How Does Your Character Treat the Sexes?

[Dat Oni]

-And by sexes I mean genders, you perverts!

 

Anyways, I was curious about how the RPC community's various roleplayers RP their characters around the opposite and same sexes. How do you treat women? Men? Is it even an issue?

 

Feel free to go in depth. TL;DR is not a thing, here.

[Blue]

Edit: Might as well give a version for all of my characters

 

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.

[Zac Evans]

[align=center]Well, Zac has a weird pseudo-Keeper of the Moon relationship with women. Being raised mainly by his mother, grandmother and aunts, he learned it was best to do what women say when the say it, as well as to be kind and courteous. On the other hand, he feels that at times he isn't 'manly' enough and tries to be macho. Not in the whole 'Get back in the kitchen while being barefoot, pregnant with my child and making me a sandwich' but a whole 'You swing an axe for a living? Why not be a tailor instead? Goldsmiths make a good living.'[/align]

 

[align=center]More prone to embarrassing himself and offending a woman in his macho moods than sweeping them off their feet, clutching them tight to his muscle-y hairy man-chest and riding off baerback on a black chocobo into a glorious golden sunset with long, luxurious locks whipping in the breeze.[/align]

[Zhavi]

Zhi doesn't really differentiate between the genders, to the point that I don't even think she has a sexual preference (or even really cares for it, but that's not the point). While she's wary of those who are bigger and built more for muscle than she is, she's small enough that that category includes as many women as men. Due to her mother having been a whore, she has a bit of a soft spot for them, but since there's boy whores and girl whores (how thoughtful!) that isn't really a difference either.

 

I do have a character in another setting who is totally misogynistic and acts the part of a chauvinistic pig, though, and he is very interesting to play, but Zhi is very . . . it's almost like she doesn't see people at all, including their genders. All she sees is the potential gil, and the potential danger to her hide. She'll flirt/joke/act sympathetic with anyone to get their measure (or to get a certain response), but I think that's more of a learned trait than actual intent. Beauty in either gender doesn't really affect her much; she considers it a tool to be used against others and is constantly on guard as a result. She's just sorta unaware of gender to a large degree, I think. Maybe she's just a late bloomer or something.

[BlackJaque]

Hachi

 

Hachi isn't afraid to approach anybody, regardless of gender. For the most part, she sees people as equals, but tends to give females more credit for intelligence and other small advantages. Of course, this is due to some of her early childhood amongst her traditional Keeper family. Hachi has been removed from the traditional Keeper way of life long enough now to have let go of any extreme values regarding female superiority. 

 

This being said, she is most comfortable and quick to befriend females, and respect is always shown to females who she considers 'elder'. Hachi is a little slower to warm up to the opposite gender, and is known to sometimes doubt their capabilities in comparison to her own. She has less patience for males and becomes easily agitated when her buttons are pushed. However, beneath her bravado Hachi really doesn't understand the male gender at all, and many of her more aggressive antics are simply in place to cover up her own uncertainty and apprehensiveness. Hachi is generally this way with all males from any race, but maybe most noticeably so with her own.

 

 

Trysten Skyborn

 

He's a player.

 

Trysten knows he is good looking and his confident attitude shows it. He's not afraid to talk to females, in fact, he's quite smooth. While Trysten is the type to flee commitment, it's not because he sees females in a negative light. In fact, Trysten is the type of male who would never hit a female- even if she meant to cause him harm. He has a strong sense of chivalry when it comes to the fairer gender- but it doesn't make him any less of a floozy.

 

Trysten gets along with males well enough, but loves to start fights. He'll usually deliberately provoke some kind of aggressive reaction from other males around his age and size.

[Hiro]

Hiro doesn't have much of a background that favors either gender to any degree. He doesn't have much in depth physical knowledge about gender differences apart from the obvious physical observations he's made, he has physical preferences in terms of simple aesthetics, but doesn't specifically attach them to attraction or 'desirable' traits in either gender, but if brought up specifically he'll agree or disagree based on his limited understanding.

 

There have been a few in his encounters who have instilled him the the concepts of "women logic" and "misogyny" though they're sort of things to be discovered and elaborated on as time goes by and situations permit. Apart from cooperation and collaboration for work or daily interactions, people don't really mean much to him with regard to genders and their inherent, or otherwise, roles.

[Erik Mynhier]

Erik had a strong father and equally strong mother, so he has little difference in gender treatment when it comes to those he sees as equals. He does tend to overcompensate with girls in their very early twenties and under, this is due to the fact that if his sister was alive that would be her age, and also because of his daughter. So the only inequality would be toward young girls.

