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Meme: Learn something about my muse! (romance edition.) | ( accepting.)
💚: how does my muse feel about love? about falling in love? about being in love?
Truthfully, Magnai never had been in love – and one cannot claim that he had even experienced any particular romantic interest so far since those do not exist for him. In faint moments he does believe to feel an emotion deep within, a spark of love suddenly to be ignited in his very heart, but so far none of this had happened. His belief, supported by their tribe’s ancient tale of their true heritage as children of Azim, is that his soul will immediately resonate with the one of his destined mate, his Nhaama. Since none of it had happened so far – albeit quite a fair share of women of different tribes had showed particular interest in the man – he is still so very inexperienced with all of these matters. He had always loved to listen to the elder and his brother’s stories; being quite a romantic at heart, yet he does fail to show this very side of him since he had yet to fall in love with someone. For him it is as clear as the day as night, just like the love of Azim and Nhaama, that he will immediately know if he sees the one supposed to be his beloved.
One should not mistake his belief to be unchangeable; since even if he grew up with deep respect for his tribe’s tale and found himself being captivated by it, it is of course still very possible for him to fall in love with someone who he had not been in love with by first sight. It is what his brother’s had told him, in the very end – but the reality is quite different and love by first sight is not always the actual reality of what had happened. Magnai is unaware of this, however, but he might end up learning – that it is worth to take a second look at someone. In fact he does not cross out this option, even by deeply believing in the elder’s tales. If such emotions ever awakened after the first meeting with his Nhaama, he will find an explanation to make it worthy of their tribe’s tradition, though. Everything else would be unacceptable for him.
💙: how would my muse handle seeing their object of affection falling in love with someone else?
Because of their tribe’s traditions Magnai would simply assume that this woman was never destined to be his Nhaama if he saw her affections being targeted at someone else. It is quite difficult for someone like him to even have crushes on someone, considering that he firmly believes such emotion to be immediately mutual just as described in their tribe’s tales – but if he ended up noticing his very heart, he will still try to deny it. No one can ever be his Nhaama who is in love with someone else; and the male Oronir - including himself – are not those men to force a woman to bond themselves to them if there is no visible connection between them. Xaela of the Steppe take commonly pride in what they are and what tribe they belong to; they would never try to be someone different.
His crush would easily fade away over time since he does have a rather optimistic view in finding his soulmate one day – albeit he does start to grow more and more impatient by now since too many years had already passed. A strong, eternal love is very unlikely to even happen if he sees no signs of affection inside the other’s eye – he is, in some way, very fanatic about his tribe’s lore and therefore there had to be a very drastic reason for him to remain in love with someone who never want to be with him.
ღ: how does my muse feel about displays of affection in public and/or in private?
Most Xaela tribes are in general rather straight forward with their desires and actions; and particularly someone like Magnai who is one of the most respected and also most dangerous Xaela man in the Steppe does not fear to speak his mind. Already publically seeking to find his Nhaama once, he does not hesitate or ever be embarrassed to show his interest to particular individuals, even if they end up denying him for several reasons. And so far he never had interest in those who had interest on him though. He will continue with expressing his dissatisfaction about still seeking his soulmate until he found her. It is something he takes private in and is not ashamed about it.
Suffice to say, once he found his Nhaama who indeed accepts him as her soulmate, he will never for once restrain his actions, even in public. He will keep the most intimate moments for those nights when they are alone, naturally – but soft touches, passionate kisses will happen even among the whole population of the Steppe if he felt like it. Contrary to his strong physical appearance and strength in every of his limbs, the Oronir and in particular Magnai are quite the romantics. In private he’ll always make certain that his Nhaama does know how much he loves her, doing everything for her. There will be never a moment of silence of his emotions; he will never let his heart come to any rest. For him it is certainly natural that he displays his love whenever he can, both private and public, even if his Nhaama does not have to follow his example.
