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Date Posted: 17:08:07 09/25/10 Sat
Author: 
debikm
Subject: Character assessment: Molly Whelan
In reply to:
debikm
's message, "Late homework, but homework it is!" on 11:02:55 09/23/10 Thu
Yeah, I need to get off my butt and do something, but I can't seem to motivate myself. So, I'll do this. It's creative, right? And constructive? And maybe I'll have a peek at the Treat of the Day as per Esther's challenge and see if I can procrastinate some more.;-)
Molly is the MC from last year's NANO Downtown Babylon. She.. well, read the CA, you'll get to know her. I'm looking forward to getting to know her better.
1. Name: Molly Abigail Whelan
2. Character's nickname: Molly, though certain of her patrons like to call her Miss Molly, or, much to her chagrin "Good Golly Miss Molly"
3. Sex: Yes please! Sorry, female
4. Age: *mumble* forty-*mumble*two
5. Looks: small in frame, slender, petite. Long light brown hair, though she color it and it has been everything from pale blonde to almost black. Hazel eyes, light skin, freckles.
6. Education: college graduate, but without any set goals. Majored in history with no intention of ever teaching.
7. Vocation/occupation: Owner of the Garage Bar (it used to be a garage/service station, and I couldn't think of a clever name that wasn't to damned cute. Molly doesn't do cute.)
8. Status and money: She makes ends meet, but has to stretch sometimes to do it.
9. Marital status: single, never married
10. Family, ethnicity: Only child, mother died when she was young, raised by her father and grandfather. Dad took off when she was just out of high school (Viet Nam vet, londstanding emotional issues) Molly doesn't know if he is alive or not. One uncle named Paul.
11. Diction/accents: Southern, north Florida accent
12. Relationships: Two major loves in her life. Adam, former fiance, who was killed in Desert Storm. Currently, Gil Freeman, a hardworking, on-the-road musician who breezes in and out of her life and her bed as time allows. She loves him deeply.
13. Places (home, office, car, etc): Mostly the bar
14. Possessions: the bar, a beat-up pickup truck and a collection of old garage and beer advertisements that are displayed in the bar.
15. Recreation/hobbies: dancing, she took ballet for many years growing up. Quarter horses, though she doesn't ride much any more, no time or money. Rode competition cutting horses in her younger days (a friend's horses), was rather good.
16. Obsessions: Gil Freeman. She loves him, doesn't see him for months at a time, wonders if she the only woman he has, though he has never given her and reason to suspect him, aside from being absent with his music.
17. Beliefs: Has inherent trust in people and looks for the good. Gives people the benefit of the doubt.
18. Politics: irritates the shit out of her.
19. Sexual history: three men, despite her owning a bar that fills up with en on a regular basis. Adam, a one-night-stand while she was grieving, and Gil.
20. Ambitions: to not starve to death or lose the bar
21. Religion: raised non-denominational Christian, mostly contact with Baptist churches. Personally, she isn't too impressed with churches and believes that if you're a good person, it doesn't matter what church or if you attend.
22. Superstitions: tosses salt over her shoulder if she spills any, doesn't walk on graves, and has a horsehoe hung up over the door to the bar, toe down, heel up, so the good luck won't run out.
23. Fears: Lightning, being alone the rest of her life (though she'd never admit it)
24. Attitudes: Mostly sociable and friendly, but not at all afraid to stand up for herself and those she cares about.
25. Character flaws: She can be unforgiving. Cross her once out of spite, and she's done with you.
26. Character strengths: She genuniely likes people and will welcome a stranger into her home. She's affectionate and caring with her friends
27. Pets: an Irish Wolfhound named Declan, that outweighs her by fifty pounds
28. Taste in books, music etc.: She's a big fan of rock music, all the stuff she grew up with, LZ, Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, Lynryrd Skynyrd, Bonnie Raitt. Loves the blues.
29. Journal entries: She's not a journal person
30. correspondence: Mostly with her uncle Paul, and that's usually about her father. They've stopped actively looking for her father, but she can't let it go.
31. Food preferences: She'll eat almost anything that doesn't eat her first. Lucky enough to have a hummingbird metabolism, and her working her ass off doesn't hurt.
32. Handwriting: atrocious, can't read it herself sometimes.
33. Astrological sign: Aries: March 19
34. Talents: Can still dance en pointe, good dancer in general, can mix pretty much any drink known, but disdains blender drinks. Has a good mind for figuring people out and can keep secrets.
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Re: Character assessment: Molly Whelan -- Page2, 12:06:10 09/26/10 Sun
>Yeah, I need to get off my butt and do something, but
>I can't seem to motivate myself. So, I'll do this.
>It's creative, right? And constructive? And maybe I'll
>have a peek at the Treat of the Day as per Esther's
>challenge and see if I can procrastinate some more.;-)
>
I know the feeling. Trying hard to motivate myself, but I keep hitting these little stumbling blocks. THAT picture is soooooo... what was I saying. :-)
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I like Molly. Sounds like someone I'd hang with. Have I read this story?
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I don't know... have you? -- debikm, 18:07:31 09/26/10 Sun
It was my NANO from last year and I've posted bits here on the board but that may have been before your time. Check that archives of let me know and I'll send you what I have. It's nowhere near finished, but I like Molly a lot.
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Loving all these insights -- Fi, 09:00:33 09/28/10 Tue
Molly sounds like someone I'd like to hang around with. I'm now curious about her father (is he still alive? will he show up? how much did his departure affect her?) I want to meet Declan the wolfhound, and I'm envious of her hummingbird metabolism!
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Excellent questions all... -- debikm, 13:53:35 09/28/10 Tue
>Molly sounds like someone I'd like to hang around
>with. I'm now curious about her father (is he still
>alive? will he show up? how much did his departure
>affect her?)
His departure affected very deeply. Even after twenty-ish years, she still has hope, even though he's been declared dead. Will he show back up? I dunno... food for thought.
>I want to meet Declan the wolfhound, and
>I'm envious of her hummingbird metabolism!
Declan is pretty cool, mostly lazy as many of the breed are. Proper motivation will change him into a formidible foe. And I so *don't* have that metabolism, so I decided I'd have one vicariously through her. (I can't dance worth a lick either!)
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I agree wholeheartedly with Fi! These insights are amazing >>>> -- Page, 15:55:19 09/30/10 Thu
I love knowing that Molly took ballet and drives a beat-up pickup. These things make the characters even more real to me. Great assignment, Debi!
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