Character Interview: Eugene Brinkley AKA Brink
Okay, this is the interview that everyone has been waiting for. ��The interview conducted by everyone’s favorite character.
Brink.
I had a lot of fun with Luke Rainer’s interview a few weeks ago (https://jackiesmith114.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/character-interview-luke-rainer/) but I think everyone (myself included) has really been looking forward to this one.
So, without further ado, here we go.
Jackie Smith (JS): ��Hi, Brink!
Eugene Brinkley (EB): ��Hi, person who controls my entire life. ��Or should I say death.
JS: ��Yeah, sorry about that.
EB: ��It’s okay. I’m kind of used to it by now. Though I do wish I could change clothes. I’ve been stuck in the same outfit since 1992.
JS: ��Again, sorry about that. ��But if it makes you feel better, I think you look pretty snazzy.
EB: ��Oh, there’s no question. ��I’m just not really a one-outfit kind of guy. ��I like to change things up. ��I’m a fan of self-expression.
JS: ��That’s something I love about you.
EB: ��Me too.
JS: ��So what questions do you have for me?
EB: ��I guess for starters, why am I so 1990s? ��I mean, I’m not complaining. ��But I feel like you made me out to be the ghostly embodiment of 90s pop culture.
JS: ��That’s because the 90s were the best time to be alive!
EB: ��… And I was dead for most of them.
JS: ��Oh right. ��Oops.
EB: ��That’s okay. ��Being everyone’s favorite makes up for it. ��Plus I can walk through walls.
JS: ��That’s another reason I like you. ��You have such a positive outlook on everything.
EB: ��What can I say? ��I’m an optimist. ��But I do want to know, are we every going to find out more about me? ��You know, other than the fact that I was a dumb kid who went skateboarding without a helmet?
JS: ��You’ll have to read the third book!
EB: ��Great. ��When’s that coming out?
JS: ��Uhh…
EB: ��Okay, fine, you don’t have to answer. ��But you’ve at least finished writing it, right?
JS: ��Uhh…
EB: ��Are you kidding? ��How long are you going to make the world wait before you bless them with more Brink?
JS: ��Hey! ��I’ve been busy!
EB: ��Too busy for ME?
JS: ��Never! ��I’m just spreading my wings a little, you know? ��I still love you the best.
EB: ��Promise?
JS: ��I promise.
EB: ��One last question. I know that I’m everyone’s favorite… I mean why wouldn’t I be?
JS: ��So humble.
EB: ��What’s that?
JS: ��Nothing.
EB: ��Anyway, fans��are usually super devastated when their favorite character dies, but I’m already dead, right?
JS: ��Yeah.
EB: ��You’re not going to have me like, move on or anything, are you?
JS: ��Why? ��Do you want to move on?
EB: ��Not really. ��It kind of freaks me out.
JS: ��I know. ��And that’s why you’re sticking around. ��For a while, anyway.
EB: ��What does THAT mean?!
JS: ��Don’t worry. ��You’re going to be fine. ��No matter what.
EB: ��Oh man, you’re going to send me away, aren’t you?
JS: ��Brink. ��You’re everyone’s favorite. ��Do you really think I’d get rid of you?
EB: ��I hope not! ��But JK Rowling got rid of all your favorite characters! ��You complain about it ALL THE TIME.
JS: ��And because I know how emotionally scarring that can be, I won’t do it to my readers. ��Probably.
EB: ��Okay, now you’re just being mean. ��You’re teasing me, right? ��I know you’re teasing.
JS: ��Brink, I promise you, you have nothing to worry about. ��I have at least three more books planned.
EB: ��And I’m around for all of them, right?
JS: ��It wouldn’t be��Cemetery Tours��without you.
