for kurly and curlie! 23, 26, and 29!
Kurly and Curlie 23: How connected do they feel to their community and society?
Kurly does not feel connected at ALL. He feels like an ant in a termite colony, but he views this in a positive light. He's like an outsider or a thief who can do anything that he wants to. A cog rolling around the machine as it pleases, not being spun around by anybody else. Except maybe for Curlie, but he's okay with that.
Curlie feels sort of alienated, like an outsider. He was born and raised in a cave in secret, and even after integrating into society he often still feels like an outsider. He feels at home around Kurly, and when he visits his mother, but other than that he doesn't really feel like he fits.
26: How do their family and their relationship with them influence their perspective and the way they navigate life?
Kurly's family is dead to him, and he is dead to them. He was raised as a royal figure but rejected it at every possible opportunity. He fucking haaaates governments and governing figures and wants all of them to die. Corrupt power structures and the rule of the rich over the power makes him sick to his stomach.
Curlie still visits his mother sometimes, and on rare occasions his father. He was raised alone in a cave for a signifigant part of his childhood, with no one but his mother and occasionally his father. He doesn't actually care that much. Curlie is not prone to loneliness and he only hangs around others because it makes him happy to help others. He's a guy who is wired to pretty much only feel happy or concerned. He often has a desire to take someone who is hurt or weak and keep them safe, protected, away from the scary hurtful parts of the world. Paternal to the max.
29: What criteria do they use to assess others' character?
Kurly and Curlie are most likely to assess someone on how they treat others who are "beneath" them, or "weaker" than them.
And, just for fun, I'm going to add each of their respective parents. Connectedness to community/society?
Curlicue sees himself as an extremely important part of society. He's the personal advisor to one of the most influential royal figures of all time. He feels like a cog in the center of the machine, maybe even more important than Phoebos Henheart herself.
Purl sees herself as a woman of high esteem, an important royal figure, but more in the sense that a celebrity is. She feels like she is a cog in the machine but in more of a "you have no choice but to play your role" sort of way. If she had a choice she would rather be literally anything else, but she sees herself as helpless, so she makes the most of her role as the Royal Advisor's wife.
…Okay i dont actually have much about Curlie's dad (not even a name yet). He's kind of disjointed and aloof as a person, but beyond that I don't have a very solid basis. I'll get back to you on the subject
Azimuth feels about as separated from society as is physically possible. She's a relic from a bygone era and even THEN she felt alienated because she's an artificially created living weapon. Now she just feels like a passive observer, never getting involved in things. Other than falling in love with a normal mortal man and raising a child with him. That's about the extent of her involvement. Until Part 6 of War for Whimsy, that is. Family relationships influencing them?
Curlicue sees family as an inherent and inescapable fact of life. A series of chains and unbreakable debts. While Kurly is his child, he doesn't see it that way. Kurly broke the chain, so Kurly is no longer his child. He focuses on his wife and other family members, and goes out of his way to help him because he sees this as his moral obligation.
Purl sees family as an objectively unimportant and kind of meaningless thing, but in a societal way it's very important to her. She still sees Kurly as her wayward child who has strayed from the path and could be saved if they just allowed that to happen (I'm avoiding the use of the word daughter in reference to Kurly for personal comfort but Kurly's parents are both horrible transphobes about it).
Azimuth has never had a family before. She was created by splicing genetic material with magic, so she doesn't really have parents and has no idea where her genetic material came from. Her husband is more like a hobby, something she enjoys and has a lot of passion for, but Curlie is her own flesh and blood. He's very important to her, and has changed her life dramatically. What criteria do they use to judge others?
Curlicue judges someone on how they conduct themself and how it aligns with their lot in life, their purpose, and the things they have been given. Someone who maintains a lucky hand, or cultivates a bad one into a good one, is fine by him (generally speaking). But someone who fumbles a lucky hand or does nothing to improve a bad one deserves so.
Purl judges someone based on things like how they present themself, what parts they choose to show or hide. Though, she acknowledges that this is not a morally sound way to go about things, but doesn't believe there's any workable alternative in the society and world she finds herself in.
Azimuth doesn't really judge others much. Usually in a very vague, fuzzy way, like trying to judge an art piece in a medium you've never heard of before and know nothing about. Her basis for most morality is killing -> bad, healing or reproducing -> good. This is kind of strange considering her powers allow her to see truth and reveal things hidden. She just isn't very good at understanding morality of all things.