eros #5 + agape #5 for lariel, storge #5 + philautia #4 for zrise, and storge #3 + eros #3 for anton !!! :]
Ferne! Once again I must apologize for being late. I got sick like right after posted that ask game. Also oh god this is so long. Sorry to anyone who reads this hahah Hopefully y'all can forgive some spelling mistakes I still have the sick brain a bit
Agape number five for Lariel here!
Lariel
How closely is their opinion of their own beauty (or lack thereof) linked to their confidence? Do they see themselves as more or less worthy of love or sex based on how attractive they feel?
Lariel doesn’t really have experience with the outside world until she leaves her family. And all the comparisons they made towards her and her brother were unsavory. They are the equivalent of elven conservatives. Which is to say. They don’t really care about races with a short live span.
Elves in pathfinder also just look very alien and different than humans in a lot of ways. So when Lariel was compared to elves she was found very lacking.
The only outsider she really knew was Venan and he was the type to tell her whatever he thought would make her more dependent on him. Which was usually negging.
This… is hard to describe but Lariel doesn’t really see her appearance as being what makes her unworthy. She believes she will probably not experience love, but not because of her looks. Especially once she leaves her family and realizes half-elves are actually extremely common. She isn’t one to see value in herself. But also she doesn’t really put much stake in others ‘attractiveness’ either. She is much more drawn in by personality. Sounds silly but, she basically can find anyone beautiful. (Besides herself) And she is the type to associate love and sex completely. So she doesn’t even really consider having sex (outside of the abstract notion) until she meets someone she starts falling for.
Zrise
Is your OC able to love without necessarily needing or expecting reciprocation or reward? Or are all their relationships to some extent transactional? Have they ever loved another person unconditionally, whether a child or another adult?
This is such an… interesting question for Zrise. Damn. How to put into words. Loving without expecting anything in return is the only way he knows how to love.
He does not open himself up to love. Falling in love usually happens to him against his will. Fighting tooth and nail for it to not be true. Or in the case of familial love it's been there for so long he isn't sure when it began. It seems like a contradiction. But this is WHY he doesn't want to love. It's hard to keep yourself safe if you can't help but throw yourself at the feet of whoever you love, especially when it's never been returned and only used against you.
That being said, his current relationship philosophy is completely transactional. He does his mother's bidding, in hopes he will be worthy of her love. Believing on some level he never will.
His causal relationships, hook ups, alliances, etc. Those are always transitional. That's how Calistria likes it. You must always get something out of it. Money, information, power, a favor, etc. It's how he was taught to view himself and others. You don’t risk your heart in relationships, sex, etc.
He has loved unconditionally. I will say, this is where the line blurs. Love is… not a static thing. So yes, at one point Zrise loved his mother and Oria unconditionally. Though that love eroded away. That love by it's very function became conditional. Slowly. After repeated reminders that THEIR love for HIM was conditional. As long as he did as they desired, he was 'loved'. As long as he does as the Goddess commands, he has divine magic.
When he loves, he is willing to carve out so much of himself. Make so much room. Leave himself hollow. Destroy most of himself. Believing that he MUST in order to be loved in return. That no one could see him and love whoever he is deep down.
Which of your OC's qualities makes them the most proud? Do they think more people should be like them in this regard? Or do they quite like being rare in possessing it?
Damn. Another one that… hits one of the core contractions that rules Zrise. He doesn't have TRUE pride. Most things Zrise feels or shows 'pride' for… is a type of cynicism. Zrise is… the kind of guy that the more he feels he has to prove something the more he… projects. The more he pushes out the energy he WISHES were true. What he wants others to believe about him.
He talks a big game about how he's 'honest' because he is dishonest. That he doesn't 'pretend', that relationships aren't just about using others and tossing them aside. Even though deep down he says this because he resents it. He hates it. Because he feels used and tossed aside. And thus hates himself. Seeing himself as a fool. A fool who deep down wants things that are not 'true' about the world. That HE'S the idiot who believed in love and kindness and joy. But now he 'knows better'. NOW he acts very 'proud' that he knows the world is a cruel and terrible place. That kindness is manipulation. That love is a farce.
