Random CSS questions were, no joke, the best thing to wake up to (or come to the computer to a little while after waking up, at least). *hugs your face*

Anyway.

• “How would [character] respond if they got a love confession?”

Neil: If it was someone he knew, and he could tell they were being sincere (which would probably require saying it to his face) he’d be completely flustered in an ecstatic sort of way. I’m not even sure it would matter who it was, just the fact that someone actually loves him would completely rock his day. Same goes for a signed letter. If a letter were anonymous he’d probably be worried that it was a joke, but would be really hopeful that it wasn’t.

Veene: Face to face it depends on the person, and this has happened before, more than once, and I think he’s responded differently every time. Letters, as I’ve talked about, he doesn’t care much for but his response would still largely on who sent it. He doesn’t really get worked up or excited about these things, if anything it’s an opportunity to learn more about a person, which he likes. He’s very aware that he’s done more terrible things than you can shake a stick at and is fairly certain that nobody could actually love him if they actually knew him.

I have wondered, though, what would happen if someone (who Veene actually enjoys the company of, Neil doesn’t count) did manage to pry all of that out of Veene and still managed to like him (or, in this case, love him). I honestly have no idea how that would go, and I’ll probably be curious about it until the end of time.

Lye: Has pretty much no dealings in sexual or romantic relationships. She’s not ignorant of them or anything, she just doesn’t involve herself with others often and, when she does, it’s usually not for long and she doesn’t get close to others often. If she got a love confession she’d, first and foremost, be worried that she’s going to react in completely the wrong way. She wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings if she wasn’t interested, but, at the moment, I can see her accepting that sort of confession because she’s CURIOUS about all this stuff.

Arro: Would shoot up the town. No, but he wouldn’t respond pleasantly. If it were a signed letter he wouldn’t be terribly impressed with the person’s inability to say it to his face (and would likely tell them that in an overly scathing and sarcastic manner the next time he saw them) if it were an anonymous letter he would disregard it entirely.

If it were too his face he’d still turn them down, and would probably be kind of annoyed by it, but he wouldn’t be as scathing because he’d have a little respect for them being able to speak to him directly. His response would still largely amount to a ‘Screw off’ though.

Torrin: HAHA. He likes close relationships, since he’s not with anyone he probably would only turn someone down if they seemed really meek/submissive. Otherwise it’d be staring and a “yes”.

Hafwen: She’d be mocking about a love letter or a face-to-face love confession but would probably entertain the notion far enough to publicly embarrass the confessor and possibly shove ice up his/her anus. Then she’d get rid of them.

Claire: Would, first off, view the feeling of ‘love’ as some sort of SIGN that she was meant to partner up with this person to do epic things, or that, in being closer to this person, epic things would happen. If she felt nothing for the person confessing she’d see it as her mind reminding her that she’s pretty freaking awesome and shouldn’t forget it. In the first case she’d accept the confession in hopes of ADVENTURE and in the second she’d probably just fail to respond and walk off grinning.

Leiko: Would respond differently depending on the person. Someone who can further whatever goals she has at the time she’ll accept, if she’s bored she might accept just to screw with them (or just plain screw them). Otherwise she doesn’t really care and wouldn’t pretend to.

• “If they wanted to confess their love to someone how would they do it?”

Neil: It would sort of depend on who he’s confessing to and how frustrating they’re being about it. He confessed to Veene multiple times because Veene kept shutting down on him, then he moved the confession up to forcing himself into Veene’s personal space and trying to push sex onto him. I don’t think he’d really get as pushy about it with other people, but he does take rejection pretty hard.

Veene: Wouldn’t. Maybe in the future that will change, but if he ever did find someone he liked that much he’d probably keep his distance unless they moved in closer to him.

Lye: Would probably be pretty straight up about it.

Arro: Would awkwardly hedge around the subject and then probably get irritated with himself and either drop it or just REALLY ANGRILY BURST OUT WITH IT.

Torrin: Well. He’s Torrin. He’ll ask you out and follow you around staring until you say yes.

Hafwen: Pretty much gets what she wants when she wants it, and that’s the kind of attitude she would carry into a love confession. “You’re mine now.”

