This will be a quick post, and mostly questions that you should answer for yourself, and know the answers. Going through this will help you be the best monster you can be.
1. What kind of monster are you?
2. If you are a dead monster, were you a good person in life? a bad person? an adventuresome person?
3. How many bad days have you had since becoming a monster?
4. Do you, as a monster, enjoy bathing?
5. Would you rather not touch soap and water, preferring to be as far away from godliness as possible?
6. Are you a girl monster? are you a boy monster? are you telling no one these days?
7. How well do you heal from wounds?
8. What happens when things hit you, like sunlight? water? fire? bears?
9. At what point in history did you become a monster?
10. At what point in your life did you become a monster?
11. Do you like being a monster? Would you rather be human?
12. Are you a happy monster?
13. What makes you happy to be a monster?
14. What, as a monster, really grates your cheese?
15. Do you hang out with other monsters like you?
16. If you are a dead monster, how did you die? If you are still alive, how did you turn into a monster?
17. How do you get around? Can you walk? Do you have a limp? Do you crawl? Or do you just run there?
18. Do you like combs, brushes and conditioner? Do you know what they are?
19. Are you mixed with any other kind of animal, making you a hybrid monster?
20. What is your natural habitat? What are you willing do to to protect it?
I'll answer these to give you an example. I've found that knowing these things has helped me figure my costume, make-up, hair, character reactions and acting when I'm out in the field. If you know your inner monster well enough, your performance will be, even though very brief, something that will give people a long lasting impression, and hopefully fuck them up until you see them next year.
Ciao!
1. What kind of monster are you?
ReplyDeleteI'm a very, very irritated vampire.
2. If you are a dead monster, were you a good person in life? a bad person? an adventuresome person?
I was a pretty good person in life, really.
3. How many bad days have you had since becoming a monster?
Becoming a vampire was probably the worst day of my life, it was years ago, and I'm still pissed off about it.
4. Do you, as a monster, enjoy bathing?
no.
5. Would you rather not touch soap and water, preferring to be as far away from godliness as possible?
don't touch me with that crap.
6. Are you a girl monster? are you a boy monster? are you telling no one these days?
girl monster.
7. How well do you heal from wounds?
not as well as they like to purport.
8. What happens when things hit you, like sunlight? water? fire? bears?
skin falls off and doesn't really grow back. I think I have bugs living in my face.
9. At what point in history did you become a monster?
late 1920's
10. At what point in your life did you become a monster?
around 35ish
11. Do you like being a monster? Would you rather be human?
I'm almost a hundred years old. I've pretty much forgotten how to be human. Not fond of being unable to die, either. Makes me cranky.
12. Are you a happy monster?
I am a cranky monster, generally pissed off.
13. What makes you happy to be a monster?
making all those people go away. generally go away in fear.
14. What, as a monster, really grates your cheese?
everybody else, and the fact that half my face is rotting off.
15. Do you hang out with other monsters like you?
yes.
16. If you are a dead monster, how did you die? If you are still alive, how did you turn into a monster?
I'm dead. got my throat ripped out by my own son and left for dead in the chicken house. when I came to, I was dead.
17. How do you get around? Can you walk? Do you have a limp? Do you crawl? Or do you just run there?
I stalk awkwardly.
18. Do you like combs, brushes and conditioner? Do you know what they are?
no, no and no.
19. Are you mixed with any other kind of animal, making you a hybrid monster?
no.
20. What is your natural habitat? What are you willing do to to protect it?
abandoned castles. I'm willing to chase folks off, and gang up on them if they don't leave.