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Lidiya Kustov's character building thread

Crit me, crit me, crit me with your rhythm stick!

Huge changes made. Older, more accurate and less rose-tinted description of appearance, personality scrapped and altered totally, significant background changes.

Crit to your hearts content and feel free to just tear it apart.

"If she was a plain, disillusioned 30 something housewife who became a dominatrix to spice up her life, then I might be able to do more than laugh at the whole concept." heart Loved this idea. Adopted it.

More to come.

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BEFORE ---and--- AFTER
Name:: Lidiya Klementina Kustov
Age :: 35 ((born feb 12th 1971))
Height :: 6' 0"
Weight :: 202 lbs.
Serum:: Schleswiger Heavy Draft. May be subject to change if there's enough in opposition to another horse.

Character Appearance::

In terms of appearance, Lidiya is your typical ‘rubenesque’ plus size woman. Big and curvy.

She’s a big girl, tall and ‘thick’ Fat but not too fat. Well… that depends on your opinion of course. Some would call her fat, but she prefers the terms ‘voluptuous’ and ‘cuddly’.

She has a large bust, and yes, before you ask, it is sometimes painful when she is active.

Language skills::

Lidya's understanding of English pretty much spot on, unless you talk to quickly or keep changing topics. Her written English is grammatically sound, and though she does not have the vocabulary she would like, nobody can really complain - she's not trying to be a novellist. Her spoken English is not so perfect, butchered by a thick accent which some may find difficult to understand, and often spoken somewhat slowly as she thinks about her words.

Character Personality::

Bubbly and playful, loud and giggly, Lidiya is fun-loving and jolly, and at times, something of a slight tom-boy. She sometimes has a rather dark sense of humour, and while not quick to anger, is rather unpleasant when she is.

Character Background::

Lidiya was born on February 12, 1971 in St.Petersburg, Russia (Then known as Leningrad, USSR) to her Parents Nikolai and Tatiana. She has an older sister, Natalia.

She grew up in the city and received a relatively good education due to the then communist nation’s all-out drive to beat the west on as many frontiers as it could. In 1998, aged 27, she emigrated to marry an American computer geek whom she met over the internet, and lived with him in Miami, Florida for their four-and-a-half-year marriage.

Eventually bored and disillusioned with her husband due to his tendency to pay more attention to his computer than he did to her, she left him to live by herself and promptly hit the bars and clubs to celebrate being single again. She made a collection of friends who opened her eyes to some of the more ‘out there’ sources of fun, and soon decided that she quite liked one of them in particular.

In early 2005, she began offering her services as a dominatrix to fellow patrons of her favourite clubs, and then slowly but surely expanded her range wider as she grew more confident.

When she is not at ‘work’, she lives in quiet anonymity in a pleasant, suburban house – keeping her work life behind closed doors, for obvious reasons.


Why she is chosen and how she is tricked::

Lidiya is chosen by Dr. Moreau because she is physically and mentally healthy, and above all, easy to get hold of. Her height and build also make her an ideal candidate for the serum he has in mind: The Shire horse.

Getting Lidiya to the island is easy - a simple case of contacting her and hiring her dominatrix services, then telling the world that the helicopter crashed into the sea to become another victim of the Bermuda triangle. As such, she comes dressed in dressed for the job she thought she'd be here to do, only to be kidnapped and be put on the missing presumed dead list.

Wearing on arrival::

A 3-quarter length leather trench coat
Black Lingerie.
Shades.
High-heeled, thigh thigh-high platform boots.

In her bag::

Four pairs of handcuffs.
A stethoscope.
One leather whip.
make-up kit.
Several changes of clothes, ranging from the more practical shirts and pants, to the more exotic corsets and a PVC nurses uniform.
Another pair of boots - minus the heels.

Ideal 100% transformed appearance::

Lidiya would be an anthro - a humanoid with equine features.
Though her body would not be much larger, if at all, Lidiya would be a lot taller due to her feet and, most significantly, her neck. She'd be slightly heavier and perhaps slightly bulkier too with a little more muscle, courtesy of those shire horse genes.

She would be quite strong, with her musculature having increased somewhat. Her figure would remain virtually unchanged aside from broader shoulders, with her body-fat being mostly unaffected by the transformation. She would be coated in short, fine, brown fur, save for the end of her snout,and her ankles and forearms which would be white - with her ankles being rather fluffy too.

