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LOVE SURVEY
1. Do you have a preference on type of relationship?
I have a preference for M/F!
2. What sort of relationship does your character want?
Ai is someone who is open to getting to know any kind of person because she just wants to make friends. She loves learning about other people and is overwhelmed, but happy when someone can reciprocate her feelings, platonic or not. To be more specific, Ai wants a relationship where the other person can uplift her and validate her emotions. Her self-esteem is a little low, but she has no problem uplifting someone else and being the shoulder to cry on too. Romance will make her head spin, but she'll be all in for both the emotional and physical intimacy.
3. What sort of relationship does your character need? Is it different from what they want?
Ai does need to be challenged in some way so she isn't stagnant in a relationship and always validated. If she's wrong, it's better to tell her so, but in a way that encourages improvement. Even though she wants someone to feel good and happy with, she does need the experience of some pitfalls in a relationship so that she isn't under the illusion that it's all sunshine and rainbows and that a romantic partner isn't a be all, end all to her personhood. To be more specific, Ai thinks she wants to be pampered, what she needs is to find equal footing and see eye to eye with the person she's in a relationship with.
4. Please list two to three physical features your character finds attractive.
i) Shaggy, but stylish hair.
ii) Well toned and shaped muscles.
iiI) Eyes.
The features Ai is attracted to can be boiled down to masculine, but well-kept.
5. Please list two to three physical features your character finds unattractive.
i) Dry skin.
ii) Visible nose hairs.
6. Please list two to three personality traits/features your character finds attractive.
i) Faithfulness
ii) Playful
iii) Fearlessness
7. Please list two to three personality traits/features your character finds unattractive.
i) Lying
ii) Coldness
iii) Patronizing
8. When showing affection, what is your character's love language?
Ai's love language is mainly acts of service, gifts, and words of affirmation. For the first, she is someone who can do all those little dull chores because she wants to lift away that burden (and having telekinesis really helps) and she'd be more than happy to make a meal or look after a person when they're sick, stuff like that. She takes birthdays and holidays very seriously and will do her best to put her thought into a gift. And lastly, Ai is not shy about saying positive about a person especially when they're feeling down.
9. When they receive affection, what is your character's love language?
Ai feels loved with acts of service and words of affirmation are being reciprocated. Physical touch is relatively new ground for her, but as such, is very affirming, even more than words. Quality time is most significant because, well, it makes Ai feel important in a way that's different from being regarded as this feared and powerful psychic.
10. Do they pursue, or would they prefer to be the pursued in a relationship?
Surprisingly, Ai is a pursuer because once she's able to identify her feelings, she won't deny them and will actively, if clumsily, take steps to make them known at the very least. It's less that it's her preference and rather what would happen if she comes to the realization. She'd be surprised and flattered at being pursued, if a bit hesitant because she's unsure of what the other person sees in her first.
11. Why hasn't your character found love yet?
Ai hasn't found love yet because she doesn't know how to make time for it and her lack of romantic experience makes her socially awkward or oblivious to the feelings of others if they happen to try and express it to her. Growing up, she was groomed to be a psychic powerhouse, and interpersonal relationships were put on the back burner. She's socialized just enough to function like a normal person, but being what she is, Ai doesn't have a frame of reference for what a healthy romantic relationship looks like except from pop culture, which isn't the best one to have (and she's aware of that much at least).
12. What are you, as a player, hoping for in a match?
A genuine romance would be great, but I love mess. I wouldn't even mind if Ai doesn't end up with anyone as long as she gains an equally valuable friendship that she would be ride or die for. On the positive end, it's great if she finds someone who understands her and accepts her as a person despite her upbringing and her powers. An unhealthy romance would also be fun because her inexperience with serious relationships could lead her there, oops.
13. Are you open to being matched with someone purely with intent for drama?
Yes, mess is okay. 👍
14. What are some of your favorite tropes/dynamics in shipping?
Friends to lovers - Classic, no notes, love me a shojo romance.
Enemies to lovers - I haven't written this dynamic properly because it's tricky, but I like it when two people misunderstand each other, or hate each other's guts before reaching common ground and growing to like each other, flaws and all.
Combat Buddies - Can the other person fight side by side with her, watch each others backs, do a teamwork? Love ships where both parties can fight together against a common foe.
Bodyguard/Protector - On the opposite end, protector romance is great too. Someone who puts their life on the line for their romantic partner is very inspiring but has interesting downsides too!
Unrequited Love - Listen... Sometimes I'm fine with being mean to my own characters, but I do love me an arc of having to acknowledge feelings, not having those feelings reciprocated, but being able to grow and move on!
Grumpy/Happy - Sorry this is long, but I gotta make this an even list, SO grumpy/happy is just super cute because how it initially looks like the pair would clash, but instead their opposite energies are actually a complement.
15. And finally: top or bottom?
Ai is a hidden switch. At the beginning of a relationship, she's definitely a bottom because the newness gives her butterflies and she's easy to sweep away with a few romantic gestures. Given time, her confidence grows and she's bolder when she's comfortable with her trusted partner. Once Ai gets a hold of person, she makes it very clear how she wants them.
