-Lighthearted, quick to both smile and laugh - earnestly, full of joie de vivre as he is, but also as a way to chase away his own worries and as a shield against other people's displeasure (or to make them stop looking too deeply, encouraging them to think there's nothing there).
-A romantic, but that doesn't stop him in the least from being very flirty.
-Charming and witty, he has a good sense of people. If he starts talking with an eye to get something, he can be very persuasive. He does, however, do better in private conversation than public speaking; something about and in his approach and force of charm and persuasiveness fits better for an intimate setting/conversation. (Probably because of how his attention/focus gets centered on (preferably) one, or two people and how that feels for the recipient; he’s simply not the sort of speaker who can spellbind a whole crowd.)
-Lies really well, especially if he's smiling at the same time (if the situation should be fitting for it).
-Artistic; singing and playing music both, and he has a great singing voice. His favoured instruments are lyres (phorminx as well as the larger asymmetrical Middle Eastern/Hittite lyre) and long-necked lute, for singing accompaniment, and flute/pipes.
-Loves and is really good at dancing.
-He gives exactly negative zero fucks about military accomplishment and renown, or wealth to be won on the battlefield or as a consequence of participation on it. Which is a problem in a society where this is the masculine ideal de rigueur.
-As sensual as he is sexual. Enjoys pleasure in all its forms, as well as nice scents and fabrics. A hedonist, simply put, through and through.
-Likes to feel and look pretty (on top of being very attractive), and so he makes an effort about his physical presentation only women are supposed to. Especially his hair. Wears more jewellery than he's supposed to, as well. In short, he's rather effeminate (even more so socially speaking, considering his lack of care for/interest in military skill or renown).
-Nearly aggressively (comes across as flippant) does not care about what people think of him because of all of this, but on the other hand he will absolutely, if lightly, agree to, or only vaguely brush off, any rebukes or criticism that, socially speaking, he's making himself guilty of. He knows he's "guilty" (or actually guilty, in terms of anything martial-related) of it. Doesn't mean all of this doesn't get to him, but he will work awfully hard to make sure as few people as possible see that. No one is going to approve anyway, after all, so why allow them to see you hurt?
-Doesn't like pain. At all. (Though a bit of light hair-tugging or a smack on the ass can be nice. And he can get his pain/pleasure response muddled up during a spanking, but if he's struck anywhere else than around the ass or upper/inner thigh area the same reaction won't happen.)
-Does enjoy athletics, and is, perhaps surprisingly, very good at several sports (running, long jump, discus and javelin throw); he doesn't much like but is competent at wrestling (mostly through the element of surprise and being underestimated, but he does have some skill and strength to bring to bear); absolutely detests and isn't any good at boxing.
The gifts of Aphrodite Generally, this is about his beauty and his pretty hair, not anything more 'magical', and in my basic approach it will mean exactly this and no more.
But, if talked about, I could be interested to explore a situation Aphrodite might not have added some spice (particularly so if one adds in the alternate/additional gift of being made most loveable/desirable [to women or in general] - "the lust women feels", which would probably mean that even if he's not fully within someone's preferences they would still feel attracted, but whether they act on said attraction or not is up to them).
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Date: 2021-06-11 10:29 pm (UTC)-A romantic, but that doesn't stop him in the least from being very flirty.
-Charming and witty, he has a good sense of people. If he starts talking with an eye to get something, he can be very persuasive. He does, however, do better in private conversation than public speaking; something about and in his approach and force of charm and persuasiveness fits better for an intimate setting/conversation. (Probably because of how his attention/focus gets centered on (preferably) one, or two people and how that feels for the recipient; he’s simply not the sort of speaker who can spellbind a whole crowd.)
-Lies really well, especially if he's smiling at the same time (if the situation should be fitting for it).
-Artistic; singing and playing music both, and he has a great singing voice. His favoured instruments are lyres (phorminx as well as the larger asymmetrical Middle Eastern/Hittite lyre) and long-necked lute, for singing accompaniment, and flute/pipes.
-Loves and is really good at dancing.
-He gives exactly negative zero fucks about military accomplishment and renown, or wealth to be won on the battlefield or as a consequence of participation on it. Which is a problem in a society where this is the masculine ideal de rigueur.
-As sensual as he is sexual. Enjoys pleasure in all its forms, as well as nice scents and fabrics. A hedonist, simply put, through and through.
-Likes to feel and look pretty (on top of being very attractive), and so he makes an effort about his physical presentation only women are supposed to. Especially his hair. Wears more jewellery than he's supposed to, as well. In short, he's rather effeminate (even more so socially speaking, considering his lack of care for/interest in military skill or renown).
-Nearly aggressively (comes across as flippant) does not care about what people think of him because of all of this, but on the other hand he will absolutely, if lightly, agree to, or only vaguely brush off, any rebukes or criticism that, socially speaking, he's making himself guilty of. He knows he's "guilty" (or actually guilty, in terms of anything martial-related) of it. Doesn't mean all of this doesn't get to him, but he will work awfully hard to make sure as few people as possible see that. No one is going to approve anyway, after all, so why allow them to see you hurt?
-Doesn't like pain. At all. (Though a bit of light hair-tugging or a smack on the ass can be nice. And he can get his pain/pleasure response muddled up during a spanking, but if he's struck anywhere else than around the ass or upper/inner thigh area the same reaction won't happen.)
-Does enjoy athletics, and is, perhaps surprisingly, very good at several sports (running, long jump, discus and javelin throw); he doesn't much like but is competent at wrestling (mostly through the element of surprise and being underestimated, but he does have some skill and strength to bring to bear); absolutely detests and isn't any good at boxing.
The gifts of Aphrodite
Generally, this is about his beauty and his pretty hair, not anything more 'magical', and in my basic approach it will mean exactly this and no more.
But, if talked about, I could be interested to explore a situation Aphrodite might not have added some spice (particularly so if one adds in the alternate/additional gift of being made most loveable/desirable [to women or in general] - "the lust women feels", which would probably mean that even if he's not fully within someone's preferences they would still feel attracted, but whether they act on said attraction or not is up to them).