Eva

Lust vs. Chasity: 2 Easily the lowest of Eva's scores, but not something she would inherantly consider 'wrong', she has not had many romantic partners. She is exceedingly slow to fall in love, but once she does she gives over to baser desires and has a voracious sexual appetite almost unbefitting the rest of her character traits. This said she is content being unattached for lengths of time. When in a relationship she is driven by a strong sense of devotion in a monogamistic relationship and the focus of her lust will nearly always be an individual who has taken a considerable (exorbitant?) amount of time to prove to her that her affections are being firmly reciprocated (pun was not originally intended ). In short, her sense of lust is there and often reined in by careful discipline. It would take some extreme circumstances for her to act on such impulses without a well-cemented foundation of a relationship underlying the encounter. Her upbringing was such that infidelity was viewed as the greatest of sins and she grew up in observation of its consequences. So few will ever see this side of her. Gluttony vs Temperance: 9 Gluttony is one of the more dynamic of these ratings for Eva's character. She grew up under circumstances where she was around well-cooked food often, the daughter of a knight-turned-chef. From the age of 8 or so after moving to Gridania and growing up somewhat ostracized as duskwight living in Gridania - a primarily wildwood culture - her insecurities manifested themselves and she ate herself into obesity over the next several years. It wasn't until her mid-20's that she began to learn other ways of coping with her problems and found more happiness in her life. Since that time she has lost a good deal of weight and is much more cognizent of her sense of self-control. She now eats very small portions and seldom ever overindulges. I didn't give her a 10 outright because she does still have a strong fondness for tea, and considers chocolate to be her weak point and will occasionally give in despite her self-interest. Greed vs Charity: 10 Eva has never been greedy. She grew up with that which she needed and was taught to be grateful for it. The victim of the Calamity she has lost most of her belongings and simply didn't care. Her values are the people close to her and her friendships. She gives most of her time and gil to others and only keeps what she absolutely needs for herself and her babies, at times lamenting that she wishes she had more time and money to give. Sloth vs Diligence: 9 As with Gluttony/Temperance, this was dynamic of Eva's character and her score would have been much lower when she was younger. Now in her mid-30's she realizes the importance of leading a somewhat kinetic lifestyle only after spending most of her 20's with her nose buried in books. She is an avid swimmer, runs during the colder months, and trains regularly now. She still feels that book knowledge is good, but has come to learn - perhaps later in life than most would-be adventurers - that going out into the world and experiencing life for herself is even more important. Wrath vs Patience: 9 Eva is a paragon of patience - to the point of sometimes seeming to be a bit of a pushover in certain ways. There are reasons that I am not going to get into in this post why she is extremely slow to anger. This is not to say that she does not get annoyed or bothered by certain things, but in the three or more years we have been RPing her, she has only reached what could be considered true 'anger' on one occasion - and it wasn't pretty. She is also a new mother though, which almost certainly brings with it a slew of opportunities for anger. I did not give her a 10 because she does feel irritation or annoyance sometimes with certain people or in certain types of situations, though is usually good about veiling this. Envy vs Kindness: 10 I don't think Eva is capable of feeling jealousy. As a fatalist she believes things are as they are for a reason and derives solace from this. She is not one to covet possessions, status, wealth, power, or anything else. She shows kindness to all, with only a limited amount of caution, until someone gives her a reason not to. And even then she has shown kindness in the past to those who do not like her for various reasons. It is just her way. Pride vs Humility: 7 This was a tough one to rate because I can see instances where she can fall at both ends of the spectrum. Eva generally abhors arrogance and vanity in people. She is also recently aware of her own self-image and how she sometimes appears to others and inwardly may feel some sense of pride at how she overcame some difficulties in her life, lost a lot of weight, and while the stares of men (and I suppose some women) made her feel awkward she has grown more accepting of it in recent times. In deed and in word she is modest, dresses conservatively (unless there is some tactical reason to flaunt curves - hardly ever), is considerate to everyone, and truly feels she is no greater than anyone else. Does your character lean more towards the Sins or the Virtues? Eva by and far leans a lot more towards the virtues than the sins. She is a priestess, counselor, caregiver, and is aware that her role in life is one that is more selfless. She is a listener and as a RPer she is very much more reactive than proactive. Which Sin does your character most emulate? I don't think any of the given sins are really vast portrayed in RP. Lust was given the highest rating, however this is not a trait that plays out publicly. And even then I'm not she sure objectifies her mate, nor sees her impulses as being something she's unable or unwilling to control. Which Virtue does your character most emulate? Kindness and Charity are probably both the virtues that are emulated. She gives of herself to her family, friends, people in need, strangers. She does this for no ulterior reason nor to make herself feel good. She truly views herself an instrument of the Twelve and wants to help make Eorzea better, even if only in small words and small deeds. Which of these Sins or Virtues do you and/or your character believe they need to work on the most? I think changing any of them too much would feel wrong. It has been awkward as Eva's lost more weight and grown more 'attractive' (I'm using this term loosely because social conventions, etc. I am fully aware that not everyone finds hourglass figures and huge boobies to be attractive) because her self-awareness has increased. She spent most of her life being a wallflower and not wanting to be noticed and now she's being gawped at and the progression has been slow and natural but it's still a much different thing than it was 3 years ago before Dalamud and all that back when she was still kind of pudgy. The character herself, if asked, would probably say she needs to work on charity more, and give more back. She is constantly looking for ways to improve things for the people around her - particularly her babies and her "babies" - those friends and acquaintances she cares about, even the ones who can be a bit stubborn or resistant to her way of showing her motherly affections.