I have a preference for M/F!
2. What sort of relationship does your character want?
Ai is someone who is open to getting to know any kind of person because she just wants to make friends. She loves learning about other people and is overwhelmed, but happy when someone can reciprocate her feelings, platonic or not. To be more specific, Ai wants a relationship where the other person can uplift her and validate her emotions. Her self-esteem is a little low, but she has no problem uplifting someone else and being the shoulder to cry on too. Romance will make her head spin, but she'll be all in for both the emotional and physical intimacy.
3. What sort of relationship does your character need? Is it different from what they want?
Ai does need to be challenged in some way so she isn't stagnant in a relationship and always validated. If she's wrong, it's better to tell her so, but in a way that encourages improvement. Even though she wants someone to feel good and happy with, she does need the experience of some pitfalls in a relationship so that she isn't under the illusion that it's all sunshine and rainbows and that a romantic partner isn't a be all, end all to her personhood. To be more specific, Ai thinks she wants to be pampered, what she needs is to find equal footing and see eye to eye with the person she's in a relationship with.
4. Please list two to three physical features your character finds attractive.
i) Shaggy, but stylish hair.
ii) Well toned and shaped muscles.
iiI) Eyes.
The features Ai is attracted to can be boiled down to masculine, but well-kept.
5. Please list two to three physical features your character finds unattractive.
i) Dry skin.
ii) Visible nose hairs.
6. Please list two to three personality traits/features your character finds attractive.
i) Faithfulness
ii) Playful
iii) Fearlessness
7. Please list two to three personality traits/features your character finds unattractive.
i) Lying
ii) Coldness
iii) Patronizing
8. When showing affection, what is your character's love language?
Ai's love language is mainly acts of service, gifts, and words of affirmation. For the first, she is someone who can do all those little dull chores because she wants to lift away that burden (and having telekinesis really helps) and she'd be more than happy to make a meal or look after a person when they're sick, stuff like that. She takes birthdays and holidays very seriously and will do her best to put her thought into a gift. And lastly, Ai is not shy about saying positive about a person especially when they're feeling down.
9. When they receive affection, what is your character's love language?
Ai feels loved with acts of service and words of affirmation are being reciprocated. Physical touch is relatively new ground for her, but as such, is very affirming, even more than words. Quality time is most significant because, well, it makes Ai feel important in a way that's different from being regarded as this feared and powerful psychic.
10. Do they pursue, or would they prefer to be the pursued in a relationship?
Surprisingly, Ai is a pursuer because once she's able to identify her feelings, she won't deny them and will actively, if clumsily, take steps to make them known at the very least. It's less that it's her preference and rather what would happen if she comes to the realization. She'd be surprised and flattered at being pursued, if a bit hesitant because she's unsure of what the other person sees in her first.
11. Why hasn't your character found love yet?
Ai hasn't found love yet because she doesn't know how to make time for it and her lack of romantic experience makes her socially awkward or oblivious to the feelings of others if they happen to try and express it to her. Growing up, she was groomed to be a psychic powerhouse, and interpersonal relationships were put on the back burner. She's socialized just enough to function like a normal person, but being what she is, Ai doesn't have a frame of reference for what a healthy romantic relationship looks like except from pop culture, which isn't the best one to have (and she's aware of that much at least).
12. What are you, as a player, hoping for in a match?
A genuine romance would be great, but I love mess. I wouldn't even mind if Ai doesn't end up with anyone as long as she gains an equally valuable friendship that she would be ride or die for. On the positive end, it's great if she finds someone who understands her and accepts her as a person despite her upbringing and her powers. An unhealthy romance would also be fun because her inexperience with serious relationships could lead her there, oops.
13. Are you open to being matched with someone purely with intent for drama?
Yes, mess is okay. 👍
14. What are some of your favorite tropes/dynamics in shipping?
Friends to lovers - Classic, no notes, love me a shojo romance.
Enemies to lovers - I haven't written this dynamic properly because it's tricky, but I like it when two people misunderstand each other, or hate each other's guts before reaching common ground and growing to like each other, flaws and all.
Combat Buddies - Can the other person fight side by side with her, watch each others backs, do a teamwork? Love ships where both parties can fight together against a common foe.
Bodyguard/Protector - On the opposite end, protector romance is great too. Someone who puts their life on the line for their romantic partner is very inspiring but has interesting downsides too!
Unrequited Love - Listen... Sometimes I'm fine with being mean to my own characters, but I do love me an arc of having to acknowledge feelings, not having those feelings reciprocated, but being able to grow and move on!
Grumpy/Happy - Sorry this is long, but I gotta make this an even list, SO grumpy/happy is just super cute because how it initially looks like the pair would clash, but instead their opposite energies are actually a complement.
15. And finally: top or bottom?
Ai is a hidden switch. At the beginning of a relationship, she's definitely a bottom because the newness gives her butterflies and she's easy to sweep away with a few romantic gestures. Given time, her confidence grows and she's bolder when she's comfortable with her trusted partner. Once Ai gets a hold of person, she makes it very clear how she wants them.