Part 3 - Recontextualization

Choose a different time period and describe what your character would have been like in that time period.

Disclaimer: I know next to nothing about history so this is basically conjecture from pop culture representations of the chosen historical era.

• In the time of ancient empires and long-fought wars (the kinds before guns were invented), Ryan would be both a leader of men and a follower of orders.
• We’re talking like, Spartan general or Roman praetor, at the top of his level but not at the top rank.
• As a well-built, athletic, and strong young man in a family that’s rather well-off, I’d expect he’d go into the equivalent of a military for three reasons:
• 1) it’s probably what’s expected of him, to bring honour upon himself and his family
• 2) it’s his duty as a man and as a citizen to protect his country and his people, and to fight for his city (Sparta) or country (Rome - you know, them empirical crazies)
• 3) he knows it’s somewhere he could succeed.
• He wouldn’t be comfortable in the highest ranks, and I don’t see him fitting in with the aristocracy, at least not until later life when, as a decorated general with a heart of gold (props if you get that reference), he could retire from active duty and live out his days happily wining and dining and watching his sons follow in his footsteps (y'know, if they wanted to). 
• Reflective of his position on a basketball court, he’d feel comfortable enough giving orders, strategizing, deciding on formations and tactical plays, etc. He has strong leadership skills that would move him up in the ranks quite quickly.
• However, he always feels safer when he’s also under orders. Doing what he’s told—specifically, having something that he’s been told to do—is something of a safety net for him.
• I also see him thriving better in a heavily patriarchal society (sorry Sawyer), than he does maybe even in present day Tree Hill. A lot of his problems stem from the women in his life, or not in his life (at least, so he thinks), and in a society where he would grow up with a mother supporting him (she couldn’t leave, let’s be real), with a father setting him on the right course (the Greek/Roman systems of government were a smidgeon different, thank God), he would do quite well.
• Also that whole multiple gods thing? Fear of the gods, different gods for different things, sacrifices, offerings, all that shit?
• Yeah. He’s cool with being told what to believe. At least in those times it was pretty clear cut and not so ambiguous.