beautiful ones, my thoughts

CANON

canon: Fragments of Sappho / Original
summary: Here or here
canon point: After her return from exile



PLAYER

contact: PM to this journal.
active times/pace: CEST/CET player. Tries to be online at least during the evening my time, but it varies. More one tag a day player than anything, but if you hit me up at the right time, I can still boomerang a bit.
brackets/prose: Definitely brackets preference, but will match. I default to present tense, but can also match other tenses.
offensive subjects/triggers: Not any.



IN CHARACTER

physical affection: Go for it. Reactions may vary depending on CR, but for the most part she'll be a good sport about it.
physical violence: I'd prefer not.
relationships: F/F, primarily, though I'd be willing to discuss M/F, should there be chemistry.
psychic info: She has no mental barriers and will be an easy read. Ask if you need more info.
magical info: No magical powers.
medical info: Nothing of note.
offensive subjects/triggers: N/A, I think. Let me know if anything should arise.



OUT OF CHARACTER

backtagging: Yes, please!
threadhopping: No.
fourthwalling: Go ahead.
not interested in: Outside sexting memes, smut is a no-go, both for F/F and M/F.

Imagine everything we can gather of Sappho:

She lived smack in the middle of the Great Age of Greek Tyranny (750-500 BC), in a Lesbos that prospered economically, but also saw war (Sigean War, 608 BC) and instability, insofar that many aristocrat families tried to seize power, one after the other.

It was this intrigue that eventually sent Sappho and her family in exile to Sicily, while her beloved Atthis - whose family had been wise and stayed out of the worst conflict - could stay behind and plan on how to use the unrest to assert themselves. The aristocracy was weak from war and internal fighting, now was the time, everyone found, to step into their place.

Meanwhile the second tyrant of Lesbos, Myrsilus, was rising to power around the time of the Sigean War and his second-in-command Pittacus of military fame stood by his side as the long arm of the law, until eventually in 597 BC, Myrsilus died and Pittacus could take over his throne himself. Unsurprisingly, it was Myrsilus' death that allowed Sappho and her family to finally return to Lesbos once more.

Despite prompting laws that were extremely unpopular with the aristocrats of Mytilene, Pittacus would - by history - eventually come to be regarded as one of the Seven Sages of Greece.