Name: Effy Personal Journal:ineffabilities Contact Info: AIM - doesnotlikesoaps, Plurk - sugarhoneyderpishly Other Characters Played: Miku, Lyra, Negi, Mao and Karina. Preferred Housing: N/A
Character Name: Moist von Lipwig (though he's gone through a lot of names in the past, sob) Character Series: Discworld Character Age: 26, according to him. Background:Discworld wiki, and the Wikipedia article. Personality:
Honest, truthful, genuine, frank. Four words that, at first glance, seem to describe Moist von Lipwig. And, well, he's got an honest face and a trustworthy handshake.
Unfortunately, right after your first meeting with him, you might find that you've lost a significant amount of your money, any recollection of his face (he's nondescript like that) and/or a pencil.
Moist, first of all, is a con man. By his own admission, he's "a natural-born criminal, a fraudster by vocation, a habitual liar, a perverted genius, and totally untrustworthy". Granted, he now leads a life of civil service as the Postmaster General of Ankh-Morpork (and Master of the Royal Mint as well), but he still has quite a few things that link him to his criminal life before, and a few habits that he just can't bring himself to break (like stealing Drumknott's pencils, cough, cough).
Part of the reason as to why he does it is not because of greed (though that does play a part), but because...well, it's fun. He loves the feeling he gets when a con is going just as planned, the thrill of the hustle. You know the feeling most people get when they're, say, sky-diving? Moist gets it when a con nets successful results, when a forgery gets past even the keenest eyes, when the crowd's right in the palm of his hand, when he raises the stakes and throws in everything he's got. Of course, now that he's on the straight and narrow (mostly), he's taken up a few rather risky activities to alleviate his boredom.
However, just because he's a criminal (or was) doesn't mean he likes violence. On the contrary: he's a pacifist. He prefers using words and tricks to swords and knives, though he will put up a fight if necessary. Doesn't mean he has to like it, though. Just ask Mr. Gryle the banshee--or rather, the remains of Mr. Gryle, after he was thrown into a sorting machine. Although it was in self-defense, Moist threw up instead of saying a cool line. Another example is in another book, when Vetinari hands him a sword and bargains with him. He's nervous holding the sword, and even asks him at one point, "Sorry, why is it me that's holding this sword?"
He is, however, good with words. Like I said before, he's a con man, being good with words and having people skills is practically a requirement. He can make people believe, for example, that the glass ring is actually made from diamond, that you've got a chance to find the Lady, that paper has value and gold does not, among other things. This comes into play more often than not.
But the thing is, well, he also believes in style. After all, somebody in a black outfit sneaking through a bank in the middle of the night is a lot more conspicuous than a man who wears a sharp business suit and has authentic-looking papers. It's why he wears the golden suit and hat--because they're stylish, and because people recognize them better than they recognize the face.
(He's good at sneaking around, though. And pickpocketing, and stealing, and other such things.)
Also, he likes to think that, because he's a pacifist and doesn't use violence, he's automatically a little better than a lot of other criminals. But the thing is, well, you can still kill even without using violence, as his golem parole officer, Pump 19, at the time points out. This is something he didn't really think about before, but it's something that helps in making him a somewhat better person. Somewhat.
He is also a master of planning stuff out on the fly. His brain works faster when he's under pressure, when there's a deadline coming up or when he's in danger.
...and, well, despite being a criminal, and unashamed of it, he still has a pretty good heart. He just doesn't show it all that much.
So, there you go. Just keep your pencils and money safe.
Moist von Lipwig | Discworld | not reserved
Personal Journal:
Contact Info: AIM - doesnotlikesoaps, Plurk - sugarhoneyderpishly
Other Characters Played: Miku, Lyra, Negi, Mao and Karina.
Preferred Housing: N/A
Character Name: Moist von Lipwig (though he's gone through a lot of names in the past, sob)
Character Series: Discworld
Character Age: 26, according to him.
Background: Discworld wiki, and the Wikipedia article.
Personality:
Honest, truthful, genuine, frank. Four words that, at first glance, seem to describe Moist von Lipwig. And, well, he's got an honest face and a trustworthy handshake.
Unfortunately, right after your first meeting with him, you might find that you've lost a significant amount of your money, any recollection of his face (he's nondescript like that) and/or a pencil.
Moist, first of all, is a con man. By his own admission, he's "a natural-born criminal, a fraudster by vocation, a habitual liar, a perverted genius, and totally untrustworthy". Granted, he now leads a life of civil service as the Postmaster General of Ankh-Morpork (and Master of the Royal Mint as well), but he still has quite a few things that link him to his criminal life before, and a few habits that he just can't bring himself to break (like stealing Drumknott's pencils, cough, cough).
Part of the reason as to why he does it is not because of greed (though that does play a part), but because...well, it's fun. He loves the feeling he gets when a con is going just as planned, the thrill of the hustle. You know the feeling most people get when they're, say, sky-diving? Moist gets it when a con nets successful results, when a forgery gets past even the keenest eyes, when the crowd's right in the palm of his hand, when he raises the stakes and throws in everything he's got. Of course, now that he's on the straight and narrow (mostly), he's taken up a few rather risky activities to alleviate his boredom.
However, just because he's a criminal (or was) doesn't mean he likes violence. On the contrary: he's a pacifist. He prefers using words and tricks to swords and knives, though he will put up a fight if necessary. Doesn't mean he has to like it, though. Just ask Mr. Gryle the banshee--or rather, the remains of Mr. Gryle, after he was thrown into a sorting machine. Although it was in self-defense, Moist threw up instead of saying a cool line. Another example is in another book, when Vetinari hands him a sword and bargains with him. He's nervous holding the sword, and even asks him at one point, "Sorry, why is it me that's holding this sword?"
He is, however, good with words. Like I said before, he's a con man, being good with words and having people skills is practically a requirement. He can make people believe, for example, that the glass ring is actually made from diamond, that you've got a chance to find the Lady, that paper has value and gold does not, among other things. This comes into play more often than not.
But the thing is, well, he also believes in style. After all, somebody in a black outfit sneaking through a bank in the middle of the night is a lot more conspicuous than a man who wears a sharp business suit and has authentic-looking papers. It's why he wears the golden suit and hat--because they're stylish, and because people recognize them better than they recognize the face.
(He's good at sneaking around, though. And pickpocketing, and stealing, and other such things.)
Also, he likes to think that, because he's a pacifist and doesn't use violence, he's automatically a little better than a lot of other criminals. But the thing is, well, you can still kill even without using violence, as his golem parole officer, Pump 19, at the time points out. This is something he didn't really think about before, but it's something that helps in making him a somewhat better person. Somewhat.
He is also a master of planning stuff out on the fly. His brain works faster when he's under pressure, when there's a deadline coming up or when he's in danger.
...and, well, despite being a criminal, and unashamed of it, he still has a pretty good heart. He just doesn't show it all that much.
So, there you go. Just keep your pencils and money safe.