He's a strange guy. He deeply hates himself… He hates looking at anyone that reminds him of a younger, lighter, happier, more hopeful version of himself. He hates anyone that reminds him of himself now. Cynical and cruel. The only people he admires and thinks have it 'figured out' are the people who don't seem bothered or are 'winning'. Because man… he'd love to be both winning and unburdened. (Thus why in my mind his trickster ending is his worst…)
He does not think he is rare in being jaded. And strangely he sees trying to tear others down in some ways as a… lesser evil. He tries his best to come across as indifferent to the world. Because being hurt… even if you now know better… means you lost something. Being invested means risking something…
Anton
How far does parental approval (imagined or expressed) impact upon their current sense of self-worth? What might they sacrifice or attempt to achieve in order to ensure the approval of their parents?
Anton is so different from the twins. I hope I can explain him haha.
He is at most wary of his mother's disapproval. If he were to do something that he suspected she would disapprove of, he would still do it, but keep it hidden. From everyone. Not out of shame or fear of judgment. Mostly because he doesn't want to bother others. What she thinks of him is important to him, but to him it's more guidance than anything else. There really isn't much he would sacrifice to get her approval. He never really felt he did or did not have her approval. Her suggestions are vague and hard to know if he's followed or not. The internal version of his mother's voice in his head is less judgement and more advice.
Anton never deeply cared about his father's approval. He thought of his father's opinion like the color of the wall. It could be observed and that is all. He doesn't think about him now that he's dead.
How do they feel about public displays of romantic affection? Does it make them uncomfortable? How do they feel if a romantic partner kisses them in public?
He is mostly private in expressing his own emotions, but he does not have complex thoughts on public displays of affection. His low key attitude works to his benefit there. He would enjoy receiving it, but it would not occur to him. He won't shy away or turn it down, but it is not where his mind is at. His sense of what is public is very lax. Basically public is 'I should wear clothes' but other than that his boundaries between public and private are thin.
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-->Where, to my surprise, both Surprise the cat and Brian Pimental the NAP inspector/family friend were waiting at the entrance! I had Smiler go and chat with Brian for a while as Victor petted the cat (remaking friends with it, yay), then had Victor and Alice watch “Sims Of The Dead” (which they didn’t think much of) while Smiler got a free drink from Brian’s wrist and I dragged all the photos out of Alice’s inventory to look through them and decide which ones I wanted to keep. I ended up keeping one small picture of the trio doing silly “fashion” poses and putting it in Victor and Alice’s bedroom, on the side table with the sacred candles, and four medium pictures – two pumpkin pictures (one normal one, one “inverted filter” one – I thought it looked cool) and two of the trio posing. The pumpkin pictures and the trio doing more fun “fashion” poses ended up on the wall of the basement over the “alchemy couch,” while another one of the gang doing “romantic” poses ended up in the barn next to Smiler’s robotics bench as I had nowhere else to put it. XD Not enough visible wall space in this house! Oh, and while I was at it, I hung up Alice’s latest abstract painting in the barn as well, near her jewelry bench and crystal displays, as it looked rather crystal-y itself. Might as well, right? Barn could use some decoration too. (Which I guess is as good a reason as any to put up the photos I don’t have any room for in the house in there.)
-->And with THAT all done, it was time to finally wrap things up in this playsession! I had Smiler say bye to Brian, then go and feed Toothy the cowplant (sorry to keep you waiting Toothy!) and pop into the basement briefly so I could get a picture of the new photos on the wall, before joining Alice and Victor to watch the end of the movie – interrupted by their house making scary noises. Which I think they all found spookier than the actual film. XD Once they'd all calmed down, Victor ate the ectocake in his inventory (hey, what better time to do so) while Alice used the toilet and had some ice cream to celebrate the holiday (next best thing after candy). Then then headed off to bed while Smiler, of course, was sent to finish off their Servo –
And finish it off they did, right around midnight! :D Delighted, I let them wander off to do their own thing, and they chose to turn the lump of clay that Victor had left on the downstairs bathroom sink into a bust. Which they proceeded to put back on the downstairs bathroom sink. XD I then sent them into the barn as the holiday officially ended for everyone around 2 AM (“Spookfest was awesomes” all around) –
And that was the end of that! Pretty successful day out for the trio, I would say. :) And next update also promises to be an exciting one, as we welcome our new robotic member to the family! And Smiler attempts to throw an appropriate party for the situation...I'll show you how that went in a couple of weeks. :p
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