Post by X2 on Apr 1, 2017 1:44:24 GMT -5
Name: Rum Tum Tugger (Aka Tugger)
Gender: Male
Age: Young Adult (23)
Tribe: Jellicle
Tribe Position: N/A
Family: Unknown-[Father]; Cheetera-[Mother];
Ryder-[Twin Brother-Deceased]
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Appearance: The Rum Tum Tugger is a pretty tall tom. In fact that's pretty much all that's going for him. However, he does have a puff of fur that he styles into a curl that hangs onto his forehead as well. His curl seems to make some of the queens go wild. Tugger is not muscular or impressive with intelligence. He is pretty evenly toned, but Tugger is out of shape. He may be on the thin and average sized but he won't be winning races or other athletic competitions anytime soon. Still, Tugger has the undeniable sex appeal that most queens and even some toms are attracted to. Tugger is a black and blonde Leopard tom. He has leopard printed tips and leopard spots on his chest. The majority of his fur his black, and he has fluffier fur sticking out around his chest; that others refer to as a vest. He has sparkling blue eyes that one can drown in.
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Human Appearance: Ian Somerhalder
Personality: Tugger is admittedly a heartbreaker, but not because he supposedly leads queens and toms on, on purpose, just to dump them after a good night of partying and sex. He is an attractive tom, Tugger knows this, and most of his admirers hit on him due to his appearance, or from what they misinterpret as interest on his part. Tugger has always done his best to let anyone with a crush on him down gently, but not all of them left in a good mood. He suspects a lot of his obscene bits of his reputation were spread by cats he turned down, that couldn't handle being turned down by 'The Tugger'. So to save face had spread around what the two got up to in bed, at least this is what Tugger suspects is what happened to get such a raunchy reputation that he now has. And while Tugger didn't help matters, by encouraging the rumors by not denying any of them. Who, in their right mind, would believe Tugger if he told them the truth...? That he was still a virgin. No one. The one and only time he attempted to tell someone that he had never had sex, they had laughed like Tugger had told a bad joke. Tugger has since taken on his reputation like a badge of honor, if nothing else.
In fact, Tugger is a virgin, and ironically is a bit of a prude when it comes to sex. He wants to be in love when he loses his virginity, and it has to be perfect. None of that outlandish, kinky one-night-stand, nonsense. Though Tugger will admit that his reputation is something of a shield for him. There are topics of discussion that he's inexperienced in or uncomfortable with and he'll turn to the flirty tom everyone thinks him to be, in order to save face. But his behavior tends to give off the wrong impression, over and over again, and has endlessly gotten him into trouble, as well as serve as an example that everything in his reputation is true. When he's talking with someone, whomever that may be, he gives them his full and utter attention. Where Tugger is trying to be polite in 'hanging on to their every word', others misinterpret his attention as lecherous, that he's sizing them up,...or for the more romantic souls; Tugger is staring soulfully into their eyes, an intense and electric connection.
The fact that he is also quick to initiate physical contact, tends to pose a problem as well. Tugger does what comes naturally, and for him, providing comfort, meeting someone new, catching up with an old friend...anything, he'll address with touching. A hug, or a nuzzle, a paw on someone's shoulder. Tugger is also extremely social and outgoing. He's the first to strike up a conversation with anybody, he'll lend comfort or advice when it's needed, and tends to find any situation he gets caught up in as interesting. Always one to have fun, no matter where he is. He does sometimes get bothered by the fact that most of his behavior, if not all of it, is confused for something else. However, he doesn't let it appear on his face, and for the most part, he gets along just fine, even if he is misunderstood.
