Before I answer, JEEZ you've been writing that for almost 11 years, that's insane. And awesome.
Dorian sings most of the things he sings in front of others when no one is around, and if he can he likes to be playing his guitar at the same time. He sings while he works, while he does almost anything by himself, partially to drown out Serathus and partially because it just makes him happy and he's good at it. He's a big metal fan, and his big hobby was staying current with bands as they evolved and picking up new ones as they came on the scene, so his tastes are fairly diverse, though many metalheads would call him insufficiently hardcore because he likes power/symphonic/classical metal over heavier styles like thrash/death/black etc. If his guitar is not accessible, he likes to hum guitar riffs as often as vocal melodies. I even imagine one of his more 'meet cute' moments with Mahir being him absently humming the guitar riff from a song they both know and him being pleasantly surprised when Mahir starts humming the vocal in response.
BUT that is not to say he does not have his less-manly musical interests. I hesitate to include his non-metal rock passions here (he loves him some Queen), he's not above pop. As revealed in a relatively recent scene, he's a religious viewer of the Eurovision Song Contest. His all time favorite pop act is ABBA, but he'll latch onto a new favorite each decade/major shift in music or so. In the 80s, he would listen to a little new wave, but he mostly left that to Dade, he'd know enough to be able to hold a conversation with Dade about Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys but not enough to own any albums. In the 90s, if you held a gun to his head he'd admit to a weakness for Ace of Base and then beg you to never ever repeat that. In the 2000s it was pop rock like Maroon 5 and the Killers, more recently it's been Lady Gaga (mostly Heerah and Dade's fault), and gaining a retroactive respect for Madonna for Sander.
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Date: 2017-06-13 12:56 am (UTC)Dorian sings most of the things he sings in front of others when no one is around, and if he can he likes to be playing his guitar at the same time. He sings while he works, while he does almost anything by himself, partially to drown out Serathus and partially because it just makes him happy and he's good at it. He's a big metal fan, and his big hobby was staying current with bands as they evolved and picking up new ones as they came on the scene, so his tastes are fairly diverse, though many metalheads would call him insufficiently hardcore because he likes power/symphonic/classical metal over heavier styles like thrash/death/black etc. If his guitar is not accessible, he likes to hum guitar riffs as often as vocal melodies. I even imagine one of his more 'meet cute' moments with Mahir being him absently humming the guitar riff from a song they both know and him being pleasantly surprised when Mahir starts humming the vocal in response.
BUT that is not to say he does not have his less-manly musical interests. I hesitate to include his non-metal rock passions here (he loves him some Queen), he's not above pop. As revealed in a relatively recent scene, he's a religious viewer of the Eurovision Song Contest. His all time favorite pop act is ABBA, but he'll latch onto a new favorite each decade/major shift in music or so. In the 80s, he would listen to a little new wave, but he mostly left that to Dade, he'd know enough to be able to hold a conversation with Dade about Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys but not enough to own any albums. In the 90s, if you held a gun to his head he'd admit to a weakness for Ace of Base and then beg you to never ever repeat that. In the 2000s it was pop rock like Maroon 5 and the Killers, more recently it's been Lady Gaga (mostly Heerah and Dade's fault), and gaining a retroactive respect for Madonna for Sander.