I wish he wouldn't do that.
Feb. 16th, 2002 12:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynIn the process of trying to come up with some idea of how Fang spends his day, the little twerp went and sprouted some subsidiary characters. I mean, c'mon! He started off as a subsidiary character himself! He was supposed to be the comic relief, not a main character of his own - and now he's got associated background characters independent of his family? aagh.
Nevertheless, here they are. And Fang is suggesting they might make lovely members of the Journey to the West Cabal. bah.
Arthur Ibuka - Drama student. Sound technician. Lazy SOB. Grandson of Japanese immigrants. Speaks exactly as much Japanese as necessary to get the old folks off his back. What he doesn't know (or plan to know) about theater sound systems isn't worth knowing. Capable of a certain amount of mechanical ingenuity, but if he built a catapult (for example) there'd be a 50% chance of it working, a 10% chance of it doing nothing, and a 40% chance that Arthur forgot to calculate all the forces involved and it went to pieces under the strain. Could be as l33t as Whistler was in the movie Sneakers if he ever really applied himself.
Melanie Poundstone - Drama/art double major. Set design. Specializes in trompe l'oeil. When she paints, people believe. African-American. Probably most philosophical of the folks who work backstage. Well versed in history, esp. art history; makes an extra effort to study as much as possible about any production she works on. Decent candidate for the Tripitaka slot.
Krasher - Lighting technician. Probably an engineering student. Doesn't talk much, so no one really knows - but he's always there when someone arrives at the auditorium to start work or rehearsal, and he's generally there well after they leave. Maladjusted nerd who badly needs to rejoin the world of human beings from somewhat closer up than the lighting control center. Knows his electronics inside and out, though. A good deal more self-indulgent than is really healthy. You could probably grab Selma Hayek out of Wild Wild West - in her original costume - and put her next to him during a production and he wouldn't notice until the lights went down for intermission. Horrible, horrible temper if disturbed; tolerable otherwise, but like I said, he's not real good with people.
That's it at the moment, thank the Gods.
Nevertheless, here they are. And Fang is suggesting they might make lovely members of the Journey to the West Cabal. bah.
Arthur Ibuka - Drama student. Sound technician. Lazy SOB. Grandson of Japanese immigrants. Speaks exactly as much Japanese as necessary to get the old folks off his back. What he doesn't know (or plan to know) about theater sound systems isn't worth knowing. Capable of a certain amount of mechanical ingenuity, but if he built a catapult (for example) there'd be a 50% chance of it working, a 10% chance of it doing nothing, and a 40% chance that Arthur forgot to calculate all the forces involved and it went to pieces under the strain. Could be as l33t as Whistler was in the movie Sneakers if he ever really applied himself.
Melanie Poundstone - Drama/art double major. Set design. Specializes in trompe l'oeil. When she paints, people believe. African-American. Probably most philosophical of the folks who work backstage. Well versed in history, esp. art history; makes an extra effort to study as much as possible about any production she works on. Decent candidate for the Tripitaka slot.
Krasher - Lighting technician. Probably an engineering student. Doesn't talk much, so no one really knows - but he's always there when someone arrives at the auditorium to start work or rehearsal, and he's generally there well after they leave. Maladjusted nerd who badly needs to rejoin the world of human beings from somewhat closer up than the lighting control center. Knows his electronics inside and out, though. A good deal more self-indulgent than is really healthy. You could probably grab Selma Hayek out of Wild Wild West - in her original costume - and put her next to him during a production and he wouldn't notice until the lights went down for intermission. Horrible, horrible temper if disturbed; tolerable otherwise, but like I said, he's not real good with people.
That's it at the moment, thank the Gods.
