled by a combination of thoughts and physical actions. It isn't necessary for us to be touching something for our power to work on it, but it works faster.
Fiona For me, the hard part is keeping my power under control.
Ian Have you tried gloves?
Fiona Yes. They burned off. Even the fireproof ones. To have something that close to my hands, trapping in the heat... it's not pretty. Besides, gloves don't help my hair, which is where most of those stray tendrils like to hang out.
Ian We do enjoy our powers, most Supers do, we just don't like hiding them.


5. Lastly, I'm told you two are love interests. Tell me, what is that like, since one of you is a villain and one a hero?

Fiona It's convenient.
Ian I picked her out as my hero the first time we lined up in one of the games. Since the Academy loves pairing opposing powers together, I knew I had a high likelihood of getting her if we fought well together. Which we do.
Fiona And it's actually quite common for the villain to marry the hero if she's a woman. Not quite so common for a female villainess to win the hero (though it has happened) but it's just so convenient. You don't have to explain to someone that you have an alter-identity, you know them at their worst (our fights can get quite ugly), and you have an outlet for your fights.
Ian It does stink when you're both getting along really well, and you have to have a fight (there is a requirement of at least one a month, and a major one at least every three months).


Fiona But thank you for having us over, Jessy!
Ian My sentiments exactly.

Thank you for stopping by!

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Blog Party Tag

Hello, dearies! Kendra from Knitted by God's Plan is hosting a blog party to celebrate 5 years of blogging and 3 years of being published.

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Today is the first day, and one of today's posts is a game. Who doesn't like games? Not me!

As you've probably figured out already, this first game is a tag.

Rules: copy/paste the questions and answer them.
Prize: an entry in a drawing to read her WIP, Infiltration.

Now for the questions...


How long have you been blogging?

I created my first blog in November of 2009 (I only remember this because it says on my profile that that's when I joined Blogger). I've long since abandoned that blog.

I started Barefoot in the Snow on 13 March 2014. (Again, I only remember this because I looked up my first post.) Shortly afterword, on 23 May 2014 (I actually remembered that), I created An Ocean Raging, a quote blog.

Which of the books on my WIP list intrigues you the most?
Which from the party list? That would be:

1. The Worth of a King
2. HaV Academy
3. The New Division

That was fun. Because I already figured it out when I was choosing which books I'd most prefer to interview characters from.

Which from all the rest of them? Hmm.

*skims through Kendra's WIP list*

Probably The Ankulen or The Land of Numbers.

You're stuck on an island that has no sign of other people. What 5 items would you like to have with you in this event?

Hmm. Wifi, books (which, of course, includes my Bible), laptop, food, shelter. I guess that's a pretty boring answer, but I'd survive, wouldn't I? As long as people were able to find me once I'd messaged them...

Oh, I'd better add a weapon of some sort, in case of hungry wild animals. Wait, no, I'll just live in the trees. Eh, I'll add one anyhow.

So, final answer: wifi, books, laptop, gun, food. Not that I've exactly thought it all out.

Someone gives you a thousand dollars. What do you do with it?

A thousand, that's all? I'd give some to church, save some, use some, and possibly invest some. Aren't I interesting today?

Is there any book that you wish you had written? (Not because of the money involved, but because you love the idea so much you wish it was yours.)

I like this question! Very interesting. The first books that came to mind are The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Matched (Matched trilogy #1) by Allie Condie, and Icefall by Michael J. Kirby. I'm not really sure, but I'll go with these for now.

• The Book Thief — This is just an incredible book. Actually, out of these three, I'd certainly pick this one. I think.
• Matched — I love the concept of this book, and the style in which it's written. I started reading the first book just before bed one night and ended up reading more than half of it before forcing myself to stop. If I hadn't had to get up the next morning, I would have finished the entire book right then. I enjoyed the rest of the series, too, but this was the best one.
• Icefall — This came to mind because of Ole. I think, all things considered, he's the real reason this book was awesome. I've never thought of it that way before, but I just realized that when I think of the book and why I love it, it's always things he said that come to mind. I loved the style of writing, too. (In fact, it's a direct influence on how I plan on doing my current WIP.) I was less than happy with part of the ending, but I still love the book. (which is saying something — ending is everything) If you're a writer, read this. If you aren't, well... read it anyway.

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (Eragon) deserves and honorable mention just for being awesome.

Now go read all three of those. No, really, do it. I'm serious.

What is your favorite fairy tale?

Does Once Upon a Time count? No? Fine. Um... Peter Pan.

Ironic, since Peter Pan was one of the few and greatest failures of Once. I really liked the evilness twist, but they made him so evil there was no reason to like him. At all. There is a time and place for villains you love to hate. But Peter Pan? No. Just, no.

And Robby Kay is such an amazingly perfect Peter Pan, too...

Describe Kendra is seven words.

1. random
2. friendly
3. purple
4. writer
5. awesome
6. blogger
7. interesting

...because I really don't know you that well, but there you are :)

What is your opinion of popcorn?

Fluffy, salty, and buttery. Only that movie theater butter spout will do.

How many different crafts can you do?

I'm supposedly very good at crafts, but I generally hate them. So I really don't know. The only crafts I can think of that I enjoyed at all are origami and iris folding. That probably has something to do with the fact that they're done best by a perfectionist (aka me).

How long have you been following my blog and how did you find me?

I've been following you since 2 July 2014. I know this because the first person I saw when visiting you blog was July's Character Encounters post. The post was published 2 July and so was my first comment.

I honestly don't remember how I found you. After a bit of sleuthing, it seems that you found me first and commented on my first Talk To Me post.