Sibling Questionnaire Tag
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Gonna do Tristan and Lenore! (Not including all 13 siblings because that would be....a lot.)
Who looks the most like Dad?
Lenore! She's got straight blonde hair and her facial features also resemble their dad's.
Who looks the most like Mom?
Tristan! He's got her wavy black hair, pale skin, and delicate features.
Probably Lenore overall, but it's not a big difference. Because Tristan is sickly he doesn't eat much. Although Lenore is probably envious of Tristan's room nearly always having trays of dainty treats in it for Tristan to snack on so he eats something.
Who has been in the weirdest situations?
Tristan undoubtedly, even before the whole "summoning a demon" thing. Tristan is subjected to various medical treatments his whole childhood, some of which are experimental and/or bizarre.
Tristan, due to being sick and all. When he was younger he spent most of his time in bed. This changes as Tristan gets older, however, and by the time Tristan is 12 he's staying up much of the night. When he leaves home he sleeps hardly at all. At which point Lenore sleeps the most.
Most stable romantic life?
Since Tristan is 12 and Lenore is 14, they don't really have that yet. What "romantic life" they have is pretty uniformly unstable, as it consists wholly of unrequited crushes on older teens.
Lenore: internalizing her family's views of her and trying to please them.
Tristan: hard to say what his absolute worst habit is lol. Probably treating others as if they are less human than him. Which leads to a lot of his awful behaviors. That and tasting food and putting it back with a bite out of it.
Tristan's whole life so far has been a "weird phase".
Neither of them know how! They've been cooked for by servants their whole lives.
Hmm I'm thinking possibly when Tristan was learning to walk, Lenore was helping him. (Because of his health issues he learns to walk really late, like around 5 years old. It was thought he couldn't walk.) If I decide that is the case, I can see the moment they reveal Tristan can walk to the others as being a precious memory for both of them. They had very little time together, though, so most of these memories are likely important to them! I feel like they remember fondly things like reading to each other, jumping on Tristan's bed, hiding from staff/parents, and playing with dolls (probably originally Lenore's and then Tristan demanded his own).
I can also totally imagine Lenore pulling him around like this before he could walk. Inside of course.
Probably when they were separated. Tristan took a turn for the worse one day while they were playing and Lenore was blamed, and made to feel she selfishly pushed him too hard; that if he died it would be her fault. She felt extremely guilty and they were forbidden from playing together as they used to.
Anywhere, really! Before Tristan runs away, he never goes as far as the front lawn. :( Lenore would love to bring him places though, such as the village nearby or the local fair or market. She'd love to bring him sea bathing as well; she loves it herself and wonders if he wouldn't benefit from the salt water.
Would they rather not being able to shower for a month or have the same clothes for a month?
They'd both be just fine not showering because they've never showered! In fact Lenore has only bathed rarely. Tristan has bathed more for medical reasons. They mostly have washed themselves with a washcloth, like most people of the time. So both of them would rather that than wear the same clothes for a month. Tristan especially because he might shrivel and die if he couldn't change outfits on a whim.
Of the two of them, Lenore! She's two years older.
How would they describe each other in three words?
Tristan on Lenore: Good, fair[her coloring], cheerful
Lenore on Tristan: Melancholic, small, bright [intellectually]
How do they feel about their parents?
Lenore loves their parents and wishes to please them (and tries very hard to) but struggles with their emotional neglect/distance/coldness, which they have toward all their children, not just Tristan. She is nevertheless obedient, although she often accidentally fumbles accepted behavior due to her innocent assumptions. For a lot of the mistakes she blames herself; she has been taught that her elders know best and to obey unquestioningly. However, for some, and increasingly as she gets older, she protests and questions why, for example, Tristan must be kept so separate. She has her own mini-arc where she begins to form her own convictions and distrusts her parents' guidance/control.
Tristan, surprisingly, doesn't hate his parents. He feels very separate from them, as he spends even less time with them than his siblings do. Almost all resentment he feels towards his parents and family for ignoring him is directed towards the staff, who are actually constantly around him. He thinks of his parents as very refined and elegant people who provide him with practically whatever he wants as long as he asks for it through a servant, and who nevertheless unjustly lock him away. They are the rulers of his life from afar. He thinks of them as small minded in the sense that they follow the narrow conventions of society, and the advice of doctors he sees as quacks. Nevertheless he somewhat looks up to them, especially his mother, for their knowledge of fashion and culture, their worldliness, their gentility. As their child who is pushed to the margins of the family, he yearns to emulate them, to feel like one of them. As he gets older he realizes he cannot appeal to them to change his circumstances, and doesn't try (instead he plots to run away). Their neglect hurts him deeply, but unfortunately makes him come to the conclusion that there must be something inherently wrong with him. Unlike Lenore, though, this comes paired with the idea that this is far more interesting than being normal.
Who usually has the worst ideas?
Tristan. Duh. Lenore would never think "I should conjure a demon..." (although if she did I'd be goodforher.gif)
A GIANT insect is on the wall. Who's taking care of it?
Realistically, they're making a servant do it lol. But, say there's no servant available..
Lenore, despite probably being disgusted by it, would likely feel she must do it as the big sister of her sickly kid brother. (Yes he's only two years younger but in child years he's her "little" sibling.) She'd be screaming the whole time though.
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