#corinth.task

Andromeda: Talk about your character’s relationship with their siblings (if they have any).

Asclepius: Talk about your character’s morality. How do they decide who is morally good and who is not? What does “good” mean to them?

Atlas: Talk about how your character deals with their “responsibility” to either side of the war for the veil, if they are aware of it.

Charon: Talk about your character’s greatest fears.

Chronos: Talk about how your character deals with their past.

Circe: Talk about how your character deals with betrayal.

Eros: Talk about your character’s love life, and how they see “love.”

Euryale: Talk about someone’s death that would hit your muse the hardest, or their greatest loss. 

Hektor: Talk about how your character deals with something that is out of their control.

Lamia: Talk about what other species your character would be/wants to be.

Lethe: Talk about if your character would rather forget certain memories or hold on to them. 

Medea: Talk about your characters thoughts on redemption, and if they think they need it or are worthy of it.

Philotes: Talk about your character’s best friends and what friendship means to them.

(The) Phonoi: Talk about your character’s view on murder.

Ponos: Talk about what would make your character emotionally break.

Andromeda: Talk about your character’s relationship with their siblings (if they have any).

Ophelia does not have any biological siblings that she knows of. She had adoptive siblings, but never had a particularly close relationship with any of them, as she was treated more like a nanny than a daughter. Once she left her hometown she never had contact with them again. 

Asclepius: Talk about your character’s morality. How do they decide who is morally good and who is not? What does “good” mean to them?

Ohhhhh god. This is... a good question, with kind of a complex answer I’m not sure I can put well into words? Which is kind of funny, because as a fury, Ophelia is all about justice, and she thinks that she has a good moral center. But it’s also unquestionably been warped by her own personal experiences in her human life, like a distrust for authority figures/law enforcement and the belief that following human rules do not automatically equal being a good person. She has very much her own moral code which she holds others to, in whether she deems them a “good” or not. I think it honestly just comes down to vibes, as kind of ridiculous as it sounds. She gets a feel for people and decides off of that? Which... is not the best method probably, consider how easily Ophelia could probably be manipulated. She’s one of those people who subconsciously looks for the good in others, and wants to believe it, even if she herself isn’t aware of that fact. So it’d be more easy to fool her into believing someone is good when they’re not than it would an older fury, probably. 

Atlas: Talk about how your character deals with their “responsibility” to either side of the war for the veil, if they are aware of it.

I think Ophelia sort of views herself as above it all? She’s definitely aware of it happening, has seen the power struggle between the gods in the near-century that she’s been a fury. But the way she sees it is that however it shakes out, it doesn’t really concern her? Her job is to protect the human world against these creatures the gods created to be their soldiers. On one hand, the elimination of the veil and subsequently all the supernatural creatures of the world would make it infinitely safer for humans. On the other hand, would Ophelia be considered one of the creatures that would cease to be? She was created as a sort of checks and balances to keep others from running wild, but still created into something other none the less. The question of what would happen to her should the veil fall is unclear, and while it troubles her at times, since it’s out of her grasp, she’s done a pretty good job at shoving it down and ignoring it. Her job is what matters, ultimately. 

Charon: Talk about your character’s greatest fears.

It depends on what type of fear you’re looking for, honestly. If we’re talking global scale, it’d be that something happens to herself and the other furies, and then there’s nothing left to enact justice in the mortal world. But as of right now, that doesn’t seem like much of a possibility, so it’s more of a worst case scenario type fear. On a personal level, deep down she’s concerned that she’s not particularly good at being a fury. Ophelia is aware of the fact that she has a lot of feelings, sometimes too many, and is concerned it can conflict with her ability to serve her leader properly. As much as she likes to comfort Alexios that he’ll find his footing in this new life he’s stepped into, that it only takes time and practices, there are sometimes when she wonders if that’s true. She has enough righteous fury to cover the planet and then some, sure, and when she acts out her role as a harbinger of justice, there’s no feeling like it. But sometimes the waters can get muddy, where her own emotions get involved and she’s not quite sure what the right decision would be. And she worries that she’s failing in her duty.

Chronos: Talk about how your character deals with their past.

Sad and soft immortal hours baby. That’s basically it, to be honest. She’s very reminiscent, and can get hit with bouts of nostalgia by even the littlest of triggers. It’s not something she tries to run from or even suppress, unless caught at an ill-opportune time. Ophelia probably has the healthiest coping mechanism of any of my characters, because unlike the others, she doesn’t try to pretend like those feelings don’t exist, but embraces them willingly.

Circe: Talk about how your character deals with betrayal.

She’d be heartbroken. And vengeful. Ophelia naively believes that she is a good judge of character, that the people she surrounds herself with are good people at their core. Like mentioned above, her soul wants to believe in the decency of people, even when her head tells her otherwise, which is how she could almost easily find herself falling into the trap of trusting someone she shouldn’t. So long as they don’t have a neon I’M A EVIL PERSON sign over their head, she’s usually open to giving people a fair chance. To have someone betray that trust would absolutely be a crushing experience, and greatly damage Ophelia’s faith in herself and her ability as a fury; that she would become so blind as to be fooled, when she is suppose to be acting as a hand of justice to judge the character of those around her. Depending on the betrayal, and just how deep of a wound it inflicts, it could set forth a chain reaction of her questioning every decision she’s ever made in her life as a fury, and no longer trusting her instincts. And there would absolutely be hell to pay. In the literal sense. Don’t cross someone capable of dragging your ass to the Underworld for eternal torment. 

Eros: Talk about your character’s love life, and how they see “love.”

Ophelia is a romantic at heart. I honestly believe she’s one of those people who could fall in love with anyone, because that’s just the type of heart she has. She’s had two serious relationships, both of which happened in her human life, that she put her heart and soul into in a way that hasn’t happened since. She’s had flings and relationships over the years of her immortality, and I think a part of her has fallen in love with each of them a little bit, all in different ways. But ultimately, none have been to the degree of her second love. As of right now, her girlfriend from her human life was the love of her life, and she still looks back on those memories in fondness and longing. At the same time though, she’s not crippled by it, and it hasn’t keep her from experiencing those emotions again with anyone else unlike Lykaon’s stubborn ass. She’s open to it, basically. Romanticizes it. 

Euryale: Talk about someone’s death that would hit your muse the hardest, or their greatest loss.

I don’t think Ophelia’s been exposed to much death, really. Not at least in terms of physically witnessing it. The one that hit her hardest would be the death of her first love, a soldier boy who died in World War I, but even then it almost seemed... unreal? That because there was never a body to bury that came back, she didn’t really have to acknowledge it. The same thing with her second love, the woman she knew in Chicago. Though rationally Ophelia thinks her to be dead at this point, under the assumption she lived out a normal human life, she never had to witness it firsthand. When or if it actually happens, I imagine it’ll be a sort of a reality shock. I could honestly see her even trying to travel to the Underworld to bargain with the furies for the soul of the person, if it’s someone she particularly cares about, or at least trying to seek permission to walk them through their passage into the afterlife. Losing any of the other furies would absolutely break her, but fortunately, their species is immortal with no known methods of killing them yet. 

Hektor: Talk about how your character deals with something that is out of their control.

There is very little Ophelia feels like she cannot control, in one way or another. Thus, when faced with such a problem, it perturbs her like nothing else. When something is truly, completely out of her hands, her method of dealing with it is to just ignore it. If she chooses not to acknowledge it, then it can’t affect her, right? Right. Excellent logic there.

Lamia: Talk about what other species your character would be/wants to be.

