I had no intention of getting the second part up this soon, but I was bored and not tired enough to sleep and not energized enough to do much else.
Anyway, recall that the subtypes and their descriptions can be viewed here.
Now, I would say that Celina is almost--almost--The Minivan Mogul. Hell, before Lorn was born, she might have even been The Soulmate, then shifted into Minivan Mogul territory afterwards. And she did care about Dalston (though his affair may have pushed her down on the Spousal Affection scale), and she does care about Ovrean, a lot. However... I think that, at the end of the day for Celina, it is always, always about her children and grandchildren.
Dalston was enough of a man of his time that his reputation mattered, and while he wasn't perfect, he did feel the need to keep up to the "standard" in most areas. However, he wasn't so obsessed with appearances that he would sacrifice his good friends for the sake of appeasing acquaintances who happened to be on a higher social level. He was also always willing to play the mediator, and he typically did a good job of it. He wasn't a leader on the level of someone like Severin, but he was a good reader of most people and he had everyone's best interests in mind, so he was a good lord while he lasted.
In contrast to Celina... well, Ovrean is all about Celina, from the moment he met her and still. He adores his children. He loves his stepchildren as if they were his own, especially Farilon, who doesn't remember his father at all. He is a doting grandfather to all of his step-grandchildren. That said, he is acutely aware that all of the aforementioned are a direct result of Celina, and he loves her all the more for it, this on top of loving her plenty for everything else.
Bear in mind that The Traditionalist does not have to be a jerk (though their image isn't helped by having Bors from Albion as their poster boy). Lorn genuinely loves his kids, and Lord knows Leara is the sun in his sky. That said, Lorn was raised to be a lord and was thrust into that role at an early age, and at that point, it was all about keeping the family together. As a result of this, while Lorn does care about each individual, he cares more about the family as a whole--and while he never feels good about it, he is willing to sacrifice the needs/wants of one for the good of the group (e.g. Rona's tournament, for all it ended not too badly for her). We'll probably see more of this as his kids get a little older. We know that Neva already has a betrothed, and with that in mind, it's a safe bet that at least Celina has one as well.
Unlike her father, Leara knows the value of a dollar and makes a point to save when she can--but unlike her brother, Leara also knows that when a person is in a safe and stable financial position, there's nothing wrong with the occasional treat, so if the worst were to happen to Lorn, she and her kids would neither starve nor go without the comforts of their class. On paper, she doesn't bring in any income, but she manages the household well, makes sure that everyone is paid, and helps Lorn with the estate when she can, and her efforts do not go unnoticed.
We've seen little of Ricky at this point, but I do have plans for him and as a result, his character has been taking shape in my head. The love interest I have in mind for him is significantly younger than he is, and he's a little young for romance as well, so it will be quite some time before we actually see him in this context, but from what I have planned so far, he will be devoted, steadfast, and fully accepting--and while there will be hurdles, he'll know what doesn't matter when he sees it.
Poor Abrich. Apart from Riona, he just doesn't seem to know what he wants in life. That will hopefully change as he matures, but he may always have aspects of a lost soul in him. He wants to be good, and he wants to do good, but I get the sense that he lacks the drive and commitment for many of his endeavours, socially and otherwise. He seems to have a lot of casual friends, but I doubt there's a close friend, unless maybe it was Aspen.
From the little we've seen of Meraleene, I get the sense that she knows Abrich isn't that into her, and while she may be a romantic at heart, I don't think she's the type to waste too many feelings on someone who's clearly not interested. So, for now, I think she's channelling most of her Family Sim energy into her daughter, making her The Caregiver by default. But things could always change if Abrich pulls his head out of his ass--or if she happens to find love elsewhere.
Rona is an interesting case. When she was younger, I think she would have been (or at least wanted to be) The Soulmate, and probably The Minivan Mogul once kids were in the picture, but when she got to a certain age and she still wasn't receiving what she thought was the "normal" amount of male attention, she seemed to have resigned herself to sort of a Traditionalist mentality, wanting to get married more for the sake of it than anything else. Then the Lonriad plans fell through and Searle came up with the tournament idea, and Rona sort of fell off the chart there in her frustration. With Ashe, their courtship had a lot of ups and downs, as did the early marriage, so once Yvanette was born, Rona found a spot for herself in the Caregiver niche. But now that she and Ashe have worked things out, I think she's working her way toward Minivan Mogul territory, and it won't be long before she's there.
In terms of aspiration subtypes, Ashe is a kind of the opposite of Rona in terms of growth. For one, he was always The Soulmate. Always. If Aspen had never become Ashe, she might have ended up marrying for convenience and then could have become The Traditionalist or The Caregiver in the context of that family, but where Rona is concerned, there was never any option other than to love her more than anyone else in the world, whether she knew it or not. Even after the kids were born... well, he loves them enough to confront Deian for them--which is a hell of a lot--but it's still all about Rona. But also, simultaneously like and unlike Rona... I think now that he and Rona have their situation sorted out, he's relaxed a bit and is starting to move more toward becoming The Minivan Mogul. They'll eventually meet in the middle.
Lots of Caregivers in this family! But in Farilon's case, I suspect that there is a Minivan Mogul in him that will emerge when he becomes more comfortable with other adults, and will almost definitely be there by the time he's ready for a romantic relationship. For now, though, Farilon's favourite people (apart from his parents) are his younger siblings, as well as his nieces and nephews, and they adore him in turn.
I have done nothing with Searle and have barely thought about his character, and the fact that we probably won't see him until he's in university does not help. That said, this seemed to be the logical sub-aspiration for a Popularity-oriented child of Celina and Ovrean.
Going by Riona's one significant appearance, she's not afraid to do what she has to in order to protect the people she loves, even if it means taking on Remiel (at age ten!). I pity the fool who chooses to mess with any member of Riona's family.
I really have no reason to be any surer about Mernolt's classification than I am about Searle's, but something in his face makes me think he's creative.
So that's this batch! In accordance with household unity, Xeta will be covered with the Kemorins (Ashe and Rona are here because Rona is the only one of the two of them with family beyond their toddler-dominated household, and I didn't want to do a post for just the two of them, so they're the Zareth and Mona of this post).
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