OOC Character Understanding Survey

[sodapop]

Character Chart
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Character’s full name: Sodapop Patrick Curtis
Reason or meaning of name: He probably recieved the name Sodapop because of his constant need to move around. Patrick however means Noble in old English, and Curtis is an old Irish name.
Character’s nickname: Soda or Pop by his boss.
Reason for nickname: Soda and Pop is probably a lot quicker to say then Sodapop
Birth date:

Physical appearance
Age: Eighteen
How old does he/she appear: Sixteen
Weight:
Height:
Body build:
Shape of face:
Eye color: Brown
Glasses or contacts: Nope
Skin tone:
Distinguishing marks:
Predominant features:
Hair color: Light brown
Type of hair:
Hairstyle:
Voice:
Overall attractiveness:
Physical disabilities:
Usual fashion of dress:
Favourite outfit:
Jewelry or accessories:

Personality
Good personality traits:
Bad personality traits: Bottling up his emotions
Mood character is most often in: Happy-Go-Lucky
Sense of humour:
Character’s greatest joy in life:
Character’s greatest fear:
Why?
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? I'll be totally evil and say when his brothers or everyone in the gang drops dead and he's the 'last man on earth.'
Character is most at ease when: Fixing cars
Most ill at ease when: His brothers fight
Enraged when:
Depressed or sad when: The subject of his parents or Sandy comes up.
Priorities:
Life philosophy: "Focus on cars and girls and you'll have no problem!"
If granted one wish, it would be:
Why?
Character’s soft spot:
Is this soft spot obvious to others?
Greatest strength:
Greatest vulnerability or weakness:
Biggest regret:
Minor regret:
Biggest accomplishment:
Minor accomplishment:
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about:
Why?
Character’s darkest secret: His girlfriend Sandy moved to Florida because she got pregnant with another man.
Does anyone else know? Steve, Darry and Ponyboy

Goals
Drives and motivations:
Immediate goals:
Long term goals:
How the character plans to accomplish these goals:
How other characters will be affected:

Past
Hometown: Windrixville
Type of childhood: Compared to most of the other greasers Sodapop had an excellent childhood
Pets: He adopted a horse named 'Mickey Mouse' the horse was not technically his, and Sodapop was crushed when the horse was sold.
First memory:
Most important childhood memory:
Why:
Childhood hero:
Dream job:
Education:
Religion:
Finances:

Present
Current location:
Currently living with:
Pets:
Religion:
Occupation:
Finances:

Family
Mother: Laura Curtis
Relationship with her:
Father: Darrel Curtis I
Relationship with him:
Siblings: Ponyboy and Darry
Relationship with them: His relationship with Ponyboy is like a boy and his puppy, His relationship with Darry is basically the same just the other way around.
Spouse: None
Children: none
Other important family members: none

Favourites
Color: I don't see him actually caring about colors but if he had to pick maybe something like yellow.
Least favourite color: *pokes what she said before*
Music: When he does listen to it, The Beatles, Elvis, ACDC, Green Day, Van Halen.
Food:
Literature: He doesn't read
Form of entertainment:
Expressions: "Savvy?"
Mode of transportation: An old Ford Truck which at the moment is in really bad shape
Most prized possession:

Habits
Hobbies:
Plays a musical instrument? Nope
Plays a sport? He plays football for fun and used to bull ride.
How he/she would spend a rainy day:
Spending habits:
Smokes: Yes
Drinks: No
Other drugs: No
What does he/she do too much of?
What does he/she do too little of?
Extremely skilled at:
Extremely unskilled at:
Nervous tics:
Usual body posture:
Mannerisms:
Peculiarities:


Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Optimist
Introvert or extrovert? Extrovert
Daredevil or cautious? Both
Logical or emotional? Both
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Again, little biot of both.
Prefers working or relaxing?
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?
Animal lover? Yes.


Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: He likes anybody who can take a joke.
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Opinions, no. Emotions, yes.
Person character most hates: He doesn't hate anybody, but he doesn't care for the Socs.
Best friend(s): Steve Randle
Love interest(s): Previously Sandy
Person character goes to for advice: Darry or Steve
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Ponyboy
Person character feels shy or awkward around: Sodapop, is not shy around anyone.
Person character openly admires:
Person character secretly admires:
Most important person in character’s life before "story" starts: Ponyboy
After "story" starts: Ponyboy

[SEBASTIAN TIMOTHY MARTIN]

Character Chart

Character’s full name: Sebastian "Timothy" Martin
Reason or meaning of name: "Sebastian" means venerable, which is odd because he doesn't really get the respect and commendment he deserves. "Timothy" means to honor God, which Seb doesn't really do, so its pretty unlucky that he was stuck with that middle name. "Martin" means Warlike... Wow, what a combination of random names. His mother must not have been thinking clearly when she named him...
Character’s nickname: Seb, Sebby, Bastian, Young Sebastian (by Jimmy)
Reason for nickname: Just to shorten his pretty long name. With Young Sebastian, Jimmy is a lot older than him, so he probably calls him that to establish superiority.
Birth date: March 31st

Physical appearance
Age: 32
How old does he/she appear: About his age.
Weight: 175 lbs
Height: 5'10"
Body build: Feminine, but broad-shouldered.
Shape of face: Umm... Heart-shaped? With a cleft in his chin?
Eye color: Blue
Glasses or contacts: None
Skin tone: Not tan, but not pale.
Distinguishing marks: Mole on his right cheek.
Predominant features: His teeth aren't the greatest, so people notice them first.
Hair color: Golden Brown
Type of hair: Straight, but can get wavy when he grows it out. It's to his ears now.
Hairstyle: Messy swoop
Voice: Quiet voice, pretty recognizable.
Overall attractiveness: Fairly decent, though he's by no means the most gorgeous man on the planet. He has a certain charming quality to him.
Physical disabilities: He has claircognizance. Pretty athletic, too. Can run really fast.
Usual fashion of dress: Blazers, dress suits, jeans. Not a flamboyant gay, but not too manly either.
Favourite outfit: His tux. He wears it in any formal gathering, as well as going to dinner. He feels sophisticated in it.
Jewelry or accessories: Lots of scarves and belts.

Personality
Good personality traits: Friendly, willing to help out friends, inquisitive, enjoyable to be around.
Bad personality traits: Moody when he's worried about visions, always seems to be looking at the door as if he needs to go somewhere, more than a little bit of a dork, which can annoy some people.
Mood character is most often in: A melancholy happy. He's always worried or something, but puts on a brave face for people.
Sense of humour: Sarcasm, with a touch of dorkiness.
Character’s greatest joy in life: Love, when he can get it.
Character’s greatest fear: Letting someone in his visions die.
Why? He believes he can do good by helping people, and is devestated when he disappoints them and lets them die.
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? The one that changed his life forever was when his mother died in the car crash and gave him his visions. Currently, the fact that the man he slept with just might be his ex boyfriend's killer (shh! Don't tell him I said anything! )
Character is most at ease when: He's teaching.
Most ill at ease when: He's aggitated after having a vision.
Enraged when: People act stupid and try to kill themselves, when he sees how life can be taken so easily. He believes they should cherish it. He also gets angry at murderers, but who doesn't?
Depressed or sad when: He sees a past vision of a murder he couldn't stop, that was really gruesome.
Priorities: 1. Knowledge, 2. Saving people's lives, 3. Love
Life philosophy: Life is a gift, and when people take it into their own hands, they might just need a little help to get back to the start.
If granted one wish, it would be: To get rid of the visions.
Why? For obvious reasons. They plague him, and he wished he could live a normal life.
Character’s soft spot: Aliens. He's a sci-fi nerd, but has always seen aliens as sympathetic, even when they're all menacing and homicidal.
Is this soft spot obvious to others? Only people who know him REALLY well.
Greatest strength: His knowledge of chemistry, engineering, and science in general.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: He's clueless when it comes to what's going on in the world, and that could be used against him.
Biggest regret: Fighting with his boyfriend Andrew right before he died.
Minor regret: Not becoming a comic book artist (he can't draw to save his life, though!)
Biggest accomplishment: Moving on from Andrew's death.
Minor accomplishment: Securing his job as professor.
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: Failed the science portion of his SAT.
Why? Because he's so brilliant at science, he'd be embarrased to let people know that he didn't have a clue about it when he was in high school, just what he knew from science fiction.
Character’s darkest secret: His visions, of course.
Does anyone else know? Andrew knew, but he died. Harry Chandler has just found out, and he's slowly trying to convince him that he's for real.

Goals
Drives and motivations: To save as many people as possible.
Immediate goals: To find a boyfriend, or even better, a life-partner.
Long term goals: To save as many people as possible.
How the character plans to accomplish these goals: He's pretty shy, so the immediate goal front is dim, but he reacts quickly when saving someone.
How other characters will be affected: Some hearts might get broken with the first one, and lives will be saved with the second.

Past
Hometown: Andover, Maine.
Type of childhood: Troubled, had a drunk father, not a good relationship with his mother until he came out to her. Miserable once he began having visions.
Pets: Likes dogs, but has never owned one. Had a few fish when he was yonger.
First memory: His father breaking a glass beer bottle on the wall.
Most important childhood memory: The moment he realized he liked boys.
Why: Being gay has defined him all his life.
Childhood hero: Ed Woods Jr., Alan Moore, and Einstein
Dream job: His job as a professor.
Education: High school and university, majoring in many fields of science.
Religion: Agonistic
Finances: Used to be pretty poor, but he's made himself better.

Present
Current location: An apartment close to his University.
Currently living with: No one.
Pets: None.
Religion: Agonistic
Occupation: Professor of Science.
Finances: Pretty well off, though he's by no means a Damien Talbot. (Me: *snickers*)

Family
Mother: Evelina (deceased)
Relationship with her: Didn't get along for awhile during his childhood, but grew closer when he came out to her.
Father: Johnathan
Relationship with him: Dead beat dad, left when he was 5.
Siblings: none.
Relationship with them: N/A
Spouse: None, as of now.
Relationship with him/her: N/A
Children: Wishes he had some, but doesn't.
Relationship with them: N/A
Other important family members: He really has no one anymore, after his mother died. He'd never try to find his father, so Sebastian is all alone.

Favourites
Color: Blue
Least favourite color: Black
Music: 80's rock and pop, techno
Food: Coffee... Oh wait, that's a drink. Foodwise, he likes salads and sandwiches.
Literature: Science Fiction
Form of entertainment: Comic Books
Expressions: An intense blush, brows furrowed, etc.
Mode of transportation: Walks
Most prized possession: A necklace his mother gave him. It's a cross, so he doesn't wear it, but he keeps it safely in his home.

Habits
Hobbies: Reading comic books, watching old movies, teaching (yes, that's one of his hobbies), watching Star Trek (yes, he's a Trekkie, though don't ask him about it because /I/ don't watch it), sings sometimes.
Plays a musical instrument? No
Plays a sport? No
How he/she would spend a rainy day: A day of comic books or Star Trek. Or both.
Spending habits: Pretty frugal, loves the thrift store. He'll buy nice clothes at deparment stores, when the need arises.
Smokes: HATES smoking with a passion.
Drinks: Only drinks when he's depressed or when he's trying to be polite.
Other drugs: None. He's tried medicine before to surpress the visions, but it just made them worse.
What does he/she do too much of? He cries... Not when anyones around, but enough for it to be too much. He's just so damn depressed, is all.
What does he/she do too little of? Reading, as of recently. He hasn't had time, or the incentive.
Extremely skilled at: Running, solving problems, tinkering with things.
Extremely unskilled at: Seduction and the art of being subtle.
Nervous tics: Fiddles with his hands and blushes a lot.
Usual body posture: Not slumped, but he usually seems deflated, like a balloon. His face is droopy when no ones looking, and that is mirrored in his posture.
Mannerisms: Rubs his head a lot, twitches sometimes and always checks for a clear exit so he can get away easily for a vision rescue.
Peculiarities: Rambles a lot about nonsensical things, mostly science.

Traits
Optimist or pessimist? A bit of both. He wants to be an optomist, but his visions bring his mood down and make him dower.
Introvert or extrovert? Introvert, definitely.
Daredevil or cautious? Cautious.
Logical or emotional? Very logical, though when it comes to love he's emotional. Or when he's depressed and fed up with his visions.
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Always neat.
Prefers working or relaxing? Working.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Unsure.
Animal lover? Likes dogs, but not all animals.


Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: They're human beings, and no matter how bad they seem to be, everyone is worth saving.
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? He has to, or else someone might find out about his visions.
Person character most hates: Well, his father for one thing. He'll hate Victor Griffiths soon, with a burning passion. And probably Dorian Gray later on.
Best friend(s): Dahlia Skuld
Love interest(s): James Moriarty Edwards
Person character goes to for advice: Jane Eyre, probably
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Dahlia
Person character feels shy or awkward around: James, definitely.
Person character openly admires: Not sure yet...
Person character secretly admires: Not sure yet on that one either.
Most important person in character’s life before "story" starts: His mother, Andrew
After "story" starts: James, Dahlia, maybe Jane

[JEAN-PAUL DUBOIS]