Claire: AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY would do her best to hook up with someone if she felt something for them. If they turned her down she’d probably stalk them.

Leiko: Depends on the person. She’ll do WHAT IS NECESSARY.

Leiko: She enjoys all weather. She thinks each has its merits and each has its annoyances.

Veene: Loves storms, mostly lightning storms but crazy storms in general get him all excited.

Neil: Prefers sunshine and light breezes, he also enjoys rain but he likes light showers - not storms or torrential downpours.

Hafwen: Likes any sort of weather happening during winter and isn’t huge on warm and wet weather. Warm dry weather is alright (not preferred but she doesn’t mind it) she just really dislikes warm and wet.

Torrin: Doesn’t have much of a preference. He likes rain because he likes mud and water. He’s not big on loud storms, though, since it both lessens his ability to hear clearly and makes it harder to smell things. He’s not a huge fan of the cold.

Arro: He doesn’t care, he’ll find something to complain about in all weather types.

Denre: Has this bizarre fascination with clear sunny days. He also really likes still, cloudless nights.

Claire: Likes any weather so long as it works to her advantage and likes the challenge of any weather that doesn’t.

Leiko showers whenever she feels/looks/smells dirty (on top of showering everyday) being covered in dirt or blood or sweat isn’t exactly uncommon for her, but she still likes to feel clean so showers are PRETTY REGULAR for her. She does parkour mostly because she enjoys it but she recognizes that it helps her keep in shape so even if she’s busy she’ll tend to try and squeeze some in. As far as food goes she tends to eat whatever’s available but she avoids fast foods and junk.

Arro was raised with baths and showering and a standard for hygiene so it’s more of a routine for him than a desire to be clean. He doesn’t like being dirty but sometimes he’s too tired to care about having things caked onto his skin - but he showers anyway out of a force of habit. He also tends to shower before he goes to bed instead of when he gets up in the morning, it helps him relax and simmer down after a long day. If he’s out of work (which is never) he would exercise to keep in shape, but that’s never been an issue, and he doesn’t really care about what he ingests so long as it’s edible and won’t kill him. He doesn’t like alcohol or carbonated beverages, though.

Hafwen really doesn’t go out of her way to really take care of herself, she makes sure she looks presentable but she pretty much eats what’s available, cleans herself when she feels like it (which is basically when she feels she’s noticeably unclean).

Claire sometimes believes that if she thinks she’s clean she will be clean and then gets frustrated when she isn’t. She sees being dirty as a challenge sometimes and depending on her current mindset she’ll either go for weeks/days without showering or she’ll clean herself at EVERY SIGN OF UNCLEANLINESS! Pretty much the same goes for eating. If she sees a lot of ads for certain types of foods/brands/restaurants she’ll QUESTION IT and depending on how she interprets it at that time she’ll either avoid the stuff or go out in search of it. She doesn’t worry about maintaining her body because she doesn’t need to, she runs around ALL THE TIME.

TORRIN why can I never see your name? He cleans himself when he can, really. His diet consists mainly of meats and doesn’t like much else and he doesn’t have any sort of strict work-out schedule.

Veene doesn’t feel much of anything for it, he’s also seen marriage change quite a bit OVER THE YEARS. And he’s completely aware that it’s a huge reason a lot of his spouses went mental or became seriously unhappy (certain individuals more than others). But he doesn’t mind the commitment (though, the whole vowing-to-never-separate thing made him a little nervous at first since he cannot go back on his word but humans live such short lives (AND HIS WIVES/HUSBANDS EVEN SHORTER HARRHARR) so he didn’t mind it so much, plus he could think of a bunch of ways to play with the words to get out of it if he had to). For him most of his marriages have worked out well minus when someone else intervened and ruined everything, which was his fault for having enemies and not the marriage itself. I think the only relationships he’s had a really bad time with were ones that were with his kind or with people who had bound him to wish-duty. For the most part he doesn’t think people should be bound together like that, but understands the sentiment behind it. As far as he’s concerned if something isn’t working out people should be able to drift apart, not be forced to remain together by some sort of contract. In general he doesn’t like the idea of having to be ‘bound’ to someone or something, though, and he’s had enough bad experiences with that sort of stuff. So, while he’s fine with the idea himself (and doesn’t, as it relates to him, really think it’s a good thing or a bad thing) he also doesn’t think anyone should feel they have to be with someone forever and would be alright with people cutting it off.

