Aime E. Cupid

"Oxygen? Please. I breathe oxytocin."

- Aime Everes Cupid.

Aime E. Cupid, fully named Aime Everes Cupid, [he/him, she/her, they/them] is a 2018-introduced and all-around character. She is one of the many children of the love god Cupid, destined to take the role of Love in the Aesop fable Reason Taken Captive. She is strangely more reasonable than she is loving, though she is still caring and she does try.

Aime is most known in Ever After High for her vast knowledge in biochemistry, and her voice as sweet as monosaccharides. She has no particular stance in the destiny debate, but aligns as Rebel for... some reason. Other than chemically degrading love into a compound of elements, she can also be found frantically waving about looking for a valid reason for her to call herself a Rebel.

Personality
A powerful quality of Aime's is that she is a natural-born leader. She flourishes in the mantle of leadership and knows how to guide well a person or a group. However, though it is common to say that a good leader is a good follower, the same can't be said for Aime. If she is not assigned to take charge, she will anyway. She truly means well and always has the intent to help. She isn't really bossy or oppressive, nor does she want to bring anyone down. She just feels like the best hands to manage things and be responsible is her own. Aime can appear to be harsh because of that, but she is known to be quite forgiving... a bit too forgiving, in fact. Aime isn't fond of people abusing her forgiving nature.

She butts into conversations more often than not, especially when said conversation involves things that Aime really knows. She answers questions that weren't directed to her. Things like that. Aime has also admitted that listening to (or, you know, intentionally overhearing) people's conversations is a hobby of hers. Sometimes, she can be seen flying in the hallways just lowkey listening to people talk.

sCREW IT I GIVE UP
 * does aime enjoy being right? yes. does she like smushing it in people's faces? sometimes
 * she can be a complete know it all sometimes. asks rhetorical questions left and right
 * aime is a nerd. i think i've established that multiple times. she likes learning. she likes... uncovering new things in general (that's probably one of the more endearing parts about her)
 * matchmakes via punnet squares, what a nerd
 * looks at love from a scientific and chemistry-based viewpoint
 * have i mentioned that she likes being a leader? yeah i have but i will say it again because she likes being a leader
 * speaking of general, military aime is a thing. she has a commanding presence and stuff
 * some may call it magic, but people tend to go to aime and listen to her all the time
 * she's literally a rebel because of her sister. but like. she won't admit that
 * really forgiving. doesn't hold grudges at all. gets mad, but a literal sorry is all good
 * some people actually do take advantage of this thing about her.
 * unless you did some really bad stuff to her sister. you are doomed and aime will hate you 5ever.

Abilities

 * archery. sort of. she can handle a bow and arrow well, especially because Love is said to have wielded a bow and arrow in the war against Reason, but still
 * her third name is literally bow in latin what did u expect
 * potionmaking and other chemistry stuff. biology too.
 * diplomacy. politics. the whole enchilada. aime has a seat in olympian politics with her name on it. think of her as this kid of a politician being groomed to take on the role.
 * usual things a cupid can do.

Appearance
Aime has tan skin, peachy coral pink hair with darker strands of peach and deep sky blue eyes. She usually styles her hair like the mess she isn't. She has a pair of wings on her back, that bear the shape of a heart when folded in. There's a visible scar on her forearm from when she accidentally burned herself in the chemistry lab. She can technically use magic to have it removed, but she chooses not to.

She probably always has a lab coat somewhere in her bag, if she isn't already wearing it.

Quotes
"Ever heard the phrase all's fairest in love and war? Exactly, dear."

- oh dear

How the Story Goes
Main article: Reason Taken Captive

It's written in poetry so I may as well summarize it. Once upon a time, Reason and Love "shared a throne." But deep inside Reason hated Love (in secret tho). That secret hate eventually turned into an all-out war between them. Love didn't have a lot of people in his army (Love's a he in the story. We done? Good.) but a ton of people deserted Reason for Love and eventually after a bunch of fighting, he took Reason captive until she would agree to never fight against him again.

There exists a longstanding rivalry between Love and Reason. It’s so longstanding that it eventually becomes a generational thing that parents pass down the rivalry to children. Every generation, Love and Reason’s poorly made truce snaps and they’re back to fighting. Every generation, Reason gets taken captive, released and another truce is made. It never ends.

How Does Aime Come into it?
Cupid is clearly Love. Considering it's a bit of a family rivalry, Aime is the lucky child who gets to inherit the fight.

View on destiny
Conveniently, Love always wins the battles. #LoveWins Aime doesn't have a particular stance in the destiny debate, actually. She may align as a Rebel, but that's purely for loyalty reasons, especially towards the sister she feels most akin to. Aime is not against following her predestined fate, but she also wouldn't mind if she didn't have to go through with it.

Father - Eros, god of Love
The Greek God of Love is Aime's father (biological). Knowing early of Aime's role in the war against Reason, she was one of the few in the family with an active role in the politics of Mt. Olympus. To Cupid, Aime is the reliable and responsible daughter. (I mean, to be fair, she is.)

Chariclo Arganthone Cupid
C.A. Cupid is Aime's adoptive sister, as well as the sibling closest to her in age. Some people say that, Aime's appearance was fashioned after C.A., or even the other way around. The lack of blood relation doesn't phase them. Aime deeply cares for her sister and would literally do anything for her.

Friends
Aime is an extroverted and social person, but doesn't go out of her way to always have friends or company around. Because she always inserts herself into conversations, it takes certain kinds of people to be actual friends with her. However, because she always inserts herself in conversation, she meets a lot of people and is on superficial good terms with most people.

Pet
Aime has a pet peryton (bird deer) named Valentine. He is a mainly white stag, with golden hooves and antlers along with golden flecks on his face and fur. Valentine's wings are also white flecked with gold.

Romance
Aime identifies as bisexual, with no explicit preference for any gender. However, Aime is not very active in her love life. This isn't out of any Cupid obligation to help other find their love lives, no. It's more a personal choice.

Enemies
Aime would gladly wage war against Dexter Charming for breaking her sister's heart. For that matter, she would bring an army to his door, and to anyone who has offended the Cupid family. Aime also dislikes Willabella van Haunt, for many reasons. Especially because Bells is a self-proclaimed enemy of love.

Trivia

 * Unlike her sister, Aime went straight to Ever After High, while the former previously had a run in Monster High. It is theorized that Aime had a hand in her sister's assignment to Ever After High, but no one confirms it.
 * Aime often uses pet names in conversation, whether or not she is close to that person.
 * Commonly used names are dear, darling, babe, sweetie and hon/honey.
 * On rare occasions, Aime would use "my dear, the darling of my heart."
 * She has guest starred on C.A. Cupid's radio show multiple times.
 * Aime's birthday is on October 23, alternatively known as Mole Day.
 * It's a thing most chemistry people celebrate.
 * Her burn scar is a nod to the events in Cupid and Psyche, where Psyche accidentally spills either hot wax or oil on Cupid in his sleep. In Aime's case, she was clumsy while heating up a test tube.
 * It's up to debate whether her name is pronounced "Amy" or "Em". However, for some reason, Aime answers to both.
 * It's actually "Em." She only answers to "Amy" because of the initials of her second name.