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Character’s full name: Erik Spectre (real name uknown. Took it up on his travels)
Reason or meaning of name: Picked up the name Erik from somewhere, and Spectre because he's always felt like a ghost or a shade.
Character’s nickname: None in character. OOC I call him Er or Er-bear!
Reason for nickname: N/A IC. OOC... because its cute :3
Birth date: May 1st

Physical appearance
Age: 45
How old does he/she appear: Depends. With makeup, a little younger, without make up, a lot older.
Weight: 129 pounds (because he's so skinny, but really tall)
Height: 6'0"
Body build: Tall, lanky, like a skeleton
Shape of face: Long and bony, his cheeks hollow.
Eye color: Gold
Glasses or contacts: None.
Skin tone: Pale yellow, like Jaundice.
Distinguishing marks: Not really.
Predominant features: He has no nose, and his eyes are sunken in. Very little hair.
Hair color: Darker color, black or dark brown, but has very little of it.
Type of hair: graying a bit, but since there's not much, its hard to tell what it would look like in full.
Hairstyle: Not much hair, except behind his ears and on his forehead. His wig is usually a casual style that's wind whipped, and a little longer than the usual.
Voice: More beautiful than your average man. Described as having the voice of an angel. Definitely a tenor with a baritone extension, when singing. He really has an unreal range of singing.
Overall attractiveness: Ugly as sin, basically. Looks like a walking skeleton.
Physical disabilities: None, really, apart from not having a nose. But that doesn't hinder his smelling or breathing.
Usual fashion of dress: Usually wears black clothing. Sports turtlnecks a lot, slim fitting pants, and perhaps a jacket. Likes wine colored ties.
Favourite outfit: His tailcoat and matching pants. He's always wanted to conduct one of his operas in the suit.
Jewelry or accessories: Not really. A ring on his middle finger on his right hand sometimes. Also wears a watch.

Personality
Good personality traits: Brilliant composer, though that's not really a personality trait... Umm... He's a complete gentleman. Often adorable at times, lover of all the arts... Good cook, quick witted, intelligent, poised and elegant.
Bad personality traits: Grumpy, murderous, huge ego, maniacal, taunting, evil at times, completely bipolar, obsessed with music to the point that he'll often starve himself just to get a piece finished, snarky, and just downright mean at times.
Mood character is most often in: Grouchy
Sense of humour: Extremely dark and macarbe. Also a touch of melancholy.
Character’s greatest joy in life: Music. No questions asked.
Character’s greatest fear: Someone seeing his face.
Why? .... Well... Have YOU seen it?
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? Falling in love. Not that he doesn't want to, but for most it would be impossible to love him.
Character is most at ease when: He's composing, or taking a bath. He loves baths.
Most ill at ease when: Someone has intruded upon him and his work.
Enraged when: Someone disagrees with him or sees his face.
Depressed or sad when: His feelings are hurt, of course. Whenever he does something wrong. Whenever he's rejected... The list goes on.
Priorities: Music. That's it. No joke.
Life philosophy: Music and life go hand in hand. Without it, life would not exist.
If granted one wish, it would be: To have a nose, a real nose, like other men.
Why? Well... Because he doesn't have one! XD
Character’s soft spot: Musicals. He denies it readily that he loves them but he does. His most played musical on his iPod is Hairspray. Not even kidding.
Is this soft spot obvious to others? No, definitely not. He'd be embarrassed if anyone knew.
Greatest strength: Singing and playing instruments.
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: His short temper.
Biggest regret: Not having a mother who loved him. He wished he'd had a good relationship with her.
Minor regret: Well... Not much really. You'd think that someone like him would regret a lot of things, but he's extremely proud of everything he does.
Biggest accomplishment: Selling his first opera to the Met.
Minor accomplishment: Mastering most all instruments.
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: He actually sent his first opera to the Met multiple times before it was accepted.
Why? Because it wasn't the brilliant piece of work he claimed it to be. No one but the people in charge at the Met know that parts had to be rewritten. He looks back on it now as a good test of his skills, but at the time, he was furious. Still doesn't want anyone to know though.
Character’s darkest secret: He's a virgin.
Does anyone else know? No, of course not. He'd die if anyone found out. He's terrified of sex, and won't have it until he's married, if that. He wouldn't anyone to know because he prides himself on being a "Don Juan" in that if he did have sex, he'd be the ultimate lover. But he's a far cry from it. He just wants to make himself appear normal by saying that.

