#and try to learn how to recognize when a Repulsive Guy is being awful towards a female.

[aroace-cat-lady]

Nothing like a guy with the most repulsive toxic masculinity to appreciate how good your guy friends are.

[birdthany]

odd for evania, even for tenny

Aw Man Let’s Go

1. Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with?

You know perfectly well that Evania has only the one sibling to choose from, and she’s not all that close to him yet, even if he feels differently about it. :P

2. What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like?

Good. Tenny was very much the doted-on baby of the family, and she’s always been interested in science- while her mother was a florist, and plants aren’t that exciting to Tenny, she still enjoyed learning about them, and she never wanted for ingredients for her experiments.

3. What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like?

Evania’s and Rusty’s relationship was not bad, but it was full of lies. Rusty is a loving guy who’d worry himself sick if he knew what Evania did to keep herself fed, and probably also try to stop her, so even though he thought for years that they were a perfect albeit small family unit, there was a lot that she was hiding from him every day, and it kept her from being able to really relax, even at home. 

4. Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know?

It’s not exactly witnessing something, but the disappearance of her sibling definitely shook up Tenny’s life and made her realize that the world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in a big way. 

5. On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets?

I mean, you have access to her inventory, but the most easily accessible things have lately been Occam’s Razor, pieces of smoked pork, and her eye patch. 

6. Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams?

Tenny doesn’t usually remember her dreams, but when she does, they’re often about trying to solve an impossible puzzle, or nightmares about being laughed at by people she wants to take her seriously.

7. Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares?

Evania’s nightmares are usually about either starving or being stabbed, or bad things happening to her father. Lately she’s also been dreaming about the Order finding her and Georg.

8. Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target?

Tenny has never fired a gun.

9. Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up?

Evania’s success at stealing the ancestral tuba has taken her out of poverty for the first time in her life. She hasn’t really adjusted to it, though, and still mostly behaves as though she could run out of food or money at any moment. 

10. Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing?

More- Tenny does a lot of things that require long pants and sleeves, and closed-toed shoes. When you’re practicing casting a spell made of splashing acid or setting something on fire, you don’t want it to get on your bare skin. Her excuse for not wearing lab goggles is that she has glasses, but they don’t actually help much.

11. In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been?

Evania’s been very afraid a lot of times, but probably the fight with the kraken. Huge animal attacking plus mostly surrounded by strangers plus out on the water in a damaged boat is not a fun situation.

12. In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been?

Tenny is most calm when she’s at home, reading- unless she learns something new she thinks she can incorporate into a spell or experiment, of course, in which case she gets very excited.

13. Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way?

Evania’s only bothered by blood when it’s her own, because it means she’s hurt. Although seeing Alexis cough up blood upsets her a lot, too.

14. Does your character remember names or faces easier?

Names. Tenny’s pretty bad with faces, she recognizes people mostly by other physical characteristics and how they act towards her.

15. Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?

Evania is, mostly because she’s terrified of being starving again, and thinks of money as a cushion protecting her from disaster. She’s not obsessed with making money, but she’s very careful spending what she has.

16. Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?

As far as Tenny’s concerned, they’re essentially the same thing. The happiest people she knows are the successful ones. I don’t know if it’s even occurred to her that you can have one without the other.

17. What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?

Evania liked sports as a kid, so probably just a simple ball that she’d play with with the Valencias. She and Aspen also sometimes playacted using the tchotchkes that the family carved like dolls or action figures before they were sold.

18. Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others?

Tenny appreciates wisdom because she has so little of it.

19. What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?

I think you know the answer to this one- Evania doesn’t trust people or let them in, just about ever. Eleven sessions and out-of-session RPing later she’s only just starting to trust one NPC, and still considers the party friendly acquaintances. This flaw hasn’t destroyed relationships so much as it’s prevented them from even happening in the first place.

20. In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?

Tenny compares herself mostly to her family members, since they’re all much older and more accomplished than she is (even if Verity’s been disgraced since having done their stuff). She thinks of it as “setting reasonable goals and expectations for herself,” but it’s absolutely self-criticism- her oldest brother Erfling was in university at her age, so she feels like she should be too, all her siblings have always had more friends than her, etc. etc.  

21. If something tragic or negative happens to your character, do they believe they may have caused or deserved it, or are they quick to blame others?

Neither, really. I think Evania’s a pretty neutral realist. She doesn’t think highly of herself but she’s not likely to blame herself for things that aren’t at least partially her fault.

22. What does your character like in other people?

Tenny likes people who like her, and are kind to her, and are interested in what she has to say. This is a higher bar for Tenny than it would be for most people, but it’s still a pretty low bar, Tenny likes most decent people.

23. What does your character dislike in other people?

Evania dislikes people who are like herself- anyone who’s a good liar, not always what they seem, or able to sneak past her defenses. She prefers it when people’s deceptions and motivations are obvious to her- second to that, if someone’s genuinely good and trustworthy, that’s acceptable too, but she’ll still always be fearful they’re not who they say they are.

