What do the characters look like, in your mind?

[straydream]

Occurred to me as I realized I personally don't have a clear mental picture of most of the characters - or the protagonists anyway; Jane Prentiss is pretty seared into my brain by now, I think of her as one part Eva Green to nine parts nightmare fuel. But the more I try to decide what I think Jon for example might look like, or how old I would guess him to be, the less I can decide. Mainly he makes me think of a very disapproving great horned owl. Or an angry emoji with glasses. Then again if he had glasses it would probably have been mentioned by now - or maybe I missed it.

Was just curious how other people imagine the characters - what are your best guesses/interpretations? I don't think they've been described much in the show itself, aside from the police officer remarking that Tim is attractive, and that both Tim and Jon have visible scars from the worm attack.

[cannonlongshot]

Jonathan looks exactly like the author, who 1) I've seen perform live, 2) have met at Dragonmeet and 3) has a detailed portrait of himself as his forum avatar

Elias I picture as tall, stern-faced, dark hair - either short and curly or slicked back - turned out in a suit with a red silk tie.

Sasha I imagine as fairly short, long black hair, pale face, pointed features. I also sometimes imagine her similar, with a slightly rounder face, for... story reasons. I imagine smart business wear at work and a baggy hoodie at the weekends.

Tim I see as also tall, but stocky as well - maybe a bit of a gym bunny? - with blonde hair and an endearing/irritating grin on his face. Probably shows up in jeans, a t-shirt and an overshirt.

Martin is shorter, and more rotund. He's said in the past that he's not particularly athletic, but I don't think of him as more than a stone or two overweight. Mousy brown hair with inherent curls, round face, maybe some glasses as I imagine him as a little shortsighted. White shirt and tie, classic middle management attire.

[Samwise]

Edit: added a spoiler warning for people who might not have listened to all the Archives yet

you got my image of Prentis down to a T, I didn't realise I was imagining Eva Green until I googled her a second ago.

I have to agree with Cannon, I imagine Sims as Sims (although never had the pleasure of meeting him), and I have the same thing with Martin. I met Alex only very briefly at Fringe 2 years ago that all I imagine when I hear Martin.

As for Tim I imagined the same kind of thing, but perhaps with strawberry blonde/ginger hair. he seems like the kind of dude who wears polo necks and plays Lacrosse... not sure why I get that image.

for Sasha I imagine Mousey Brown hair, glasses and a fringe.

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but Not Sasha is different. She doesn't wear glasses, doesn't have a fringe and her hair is a different shade of brown, similar enough to old Sasha for people not to notice too much.

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Gertrude was slightly described in MAG 37, from the picture of the old lady in the milk bottles in the woods.
"old woman in her 50's- 60's wearing reading glasses, grey hair curled in a tight bun, staring out disapproving" I used to imagine her quite plump, but recently after hearing her voice Imagine a much thinner sterner lady.

[rainbowdeity]

From the mentions of polo necks and Lacrosse, this is all I can think of Tim as now:

[cannonlongshot]

"You know what this job is like, Sasha? Sasha? SASSSSHHHAAA."
"What?"
"... The Twilight Zonnne."

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[spooniermist]

Mar 7, 2017 13:35:08 GMT cannonlongshot said:

((... This is post 200? Seriously?))

Best 200th post ever

[regiskobalos]

Concerning Jonathan's statements about Martin, my mental image of him is less white shirt and more Hawaiian shirt.

[spooniermist]

In my mind Martin has whitish skin, grey hair with little purple tentacles coming out of his head. Maybe a little wizard, dinosaur and maybe a robot sit atop his head, too. Maybe there's a rainbow, I dunno.

[Alex Newall]

Mar 11, 2017 12:00:57 GMT spooniermist said:

In my mind Martin has whitish skin, grey hair with little purple tentacles coming out of his head. Maybe a little wizard, dinosaur and maybe a robot sit atop his head, too. Maybe there's a rainbow, I dunno.

Sounds about right.

[dangerfield]

I'm not very imaginative, so in my head Martin looks like Martin Freeman.

[MrSpider]

I have not actually seen Johnathan Sims the writer so I am thinking my image of Johnathan Sims the Archivist is going to be completely different. But I picture him as a bit thin with a somewhat angular, naturally disaproving face, who looks a bit like he didn't get enough sleep no matter how much sleep he's actually gotten and he has dark brown curly hair. Average height.

Tim I picture as tall, fit, maybe a bit generically handsome before the worm-incident got to his face (but he still pulls it off as mentioned in-show), black hair but light eyes, and wearing mostly lighter colours/pastels.

Sasha I honestly picture looking a bit like a local barista here who looks a bit like Doris Day.

Elias I picture having dark brown almost black hair, kind of greying a bit, a bit taller than I picture Sims and with a bit more weight but not fit, just sort of average in that regard (healthy enough for physical violence though).

And Martin is absolutely babyfaced. I picture either reddish brown hair or light brown hair, kind of a slight wave/curl to it, definitely blue eyes, wears bright colours, particularly yellow.

I also feel like I am the only one (from what little of the fandom I've observed outside of this forum) that does not see Gerard Keay as a super thin 'prettyboy' goth... more like a Metal Goth in goth-goth clothes (so descriptive I should be a writer).