masterofmidgets | Everyone Told Him He Had A Singular Special Destiny

I just learned from Sam that May Fifteenth is, for whatever reason, Blog Like It Isn't You Day. How much fun does that sound? Assuming I can remember this for a whole week and a half, I'll probably blog as someone from the Jake And Shane Novel That Isn't - it would feel weird blogging as Madric or Kai or some such when I'm not even sure they can read. *pats their little high fantasy heads*

Anyway, talking about BLIIYD with

colourofsaying led to a fun conversation on how our various respective OCs would blog/journal/keep diaries/scrapbooks/whatever, and then a much more 'useful' (in the sense of leading toward solid character development) conversation about Shane, because I am having a terribly hard time fleshing him out and am constantly worried that he be flat and then fridged. So, two lists for you!

How The League of Justice Blogs

Jamie keeps a livejournal that is full of memes, not-really exaggerated stories about Stupid Shit Fox Has Done, and fanfiction. Mostly in-costume RPS about Jake and Shane that he writes mostly to fuck with the fandom, but he is terrified Jake will find out and KILL HIM.
Ethan has an Official Librarian Blog where he writes Official Librarian Book Reviews and exposes about inter-library politics. He bitches out anyone who uses poor grammar in the comments.
Mara makes fun of Jamie and Ethan for being geeks, but in the bottom of her underwear drawer she has a notebook full of actually rather good poetry. She never shows it to anyone because she thinks it doesn't fit with her tough girl image.
Jake has a notebook somewhere that is stuffed full of newspaper articles, receipts, and notes on supervillains, but you can't really call it a journal. Online, he trolls superhero forums, especially when they say bad things about Shane (or Jamie).
Shane doesn't really get this whole internet thing. He doesn't do much more than read the occasional online article and send email. (I am toying with him keeping a sketchbook - while everyone thinks he is taking Important Leader Notes he is actually drawing them. But he might have a different hobby, like music, since Jamie is already an artist)

Five Things I Know About Shane

He is a public defender. It's one of the reasons he first became Shield - he was so sick of seeing people going through the justice system who hadn't done anything but be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
He's the oldest of a large family, which is one of the reasons he is the way he is - he's always been very aware of his responsibilities and his need to live up to how people see him and do the right thing.
Jake is the second person he's had a serious relationship with. The first was at the very start of his career as a hero, and it ended...badly. Very, very badly.
He doesn't think of himself as gay, or straight, or anything, really. Until Jake came along he had pretty much given up on the idea of ever being with someone again.
He knows the rest of the team thinks of him as a very rigid, stand-offish kind of person, and it bothers him a little. (Ethan is the only one besides Jake who knows how much he snarks in his head)