It's another day for Andrew J Peters and this time we get a character interview! Yay!!

Jacks Dowd – The Proust Questionnaire

Here’s a little feature on the hero from Werecat Jacks Dowd. One of my favorite magazines is Vanity Fair, and I thought it would be fun to give Jacks VF’s sardonically high-brow “Proust Questionnaire.” This is his response.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being with the one you love.

What is your greatest fear?
Ending up old, alone and forgotten.

Which living person do you most admire?
Lady Gaga.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
When I lack the courage to stand up for what I believe.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
[smiles] I guess it depends on which ‘appearance’ you mean. I wouldn’t change anything about my appearance as a mountain lion. As a person, well, I used to get teased about being too skinny. I guess I wouldn’t mind bulking up a bit.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
I wish I knew. I haven’t found him yet.

When and where were you happiest?
Montréal. In this dumpy room at a hostel where I was living with a guy who I thought was “the one.” We barely ever left the place, for reasons you can probably imagine. But everything went to shit pretty quickly when I found out about the fucked up person he really was.

Which talent would you most like to have?
I’d love to be able to sing. I can barely carry a tune.

What is your current state of mind?
Borderline psychotic.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I would have known about my Native ancestry when I was younger. And my potential to be a werecat.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Wow. Just one thing? I guess the biggest issue is that I wish my family wasn’t so small-minded. They can’t deal with having a gay son. They’re so socially bigoted that they hide the fact that we’re all part Cherokee.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My author tells me I can’t reveal spoilers. So I’ll just say that my greatest achievement was saving someone’s life.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
I’ve already had the opportunity to ‘come back’ as a mountain lion. A Bengal tiger would be pretty cool.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being homeless on the streets of New York City.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Emotional honesty. [grins] And a tight body to go with it.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Friendship.

What do you most value in your friends?
Acceptance.

Who are your favorite writers?
I’m not much of an intellectual. Does that writer from Family Guy count?

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Sticking with Family Guy, how about Stewie?

Who are your heroes in real life?
My grandmother, who was the only sane person in my family. And my roommate Farzan who basically pulled me out of the gutter.

What is it that you most dislike?
Hatred.

How would you like to die?
Seriously? How about peacefully in my sleep at the age of four hundred and one.

What is your motto?
We’re born alone, we die alone. Everything in between is ours to make.