FIRST, in general: key personality traits that can't be argued Emilia is resourceful, cynical, sarcastic, a book nerd. she takes care of herself before her family, her family before her friends, and her friends before any other loyalties. she enjoys raining on parades and mocking the weak but without a touchstone of positive human contact she quickly spirals off into rage and depression. what do they value knowledge, because it's power. power, because it's safety. safety, because she had none of it as a child. what stresses them being alone, the idea of failure, people underestimating her, misogyny, others being handled gently by the world when they don't deserve it.
specifics: introvert. loyal and exclusively social with like two people. openly hostile to everyone else. assertive. she refuses to be treated less well than she thinks she deserves, but at least she has a realistic idea of what that is. self-sufficient from a young age, very independent. she can work within social structures but they chafe. minimally expressive. she tries to be sarcastic as much as possible. she is always planning and backup-planning and ready to improvise/escape if things go south. i'd call her thought patterns sort of scientific-theoretical in shape mixed with wary cornered animal. (she was mostly raised by books?) emilia is all about survival by any means. she will take every opportunity and squeeze the most she possibly can out of it, even if it's unpleasant work or she has to burn bridges to do it. emilia is hesitant to commit fully to projects unless she sees a clear benefit in it for herself. she will poke at the solution from every possible angle if she has enough time before choosing the one that makes the result optimal and uses the least resources to get there.
things to consider: emilia would love to manipulate people but she rarely has the patience to figure them out. if forced to work in groups, she will do exactly what is requested of her, no more, and keep her head down. hell no she doesn't want to lead the group or draw attention to herself. tall poppy rule, my friend. emilia is constantly trying to take in information that could help her from anywhere she can find it, but prefers to read things in precise, studied form like a textbook would present it. all laid out neatly and pre-tested for accuracy. i'd compare the way she processes information to some kind of incomprehensible filing system. she knows where everything is and how it relates to the other stuff (she learned magic on her own, which is very mathematical/chemical) but the way it makes sense to her is sort of odd and twisted and she probably wouldn't be able to explain it. on moral issues, emilia is very flexible. on issues that benefit her personally, she is stubborn as fuck. honesty is take-it-or-leave it for emilia. whatever works better. emilia prefers to plan rather than be impulsive but also believes no plan survives contact with reality. she ends up improvising more often than not, but she isn't impulsive with her goals and desires.
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Emilia is resourceful, cynical, sarcastic, a book nerd. she takes care of herself before her family, her family before her friends, and her friends before any other loyalties. she enjoys raining on parades and mocking the weak but without a touchstone of positive human contact she quickly spirals off into rage and depression.
what do they value
knowledge, because it's power. power, because it's safety. safety, because she had none of it as a child.
what stresses them
being alone, the idea of failure, people underestimating her, misogyny, others being handled gently by the world when they don't deserve it.
specifics:
introvert.
loyal and exclusively social with like two people. openly hostile to everyone else.
assertive. she refuses to be treated less well than she thinks she deserves, but at least she has a realistic idea of what that is.
self-sufficient from a young age, very independent. she can work within social structures but they chafe.
minimally expressive. she tries to be sarcastic as much as possible.
she is always planning and backup-planning and ready to improvise/escape if things go south. i'd call her thought patterns sort of scientific-theoretical in shape mixed with wary cornered animal. (she was mostly raised by books?)
emilia is all about survival by any means. she will take every opportunity and squeeze the most she possibly can out of it, even if it's unpleasant work or she has to burn bridges to do it.
emilia is hesitant to commit fully to projects unless she sees a clear benefit in it for herself. she will poke at the solution from every possible angle if she has enough time before choosing the one that makes the result optimal and uses the least resources to get there.
things to consider:
emilia would love to manipulate people but she rarely has the patience to figure them out.
if forced to work in groups, she will do exactly what is requested of her, no more, and keep her head down. hell no she doesn't want to lead the group or draw attention to herself. tall poppy rule, my friend.
emilia is constantly trying to take in information that could help her from anywhere she can find it, but prefers to read things in precise, studied form like a textbook would present it. all laid out neatly and pre-tested for accuracy.
i'd compare the way she processes information to some kind of incomprehensible filing system. she knows where everything is and how it relates to the other stuff (she learned magic on her own, which is very mathematical/chemical) but the way it makes sense to her is sort of odd and twisted and she probably wouldn't be able to explain it.
on moral issues, emilia is very flexible. on issues that benefit her personally, she is stubborn as fuck.
honesty is take-it-or-leave it for emilia. whatever works better.
emilia prefers to plan rather than be impulsive but also believes no plan survives contact with reality. she ends up improvising more often than not, but she isn't impulsive with her goals and desires.