There's a being in my story. He's, like, an older, more experienced, male version of the protagonist. He's a being who stepped out of myth, great and mighty. Reality shakes in his footsteps. He is talented at many things, his least efforts matching that of the greatest of mortals. And his specialty is in leadership. His domain runs an order of magnitude faster and more efficiently. There is no corruption in the government. It is immune to disease and natural disaster as long as he is the ruler. He is also human. He gained his powers in a moment of compassion, using legislature to protect his people from a chimera of the United Fruit Company and the East India Trading Company. He grew powerful, growing stronger and stronger and more skilled over the years. That was 300 years ago, and he rules over several planets at a time. The question is.... how do I write him as, well, well meaning, patronizing, but fundamentally good? As in, to him the entirety of his nation below him is the equivalent of children. Barely experiencing a century of life, barely competent in anything they try to do. If he was to see someone fail? Then he would correct their mistake, and give them advice or reassign them for training. If he was to see someone succeed? Then he would give them pointers on how to improve. And if he was to see someone do so well that they need no pointers? Well, then he would praise them (In this context, praise from him is like a Christian getting direct praise from Jehovah), the most valuable commodity of all. If someone was to ask him, he'll say that his powers fundamentally don't make him superior to others. That he's for the people. But at the back of his mind? After 300 years of existence and seeing entire generations rise and fall? Some part of his mind already treats his subjects like children. Children he must protect, but children nonetheless. But he is still, fundamentally, good. So how do I write him?
Tired? As if he's seen it all before; and whilst annoying to him, he gets it so often he's used to it?
Mr. Belevedere? He seemed to be a fount of wisdom but could be patronizing. The character appeared in several old movies in the fifties by Clifton Webb and later a tv series was done featuring almost the same character. Humor helps.
