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Character Questions: Morality/Opinions/Behaviour

Hey, remember these? Figured we're overdue for another one, especially as the Halloween event is winding down but still not wrapped up. This time, the overall theme of these questions is: Morality! Behaviour! And opinions!

Describe character's sense of morals:
If they could sum up the meaning of life, what would they say?:
What do they consider taboo (something they personally would never do):
Describe character's etiquette:
Describe character's sense of self-control:
Spontaneous or structured?
Instinctual or logical?
How does this character act in public?
How does this character act in privacy?
How does this character act around strangers vs. how they act around friends?
How does this character act around family?
How has this character most changed from youth?
How have they remained the same?
Has this character dealt with the loss of someone they knew?
If so, who?
How has it affected them?
How does this character deal with or react to-
Conflict/Danger:
Rejection:
Fear:
Change:
Loss:
Sex/Flirting:
Pain:
Stress:
Peer pressure:
Guilt:
Being wrong:
Being criticized:
Being insulted (superficially: name calling, etc):
Offending others:
Praise:
Being loved:
Being hated:
Humiliation:
How does this character express-
Anger:
Sadness:
Fear:
Happiness/Excitement:
Love (Consider the "Five Languages of Love"):
Lust:
Stress/anxiety:
Dislike (of a person, thing, or idea):
Approval (of a person, thing, or idea):
How does this character generally express themselves?
What does this character think/feel about-
Marriage:
Children:
Family/Family Values:
Children/Youth:
Old age:
Sex:
Love:
Friendship/Other relationships:
Homosexuality:
The opposite sex:
The same sex:
Money/Material things:
Politics:
Religion:
Destiny/Duty:
Magic/Myth:
Racism/Races in general:
Science/Technology:
Nature/Animals:
Modernity:
Antiquity:
Their past:
Their future:
Their role in society/job/etc:
Drugs and alcohol:
Killing/Murder:
Education:
The foreign/unknown:
How does the character view life?
How does the character view death?
How does the character view society?
How does the character imagine his/her own death?
What does the character want out of life?
What does this character consider "success" to be?
What would the character like to change in his/her life?
What motivates this character?
What discourages this character?
What makes this character happy?
What makes this character sad?
What makes this character angry?
What humiliates this character?
What most describes this character's personality?
Psychoanalysis (Describe why they act the way they do):
Does it stem from childhood or an event, or chemical?

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Once again, I'm looking forward to reading all your responses and learning more about your characters!
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[personal profile] shardofwinter 2017-12-07 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
What does this character think/feel about-
Marriage: It's an excuse for a good party. A wedding ring won't stop him from seducing a woman, and he can't imagine getting married himself with his longevity. So it's primarily just a good reason for a feast. 
Children: Reynard loves children, and often wishes he was a father. He knows how to be firm with them when he needs to, but really enjoys engaging their innocent playful side.  
Family/Family Values: Taking care of the people who make your life easier to live is very important, but you have to do what's right for yourself.
Children/Youth: Although Reynard is very protective of children, youth is something he has an uneasy relationship with. Youth is a Spring attribute which immediately biases his opinions. Young adults are more likely to frustrate him than anyone else, and he treats them with unwarranted prejudices more easily than others. Simultaneously, he's often drawn in by the life and energy of young people.  
Old age: Reynard finds old age very comfortable. Older people tend to have caught up with many of the observations he knows as truths. As someone who has been considered 'old' for almost his entire life, and who resonates with age as a Winter aspect, old age is something Reynard enjoys. Except for when he remembers what follows.
Sex: Having a complicated and extensive relationship with sex, Reynard likes to keep things reasonably simple. Sex is for fun, it is a primal need and should be understood to be, but with boundaries very firmly set in place. His preferred kinks are pretty standard, and he likes to keep things clear and communication around it easily understood. He is not ashamed of it, of discussing it, asking for it or paying for it, but the emotions and intention during it need to be transparent or he gets anxious. So as far as he's concerned, simple fun is best.
