Post by Benjamin Evans on Jun 4, 2016 13:56:54 GMT
General:
Full name: Benjamin Evans
Nicknames: Benji, Ben
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Profession: Cleaner
Background:
Social standing: Poor
Family: Older brother, mother
Past:
Benjamin as a kid had always been really shy, and he spent a lot of days trying to convince his parents he was too sick to go to school, because he was too scared to go. His parents hoped that it was something he’d grow out of, but when Benjamin got older and his avoidance of anything social only got worse, it became clear that it was more than just shyness. A counsellor at school diagnosed him with social anxiety disorder, but his parents didn’t have the money to send him to therapy or to buy him meds that could help him. His father spent all his spare time reading up on Benjamin’s mental illness, and did his best to help him as much as he could, and his father’s support meant a lot to Benjamin. His relationship with his mother became a little more tense ever since his diagnosis, because she doesn’t really understand it and often tries helping him by telling him to man up, which does the opposite.
When Benjamin was 17 years old, his life changed when his father got caught in the middle of a fight and was killed by the police. Though Benjamin has always believed that something had to change, this was the real start of Benjamin’s doubts about the government. So far, however, he has kept it bottled up.
Personality:
Passions:
Fears:
Weaknesses:
Appearance:
Height and build: Skinny, average height
Skin: White
Hair: Brown, stopping somewhere above his shoulders
Fashion style and accessories: His income narrows down a lot of his choices, and he wears a lot of hand-me-downs from his brother, but he prefers simple jeans and baggy shirts.
Special features: Though he's convinced his ears are too big and present, they are actually pretty average.
Power: (only for the Evolved)
Brief description: He has supernatural empathic perception, which means that he can fully interpret and sense the emotions from others.
Advantages: His power comes with a handy extra, because by sensing emotions he can also tell if and how many people there are nearby. His radius isn’t very big, but if he’s walking somewhere he’ll know it if someone will round the corner.
Disadvantages:
Extra:
Picture:
Full name: Benjamin Evans
Nicknames: Benji, Ben
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Profession: Cleaner
Background:
Social standing: Poor
Family: Older brother, mother
Past:
Benjamin as a kid had always been really shy, and he spent a lot of days trying to convince his parents he was too sick to go to school, because he was too scared to go. His parents hoped that it was something he’d grow out of, but when Benjamin got older and his avoidance of anything social only got worse, it became clear that it was more than just shyness. A counsellor at school diagnosed him with social anxiety disorder, but his parents didn’t have the money to send him to therapy or to buy him meds that could help him. His father spent all his spare time reading up on Benjamin’s mental illness, and did his best to help him as much as he could, and his father’s support meant a lot to Benjamin. His relationship with his mother became a little more tense ever since his diagnosis, because she doesn’t really understand it and often tries helping him by telling him to man up, which does the opposite.
When Benjamin was 17 years old, his life changed when his father got caught in the middle of a fight and was killed by the police. Though Benjamin has always believed that something had to change, this was the real start of Benjamin’s doubts about the government. So far, however, he has kept it bottled up.
Personality:
Passions:
- Reading poetry or fiction
- Drawing
- Social interaction
- His ears, which is why he never cuts his hair short
- People asking him if he has tried yoga to ease his anxiety
Fears:
- He’s afraid he will never fit in
- Being judged
- Being ignored
- Basically any bad social thing that can happen
- He’s scared that he’ll end up doing something that’ll get him arrested
Weaknesses:
- He will often completely shut down when he’s around too many people, or sometimes even just one other person
- He worries too much
- His anxiety sometimes causes a panic attack
Appearance:
Height and build: Skinny, average height
Skin: White
Hair: Brown, stopping somewhere above his shoulders
Fashion style and accessories: His income narrows down a lot of his choices, and he wears a lot of hand-me-downs from his brother, but he prefers simple jeans and baggy shirts.
Special features: Though he's convinced his ears are too big and present, they are actually pretty average.
Power: (only for the Evolved)
Brief description: He has supernatural empathic perception, which means that he can fully interpret and sense the emotions from others.
Advantages: His power comes with a handy extra, because by sensing emotions he can also tell if and how many people there are nearby. His radius isn’t very big, but if he’s walking somewhere he’ll know it if someone will round the corner.
Disadvantages:
- It’s fully restricted to interpreting emotions, and he can’t manipulate and change them.
- Because of his anxiety disorder, he focusses way more on the negative emotions around him. This can really tire him out, and make his anxiety worse, which will result in him feeling the negative emotions even more, etc.
- If someone has a very strong emotion, it can be difficult to separate it from what he's feeling himself.
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Picture: