About Lev

Lev 

 

NotablePersonality

Levs love and are fascinated by people: how they function, how they work, what they do in various situations; the driving force of his life is understanding people and how they function. For this reason, Levs typically wind up workaholics employed in a profession that involves trying to work out how people work: if "economist" is an available option they'll wind up an economist, but instances have had jobs ranging from librarian to management consultant to cosmic-horror cultist. Levs are phenomenally good teachers and as such tend to wind up alieving that anyone can learn anything, it's just that teachers suck. They are also very good at jobs that involve wandering around noticing things that are stupid and complaining to people until they are fixed. Levs are extraordinarily shy and socially phobic. They usually have one or two close friends and rarely interact with other people. Levs are eager to please and tend to sacrifice themselves to make people they love happy. They are usually very resistant to concluding that the people they love actually like them. When functioning well and recovered from trauma, Levs tend to be argumentative; they are native members of Combat Culture. They adore children and are very good with them. 

The most important part of a Lev's personality is his sense of doubt. Like all imperials, Levs can wind up self-deluded or merely very confused about reality, but they are unusually self-aware for an imperial template because they constantly doubts everything he believes, cross-checks his beliefs with each other, and is uncertain of everything. The most horrifying thing a Lev can imagine is having their ability to doubt removed. Levs are particularly overpowered in settings with lots of ambient gaslighting or when facing certain kinds of mind control. 

 

Name Attractors

If at all possible, Levs are named some variant of "Lev Aarons." If not, their name tends to have the syllable "lev", or failing that "le." Non-Jewish instances in the past tend to be named "Leo."  

Attractors

Ludicrously traumatic backstories.

Many instances experienced child sexual abuse.  Earth instances have impoverished immigrant parents who emphasize their academic success. Clumsy, physically weak, asthmatic, and generally bad at athletic or physical skills. Very very messy. Can't think in a clean office. Unless taken care of by someone else, forgets to eat because he's working and then eats a huge meal. Extraordinarily lonely for large amounts of his life.  Somewhat overweight; hairy. 

Insecure about his body.  Loves books. 

Good taste in social science. Bad taste in fictional media.  Infodumps constantly about his interests once you get him going.  Wakes up early, goes to bed early.  Polyamorous.  Loathes and despises nature.   Jewish or at least of Jewish descent, if the option is available in the setting. 

An atheist, if the option is available in the setting and gods do not exist.  Generally amoral, but can wind up surprisingly ethical in behavior due to the influence of loved ones or strong tendency to want to optimize systems which are stupid. Sexuality

Demisexual, but falls in love so quickly (especially if lonely) that this can be hard to notice. Can have any sexual orientation; attracted to anyone they are in love with.  Kinks embarassingly related to childhood trauma.     Can be either female or male, but tends to be male due to the number of associated templates which only come in gay male.  

 

Associated Characters

Imperials, by Ozy:

Asher: The love of his life. Ashers share Levs' love of social science; they wind up intellectual collaborators and passionately in love. Typically wind up divorcing in middle age due to Ashers' inability to cope with Levs' anxiety in a remotely productive way; this fate can be averted with mediation from a malachite (see below).  Martin: Have not been extensively threaded, particularly later in their relationship. However, it is believed by westwind that they will go excitingly boom, due to shared anxiety, incompatible relationship orientations, and poorly meshing insecurities.  Clare: Usually Lev's sister, sometimes his coworker. They tend to be intellectual collaborators but never have a romantic relationship. She handles life details and lets him do what he does best.  

Malachites, by sphinx:

Sasha: Soulmates in every universe. Levsha is the core Lev pairing. Levs wind up adoring Sasha's unique way of seeing the world and the way that Sasha allows him to appreciate art. They both make each other better and happier people. 
Marlo: Marlo is devoted to Lev and fascinated by his way of approaching the world; Lev marvels at how good Marlo is. Lev talks a lot and Marlo is very very quiet. The mutual amount of desire to make each other happy in this relationship is off the charts.  Mordred: United by a shared intellectual curiosity. As Mordred is one of the most argumentative malachites, this relationship tends to wind up very loud.  

Anomalies, by NormalAnomaly:

Bruce: Stand back, I'm going to try SCIENCE.   

 

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