#i want to talk and write about tatjenen more!!

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I also did the WoL vs Azem meme via my twitter *^*

Since Tatjenen looks quite different than what I am allowed in game, I opted to use art I commissioned from tbgkaru and yec_yourz on twitter that shows off both of their looks and personalities better, even with the former being Milo with his shorter hair. I love this art very much 💕

Perhaps you can see some of the similarities between them?

Tatjenen would be well versed in botany, agriculture, and chemistry, so I picked the closest in game classes for that. As for bard he plays some instruments like pan pipe, flute, harp and lute, and also sings sometimes. He wields a pole arm in combat. Maybe you noticed his creation magicks is a little low - it’s less that he can’t use that, and more that he lacks decent control over things that aren’t flora/aren’t considered living beings. He also has an awful tendency to use creation magicks in his sleep, and the things born from his nightmares or unresolved high stress cause a lot of damage. It’s probably the only thing he’s reserved about. He’s also quite talkative, especially compared to Milo.

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RELATIONSHIPS  — TALK ABOUT THE MUSE.

NAME: Milo Saistenioux

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Bi/Pan (either term is fine for him), with somewhat of a preference for men.

PREFERRED PET NAMES: Milo likes most super-cheesy stuff like being called a type of flower or food because that's what he does with people he really likes (if they'll let him).He isn't all that keen on sweetheart/darling/honey/sugar despite them being the most common because he's only ever experienced people talking down to him while using them, but he does have a soft spot for being called 'love'. It's like telling him he can just be himself around you.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: For most situations Milo is single (I write him with another character of mine plenty for drabbles and other things, but when interacting with other people's characters - he's single!).

FAVOURITE CANON SHIP: (I will use for an oc/npc ship) Milo/Moren, Estinien/Milo, Thancred/Milo, Tatjenen/Hermes

FAVOURITE NON-CANON SHIP: (I will use for an oc/ oc ship) River/Milo, Jayide/Morrie (oof sorry for mentioning characters I never talk about on this blog LOL I really need to make a relationship tree sort of post for Milo so there's at least a visual reference...)

OPINION ON TRUE LOVE: He may be hesitant to admit it, but he believes in it and longs for it. Milo purposely doesn't seek it out, since he worries the things he wants the most are probably avoiding him.

OPINIONS ON LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: Milo believes in this too! That being said, he recognizes that just because you have that initial spark it doesn't mean you don't have to work at having a good relationship, so it's not that important to him. Would be nice though, considering he daydreams about catching someone’s eye and they actually want to be with him long term.

HOW ROMANTIC ARE THEY?: Textbook hopeless romantic. He hasn't had many normal relationships (or many relationships at all past a few flings) so being cheesy and cliche is very cute to him. He likes that kind of effort, especially considering he didn't grow up seeing it outside of fairytales. That's his ideal, within reason - so it's incredibly easy to wine and dine him and all of a sudden he's head over heels for someone. He is quite easily impressed, if your efforts are honest.

IDEAL PHYSICAL TRAITS: He doesn't have any! It's not because he's trying to come off as nice, he just likes all kinds of things on different people lol.

IDEAL PERSONALITY TRAITS: Being kindhearted is probably the most important to him both in platonic and romantic relationships. It's probably a bit eyeroll worthy but if someone works to make the best of things for themselves and others, and is genuinely compassionate and patient with others, it makes him feel a little less naive about his own goals.

UNATTRACTIVE PHYSICAL TRAITS: Bad posture, perhaps? He would never ever say anything, but it's more because it's not good for your health in the long run than it being actually unattractive. He’s one of those people who would try to help you avoid being too tense or strain your eyes and the like. Also, when someone doesn't do even the bare minimum with hygiene when they have access to it. Milo is an apothecary and also a relatively skilled culinarian, having clean instruments and hands is pretty much mandatory for him at all times. You don't have to be on his level of personal grooming, but he has to at least pretend like he has standards, lol.

UNATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS: Frankly, being an asshole. Looking down on others/haughtiness, always having something negative to say about someone else, purposely pushing people's buttons for one's own amusement, being impatient - the list is long with that, but he doesn't have any interest in trying to "fix" asshole-ish behavior. Even going overboard with snark is pushing it for him.

IDEAL DATE: Dinner and an outing. It doesn't have to be fancy, but the food does have to be good (if you made it, that's extra credit regardless of how it turned out!)! He's eaten all sorts of things from all sorts of places, but he loves to hear about why his date loves the food that they do. He would love a picnic or a dinner show, or to go foraging for ingredients. Milo is a very simple person.

DO THEY HAVE A TYPE?: Someone who is kind at heart?! Not exactly! He gets along very well with other artisans, but aside from that his interest in others seems to be all over the place. (I seem to have a type regarding who I think he looks cute with, but the variety of characters I’ve shipped him with due to personality cancel it out easily haha)

AVERAGE RELATIONSHIP LENGTH: Well, he hasn't really been in "serious" relationships aside from his thing with L'hoa (barring drabbles written about him with River) and even that was just an on/off thing throughout his teens until he was about 22. He doesn't count it so I won't either, haha. He might have a number of flings with others spanning a couple of months but nothing exclusive.

PREFERRED NON-SEXUAL INTIMACY: Washing hair is very intimate for him. He takes very good care of his hair and usually doesn't let just anyone touch it due to some mishaps growing up, so trusting someone else to help him with it is him showing vulnerability. Bathing together isn't as big of a deal to him since he has no problems with nudity pretty much ever but understands that may not be the case for his partner. It's not like most people see him naked outside of sexual settings to begin with, so winding down a bit in the bath is nice. Sleeping together, cuddling, holding hands in private, nuzzling noses, caressing his ears, shoulder and hand massages - there's a lot he likes to do!

COMMITMENT LEVEL: For the most part Milo is monogamous, so if the other person is willing to define the relationship as exclusive, that's it for him. Getting the other person to do that is probably the hard part because he himself struggles to do it, not wanting to scare the other person off - but once it's a defined relationship, he's all in and only has eyes for them.

OPINION OF PUBLIC AFFECTION: PDA embarrasses the hell out of him!!! Holding hands while in the presence of others is the most notable thing that completely flusters him even though he's fine with it if no one else can see. Touching his ears or kissing him will make him go red pretty quickly too, and he doesn't like for others to see that. It's not the worst thing ever, so he'll tolerate it, but he will definitely want to hide after.

PAST RELATIONSHIPS?: L'hoa, who he was pretty much in a situationship with. When Milo first started competing in contests as a musician, L'hoa pretty much brought him into the fray of all the other promising young teens competing. The issue, however, was that he liked L'hoa more than L'hoa liked him and put up with a lot of humiliating and dismissive things on top of L’hoa’s lack of commitment under the guise that if he just did what he was told, it would work out. It never did, and some of Milo's current problems (being a people pleaser, putting other's relationship needs above his own, struggling with speaking up for himself, let alone speaking at all) stemmed from this mess of a relationship. L'hoa was a lot of his firsts, so sometimes he struggles to see their past without rose-colored glasses - but after swinging the pendulum in the other direction and putting himself first plenty in a lot of his flings he's finally settled a bit to understand how things are probably supposed to go.

TAGGED BY: I saw @morganaux do it, and wanted to too! O:

TAGGING: Feel free to do if you want ^^