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Jan. 8th, 2020 04:41 pmPLAYER
☀ ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: CET and while it depends, I try for at least one tag every day!
☀ BRACKETS/PROSE: While I do prefer prose, brackets are fine as well.
☀ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: N/A
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
☀ VISUAL: Bright green eyes, dark brown, curly hair that bleaches surprisingly blond in summer, olive skin on the darker end, 165 cm/5'4" tall. Fit but not exactly obviously muscled, he's got something of a runner's build, slender from head to feet.
Ganymede is technically nothing but human, and looks such. He's just also stupidly, breathtakingly beautiful, something which includes not just his face but well-shaped limbs (even parts one might not otherwise think of as "beautiful"). On the simplest level he's just exceedingly aesthetically pleasing to look at.
☀ AURAL: Clear tenor. Well-spoken. You won't often catch him hesitating and even less stuttering except in very rare circumstances.
☀ OLFACTORY: Smells faintly of something sweetly fragrant that has honey tones to it (or at least that's what it might seem to be, for those who know what honey smells like). It's because of his close connection to nectar; under that he often smells like he's been in the sunlight, without it being a smell of sweat.
☀ DEMEANOUR: Quietly self-assured, Ganymede is polite and quietly attentive, and can easily switch between a princely air of straight-backed ease as well as being gently acquiescing. His more mischievous tendencies break through sometimes.
☀ FASHION: In Ancient Greek era he'd be wearing kilts, tunics, and later chiton and himation, fancy more through the fineness of the cloth and the embroidered decorations than anything else. Modern (or anything in-between) he'd be wearing current fashion, well-fitting and well-made but not necessarily obviously or exceedingly expensive (it mostly would be, but sometimes it's not; he likes his clothes to feel nice when worn as well as look good). Unpretentious by choice as long as the quality is great, but he does enjoy dressing up and does it well.
Ganymede is technically nothing but human, and looks such. He's just also stupidly, breathtakingly beautiful, something which includes not just his face but well-shaped limbs (even parts one might not otherwise think of as "beautiful"). On the simplest level he's just exceedingly aesthetically pleasing to look at.
☀ AURAL: Clear tenor. Well-spoken. You won't often catch him hesitating and even less stuttering except in very rare circumstances.
☀ OLFACTORY: Smells faintly of something sweetly fragrant that has honey tones to it (or at least that's what it might seem to be, for those who know what honey smells like). It's because of his close connection to nectar; under that he often smells like he's been in the sunlight, without it being a smell of sweat.
☀ DEMEANOUR: Quietly self-assured, Ganymede is polite and quietly attentive, and can easily switch between a princely air of straight-backed ease as well as being gently acquiescing. His more mischievous tendencies break through sometimes.
☀ FASHION: In Ancient Greek era he'd be wearing kilts, tunics, and later chiton and himation, fancy more through the fineness of the cloth and the embroidered decorations than anything else. Modern (or anything in-between) he'd be wearing current fashion, well-fitting and well-made but not necessarily obviously or exceedingly expensive (it mostly would be, but sometimes it's not; he likes his clothes to feel nice when worn as well as look good). Unpretentious by choice as long as the quality is great, but he does enjoy dressing up and does it well.
IN CHARACTER
☀ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Ganymede's friendly and pretty physically affectionate with people he's close to. A lot more standoffish with strangers, if only in a slightly awkward "attempting to keep distance" way. Is very unlikely to be actually violent if someone does something he doesn't like, but unless you happen to be a god or similarly powerful being, he will make his displeasure known.
☀ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Bruises and rough handling, small cuts and similar doesn't need discussing, but anything above that, please check. Ganymede isn't actually good at fighting, either with a sword or with his fists even if he certainly has been taught how, and prefers non-confrontational methods. Not to say he won't at least attempt to defend himself if necessary, though.
☀ RELATIONSHIPS: He's gay, and I do default to him being happily involved with Zeus when it comes to other characters.
☀ PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Reasonably strong-willed and adaptable, so while he isn't a telepath or has any other psychic powers, it's not that easy to break into his mind; his age probably helps, too. Not impossible by a long shot though, so if you're a telepath and need extra information they'd pick up on, just tell me. At the simplest level he probably comes across both exactly as old as he seems to be, but also more collected than he should, at that apparent age.
☀ MAGICAL INFORMATION: He's plain human, even if he bleeds ichor after having become immortal.
The immortality itself isn't just "until subjected to something that should kill a human" but rather it's a rejection of death. The universe will simply not accept a state other than "alive" when it comes to Ganymede. Unfortunately he can still be injured and suffer things that should or would otherwise kill him. He is more physically durable, so it takes more to injure him, but that's all.
He has developed some powers throughout his long life, but they're limited to a few specific things, most notably freshwater and nectar. He has a vague sense of where there's water nearby, but it works best in the area of the eastern Mediterranean and diminishes outwards from there. Along with that, all rivers and lakes in the Troad are never too cold for him, and he can tell how 'healthy' any given river or spring is, if he touches the surface of them. He also can't drown in freshwater. He can create pools/springs, but the further away from the Troad/Mount Ida he is, the more temporary they are; he can make those springs hot or cold, too. He does, after all, have two local river gods as his grandfather and great-grandfather, and his mother was a naiad nymph -a pegai, to be exact.
