Character Pictures

Alright, so I promised that I would post pictures of people that I thought looked like some of my characters. But here's the problem. No one does. (Except Eiden. But that's because he was based off the said celeb.) So instead I thought to myself, "Hey, Self, your stories will never be made into movies, but let's be hypothetical and pretend they are. So instead of finding people who look exactly like your characters, [-Eiden] why don't you find people who you think would be fun to play them in a live action?"

And then I thought, "Brilliant, Self! You are one smart chika!" (Note: I don't speak Spanish. Did I spell chika right? Si? No?)

So that's what I did. So, low and behold, here is characters from To Stay Below The Sea.

Arisa

Arisa was the hardest, mostly because of her hair color. Most red-heads either look extremely slutty, or not pretty. And I never viewed Arisa as being Victoria-Secret pretty, but more naturally beautiful.

Then I was browsing through pictures and saw one of my girl-crush, Zooey Deschanel, and thought, "I could see her being Arisa if her hair wasn't dark." And then I saw this picture and thought, "Eh, close enough."



Now, I know some of you may be thinking, "Ugh, she's not pretty" but to be fair that isn't really a good picture of her. I merely chose it because the hair color was somewhat similar and the dress reminded me a tad of a mermaid. So here's another picture. (Which could fit Arisa post chapter 20.)

Eiden

I've mentioned this before but I'll do it once more. Eiden is the only character where I've based him off of a real-life person, in terms of looks at least. And, it's strange, because I never was a big fan of this guy, (My best friend has him plastered over her walls, though. Maybe that's where I got to know him.) but when I thought of Eiden, I thought that Adam Brody really fit what I wanted. Kind of skinny, scruffy, a bit of a dork. Boyish cute.

Adam's gotten a little bit manlier over the years, but he's still Eiden in my heart. (Side note: I considered Kristen Stewart for Arisa for awhile, but ultimately decided against it. [She's going to be Bella in the Twilight movie, so I just can't think of her as anyone but Bella now.] But I thought it would be funny because she and Adam Brody were in a movie together. The second picture is from said movie, In the Land of Women, and seems like a very Arisa/Eiden moment. Plus...a little girl, I guess.)

Ian

Ian was pretty hard as well. Okay, who am I kidding. Every single character was hard except for Eiden. Ian was a bit harder though because, for some reason, when I think about Ian, I don't really have a mental picture. I know he's blond but other than that... So that's why he remains a bit un-described.

But I found this picture of Ben Foster and I thought, "Ah, yes, I could see Ian being him. Except he'd need to be more smiley."

Lena

I would love Lena to be played by, ironically enough, Ben Foster's girlfriend, Ellen Paige. She's kind of that personality that reminds me a lot of Lena. But, unfortunately, she does look a bit younger than I imagined Lena. (Then again, Lena is only 18.) So basically, Ellen Paige would be great, but perhaps just a tad bit older.

And just because this is cute and somehow fitting, a couple picture!

The Sorceress

I actually found this one fairly easy. I knew I wanted her to have very dark features, (Long dark hair, dark eyes, thick lashes) and a bit ethnic. Then I thought, "Oh, who else but Penelope Cruz?" (Although I did think Paz Vega, but she's just too sweet looking.)





Emily

Emily isn't perfect, the eyes are especially wrong, and Emmy Rossum has a bit harsher features then I would expect, but at the same time she's perfect. She strikes me as one of those girls who looks very sweet, but isn't. And that's Emily for you.

And there you have it. I can't really think of any other important characters. I suppose I could do the Queen and King, and Arisa's father, but...well, they're old and I don't feel like looking through pictures and pictures of old people.