50 to 54 for Nirva on that ask meme
50: What is your favorite thing about your character?
Hmmm I’m glad that I was able to create a kind of foil for Adele bc foils are good plot devices as a whole but also bc of the whole psychological nature of the story Adele having a person who is exactly like her except in ways in which they are the exact opposite is . Cool . Especially in how she reacts to/interacts w this character. The IDoE mains all have some overlap in the a is like b is like c is like d way but Nirva is intended to be a most direct parallel to AdeleASIDE FROM THAT THO... I think he’s just kind of cute and endearing to me in general. Don’t see it much in the first book but he gets very embarrassed if someone he likes compliments him. He’s Shy and I love him
51: What is your character's favorite animal?
Nirva is very bad at saying he has favorite anythings bc of alexithymia so he’s the sort of person who says he likes dogs and cats equally and when asked what his favorite animal is he’ll say he doesn’t know... he’s also the only main (other than Adele) not to be associated w a specific animal which complicates things.I think he’s kind of fond of cats tho deep down in his soul just bc Shinya really likes them and it built a sort of Pavlovian association
52: How would your character act in gym class?
Doesn’t complain and isn’t shy at all about the whole thing. Exams come around and his response is Oh. Why is this a big deal. He has a hard time understanding why people complain about a lot of things tbh. Nirva in general also isn’t... shy? About his body? If that’s how to put it. So long as he doesn’t feel undignified during the whole thing, which he can manage if he’s changing clothes himself.As far as actual performance he’s not that strong in terms of like... lifting or grip strength but he has a lot of endurance so he does really really well on things like the PACER test.
53: What clubs would your character join?
Avoids arts clubs like the plague but if there’s smth like a sewing club available he’d join that. Would also probably really enjoy math club like, unironically, and do really well in it.
54: What is the saddest thing about your character's life?
This is a really vague question I could answer in a lot of ways... one thing that immediately comes to mind is that Nirva never actually comes to be 100% certain he’s capable of love even if it has been proven to him multiple times bc he’s just not able to identify feelings of love w/in himself. That DOES cause problems in his relationship bc it does bring up a lot of questions about boundaries (”are you ok w me touching you [x way]” “sure” “no but are you REALLY ok” “I don’t know”) that makes things... hard... and he never really is able to work over these issues