Goals
Drives and motivations: To be normal. With a wife and children (though he doesn't really like them), and a normal face. Though he knows that will never happen.
Immediate goals: Writing opera (just whichever one he's working on at the time)
Long term goals: To get married, though he's terrified of the thought of sex.
How the character plans to accomplish these goals: Immediate, very easily. He always has muse, because music just flows from his mind. Long term... Not very easily. He's a total shut in, and wouldn't know how to handle someone loving him. If its even possible.
How other characters will be affected: Immediate, people will have beautiful operas to go see. Long term... Hearts might get broken, and a certain blonde haired angel will be kidnapped in the future... *snicker snicker*

Past
Hometown: A small little town in Quebec.
Type of childhood: Terrible. He was beaten by his mother and locked away in a basement... You can guess the rest. He was very lonely.
Pets: Hates dogs, loves cats. Would love to own one one day.
First memory: Learning to play Fur Elise when he was three. Yes he was that young.
Most important childhood memory: Leaving his parent's home.
Why: Because it marked him standing up to them and taking his life into his own hands. He ran away when he was around ten.
Childhood hero: Beethoven
Dream job: Composer
Education: Taught himself from books in the basement.
Religion: Catholic
Finances: Wasn't given anything when he was younger, but his parents weren't poor.

Present
Current location: New York City, in a large penthouse suite.
Currently living with: No one.
Pets: None, hopefully a cat soon.
Religion: Atheist (though he secretly believes in God, he just denies it to himself, saying he's atheist)
Occupation: Composer, architect, tutor
Finances: Extremely well off. He lives in a penthouse!

Family
Mother: Colette
Relationship with her: She hated his guts because he ruined her life. She was the talk of the town, mothering the living corpse. She beat him, and she wouldn't even kiss him.
Father: Christian
Relationship with him: Never acknowledged him as his son, but taught him a few things about architecture when he asked. Couldn't even look at him.
Siblings: None
Relationship with them: N/A
Spouse: He wishes. But no.
Relationship with him/her: N/A
Children: Doesn't even like them, but wants them, just to be normal. But he has none.
Relationship with them: N/A
Other important family members: None

Favourites
Color: Black and Wine red
Least favourite color: Yellow (because it reminds him of his skin) and pink... for obvious reasons.
Music: Anything, apart from rap. He doesn't think its music. He loves mostly classical music, opera, and musicals.
Food: Wine as a drink. Foodwise... He likes fine pastas and cookies.
Literature: Horror and thrillers, as well as classics. He's fond of HP Lovecraft, and idolizes Edgar Allen Poe.
Form of entertainment: Music
Expressions: Angry mostly, or at least grumpy.
Mode of transportation: Has a private limo, but at night prefers walking.
Most prized possession: His incomplete opera (not for long) Don Juan Triumphant. It is to be his greatest work.

Habits
Hobbies: Music, swimming, acting, cooking, drawing, painting.
Plays a musical instrument? Yes, many. In fact, almost all of them. He favours the organ, piano, and violin.
Plays a sport? He swims.
How he/she would spend a rainy day: He loves the rain, so he might just go out in it. But he would also compose, as it gives him inspiration.
Spending habits: He isn't a shopaholic, but he likes fine clothes and furniture. So I'd say an average spender, for someone who's high class.
Smokes: No.
Drinks: Yes. Is a wino, and slowly becoming a real alcoholic because of it.
Other drugs: He used to do heroin, but kicked it when he came back to the US.
What does he/she do too much of? Compose. He'll go for weeks doing nothing but composing.
What does he/she do too little of? Socialize.
Extremely skilled at: Composing, drawing, fighting. He's an expert combatent.
Extremely unskilled at: Socializing.
Nervous tics: Usually paces back and forth.
Usual body posture: Tall and erect at his full height. Carries himself with a distinguished air and glides like a ghost across any floor.
Mannerisms: Drums fingers on anything he's near, whether it be his legs, a table, a wall, whatever you name it. Rubs hands together a lot. Raises one eyebrow a lot to show intrigue or disillusionment.
Peculiarities: Bipolar, I guess. Can be adorable without meaning to be.

Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Pessimist
Introvert or extrovert? Introvert
Daredevil or cautious? A bit of both really. Depends on his mood.
Logical or emotional? Both, also depending on his mood.
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Totally a neat freak. He gets freaked out over a spec of dust. Though his music area is always a mess, as he's constantly switching around what he's working on.
Prefers working or relaxing? Working.
Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Both, actually. He's very confident in his abilities, but doesn't believe himself to be beautiful or anything of the sort.
Animal lover? Loves cats, not otherwise.

Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: Can't stand most of them. There are only a few people out there who he likes, and even then its a love/hate relationship.
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Most of the time when he first meets them. After a while, most people annoy or anger him, then he lets his emotions fly.
Person character most hates: Any man who will get in his way of love (ie: either Raoul de Chagny or Victor Griffiths, when Christine gets on here)
Best friend(s): Technically Daroga.
Love interest(s): None as of yet (maybe Jane, but it won't last lon once Christine comes in)
Person character goes to for advice: No one. He thinks of himself as his best advice he can give.
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: No one, but Daroga probably feels responsible for him.
Person character feels shy or awkward around: Any woman
Person character openly admires: No one, unless you count Beethoven. He's very secretive.
Person character secretly admires: Daroga
Most important person in character’s life before "story" starts: Daroga, Himself
After "story" starts: Daroga and Christine

[MAYOR HECTOR "HADES" TORMEI]

Character’s full name: Hector Tormei
Reason or meaning of name: Hector means anchor or steadfast, Greek origing. Tormei I got from the actress
Character’s nickname: IC: Papa, OOC: The Balrog, Hec
Reason for nickname: Meg calls him Papa because he's become a surrogate father.
Birth date: November 18th

Physical appearance
Age: 51
How old does he/she appear: His age
Weight: 220 lbs
Height: 6'4"
Body build: A bit on the pudgy side
Shape of face: Round
Eye color: Dark brown
Glasses or contacts: None
Skin tone: Medium Tan
Distinguishing marks: None visible
Predominant features: His height and, when he has it, his beard
Hair color: Dark brown/black that is starting to grey
Type of hair: Rather volumous when grown out but not wavy
Hairstyle: He keeps it rather short
Voice: Deep and slightly condescending
Overall attractiveness: Depends on who's looking. Is generally seen as intimidating and threatening, not considered attractive by many save for Penelope
Physical disabilities: None
Usual fashion of dress: Business casual-business formal
Favourite outfit: A navy blue suit with a grey tie
Jewelry or accessories: A watch.

Personality
Good personality traits: Dedicated, intelligent, loyal
Bad personality traits: Angry, sarcastic, mean
Mood character is most often in: Bored
Sense of humour: Dry wit
Character’s greatest joy in life: A good cigar
Character’s greatest fear: Being killed by a family member
Why? It would defy everything he thought of his family. (family of course meaning crime family)
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? Besides his death, probably Penelope being hurt.
Character is most at ease when: In complete control
Most ill at ease when: Someone's pissing him off
Enraged when: People think that they can get away with something that he did not approve of/wasted time
Depressed or sad when: He thinks about how old he is
Priorities: Get even richer and expand his territory.
Life philosophy: A healthy dose of fear is better than asking a favor.
If granted one wish, it would be: to get a chance to make his father pay
Why? Because his father beat him so bad that Hector has suffered memory loss
Character’s soft spot: Penelope
Is this soft spot obvious to others? To his good friend Claudius, yes
Greatest strength: Knows how to get things done no matter the cost
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Has trust issues and doesn't rely on others
Biggest regret: None
Minor regret: Not buying the Armani suit he saw last week
Biggest accomplishment: Becomming mayor and expanding his family's empire
Minor accomplishment: Wooing Penelope
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: When drunk, back in his early twenties, he sang "We Are Family" in a karaoke bar
Why? Because he doesn't drink now
Character’s darkest secret: He tortures people on a regular basis as part of his job
Does anyone else know? Yes

Goals
Drives and motivations: To gain power, money, and security
Immediate goals: To milk the mayorial seat for all it's worth
Long term goals: To be able to retire in ten years
How the character plans to accomplish these goals: By being the Boss he already is
How other characters will be affected: Richard will benefit, Penny will have to come to terms about his true profession, and Meg is just so happy

Past
Hometown: New York City
Type of childhood: Abusive, cannot remember most of it
Pets: None that he can recall
First memory: 9 years old fighting back
Most important childhood memory: Same as first
Why: Because it was then that he realized that he had to get out
Childhood hero: None
Dream job: Bookstore owner
Education: BA in Political Science
Religion: Catholic
Finances: poor

Present
Current location: Manhattan
Currently living with: No one
Pets: None
Religion: Officially Catholic but doesn't practice often
Occupation: Mayor, mob boss, bookstore owner
Finances: Wealthy

