Post by Asch on May 21, 2017 9:13:54 GMT
ASCH IN PERSON
PHYSICAL TRAITS: The first thing people tend to notice about Asch is hair - an intense, almost unnatural shade of red, it usually hangs freely for its entire length, a bit past his waist. His bangs are typically pushed back, revealing a widow's peak sharp enough to cut butter. He's not tall (5'7/171cm), with a build a little on the thicker side. If someone were to see him undressed, it's clear that he's built as hell - full abs, bounce a coin off his rear, the works. He has several major scars in his torso, and numerous minor ones.
His facial structure isn't clearly equivalent to any Earth ethnicity, though his skin is northern-European pale. "Sharp" is a decent summary of it, as even his relatively young age doesn't do much to soften a fairly pointed jaw and high cheekbones. He's definitely on the attractive side, with bright green eyes. His eyebrows are as red as his hair (as is the rest of his body hair, which gives him the appearance of a constant blush from a distance), and he doesn't seem to be developing much in the way of facial hair yet. By preference, he keeps very clean-shaven, but trap him in the wilderness for long enough and you'll see fuzz that will eventually develop into a mustache when he's older.
MANNER OF DRESS: Dark colors, fully covered from the neck down, high quality fabrics if he can find them. Strong preference for boots with at least some heel. Asch is smart enough to at least try to match his fashion choices to the world he's in, but has a distinct preference for the sort of thing he'd wear at home (tunics and sometimes robes over leggings) if he can get away with it. He's also clearly from a warm climate, as he's unbothered by wearing several layers on hot days and bundles up with much complaining against cold. Leather gloves are a constant unless you catch him cooking or he really trusts you, I'm not kidding about that from the neck down thing.
AUDITORY: Rough, middle-range voice - probably dropped as low as it's going to get. Has a distinct accent - two of them, actually, one cultivated over the other. His usual speaking accent is a fairly generic blend of Kimlascan and Daathic accents (for an English equivalent, imagine someone from Britain who has lived in America for a couple years and is trying desparately to not sound British), but that facade occasionally drops into his birth accent, which is Kimlascan high nobility (equivalent: not only British but so posh you're probably related to the Queen). Both accents have a slightly musical cadence, and someone trying to pin it down to an Earth accent would probably be guessing at German heritage (especially the high nobility accent).
Interestingly, in spite of the accent, he can pronounce almost all names and loanwords without trouble, like a native speaker. (This is a subtle clue that he's strongly tied to the Seventh Fonon, ie sound magic.) He has naturally perfect pitch and the lung capacity to be a good singer, but he's unpracticed.
MAGICAL SIGNATURE: Weird. Primarily the Seventh Fonon, which can ping as healing, sound, or memory depending on the time of day and the knowledge of whoever's looking. It is a very strong signature - not overwhelming, but definitely more than seems logical for the amount of power he usually displays. There's faint traces of other elements.
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL STATE: Kind of fucked up. If you have a character who would be able to get more detail about this (telepathy/empathy powers), please hit me up in advance!
TRIGGERS AND STUFF
IC TRIGGERS/OOC SQUICKS: Asch has a history of trauma, and his world doesn't have a concept of therapy. As a result, he has several triggers that can send him into a panic spiral. He pretty much automatically has a panic attack over being restrained to the point of immobility, especially if the restraint is magical or otherwise invisible. (This is the most important one, as it's the one most likely to trigger his "flight" reflex which uh. Involves things exploding.) He also has a trauma button regarding being forced into following someone else's orders, and a severely bad reaction to human experimentation (especially on children).
OOCLY, I have squicks about large age gaps in ships, parasites (especially parasitic worms), graphic descriptions/images of internal organs, and a near-phobia of pregnancy. I'm okay with these as long as I'm warned beforehand.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE ISSUES: Asch is a kidnapped child who was a victim of systematic emotional abuse and isolation while concurrently being a child soldier. He's kind of a dick about religion and really a dick about prophecies. Additionally, his world is not particularly progressive on matters of gender and sexuality - the fact that Kimlasca allows female heirs to inherit the throne is comparatively progressive, to give you an idea. Though I headcanon him as having gotten some amount of "and gay sex works like this" (due to a long time play with a Dist player who plays Dist as, well, gay), in his world, it's the stuff of affairs and keeping quiet. He very much grew up with the expectation of marrying a woman and having children (doubly so, being royalty in an arranged marriage), though he's looser with gender roles than many of his peers. He has basically no concept of trans people.
