From: "sanjian" Subject: Re: [GRIT][META] The Cute Guy Test Date: Monday, 3 September 2001 1:50 PM Ok, Shelley and Iago. Staato: S: 10 I: 10 > ** APPEARANCE ** > > Guy has tall, slender, bishounen physique, +10 S: 10 I: 20 > Guy has small, skinny, undersized physique, +5 > Guy has realistic physique, +3 S: 12 I: 20 > Guy has overmuscled physique, -10 > Guy has big square Captain America jaw, -4 > Guy's physical body is not real, due to being an illusion, hologram etc., -5 > Guy does not appear at all, -20 > Guy has wings, +8 > Guy has elven ears, +6 > Guy has long hair past shoulders, +3 S: 12 I: 23 > ...and takes really good care of it, further +2 S: 12 I: 25 > ...and wears it in a ponytail/braid, +1 S: 12 I: 26 > ...and it's also past his waist, +2 > Guy's face is partially obscured by his hair, +4 > Guy's face is COMPLETELY obscured by his hair, -10 > Guy is bald, -10 > Guy has facial hair, -2 > ...but takes good care of it, +3 > Guy has excessive bodily hair, -6 > Guy has numerous or very noticeable scars, +5 S: 17 I: 26 > ...but they actually make him look as awful as a bunch of scars SHOULD, -8 > ...and he's proud of them because they make him look "manly", -6 > Guy has long fingers, +2 > Guy is pretty enough to be mistaken for a girl, +4 S: 17 I: 30 > ...but still thinks he's ugly, -2 for annoyance > Guy has minor animalistic features (ears, fangs, tail, etc.), +2 > Guy has extra limbs or parts (eyes, arms, ears, etc.), -5 per type of part. > ...and they are sexual or phallic in nature, -5 for compensating! > Guy is clearly pushing forty, -4 > Guy is clearly pushing sixty, -8 > Guy is clearly pushing two hundred, -14 > Guy is under 20, +3 > Guy is under 14, -3 > ...but still has fantastic shoto vibes, +4 > Guy is under eight, - 8 > Guy is under three, -10 > Guy's eye height is roughly level with... > ...the average girl's face, +2 S: 19 I: 30 > ...the average girl's bust, -2 > ...the average girl's knees, -2 > ...the air above average girl's head, -3 S: 19 I: 27 (tall is bad???) > Guy undergoes physical transformation, +2 S: 21 I: 27 > ...which is even cuter than he is, +2 S: 23 I: 27 > ...which is completely unattractive, -5 > ...and can't control it, -2 S: 21 I: 27 > ** INTELLIGENCE ** > > Guy is dumber than a sack of hammers, -8 > ...but is still sweet, regain +4 > ...but still thinks he's a catch, further -4 > ...but not for lack of trying, regain +2 > Guy is sharp and quick-thinking, but has no book-smarts, +2 > Guy is well-read and informed, but has no common sense, +2 > Guy is moderately intelligent and knowledgeable, +4 > Guy is very intelligent and knowledgeable, +4 S: 25 I: 31 > ...but is modest about it, +4 S: 29 I: 35 > ...but lets it go to his head, -6 > Guy is artistic and/or creative, +4 > Guy is a profound deep thinker/philosopher type, +4 S: 29 I: 35 > ** ATTIRE AND FASHION ** > > Guy dresses fashionably/tastefully, +6 S: 29 (sorry, but perpetual coveralls don't cut it) I: 41 > Guy dresses in a way that's practical but boring, +2 > Guy wears a uniform, +6 > ...but it involves bright yellow spandex or the like, -10 > Guy dresses like a street bum, -2 > Guy dresses as a girl, +4 > ...but doesn't have the looks to compliment, -8 > Guy wears boxers, not briefs, +2 S: 31 I: 43 > Guy wears glasses, +2 > ...but they hide his eyes, -4 > > > > ** PERSONALITY ** > > Guy is not afraid to cry in front of others, +10 > Guy is easy-going and agreeable, +6 S: 33 I: 43 > Guy is sweet and emotional, +6 > Guy is calm, cool and collected, +4 S: 33 I: 46 > Guy is mopey and depressive, -3 > ...but he looks dead sexy while brooding, +6 > Guy is a real bitch, -4 > Guy is obsessed with fighting another guy, -4 S: 33 I: 42 > ...but it's for love, +3 > ...but that love CLEARLY isn't reciprocated, -5 > Guy is cold and heartless, -4 > ...but only because he's been hurt so much, +6 for inspiring maternal > instinct. > Guy is obsessed with proving his masculinity, -6 > Guy is arrogant or pompous, -6 > Guy is a chauvinistic jerk, -20 > Guy has STYLE (TM), +8 S: 33 I: 50 (or, at least he would if I had enough style to write him like that) > Guy is evil, -6 > ...but it gives him even MORE syle, +4 > Guy keeps his promises, +5 S: 38 I: 55 > ... and threats, -2 S: 38 I: 53 > ... even when they no longer matter, -3 S: 38 I: 50 > Guy is kind and polite, +4 S: 42 I: 54 > ...even to people he doesn't like, further +2 > ...to the point of stupidity, -4 > Guy refuses to fight girls, -8 S: 34 I: 46 (a bit harsh, neh?) > ...but only because he knows most girls are stronger than him, regain +4 > Guy has a submissive or subservient nature, +4 uke bonus. > Guy dislikes fighting/killing, +4 > ...but will still stand up for himself, loved ones, or his beliefs, further > +4 > > > > ** RESPONDS TO DANGER ** > > By facing it honourably, +4 S: 38 I: 54 > By facing it using every dirty trick in the book, -2 > ...but still looks cool, +4 > By protecting loved ones, +4 S: 42 I: 54 > ...even when they don't need it, -4 S: 38 I: 54 > ...and people he doesn't necesarily