My Greeks
[I....am going to break this up into a couple of parts.]
I play mostly men, but I don’t really think that says much - just that I’m escaping reality by playing the other gender. I do happen to play several fathers……that’s a strange trend.
Morpheus - It's easy for me to write Morpheus. I remember my dreams, and I enjoy trying to figure them out after I wake up. The way Morpheus talks when he's awake is a very natural way for me to write, so that's definitely a part of me. Morpheus' attitude at times can be quite close to mine.
He was always one of the gods who most caught my imagination, so choosing him as my first character was very easy.
Iris - A goddess I always loved the idea of. That the delicate, beautiful rainbow was sent out to battlefields and the depths of the ocean to deliver messages.
I’m probably a lot more like Iris than I should be, and of all my characters, she’s the one I’m most emotionally attached to. When I can be bothered, I’m usually as careful with what I say as she is, and I’d rather keep unpleasantness to myself.
Triton - I’m nowhere near as depressed and proper as Triton is, but I do have an attachment to water and can be moody. (Astrological sign: Cancer!) I also think a whole lot more than I ever say.
Boreas - While my inner critic can sometimes be as cold and calculating as Boreas, what comes out of Boreas’ mouth does not reflect my opinion most of the time, and you can be sure I’d never talk the way he does to anyone. What Boreas and I do have in common is his love of Canada. I am Canadian and really can’t imagine a god of winter not feeling at home in my country, and more specifically in my province. We also both speak Québécois French.
I wanted to play Boreas because he was different from my others, and because I thought playing a ‘terrible god’ could be interesting.
Caerus - I wanted to play Caerus because I wanted to play a child of Zeus, but I wanted one that was not well-known…and I think I succeeded. Caerus specifically appealed to me because I can take advantage of an opportunity just as gladly as he can. Other than that, I don’t have much in common with him.
Astraios - Astraios came about because of a well-timed conversation and an inspiration for his pb. Like Astraios, I can happily bury myself in books for hours on end. I am an avid reader and my own bookshelves are practically collapsing under their own weight. I am also not one of the most observant people, my head is often in the clouds.
Khione - I am really nothing like Khione.
Tartaros - God of a dark, stormy pit appeals to me. I always found it interesting that Tartaros and other ‘dark’ deities were the first to appear. All I have in common with Tartaros is the desire to do my job and not be bothered with co-workers. We’d both happily alienate ourselves for the sake of working in peace and not getting involved with work-place politics and drama.