black, silk, cadmium yellow, baby blossom, raspberry, coral, malachite, champagne, frost blue.
black: does your muse have a ‘bucket list?’ , some things your muse wants to accomplish before they die.
haha. marcus has been ready to die for over 2000 years now. there is nothing he still wants to do except to finally fall into ashes.
silk: does your muse care about appearances much? do they spend a lot of time on their own appearance, or do they just go with the flow each day?
yes-ish. I don’t really agree with what the movies (not sure about what the books said?) gave us when it comes to his clothing style. they really wanted to emphasize that he completely gave up on looking presentable. and while I can agree with the fact that he cares less about his own appearance, he still wouldn’t greet guests in his pjs. before the whole didyme fiasco and in his human verses, marcus was extremely neat when it comes to his wardrobe. would dress very elegant and classic, care for his hair and beard. he wouldn’t get manicures but still makes sure his hands and nails are clean and neatly cut. as he fell into depression after losing his wife, he slightly gave up on many of those strict clothing rules he gave himself, but he would still been keen to dress appropriate, to brush his hair every once in a while. you know, the small things. in his human verses you probably won’t notice any difference in his appearance unless you’re either really close to him or pay incredibly close attention to it. because he has a rather public job and tries to perform well no matter his mental state, marcus would be forced to look presentable. only little things would show the chaos behind closed door. a shirt might be a little wrinkled, you might find a small stain somewhere, the color of his suit might not perfectly fit with the one of his shoes or maybe he missed an appointment at the hair dresser and now his hair is a little longer than how he likes it. little things.
baby blossoms: does your muse have a favorite scent? what is it, and why?
not really to be honest? it’s nothing he cares much for? of course, all of his senses got enhanced after being changed but olfaction just wasn’t too important to him. he values audition so much more. he despises complete silence, it makes him uncomfortable, itchy even. there always has to be some kind of noise around him. but weird smells around him? whatever.
raspberry: what food and/or drink can your muse not get enough of? do they indulge in it often, or is it something reserved for special occasions?
even though I chose to give a fuck about the twilight mythology, and my marcus can consume regular food, he still rarely does? he isn’t a big foody in his human verses either. food just isn’t something he gives much thought to? however, in those verses he cherishes great drinks. he loves to drink expensive wines and but also harder liquors. and he would keep them for special occasions, simply because they are too expensive to have a whole bottle every night. once he would slip more into alcoholism later on in his life, he began to buy cheaper liquors because even completely drunk it would still hurt his soul if he would just down those special bottles in one go.
coral: what is your muse’s romantic and sexual orientations?
I’ve probably talked way too much about this already, maybe because it’s not a very simple topic ( ..? ) but here we go: he is definitely somewhere on the asexual spectrum. lately, I think he could be seen as aromantic, simply because it can be defined as “experiences little or no romantic attraction to others” which is the case for him if you think about it? he has been alive for 3.000 years yet only fallen in love with / felt attracted to one person. of course his grief had a big influence on him potentially falling for someone else, but still. so yeah, right now you could see him as aromantic and demi-sexual. though he wouldn’t label himself that way, he probably wouldn’t label himself at all. so while relationships of any kind dominate his life through his gift, marcus isn’t too focused on his own relationship. he had never been looking for a potential partner and had he not meet didyme maybe he wouldn’t have dated anyone until now. furthermore he is not really sexual, hence the demi-sexual part. it can become a part of his relationships as it did with didyme, but he needs an incredibly close emotional connection to even want to have sex with someone. it also include him not flirting at all or speaking of any kind of sexual topics.
malachite: has your muse ever done anything that they winded up feeling incredibly guilty for in the end?
oh yes. I touched upon it a little in a previous post but marcus definitely felt guilty for leaving behind his human family. I mean his wife had already passed, his sisters had been married off and his family was rich so it wasn’t a financial problem that they had lost him. but his disappearance made his son an orphan, he could stay with his aunts but still lost both mother and father extremely early in his life. and of course he left his family without an explanation. they never found his body or a letter explaining why he would leave.
champagne: does your muse drink (alcohol)? are they a heavy drinker, if so?
as mentioned under raspberry: yes. unfortunately. again I’m only speaking about his human verses for this because he doesn’t drink as a vampire. he always liked the taste of alcohol and he drank quite a lot in his youth, though never excessive, he was very reasonable. he knew his tolerance and would stop before he got drunk. he liked to get buzzed but never lose control of himself. especially during college and his early work years he would meet with one or two friends almost every night. they would share a bottle of wine or two and just talk. he drank a little less when he got together with didyme, just because she never was a heavy drinker and since he spent most of his time with her he automatically reduced his consume. however he had no problem finding his way right back to the heavy consumption after her death. this time no longer responsible. no longer with the intent to get slightly buzzed, but to numb his feelings.