[Ignacius]

Orleans is an equal-opportunity asskicker, and has no problem killing someone of any gender.

 

Generally speaking, killing people is his natural mode of communication.

[chaoticsleepy]

Ooh, good question. Let's see here..

 

For N'hadiya, she grew up in a very strictly patriarchal Seeker society. However, she wasn't ever really one to follow tradition to the T. She doesn't automatically assign men to a higher rank than women. If anything, if there is a man in a leadership position, her upbringing makes her predisposed to not put much stock in his qualifications unless he can prove his proficiency and capability. As far as women, considering she grew up mostly surrounded by them, she has a stronger sense of camaraderie with them. But ultimately, she doesn't treat either gender particularly different from one another, even in regards to sexual attraction (though I envision her as having more trouble forming romantic attachments to men than woman, when I really think about it, again as a product of her history and background).

 

Naoh'to is.. so much the opposite, haha. While he grew up in a more matriarchal Keeper society, events of his past and the changed course of his life have more or less removed that inherent respect for females. He's become more of your typical silvertongued flirt and flatterer, and he even has a bit of a weakness when it comes to beautiful women. Women in positions of power or social statuses equal to or exceeding his own, however, he's come to mistrust - again, as a result of his past. He can flirt and the like with them, but ultimately, it would be hard for him to ever trust one of them. As far as he's concerned, a woman in charge of anything of importance or significance is a disaster and / or betrayal waiting to happen.

 

Men, Naoh'to treats on more of an individual basis. There's no one single way that he approaches them. They're just regular people to him, nothing special. However, notable is that in terms of sexual preference, Naoh'to falls into the 'occasional incidental homosexual tendencies' category, but that is a very rare occurence (and one he would never openly admit to) and more a product of circumstance and other factors than an inherent, overwhelming attraction to the same sex as a whole. In fact, he's only ever been in a relationship with another man once, and it ended in large part due to his inability to stay away from women. So you would never see him openly flirting with men in general, but privately and under the right circumstances? It's possible.

[cuideag]

Jajara few up in a predominantly male family and as such tends to get along easier with males in general. The females of her family, including her sisters and her terror of a mother, were all extraordinarily strong women in her eyes who followed the traditional gender roles expected of her clan while maintaining their own brand of independence. Never was her mother just her father's wife, for example. She looks down on giving preference to one gender or the other and doesn't take overly "chivalrous" or "gentlemanly" people too seriously, feeling that while they are being insulting in a backhanded sort of way rather than polite as they may think.

 

In terms of attraction, Jajara is fascinated by non-lalafell females but that fascination does not cross over into anything sexual.

 

Delial believes very much in feminine superiority, feeling that females are indeed the stronger, smarter sex. That said, she tends to be a little more suspicious the women with whom she associates. She has a habit of underestimating men, feeling that they are easier to bend to her needs.

 

Sexually, Delial swings either way. Beauty is beauty, and sex is sex.

[Xydane Vale]

Orleans is an equal-opportunity asskicker, and has no problem killing someone of any gender.

 

Generally speaking, killing people is his natural mode of communication.

 

Haha, I couldn't have said it better myself! Well, except the killing of people in order to communicate sort of deal.

 

A long history of living by the sword has taught Xydane that gender doesn't mean squat when someone is trying to kill you and/or harm others. Underestimation and sexism will just mean a knife to your throat when you least expect it. *Sagenod*

[Kage]

Kage views both women and men equally. His father was essentially the money maker while his mother was strong outside of money and business (Think his father as having a cunning and wile mind while his mother had the force to make things happen.. almost)

 

Sexually... no one seems to care about Lalafells. ;p He has no preference or isn't biased against either. He doesn't mind others who prefer the same gender, etc.

[Ignacius]

Orleans is an equal-opportunity asskicker, and has no problem killing someone of any gender.

 

Generally speaking, killing people is his natural mode of communication.

 

Haha, I couldn't have said it better myself! Well, except the killing of people in order to communicate sort of deal.

 

A long history of living by the sword has taught Xydane that gender doesn't mean squat when someone is trying to kill you and/or harm others. Underestimation and sexism will just mean a knife to your throat when you least expect it. *Sagenod*

 

That, and Orleans just doesn't see women and men differently.  He sees weak people the same way whether they're men or women.  He might sometimes feel sorry for them if they're getting pushed around, but he doesn't necessarily see people who can't take care of themselves as his "equals" no matter what set of genitalia they have.

