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aa_fandral) wrote2012-12-14 11:05 pm
aa_fandral) wrote2012-12-14 11:05 pm
Question Meme [OOC]
Ask me questions about my character(s) and I will answer. The meme is entirely OOC, questions and answers both. Use it as a fun time to find about about character's choices, motivations, feelings, actions, or anything else you've been wondering.
I play: Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Fandral, and Bullseye.
I play: Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Fandral, and Bullseye.
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talk about fandral and women. i don't have a specific question. some guiding thoughts though are around him being a pretty decent guy generally, so is this a shortcoming? broken hearts across the galaxy? is he just a natural womaniser woman womaniser you're a womaniser oh? ARE YOU SCARED OF LOVE? how does asgardian sexism play into it?
what would we do if we went on a date?????
it's a given that thor will one day be king! (sob.) what does fandral think about that? 100% excellent or problems at all?
any revelations about himself lately?
MYSTIQUE
how much do you like rhodes genuinely vs his position in life?
does it get tiring?
any practices or outlets she has with regard to double lives?
where should our honeymoon be
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Fandral likes sex for the obvious reasons: pleasure, company, attention, the smug satisfaction of knowing he's good at something and visible, often audible evidence thereof. He expects his sexual partners to do the same. Per comics, he doesn't really understand that he hurts the women he gets with, with any regularity whatsoever. The fact that he only ever sees the vast majority of them once or twice helps!
Actually, per the comics, Fandral at some point finds out he has indeed left a string of broken hearts across the galaxy and swears off his philandering ways! That's a little goofy, I think, but I do think that the reality of that heartbreak has never set in for him. He gets away with wilful ignorance. TBH Asgardian culture has indeed facilitated, at least specifically the behavior promoted at court: sexual liasons, manipulations, deliberately invented drama. Love was reliably false and marriage seemed like an A++ thing to avoid.
Yes he is scared of love, but he isn't aware of it. It's a great thing to not think about! He's a little damaged with that classic psychological content of someone who was sexualized too young, but he's really well-adjusted all things considered. He has the most best friends and no real need for genuine romance... at present. Of course, if Sif ends up with Loki, Thor with Jane, Volstagg with his lovely bride, he might. Figure out some things. Like that he doesn't want to be that weird bachelor living above somebody's garage.
Sexism: I guess there are 3 main categories within women that perpetuate across Fandral's experiences with women. The ones who want to marry you aagh, the ones who just want sex, cool, and Sif (e.g., friends). Fandral probably subscribes to these categories less than he thinks he does-- for ex, if asked why he doesn't chase certain people harder like Valkyrie, Kelda, or even Wanda, he'd explain them away in easy terms that they're looking for other things (mawwage) or their relationship is different (frenship). More than anything, he sees the stereotypes as sort of the template of how he's 'expected' to interact with women. He has never met one who covers more than 1 of them in an overt way, so he doesn't have to deal with a higher level of sophistication than that. Hence it does not freak him out that Amora serves only herself, though they are lovers; and he is entirely sure it would ruin/confuse everything if he and Sif ever became anything more. Neat boxes.
It's worth noting Sif was really the breakthrough in terms of him recognizing women as real people, with flaws and strengths and quirks, rather than objects of desire. Prior to becoming her close friend, he really only had the other 2 categories which essentially = stereotypes. While he has some half-siblings running around, she was his first close lady friend and he loves her dearly.
If we went out on a date, we'd probably break into the throne room while Odin was busy with sers bzns elsewhere and make out/give you a blowjob on the high chair because I think you would be into that PROBABLY then find something big to kill/catch together and talk about new spells like some Patronus bullshit or imbuing objects, a bunch of other sex. Fandral doesn't date, but he would probably be reasonably considerate/thoughtful and good (?) at it if he did. like. if he didn't hate you <33
terrified i will lose this comment if i don't save now, so PRESSING POST
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He doesn't think about such complications as Loki coming around, Thor's learning curve being not so much, or Odin being gone anytime while the 2 brothers both have complementary strengths and fatal weaknesses. Ignore ignore
Recent revelations about himself include that he is a surprisingly attractive brunette and capable of the levels of rage that he is currently experiencing. Fandral didn't know that before! It's very novel and interesting, the seething, blinding hatred, and handsome new look. I guess in adjacent territory, he's also reveling in the unhappy realization that he doesn't trust Sif's judgment-- like, in a very serious, large, concrete, evidence-based problematic way, and that he won't always see eye-to-eye with his friends on really important things. That's your fault btw.
