Silly, dark-side astrology head-canons folks. Nothing to take seriously here.
Some More Head-canons...
Amon
Birthday: October
Sign: Scorpio
Best Traits: Charismatic and Capable
Worst Trait: Control Freak
Weakness: Chocolate
Comments: Always just far enough away to avoid a restraining order... It hurts to leave lovers unfulfilled, but loves to show how in-control they are... Refuses to give up personal power for a few baubles...
Modes: 3- Crime Lord, Corporate Boss, Messiah. Loves being in-charge, morality may vary...
Favorite Kind of Relationship: Long-term, but requires someone with immense reserves of physical and psychological stamina.
Amon-Centric: Plays at hot-eyed celibacy as Amon, but sneaks out of the base at night sans-game-face to do shameless things with young, attractive equalists and anyone else he probably shouldn’t be messing around with. If he refuses to *stoop* to certain levels *cough* Avatar *cough*, fantasy is always guilt-free in the moment with the bonus of an ashamed afterglow.
He enjoys all vices as thoroughly as possible. Alcohol, gambling, smoking, sugar... If it’s addictive and dangerous, he’s done it. The more likely it is to destroy him/kill him the better, but he has had to scale back as the Revolution takes precedent. He’s also getting older and all that risk is hard on him, but he tries not to think about that.
That said, his self-denial benders are epic and give him just as much of a high as indulgence. Because control is everything and being in control is better than anything. Cheating death, shutting down addictions because he can, all the risks he takes are just a way of reminding himself/showing off how in control he really is...
His worst enemy, romantically-speaking, is his own self-loathing. Long-term relationships don’t last, because whenever he gets emotionally invested, he starts thinking about how much he doesn’t deserve them. His best relationships are the ones where the other party died tragically, so he can mourn them as the love of his life, without ever facing the reality that he would have probably driven them off anyways for being ‘too good for him.’ And he always drives them off. He will never leave them willingly.
Because ‘feelings are weaknesses that one should never give into’ he doesn’t cheat. He loves being tempted though. But if he thinks someone is cheating on him (and the relationship has previously been established as exclusive) he will go through all their belongings and stalk them until he has irrefutable evidence... and then he destroys them.
Tarrlok
Birthday: January
Sign: Capricorn
Best Traits: Charming and Gregarious
Worst Trait: Vanity
Weakness: Money/Power
Comments: Hires the private investigator to check the other party’s finances and social standing... Will never pass up an opportunity to get nasty; does not see the point of teasing/denial... Being financially secure is very important...
Modes: 2- Respectable / Not Respectable. While they favor the outward appearance of being an upstanding and enviable member of society, deep down (just beneath the surface) they’re very naughty.
Favorite Kind of Relationship: Long-term. Love is nice, but marrying into a position of power is what this is all about... that or achieving power through their own ends, but marriage to someone established can help.
Tarrlok-Centric: Appears respectable, acts respectable, but is secretly down for anything and everything and makes routine visits to the red-light district when he thinks no one is watching (Amon is always watching). Tarrlok approaches romance and love the same way he approaches everything else... hard work, pragmatism, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to land himself in the best position possible.
While love is nice, it doesn’t really factor into the equation. Tarrlok wants someone safe, secure, suitable, and who will help achieve even more power and glory. In order to increase his odds, he is engaged in at least one entanglement at any given time. He is at heart a ‘career man’ who expects everyone, especially his partner(s) to know he is married to his career... that way they don’t suspect after-work visits to the red light district or drunken orgies in the capital building...
Really, Tarrlok only engages in three types of relationships. There are the ones he can be seen with, the ones he would prefer not to be seen with (scandals aren’t his cup of tea), and the ones he can’t be seen with, because he’d lose his job (conflicts of interest can be quite damning for a politician). He moves from ‘keeper’ to ‘keeper,’ leaving the ‘undesirables’ behind as he continues his climb to the top.
But he’s not really a player. He’d be more than happy to settle down with the right wealthy, well-connected, debutante or international political figure (Ms. Avatar?) for the long haul. Unfortunately no one seems to appreciate pragmatism or strategic alliances these days. Once committed to a sound investment, he won’t cheat. Too much risk for too much work and not enough gains...
Korra
Birthday: December
Sign: Sagittarius
Best Traits: Generous and Affectionate
Worst Trait: 0 Tact
Weakness: Adrenaline-Addiction
Comments: Lacks the patience, stealth, an attention-span, and the ability to pull off long-term planning... Withholds favors because they know it’s much more fun when they let go, even if the other party is becoming irritated... freeloads without guilt or mercy...
Modes: 1, but on a sliding scale depending on the time of day- It ranges from sleeping (0%-adrenaline) to inciting an international incident (9,000+% adrenaline). Always remember, the more action the better. If their surroundings are not on-fire or in a state of chaos, they are not awake.
Favorite Kind of Relationship: One-night stand. Anything that lasts longer than a year can feel constraining... unless there’s constant travel involved or it’s long-distance or both.
Korra-Centric: If Korra is a Sagittarius, the Aries is strong with her. When she sees someone she wants, she goes after them, does not take no for an answer, and loves them until she’s won/has them. Then she moves on to hunt the next attractive target who’s playing hard to get and competes for their attention. Sure, the objects of her affection can *try* to fend her off, but that’s like trying to fend off tsunami--it is coming for you whether you like it or not and if you can’t get out of it’s way, it will have you.
That said, she has few standards beyond the fact that they must be attractive and willing to join her in charging recklessly into a dangerous situation. It’s all fast-cars, fireworks, and make-outs on a fast train that’s jumped the track over the edge of a cliff... while saving the world. Korra always leaves her partners breathless, and not in a good way. If they’re not panting from physical exhaustion, then they’re gasping desperately to keep themselves from going into shock from the immense danger she put them into.
That said, she is capable of settling down (even explosions get boring after a while) and adores children (having baby-sat the air bender kids pretty regularly, she knows her way around little kids and is surprisingly responsible). The trick is finding someone who can stand her awful, punnish jokes, irritating attempts at teasing and flirtation (if you can call the litany of awful pickup lines flirting...if and when she uses them, she might not even bother with innuendo or suggestion), or her brash, tactless overconfidence...
But if she keeps her mouth shut and looks soulful and cute enough, inevitably some tall, sexy person with dark hair and a fire-nation complexion will wander over apparently...
Bonus- Korrasami: Asami seems like she’d be a mellow air sign or a loving water sign, but she revealed her true nature when she displayed her love of fast cars and her willingness to tie grown men to planes and use them to drop bombs on people. She likes going fast, getting her hands dirty, and defying authority (she thinks it’s fun)-- all hallmarks of a fire sign. She’s gasoline on the lit-flame of Korra’s wild-fire.
If Asami is a Leo to Korra’s Sagittarius, then the biggest fights they’ll have will involve the lack of beauty accoutrements during their wild hikes around the world or Korra punching the police-officers in the face before Asami can explain who she is. As long as Korra keeps telling Asami she’s the prettiest girl in the world and Asami compromises on the beauty regime for a little adventure, they’re good.
If Asami and Korra share Sagittarius then every date will inevitably involve a drunken dare that lands them in peril/jail/the spirit world/the middle of a war/handcuffed to a satomobile within spitting distance of an active volcano that’s about to go off... and loving every minute of it. And if she is a Sagittarius, it means that Asami will secretly share Korra’s secret love of really, really bad jokes and puns... What I’m saying is that Tenzin may want to separate them before they burn down Republic City.
Aries Asami + Sagittarius Korra is a tale of two pyro-maniac risk-addicts having the time of their lives in a perpetual war-zone of their own creation. As long as Korra doesn’t destroy too many of Asami’s precious machines and as long as Asami doesn’t tell Korra what to do they will remain on the same side of the conflict.