In addition, something which has grown through the years from his position as Cupbearer, is the ability to tell the quality of nectar without tasting it, if it's been tampered with or diluted with something else. He can also create raw nectar, the amount and how taxing it is for him to do so depend on how long he's been immortal (modern day, even a larger amount is simple enough). The last, and perhaps most dangerous ability, is to cut someone off from being able to take sustenace from nectar and ambrosia.
☀ MEDICAL INFORMATION: Healthy. In fact, if one doesn't know his circumstances, examining him would probably lead to vague confusion at how perfectly healthy he is, physically. He has no callouses (even from before he became immortal), and while there is a very faint scar on the ball of his thumb on his right hand, you need to be in the right light to see it.
☀ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Ganymede himself is only going to be uncomfortable talking about Hera's treatment of him (this defaults to verbal abuse only, can certainly be talked about for relevant characters), as he's no longer upset about what happened with Minos (the closer to when it happened the more uncomfortable he'd still be, of course).
For other characters (or players, for that matter) however, Ganymede was 14 when the incident with Minos happened, as I incorporate some alternate versions/rationalisations as background, and he is 18 and was kidnapped to start with. This won't necessarily come up unless actually asked about, but those who already know the myths would of course be aware, so deal with that as you wish; Ganymede isn't going to disagree that he was taken against his will, but anything after that he's hardly unhappy with how it happened.
☀ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Bruises and rough handling, small cuts and similar doesn't need discussing, but anything above that, please check. Ganymede isn't actually good at fighting, either with a sword or with his fists even if he certainly has been taught how, and prefers non-confrontational methods. Not to say he won't at least attempt to defend himself if necessary, though.
☀ RELATIONSHIPS: He's gay, and I do default to him being happily involved with Zeus when it comes to other characters.
☀ PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Reasonably strong-willed and adaptable, so while he isn't a telepath or has any other psychic powers, it's not that easy to break into his mind; his age probably helps, too. Not impossible by a long shot though, so if you're a telepath and need extra information they'd pick up on, just tell me. At the simplest level he probably comes across both exactly as old as he seems to be, but also more collected than he should, at that apparent age.
☀ MAGICAL INFORMATION: He's plain human, even if he bleeds ichor after having become immortal.
The immortality itself isn't just "until subjected to something that should kill a human" but rather it's a rejection of death. The universe will simply not accept a state other than "alive" when it comes to Ganymede. Unfortunately he can still be injured and suffer things that should or would otherwise kill him. He is more physically durable, so it takes more to injure him, but that's all.
He has developed some powers throughout his long life, but they're limited to a few specific things, most notably freshwater and nectar. He has a vague sense of where there's water nearby, but it works best in the area of the eastern Mediterranean and diminishes outwards from there. Along with that, all rivers and lakes in the Troad are never too cold for him, and he can tell how 'healthy' any given river or spring is, if he touches the surface of them. He also can't drown in freshwater. He can create pools/springs, but the further away from the Troad/Mount Ida he is, the more temporary they are; he can make those springs hot or cold, too. He does, after all, have two local river gods as his grandfather and great-grandfather, and his mother was a naiad nymph -a pegai, to be exact.
In addition, something which has grown through the years from his position as Cupbearer, is the ability to tell the quality of nectar without tasting it, if it's been tampered with or diluted with something else. He can also create raw nectar, the amount and how taxing it is for him to do so depend on how long he's been immortal (modern day, even a larger amount is simple enough). The last, and perhaps most dangerous ability, is to cut someone off from being able to take sustenace from nectar and ambrosia.
☀ MEDICAL INFORMATION: Healthy. In fact, if one doesn't know his circumstances, examining him would probably lead to vague confusion at how perfectly healthy he is, physically. He has no callouses (even from before he became immortal), and while there is a very faint scar on the ball of his thumb on his right hand, you need to be in the right light to see it.
☀ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Ganymede himself is only going to be uncomfortable talking about Hera's treatment of him (this defaults to verbal abuse only, can certainly be talked about for relevant characters), as he's no longer upset about what happened with Minos (the closer to when it happened the more uncomfortable he'd still be, of course).
For other characters (or players, for that matter) however, Ganymede was 14 when the incident with Minos happened, as I incorporate some alternate versions/rationalisations as background, and he is 18 and was kidnapped to start with. This won't necessarily come up unless actually asked about, but those who already know the myths would of course be aware, so deal with that as you wish; Ganymede isn't going to disagree that he was taken against his will, but anything after that he's hardly unhappy with how it happened.
OUT OF CHARACTER
☀ SHIP PREFS: Zeus. Outside of that, anybody else is a maybe, chemistry counts for a lot after all.
☀ BACKTAGGING: Absolutely! I'll backtag forever if necessary.
☀ THREADHOPPING: Sure.
☀ FOURTHWALLING: Obviously Ganymede knows all the stories and myths exists, so someone telling him they know him from that (or any number of art pieces) isn't going to be weird, but unless it's in a universe hopping or jamjar situation where a multiverse is a given, no hard fourthwalling (as in, no straight claim of "nothing but fictional").
☀ NOT INTERESTED IN: Character death, torture, horror.
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