I love it when I'm having a bit of a down day [yesterday] and getting ready to log out for sleepytimes and heading back to guild headquarters has become my habit to find a couple FC mates gabbing on the front lawn and then getting swept into an in-depth conversation that ended with a couple of unlikely characters embracing one another. Such feels!! :love:

I do use my starting outfit once in awhile for more casual stuff when that comes about. I like the elezen starting gear, but my favorite is the gear for hyur women with the corset. The character has a fondness for corsetted style clothing so we have long lamented not being able to be able to wear the hyur gear.

I had a lot of fun!! Thank you Jancis, and everyone who turned out to make it such a great time!!

There are several women in Coerthas that have those bodices as well. I've wanted one of those for a long time now because it's perfect! Will try to upvote this as well!!

Howdy Stranger! I was just talking to someone recently about you and wondering what you'd been up to - specifically that over-9000 page story from the FFXI days about the Agarnorn(?) - might have gotten the name wrong and the old forums are gone so I can't look it up, but those awesome desert dwellers of Altepa and that crazy long and twisted story! I digress though. Welcome back!!

I think this is a wonderful idea! It always irks me when RPers feel confined by the existing jobs in defining their role(s) - e.g. "I am a dragoon" or "I am a weaver", etc. I want to see more architects, engineers, tattoo artists!! Kudos to you! I say go with it!!

