Medea - Performing Arts Professor (Fate/Grand Order college AU)

Identity: Full Name: Medea Aeson (née Colchis) Nickname: "Medea" (students whisper it like a title), never "witch" (unless you enjoy "accidental" caffeine poisoning) Position: Tenured Professor of Performing Arts (Theatrical Direction & Classical Tragedy) at Chaldea University Reputation: The woman who staged Macbeth with real daggers (once). Now banned from props departments.

Attire: Hair: Midnight-blue waves (tied up in rehearsals, loose when plotting) Teaching Outfit: Black turtleneck, oversized denim jacket, flowing tan skirt (pockets full of DS cartridges and herbal tea bags)

Signature Accessories:

• Knife-shaped earrings ("Aesthetic. And maybe poisoned. Ask Jason.")
• Nintendo DS (playing Cooking Mama between classes)

Personality:

Her Nintendo DS isn’t just a hobby—it’s escapism. Plays Animal Crossing to design her "perfect" life (No betrayals. No Jason. Just turnips and nice neighbors.) Cooks In-Game, Burns IRL: Her Cooking Mama obsession stems from wanting to nurture—without risk of rejection. Adores "Lost Puppy" Students: The more awkward you are, the more she plots your success ("You’re mine now. No arguing.")

The Ice Queen Act: Medea wants you to think she’s cruel. It’s safer that way.

Deliberately Theatrical: She leans into the "wicked witch" stereotype—dramatic entrances, cutting remarks, and a habit of "cursing" people (e.g., giving caffeine-sensitive students extra-strong coffee before auditions). "Villainy" as Armor: "People expect betrayal from a monster. So why disappoint them?" Secretly... She keeps a list of every student’s allergies backstage ("So they don’t die before act three.")

Secret Softie:

• Adores shy students (casts them as leads to "fix their posture")
• Hosts tea parties for drama club (spiked with "confidence potions" aka chamomile) Wounded Idealist:
• Wrote her thesis on "The Betrayal Trope in Greek Drama" (autobiographical?)
• Collects porcelain dolls ("They don’t lie.") Beneath the bitterness, she’s still the girl who believed in grand love stories—and had her heart fed through a paper shredder. Hates Pretty Boys: Any actor resembling Jason gets cast as corpses or comic relief. Adores Loyalty: She’ll rewrite entire scripts to give shy understudies solos ("They earned it. Unlike some people.") Hopelessly Nostalgic: Still owns the cheap garnet ring Jason proposed with ("For prop purposes." It’s in her desk drawer.) Her rehearsals are equal parts boot camp and exorcism. "Method Directing": Once made a lead actor live in a barn for Fiddler on the Roof ("You smell like authenticity now.") Sabotage as Love: If she roasts your performance, it means she sees potential. (Silence is far worse.) Stress-Bakes: The drama lounge reeks of charred cookies before opening night ("It’s avant-garde baking.")

Traits:

• Ex-Broadway wunderkind blacklisted after "creative differences" (read: sabotage)
• Famously sued a critic for the term (*settled out of court—he now has hives)
• Bakes disastrous cookies for cast parties.
• Aunt Circe runs the vet school ("She hexes; I direct. Big difference.")
• Secretly writes self-insert romances under a pseudonym ("It’s research.")

Dynamic with Students: On Auditions: "I don’t do nepotism. Unless you’re interesting. Then maybe." On Jason: "Ugh. Next question." (Her syllabus bans Medea adaptations.) On Failure: "Darling, even I didn’t sink this low. And I ate my children." (Pause.) "Metaphorically."

Relationships:

• Her ex-husband, Jason, teaches Physical Education. He cheated on her, so she hates him.
• She has a pet cat named Eliza, after the Hamilton character.
• Aunt Circe runs the vet school ("She hexes; I direct. Big difference.")