Her blue eyes would remain, as would a long, blonde mane - though she'd now have a blonde tail too. On the whole, the only things she would keep are her figure (with the slight changes mentioned above) and her hair/eye colour.

Why this animal/plant for your character? ::
She's a big girl - about as big as they come, almost, so why not go for something big. A Horse? A shire horse is as as big as they come too. I do not believe an ironic reason would contribute anything. That, and there are still no NORMAL horses on the island.

Art of varying accuracy and quality::

I am amused.



I still had fun doing it though n_n



I'm aware of this, and have considered changes, but Kitara is encouraging me to stick with my shire horse for now. I'll be considering this again when I get more opinions, and if it's really a problem, I'll go with something else.



xd Yes, she's aboslutely an Amazon. She does have some fat at the waist though. I will update the description to make this more obvious if needs be.



And you wouldn't? That's like saying that only flat chested women are allowed in higher education.



The idea that big boobs guarantees back trouble is a myth. It depends on numerous factors, and it depends on your activities, lifestyle and clothing.

Also... So what? A character can't have back pains? I said she had big boobs, not that she had big boobs and did backfilps with no bra without the slightest bit of discomfort.

You are in part right, and if necessary, I will specify that yes, her boobs can sometimes give her back ache.



Boring is a matter of opinion. Just because she's not a tortured soul, hopeless romantic, her mother killed infront of her eyes, was molested as a child, had a failed pregnancy or the daughter of a mafia boss, doesn't mean she's boring to RP with. Sometimes normal minds are needed. As for unrealistic.... ?
I know plenty of people like this.



You needn't really cringe - you like roleplay too, don't you?



That would be rather amusing. I could consider that, but... Where did I say she was perfect? Will write more on personality soon.



Ofcourse it would. Doing anything constantly will get old. If needed I can type out more things that she would say or do.

She's not going to be wearing 'all the leather'. Nobody wants a dominatrix? She won't be one. As I said, it's her job, not her permanent way of life.



Yep, s**t reason. I have no good reason. Do I need one? I don't believe in fate, and I see no need for a bitter irony.



Prison psychiatrist. Her study has nothing to do with her job. That would be like saying that women funding their English degrees by working in strip clubs are going to write erotic literature for magazines.

Thanks for your crit, several things have been taken into account and may be changed heart

Why? You've been helpful to me.

What? For discussing things?

I said I was making changes. O_o

Yes you do need a reason why you picked said serum.
One of the things asked in the last concept contest was that exact question XD

You don't NEED a reason for a serum to be choosen- a lot of the time serums are randomly picked for people ICly- there's no real thought behind it. Hell, Billy's reason was Moureau figured something slimy would fit his slimy personality when choosing, and it was simple as that. Honestly, it's not hte animal that makes the character etcetera.

And Lidiya, your attitude has nothing to do with gaia or it's ettiquettes, rather your innability to take a critique. Sylan said a lot of really important things that are very helpfull to you, and as an innocent bystander, all I see is you getting defensive and arguing points. If there are "good points" you wish to discuss than feel free to say "What do you think of this aspect?" There's no reason to go harping on her for doign what YOU requested. There's no way for you to improve if people just lick your but and go "YAYTASTELIKECHOCOLATE!" Making changes? Cool. Awesome and more power to you! You don't have to have an attitude while doing it. We're friendly peeps here. We like to keep it friendly. wink heart

Well, I'd say probably be more open to whatever animal- because the labs would NOT choose somethign just because omg they'd make an awesome this or that! Unless it's a punishment or something specific that can be justified by motives and linkage to the labs (with GM approval, of course) it's definatly best to be open for anything. I believe there are a lot of horses, but most of them are tauric. I think just a regular anthro-horse would be fine personally since there's only Gaius and he does have backwings to aim for that pegasis approach. Also, something I would love to see amongst the horses is perhaps them forming their own "herd", so the more the better in that respect. 3nodding But there are a lot of other hoofed beasties out there to choose from if a GM confirms that horses are closed, but I haven't heard anything so I think you're still okay. (But you may be amongst the last if that's the case?) you might want a back-up animal or two or three just in case another horse gets on first for all the reasons stated above ^_^