I know love languages are problematic when applied IRL, but I feel like they can still be a useful framework in fiction. I understand people and fictional characters, even, are more complicated than that, but for the sake of just having some fun…
What is the primary love language of each of your ROs (and why)?
While this is just for fun, I feel like answering questions like this do require thinking about your ROs and their characterizations, which means it can be a useful exercise as a writing warm-up/etc.
I’ll get us started…
Elian (matches MC): Acts of service. This is demonstrated through their goal of curing their brother and their inability to walk away from the clinic. Not just because these are obligations (kinda), but because they directly help those they care about.
Luvia (she/her): Quality time. This is more choosing and being chosen than anything. Luvia has a lot going on. She’s very wealthy and well-known. She has secret goals. Time is her rarest and most prized commodity. To share her time with someone means something.
Nothia (she/her): Physical touch. Nothia got parentified fairly young and never got nearly as many hugs as she should have. And now, she’s the one giving the hugs, ruffling hair, etc. She keeps her hair long because her youngest siblings like braiding it.
Ostric (he/him): Words of affirmation. His parents have filled his head with a lot of poison. He needs to hear narratives that counter that.
Frey (he/him): Gifts. Frey likes gifts for two reasons. (1) They are tangible. They are something he can hold and catalog. If the gifts are good, he feels known and seen. (2) He fears that he will lose his memory one day. When and if that day comes, the gifts will remind him he is loved, even if he cannot remember the details.
Kian (ne/nem): Physical touch. Touch grounds Kian and reminds nem that ne’s more than a brain or bag of guilt and shame. When ne starts feeling weightless or unreal, touch brings nem back to earth.