Love: Love, Reynard has learned, is inevitable. As is the pain and tragedy that follows. Even his love of his Season is as rich and joyous as it is life destroying. Ultimately, though, it is the best thing to fill an eternal human life with when you can. 
Friendship/Other relationships: Keeping friends close is important to Reynard. There are too many people he dislikes to be careless with those he does, and he is keenly aware that the time they do have is precious. That said, they're not more important than his own life. Or Winter.
Homosexuality: Female homosexuality is something he's happy to let be. Women will be women! But Reynard has an opinion on male homosexuality that he has yet to personally define/articulate. He feels that male homosexuality is a primal expression of dominance that has nothing to do with affection and that he perceives as aggressive. That said, he's not here to fix other people. If they think they're happy that way, he's not going to prod it. It's not as if he doesn't have unhealthy opinions...
The opposite sex: Reynard adores women. He loves spending time with them, and finds their company more enjoyable than men. Even so, sometimes he will slip into old thinking and be somewhat dismissive of them/their experiences or emotions, especially when they contradict/annoy him. It's a habit he's still learning to break, but it also makes him particularly protective of the women he likes.
The same sex: They are also good company! But Reynard seeks out a kind of camaraderie with men that he doesn't seek with women. He's lived many centuries where men were brought together to fulfil their traditional role of protector and provider, and he's found a lot of supportive camaraderie through that.
Money/Material things: He likes material things, but he's not used to having much. This is the most wealthy he's ever been and he doesn't know what to do with the extra cash. He's not good at having means, he finds it uncomfortable. Wealth is something for other people. Often the people he dislikes.
Politics: Reynard resents politics. To him it is a game for rich people who know nothing about the people they claim to represent. From where he's stood throughout history all it has done is harm people and uphold the upper class.  
Religion: Despite being what he is, Reynard only really believes in what he's seen or makes sense. He has nothing against religious beliefs so long as they're kept to yourself. He has witnessed and experienced an incredible amount of pain inflicted by religious establishments or by people using religious justification. So it's little wonder that he dislikes organised religion.
Destiny/Duty: Destiny seems like nonsense to him. He's never seen any evidence of it, after all. Duty, on the other hand, is one of the most important things in his life. Specifically his own duty to Winter, but it does allow him to respect the duties of others more easily so long as he believes/understands their commitment to it.
Magic/Myth: Despite being proof of the supernatural, Reynard is sceptical about myths and magic. The magic of spirits and nature he fully understands to be a fact of the world and doesn't doubt, but not having seen much human magic or mythical beings/objects/etc, he prefers to remain wary and doubtful until proven wrong.
Racism/Races in general: Racism is something he learned in the past, but easily fell out of. Any racism he displays is left from bygone eras. The racism he does exercise primarily revolves around humans and spirits or supernatural creatures. He doesn't like or encourage racism, but he is also reasonably blind to it at this stage.
Science/Technology: Both science and technology are things Reynard views with suspicion. While he's seen the benefits of both, the innovation it brings is difficult for him to grasp quickly, especially as he never had any formal education. They make him feel isolated, ignorant, and redundant, so while he can adapt to both, it can take an incredibly long time.
Nature/Animals: He feels a sense of kinship with Nature, and responsibility for animals. Being an aspect of a Season, and therefore, Nature, it is the closest thing he has to a natural family. The destruction or disrespect of either will earn his hatred, disapproval, and he will draw out his amusement when karma kicks the perpetrator in the backside. If it doesn't, he will sometimes take revenge himself.  
Modernity: Until modern things have been around for a (long) while, Reynard tends to look down on it, treat it with suspicion and not get attached. It's very difficult for him to tell what is a fad and what isn't, and all of it makes him feel outdated and his ineptitude embarrassing. So he treats most of it with condescension and quiet disapproval. 
Antiquity: Despite knowing its flaws intimately, antiquity is familiar and Reynard vastly prefers it. After all, he finds it comforting to understand something so well. In some cases, he's only just gotten used to it.