 

Unfortunately, he hasn't found any women he's met in-game attractive yet.  It's hard to find women who both have a take-no-shit attitude but also aren't overcompensating.  It's not a usual female RP archetype, I suppose, at least not on Gilgamesh.

 

But yeah, if you're armed and in his way, regardless of your gender, you're asking for the exact same asskicking.

[ArmachiA]

Regardless of gender, if you try to touch Armi she will freak out. However, if men give her compliments she is much much more likely to blush and look at the ground than if a woman does it. Both genders also have the ability to force her brain to reboot if they try very overtly flirting with her (She doesn't get it if you try to be subtle or use a lot of innuendo). Everyone is intimidating to her, regardless of sex, when she first meets them. Hell, months after she meets them.

 

Since she doesn't really see herself as a viable romantic candidate, she never assumes or thinks anyone is making a pass at her - regardless of gender. In that way she's very gender neutral about things -- everyone intimidates her and she assumes everyone sees her as nothing more than the strange girl who talks to plants.

 

She CAN recognize men as being handsome, but it's more of an observation than it is like "SO CUTE BE MINE"

[Oli!]

Well ain't this a neat topic.

 

 

 

 

Oliwat Kokiwat: He doesn't really care either way. The old Rattlepack adage of "pack only what you need" applies to thoughts and opinions just as well as it does to physical belongings. Generally, there's no real need to consider any differences between the two when you're just traveling around, so Oli tends to treat people of all sorts the same way, more or less, which tends to be in an overly-polite and friendly fashion, unless they're rude back.

 

Raging Sun: Another character for the Don't Care bucket, though that's more because she has a much more basic respect system, mostly focused around strength and confidence. She's met people on both sides of the aisle that she deems respectable due to these traits, so she subscribes to the "have what it takes" mentality rather than any clear gender divide as a result.

 

Adalhaid Rask: Despite having a small selection of females to look up to, as well as being one herself, Adalhaid generally tends to view females in a lesser light due to the fact that her father was hoping to have a male child to train as a strong fighter for the Ala Mhigan resistance. Needless to say, he was somewhat disappointed, and although he was a loving father regardless, his disappointment was often evident. She's internalized it rather than let it go, and now mistakes it as dissatisfaction for females in general.

 

K'Tahni Hakaah: She's all about the Female Supremacy thing as a result of coming from a Seeker tribe. After deciding she'd rather travel than be in a harem for the rest of her life, she visited two of the city-states, Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, and found that female Seekers were dancers in one city and prostitutes in the other, and that made her pretty angry. She headed off to Gridania instead in search of the Keepers and their fabled female-centric society as a result.

[Crisiet]

Crisiet couldn't care less about gender if he tried. He lived and fought alongside both female and male knights and as such never gave it too much thought. He himself tends to be disinterested in romantic relations as well, so that isn't a factor when speaking to people either.

[Mijisaa Qisaa]

This is an interesting question, one I hadn't really considered.  Mijisaa was raised primarily by her father but, as the eldest without a mother, she took on the role as mistress of the house and mother-figure.  As the heir though of a rather rough family, she couldn't be protected in ways a father would look out for a daughter and therefore grew up quite fast.  Being the first woman to lead her family, she is very aware that people are watching for feminine weaknesses particularly.  She doesn't see one gender as superior to the other and that reflects in the very equal marriage she has with Pipituu. I actually think she would have a dislike more of particularly submissive women or aggressive men, traits she rather despises.

[John Spiegel]

John Spiegel: Treats everyone equally unless they give him a reason not to... imagine that one dwarf or viking that is outrageously wordy and laughs a lot.. that's a pretty good sum up of JJ. Sometimes he treats young people differently than others (pats them on the head or whatnot) but does not discriminate based on male or female. He, of course, does have his perverted side that slips out, along with his usual random quips. "Dirty old man!!!!" Most of the time it's an innocent misunderstanding as John words things differently, or not. JJ is as JJ does!

 

Alex Spiegel: (son of John, brother of Grace) He's polite... to the point at times where it's annoying to some. Having a sister and a mother that is/was rather strong and independent helped mold his view that it doesn't matter what organs one has for them to be strong or respected. He's by far the romantic of the family in that he sees more than just physical strength or appearance at first glance. When he met his fiance, he lamented in his journal of her beauty and whatnot, later discovering she had quite the ability of egi-summoning then swordplay when she decided to stop the aether-use.

