Edit: Might as well give a version for all of my characters XD
Blue:
Blue is still working out with learning the world. Blade has managed to roughly tell her the differences between males and females (not too insight-ly, but she catches up fast). She luckily still hasn't experienced any of the daily life experiences where differences between the genders are shown, such as dates, balls, or sexist arguments. Ignorance is bliss, they say, and she is ignorant. So as of now, genders are equal to her in how they should be dealt with.
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Jet'a:
The Keepers of the Moon clan has a matriarchal society, and Jet'a's family was very strict on the matter, built around an amazon-like community. Only females were allowed to hunt, with males kept around the camp to do works such as crafting weapons, tanning, and assist the Matriarch in everything she needed. Jet'a was heavily taught to respect women, with particular care for those of his same clan, and he treats them all with reverential respect, never rising his voice against them, and hardly saying "no" to whichever request they might have.
This consequentially brings him to hold a grudge towards men who are rude to women or do not give them the superiority Jet'a was taught to see in females.
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Vincent:
Vincent is only 17, and has been strictly followed by his teachers until just the other day. As of now, he hasn't shown any inclination towards either gender, but as the son of aristocrats, he was taught polite manners towards both.
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Chiara:
Chiara is in her mid-thirties, divorced (now we could argue whether divorce exists or not in Eorzea's lore.. her husband left Eorzea to escape the Calamity, so she's as close as legally divorced as she could be) and has a pretty desperate goal: to find her lost daughter. This keeps her pretty focused and not incline to be sidetracked by social conventions. However, she used to belong to the high society, and still holds the etiquette of her former status. She doesn't expect chivalry from other men, but that doesn't make her hold a drudge against men. She tends to trust everyone all too easily, perhaps naively so, unaware of the dangers and less-than-corteous reality out of Ul'dah's higher tiers.
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Dylise:
Dylise is a young girl, and a bandit. She's the classical type that will try her best to keep up with the stronger sex, while not giving up her femininity. She likes to throw sexist puns to men from time to time, but it's mostly only to tease them.
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Kujh'a:
Kujh is another Keeper, but unlike Jet'a, he was raised and taught to see women as pure terror. He is afraid of them, and tries to avoid eye contact if he can, especially with Keepers Female. His main reason for becoming an adventurer was that he wanted to show the world that a male Keeper can be as strong and brave as any Keeper huntress, or better! He feels highly in competition with women, but at the same time, he can't get himself to face them in direct confrontations without feeling the urge to go hide.
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Clive:
Ah, Clive. My lovely, sexist moronic jerk. The classical Jerk-With-A-Heart-of-Gold, he treats both genders poorly. He has a passion for women, but that doesn't keep him in line with them: if there is snarking to be done, he will serve even the gentle sex with his harsh words. He has a very difficult time engaging, unable to stay with the same woman for too long. More the one-night time type than the faithful partner, hands down.
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Valeria:
Valeria comes from an island of hunters, where little to no difference was had between genders. However, since her arrive to Vylbrand as a recruit of the Maelstrom, she was forced to face the cruel reality, often dealing with pirates or adventurers trying to put her down. This often causes her to feel in competition with men, but all in all she has always been able to stand up to every challenge. Her sexual orientation is still blank, apparently.
Blue:
Blue is still working out with learning the world. Blade has managed to roughly tell her the differences between males and females (not too insight-ly, but she catches up fast). She luckily still hasn't experienced any of the daily life experiences where differences between the genders are shown, such as dates, balls, or sexist arguments. Ignorance is bliss, they say, and she is ignorant. So as of now, genders are equal to her in how they should be dealt with.
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Jet'a:
The Keepers of the Moon clan has a matriarchal society, and Jet'a's family was very strict on the matter, built around an amazon-like community. Only females were allowed to hunt, with males kept around the camp to do works such as crafting weapons, tanning, and assist the Matriarch in everything she needed. Jet'a was heavily taught to respect women, with particular care for those of his same clan, and he treats them all with reverential respect, never rising his voice against them, and hardly saying "no" to whichever request they might have.
This consequentially brings him to hold a grudge towards men who are rude to women or do not give them the superiority Jet'a was taught to see in females.
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Vincent:
Vincent is only 17, and has been strictly followed by his teachers until just the other day. As of now, he hasn't shown any inclination towards either gender, but as the son of aristocrats, he was taught polite manners towards both.
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Chiara:
Chiara is in her mid-thirties, divorced (now we could argue whether divorce exists or not in Eorzea's lore.. her husband left Eorzea to escape the Calamity, so she's as close as legally divorced as she could be) and has a pretty desperate goal: to find her lost daughter. This keeps her pretty focused and not incline to be sidetracked by social conventions. However, she used to belong to the high society, and still holds the etiquette of her former status. She doesn't expect chivalry from other men, but that doesn't make her hold a drudge against men. She tends to trust everyone all too easily, perhaps naively so, unaware of the dangers and less-than-corteous reality out of Ul'dah's higher tiers.
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Dylise:
Dylise is a young girl, and a bandit. She's the classical type that will try her best to keep up with the stronger sex, while not giving up her femininity. She likes to throw sexist puns to men from time to time, but it's mostly only to tease them.
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Kujh'a:
Kujh is another Keeper, but unlike Jet'a, he was raised and taught to see women as pure terror. He is afraid of them, and tries to avoid eye contact if he can, especially with Keepers Female. His main reason for becoming an adventurer was that he wanted to show the world that a male Keeper can be as strong and brave as any Keeper huntress, or better! He feels highly in competition with women, but at the same time, he can't get himself to face them in direct confrontations without feeling the urge to go hide.
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Clive:
Ah, Clive. My lovely, sexist moronic jerk. The classical Jerk-With-A-Heart-of-Gold, he treats both genders poorly. He has a passion for women, but that doesn't keep him in line with them: if there is snarking to be done, he will serve even the gentle sex with his harsh words. He has a very difficult time engaging, unable to stay with the same woman for too long. More the one-night time type than the faithful partner, hands down.
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Valeria:
Valeria comes from an island of hunters, where little to no difference was had between genders. However, since her arrive to Vylbrand as a recruit of the Maelstrom, she was forced to face the cruel reality, often dealing with pirates or adventurers trying to put her down. This often causes her to feel in competition with men, but all in all she has always been able to stand up to every challenge. Her sexual orientation is still blank, apparently.
To be an interesting, intriguing, well-written character, there needs to be something to allow the audience to relate to them. That is what the problem is with who wants their character to be "perfect". Perfect characters will never be strong, and strong characters will never be perfect, because WE (those who read, who watch, who RP) are not perfect.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
"What makes a strong character is how they deal with their flaws, their fears, their turmoils, their troubles that get in the way. That's what makes them relatable." -- N.C.
