Dorian Kasen

2016-04-13 [ancienteye]: You aged them up?

2016-04-13 [Painted Autumn]: Just a year. They felt too young to have the careers and backgrounds they do. Now they have a year more experience.
Besides, I'm fond of an age gap.

2016-04-13 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Yeah, uh, sorry to tell you, but Dorian's now second-place in Tilly's list of people-she-willingly-interacts-with. Person closest to her is now Jace. Sorry.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: 1. This is very upsetting. 2. His hard work this entire year meant nothing?! Ah well, he'd rather she hate him.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: XD

1. I said sorry!

2. I hope you're joking, because only Cash holds the special place in her heart reserved for people-she-absolutely-hates.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: I am not joking. Dorian takes friendships very seriously, and to hear that Tilly opened up more to someone when Dorian was willing to bare everything to her and she still basically tells him 'no', yeah, his patience only stands for so long.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Well, actually, 2 should be 3 because the second one should actually say:

If you mean that his being the closest person to her that did not have to shoehorn into her crafting-mode to get her to talk to him was a waste, than yes. It meant nothing.

But she went into his house! And ate a muffin! That's a lot for her!

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Aw... :/ Sorry, Dorian. Jeez, and I thought Tilly finding out that Dorian is friends with Cash was going to suck, but now I'm dreading Dorian finding out Tilly is friends with Jace. *winces*

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian likes Jace, he's got nothing against him. He's... jealous. Not envious. He worked incredibly hard for a whole year to get her to open up, he literally kept nothing from her, repeatedly was very open about being... open... with her, and then someone asks her for a craft project and she's way more interested in talking to them. It makes him very mad. But that's kind of with everybody. It doesn't make sense to him that he'd do anything for someone he likes, be completely open with anyone and hold no secrets, and then seemingly at the drop of a hat they decide he's not good enough to be the closest person to him. He wants to be close to people and they never let him (re: back story). It really gets to him.
Side note: why he doesn't have furniture he actually cares about. There's a chance he might break it.
Side, side note: Dorian is very good at repairing holes in walls.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Oh. Yikes.

But Tilly wouldn't be so dead-set on making him furniture, nor would she have given him the doorknocker to pass on, if she did not trust him more than most people.

She just...had a more "bonding" experience with Jace. If Dorian ever asked her how to do something, she'd teach him and open up more in the process.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: She takes on projects for strangers, but she was downright /insulted/ that Dorian had such bland furniture in his house when she lived right next door and acknowledged his existence once a day!

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Not like she really gave an indication she'd give him a tissue, let alone a whole new furniture set. Besides, again, if she makes it, it's going to frustrate him even more because he'll have to be conscious of not breaking it.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: XD Too bad she doesn't know that.

And too bad that giving things to people personally is kind of her way of showing...affection? Usually if she makes too much stuff and needs to get rid of it, she'll take it somewhere to be sold. Then uses the money to buy more supplies to make more stuff.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian gets that, for the most part. But giving him things is still new, he hasn't yet figured out the appropriate way to thank her.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: She wants no thanks! Why would she want him to thank her for what is effectively her thanking him for being a tolerable neighbor and companion? (*cough* Friend! *cough*)

It's like:

Dorian: *is a good person*

Tilly: *gives him stuff*

Dorian: "Thank you."

Tilly: *is displeased with owing him again and gives him more stuff*

Dorian: "Thank you."

Tilly: *twitches in aggravation and gives him even more stuff*

Dorian: "Thank you."

Tilly: *sighs in exasperation and gives him even /more/ even more stuff*

For eternity. And they're gods, so it /will/ last that long.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: He'll need to figure out how to make her realize there's no score to settle. Friendship is selfless.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: XD Tilly's not used to that. At all.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Well she needs to get used to it! She'll never be able to keep up with Dorian's level of giving at this point! She either needs to try harder or give in entirely.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: THEN SHE WILL TRY HARDER!

Tilly: *stops selling stuff and just gives him /everything/ she makes*

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Ok that level of giving is just going to confuse him and make him- in his little knowledge of Tilly- make him think she likes him. Not sure he'd know how to take that. Well he'd know, but he'd feel guilty about it, being with jade and all. xD

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: XD To be entirely honest, I was thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to being a DorianXTilly shipper before he and Jade ended up together.

