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Are you a good judge of character?

I asked AI to find a ” Character” for me to write about , the above gentleman ( I am assuming he is a gentle man) was the second “Character” that AI generated, the first had a gun in his hand pointing at me, which I decided with all the gun hate in this World was not appropriate, though, I accept in AI’s innocence it was probably considering the word character as in an ” artistic drama.” My initial thought was would I be able to judge someone’s character who was pointing a gun at me and I being fearful, probably not.

However, “Character Two” ( picture above) is definitely of interest, again with a dramatic edge, which indeed is worth exploring, Very Hannibalisque I would say.

I should just briefly mention ” Character 3″ whom was generated as a cool attractive AI woman with no resemblance to reality. A shallow , sallow skinned, empty headed , pouter with perfect hair and the most piercing green eyes with too much make up and picture enhanced boobs. Yes , AI can’t help itself sometimes. So as I wouldn’t have a lot to think about on that one I binned it.

Now for my Hannibal, I think he would have conquered other Countries with ease, he isn’t from Carthage, more likely from the Far East. The earrings look like cheap curtain pennants, obviously hand made hand and not from precious metals. So probably spending all his money on invasions or searching for Countries with peoples already making quality jewellery and accessories that he can subjugate and basically steal.

The headdress is telling with it’s fiery feathers sticking out on either side. A nice way to frighten someone, even if it’s all for show which it is. The semi-precious stones on the band around his head with the metal work, says he’s short of cash , I mean decorative , but of no value. Though, if he was charging at you on top of a horse pointing a sword at you , you aren’t going to notice his cheap jewellery. It’s all for effect.

He’s not a pointer as he seems to have lost his right index finger in an “incident”. He looks like the type that would sit around in his military campaign tent, drinking with his officers and making up stories about how he lost his finger or to those who don’t know him , doing party tricks to show off his lack of digit. The reality is probably more mundane, that he lost it , playing dare with sharp knives when he was a boy.( It was different times then) and he was lucky he didn’t get blood poisoning .

That luck is part of his character though, and he knows it. He has the confidence to keep moving forward and his brown eyes are also very kind, if a little serious. He loves reading and meeting interesting people from the Countries he invades. He doesn’t do massacres only a little subjugation and it’s only because he wants better jewelry.

He has learned life’s love lessons the hard way, and although he is a conqueror, knows the importance of home life, he has had numerous relationships with women , and maintains a harem ( it’s expected), however, there are two or three “special ones” who are viewed as “confidantes” or ” advisors”. These women and their offspring are important to his psyche and motivate him to improve the world that he lives in. Marriage has not yet been invented, so monogamy isn’t his thing, but as he is getting older and increasing tired from his campaigns, it’s the women he knows the best that soothe his brow on his return. The others are just for show.

Am I a good judge of character or have I fallen into a stereotypical view of people and events . I will let you be a judge of that.

Namaste. Thank You for Reading