DE: How's the weather down/up there?

[bjornwilde]

 Quoth the Flynn:
+ How tall is your pup? What's the first thing people will notice about your pup when they walk into the bar?

I think someone is trying to size us up. ; p

Also, a reminder, the DEs for Thursday, Friday and Saturday are up for grabs this week.
Edit: Saturday's DE is still up for grabs.

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[genarti]

Okay, first impressions! Obviously, this will vary for characters depending on their context and what they notice, but for generalities:

Thor is attention-getting even by Asgardian standards (because... prince) and decidedly larger-than-life by human standards. He's tall and broad and muscular, he's got a mane of blond hair, he's probably carrying a hammer the size of your head as if it doesn't weigh much, and odds are decent he's wearing a shiny breastplate and possibly a long red cape. And, as an Asgardian, he looks a little more color-saturated than most people around, as if the light hits him a little differently because why not make Asgard's cinematography literal.

Besides that, there's the general air of aggressive cheer, unless he's in a bad mood, or the air of gravitas and palpable authority, if he's involved in serious business. But I'm pretty sure his physicality is going to strike most people first.

River: probably her eye contact, which doesn't track normally on people or objects (but not in the same way as someone blind); often, also the fact that she's perched on top of a table or booth back or rafter or something. Just generally her body language, I think. After that possibly her clothing, if the person is someone who would find loose hair and/or fluttering hippie layers weird.

Regan: is one of a small number of middle-aged and older folk around Milliways. Maybe that first; maybe the fact that her clothing and general appearance shouts of money to the world. Not that she's ostentatious, but everything is well-made and well-tailored and carefully chosen for an ensemble appearance, even her more casual clothes for hanging out at home.

Clare is bleach-pale head to toe, with metallic silver eyes. Most people don't instantly interpret that as CLAYMORE DANGEROUS PART-DEMON NOT HUMAN the way humans of her world do, but it's probably still eye-catching! Besides that, she has a huge sword on her back. Her clothing is weird too: white and silver armor that's designed to be eye-catching more than really protective, or if she's in civvies they're still weirdly styled (and full of extraneous straps and belts and asymmetry) to most eyes.

Enjolras... aheh. Well, to listen to Victor Hugo talk, what will strike you first is that he's gorgeous, no seriously, golden hair like a shining halo and sweet blue eyes and a girlish face like a Greek statue's, full of dawn and beauty and where are you going, Hugo has another page about his facial features--

Uh. So there's that, if your character is the sort to be struck by that kind of thing! (And if your character's standards of male beauty are sufficiently in accord with those of 19th century France, which of course is not guaranteed.) Also, he's dressed in 1830s menswear, jacket and waistcoat and cravat and so forth, which is moderately unusual in the bar. (He will also always have a tricolor cockade on his lapel, which is a blatantly in-your-face signal of political sympathies to someone of his era, but a lot of characters around Milliways will have no idea what it means.) And he'll probably be scowling at a newspaper or staring with intense thought into the middle distance a lot of the time. He has a lot of charisma when he's actually holding forth about something he feels strongly about (revolution, France, human rights, etc), but he's pretty reserved the rest of the time.

Trowa: the hair. He's from an anime. His hair flops forward in a way that completely defies gravity, especially since he uses no product in it. (And, because he's from an anime, he has no idea why so many people from other worlds find a perfectly normal hairstyle worth immediately commenting on.) Beyond that, his body language is mostly calibrated towards not attracting attention, in a low-key kind of way. Habit.