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Consciously: Rhodes 15%, his life 85%
In denial: Rhodes 40%, his life 20% (tbh there are richer dudes who have circumstances less open to scrutiny), the thrill 30%, the sex 20% and if that exceeds 100% her subconscious owes no one explanations
Tiring: No, she's insane. Well not yet.
Mystique's outlets include running around and making day trips, 40% criminal in nature. In such exercises she pretends to be yet another regular human person and her activities are generally intended to create further security nets for herself should this Rhodey thing not work out or things otherwise go horribly wrong (e.g., making money, building resources). Mystique almost never appears in true blue-- for her to drop form would be a stress reaction, specifically if she had to stack all of her resources toward other aspects of her mutant ability (e.g., boost superstrength, boost superspeed, crazy gymnastic maneuvers). There is no pro-mutant superiority ideology in her because this isn't that universe, though she does have a fairly strong sense of self. She also exercises a lot even though she doesn't need it to keep fit. Endorphins are dlishus, and balance out the strain of maintaining shift constantly.
Overall her double-life isn't much of one these days. 6 days out of the week, she's Rhodey's wife. Those remaining 24 hours are spliced into the above-mentioned extracurricular activities. 7 or 8 months ago, it was probably more like 50/50, but she's more optimistic about things with the Raven Darkholme ID now.
We should probably have our honeymoon in New York City because that's where the PCs are and it will cause delightful tension
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also good, i was obviously kidding about the flowers. thrones bjs A++
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Regarding the ladies, I think it's also worth noting that he is the sort of person who really likes talking to women, where ~women~ is defined by 'the companionship of ladies who are a lot more feminine than Aesir warriors are wont to be' across the 3 ~categories~. He likes the way women tend to smell better, allow themselves to be small or sharp with him, feel and act upon concern, flirt with him even if they aren't going to end up in bed, think about things sometimes in terms other than 'kill it.' In a sense stereotypes are at play here too, but in part also he enjoys having a thing beyond bromance. Volstagg has his books, Hogun has his carving, Fandral is a social butterfly!
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Can I make you talk about this more? How deep/far this goes, how much it's troubling him, how he plans to deal with it, if it shakes up his feelings towards the others at all, etc. I will also come up with real questions soon, I promise.
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To clarify-- by 'won't always see eye-to-eye with his friends' I had meant to indicate he is mjslgkjhls at Volstagg for not believing him too, but it's keener with Sif since they'd talked about his doubts about her relationship with Loki before, and then he decided to try harder with Loki in major part for her sake. Not that she can't handle being enemies with someone she loves, but it clearly troubles her, makes her wonder if things would be different if they'd been different, blah blah.
There are a few things that may happen, which have crossed Fandral's brain with varying levels of likelihood. He might start hanging out with other people or loitering on Asgard while the others are on Earth, for a little bit. Alternately, especially if he's delighted enough Thor lives, he might just pretend things are still business as usual and his doubts won't come out until other important bzns and/or Loki arise as issues again. His disappointment is more likely to fade than fester either way.
At some point, it might come down to Sif and/or Volstagg being asked to ~choose~ between himself and Loki, on some level or another. However, I'm not sure how that would play out. Fandral is not the sort to threaten to leave if he doesn't get what he wants or anything that petty/passive-aggressive, so it might be subtler. Subtle or not, however, it'll come out in the RP some way, as it should!
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^ Not sure how it'll come out but it will. Also that at this point rumors abound of his accusations, so some details aside, his case is pretty well-known throughout the land.