I thought I posted on this thread awhile back but I guess not. I don't like giving too many spoilers and stuff but this is a fun category so here's a few: Couple references to boobs in few previous posts so I suppose I'll start there. She wears robes and concealing clothing often to veil the fact that her chest is extremely large. This isn't so much a secret to those who know her, but I can see where it may be to some who only see her in certain settings where she is robed or armoured. It is also no secret that she's self-conscious about them and wishes she was more slender and lithe "like elezen should be." Eva often gives off the impression she is unsure or otherwise lacks confident. This is an illusion. She never really lies outright, but she prefers people think less of her. She is more confident, more intelligent, and more clever than most might figure her to be. To amend to the above paragraph, she has used her curves on more than one occasion - uncharacteristically - to achieve some goal. This body confidence has come gradually over several years, but her underlying mentality is that they're more of a curse than a blessing. In addition to being reasonably competent with a polearm and having some command over aether (healing and water magics in particular) she is proficient at wielding daggers, but keeps this knowledge to herself. It isn't a "closet ninja" thing either, just a expertise pertaining to wielding and throwing the weapon. She also was taught sleight-of-hand and knows a number of parlor tricks which have proven useful on occasion and are a bit unorthodox for your average priestess (though pulling gil coins out of childrens' ears is always a hit!) Finally - and I'm hesitant to post this one but throwing caution to the wind - Eva is a far more sexual character than most would probably figure her to be. That whole "lady on the streets freak in the sheets" thing absolutely applies. The caveat being that this side of her character only manifests itself after she is firmly entrenched in love with her man. Throughout her life she has only had a few relationships, and she is very guarded, private, and fiercely protective of her love interest. Devotion, monogamy, loyalty, however you want to call it. That foundation takes a [frustratingly] long time to build for it to be sufficient for her to carry a relationship further. She has a number of other little secrets and quirks but this was more than enough for one post. :blush:

If you would like I can put on my priestess hat and give a [probably brief] prayer service and blessing. Nophica holds a particularly dear place in Eva's heart and I'm very much looking forward to this. :moogle:

Gerik helped me out with this a long time ago. For Eva, Claire Tully:

Thanks for this. I'll play around with this later, but I'm pretty sure it's an "all or none" fix, and I don't want to disable non-party effects completely. I still like walking around and seeing and hearing life and the sounds of battle and such. Just those two in particular are most aggravating to me (Holy and RoT), particularly when spammed in a safe haven without any good reason. Would be nice if S-E would disable their functionality in Sanctuary areas but I don't ever see that happening.

Mostly I just blacklist gil-spammers who send unwanted /tells and shout in the cities. There have been a couple little turds who got blacklisted for repeatedly starting or having weird or irrelevent conversations in /shout in various zones while I was trying to focus on RP. I often take them off blacklist after. In one instance I didn't (repeat annoyer). There is only one "RPer" that I blacklisted - someone that was briefly a member of our company and brought a lot of negativity and bad energy and caused a lot of problems to the point people from other servers were sending us messages after bad experiences with him in roulettes or such before we gave him das boot. What is frustrating is when others I associate do still interact IC as I only am privy to half the dialogue, but I've just been finding IC reasons to excuse myself from such situations (it's not difficult). I do wish they had a toggle [for the SFX in particular] for Holy, Ring of Thorns, etc. - when someone outside of your party casts them, in particular. I don't particularly mind the sound effects and I understand holyspam is necessary for certain things (love the holy visual, hate the audio) - but something about it pisses my dog off if the volume is above a certain threshold. :dazed:

