#anyway bonus point with fun astrological facts

[probablygayattorneys]

RIP Clay Terran you would’ve loved the fact that earth is fostering a baby moon right now and the concept of orphan planets in general

[wedreamedlove]

MLQC Men Headcanon Notes

Now that I’ve spent more time with these men (it’s getting close to 2 years!) I wanted to share the general thoughts, themes, motifs, etc. that I keep in mind when I’m writing their character.

This is 1000% headcanon territory, so feel free to take what’s useful and ignore what’s not LOL but I’d also love to see people add in their own “character reference cheat sheet” to this!

(I’m especially curious because, due to being of Asian diaspora, I write best in English but my understanding of the characters come from CN/JP text). Incidentally, if anyone feels ANY of this when reading my fics, then that’s all I could ever ask for LOL.

LI ZEYAN

He is Capricorn² and, while the game doesn’t make explicit mentions to this, I associate the element earth with him because of this. He’s described with attributes like being steady, calm, and always in control. He is the epitome of an immovable boulder and things revolve around him, not the other way around. I like to draw on imagery of unbending steel and/or the stable ground.

Meanwhile, like the goat of his astrological sign, every step he takes to climb to his goal is assured. He doesn’t do anything spontaneous or without thought, so if he does lose control and act without thinking then it has to be a momentuous occasion. Basically, it’s really important to me that if I write a loss of control, then it’s likely to be the centerpiece.

Keeping in mind that his Evol is time control, I also like to try and subtly weave an atmosphere of how everything happens at his pace. Winter being his season only adds onto this because the world stills when it’s covered in snow; everything becomes muted, hushed, and slowed in this season.

The chemistry in his romance arc is how his pace and control gets disturbed, but he adapts quickly and learns to go along with these moments of whimsy. Or more like that’s his character development and how love changes him.

His canon (spirit) animal is the cat and lion. Felines go along very well with the emperor or noble archetypes he has in all his AU cards, because cats are stereotyped as being independent and haughty animals. He’s not big on PDA or excessive skinship, but he’s not disagreeable to them either. Too much stimulation and, like a cat, he’ll probably show exasperation. Ignore him for too long though and he’ll come to share his presence with you.

For me, his love is shown through quiet acts of service that don’t have any attention drawn to them. Him just being in the same room or giving his attention is how he emotes his love.

He’s quite low-key in his normal life so he doesn’t seem like someone who gets confused over commoner things, but there are also moments where he spends an enormous amount of money without blinking. If life can be made easier with money then why not, right?

Keywords: Calm. Steady. Earth. Immovable. Control. Exasperated Affection. Time. Cats. Literal Capricorn. Winter. Mature.

ZHOU QILUO

First thing that comes to mind is the sun and heat. Fire is his element and so I go for stereotypical imagery like flares of passion and burning bright. He switches expressions and moods at the drop of a hat and he’s a mood maker to the extreme, but there’s no hiding the way he shines with his love for his love.

However, because he’s also Helios, it’s really important for me to play around with dualities and explore the other side of this positive imagery. So, just like how the sun can bring warmth and life, it’s also a deadly laser something that can hurt people by blinding them or setting fires. It’s also fun to remember that the moon only has light from the sun’s reflection.

Game-wise, I believe Helios has been described with cold and ice imagery but, because I try to keep that imagery for Li Zeyan, what I like to consider instead is that extremely cold things can “burn” you too. Frostbite can also be called ice burn.

The sky is repeated imagery for Luoluo too, because of his eyes, but I’ll admit I’m still uncertain about how to interpret this for his character. Generally, the sky represents freedom but...? How I approach this is that the sky doesn’t discriminate and protects everyone below it (echoing his quote about how he protects the light in the dark).

On this note about the sky being welcoming, I view Luoluo’s love as one that accepts his love no matter what they’re like and he grows together with them (unlike the two adults, Li Zeyan and Xu Mo).

However, again, it’s super important to remember his duality and just because he’s a playful mood maker doesn’t mean he’s not able to switch into a serious and mature mode. He keeps his innocence and warm heart despite the darkness he’s seen and understands.

His canon animal is the bear which also makes me tilt my head. I can only see this as how bears are seen as both cuddly and cute, but also fierce and protective. He was also given a stag but... no one uses that LOL.

Keywords: Fire. Passion. Playful. Innocent. Little Sun! But Moon. Spring. Sacrifice. Darkness. Sky. Mischievous. Mood Maker.