She’s very happy to be a fury, and I don’t think Ophelia would willingly trade it away for anything else. Despite the doubts she might have on whether she’s particularly good at it, she’s very grateful that Megaera gave her this gift, and would not give it up for anything. That being said, if I had to pick something else for her, when I was first playing with her character model I had her as a vampire. I think it would be interesting to mix in her strong sense of justice with a creature that’s less morally-aligned than furies are, especially one that has to feed on others to survive. Ophelia would probably be one of those vampires that’s constantly at war with her own nature, and yet using her compulsion as freely as she uses her mental manipulation currently. In her mind, she’d see herself as the hero of the story, but whether that would align with what others would view as “good” is... an interesting idea. 

Lethe: Talk about if your character would rather forget certain memories or hold on to them.

Ophelia would not give up any of her memories, not even the bad ones. Again, she’s very nostalgic by nature. Her thought process is that without the bad memories, the good ones would not hold so much meaning. You can’t experience true happiness without experiencing true sadness first, and all that type of philosophy. 

Medea: Talk about your characters thoughts on redemption, and if they think they need it or are worthy of it.

She is a big believer in redemption, though with her role as a fury, she does not think herself in need of it as Ophelia already views herself as on the right side. 

Philotes: Talk about your character’s best friends and what friendship means to them.

Again, undoubtedly the furies. @selaxamin and @alexiosflorus, in particular, although that’s easy to say when they’re the only other ones currently in the group right now. But even with others, I think it’d be true. Sela was the one that took Ophelia under her wing when she first became a fury, fulfilling the mentor role that Ophelia now serves as for Alexios. There’s few who she looks up to so reverently as Sela, and almost no one whose opinion she values more. And Alexios she’s almost completely adopted as her son, at this point. Outside of the furies, a few friends that she’s made that she’s already beginning to care a great deal for (or will come to care for) would be @silaskyun, @ajaxgriffin, @leonidaskaratasos, @winterdupont, and maybe @atlasxrose. Ophelia has never had a problem making friends wherever she goes, because the display she puts on most of the time is that of a charming, kind young woman. 

(The) Phonoi: Talk about your character’s view on murder.

Mixed. Unjustified murder is bad, obviously. She doesn’t have to be a follower of Tisiphone to know that. But at the same time, a murder can be justified. Like someone acting in retribution for a wrong. So long as it’s justifiable, or she can reason it, then Ophelia can condone it. There was actually a meme I answered on this scenario, where she walked in on Atlas committing a murder, and honestly it’s pretty accurate to how she would respond, especially if it were someone that she cares about. You can read it here if you want.

Ponos: Talk about what would make your character emotionally break.

Again, I feel like betrayal would be pretty high up there. But also, like previously mentioned as well, witnessing the death of someone she cared about. 

Tartarus: Talk about your character’s view on retribution.

Andromeda: Talk about your character’s relationship with their siblings (if they have any).

For the longest time Maven thought she was an only child. And as long as she had her mother, that was fine to her. But after her mother died, and it really set in how miserably alone she was, finding out she has a half-sister was like being thrown a lifeline. Because of her trust issues, Maven has a hard time forming deep connections with most people, but family is on a different spectrum for her. She’s got the mindset of “if there’s anybody I can rely on, it’s my family”. She’s honestly kind of built @xrowansmithx up in her mind as the end-all solution to her loneliness, to the point of projecting almost all of her need for affection and love onto the idea of her sister that she has. It makes her absolutely desperate for Rowan’s approval at any given time, and she’s really putting so much more effort into building a relationship there than she ever has anywhere else. But at the same time, that kind of projection is what’s led her to keep from revealing the truth thus far. As long as it just remains Maven’s secret, she can live in the fantasy world of everything good that could be, and doesn’t have to deal with the possibility of being rejected.

Asclepius: Talk about your character’s morality. How do they decide who is morally good and who is not? What does “good” mean to them?