ON FONTS: I have serious difficulty reading light colored fonts, especially at the default size Pantheon uses. Please do not make me highlight to actually read your posts? ;w;
RELATIONSHIPS
ON ROMANCE AND SHIPS: I have played Asch for four years and completely given up on predicting what's going to happen with these. My best guess at this point is bi/demi, somewhat preferring men, known to occasionally poly-crush. He has no interest in highly energetic personalities or those that require a lot of reassurance, and has a fairly strong preference for people who are physically fit. I don't bother with the dual-attraction model with him beyond it's beyond his experience and also largely irrelevant - if he cares enough for someone to be romantically attracted to them, he will usually also be physically attracted. I don't plan ships out ahead of time, but prefer to throw characters at each other for a couple threads first to see what develops.
ON NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPS: Hit me. Asch has a kind of trying personality in some ways, and is very easy to leave a bad impression on. He likely won't outright hate you unless you do something to really piss him off (betrayal, hitting his triggers, etc), but it's easy to get into his mental category of "Not worth my time."
OTHER RELATIONSHIPS: Asch is slow to build friendships, but it is possible given time and consistent interaction. He clings to them tightly once formed. He is not interested in mentor/parental relationships (especially from men), and will pretty emphatically reject any offers of such. Non-friend relationships of mutual benefit (alliances or cahoots) on the other hand, are extremely comfortable for him, and a good stepping stone to actual friendship.
CAST RELATIONSHIPS: I play Asch with some slightly different feelings on castmates than the norm. The most prominent is probably that I do not play him as actively in love with Natalia - she's a part of his past life, which makes things complicated, but his feelings at this time are largely familial. I also play him as having had a crush on Guy in the past and aware of the whole Gardios-revenge clusterfuck (which is why it's a past crush, tbh). He was not friendly with any of the other God-Generals. Luke is a mess.
USUAL HANGOUTS/ACTIVITIES
To go here once things actually get rolling.
ANYTHING ELSE?
Hit me up here, on Discord (starcrossedsky#0506) or anywhere else you've got contact for me.
PHYSICAL TRAITS: The first thing people tend to notice about Asch is hair - an intense, almost unnatural shade of red, it usually hangs freely for its entire length, a bit past his waist. His bangs are typically pushed back, revealing a widow's peak sharp enough to cut butter. He's not tall (5'7/171cm), with a build a little on the thicker side. If someone were to see him undressed, it's clear that he's built as hell - full abs, bounce a coin off his rear, the works. He has several major scars in his torso, and numerous minor ones.
His facial structure isn't clearly equivalent to any Earth ethnicity, though his skin is northern-European pale. "Sharp" is a decent summary of it, as even his relatively young age doesn't do much to soften a fairly pointed jaw and high cheekbones. He's definitely on the attractive side, with bright green eyes. His eyebrows are as red as his hair (as is the rest of his body hair, which gives him the appearance of a constant blush from a distance), and he doesn't seem to be developing much in the way of facial hair yet. By preference, he keeps very clean-shaven, but trap him in the wilderness for long enough and you'll see fuzz that will eventually develop into a mustache when he's older.
MANNER OF DRESS: Dark colors, fully covered from the neck down, high quality fabrics if he can find them. Strong preference for boots with at least some heel. Asch is smart enough to at least try to match his fashion choices to the world he's in, but has a distinct preference for the sort of thing he'd wear at home (tunics and sometimes robes over leggings) if he can get away with it. He's also clearly from a warm climate, as he's unbothered by wearing several layers on hot days and bundles up with much complaining against cold. Leather gloves are a constant unless you catch him cooking or he really trusts you, I'm not kidding about that from the neck down thing.
AUDITORY: Rough, middle-range voice - probably dropped as low as it's going to get. Has a distinct accent - two of them, actually, one cultivated over the other. His usual speaking accent is a fairly generic blend of Kimlascan and Daathic accents (for an English equivalent, imagine someone from Britain who has lived in America for a couple years and is trying desparately to not sound British), but that facade occasionally drops into his birth accent, which is Kimlascan high nobility (equivalent: not only British but so posh you're probably related to the Queen). Both accents have a slightly musical cadence, and someone trying to pin it down to an Earth accent would probably be guessing at German heritage (especially the high nobility accent).
