A Thread For My Characters

[Ezra]

Hmm, okay, thanks. :)

[rockeye_stonetoe]

It would be interesting to see sketches or outlines of 'generic body type' for all these genders. I'm having trouble parsing them.

[MaggieoftheOwls]

Okay, so basically: desan and haran are normal male and female, body-wise. Desret and Harret are more likely to be muscular, taller on average, more possessing of traits typically linked with masculinity. Desmi and harmi are similar in terms of femininity.

[atheistcanuck]

What, if any, are the occupational expectations of different genders in this system?

[Bluelantern]

I never elaborated on "Cute Monster Girl", It is not a easy concept to pin down, but my first/easy example is "Monster High".

Also imagined one: Scarlet Countess Sanguina, Fighting The Other Creatures of The Night With A-Positive Attitude.

[MaggieoftheOwls]

That one is doable.

There are definitely occupational biases, but I haven't got them pinned down exactly; what I can tell you right now is that haran are the most stereotypically likely to be schoolteachers and desan are the most stereotypically likely to be bureaucrats, harret and desret are most stereotypically likely to do any kind of physical work, and harmi are the most stereotypically likely to be in any occupation that involves being decorative.

[Bluelantern]

What your characters think of christmas and the holiday season? What are their traditions?

[MaggieoftheOwls]

*glances at other threads* How did I guess you were going to ask that?

Standard Backstory Edie and Emily are, well, Jewish. They participate in a handful of the secular Christmas activities that go on in the school, though. Edies and Emilys that exist in other Earth settings, like the more modern Henshin, have a tradition of staying in and eating Chinese food with the Erik-parent.

Daphne enjoys going home over the holidays to see her family--they're kind of boring, she wouldn't want to live with them year-round, but it's always fun to have a short visit home to catch up with her parents and younger siblings. Jaromira has no particular attachment to the holiday itself, but finds it a fine excuse to make merry, engage in activities that would be frowned upon at other times of year (like singing loudly and off-key and wearing terrible sweaters) and procure photographic evidence of others doing same to be held over their heads later. Kanimir doesn't hold with this holiday business and would really rather go back to his books.

Gloria is extremely fond of both religious and secular celebrations of Christmas. She's one of those, "unrwap presents early in the morning, bustle off to church, come back for Christmas Dinner lunch and off to a party in the evening" types. Klaudia behaves...similarly, if with less enthusiasm for the non-church parts, considerable griping about the commercialization of the holiday and trying to figure out how to make sure her father is specifically uninvited to whatever festivities they're taking part in.

Helen and Marie think Christmas is the bee's knees if they can spend it together doing silly Christmas things, and unimportant-to-miserable if they can't.

[Bluelantern]

*glances at other threads* How did I guess you were going to ask that?

You have the ability to make simple deductions based on easily available evidence.

Standard Backstory Edie and Emily are, well, Jewish. They participate in a handful of the secular Christmas activities that go on in the school, though. Edies and Emilys that exist in other Earth settings, like the more modern Henshin, have a tradition of staying in and eating Chinese food with the Erik-parent.

I never know if the Chinese Food thing is accurate or something sort of joke. Emily sounds like the type that would enjoy Christmas-activities a lot if she wasn't jewish.

[Marri]

The Chinese food thing is absolutely a thing. My family has branched it out to occasionally include Thanksgivings and birthdays as well.