DE: Are you an inny or an outty?

[bjornwilde]

A simple question that may have complex answers:

Is your character typically introverted or extroverted?

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[souffle_girlek]

Clara et al are all extroverted - they have to be to both put up with the Doctor in manic phase and to keep up with his whirlwind self when dealing with other people.

Katya: Is... probably more of an introvert, but she has the ability to pretend to be an extrovert to a degree that fools quite a lot of people.

Glorfindel: Is an uber-extrovert.

Sam: Falls in the mid-range - she does well both in groups and alone, and can maintain either for a while without too much trouble. She probably leans a bit more towards extrovert, though.

William: Is honestly more of an introvert, which is good for someone who has long watches in the dark, alone.

Balthazar: Definite introvert, though some of it is a learned response. I think originally he was more extroverted before he spent centuries alone.

McCoy: ... Is more of an introvert, actually. He'll seek out other people in his downtime, but he tends to only find small groups, or certain people - you won't find him in the middle of a party.

Jemma: Strong introvert - she loves the freedom of a quiet lab (or one with just a Fitz in).

[bjornwilde]

And let's run through mine...
Selina is definitely an extrovert but she has learned to be an introvert to survive.

Tybalt is definitely an extrovert.

Jessica Drew, I think, is an introvert who tries to be extroverted. She mostly succeeds.

Sam Wilson is another extrovert, though he's fine spending time on his own.

Andrea Nash? Definitely an extrovert. When she feels isolated, she does not do well.

Ethan Chandler is on the fence I think. He is pretty private (he has his reasons) but then he seems comfortable when he's with other people.

Quinlan is a hard read, what with having been a trained Jedi. I would say he is extroverted but is fine spending time with just himself as company.

Brimstone and Hank are definitely introverts.

[pro_patria_mortuus]

Thor is DEFINITELY an extrovert.

Enjolras, well, it depends somewhat on your definition and somewhat on your interpretation. As I play him, I'd say a reserved extrovert: he's quiet and more inclined to listen than talk, but he finds the company of other people energizing rather than draining, and he'd rather work in a loud room full of friends and bustle than in quiet solitude.

Cosette... gosh. Introvert, I guess, or she'd never have been happy with most of her life, but a bubbly social one.

Trowa is an introvert.

Clare... probably introvert, I guess, but with Clare it's often hard to tell what's personality and what's learned response to the vast amount of trauma in her life and her entire society. She's okay with long, long periods of solo time, though, and that's partly because she's had to be but I don't think she was ever super fond of big groups. What she'd like to do by preference is have one person or a small group that she spends all her time with.

River is absolutely an extrovert. People person all the way, that girl.

Regan is more mid-range, but she does come down on the side of extroversion.

[not_my_sandbox]

Hmm.. this is actually a bit of a headscratcher since I tend to think of introversion and extroversion as extremes of a spectrum of people who seek out and greatly appreciate alone time on one side and people who seek out and greatly appreciate companionship on the other. The developers of RuneScape also tend to shy away from truly gregarious NPCs; the only NPCs (that I can remember right now) that will initiate conversation are the Zanaris Choir. Well, besides foes that surprise attack you, like Evil Chicken. I doubt Evil Chicken is an extrovert, though; he chases people (and chickens) away. She tolerates dragons, though.

There are some NPCs that are very eager to talk to you, though, so I guess that can stand in for extroversion.

Um. Fairy Fixit likes to talk, and talk a lot. Some of it isn't actual conversation, though, just her thinking out loud. She likes people, but she isn't averse to being alone. She has a middling-to-high tolerance for being alone but I think she does need to be around people afterward. I'll say she's a moderate extrovert.

Amascut often acts like she's a bit of an extrovert, but her head is in a very weird place so I don't really know. She didn't really seek out help when she could have and doesn't actively seek out followers or worshipers, and doesn't care for the ones she has. She's good at pretending, so that complicates things.

[the_gene_genie]

Gene: Definition of extrovert.

Javert: ...complicated. He spends most of his time alone, and doesn't need company. But he's not shy, and will act as he has to no matter who's around. He has no internal motivation for his actions, everything's external and impersonal. He likes his arrests to be showy and dramatic, but won't involve anyone else in the traps he plots in his head. So I'd lean more towards introvert, but with extrovert tendencies in certain respects.

Valjean: Definition of introvert.

Bruce Wayne: Introvert, but puts on a nicely extroverted show when necessary.

Bruce Banner: Introvert. Unless we're bring Hulk into the equation, because he's violently extroverted.

Courfeyrac: Extrovert. He thrives in company.

Robin: Extrovert, though a quiet one for the most part. He keeps a fair amount close to his chest, but he's a leader and is always surrounded by people.

Pearly: Extrovert in the extreme. Constantly surrounded by minions, lives his life in company and is happy to do so.

[inlovewithwords]

Henry is more extroverted when he doesn't feel isolated; if he feels helpless or trapped he can get more exhausted by people. (One of these days I'll play him...)

Eriond is an extrovert. I don't think it's actually possible for him to be exhausted by people.

Lois is introverted enough to need quiet time after work most days, or after a party, but she generally either for job or for 'Be The Tough Girl' reasons she acts more extroverted than she is.

Tavi is complicated (again). I'm really not sure with him. He doesn't allow himself to be too tired out by people, because he has a job to do. On the other hand, I think some days he would cheerfully tell people to go to hell for some personal time. It isn't even about being balanced, or pretending. Necessity just don't allow him to be introverted.

[rudderless]

Clem, Dix, Jules and Pinkie are all major extroverts.

Ep is bold, yet private, so an introvert.