However, Asami has green eyes, which typically means ‘earth bender.’ Since earth benders are typically born in the springtime, it’s unlikely that she’d be an Aries (the first of the three ‘spring time signs’). Besides, the Beifongs rule the Aries sign... I don’t think anyone wants to compete with them.
All astrology stuff is based on/paraphrased/pulled from the delightful book Darkside Zodiac in Love. Would recommend this book and the original, Darkside Zodiac (both are by Stella Hyde) if you’re into astrology, or even if you just like to use it for character creation and development. All comments are tongue and cheek and should not be taken too seriously.
>For the record, I was going to make Korra a Leo, but apparently she went from 17-18 during that 6 month stretch, making her either a Sagittarius or an Aries. And, if I recall the differences between the two signs correctly, one of the core ones is that Aries doesn’t forget a slight, they just burn out on being angry after a while. Sagittarius gets really, really angry for a bit, howls about it and then gets distracted and forgets why they hated that person... but that’s dark side for you...
Oh! And she’s mouthy and tactless... another famous Sagittarius trait... says horrible things to people without thinking of their feelings... no filter... even though she does care...
Korra to Tenzin: “I’d be happy to find another air bending master, but you’re the only one.”
Remember that gem?
Also, running away is a classic Sag. move, Aries would have burned the compound down...
Aries would just burn everything down... as opposed to Sagittarius who just likes lighting things on fire for fun...
...what I’m saying is that it’s really close on the Darkside...
Cancer’s are the quintessential hoarding sign, someone who refuses to throw away anything- old napkins, broken computers, and even relationships. They have a hard time letting go because they cling to stability, for once they lose control they really, really lose control due to their turbulent emotional state. They are therefore touchy and sensitive, often lashing out in passive aggressive manners when threatened, because true confrontation is too much to handle. Cancer’s live in a fantasy world, often unable to deal with reality, and all that time spent in one’s brain creates self absorbed tendencies.
Gemini’s would make great super villains, if it weren’t for their insatiable need to divulge their master plans to others. They often kick themselves in the foot because of their big mouths, and their need for constant stimulus moves them to form a silver tongue, one that spins lies and fantasies solely for their own amusement. Gemini’s are the ones who smile in your face one moment and slip a banana peel under your unsuspecting foot the next. They are rarely able to form lasting relationships because people are deterred by the fact that there’s often more than five personalities lurking behind the surface.
Virgos love to give jabbing remarks otherwise known as ‘constructive criticism’. They see no reason why someone wouldn’t value their opinion and mold their lives around it- after all, Virgos see their way of living and just generally being as superior. They’re not usually aware of how they come off as biting and judgmental, because it’s so ingrained in them that they rarely notice it. They mean well, of course, but it rarely comes off that way.They prefer to keep their personal space immaculate, because there’s nothing a Virgo hates more than impurities.
Capricorns are the ultimate survivalists, and that’s a good thing because they tend to fall off the rails here and there (although they’re far too prideful to ever admit that they went a little astray). Their ambition drives them to achieve great things, but their loose morals prompt them to celebrate their achievements and in that celebration tend to ruin all that they create. And this cycle is maddeningly repeated throughout their lives. Capricorns are a confusing combination of structure and stinginess, and heathenism and debauchery.
you will rarely find more of a flaky friend than a Sagittarius. they just want to have a good time, and when their friends or families fall on hard times it’s hard for them to stick around when all they want to do is find the next source of liveliness. they bode well in controlled environments, but when released to the world and left to their own devices they often crumble under the pressure of so many opportunities- or, they jump from place to place and never truly establish themselves or their identity. they are brutally honest and do not censor themselves for anyone, and are baffled when their words are interpreted as offensive.
taureans tend to be cliquey and judgemental. they are the kings and queens of passive aggressive remarks, followed closely by cancer’s, and will rarely let something that bothers them go. they like their own friends and enviornment, and are not the kind of people to make friends easily. while they are loyal individuals, a taurus’s family and friends need decently thick skins to deflect their judgement and need for control.
