Fic! :: Handwriting meme :: Parody rec

[pauraque_bk]

This is one of the looniest things I've ever written.

Title: Open Secrets
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Ron/Peter/Dumbledore
Notes: For the pornish_pixies Threesome Challenge. keladryb jokingly suggested this combination; she should know better than to make such jokes!

Peter puts his hands out blind in front of him, and there are wooden chess pieces in a box, clicking together and pinching his fingers with carved-smooth edges...

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wootsauce mentioned wanting to see me do the handwriting meme, so I shall oblige.



Maybe I'm weird, but I also like to experiment with handwriting and signatures for characters I write. Some of them are quite distinctive.


Hm, that's hard to read, isn't it? It says, "This is Snape's handwriting. It seems right for it to be really cramped. Snape writes often and expresses himself in writing well. However, he does not like others reading it."



Am I totally nuts for figuring out stuff like that? If anyone else does writing/signatures for their characters, I would love to see that in a meme.

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And because a couple of people have asked, here are the links to Harry Potter and the Guy Who Left Jail and Stuff by plausive, an in-progress cartoon tribute to the PoA movie.

Part One (That dog is wiggin me out)
Part Two (Thats Prof Lupin! Liek DUH.)
Part Three (Slumber party!!!!!!1111)
Part Four (sceen cuts away before teh hot sex0rz.)

*staggers away, giggling madly*

Comments

[webbapettigrew.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. I thought I was the only one who actually tried to come up with handwriting samples for Peter. I've totally got to scan mine so you can see it...

Our opinions do vary significantly in the examples, though. My Peter writes his P's very large and flourishy, but the rest of his writing is extremely small and neat. All of his letters that can be closed, like a's, g's etc. are closed tightly, which means that he doesn't say everything thats on his mind or take at face value anything anyone else says--an inability to communicate what he wants. The "t"s in his name have a downward stroke on the t-bars, which is indicative that he's not pleased with something.

Peter's script when I write it is very angular in nature; he doesn't round much of anything. This means someone of a quick thinking nature and who makes decisions and carries them out--meaning they'll be successful but on their own terms. Maybe some consider this the antithesis of Peter, but he has definitely shown that he can think on his feet very quickly when its necessary...

Handwriting analysis is something I do on the side...I'd love to try and analyze yours...I don't know you well, so it'd be neat to see what I can do.

~webba

[webbapettigrew.livejournal.com]

Another question, as I look at the samples--I'm interested in why you chose to write Peter's example on lined paper as opposed to free-writing it on blank. It brings up an interesting insight into your possible take on Peter.

See, whenever someone has to confrom to using lined paper when they write has a greater need for guidelines in what he does. Also, any irregularities you see on the baseline of the handwriting has to be taken more into consideration than non-lined paper. As I look at your Peter sample, some of "his" words tend to fall underneath the line slightly--it means that the guidelines he's currently following are not making him happy--he is uncomfortable.

Interesting idea, yes?

Either that or you just had lined paper lying around.

[pauraque]

I don't know much about handwriting analysis; my attempts at writing like characters are purely intuitive. I'd be really interested in anything you can tell me about the way I/they write. And please do scan your version of Peter's writing, I'd love to see it.

I like to write on unlined paper so that I can easily draw and write at the same time. If I do use lined paper, I ignore the lines; they're never the width I want.

I also wrote Snape's sample in my unlined sketchbook, thinking that he often doesn't write inside lines either, but rather in the margins, marking student work.

I actually went looking for a piece of lined paper for Peter's... He's self-conscious about the way his handwriting looks, and would want a sample to be as neat as possible. He doesn't trust himself to write in straight lines.