like, +4 S: 42 I: 54 > ...but only because it's part of his job, -2 > By running away or hiding, +2 > By making jokes, +2 > ...BAD jokes, -4 > By making long-winded speeches, -4 > By using stock footage, -6 > By sneaking up behind the enemy and pantsing them, +2 for style. > > > > ** ROMANCE ** > > Guy is in love, +4 > ...with someone who doesn't love him, -6 > ...but at least he realises they don't, +4 > ...but pretends he isn't, -7 > ...because she's an ice-cold bitch, regain +4 > Guy is in mindless hormonal lust, -6 > Guy refuses to let his hormones think for him, +4 > ...but thinks too much, -2 > Guy has a harem, -10 for thinking he can get away with it. > ...but he CAN, regain +4 > Guy isn't afraid to show affection in public/in front of other guys, +4 > Guy writes poetry for a love interest, +4 > ...but it's really corny, -3 > Guy is chivalrous, +2 > ...to the point of never even letting her open a door, -6 > Guy is at the apex of a love triangle, +6 > ...but only because he can't make up his mind, Tenchi, -8 > Guy is gay, +5 > Guy is bisexual, +5 > Guy doesn't discriminate between straight, gay and bi, +6 > Guy blushes and gets embarassed around his love interest(s), +4 kawaii > bonus. > ...but it's just an act, -4 > Guy is a panty thief, -10 Happosai penalty. > Guy is rejected by his love interest and... > ...hides his pain, because that's the manly thing to do, -4 > ...talks it over with them or a friend, +4 > ...is saddened, but gets over it, +4 > ...pretends he never liked them anyway, -3 > ...keeps trying to force himself upon them, -8 > ...because he still doesn't realise they don't want him, further -4 > Guy rejects somebody romantically interested in him by... > ...dismissing it as a childish crush, -4 > ...but it IS, regain +2 > ...being his usual sweet self and incurring a beautifully bittersweet > sob-scene, +6 > ...by apologising and sympathising, +3 > ...making feeble excuses or avoiding them, -4 > ...laughing at them, -10 > > Guy sees love as a contest, -4 > Guy sees love as a chance to get laid and brag, -10 > Wow, an entire section N/A for both characters. S: 42 I: 54 (carried forward) > > ** GUY DIES ** > > For love, +8 > For his job or duty, +2 > Due to being a faceless secondary character, -4 > Due to a stupid obsession, -8 > Saving or avenging somebody, +4 > ...who didn't deserve it, -2 > ...who didn't need/want him to, -10 > For what he believes in, +6 > Of self-inflicted genital to oral herpes, -18 (but +2 for flexibility!) > But gets better, -10 > ...repeatedly, -20 > > > > ** OTHER STUFF ** > > Guy is gainfully employed, +6 S: 48 I: 60 > ...in a way that involves a uniform, +2 > ...in a way that involves leather, whips and chains, +6 > Guy can play a musical instrument/sing, +4 > Guy writes his own songs, +4 > ...but they're awful, -4 > ...for other people, +2 > ...in tribute to himself, -6 > Guy has martial arts, mecha piloting or other fighting skills, +4 S: 52 I: 64 > ...but they are the focal point of his life, -5 S: 52 I: 59 (close enough) > Guy has magical/psionic powers, +4 > ...and looks really cool while casting, further +3 > Guy carries a sword, +2 S: 54 I: 59 > ...and uses it well, +4 S: 58 I: 59 > ...but can't use it, -4 > ...and it's ridiculously large, -3 Hey, it worked for Ryu-oh and Ferio! > Guy is a smoker, -6 > Guy is a drunk, -4 > Guy has an angsty backstory, +4 S: 58 I: 63 > ...that has major yaoi potential, further +6 > Guy cares about foreplay, +4 > Guy watches pro-wrestling, -10 > Guy watches soap operas, -4 > Guy would suit Vegeta's dubbed voice, -6 > Guy would suit Aburatsubo/Hotohori's original voice, +6 S: 58 I: 69!!!! > Guy has ever scored with an older woman, +4 > ...but didn't know it at the time, -4 > ...but only because of her secret insecurities, -4 > ...purely for the sake of scoring with an older woman, -6 > ...and she was his schoolteacher, +6 > Guy can cook, +4 S: 62 I: 73 > ...and wears an apron, +3 > Guy has a cute pet, +4 S: 66 (dang near forgot about Kiki) I: 73 > ...and openly shows affection for it, +2 > Guy IS a cute pet, +6 > Guy is an angel, elf, vampire or other supernatural being, +4 > Guy is ageless or appears unaging, +6 > Guy is royalty or nobility, +2 > ...and wishes he weren't, +4 > Guy is a GIRL, -10 > ...but is really attractive either way, +5 > Guy is Talen, +6,389 > > *World glares at Fox* > Fox: Gee...sor-ry... > > ...And, finally, in tradition, > Guy has a rabid fangirl on the net who is willing to napalm the house of > anybody who dares insult him (or will completely disregard his > past/personality/current relationships to write him into yaoi), -2 per > fangirl. Hmm, Shelley 66, Iago 73. I expected that from Iago, but Shelley was a bit of a suprise. -- sanjian@wido(you know the drill)maker.com http://www.widomaker.com/~sanjian President P.A.C. Order of the Mallet ---------------------------------------------------------- Smile -- Ruka Rhythm -- Corvette Dignity -- Extra Guts -- Layla Relax -- Parapu Kokoro -- Shion Believe in yourself -- Yuri