Pertaining to the seasonal temperature changes, I tend to liken things to how they would be in the Northern Hemisphere (since I assume that's where the vast majority of RPers are anyway) and treat the RL winter months as being colder and the RL summer months as being hotter and spring blooms and autumn leaves falling as being a thing. It's hard to talk about weather effects without talking about the strange advancement of time. I [and I think most other RPers] also ignore the day/night cycle as it happens in-game. Otherwise that long and meaningful talk a fellow RPer and I had beneath the stars didn't take place beneath stars, but over two "game days" and that's just a little more awkward. I generally treat the time as being what the time is in real life. I think most in our company have agreed upon things centering on the Eastern U.S. time zone, though we have members on Pacific time and EU time (mostly because it falls in the middle and isn't quite such a drastic extreme). Other companies whose member base falls more on a different time zone may well treat their events as occurring at that time. I haven't heard of any incident occurring [during crossover RP or such] where anyone got terribly upset about a misunderstanding pertaining to what time it was. I can see where there could be a misunderstanding, but it just has yet to happen in my own experience. "Aren't the stars beautiful tonight?" "What are you talking about, it's only the 15th bell and the sun is shining brightly..." That bit of tangent aside, I tend to treat weather effects similarly. Normally, unless it's a long scene, I go with whatever the weather is like at the start. If there is a weather shift after that, I generally ignore it. The caveat to this policy is if someone else acknowledges a change in weather condition, such as if it starts raining. I will seldom do this myself, but I'll follow others' cues so long as it's not constantly changing or detracting heavily from whatever RP scene is taking place. For events like our old bonfire storytellings, I would post a disclaimer in advance indicating that it was a clear and starry night, regardless of how weather effects may change, or if we arrived on the scene and it was pouring rain that should simply be ignored. I've been puzzled by the amount of rain in Thanalan before as well. I tend to think that any desert climate will usually not see much in the way of rain, and when it does rain the parched landscape and wildlife absorbs it pretty quickly. For Coerthas, I know a lot of folks who weren't around before ARR thing it's just always been bitter cold and snowy, but it was a more Alpine, mountainous region void of snow in 1.0. Eva lived there until she was 7 years old, and fondly recalls summers spent swimming in lakes (which may well now be frozen over) and other such summertime activities. I am very curious to see more of Coerthas though (particularly the northwest), and if all of it got hit with the same cold snap after the Calamity or if it was just the central region. This all being said, I would assume that in the fall months there are fallen leaves crunching underfoot in parts of the Twelveswood, and in winter months in most of Eorzea (probably not Thanalan) I would imagine there would be snow, even though it's not depicted visually. I wouldn't be averse to RPers suggesting this, though I'm not sure I'd want it forced upon me without some sort of an understanding in place first. It's a good question though and provokes a lot of thought.

You can also buy the job-specific i90 gear with allied seals if you do hunts. It works out to being a lot cheaper than myths, however you might also want to keep those allied seals stockpiled for hunt logs towards upgrading the i100 stuff to i110. It's a bit of a tradeoff there. But I think the i90 stuff is like 20-30 seals apiece, and that's pretty easy to get just from hitting daily/weekly hunt marks. EDIT: Berrod beat me to it by like 4 mins.

There's probably a lot of little secrets that only one or two people (and often not the same one or two) know about Eva. I suppose I can give up a few of these: 1. Her born name was not Eva. She changed it herself for two very specific reasons. 2. She was obese for most of her teenage years and the first half of her twenties. 3. For the few months after her father's passing and before the Calamity, she possessed tremendous wealth as the result of an inheritance. This was lost before she could figure out how to spend much of it. 4. She's skilled in sleight-of-hand and the use of daggers but makes no public mention of such and only performs simple parlor tricks for amusement (and will not be a ninja ICly). 5. She does not understand how she's able to manipulate aether but simply accepts it - the more she tries to rationalize/understand, the less potent her ability. Apart from healing, she is only able to control water, though she has touched wind in the past under certain conditions. 6. She lost a son during childbirth when she was in her late twenties which supposedly left her barren. That she got pregnant and gave birth to twins more recently is something she looks upon as a miracle and blessing from Nophica. 7. After losing a dear friend several years ago she has had a difficult time forming solid friendships. She tends to think she is more respected than liked, and that others keep a certain respectful distance from her. She yearns for the days she had a 'bestie' who could break through those barriers and wonders if she ever will have that kind of friendship with anyone again. 8. Due to her cultural upbringing, she has a derisive outlook of people who proclaim to be family where there is no blood or matrimonial ties - e.g. close friends calling themselves brothers or sisters. She views it as a slight to actual family, but seldom expresses any negative thoughts about it. 9. She is slow to fall in love, but in those times when she does she becomes fiercely protective, a bit possessive, and unwavering in her devotion to that individual. 10. She borders on being obsessive-compulsive about cleanliness and tidiness, more pertaining to placement of objects in a room but also with some regard to personal hygeine. 11. She is an avid swimmer and will often swim early in the spring and late in the autumn when the water is too chilly - which she says doesn't bother her. As a result she often catches a cold during these times of the year. She also will only swim alone in private [or with a lover]. In part because of past meaning, and in part because of her own physical insecurities, she views it as a very personal and spiritual thing and not as a recreational activity - though she does not begrudge others who swim in public. It is just something sacred for her. 12. She's probably addicted to tea, chocolate, and white wine.