Family
Mother: deceased
Relationship with her: Hated her
Father: deceased
Relationship with him: Hated him
Siblings: None
Relationship with them: n/a
Spouse: n/a
Relationship with him/her: n/a
Children: n/a
Relationship with them: n/a
Other important family members: n/a

Favourites
Color: Gray
Least favourite color: Yellow
Music: Classical or jazz
Food: Italian
Literature: The classics, poetry, plays
Form of entertainment: Opera, ballet, galleries
Expressions: None
Mode of transportation: His towncar
Most prized possession: His signet ring

Habits
Hobbies: Tap dancing
Plays a musical instrument? No but is thinking about taking up the piano
Plays a sport? No
How he/she would spend a rainy day: Reading a book, drinking scotch, smoking a cigar
Spending habits: Opulent
Smokes: Yes
Drinks: Yes
Other drugs: No
What does he/she do too much of? Smokes
What does he/she do too little of? Excercizes
Extremely skilled at: Torturing people, book keeping, dancing
Extremely unskilled at: Arts and crafts
Nervous tics: Smoothes out his tie
Usual body posture: Proper posture (tall, straight back, shoulders back)
Mannerisms: Talks with his hands and has very expressive eyebrows
Peculiarities: Rubs his signet ring

Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Optimist
Introvert or extrovert? Introvert
Daredevil or cautious? Cautious
Logical or emotional? Logical
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Methodical and Neat
Prefers working or relaxing? Working
Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Confident
Animal lover? Not really


Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: He doesn't care for people
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Hides them
Person character most hates: Irene Adler, at the moment
Best friend(s): Claudius Chandler
Love interest(s): Penelope LaFontaine
Person character goes to for advice: Claudius or no one
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Meg Giry
Person character feels shy or awkward around: Penelope
Person character openly admires: No one
Person character secretly admires: No one
Most important person in character’s life before "story" starts: Luciano/family
After "story" starts: Penelope

[georgie]

Character Chart

Character’s full name: Marguerite Lilianne Giry
Reason or meaning of name: Marguerite is the French form of Margaret which comes from the Greek word meaning "pearl"
Lilianne is a rare French form of Liliane which is the French form of Lillian which is an elaborate form of Lilly.
Character’s nickname: Meg (call her Meggy and you die)
Reason for nickname: She's always been called Meg
Birth date: August 27th

Physical appearance
Age: 16
How old does he/she appear: Maybe a little younger than 16
Weight: She's very light, maybe around 100 pounds
Height: 5'5"
Body build: A dancer's build, thin and willowly and yet curvy
Shape of face: heart shaped
Eye color: dark blue
Glasses or contacts: None
Skin tone: Pale, very pale
Distinguishing marks: None
Predominant features:
Hair color: Blonde
Type of hair: Curly, ringlets
Hairstyle: Long ringlets usually pulled back at the sides or into a bun
Voice: Soft and light,
Overall attractiveness: A sweetness that is unmatched in most other girls with long blonde curls.
Physical disabilities: None
Usual fashion of dress: Dance clothes, skirts and dresses, lots of pink
Favourite outfit: The white tutu with pink tights, pointe shoes and a white bow in her hair (which she use to wear at the Opera House) but she does adore her floral sundress with a lace-up front.
Jewelry or accessories: A antique locket her mother gave her.

Personality
Good personality traits: Sweet, kind, caring
Bad personality traits: Annoying at times, easily over excited, Superstitious.
Mood character is most often in: Good mood
Sense of humour: She likes to laugh but, from living in a old Opera House for so long, it's rather dark
Character’s greatest joy in life: Dancing
Character’s greatest fear: Not being able to dance anymore...and ending up alone.
Why? Because Dancing is her life and she may be to career oriented for people to care about.
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? Getting injured and not being able to dance again.
Character is most at ease when: In the theater, dancing, or with people she loves and cares about.
Most ill at ease when: At a sporting event or some place she'd never been to.
Enraged when: Someone insults or hurts someone she cares about
Depressed or sad when: Left alone and forgotten
Priorities: Dancing, love, her "family"
Life philosophy: "Only the gentle are really strong" - James Dean
If granted one wish, it would be: To be truly happy for the rest of her life (which would include being with the one of her and dancing for the rest of her life)
Why? Because she's been afraid more than happy most of her life.
Character’s soft spot: Dance, her "Papa" (Hector Tormei), Sodapop Curtis (when we have one ;-) )
Is this soft spot obvious to others? Not necessarily
Greatest strength: Dancing and bravery (honestly, she's been through SO much and stayed brave the whole time).
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Sodapop Curtis
Biggest regret: waiting so long to tell Soda how she feels (and she still hasn't).
Minor regret: Not trying other things like singing or something, because now she just does ballet and nothing else.
Biggest accomplishment: Becoming a principle ballerina at the New York City Ballet
Minor accomplishment: Becoming a featured soloist at the Paris Opera House
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: She tried to flirt with Raoul, Vicomte de Changy, who was only interested in Christine.
Why? ...he was a cute guy
Character’s darkest secret: She believes in the Phantom of the Opera and has secretly wanted to see him...and she was down in his lair once when he wasn't there.
Does anyone else know? Nope.