I took an alignment test awhile ago and unsurprisingly (to me), Maven came out as True Neutral, which I feel like is dead on accurate for her. Her morality is honestly pretty flexible and depends on what’s going on in the moment, there’s no specific set of rules someone has to follow other than like, very general things. Like not being a murderer. Or an asshole for no reason. Of course, she breaks her own standard on that last one all the time, and no, Maven does not consider herself to be a good person. But at the same time, she doesn’t really hold being “good” in high regard? It’s not as if she scoffs at them or anything, unless they’re the type that won’t even jaywalk, but also a lot of the time the most fun she has is when around people that are not particularly good, like her. Unless you’re just a straight up evil person, Maven doesn’t really care all that much.

Atlas: Talk about how your character deals with their “responsibility” to either side of the war for the veil, if they are aware of it.

While she isn’t aware of the war right now, Maven would unquestionably be on the side of PRO VEIL, all caps. She cannot imagine her life without magic, and the idea of losing it is one of the scariest things imaginable. Quite frankly, I’m not sure she’d want to live if she couldn’t be a witch. Even just the idea that someone would want to take away the magic from the world is nearly unfathomable to her.

Charon: Talk about your character’s greatest fears.

Like mentioned a bit above, losing her magic is definitely up there. But at the same time, I don’t think she’s really aware that’s a thing that could happen to her? So like, in a theoretical reality it’s a big fear. But in terms of things she’s currently afraid of right now, it would definitely be rejection. Getting attached to people, letting them in, only to have them really get to know her and decide they don’t like what they see. It’s easier to pretend like being alone is her choice, instead of because other people have decided she isn’t worth the time or effort. It’s sort of a vicious cycle of pushing people away out of fear, then getting upset when they take the cues and leave. And the biggest one would be with Rowan, which is why she hasn’t told her about their relation yet. If she gets rejected by who she views as her only chance at family left in the world, Maven might would legitimately die. But @kieratandanu gonna be pretty high on the list too pretty soon enough.  Or, even worse, that it was only a ploy to manipulate her the entire time.

Chronos: Talk about how your character deals with their past.

By ignoring it as much as possible. Her go to method for dealing with things is simply to not, and shove it as far and as deep as possible inside of her. Is this healthy? No. Will it most likely eventually explode from all the pressure? Yes. Does she know both these things? Yes. And yet, that is a problem for future Maven. For current Maven, it usually works well enough, thanks.

Circe: Talk about how your character deals with betrayal.

It really just cements the idea of not trusting people for her. She’s already paranoid by nature of the intentions of others, so to have someone get past all of that, close enough for it to be considered a betrayal and then do exactly what she was afraid of... it wouldn’t be pretty. And probably would end up sabotaging all her other relationships as well in the fallout as a chain reaction. Please don’t do this to her. Or do, and sit back and watch the burning wreckage as she promptly starts throwing matches on all her bridges out of fear and paranoia. Better to kill something by her own hand than let someone else make a fool out of herself again.

Eros: Talk about your character’s love life, and how they see “love.”

Love is a neurochemical con job. But seriously, Maven is not a fan. It’s a pretty terrifying concept to her, which her mother had a pretty heavy hand in influencing. Though she had the best intentions and was only trying to protect her, Maven’s mom was really the one to instill the idea that love is a dangerous thing that can ruin people. She spent years witnessing first hand how much her mom suffered after her dad left, how bitter and broken and resentful it made her, which shaped Maven’s adolescence. And not only that, her mom was always quick to remind her that people were always out to use others, and even when they tell you they love you, they really only love something you can give them. Such lessons have stayed with Maven her entire life, and still effect her to this day and how she approaches relationships. Whenever she feels herself getting too close to someone, warning alarms go off in the back of her head, and she usually begins to either self-sabotage, or simply take off running for the hills and ghost. Because of these habits, she’s never actually been in love before, but she’s ruined things herself several times where she could have been. Which really is ironic, considering how goddamn afraid she is of being alone for the rest of her life. It doesn’t help that she doesn’t really see why someone would want to date her in the first place, which just makes her all the more suspicious of someone’s intentions.

Euryale: Talk about someone’s death that would hit your muse the hardest, or their greatest loss.