Their past: There are many things in Reynard's past he would like to put behind him forever, and often does his best to. Ultimately, however, his past has dictated a lot of his identity, and Winter is a Season of memory, introspection and the past. He knows he needs to acknowledge his past, but he fears bringing it with him into the future, and only talks about it as he's comfortable with, often staying vague and brief. For someone who lives (theoretically) forever, being judged by his past is a terrifying prospect.  
Their future: The future unnerves him, his own future scares him. He is certain he will survive one way or another, but his inability to predict what might come next worries him. All he knows is that the future will take away what he knows and leave him alone and useless again.
Their role in society/job/etc: When it comes to society Reynard is working class or worse, always. He is always an outsider, but he fits in with the rugged life of hard working people, and he enjoys his place with them. What he considers his true role is his work as a Winter Spirit, and that is what he's most proud of, despite all the negativity it receives.
Drugs and alcohol: Drugs are something Reynard has done, isn't particularly fond of, but only disapproves of excessive use of them. Alcohol, on the other hand, is good no matter how much you have. It has gotten him through countless harrowing ordeals, bad breakups, and dull sermons.
Killing/Murder: It doesn't faze him one bit. He will murder without remorse or regret if he needs to, and expects others to be the same. All that concerns him are the consequences of murder that will impact him. That is what he pays the most attention to.
Education: Having had no formal education, and not being entitled to any at any point in his life, education is something Reynard is unfamiliar with. It's a privilege of the rich and oppressive, and any poorer, working class people who get an education are lucky and will get his full encouragement. His own lack of education is increasingly becoming an embarrassment, so he often tries to hide it or dismiss the value of education.
 The foreign/unknown: Things to be wary of, but he doesn't inherently fear the unknown. Secrets especially are things he quite enjoys, though he has no real drive to discover what they are, he just enjoys them existing.
How does the character view life? The goal of life is to live as long as possible, and the reward is life.
How does the character view death? Death is his friend, as much as Death can be. To him, a person dying in Winter is an honour, as they become a part of that year's Winter, marking it out from the rest. So though he kills many kinds of people in his duty they all get a special kind of respect and gratitude from him afterwards. Out of Season he mostly just tries to avoid Death coming for him, and knows it's Death that will eventually come for those he cares about. Dying in a Season is an honour, and Death is a friend, but that does not make loss easier. 
How does the character view society? An ever changing, intriguing mash of humanity that he doesn't tend to get along with.
How does the character imagine his/her own death? He doesn't, to the best of his ability. Dying in Winter seems easy, noble and wonderful. Dying outside the Season terrifies him. He doesn't know what happens. Would Winter revive him? Would dying mean he'd failed his Season? Would it mean his Season has abandoned him? Too many scary questions. He does his best not to think about it.
What does the character want out of life? Happiness, and a full belly.
What does this character consider "success" to be? Staying alive and making a Winter that's remembered for centuries to come.
What would the character like to change in his life? The loneliness. Even with his friends he feels separate. He would like to find someone as long lived as him who understands the world as he does. Everything else he can deal with.
What motivates this character? His unyielding love of Winter.
What discourages this character? The feeling of mortality.
What makes this character happy? Serving Winter, seeing his friends happy, spending time in nature.
What makes this character sad? The death of his friends, urbanisation.
What makes this character angry? Disrespecting Nature/Winter/his friends, Spring and Summer.
What humiliates this character? Showing his weakness or uselessness - his mortality, lack of education, lack of importance outside of Winter.
What most describes this character's personality? Multifaceted, self-serving, charming, dangerous. 
Psychoanalysis (Describe why they act the way they do). Does it stem from childhood or an event, or chemical:
Reynard's personality is a combination of his nature as a Winter spirit and his human experiences. His being a Winter spirit means he sees the world from a unique perspective, while his off-Season mortality means he knows the human experience intimately. Being so long lived has instilled bad habits, archaic fears and biases, and reiterated life lessons that, all put together, do not make for an entirely healthy state of mind. The duality of being mortal/immortal, human/spirit, is at his core. The inner conflict and yet the expansive wisdom it gives him are what makes Reynard who he is.
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