 

So Alex may initially look at females in a benevolent awe or some physical manner, he is quick to form additional opinions of them.

 

Grace Spiegel (son of John, sister of Alex): She has a particular disdain for men that flaunt some physical strength or think they're the best thing since warm mead. She has an equal disdain for women that act helpless. Her and her brother were raised in a small village of monks in Gyn Abania where your ability was all that mattered. On top of having two strong parents, John and Emilynn where Emilynn was and is her number one role model.. she was a highly traditional Highlander, that, upon meeting John, who forsook his birthright and nation, fell in love much to the initial chagrin of her father. John and his future step-father fought almost to the death out of some benign pride thing with her father (note: JJ was more interested in fighting a legend than the whole fight for her honor thing) that Emilynn put a stop to.. not because she was afraid of them killing each other but because she was pissed at the whole fight for her honor thing!

 

That was a little long-winded but suffice to say Grace has a sharper opinion on the sexes than her brother or father. As a result, those that have run into her in taverns probably think "Gee, what a b^&$@!"

[synaesthetic]

Aeriyn treats people about the same regardless of what they are. Her mind's too busy calculating magical formulae and equations to concern herself too much with these issues. She just doesn't seem to give sex or gender any real thought outside of romance, where she's clearly more attracted to females who express a feminine gender.

 

K'airi is somewhat rude toward and derisive of men, especially male miqo'te, due to her sexual orientation and upbringing in a Seeker tribe. Eventually, she would have been eventually expected to mate with the nuhn--in fact, this pressure was exactly what drove her to abandon the dunes of her homeland and travel to the Shroud. While sex without attraction is fairly common in such a social structure, K'airi is disgusted by even the mere thought of it.

[Sophia_Grave]

Objectively. Gender presents a hosts of differences between individuals besides the obvious in physiology; Sophia uses that.

 

...but just because she's slightly robotic doesn't mean she's not interested.

[Saefinn]

Saefinn Liljasson

 

It has been mixed for him. As an adolescent he had joined a pirating crew who spent time in bars and surrounding himself with wenches. His crewmates forced a dirty mind on him. It very much marred his perception on women...that was of course until he was out of his element and normal women weren't anything like tavern wenches.

 

But, after losing his original crew it kind of helped him gain some perspective on life. Whilst some things never change, he would love a lass sat on his lap, but he actually has learned to be more gentlemanly and has a greater respect for women and has had many serve under him (not in that way, you dirty people). Plus he has to female faeries judging his every move. But I think since recovering from alcoholism (well, I use 'recover' loosely) I think he has mellowed out a bit. It also helped stir up a couple of mother issues, I suppose on the account of his mother and brother being murdered a couple of months back - he never got to set things right for her.

 

Regardless, you get him in the right frame of mind and he might misbehave.

 

I suppose also on the gender topic, he is actually effeminate himself, he was quite comfortable in drag, whilst it was uncomfortable seducing a Yellow Jacket on the account of him not swinging that way, he is the more feminine of my characters, which is saying some because 2 of my characters are female.

 

X'hayu Nhokhi

 

With X'hayu I made her a Miqo'te on purpose, cat girls quite frequently are sexualised and usually have something related to sex in their background and I was going for a battle maiden and thought it would be nice to have a cat-girl who is badass - she will one day ride on the back of a Behemoth when I decide fit.

 

Whilst I think SE hasn't gone full on 'sexy cat girl' as we have warrior women in the Miqo'te race who aren't sexing people up (like the FATE in Costa), to be fair to them they've sussed out a balance. But, I decided I would exploit the battle maiden in X'hayu as a Miqo'te and I am glad she won't be like the only Miqo'te like that. It's not really a statement of any kind, but it has influenced my race choice, which I am happy with as I've found the lore interesting - given Saefinn is a Keeper and was also somewhat removed from lore based on family history.

 

Her attitude to the opposite sex is mostly neutral - it will depend on how they treat her. Most of the time, she doesn't like the perverted nature of some males, if you tried hitting on her, ho boy, you're screwed and not in the good way. In this sense, she is a big contrast to Saefinn, in fact, she finds him unbearable. But, she's not the kind of over generalize either, she doesn't look down on the opposite sex as people who are out for sex.

