houseki-no-suffering:

rin-chan32:

I just realized how much I don’t know about Bortz personality

All I know is that they’re a battle manic whose an Edgelord and that they also love jellyfish and has a severe soft spot for cute stuff.

What in worlds name can I write about that includes a battle manic edgelord that loves jellyfish and has a serveresoft spot for cute stuff. It like I want to write Cinnabortz or Diabortz and it’s like… how????

How can I even write Bortz in a way that is most like the canon Bortz, because I have absolutely no clue how to do that.

i apologize in advance for meddling but consider:

- Bort’s personality is action oriented: they prefer to do rather than talk, they will always value actions over thoughts and pretty words, and this balances out nicely with Shinsha’s tendency to overthink and mull things over and over in their head, as well as Dia’s tendency to hide behind their words and insecurities

- but Bort is also extremely attentive: they aren’t rushed, that’s Phos, Bort looks at things with a keen and focused eye, then absorbs the mechanism of how something works and does their best to replicate it and improve on it –> engeneer Bort, anyone?

- so they’re also focused on details, of factual information and truths, on sensations and data, which, once again, balances out Cinnabar’s tendency to focus on abstract concepts and ideas and see connections and relationships between things, while Bort would just absorb them one at a time

- Bort is the biggest PERFECTIONIST: they strive for efficiency, they analyze things to find a way to do them better, their musings are never incosequential, they will not lose time on stuff if it isn’t for a specific reason: they are practical, down to earth and metodical

- but this also means that Bort has a hard time understading emotions and feelings, other people’s as well as their own. They want to help, but they are not empathetic in the slightest and they come off as rude and cold. And guess who, on the other hand, is extremely empathetic and in tune with other people’s emotions? yeppp, Dia and Shinsha. Also, imagine Bort being in love but not knowing that they are in love: definitely not the introspective type

- battle maniac you said? hell yeah, and that translates to overworker (uni student Bort AU?). Canon Bort has little room for self-doubt: fighting well is basically THE meter against which gem value is measured and they’re the BEST fighter, and this may lead them to give other people value according to their usefulness –> canon Bort is materialistic and cold at their worst and extremely selfless at their best

- but what about AU Bort? A Bort that doesn’t have Sensei’s unwavering authority figure to rely on and that can be the best of their class or sport team but not the best at life in general, because real life is more multifaceted than the small world the lustrous live in. Imagine them being younger and a little more insecure than canon Bort, imagine them chasing the utopy of perfection and failing, imagine them understanding how Diamond must feel and finally getting closer to them, imagine them growing

- alternatively, an extremely practical Bort that knows that they are just very, very good at things so they are pretty self-confident? because they are objective like that and can help Diamond or Cinnabar or other people seeing their true potential and worth, because Bort is brutally honest, but that also counts for pointing out other people’s virtues, not just flaws

- also canon Bort likes cute stuff? let me bring to your attention protective Bort, animal shelter volunteer Bort, baker Bort, Bort tutoring young kids, Bort sharing their knowledge and teaching people self-esteem, Bort having an obsession for kawaii stationery and collectable blades

annnd i think i should stop but idk, i hope this helps somehow?