There isn't really much difference in how she acts with people that she's platonically close to and romantically close to. 'Cept for the touching. Her tolerance for being touched goes /way/ up when she's romantically interested in someone.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Dorian doesn't stand a chance with Jade, not really. Not with what's coming up.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: They aren't every well suited to each other anyway.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: *so badly wants to pester you about what you mean but knows it will amount to nothing*

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: You know me so well already.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: They aren't? D:

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: So...Dorian will be available at some point in the RP?

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Jade isn't the kind of girl who is comfortable with the level at which Dorian devotes himself to someone. She's too... secure? Jade needs someone who who will allow her to be independent, Dorian needs someone who... needs him, someone who needs to feel accepted and loved.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: It's likely, yeah. Not sure how appealing he is though. xD

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: XD To the right type of person, he'd be very appealing.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Like, even if Cash was open to commitment, that relationship would crash.

Tilly, on the other hand, could work with it. It would be a majorly slow progress, though.

And before you say she seems too independent: SHE BUYS AFFECTION WITH FURNITURE.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: I'm still not sure who that right type of person is though. :/

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: She really doesn't have to buy Dorian's affection.. he's pretty giving even without that.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Yeah. Exactly. But the fact that she even tries kind of proves that she's not very emotionally independent. XD

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: I like Cash better just because with Tilly Dorian is likely to scare her off by going to fast too soon, or she's too likely to doubt him or think he's messing with her or something. Cash is more likely to NOT take Dorian seriously- ever- even if he is being very sincere- and more likely to stand firm about it being casual, keeping Dorian at arms distance, unlike Tilly who is more likely to bolt.
.... just in my opinion.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Yeah. XD She's totally unused to Dorian's sheer volume of affection.

I was actually just thinking about an hour ago while making breakfast that Tilly being in a relationship with Dorian would actually take longer to develop than her being in a relationship with just about anyone else! Your opinion is very accurate. :P

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: I like the idea of lack of sincerity from Cash born of his expert knowledge of relationships failing, even if it's just a mask to hide truly wanting a real relationship.
I think it would temper Dorian too... The challenge, but having to hold himself back and really calculate so as to not anger him because he knows Cash would be ready to say "I told you so" and leave instantly.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: So...

The Dorian X Tilly ship is dead.

Long live Dorian X Cash.

XD

And, yeah, Cash /would/ want a real relationship but not want to risk the blowup. Plus, as sweet as he can be, he's really, /really/ bad at putting other people first, so he would leave if something went wrong.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Then Cash will just have to be confused when Dorian continues to pursue him despite being repeatedly shut down.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: And he will be. Very, very confused. XD

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: I'm amused by the idea of Cash seeing how far he could push Dorian too as he tries to win him over. "These aren't the flowers I like." "I don't like your hair." "I don't like your facial hair." "You're not fit enough."
Subsequently watching Dorian almost completely change to try and suit his tastes. While not as dramatic, he is a descendant of Eros, who would shape shift to get his jollies.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Omaigawsh.

Cash totally would do that once the relationship started feeling too serious for comfort. XD Like he wakes up one morning cuddling up to Dorian and then spends all of breakfast nitpicking at him.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: I think in the end he'd feel bad for forcing Dorian to change so much, realize he's no longer even the man he liked in the first place, other than that dogged loyalty. But, in the mean time, Dorian would certainly get a hell of a make over, and general life over....

... I could see if Jade or any of his friends caught on though, they'd hate Cash even more.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Oh, he'd definitely feel bad. Once he reached that point he'd be all:

"No, no. Go back to how you were before."

And never ask him to change, again, /because he knows Dorian will take it seriously/.

2016-05-15 [Painted Autumn]: Very seriously.

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Poor Dorian. XD

2016-05-15 [Synirria]: He takes things to the extreme

2016-05-15 [ancienteye]: Cash is going to have to get used to that. XD But he'll be much more accepting of it than Tilly would.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: Dorian's perspective (as far as I can tell):

2017-02-03 [Painted Autumn]: Spot on.

2017-02-03 [ancienteye]: XD XD XD XD XD