tl;cr meme

[whattaprick]

tl;dr relationship meme
♥ post your characters!
♥ respond to other people's characters with your characters!
♥ they tell you what their character thinks of your character, ic or ooc! tl;dr is enouraged but first impressions or even just impressions from hearsay are a-okay!
♥ react if you want! wallow in da feels
♥ other people do the same thing -- maybe you can use these for a CR chart later? go nuts

Comments

[kingsroads]

so either strange or cole or strange and cole or whatever, TAKE YOUR PICK as I have two dudes now and Rita has cr with both

[anti_nonsense]

Doing Cole first, will add a reply for Strange later!

So first off, the mind-reading is MAJORLY CREEPY and leads to Rita hearing things about herself that she was comfortably in denial about, which is pretty uncomfortable.

But learning that he’s a spirit was a game changer, and it makes her a little more tolerant of his weirdness than she’d be if he were human. She actually believes that his intentions are good (although that won’t stop her from flipping out if he embarrasses her too much). Since she plans on creating a shitload of spirits in her world and basing the future of magic on them, she wants to learn more about spirits, and interacting with Cole seems like a way she can do that. She wants a future where humans and spirits live in harmony, so she’s deeply interested in how he views and relates to humans. So on the one hand, she actually kinda cares what he thinks, but she also partly sees him as a useful specimen to be studied.

It’s also nice that he’s so willing to help, as Rita’s happy to boss him around. c:

[anti_nonsense]

BET YOU THOUGHT I FORGOT because oops this is late BUT HERE GOES

Even among mages, Rita has spent her life being treated like a freak for her obsession with magic, and Strange is perhaps the first person she’s met who’s something of a kindred spirit when it comes to sheer passion for magic. He's the closest thing to a rival she's ever had, too, as they both seem to consider themselves the #1 magic expert in the carnival. It's nice, though. Rita didn't have many peers back home who challenged and surprised her like Strange does.

Of course, there is a part of her that sees him as an idiot and looks down on his imprecise, unscientific approach to magic, but the fact that his techniques work inspires curiosity in her, and she can’t quite dismiss his boneheaded ways. Strange can be a source of encouragement for her, and while she tries not to act too friendly as a rule, she values his input more than she’d admit. He's the first person she'll be going to for opinions on her book-in-progress.

Magic aside, Strange can be pretty annoying and weird at times, although most of the things Rita dislikes about him (his ridiculous ego, wordiness, sentimentality) are all qualities she's guilty of possessing in some measure herself. She even trusts him for the most part (as she's grown certain he's completely unlike his Portland counterpart).

She still thinks dancing and courtly manners are garbage, though, sorry.