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11-12-2016, 05:20 PM
I'm really bad at playing male characters that fit into this type of "masculine" role (lol Quilyan) but in terms of the biology behind it, it might be helpful to look at males of different species and see what their behaviors are. Humans are hard because we have a TON of extra social things going on (we talked about this in depth in my animal bah our class and I'd be happy to discuss it if you want) so let's talk about horses.
What do male horses do in the wild? They attempt to gather up a harem and sire offspring, all the while protecting their herd from outside threats, to the point that they often chase their own offspring off at a certain point of development. Even though we humanize our characters a lot, you can definitely pull some protective, maybe jealous, possessive instincts out of this that can be a driving force - even if the character isn't necessarily that "personality." For example, maybe your character gets really grouchy when in a group with multiple males and one female, but he doesn't know why. Maybe he feel protective of her, especially if she is his mate. And then, as said above, I think writing this into action - how these emotions DRIVE and action based on INSTINCT is possibly the best explanation that I could think of as to how this might work.
What do male horses do in the wild? They attempt to gather up a harem and sire offspring, all the while protecting their herd from outside threats, to the point that they often chase their own offspring off at a certain point of development. Even though we humanize our characters a lot, you can definitely pull some protective, maybe jealous, possessive instincts out of this that can be a driving force - even if the character isn't necessarily that "personality." For example, maybe your character gets really grouchy when in a group with multiple males and one female, but he doesn't know why. Maybe he feel protective of her, especially if she is his mate. And then, as said above, I think writing this into action - how these emotions DRIVE and action based on INSTINCT is possibly the best explanation that I could think of as to how this might work.