Goals
Drives and motivations: The believe that she could be the best ballerina in the world.
Immediate goals: To fall in love at least once and be the best Juliet she could be.
Long term goals: To be a world-renowned ballerina
How the character plans to accomplish these goals: through hard word as a Principle at the New York City Ballet
How other characters will be affected: She is very goal oriented and shy on top of that so it will effect her relationships

Past
Hometown: Paris, France
Type of childhood: Very strict with a LOT of ballet training and performing
Pets: None
First memory: Seeing a man sitting alone and in the shadows in Box Five at the Paris Opera House
Most important childhood memory: Her first time performing on stage
Why: she knew she wanted to be a ballerina for her career
Childhood hero: La Sorelli, the prima ballerina of the Opera Company
Dream job: World Renouned Prima Ballerina
Education: Homeschooled till the end of high school
Religion: Catholic
Finances: She was middle class, living on her mother's ballet mistress sallery

Present
Current location: New York, New York
Currently living with: By herself in her own apartment
Pets: None
Religion: Catholic (but doesn't practice)
Occupation: Principle Ballerina at the New York City Ballet
Finances: Isn't well off but isn't poor. She's right in between.

Family
Mother: Antoinette Giry (known as Madame Giry at the Opera House)
Relationship with her: Her mother is VERY strict with her but she loves her anyway.
Father: Pierre Giry [deceased]
Relationship with him: Never knew him, died shortly after she was born
Siblings: none
Relationship with them: n/a
Spouse: doesn't have one yet
Relationship with him/her: n/a
Children: n/a
Relationship with them: n/a
Other important family members: Hector Tormei - her "Papa" (surrogate father)

Favourites
Color: Ballet Pink
Least favourite color: Green
Music: Ballet Songs but she'll listen to anything
Food: She likes French food but has a fondness for Hibachi, she's finding
Literature: She likes anything really. She doesn't have any favorites yet.
Form of entertainment: Theater, but she likes a movie every now and then.
Expressions: "Oh mon dieu!" - Oh my God, in French
"He's here, the Phantom of the Opera" was heard quite a bit through the opera house when Meg lived there.
Mode of transportation: Walking, since she doesn't have a license in France or America
Most prized possession: Her costumes from the ballets she was in, and her locket from her mother

Habits
Hobbies: Ballet, reading
Plays a musical instrument? No, but she has been considering taken singing lessons
Plays a sport? No
How he/she would spend a rainy day: in a rehearsal studio dancing
Spending habits: She buys what she needs. She's not that big of a spender
Smokes: Nope
Drinks: Nope
Other drugs: No drug use for her
What does he/she do too much of? Dancing
What does he/she do too little of? Spending time with people and letting them get close to her
Extremely skilled at: Ballet
Extremely unskilled at: Anything else, really
Nervous tics: Wrings her hands and picks at her fingers
Usual body posture: Very straight and up right, like a ballerina
Mannerisms: Moves like a dancer
Peculiarities: She exclaims things in French sometimes.

Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Optimist
Introvert or extrovert? Introvert...but extrovert on stage
Daredevil or cautious? cautious
Logical or emotional? A bit of both
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Methodical and Neat
Prefers working or relaxing? Working
Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Confident in her dancing abilities, not in anything else
Animal lover? definitely


Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: Thinks they think she's annoying and don't want to be her friend.
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Sometimes
Person character most hates: None yet
Best friend(s): Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, Lucy Harris (to happen sooner or later), Hector Tormei
Love interest(s): Sodapop Curtis was supposed to be hers, but she's open for anything.
Person character goes to for advice: Hector Tormei
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: None
Person character feels shy or awkward around: Almost everyone
Person character openly admires: None really
Person character secretly admires: Lucy Harris and Ponyboy Curtis
Most important person in character’s life before "story" starts: Her mother and her ballet group, I think
After "story" starts: Sodapop Curtis and Hector Tormei