BAI QI

Every single cell in his body is attuned to his love. You ever lose your phone and then, for the rest of the day, you feel as if you’re missing an important piece of yourself and you have intrusive thoughts wondering where it is? That’s him. You ever see something so cute you experience cute aggression and don’t know what to do with yourself? That’s him. You know those dogs that strain at their leashes on the streets because they want to go and greet you? That’s him.

It’s all about the yearning.

I know, I know, I wrote essays about how he can survive without his love and how he’s someone who carries both love and a greater justice BUT let’s not kid ourselves that he doesn’t revolve around his love like Jupiter around the sun.

Anyway, so the game shoves wind descriptions down our throats. It’s literally another vehicle for him to emote his love and, to be honest, I don’t do much with it other than use it for that. I talked about it extensively in my character essays, but I suppose I play with the irony of how he’s only free because he has a home can return to. [Loneliness SR Wind and Care Call] “Because I have a place for my heart, I can fly anywhere.”

I don’t believe the game emphasizes this any more than it does with the other men, but I try to always have a point of contact between Bai Qi and his love because, again, the yearning and vibrating with All That Love. He’s such a physical character (military archetype) that I also want to emphasize that in writing.

In addition, I’m all about him being the most feral of the men. Heck, his canon animal is the wolf which is great for both its stereotypical and non-stereotypical meanings, such as being a lone wolf and ferocious animal but also a pack animal that can’t survive on its own and needs a pack. Meanwhile, NW717 is described in-game as a monster.

Look, one of his signature descriptions in the game is resting his chin on or against his love’s head and nuzzling them. I’m not baselessly trying to push my kink I swear.

So, like how Bai Qi said in [Light Bath SSR: Tenderness Call] that maybe he only shows his gentleness towards select people (his love and mother), he’ll give the person he loves all the warmth of his being but, oh boy, I see him as being a beast who will remember his true nature upon being chained; the “chain” of love gives him the reassurance he needs to be truly free... in all its meanings.

Keywords: Ginkgo. Summer. Primal. Wind. Love is love is love. 3-Point Contact. Wolf. Yearning. Vitality. Justice. Freedom. Physical. Restraint.

XU MO

First, given how vocal I am about Elex’s changes, this is probably going to be the most drastically different section out of everyone vs. their English version.

Soft. Light. Gentle. Kind. Gossamery. Feathery. Ethereal. Faint. Whenever I write him, do I literally open up a thesaurus to find synonyms for gentle, light, and soft? Yup! LOL.

Fun fact, in CN and JP the word for “smile” and “laugh” is the same character and so sometimes there is ambiguity when translating if there’s no clear markers. The writers definitely had a word in mind when they wrote the scene, but unfortunately we don’t have the ability to check with them at every use and so sometimes it does come to subjective interpretation.

For me, Xu Mo is characterized by a lot of quietness. Game-wise, there are enormous usages of silence and descriptions of emotional fluctuations in his eyes so Significant Silences and Looks are a major thing with him and in my writing for him, which is why I always choose “smile” over “laugh” if there is any ambiguity in the line (I believe Elex leans towards chuckles).

On a similar note, the game also gives him a gigantic serving of descriptions that only ever use the word for “light, slight, faint, soft, gentle” in JP and CN. It gives him a very floaty and dreamy feeling, even if he’s doing something physical. So, it’s important for me to keep a similar atmosphere when writing and make everything feel as if it has to be shared in a whisper.

A bonus here is that it doesn’t require much to turn this ethereal feeling into a melancholic one, so you get that dash of angst that layers over everything. Leave a few things unknown here and there, incomplete actions, eyes that get averted and Boom. Angst.

Shifting gears, but if my imagery of Bai Qi’s love is like a tense, vibrating, and restrained chain of yearning then Xu Mo’s love is like a flood barely being held back by a dam. Knowledge of the quantity and weight behind the dam is terrifying, but it’s safe to be submerged inside it. Much like Luoluo and Helios, Xu Mo also has a dangerous duality in Ares and so I also like to play with this imagery.

So, on this point, I like to preserve an underlying sense of darkness (all-consuming possessiveness, etc.) and envision that he also wishes to stain his love in his colors, like a drop of ink on white paper and how it seeps into every fiber of the paper until the whole thing is saturated with him.