Faults: Tugger has the reputation of being a heartbreaker, a flirt, obscene in his advances. He is a bit of an outcast to the older cats of the tribe, as many disapprove of his actions. And seems to be idolized by most of the rest of the Jellicles in the tribe, or a constant source of annoyance to the rest. He's a general menace to the tribe, with a cocky swagger and good looks to get him by. His curiosity is renown, as well as his outgoing sexual prowess. And while Tugger would agree that he's got a healthy dose of curiosity (What cat doesn't have that to some degree?) and he thinks himself outgoing and social, he finds the rest of his personality (as told by others): confusing, rubbish, or at the least amusing. The tribe has an unusual "set in stone" idea of him, that has spread to the streets. He has done nothing to correct the jellicles, and who'd believe him anyway? Tugger's reputation is just that, a reputation that others have of him, and by no means represents who he truly is.
Tugger is a kisser, as well. While he's not active sexually, he's still a fantastic kisser, though he supposes it depends on who you talk to. But he's the one who kisses family, and friends. He see's nothing wrong with it, and feels its just one more way to show trust, openness and caring for a friend or a family member. Of course, this is also misconstrued as inappropriate behavior. His eating habits are also condemned by jellicles who all around find his "type" distasteful. Tugger eats the way he's always eaten, slow, steady, and with a sensual undertone. It's the sensual eating that some of the others disapprove of, and think he does it on purpose. As a way of teasing any audience he may have. And while that isn't the case, no one believes that a tom can enjoy his food that much. He has been known to make a couple of the kittens faint, due to the way he eats his food. Even the little things tend to be seen as something they're not. Such as his smiles. They always are mistaken for a flirty pass, or some long sentence of conveying longing, interest and want, when in reality, it's just a simple "Hey" smile.
His eyes tend to twinkle or spark when he finds something particularly amusing, but is mistaken for bedroom eyes and a sultry (if subtle) advance. And so on. Tugger is a curious tom, and is one of the reasons he probably gets into as much trouble as he does. And while his curiosity isn't as bad as his so called flirting, it's at least true. Most believe it's his flirtatious nature that drives his curiosity, or fuels it. However, he's just like most cats when it comes to the curious side of things, he just supposes that his song, and his reputation have blown his curious prowl up a bit as well. He's not as indecisive as his song suggests, but it's not as though he can argue with it. It's as though having something happen to you one time, but it gets told and exaggerated as though it has happened to you all the time. This is pretty much how he feels when he or others sing his song during the Jellicle Ball.
Describing word: Flirt
History: Cheetera was part of the junkyard for a few years, and had been training with the head healer (before Jenn's time) to become either a healer or a nurse. She had gotten pregnant from a street tom that Cheetera didn't talk about much. While she claimed it was just a stupid one night stand, the healer had her doubts. But Cheetera didn't know his name, and the father wasn't as important as Cheetera's health and her unborn kitten. It came as a surprise when Cheetera gave birth to Ryder, only for the healer to announce that she was still in labor. Tugger came out a few minutes later; identical twins. Tugger and Ryder did get the feeling that Cheetera didn't want them. She showed them both love, but she was distant with every gesture. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the twins weren't with Cheetera for long. While they were still very young, Cheetera's humans moved away. Cheetera couldn't take Tugger or Ryder with her, and left them in the care of the yard, figuring someone would look out for them, while she went with her humans. But it wasn't clear if she did move away with her humans or if she just didn't want to or couldn't handle taking care of the twins anymore, but the elders kept up the story Cheetera told them, whenever Ryder or Tugger would ask about her. When Tugger was about four, he really started asking questions concerning his mother, and where she was, why she gave him up. And as a child, he couldn't understand why his mother would choose humans over being with and raising her children. And like any normal child, he thought it was his fault.
While he did have Ryder to lean on during his 'mother' issues, as he was going through the same thing; Ryder began to pull away from him. Instead of finding strength in the twin connection and their brotherly bonds, he found that their differences served to keep them apart. And while his distance to Ryder wasn't as pronounced and huge as his four year old mind processed, he didn't have the closeness to help him get over his mothers abandonment. He also failed to realize that Ryder was hurting as well, and trying his best to deal with their mothers abandonment too. But he was four years old, and could only process what he was dealing with. Tugger was left to try and process the abandonment and his issues on his own. That is until he managed to befriend Gilbert. His friendship to the cream tom was what he needed and what he had been looking for and trying to get with Ryder. It was this new friendship that also served to keep Ryder and Tugger apart. As Ryder grew jealous of their friendship and the fact that Tugger had someone he could confide in and rely on. Gilbert was Tugger's first friend, and in no time he had gotten over his 'mommy' issues because of it. Though Ryder, Ryder took a considerably longer time to get over it, as he had to do it alone.
