#ask!other

Her face grew flushed, the mer glancing briefly around to see if someone had heard the question.

“Excuse me? “W-well, I…”

((LIKE A RAY OF SUN, SURELY. THAT SYMBOL IS PERFECT FOR HIM))

Tanya chuckled softly. “Ah, Astarill. He’s a grumpy one, and certainly not easy to please. His view on the world and its occupants has always been vastly different from mine, and he’s always scoffed away my attempts to make him see how important it is to form close bonds with others..”

"I never really made him smile, at least I can’t ever recall doing it. But despite appearing detached, he did spend some time with me, and he didn’t seem to completely detest it. I’m not sure it was his own choice to do so, however." she screwed up her nose as she tried to think back.

((Ah, interesting and hard question.

Similarities:

We have a few cosmetic similarities. We’re both short with green eyes, my hair behaves a bit in the same way as hers. I sometimes get scared people see her as a self-insert, but I honestly see her as an entirely different entity from me. I’ve always loved green eyes, and had a special place in my heart for short people. So I suppose I might have put a few qualities of looks I like about myself into her, without really thinking too much over it.

We’re both helpful and friendly in nature, I would say. We strive to make people around us happy.

Differences:

Tanya handles her emotional traumas rather poorly. She is weaker in mind and more vulnerable to make poor decisions when she is in a bad place. For example, she’s lost control with alcohol. I’m also very insightful when it comes to my own behavior, Tanya is not. She can fool herself and others for a long time by pretending things are different than they are, while I’m brutally honest with myself.

Tanya is a natural social butterfly, who craves a huge amount of affection and attention from others by default. She wants to spend most of her time around others, and draw energy and motivation from it. I’m an introvert and need a lot of space and time for myself.

She is not too picky about her friends and is not afraid to make new ones. The more the merrier. I don’t need more than a few to be content.

Tanya is not afraid to push herself to the absolute limit. I fear physical pain and will not expose myself to it. Exercising is a pain in the ass for everyone, but I absolutely hate every moment I push my body and tend to cry when I have to. = I’m a wuss.

I hate everything about the darker seasons. I hate the way everything wither and dies around me during Autumn, and how cold and dark it is during the winter months. Tanya is able to see the beauty in the blazing colors and a snow covered ground.