Incidentally, I’m reminded that—whenever possible and natural—I want to exclusively use water imagery with Xu Mo. The game supports this too! He is described with extensive water imagery and so I try to use water metaphors, analogies, and similes.

I try to make sure every sense is present, but I feel like the game emphasizes (especially with the red thread of fate imagery) that Xu Mo and his love are connected at a soul-deep level and so I always keep in mind a mental, emotional, and spiritual aspect.

Lastly, his canon animal is the fox (we ignore the black goat LOL) so contrasting his elegant, scholarly, and gentleman’s air with a black belly, teasing, and mischievous air is also important! Sexual but with, you know, class.

Keywords: Butterflies. Monochrome. Artist. Red Thread. Autumn. Melancholy. Water. Soft. Gentle. Light. Faint. Dreams. Spiritual. Fox.

LING XIAO

I’m getting more comfortable with him, but he’s still shrouded in so much mystery. If every one of the other men treat their loves with gentleness though Ling Xiao is definitely one who isn’t afraid of roughhousing. He’ll act first and then ask for forgiveness afterward, if needed.

But I like to keep in mind that, for all his roughness, he’s still a good kid at heart and when he saw MC’s skirt rising up when he tried to pull her over the fence he immediately stopped. So, a bit of a bully but without any humiliation.

Intelligent, strong, and dangerous but hiding all of that beneath a devil-may-care attitude and someone who does things on a whim. I don’t know what to do much with his canon animal being the shark except to attach it vaguely to this point and think that, as an apex predator of the sea, it does things at its own pace (somehow, it gives me the image that he likes to bite... but, uh, that’s probably just me LOL).

Keywords: Mercurial. Lightning. Sarcasm. Physical.

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Mighty nein astrological signs - what are your opinions? (In our calendar of course)

Okay but this is so fun! I did this from easiest to place to the hardest. Did you expect me to say why I placed them in these signs? I did! 

Beau and Yasha were the hardest for me to place. Here’s a quick list of where I placed each member, in case you don’t want to read my reasoning:

Caleb - Sagittarius Veth - Aquarius Fjord - Virgo Jester - Pisces Caduceus - Capricorn Beau - Aries Yasha - Cancer Molly - Scorpio

Caleb - Sagittarius

My first instinct was Aries, but I actually feel Sagittarius for him. He’s not... brash enough for Aries. Is this because I wanted to put him in a fire sign? Maybe. However, Caleb also always thrives on new ideas. And he’s quietly ambitious. Sagittarius is the sign of the philosopher and explorer and Caleb seems to be in a never-ending search for wisdom.

Nott/Veth - Aquarius

There were a few reasons I picked this for Nott, but overall, it’s that she wants people to be happy. But she’s also an idea person. I almost went Gemini for the duality of it all, but I think this fits her better. She has become addicted to her adventurous lifestyle and is kind of freaking out about whether or not that means she’s a different person now. (Also, see Fluffernutter, where she was obsessed with it even though everyone but Jester tried to talk them out of it.) (Also also this is an air sign not a water sign I promise lol)

Fjord - Virgo

This one was all about the perfectionist and self-deprecation, honestly. He works really hard to present this facade to the world that he’s calm and in control, but inside, he’s nervous, restless, and wants to be doing. When we first met him, he was on a quest for more information about his new powers, because the not knowing bothered him so much. He has a lot of trouble getting in touch with his deeper feelings, but he’s also so incredibly loyal to the Nein, because they make him feel loved.

Jester - Pisces

TBH I was really tempted to put her in Virgo, too. But like, a Virgo with a Pisces moon sign. Especially since I’m trying to decide if I think Cad is also a Pisces or not.

Overall, I landed here for her for the fact that Pisces are empathetic and compassionate. And romantic. She’s very influenced by the people who have touched her life and she feels everyone else’s problems so deeply. She just feels so deeply in general. Also, one of Pisces’ flaws is the tendency to flee from what they don’t want to deal with. The two fishes swimming in opposite directions represent conflicting emotions and desires and that seems particularly fitting for her right now.

Oh, also, these people may feel like they aren’t great at being a leader, but they still tend to be a guide or role model to most people in their lives. They also tend to have a rose-colored view of life. It’s not that they can’t deal with reality, but they want everything to be romantic and beautiful and full of happy endings. 

Caduceus - Capricorn

Okay, I wanted to put him in Pisces because intuition, but he definitely has at least a Pisces moon.

Anyway, he goes here for the ambition. He’s leading a life based off a purposeful pursuit of his destiny and that’s perfect for Capricorns. I also think he views things in the long term instead of the short term. He also seems less comfortable with ambiguity than many of the Nein. He also seems quietly judgey and like he goes through some effort to mask his own feelings. He’s pretty self-contained. But again, he’s also very loyal. He has really grown to love and cherish the Nein and has decided to stick around even though things are getting tough and his own mission has possibly seen an ending. (I hope they go check on that soon.)

Beau - Aries

This is so much about how she deals with authority. There are a few things with Aries that don’t vibe with her, but only a few. She’s generally honest, but she’ll tell a lie if it benefits her. Sometimes she lacks tact, but she’s never malicious about it. This almost put her into Sagittarius with Caleb for me, but hers tends to come out impulsively. The point is that she’s never malicious with it. But she’s very independent. She doesn’t like having to take orders from someone she doesn’t respect. She’s willing to bend, but not break.

Yasha - Cancer

She’s one I almost made a Virgo, but I changed my mind. She’s yet another one of the group who is very closed off emotionally. She’s been cautious about what she’s revealed to the group. But she also seems to really value closeness. She said it out loud: they’re a tribe now. And she’s fiercely protective of her family. She also isn’t willing to let people go; instead of being someone who moves on and thinks fondly, she holds her lost loved ones very close to the vest and they inform a lot of her actions. She felt (at one point, I believe) like she was betraying Zuala by starting to move on romantically. Yasha’s emotions run deep. 

Bonus: Mollymauk - Scorpio

This was ALMOST Leo. We only had Molly for 26 episodes, so this is a little harder to judge, but Molly EXUDES Scorpio vibes. I think it’s the intense lack of shame in his pleasure and he also seems like the kind of person whose mind would be difficult to change once he formed an opinion about you. I could be totally wrong, but it comes down to the judgey thing again (and can I say that I love how judgmental Tal makes all his characters? I live for it honestly). Molly seems like the kind of guy who just dominates every room he’s in, which is a very Scorpio thing to do.

[mostgeckcellent]

So I’m doing my masters in science communication

and the program is co-run between my university and a local science centre. it’s very cool actually. anyway, my life revolves around the science centre now, and sci comm, and all of that, and so naturally I went and applied it to fandom because what else am I supposed to do? be normal?

so! Joly is the senior staff scientist for the bodyworks lab, obviously. whenever the media is talking about some new medical thing, he’s the one they call, he’s also a popular, cheerful face on the youtube channel.

Combeferre runs the nature exchange. there’s a butterfly room and some bugs in terrariums, but his favourite part is the one where kids/anyone can bring in stuff they found in nature *there are strict rules about this - and every single one of them is there for a reason* and they can trade fun facts for points that they can use to ‘buy’ cool gemstones and fossils and stuff. He loves chatting with kids about their finds, and sharing trivia, and stuff.

Cosette and Musichetta both work in Visitor Experience. Musichetta runs the adult nightlife events, science cafes, etc - the programming meant for adults. Cosette runs the summer camps, the kid’s programs, stuff like that. She also heads up the youth council, where they try to get input from high schoolers. Gavroche is on the council, and he has a lot of opinions - he tends to be kind of the leader of the kids on the council.

Grantaire, Feuilly, and Marius are all on the exhibit development team. Grantaire is a designer, Feuilly is a carpenter/trades guy, and Marius does a lot of the writing for panels. Feuilly also helps out in the think lab, where people are meant to be building and creating to help with their learning. He starts a makerspace in the think lab.

Jehan is the head interpreter for the planetarium. They come up with some of the shows the team puts on, and knows an absurd amount. They’re also happy to answer questions about myth and astrology, which some of the scientists are less comfortable with.

I feel like the rest are a little harder to place. I like the idea of Eponine helping produce the multimedia shows and stuff.

Enjolras maybe works in new audiences, trying to figure out how to make the science centre welcoming to all sorts of audiences, making the content accessible to more people. He’s passionate about everyone having what they need to make informed choices, and working at the science centre helps him do that in this role?

Courfeyrac probably works in the science theatre, doing demos and shows and really wowing people with his theatrics and performance and heart. When he’s not doing shows, maybe he just works as an interpreter - he likes getting to talk to people. 

That just leaves Bahorel and Bossuet. Maybe Bahorel was a lawyer and hated it, but he ended up volunteering in the bodyworks lab, he’s good with stuff about human movement, especially around excercise, and he ended up just working there eventually.

Bossuet helps out in the think lab and the makerspace maybe? He likes it, but tends to end up injured in increasingly bizarre ways. He ends up banished to bodyworks and meets Joly, and Joly’s girlfriend Musichetta.

anyway school and sci comm are taking over my life but I’m having a good time. kudos to anyone who made it to the end of this very long post.

Bonus: Fantine is the volunteer coordinator, Javert is in charge of building maintenance, and JVJ is the founder/director.

[kitty-heronthorn]

Twenty Questions!

Rules: Answer the twenty questions and then tag twenty followers you want to get to know better :3

Tagged by: @thewolfnephilim Thanks friend :3

Name: Alan

Nicknames: Gordo, Flaco (for those don’t know Spanish it’s kinda hard to translate the terms without them sounding like harsh nicknames but they are essentially Fatty and Thin respectively. Both are only used by my mom because she lives to embarrass me. My friends call me Alana or Alina at times my twin sister calls me Bitch (she sadly doesn’t watch SPN so when I sometimes call her jerk she doesn’t understand the reference q.q)

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio ♏. Fun fact, I was born on the 23rd of October so that puts me right in the Libra-Scorpio cusp so in some astrological charts I am a Libra but I have way too much in common with Scorpios so I usually go with that.

Height: 5’ 7", 1.7m

Orientation: Gay (I swear it’s SOO MUCH easier for me to say this online)

Ethnicity: Mexican-American

Favorite Fruit: I was going to say grapes but now I feel my fave is actually strawberries 🍓🍓🍓

Favorite Season: Fall (it’s not hot nor too cold and when I travel I can see the wonderful spectrum of colors that comes from summer dipping into fall.

Favorite Book: Cassandra Clare has my heart (and I’m ashamed to say I don’t have much of a book list to go off of anyways q.q) so it’s either Clockwork Princess, or Lord of Shadows

Favorite Flower: Peonies (it’s a bonus the word looks like Ponies)

Favorite Scent: I’m a 60 year old lady because I love the scent of Lavender

Favorite Color: Any shade of purple tbh 💜💜💜💜

Favorite Animal: PENGUINS LOOK AT THE LIL SHITS AND TELL ME THEY ARE NOT ADORABLE AS SHIT 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Cocoa?

Tea, since I can’t handle hot liquids or my tongue dies, (yes I drink cold tea or lukewarm tea when I need a little warmth)

Average Sleep Hours: HAHAHAHA WHAT IS SLEEP???? ummm 3-4 hours on a good day??

Cat or Dog Person? CAT LOVER FOR LIFE 🐱🐱🐱🐱

Favorite Fictional Character: from what though??? Tv show, movie, book, anime??? I have so many faves it’s a chronic illness at this point. If I had to choose one though atm it would either be Keiran or Kit (they both must be protected at all costs)

How many blankets do you sleep with?

Zero, since its wayyyy too hot where I live to be needing blankets atm.😧😧😧

Dream Trip: Japan or backpacking through Europe 🇯🇵🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇮🇪

When did you make this blog? 2017

How many followers? 201 (I didn’t even realize I had broken 200 HURRAY I LOVE YOU ALL 😭😭😚😚😚)

I am tagging (I’m so sorry, but low key not): @jesseblackthorn, @usunkmyship, @tiberiusblackthorn, @tiberius-herondale, @shadowhuntersaesthetic, @random-fangirl-in-a-band, @crownsrising, @perfectblackthorns, @juls-92, @elvenqueen-poc, @tmi-blackstairs, @the-dark-instruments, @sasoak, @ailecstuff, @poisonous-black-thorn, @clockworkopera, @shadowsofidris, @dustanclshadows

[equalmeasurefiction]

Birthday/Humorous Astrology Headcanons

Silly, dark-side astrology head-canons folks.  Nothing to take seriously here.

Some More Head-canons...

Amon Birthday: October Sign: Scorpio Best Traits: Charismatic and Capable Worst Trait: Control Freak Weakness: Chocolate Comments: Always just far enough away to avoid a restraining order... It hurts to leave lovers unfulfilled, but loves to show how in-control they are... Refuses to give up personal power for a few baubles... Modes: 3- Crime Lord, Corporate Boss, Messiah.  Loves being in-charge, morality may vary... Favorite Kind of Relationship: Long-term, but requires someone with immense reserves of physical and psychological stamina. Amon-Centric: Plays at hot-eyed celibacy as Amon, but sneaks out of the base at night sans-game-face to do shameless things with young, attractive equalists and anyone else he probably shouldn’t be messing around with.  If he refuses to *stoop* to certain levels *cough* Avatar *cough*, fantasy is always guilt-free in the moment with the bonus of an ashamed afterglow. He enjoys all vices as thoroughly as possible.  Alcohol, gambling, smoking, sugar... If it’s addictive and dangerous, he’s done it.  The more likely it is to destroy him/kill him the better, but he has had to scale back as the Revolution takes precedent.  He’s also getting older and all that risk is hard on him, but he tries not to think about that. That said, his self-denial benders are epic and give him just as much of a high as indulgence.  Because control is everything and being in control is better than anything.  Cheating death, shutting down addictions because he can, all the risks he takes are just a way of reminding himself/showing off how in control he really is... His worst enemy, romantically-speaking, is his own self-loathing.  Long-term relationships don’t last, because whenever he gets emotionally invested, he starts thinking about how much he doesn’t deserve them.  His best relationships are the ones where the other party died tragically, so he can mourn them as the love of his life, without ever facing the reality that he would have probably driven them off anyways for being ‘too good for him.’  And he always drives them off.  He will never leave them willingly. Because ‘feelings are weaknesses that one should never give into’ he doesn’t cheat.  He loves being tempted though.  But if he thinks someone is cheating on him (and the relationship has previously been established as exclusive) he will go through all their belongings and stalk them until he has irrefutable evidence... and then he destroys them.

Tarrlok Birthday: January Sign: Capricorn Best Traits: Charming and Gregarious Worst Trait: Vanity Weakness: Money/Power Comments: Hires the private investigator to check the other party’s finances and social standing... Will never pass up an opportunity to get nasty; does not see the point of teasing/denial... Being financially secure is very important... Modes: 2- Respectable / Not Respectable.  While they favor the outward appearance of being an upstanding and enviable member of society, deep down (just beneath the surface) they’re very naughty. Favorite Kind of Relationship: Long-term.  Love is nice, but marrying into a position of power is what this is all about... that or achieving power through their own ends, but marriage to someone established can help. Tarrlok-Centric: Appears respectable, acts respectable, but is secretly down for anything and everything and makes routine visits to the red-light district when he thinks no one is watching (Amon is always watching).  Tarrlok approaches romance and love the same way he approaches everything else... hard work, pragmatism, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to land himself in the best position possible. While love is nice, it doesn’t really factor into the equation.  Tarrlok wants someone safe, secure, suitable, and who will help achieve even more power and glory.  In order to increase his odds, he is engaged in at least one entanglement at any given time.  He is at heart a ‘career man’ who expects everyone, especially his partner(s) to know he is married to his career... that way they don’t suspect after-work visits to the red light district or drunken orgies in the capital building... Really, Tarrlok only engages in three types of relationships.  There are the ones he can be seen with, the ones he would prefer not to be seen with (scandals aren’t his cup of tea), and the ones he can’t be seen with, because he’d lose his job (conflicts of interest can be quite damning for a politician).  He moves from ‘keeper’ to ‘keeper,’ leaving the ‘undesirables’ behind as he continues his climb to the top. But he’s not really a player.  He’d be more than happy to settle down with the right wealthy, well-connected, debutante or international political figure (Ms. Avatar?) for the long haul.  Unfortunately no one seems to appreciate pragmatism or strategic alliances these days.  Once committed to a sound investment, he won’t cheat.  Too much risk for too much work and not enough gains...

Korra Birthday: December Sign: Sagittarius Best Traits: Generous and Affectionate Worst Trait: 0 Tact Weakness: Adrenaline-Addiction Comments: Lacks the patience, stealth, an attention-span, and the ability to pull off long-term planning... Withholds favors because they know it’s much more fun when they let go, even if the other party is becoming irritated... freeloads without guilt or mercy... Modes: 1, but on a sliding scale depending on the time of day- It ranges from sleeping (0%-adrenaline) to inciting an international incident (9,000+% adrenaline).  Always remember, the more action the better.  If their surroundings are not on-fire or in a state of chaos, they are not awake. Favorite Kind of Relationship: One-night stand.  Anything that lasts longer than a year can feel constraining... unless there’s constant travel involved or it’s long-distance or both. Korra-Centric: If Korra is a Sagittarius, the Aries is strong with her.  When she sees someone she wants, she goes after them, does not take no for an answer, and loves them until she’s won/has them.  Then she moves on to hunt the next attractive target who’s playing hard to get and competes for their attention.  Sure, the objects of her affection can *try* to fend her off, but that’s like trying to fend off tsunami--it is coming for you whether you like it or not and if you can’t get out of it’s way, it will have you. That said, she has few standards beyond the fact that they must be attractive and willing to join her in charging recklessly into a dangerous situation.  It’s all fast-cars, fireworks, and make-outs on a fast train that’s jumped the track over the edge of a cliff... while saving the world.  Korra always leaves her partners breathless, and not in a good way.  If they’re not panting from physical exhaustion, then they’re gasping desperately to keep themselves from going into shock from the immense danger she put them into. That said, she is capable of settling down (even explosions get boring after a while) and adores children (having baby-sat the air bender kids pretty regularly, she knows her way around little kids and is surprisingly responsible).  The trick is finding someone who can stand her awful, punnish jokes, irritating attempts at teasing and flirtation (if you can call the litany of awful pickup lines flirting...if and when she uses them, she might not even bother with innuendo or suggestion), or her brash, tactless overconfidence... But if she keeps her mouth shut and looks soulful and cute enough, inevitably some tall, sexy person with dark hair and a fire-nation complexion will wander over apparently...

Bonus- Korrasami: Asami seems like she’d be a mellow air sign or a loving water sign, but she revealed her true nature when she displayed her love of fast cars and her willingness to tie grown men to planes and use them to drop bombs on people.  She likes going fast, getting her hands dirty, and defying authority (she thinks it’s fun)-- all hallmarks of a fire sign.  She’s gasoline on the lit-flame of Korra’s wild-fire. If Asami is a Leo to Korra’s Sagittarius, then the biggest fights they’ll have will involve the lack of beauty accoutrements during their wild hikes around the world or Korra punching the police-officers in the face before Asami can explain who she is.  As long as Korra keeps telling Asami she’s the prettiest girl in the world and Asami compromises on the beauty regime for a little adventure, they’re good. If Asami and Korra share Sagittarius then every date will inevitably involve a drunken dare that lands them in peril/jail/the spirit world/the middle of  a war/handcuffed to a satomobile within spitting distance of an active volcano that’s about to go off... and loving every minute of it.  And if she is a Sagittarius, it means that Asami will secretly share Korra’s secret love of really, really bad jokes and puns... What I’m saying is that Tenzin may want to separate them before they burn down Republic City. Aries Asami + Sagittarius Korra is a tale of two pyro-maniac risk-addicts having the time of their lives in a perpetual war-zone of their own creation.  As long as Korra doesn’t destroy too many of Asami’s precious machines and as long as Asami doesn’t tell Korra what to do they will remain on the same side of the conflict. However, Asami has green eyes, which typically means ‘earth bender.’  Since earth benders are typically born in the springtime, it’s unlikely that she’d be an Aries (the first of the three ‘spring time signs’).  Besides, the Beifongs rule the Aries sign... I don’t think anyone wants to compete with them.

All astrology stuff is based on/paraphrased/pulled from the delightful book Darkside Zodiac in Love.  Would recommend this book and the original, Darkside Zodiac (both are by Stella Hyde) if you’re into astrology, or even if you just like to use it for character creation and development.  All comments are tongue and cheek and should not be taken too seriously.

>For the record, I was going to make Korra a Leo, but apparently she went from 17-18 during that 6 month stretch, making her either a Sagittarius or an Aries. And, if I recall the differences between the two signs correctly, one of the core ones is that Aries doesn’t forget a slight, they just burn out on being angry after a while.  Sagittarius gets really, really angry for a bit, howls about it and then gets distracted and forgets why they hated that person... but that’s dark side for you... Oh!  And she’s mouthy and tactless... another famous Sagittarius trait... says horrible things to people without thinking of their feelings... no filter... even though she does care...

Korra to Tenzin: “I’d be happy to find another air bending master, but you’re the only one.”

Remember that gem?

Also, running away is a classic Sag. move, Aries would have burned the compound down... Aries would just burn everything down... as opposed to Sagittarius who just likes lighting things on fire for fun... ...what I’m saying is that it’s really close on the Darkside...