For several years, things were great between Tugger and Gilbert, and Tugger even was able to reach out and repair a little bit of his relationship with Ryder after Ryder was able to overcome his grief over their mother. There were of course times when Tugger's curiosity got him into trouble, and Ryder couldn't seem to stop Tugger or fix his messes. It was small things at first. Breaking into the dens of others, curious who lived there or what so-and-so was doing. He didn't become a problem until he had broken in and witnessed one of the older jellicles having sex. The jellicle had been embarrassed and after a long lecture from not just Deuteronomy but from both Ryder and Gilbert; Tugger was forced to apologize, and then was left off with a warning. His behavior didn't improve, as his curiosity always won out over everything else. He was grounded multiple times by Deuteronomy who ended up taking on responsibility for Tugger when he got into trouble and the other adults couldn't or didn't want to deal with him, and thus started (in Tugger's mind) the disappointed and disapproving looks from Ryder and Deuteronomy's youngest, Munkustrap. Of course, Munkustrap was already competing with Macavity for Deuteronomy's attention and then Tugger who isn't even related to him starts eating up Deuteronomy's time. So Munkustrap instantly didn't like Tugger. Tugger was constantly getting into trouble as a child, and his kissing and other behavior was seen as flirting (and inappropriate for a kitten) his reputation among the tribe had already began to grow.
Despite new friends (Friends Tugger was positive only befriended him because of the way he looked), Tugger still considered Gilbert to be his best friend. However, when they had just turned 13, Gilbert wanted to see the world and made the choice to leave the tribe. At the time, Tugger had understood and even supported his friends decision. He said goodbye to his best friend, and later cried because he didn't think he'd ever see the tom again. Ryder tried to be there for Tugger, knowing that Tugger was dealing with another abandonment, despite the circumstances being different. But this time, Tugger began to pull away from Ryder and started to shut him out. Later that year, Tugger was in for something different in his life. Estelle, one of the older queens of the tribe, and a sexual predator that no one ever knew (or would ever find out about her) started taking an interest in Tugger. Tugger was too young and vulnerable after losing his best friend to identify any dangerous signs coming from Estelle. And after pushing Ryder away, he was left alone to Estelle's advances. And the rest of the tribe saw and viewed her as a respectable older queen.
It was little things at first, but Estelle began touching Tugger inappropriately while he was still 13. Tugger, being a physically affectionate tom, and young and vulnerable, didn't know Estelle was doing something wrong. Just before Tugger had turned 14, Ryder had walked in on Tugger laying on top of Estelle, and had quickly ran to inform Deuteronomy. When Ryder had returned with Deuteronomy, Estelle had acted grateful to Tugger's brother for coming in when he did and getting Tugger off her. She proceeded to tell Deuteronomy not to fault Tugger too much. He was a young curious tom interested in learning about the opposite sex; or sex in general. Being an older respected queen, and seen as helpless to the majority of the tribe, and because Tugger didn't deny it, Deuteronomy and Ryder were both inclined to believe her story of events, and their opinions of Tugger drastically changed. As they both thought Tugger was trying to force himself onto Estelle, and that Estelle was being too nice in giving Tugger an excuse of being "curious". Due to being young, naive about sex, and having a growing reputation for a flirt and troublemaker, Tugger said nothing; scared no one would believe him, even if he did say something.