One of the favorites? TWIN RECLINERS!! We just closed on our first home back in February (after living together for a good four years or so in an apartment). We had a lot of purchases all at once, but one of my faves was this huge gorgeous L-shaped desk we have downstairs in the computer room. We also got a really sweet pair of comfy recliners too and we were gonna fight about the TV so we got another big screen and mounted it to the wall down there. If we want to cuddle and watch TV on the sofa we have upstairs. If we want our space and to sprawl out and be comfy and watch TV we have the dual recliners in the basement (a.k.a. computer room a.k.a. "man cave"). It's kind of like this:

Voted yes to the poll. Probably echoing a lot of what's already been said, but any character's sexuality (or lack thereof) is an important element from which any number of other day-to-day feelings or thoughts may derive. I don't look down upon those who choose to RP this, just as I don't look down upon those who choose not to RP it. It is just that - a choice. One each RPer may make for him- or herself. There is no wrong answer here. Not everyone will enjoy the same stuff. And everyone will have a different opinion of what is enjoyable and what is not. For myself, my spouse and I have an agreement and there is a firm line between IC and OOC (as we both RP each of our characters). I will admit that I generally favor the "fade to black" method, often with some sort of an abridged summary of events that happened between the couple so that may help establish a baseline mood for the following day or whatever. From past experience, at certain times the RP can feel repetative and a bit of a waste of time (not for lack of compelling writing). Once in awhile we will still RP a scene if there is some reason for it (assuming of course that the partner character's RPer is comfortable with that). For Eva in particular it is something not taken lightly and has taken months of build-up to get to that point in the few cases where RPing a relationship has gone that way. Publicly she downplays her own sexuality, however she is very much a heterosexual woman with all the urges and desires that come along with that - point blank she is extremely sexual, but only in private so it's not something most would ever see. Specifically due to her upbringing, her family and clan's lifestyle, there is a very strong emphasis placed on devotion in a one-to-one relationship. It may take a long time for her to open up to a significant other, but when she does she opens up completely and what emerges is a truly beautiful thing - a kind of physical manifestation of that level of devotion and trust and honesty and love. Since the D/s thing came up I will also mention that she usually winds up being the dominant partner (in all but one relationship which then was a bit more of an enduring battle for supremacy, and a source of entertainment as the two characters constantly butted heads, proverbially speaking of course). She just needs to be comfortable with her lover, and this sort of works against how she represents herself in public - soft-spoken and insightful and passive. Her sexuality and her 'bedroom activities' are not something she would ever publicize - even to close friends. She is very private about that. She feels somewhat awkward about public displays of affection. She has an awkward time balancing her role as a priestess with her role as a lover. She wants to be seen a particular way, and being with someone often works against that. She has no qualms about being single either, in those spaces that stretch between lovers. So to kind of conclude, I think that sex in RP is one facet of what I personally feel should be a multifaceted character, and those many other facets should not go ignored lest it be a bit of a shallow character in my opinion. Whether a RPer chooses to explore that or not or find some reason to avoid it altogether is up to the individual and should be respected no matter what. I personally don't like to see the heavy stuff. We've seen men and women characters alike flirt heavily with Eva. She's evolving to a point where she just might flirt back outwardly, but mostly it just makes her feel a bit awkward. She is generally wary of people who seem overly sure of themselves. And she carries with her that sort of common prejudice about anyone who is very open and abrupt about sex - generally figuring them to be woven of looser moral fiber. That's the character bias though, based on what feels to us like a realistic approach to the subject.