24. How quick is your character to trust someone else?

Tenny is the opposite of Evania, trusting-people-wise. If someone’s good to her for two minutes, she’ll assume that means they will be forever. 

25. How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person?

Again- in Evania’s mind, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. It can change if she’s close with someone, but very, verrrryyyy slowly. Like, so slowly you’d need a ridiculously fast timelapse to see any change. 

26. How does your character behave around children?

Tenny likes kids, but she doesn’t have much experience with them, so she always ends up talking to them either like they’re much younger than they are, or the same way that she would an adult. Some kids who she does the latter with like it, though.

27. How does your character normally deal with confrontation?

Evania usually tries to avoid confrontation, if possible, and would rather get what she wants by suggesting it in a friendly way, or sneaking around.

28. How quick or slow is your character to resort to physical violence in a confrontation?

Tenny will never throw a punch, but she’ll have magic ready in half a second if things look like they might go downhill. She’s not into actual murder, though, she’ll try to deescalate the situation verbally once she’s gained the upper hand. 

29. What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true?

Evania didn’t have a lot of ideas of what she wanted to be when she grew up, mostly she wanted to stay friends with Aspen, leave the city, and find out why she didn’t have a mom. She’s succeeded at 2/3 of those things.

30. What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?

Tenny doesn’t gross out easily, but she’s sensitive to certain bad smells. The smells of most rotting or spoiled things really bother her.

31. Describe a scenario in which your character feels most comfortable.

Fully armed, in a fallout shelter, with years of food and clean water, curled up in a blanket nest.

32. Describe a scenario in which your character feels most uncomfortable.

In combat without the ability to do magic, while her family is in danger. Although that’s less uncomfortable and more terrifying. 

I guess uncomfortable is more like, if Tenny was trying to have a conversation with someone she couldn’t read at all, who didn’t care about magic. 

33. In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?

Probably a little of each? It would depend on the criticism and if she agreed with it. Being called untrustworthy, sneaky, etc. she would agree with, although depending on the situation she would probably try to fix the person’s opinion of her for her own safety. If she was called heartless, it would cut her very deeply, but she’d probably try to laugh it off. She definitely remembers all criticisms she gets, and tries to remember them- not necessarily to improve upon them (though I’m sure she tries to sometimes), but to keep tabs on how she comes across to different people, so she can control it better.

34. Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method?

It kinda depends on how close she was to succeeding the first time, but usually Tenny would try something new. If it’s something goofy like she just flubbed a roll or something, though, she’ll try again, haha.

35. How does your character behave around people they like?

When she likes someone, Evania is more talkative, and tries to be helpful in their conversations, and cracks more jokes. She’s also much less accusatory.

36. How does your character behave around people they dislike?

When Tenny doesn’t like someone, it makes her confused or sad more than it makes her angry, and her reaction depends on which of those two it is. If she’s confused, like by someone doing a bad thing, she’ll ask for an explanation over and over again, trying to understand why someone would behave such a way. If someone who doesn’t seem like a bad person hurts her feelings and she gets sad, she’ll become despondent and quiet (unless she decides to try and win them over again).

37. Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status?

I’m not sure if this means social status, if so, Evania doesn’t care about either. She has little to none of either. If it means financial or physical health status, she’s very concerned about protecting that.

38. Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat?

Tenny will set the threat on fire.

39. Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)?

Evania’s been bitten by several different guard animals at different points in her life- luckily for her, it was after she got her Wand of Cure Light Wounds, so none of them scarred. She really hates dealing with animals because she feels they’re very unpredictable- somebody’s cat might seem docile and asleep at first, and then the second you reach into the safe, you realize it’s actually someone’s familiar, and your hand is full of teeth and claws and the sweet kitty is calling their owner.

40. How does your character treat people in service jobs?

Tenny is very nice to everyone, all the time, including employees of everything, but she does talk their ears off sometimes. She’s that customer who’s very sweet, but who you wish would just make her purchase and get on with her day rather than telling you about her 8 million projects and her cat and her horse and what she’s going to have for dinner.

41. Does your character feel that they deserve to have what they want, whether it be material or abstract, or do they feel they must earn it first?

Evania doesn’t feel like she deserves anything but answers, honestly. Very little has ever been given to her. This doesn’t apply to other people, though- if asked, she’d say that everybody deserves food and a roof over their heads.

42. Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?

Tenny’s had a couple teachers she really bonded with, but not on the level of parents, no.

43. Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them?

Nope. Depending on Evania would suck, at least according to her.

44. How easy or difficult is it for your character to say “I love you?” Can they say it without meaning it?

It’s easy for Tenny to say I love you, because she’s very full of love. It wouldn’t occur to her to say it without meaning it, because anytime it would be expected of her to say it, she would mean it.

45. What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?

Evania thinks that there won’t be anything after she dies- just like before you’re born, the void, unless a necromancer interrupts it. The idea of not existing is terrifying to her. 

I did it! The End