Deuteronomy had grounded him; and while the punishment was nothing new, Tugger and Deuteronomy had a gap in their relationship after that, that never improved, and Ryder pretty much disowned Tugger for his disgusting and vile act and never talked to him again. Though Tugger was still perplexed over the whole Estelle issue, and unsure what had been so terrible, Tugger himself got uncomfortable whenever Estelle seemed to show up in the yard. At first he figured it was just because she had gotten him into trouble, but soon he just didn't feel safe in the yard anymore. Tugger started venturing into the city soon after he turned 14. A part of him blamed Gilbert for not being there to help him, and a part of him searched for Gilbert when he took to the streets. Pretty soon, he was spending most of his days and nights on the streets, and once in a blue moon made an appearance at the yard. When Tugger was 15, he learned that his twin, Ryder, had died in some attack on the streets. He had befriended Munkustrap and was training as a protector when he was ambushed and killed. Tugger hadn't visited the yard or had any contact with the jellicles for 5 months or so. But the death of Ryder did bring him back to the yard. Despite the fact that they had ended on bad terms (or it could have been guilt for not having a relationship with Ryder) that brought him back to the junkyard.
The yard was still uncomfortable and a hostile environment, and with the death of his brother, Ryder's death had further tainted the yard for Tugger. He had no one, though Deutoronomy did try and comfort Tugger, Tugger had shrugged off his arm and left once more to try and process things on his own. He once more took to the streets and decided to work through his brothers death on his own. He did almost lose his virginity a few times in his grief and guilt, but his principles won out in the end. During this time, was when his famous reputation within the junkyard walls really began to grow on the streets as well. It was also around this time, that he met Gavin. Gavin seemed to be the answer to his grief, and the two became fast friends. Tugger didn't completely disappear on the jellicles like he did the last time, but he did spend most of his time hanging out with Gavin. Gavin introduced him to other street cats, and eventually got Tugger to go to pubs and clubs with him. Tugger was Gavin's wingman and vice versa. For years, they were inseparable and Tugger came to rely and trust the older tom a lot. Gavin never delved too deeply into Tugger's past or his private life and for the most part they simply enjoyed each other's company; Though Tugger mostly relied on his "Rum Tum Tugger" shield when they were out in public.
At the age of 18, at the Jellicle Ball, Tugger was witness to Estelle getting chosen for the heavyside layer. While he felt sick to his stomach and knew she didn't deserve that honor, he was also relieved that she was gone and out of his life. With Estelle gone, Tugger once again started feeling that the junkyard was safe and was home. Being older, he realized what she had done to him, but he also realized that it had happened so long ago. With her no longer there, it seemed pointless to bring it up with anyone. This didn't stop Tugger from visiting the yard more frequently. In fact he was actually sleeping in the yard once more instead of somewhere in the streets or crashing at Gavin's place. He still balanced his time between the yard and his friends in the city. He didn't like the tom everyone thought or assumed he was, but didn't know how to act any other way, as everyone both in the yard and the streets expected this fictional Tugger when they talked with him. Tugger became his shield and he donned the role of Tugger whenever he felt uncomfortable, needed a boost of confidence, for fun, or just because it was expected.
It was when he was 20, when he finally trusted Gavin enough to confide in him. Gavin was more like the tom everyone thought Tugger was, and while he didn't like his reputation, he did like Gavin and valued the tom's friendship. He told him what he was really like, and that he was a virgin. (Estelle was about the only thing he didn't tell Gavin) Gavin seemed to think it was a crime that he was still a virgin, and Tugger would have thought he was exaggerating, if what happened next, hadn't happened. However, Gavin took Tugger out, and Tugger didn't realize what Gavin was doing until it was too late. He had grabbed some poor unsuspecting queen to either have sex with Tugger or to show Tugger what he was missing. The queen hadn't wanted to have sex, and instead of letting her go like Tugger assumed Gavin would, Gavin held on tighter to the queen. Tugger had never been a fighter, and never really hung out with Ryder and Munkustrap enough to pick up any fighting moves. But seeing Gavin, the tom that was so like "The Rum Tum Tugger" and what the jellicles thought he was like, trying to force himself onto a queen; made Tugger see red.