Neil thinks marriage is great. He loves the idea that someone likes you enough to spend THE WHOLE REST OF THEIR LIFE with you, and likes having that excuse or permission to be closer to someone. He’s only been married once, though, and while it didn’t have the happiest ending after Veene’s whole family was murdered and he took off (because Neil got super upset over it and his wife, while understanding to an extent, got a little tired of it since she didn’t fully understand why Neil was being a baby over it) he did really enjoy it in the beginning and would probably get married again if he met someone cool.

Arro thinks it’s stupid. In the hunter’s community, though, as he sees it marriages only serve the purpose of making and raising more hunters, so he thinks that people would be able to do that more effectively without the romantic aspect and that, essentially, marriages cause people to lose their marbles. (His mother is his reason for thinking this.) He wouldn’t want to get married formally.

Denre doesn’t really care much for marriages. He thinks if you’re into them that’s cool but he doesn’t really see the point and isn’t extroverted enough to want to openly display or celebrate being that intimate with someone.

Leiko thinks marriages are hilarious.

Torrin thinks that getting married would be silly. Or, strictly monogamous marriages would be silly. He doesn’t really see why you would need to go through a whole ceremony, but if he were into someone and that was what they wanted he’d be fine with it. He wouldn’t actively want to get married but with the right people, like Darcy, he would want to spend MANY YEARS with them until something happens to him or his partner(s).

Claire thinks marriages are a set-up her mind created simply to provide a reason for people procreating and to give her a household to live out of. She will not get married, for it is her world and that would be a waste of time and the other denizens of her mind are supposed to make things for her to interact with, not her.

Hafwen thinks marriages are stupid and she can have whoever she wants whenever she wants for how long she wants them. Case closed.

She doesn’t think she  actually can die and would be sure there was a purpose or lesson to be learned in her ailment. She’d either kill herself (to more quickly move onto the next world her subconscious shoves her into) or she’d investigate the situation to see if there are any weird/suspicious things going on around the hospital (if she were hospitalized) or her house or immediate relations or whatever. 

The Hunters sort of have their own religion, I never bothered giving it a name but it’s your standard monotheistic religion, they don’t have any special rules or weirdo rituals, it’s just something the community usually believes in but new blood and the newer age tend to be more open toward different religions and some of them bring that stuff in. The main characters I use, though, aren’t terribly religious but is something they grew up with (so they sort’ve have that “Well… I think there is a god but I don’t know anything about my religion and don’t much care for it.” thing going on).  

Claire practices Claireism. (She thinks she is God, in a way).

I’ve mentioned that Veene used to believe in a higher power (and entertained the idea of higher powers, plural) but doesn’t think there is a god or many gods anymore, or that, if they are, they’re just creatures like him. Nothing truly special. 

I had a character who was Zoroastrian but I don’t remember who it was anymore (whoops).

Wesha’s time has a bunch of different religions and deities, she’s too busy viewing the past and the future to be bothered much with it herself but it does come into her interactions a fair bit.

And, yeah, I have a few spiritual characters.

But for the most part, no, religion doesn’t affect too many of my characters. Not significantly, at least, though, for some of them who are it does influence what they did or do and how they do or did things.

It was pretty normal. I think I’ve mentioned it in passing, but basically…

Her dad and her pretty much never spoke, he’d buy her thing (he’d also buy her sister and her mother things) and be all ‘I love you’ and whatever but for the most part they didn’t speak or really interact. He just happened to live in the same house and he happened to pay for things.

Her mom always tried to get closer to Claire, tried talking to her and become FRIENDS~ since her mom was like that. She was kind of distressed that Claire just… refused to get close to her and tended to be extra weird all over Claire’s sister as a result.

Both of her parents pretty much left her alone, though. To Claire they were just sort’ve like roommates that she didn’t have to interact with if she didn’t want to. They existed to give her a place to live and operate from, as far as she’s concerned, and as previously mentioned she doesn’t believe anyone but her actually exists. So they serve their purpose, they aren’t overly interesting so she isn’t interested in them.