Right now it would 100% be Rowan. Not only would she be losing a friend, but idea of a family that she craves so badly. But there are a few that are working their way up that list too. Her greatest lost is undoubtedly her mother.

Hektor: Talk about how your character deals with something that is out of their control.

She very much has an, “alright then, fuck it” attitude when it comes to things she can’t influence. It’s weird, because on one hand she hates the loss of control, but on the other hand it’s almost a get out of jail free card? Like, whatever happens, happens, so she’s not responsible for that. It’s sort of like when you’ve stressed yourself out about something so much, that you just hit a mental wall, and suddenly nothing matters anymore? You just accept whatever your fate is to come, and the idea that it can’t be blamed on you because you had no control. Doesn’t make the outcome any less shitty when it goes poorly, but it’s a small consolation that at least it isn’t her fault specifically. That’s how she deals with it.

Lamia: Talk about what other species your character would be/wants to be.

Nothing, honestly. Maven is glad to be a witch and would not trade it for the world. If she were forced to choose, she would pick perhaps a phoenix or kobalos — not that she’s aware of either of those species right now. They both have different ties to things she already possesses and holds valuable, fire magic and nature manipulation. Also the ability to mess with someone’s head would be pretty cool, don’t judge her. Still, she’s very happy as a witch, and would not willingly change to anything else.

Lethe: Talk about if your character would rather forget certain memories or hold on to them.

It depends on the memories. She’s not one of those people that’s like “even bad memories build character and are worth keeping”, she’s not that philosophical. There are so many things she’d willingly forget if it were possible. But at the same time, there are a handful she would hold onto, if only for bittersweet nostalgia, even if they hurt. It’d definitely be on a case by case basis and not a blanket statement.

Medea: Talk about your characters thoughts on redemption, and if they think they need it or are worthy of it.

Redemption is sort of a joke concept to her, it doesn’t really exist outside of TV shows and books. People are who they are, good or bad, and usually aren’t too interested in changing their nature. It’s more of a fairy tale to Maven. Does she need it? Eh. She could be a better person, certainly. But to be redeemed? That’s a tad dramatic. Besides, being better requires an energy she doesn’t have, so she wouldn’t even really want it regardless. She’d probably laugh in the face of anyone that tried to entice her with the idea of it.

Philotes: Talk about your character’s best friends and what friendship means to them.

Maven does not have many friends, and none that she would call a best friend yet. Honestly just the fact that she’s actually making friends at all is a step in the right direction. Back in New York it was basically just her and her mom. Friendship is... complicated. Less terrifying than romantic relationships, but still not safe. Not to sound like a broken record, but all of her trust issues really do lead back to her mother, who sort of isolated Maven from everyone else to where they really only had each other. It wasn’t a Mother Gothel situation where it was done maliciously, she had good intentions, where she was under the idea that she was the only person she was certain would never act to hurt Maven. So she never really encouraged Maven to seek outside friendships, something that makes it hard for her to reach out and form them nowadays. That all being said, once someone gets past all her walls, there is VERY little she wouldn’t do for those she cares about. Her loyalty and protectiveness are second to none of her other traits, and she really is a Mom Friend. The people she feels that protective closeness with so far would be @eliastaylcr, @avxvidalis, @casperhahn and Kiera, obviously.

(The) Phonoi: Talk about your character’s view on murder.

Uhhh bad? Which would legitimately be her response if someone were to ask her that question. It’s really not something she’s thought much about, because she’s never been in a position where it’s been particularly relevant to her. That being said, it is something I could see her being pushed towards for the right reasons. Not sure she knows if she’s capable of it, but she definitely is under the right circumstances.

Ponos: Talk about what would make your character emotionally break.

Honestly too much. She prides herself on being tough but really she’s just like,,,,, 10 different emotional traumas and mental illness stacked in a trench coat that is one bad day from crumbling at any given time. Her goal is to project that she’s handling her shit better than that though.

Tartarus: Talk about your character’s view on retribution.