Interestingly, in spite of the accent, he can pronounce almost all names and loanwords without trouble, like a native speaker. (This is a subtle clue that he's strongly tied to the Seventh Fonon, ie sound magic.) He has naturally perfect pitch and the lung capacity to be a good singer, but he's unpracticed.
MAGICAL SIGNATURE: Weird. Primarily the Seventh Fonon, which can ping as healing, sound, or memory depending on the time of day and the knowledge of whoever's looking. It is a very strong signature - not overwhelming, but definitely more than seems logical for the amount of power he usually displays. There's faint traces of other elements.
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL STATE: Kind of fucked up. If you have a character who would be able to get more detail about this (telepathy/empathy powers), please hit me up in advance!
TRIGGERS AND STUFF
IC TRIGGERS/OOC SQUICKS: Asch has a history of trauma, and his world doesn't have a concept of therapy. As a result, he has several triggers that can send him into a panic spiral. He pretty much automatically has a panic attack over being restrained to the point of immobility, especially if the restraint is magical or otherwise invisible. (This is the most important one, as it's the one most likely to trigger his "flight" reflex which uh. Involves things exploding.) He also has a trauma button regarding being forced into following someone else's orders, and a severely bad reaction to human experimentation (especially on children).
OOCLY, I have squicks about large age gaps in ships, parasites (especially parasitic worms), graphic descriptions/images of internal organs, and a near-phobia of pregnancy. I'm okay with these as long as I'm warned beforehand.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE ISSUES: Asch is a kidnapped child who was a victim of systematic emotional abuse and isolation while concurrently being a child soldier. He's kind of a dick about religion and really a dick about prophecies. Additionally, his world is not particularly progressive on matters of gender and sexuality - the fact that Kimlasca allows female heirs to inherit the throne is comparatively progressive, to give you an idea. Though I headcanon him as having gotten some amount of "and gay sex works like this" (due to a long time play with a Dist player who plays Dist as, well, gay), in his world, it's the stuff of affairs and keeping quiet. He very much grew up with the expectation of marrying a woman and having children (doubly so, being royalty in an arranged marriage), though he's looser with gender roles than many of his peers. He has basically no concept of trans people.
ON FONTS: I have serious difficulty reading light colored fonts, especially at the default size Pantheon uses. Please do not make me highlight to actually read your posts? ;w;
RELATIONSHIPS
ON ROMANCE AND SHIPS: I have played Asch for four years and completely given up on predicting what's going to happen with these. My best guess at this point is bi/demi, somewhat preferring men, known to occasionally poly-crush. He has no interest in highly energetic personalities or those that require a lot of reassurance, and has a fairly strong preference for people who are physically fit. I don't bother with the dual-attraction model with him beyond it's beyond his experience and also largely irrelevant - if he cares enough for someone to be romantically attracted to them, he will usually also be physically attracted. I don't plan ships out ahead of time, but prefer to throw characters at each other for a couple threads first to see what develops.
ON NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPS: Hit me. Asch has a kind of trying personality in some ways, and is very easy to leave a bad impression on. He likely won't outright hate you unless you do something to really piss him off (betrayal, hitting his triggers, etc), but it's easy to get into his mental category of "Not worth my time."
OTHER RELATIONSHIPS: Asch is slow to build friendships, but it is possible given time and consistent interaction. He clings to them tightly once formed. He is not interested in mentor/parental relationships (especially from men), and will pretty emphatically reject any offers of such. Non-friend relationships of mutual benefit (alliances or cahoots) on the other hand, are extremely comfortable for him, and a good stepping stone to actual friendship.
CAST RELATIONSHIPS: I play Asch with some slightly different feelings on castmates than the norm. The most prominent is probably that I do not play him as actively in love with Natalia - she's a part of his past life, which makes things complicated, but his feelings at this time are largely familial. I also play him as having had a crush on Guy in the past and aware of the whole Gardios-revenge clusterfuck (which is why it's a past crush, tbh). He was not friendly with any of the other God-Generals. Luke is a mess.
USUAL HANGOUTS/ACTIVITIES
To go here once things actually get rolling.
ANYTHING ELSE?
Hit me up here, on Discord (starcrossedsky#0506) or anywhere else you've got contact for me.