STAMPED AS DOMITIAN//WOMEN OF THE EMPIRE THEME
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BACKGROUND
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Domitian
Name: Beta
Age: 16
Interests/Hobbies: Reading, writing, role-playing, video games, fan fiction, daydreaming, swimming, sunbathing, acting
Strengths/Positives: Assertiveness, strong will, confidence, being outspoken, boldness, understanding of the way things are in life, intelligence. Loyalty to those I love. Perception. Being myself.
Weaknesses/Negatives: Eager to prove myself. Haughtiness, arrogance. Pride. Temper. Willing to argue, even eager-I feel excellent after I tell someone off. Stubborn; I always believe I am right. Selfish. Subjective. Lazy.
What do you love?:
Love. Family. Power. Strength. Magnificence. Obedience from others; fear from others. Money. Books. Computers. Fantasies. Being pleased with the kind of person I am. Food. Pleasure. Men. Joy. Open-mindedness. Respect. Beer & cocktails. Long discussions. Debates. Quizzes. Videogames-role-plays, Sid Meyer's Pirates, Overlord, Sims. Writing. Time passing by slowly. Laughter. Myself. Music. Mischief. Being in control.
What do you hate?:
Pushy, haughty women. Weakness. Being used by others. Being seen as someone's puppet. Being remembered as obsequious, or a coward. Drawing back in a conflict. (Not that the last have happened, but I would hate it if they did). Stench. Closed-mindedness. The Church. People who see everything as strictly black and white. Morality plays. Boring home reading. Time rushing by. Religious fanatics. Boredom. Fear.
Describe yourself in three words:
Proud, outrageous(or unique), fierce-tempered.
CHOICES
Controlling or Passive:
Controlling. I cannot even understand why someone would think of choosing passive. Or, I really don't want to.
Beauty or Brains:
Brains. With brains, you can dispose of the beauties, and charm and control people much better. You can make people see you as beautiful, despite all.
Love or Ambition:
I cannot say. Love is the most important thing in the world, yes; not just in the world, but in the space-time continuum, and I always say I would die for someone once truly in love. I would, probably. But now, not being in love, if asked to pick between love and ruling the world, I would choose ruling the world. And I don't think I would be able to give up ruling the world for anyone; not even someone I love.
Haughty or Humble:
Haughty.
Dutiful or Reckless:
I am more reckless.
Idealistic or Pragmatic:
Idealistic.
Jealous or Confident:
Both.
I am not mad with jealousy when I see someone happier than me, but I am insanely jealous when someone takes away something that should be mine. I'm too proud to admit it, though.
I am confident when it comes to gaining/regaining what should be mine, but I despise having anyone see I want it too much unless it is certain I will win and have it in the end. As for overall confidence, yes, I have it.
QUESTIONS
What is most important to you?:
Myself leaving the impression and having the reputation of a strong, confident person-a force to be reckoned with, someone who is nobody's fool. I would also add my family and those I love(truly love, not just like). For what is truly important to me, I would fight to the death.
What are some of your deepest regrets?:
Being a meeker sort of person before-one shy, not too confident and eager to please people. I had no friends, and I thought: Hey, if I help them, we might become friendlier! Now, I am quick to flare up, I count every little favor I do and demand it returned, I let no one step over me, and I wish I had just been that way from the beginning.
Describe your relationship with the emperor:
The emperor and I would be the perfect match made in hell. We would often argue, our tempers would clash, we would cause international incidents just to prove our points to each other, but by the end of the day, we would make piece by making love. While he would argue with me, he would be perfectly willing to execute anyone else who dared stand against me. He would also shower me in gifts. He would be ready to kill millions for me, commit crimes and atrocities. Our relationship would be fiery and passionate. And we would love each other-if possible.
Describe your role in the management of the empire. Are you at all involved in it, or do you exist more behind the scenes?:
I believe I lack the subtlety to exist behind the scenes, and there is also the fact that I love glory and fame along with power. I would not just want to have power; I would want the people to see me as a person of power and respect me as such. Fear me, even. I would be involved in managing the empire, or at the very least well-informed of all the ongoing events. I would give out advice to the Emperor, eliminate opposition, etc, etc...Seduce foreign officials, or dispose of them...No, I definitely could not work behind the scenes, because it is difficult for me to keep my mouth shut when it comes to bragging. I would want to be famous-or infamous.
How interested are you in gaining power for yourself?:
Very. Power to do what I want. By gaining power, I do not necessarily mean being in charge of all the decisions about wars of the empire, etc, etc-I mean internal power more than external. Power over the populace of my own empire. Oh, influence over external matters-naturally! I would want rulers of other countries to kneel before me, too, seeing me as a force to be reckoned with. And an extraordinary woman.
Would you feign affection/love in order to win favor?:
Yes.
How do you deal with rivals for the emperor's attention?:
I would dispose of them. First, I would be very blunt with them and demand that they let my man alone. Once they would not do that, I would arrange for their demise-or that of their families, to hurt them more. They would be the only dead ones, of course. Needless to say, I would be on my guard around them.
What do you imagine your personal legacy to be? How will history treat you, the woman at the emperor's side?
History would remember me as outrageous; mostly. Someone who did all they liked and did not bother with opinions of others, but would have sooner died than let anyone think of them as weak, submissive or anything of the sort. They would probably remember me as ruthless, quick to argue, vindictive, not ready to take any crap from anyone(especially not anyone below me). Aggressive, too, though not physically unless necessary, just as sharp-tongued. Fun, also, and very talkative. Ready to flaunt her own success. A capable ruler, competent in having people obey, truly ruling by the emperor's side, not standing there like decoration.
Maybe they would claim I did not love the emperor, even if I happened to love him(which would be my perfect scenario). Maybe they would call me a selfish witch, or a bitch. They would have to remember that I was loyal to those I loved and that I was ready to destroy worlds for them. As for the rest...well, I was ready to destroy them for those I loved. So, I probably would not get much positive feedback there.
SCENARIO
Due to an unfortunate series of ill-advised decisions and public actions, the emperor's popularity is dwindling fast. In all likelihood, he'll be forced from his position soon. Aware of this serious situation, what do you do? Do you stand by him or do you side with his detractors in hopes of preserving your own life and influence?:
I stand by his side, and help him eliminate all the detractors. I deceive them, pretending to be on their side, and lure them into a trap. Make an example out of them, and reward those who cross over back to our side, for the populace to see how the emperor treats those loyal and those disloyal to him. A ruler must deal with uprisings with an iron fist. Foreign alliances would also be most useful in a similar case. A speech or two delivered to the people helps, too. Basically, I'd be up for anything.
If I do not love the emperor, and smell that the other potential candidate might bring me more power(or if I love the other candidate), I betray the emperor, but if I love him, I most certainly do not; so long as he lives. I fight by his side like a tiger, ready to do anything to save him-us. If he happens to die, I would either rush at the man who killed him with a knife mindlessly, or pause to think, and decide that I will pretend to be on the side of his murderers, disposing of them once the fate of me and my children was secure. This, I do not know.
Anything else you think we should know?:
I think I gave you pretty much everything. =)
I do have a question I dunno where to put-why don't the codes work for me? I looked over the other apps, and everything looks fine-the text is bold where it shoul be, green where it should be...but mine keeps turning out with all the brackets and everything visible. :( Why?
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