Her sister and her talk sometimes but even then it’s nothing mega personal and they’re not super close.

Contrasting views and personalities? But all my characters are the same.

Okay so I guess I’ll talk about…

Eirik, who I don’t think I’ve mentioned to anyone in twoish years, is not, at all, comfortable with the idea of homosexuality (he tends to pretend it doesn’t exist instead of protesting angrily against it). A lot of his friends make gay-jokes about him and his best-buddy Micheal which he really does not take well to. He wouldn’t be happy about dem gays getting marriages all up in here, but he wouldn’t directly oppose it, either (unless he’s drunk in which case he gets loud and blunt but the people he associates with when he’s loud and drunk would agree with him so THERE YOU GO). So he just wouldn’t be comfortable with it, but I don’t think he’d be angry or anything - it’s not that gays really offend his beliefs or anything (though he’ll get loud and derogatory toward them around his friends since they are) he just doesn’t like the idea of dick on dick action. Though, if someone pointed out that seeing two chicks making out on the street was a thing that could totally happen as a result he’d be ALL FOR IT (well, not really, but he’d joke about how awesome that would be). And though he doesn’t do marijuana he has friends who do and probably wouldn’t realize it wasn’t legal so the news would come like “Hey maaaaaan! Marijuana’s legal now!” and he’d be all “Aye knew.” and they’d be all “Sweet brah!”

Meginna would be pissed, at both. For her she thinks homosexuality is a complete abomination (and doesn’t know her son is gay and would probably, literally, kill him if she ever finds out) she’s one of those hunters I talked about on Sunday from the super-high-end-family and kind of has a stick up her ass. She thinks engaging in same sex intercourse is completely unproductive and something only the disgraceful things they hunt do (which are worse than animals). She thinks it’s the result of people just wanting to have sex without understanding the importance of bearing children (which is really important within the hunting community) and that anyone who understood that would never, ever, engage in pointless same sex sexing. So she’d be really disgusted by same sex marriages being legalized, and would start to question why they’re protecting those stupid humans that are COMPLETELY BELOW US HUNTERS. She might, since she’s sort’ve gone whacko, start insisting that homosexuals are just individuals possessed by malevolent lustful spirits and must be purged and would probably try and get her son to go out and kill them (he wouldn’t, but she would try). She has a similar extreme view that all drugs are evil the ones that supposedly ‘help’ you just leave you weak, in her opinion, because your body doesn’t learn to fend for itself and then the other drugs just flat out harm you (she knows next to nothing about much of anything medically speaking). SO she’d also be all NO toward the legalization of marijuana but I guess she wouldn’t be too worried about it since she knows he precious son would never do that sort of thing. She’d just sneer at the human race a whole ton.

Then there’s Claire. Claire doesn’t care about sex, she doesn’t care about drugs, she doesn’t care what you do with your body (whether it be in private or public, paid or gifted) she doesn’t care what you take into your body. She just doesn’t care about you. You came from her mind, after all. No, what she would care about is ‘Why is my mind making such a big point of this? Why all the hubbub? There must be adventure surrounding this stuff somehow, I just need to find it, it’s a message, I know it is.” So she’d go out to find every pot smoking homosexual she could find and see if they’ll lead her into an adventure. When that fails she’ll go after the protestors, she will exhaustively search for someone to lead her into an adventure until she finds something more interesting to look into.

NOOO MY ONE WEAKNESS!!! ASK-BACKS! *melts*

Not that I can think of, no. The only time I base anything heavily on something else is when I’m being super lazy and don’t much feel like investing in something. Even then the only time I think I’ve done this was with Claire, actually, and that was HALF A JOKE. (I’m sure you know this since I think I mentioned it a million years ago when I made Claire but she was heavily based on the Claire from Baccano (Viiiiino)). Sometimes I see interpretations of things that I like and wonder if I can use that without ripping the original person who came up with or altered a specific concept in that way (this used to happen a lot but hasn’t really happened in a VERY LONG TIME). But I don’t have any singular strong inspirational sources, no.