Probably this... on a loop... I'll give this some additional thought. There are a few other good songs that come to mind.

Ionno. If the right person comes along... Her relationship with her current beau is progressing slowly and steadily, but who knows what things can happen in RP? :dodgy: She is the devoted type, and he seems pretty smitten, so... it's entirely possible someday. Not anything we're rushing towards though. :thumbsup:

I personally feel that class/job is too shallow a thing on which to define a character. It can be a central/focal point. But it should be one of many, at least for a compelling character. If that's your thing, than great. But my belief is it makes for a pretty dull character. "Hello my name is Kain the dragoon. I'm from Ishgard and I train with my lance day in and day out. I'm all about the dragooning and dragoony things. I have a love affair with my spear. I hate Dravanians." Yeah, it's neat. But a character should have more dimensions than just a job/class in my opinion. Think of it in real life. I'm a computer technician. That's swell. But that doesn't define me. I enjoy spending time around the fire pit with friends and drinking hard lemonade/cider. I listen to prog metal. I love certain TV shows (omg Gotham is ossum so far!), I am a compassionate person, I enjoy a particular MMO. I am a creative soul who loves to write. So... yeah... call me a computer technician if you want. Call Eva a priestess. You wouldn't be wrong. But there's more to us both than that. EDIT TO APPEND: I think a certain amount of suspension of disbelief with regards to gear and such is acceptable. RPers will often disagree upon this point though. In short, just RP what you want and in the way that you want. I've known PLD's who have been RPing dual-wielding swords, for instance. Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't seem to me there's any force in Eorzea that would literally prohibit a character from using two hands to each pick up a sword. No, the game mechanics don't allow it, but... reasonable deviation is reasonable for the sake of realistic and enjoyable RP.

You can! Come to the Shroud, make sure not to afk! I'm imagining needing to run away from flying arrows trying to explain that I didn't double cross her. ; ; Kage.. you.. You.. pretty much just described Rivienne and Yvelont's first meeting in the Shroud. LMAO. THAT MEANS RIVIENNE IS FI PERFECTLY. ... Are you sure Yvelont isn't Michael? I know a perfect candidate character for Sam Axe and will now be directing him towards this thread! :lol:

Eva's arch-nemesis (in so many ways): Death by Chocolate

Toast - plain white bread. Mostly bland. But with orange marmalade for a hint of sweetness (not too much). Also Darjeeling tea with a bit of lemon (not pictured)

@OP: I won't make light of this. In full seriousness, I've been in a similar such situation at one point in my own life. I don't think that these are concerns that impact the greater RP community so deeply as they do your own personal life, which probably explains what may be regarded as lightheartedness within many of the responses given so far (or they may just think you're a troll, which could also be the case I suppose, though I'll write the rest of this post assuming that you aren't). It's not for any of us really to agree what is acceptable for you or your significant other, or to judge your relationship. ERP can be a minor plot point and may be looked upon as something innocent and fun that adds a particular dimension to a character relationship and something not to be taken very seriously. Conversely, it can be a very intimite thing between two players if there are real feelings involved - this all varies widely depending on the players and their views and reasons. As another poster mentioned, what is right and wrong is something best kept to a serious discussion between the two of you about what is necessary for your relationship to carry on, or if it can endure after what may be looked upon as betrayal, and if there's enough value for it to be worth carrying on at all. I would encourage you to remember that your happiness and dignity are important though. I would imagine, or at least hope, that most who are in real relationships and who have characters that ERP, are honest and upfront with their RL partners about it, otherwise it can probably trigger a lot of awful stuff. There almost certainly needs to be some sort of understanding, otherwise it's only going to drive a wedge in your relationship. Whatever your choices, I wish you well in who you are and in all that you do.

We'll go Star Trek for both of these: Eva: Deanna Troi Blynbhar: Elim Garak