🩸& 💬 for an OC of your choice?
Thanks for the ask! I’ll pick on Zavi for these, since pitting xir against the first one is fun.
🩸 - Does your OC believe in blood being thicker than water? (meaning family relationships and loyalties are the most important)
Zavi’s opinions on this are... complicated. Largely because of xir general trust issues. Xe definitely believes in family loyalty; in my headcanon that’s a pretty strong value in Sith pureblood culture. Even though xe fights with xir family and actually doesn’t get along great with them, xe would still defend them against other people, I think. But at the same time, xe doesn’t really expect them to do more than the bare minimum for xir sake either, because xir family specifically have always been big believers in self-reliance.
On the other hand, Zavi really doesn’t put much faith in people outside xir family, nor does xe put xirself at risk for others pretty much ever. So the bar to compare xir family loyalties to is very, very low xD
I think I’d say that in theory, xe believes in family loyalties; in practice, xe’s actually kind of bad at following through on that.
💬 - Is your OC much of a talker? Do they only speak when spoken to? (Or not even then?) Do they ever talk over others?
Zavi is a Presence in whatever room xe’s in. Xe makes xirself known and takes up space, both physically, socially, and verbally. Xe expects that to be accommodated - xe’s Sith, this is The Way Of Things. While xe doesn’t necessarily need to be in control of every conversation xe’s in, xe definitely a strong participant in them, even if xe’s in a group of superiors where it might be more in xir best interests to shut up for once.
(Generally speaking xe doesn’t interrupt others directly, though, unless they’ve really pissed xir off and xe feels they’re far enough below xir either socially or in actual rank that xe can shut them out of the conversation entirely without backlash.)
Even in private, when xe might be more relaxed, Zavi's pretty active in conversations. How xe treats people depends pretty heavily on how they approach their relationship with xir - if someone willingly approaches the relationship as a subordinate to xir who bends to xir every will, xe’s much less likely to actually be casual and social with them than xe is with a technical subordinate who nonetheless starts social conversations with xir and is willing to actually stand up to xir. Xe’s actually relatively charismatic, if you can get past the arrogance.
