For character solidifying meme: 2, 19, 38, 46, your choice of OC! ^_^
Well, how about Rial?
Their mother? How do they think of her? What influence - literal or imagined - did the mother have?
Rial loves her mother, she really does, but she also resents being treated like a child for most of her life. Logically she understands that her mother smothered her with care because she had already lost a son and was terrified of losing a daughter as well. But Rial still can’t forgive all the attempts to control her and take her decisions away. It only encouraged her rebellious streak, made her sharp at the edges and fiercely independent. This is why she struggles with other relationships ― she doesn’t want to become too reliant on anyone, no matter how much she cares about them.
What were your character’s deepest disillusions?
She used to believe that everything about the Ascendancy is right and perfect, that Chiss space is the only good place in the galaxy. And then she grew up and started paying attention. Her mother was demoted and disgraced for having principles of her own. Her father was kicked out of service for no fault of his own. Her brother was exiled for life because he was unfortunately born Force-sensitive. Rial realized that the Ascendancy values order more than it values people. It values neutrality more than the countless lives that are lost in the war outside of Chiss space. And she doesn’t like it one bit.
Are they basically negative when facing new things? Suspicious? Hostile? Scared? Enthusiastic?
It’s a mixture of suspicious and enthusiastic. Rial loves discovering new things, but she has a lot of preconceptions and prejudices, which make her resist anything that doesn’t fit in her personal picture of the world. She wants to be right about everything, she’s very dissatisfied whenever it’s not the case. She can learn, she can admit that she was wrong, but it’s always a gradual and painful process for her. It gets easier as she gets older.
Is your character tall? Short? What about size? Weight? Posture? How do they feel about their physical body?
She is 179 cm/5′10″ and slender. Her posture is noticeably rigid when she’s in public, she holds her back straight and her head high. She likes looking down at others a bit too much. And she works on building her muscle strength with exercise just to make sure that people take her seriously, but she feels quite comfortable in her body. Once she gets the abs of her dreams after years of training, she doesn’t feel like she has anything to complain about.