He loathed Gavin for being a sleaze, loathed himself for never seeing it before then, and loathed the jellicles for thinking he was or could be anything like Gavin. Tugger rushed at Gavin, while the queen fought back as well. Gavin had been more surprised by Tugger's attack, then the queens, and had dropped his hold on her. She was able to get away in the ensuing confusion. Gavin was confused, frustrated and angry at his friend, so he had taken a few hits out on Tugger, including one last bash into the wall before Gavin had strutted away. The last hit had concussed Tugger, but the tom managed to stagger back to the junkyard. Luck was not on his side, and he ended up getting caught by Munkustrap once he stumbled into the yard, bloodied lip and dizzying steps. Tugger didn't think Munkustrap would believe him, and why would he? The two had never been close and he felt nothing but hate, contempt and disdain coming from the silver tabby. He easily slipped into his Tugger mask, and told Munk he had "Hit on the wrong queen" as an excuse. And he hated Munkustrap a little bit then, when Munkustrap believed that without hesitation and left him alone.
Slipping so easily into a tom similar to Gavin, made Tugger loathe himself a little bit that night as well. Since then, Tugger spends most of his time in the yard once more. Only going into the city when he's bored. Or if its necessary. Tugger has since adopted his reputation fully as his persona, even if he still really doesn't think he's like his reputation. But he didn't feel he could change. It'd be like not correcting someone who called you by someone else's name, and 18 years later they still think that's your name. No one would buy his 'new' personality, despite his new personality being his original personality. Tugger now uses "Rum Tum Tugger" as a title or badge of honor, and gets more amused by others misunderstanding him now. It is what it is and Tugger is determined to take what he can get. Even if that means being the sex crazed, heartbreaker, that no one takes seriously.
RP Sample: Stalking through the yard, Tugger ruffled his chest fur as he ran a steady paw through his mane. His fingers idly played with the wavy locks that dipped down onto his forehead into a curl. He was alone now, and he found he didn't know what to do with himself. Having just had a run in with two of the younger queens in the yard, not to mention the mother of all hens, Jennyanydots, he was quite certain he didn't want another mishap happening again. Oh, he knew it was inevitable, what with his own personality and his reputation always seeming to be at odds with one another. Not to mention the misunderstandings.
From his point of view, he hadn't even done anything risque. But from the ruffled fur on Jenny, you'd think he had tried to rope one of the underage queens into his den. His shoulders sagged in a deep sigh as he moved to the top of one of the pipes and collapsed on it. Without even meaning to, his position atop the pipe just reeked of sexual overtones. He laid there thinking back on what had happened. It was an innocent enough conversation, and he gave the two queens his absolute attention; very rarely did he ever half-ass a conversation. But apparently he had been too into them during the proceedings.
And a touch to a shoulder, again innocent, had set the older queen off. After being chastised by Jennyanydots, Tugger had naturally assumed his shield, the one thing he could rely on, and smirked at her. There may have been some gyrating, an inappropriate comment directed at Jenny and a sexual advance that she did not appreciate; and he was fairly certain one of the younger kittens had fainted with his wiggling hips. But all in all, it was normal behavior to what the tribe expected of him. Still, there was always that nagging thought in the back of his mind, that despite him being one of Deuteronomy's sons, eventually he'd go 'too far'. He wondered when that day would happen and if he'd end up in the same boat as Macavity; exiled.
Upon hearing the approach of another cat, Tugger had the idea that Jenny had followed him after all to continue their spat where it had left off. Or perhaps she was going to try in vain to order him to behave better. "You had your chance Jennyanydots." He purred deeply and suggestively. "But you're welcome to try and seduce me back." He chuckled softly, before he opened his eyes from his own introspection and immediately sought out wherever Jenny was coming from.
Comments: The mentions of Gilbert being his first and best friend is of course pending. However, that can easily be changed to a different character, Canon or OC, just let me know and I can adapt the history accordingly. Munkustrap's mentions are approved. Just waiting on approval from Stubinz for the mentions of Deuteronomy.