 

I also went down the route of making her a virgin, not for innocent and purity or something abstinence and keeping it holy, particularly in the fact of her becoming a Paladin. It's to do with her life being very much a tragedy, in that she was kidnapped by Garlean forces, torn from the hands of the man she loved and was indoctrinated and joined their army. She of course ended up killing him. She tried to get him to fight for the 'right' side, but he tried reasoning with her instead and she couldn't bear to see him become her enemy and made the first shot. She's also been responsible for a lot of pain and suffering on the account of being involved with the Garlean empty. But she has defected and with a very simple goal: to do her best to make up for her wrongs. She now lives by the Paladin code and earn her title through selfless deeds, but she does not live for pleasure, even though others try to force her...she even managed to attend a ladies' night and was peer pressured into a swim suit - the account of there being no men helped - though she was ready to grab her sword when a peeping-tom showed.

 

But she really has no interest in herself and she could never love again - this is why she's so hostile when it comes to males interested in her - it brings up too much pain. She's not always hostile though, she can be quite kind and at times generous.

 

 

Other characters?

 

They're only minor, they serve as a place in a plot, so I will summarise them in smaller chunks.

 

Steinn Wynfyd - he had a wife, but left her when he defected, like X'hayu, from the Garlean Empire. They have a close working relationship and have the same goals. So he's more focused on his business and righting his wrong than idle pleasures. But he is considerably more laid back. He used to be on Saefinn's crew, so it probably brought that out in him.

 

Oskar Thunderbrand - He's one of my antagonist and whilst he is a terrible person and incredibly dishonest and deceitful, he enjoys companionship. In fact, he has a woman in his life, whilst he's lying to her face, she tends to him and he enjoys her company. In one sense I think that's more fueled by his ego, she makes him feel good about himself...even if the stories he tells her are lies. I would say he treats the opposite gender in any special way or the same gender. After what happened in Ala Mhigo it left him cruel and bitter. Well I suppose you could say women only bring out what goodness is left of him, except X'hayu, he remembers her well and has a special price for her head.

 

Lenu Lenunu - She's my Lalafell, I would say she's neutral. Very little is known at this point of her motives and she tends to view people on their merits and gender doesn't come into play. She's also a lone wanderer, why? Well, I'm getting started on that arc.

[Ildur]

The only character I have that has any kind of difference in her actions towards one sex or the other is K'airos, who just gets nervous in the pressence of unknown men in a very childish "That's a cute boy! Oh,he's looking at-me-he-must-know-I-think-he's-cute-Ihavetorunawayrunaway RUN AWAY!" way. She gets over it after a short time, though.

[Eva]

Eva doesn't discriminate between men and women when establishing friendships.  Instead the quality of a character means more to her and how aligned that is with her own more conservative and traditional upbringing.  She values things like kindness, compassion, dedication, and loyalty.  Flipside of same coin, she is put off by qualities such as arrogance, infidelity (or what she perceives to be infidelity), dishonesty, and such.  She tries to maintain an open mind with regard to situations such as open relationships and tribal cultures, but it goes against the grain of how she grew up so it's a source of confusion and discomfort for her, in spite of her best efforts.

 

As a heterosexual woman she is aware of her attraction to men and does have a particular 'type' she is more drawn to than others, though this hasn't prevented a certain amount of deviation in the past for various reasons (the heart wants what it wants, etc.)  At most she might exhibit a bit more bashfulness than usual around a man that she considers particularly striking.  Among women she is, in a way, passively trying to fill a void left when her "bestie" passed away awhile back.  She has encountered some difficulty in this, as there have been so few characters who have breached that comfort level with her to be bluntly honest and direct in that well-intentioned way best friends often can be with each other.  She is generally not physically attracted to women, but it bears mention that there was one who at one point made her question this to a certain degree.  On the whole though, Eva evaluates people on the content of their character more than anything else.

 

 

We don't really have alts we play regularly, but our other character Ben (who only gets a very limited amount of RP face-time unfortunately) is much more pragmatic and also doesn't discriminate between the genders.  To him, people - male or female alike - are generally seen as assets of varying levels of usefulness independent of their gender.  That's not to say that gender might come into play when leveraging a particular situation (for example befriending a beautiful woman with the intent of utilizing her to manipulate someone else).

[Ackermans]

This is actually one of the first things I came up with when making Brennus's character. Put simply, Brennus is afraid of women. He grew up in an extremely isolated environment, which is to say, smack dab in the middle of nowhere (think somewhere in Coerthas, (probably) the outskirts of Ishgard). The only other living being he had around (that wouldn't try to eat/maim him) was an elderly Elezen Duskwight who fostered him when he was a wee infant. From what Brennus can remember of his childhood (and that is very, very little) the Elezen didn't talk much. In fact, he can't remember a time when the Elezen spoke more than a sentence at a time. As a result, Brennus was more often than not left to his own devices. It wasn't until he was ten that he finally got some interaction with actual people. A few months after the Elezen died, leaving Brennus on his own in their little cabin in the woods (I hate using that term, stupid horror movies), a Dragoon passing through the area happened upon his hut and offered to welcome Brennus into his family of two, including himself. Brennus was never taught the ins and outs of "Stranger Danger," so he agreed quite readily. Even after he began living with his new adoptive father and his butler, Brennus still kept interaction with other people very limited. I would go as far as to say that both genders make him pretty uncomfortable, though that's more of an "I don't know you" kinda thing than genders really (I digressed really badly here oops). He definitely feels more comfortable around males than females, simply because that's what he grew up around. Although he certainly had female Dragoon comrades, they knew well enough to keep their distance. Being around women in general makes Brennus flustered enough, but when they're trying to come on to him, it doesn't make for a pretty picture.

 

(This is quoted directly from Brennus's wiki page)

 

His first "official" confrontation with more than one woman at a time (and when he wasn't hiding behind his adoptive father) was when he was 18. His fellow Dragoons took him to a pub to celebrate his promotion to Dragoon. He doesn't remember much of the encounter, but it seems some Courtesans had take a liking to him. In his effort to avoid them, he managed to knock over two tables, elbow one unfortunate Miqo'te in the nose, and trip over three chairs before landing face-first in a Roegadyn woman's bosom. As the poor boy was terribly flustered and hopelessly drunk, she let him off easy with one black eye, a broken nose, and a horribly, horribly bruised ego. Brennus wouldn't talk to his comrades for days afterward. [1]

 

The effect of the pretty Roegadyn's ass-whooping (well, maybe it wasn't quite that harsh) still lingers to this day. Everytime he encounters a woman, he suddenly becomes extremely tense and twitchy, whether or not they're being kind to him. He'll definitely warm to them more quickly if they are in fact nice to him, but he always makes sure that there's at least 10 feet between him and the unfortunate woman/women. While Brennus by no means intends to convey any disrespect towards women (in fact, he holds quite a bit of respect for them), the fact that they make him uncomfortable as all hell makes him avoid them like the plague (well, he tries, at least). To give him credit, over the years of his adventuring, he's grown to become more used to women.

 

(WOW that was long for just women. Now it's the boys' turn)

 

Brennus definitely feels much, much more comfortable around men. Neither I nor him know the reason exactly, but it's most likely due to the fact that he was raised by men all his life, and a big chunk of his Dragoon comrades were men. (Trivia Time: Brennus was originally planned to be a panromantic asexual, but then it hit me that it's hard to be panromantic when you're afraid of women. In the end, he ended up becoming a homoromantic asexual.) Due to his severe lack of communication and interaction with people, Brennus is a really, really awkward guy. It's exceptionally difficult for him to pick up on social cues, so if some poor sap decides to pick Brennus as his target, well, all I can tell the guy is good luck. Brennus is also what one would call "brutally honest." He doesn't do it on purpose, but he was never taught the haphazard art of subtlety. He's sent a number of men fleeing with their tails between their legs without having a single clue why. It's a shame, really, because a few of them were rather handsome.

 

That's all I got for now. This was more of a "how Brennus feels around x gender" rather than "how Brennus treats x gender," and I think I completely missed the main question, but it was rather insightful for me regarding Brennus's personality, so, eh, what can ya do. I might edit this post a little if I think of a better way to convey his treatment of the sexes.

[Oscare]

I think most people who RP'd with Oscare already would have a faint idea of how he treats the genders.

 

In hindsight, he's /kind/ of neutral. I know CERTAIN PEOPLE who would say he's definitely nicer to the gals, but others would say he's way more nicer to men. In reality, in his moral code, he behaves a lot more properly around gals. And I use "properly" loosely as he kind of caused a scene at Ul'dah over a certain situation.

 

Good examples are Jancis and Crofte -- Oscare is very kindhearted and sweet to them (a lot of the time.... okay more like half the time), but with someone like Adrian or Aaron, his patience eventually short fuses and he gets a little passive-aggressive (mostly the latter) but in all honesty, it just kind of depends on the person. With someone like Berrod or Warren, Oscare respects them greatly.