Post by eliaza on Nov 11, 2016 15:54:39 GMT -5
Name: Alonzo
Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Tribe: Jellicle
Tribe Position:
Family:
Uncle: Bustopher Jones [pending]
Sister: Victoria [Pending]
Brothers: Fangorn (half-brother, unknown for now), Mistoffelees [Pending]
[Other family is pending/open]
Appearance:
Human Appearance:
Aidan Turner
Personality:
Alonzo is, at least when it comes to interacting with his fellow Jellicles, an overall friendly and good-natured tom. He appears to have a good handle on his emotions, as he rarely loses his temper at anyone and has been known to simply walk away from tense conversations rather than risk confrontation. He enjoys spending time with others socially, as long as the conversation or activity centers around unimportant matters or fun for its own sake. He is beginning to take especial notice of queens, and can be quite the gentletom when he puts forth the effort. However, he's made little real progress in this area as yet. For him, there are two main things in life: "Responsibilities" (which come before everything, and the foremost of which is protecting his family and tribe) and "Frivolities" (which is more or less how he categorizes the day-to-day grind of simply living, when all is ordinary and there are no crises to attend). Under no circumstances can these two be simultaneously attended to. As such, if a crisis is at paw, even if there is no immediate action he can take, he obsesses over it and what to do and can think of little else. On the other paw, if everything is going well, he is uncertain what to do with himself apart from the daily "training regimen" he's made up for himself. After that, he more or less drifts about trying to be sociable, but forming few "deep" relationships apart from those already long established with his family.
Faults:
His appearance of "control" is really more a fear of showing his true colours. Alonzo is becoming increasingly reluctant to share and admit his struggles to anyone, even his brother. He tends to suppress negative memories and emotions, rather than deal with them. He can forget for quite some time, but sooner or later they always come back up to bite him, usually resulting in rash words or actions.
Because of his failure to do anything for his parents when they were fighting to the death, Alonzo has convinced himself that he is a base coward. The majority of his time and energy is bent towards trying to counteract this cowardice. This has resulted largely in an exaggerated sense of heroism and a need to protect everything and everyone. When he was younger, this need was channeled mainly into caring for his brother. Since joining the Jellicles, however, and as Misto has grown more self-sufficient, Alonzo's need has come to include all the Jellicles. It's only intensified by the fact that he hero-worships Munkustrap and seems to see him always helping or taking care of someone. For Alonzo, though, it's more an obligation driven by guilt than by a simple desire to help others.
Alonzo has rare, but problematic, moods where he gets "fed up with everything" and more or less becomes a useless clod who can't motivate himself to do anything but sit about brooding. This never lasts more than a day or so, but he's not figured out a way to snap himself out of it. Any queen could tell him his habit of suppressing emotions and putting on false fronts of bravery and carelessness is to blame, but he's nowhere near thinking or admitting such a thing. He just tries to keep out of everyone's way when the moods hit him, knowing it severely cripples him and makes him appear unreliable. He can only hope any real crisis would be sufficient to counteract it.
Describing word: Conflicted
History:
Alonzo [,along with his younger sister Victoria and brother Mistoffelees from a later litter, (PENDING)] was born to an upperclass queen who mated with a hench. He has clear memories of his mother, but only haphazard ones of his father, who had to return to the warehouse for his family's protection. Young as he was, Alonzo declared to his mum that now HE was the tom of the house and would look after them all, to which she only laughed indulgently. Despite the father's absence, Alonzo remembers the family making a life for themselves and being mostly happy for at least a few months. However, one day without warning his father burst in shouting something about their needing to leave, to run away immediately. But before he could say more or anything could be done, henchcats attacked their den.
When his father first burst into the den saying something about danger, Alonzo had got up a very tough-looking, protective stance, exclaiming that he'd protect his family no matter what came through that door--not that anyone was listening, as they were all trying to understand what his father was on about and what was happening. The moment the big henchtoms appeared, however, all of Alonzo's big talk and bravery seemed to vanish. He froze, rooted to the spot, and couldn't seem to do anything, not even as he watched his father finally get overpowered and taken down by the henches. Next his mother confronted the henchtoms, and still Alonzo could only stand frozen and stare at the scene unfolding before him that didn't seem real.
[As their mother fought on, slowly weakening, Alonzo caught movement in the corner of his eye, which served snap him out of whatever state of shock he'd been in. He saw what looked like his tiny brother Mistoffelees trying to attack the henches himself. Without a second thought, Alonzo threw himself on top of his brother to stop him joining the fight. To his confusion and amazement, there seemed to be a strange sort of heat and glow emanating from the younger tom. There was no time to wonder about it, though. For a moment, Alonzo held onto Misto and stared at the fight still going on in front of them. (PENDING)] Half of him desperately wanted to leap into the fray and try to help his mother, the other half - much stronger - wanted desperately to flee the scene. Just before she lost consciousness, his mother hoarsely screamed "Run!" Not staying to deliberate another moment, Alonzo fled the den [, dragging his brother and sister along behind him (PENDING)].
He could hardly see or think, much less decide where to go, but his paws automatically carried him to their uncle's home, where he babbled out half-unintelligible explanations of what happened [,curled up with Misto who still seemed out-of-it, (PENDING)] and tried to sleep. The next morning, their uncle gave them the news that their mother was dead. Alonzo had thought so, but the idea hadn't truly hit him until just now. And then the memory of the whole situation and his own cowardly actions came crashing down on him. "I did it, I killed her, it's my fault," he kept muttering.
[Alonzo and Misto's uncle adopted his sister's kits and was kind as could be, but for quite some time Alonzo was unappreciative of his uncle's care - or, rather, he scarcely noticed it. All he could do most of the day was sit around broodingly, staring at nothing and thinking of his mother and what he ought to have done to save her. The uncle grew weary of this and gave Alonzo a gentle but serious talk about how they couldn't go on like this. Most of his words went over Alonzo's head, but his attention was engaged when the uncle mentioned his brother. "Think of young Mistoffelees, he's got no one but you now. Oh, clumsy old me, I'll of course help as best I can, but mark me words, it's you he's got to look up to and care for him the rest of his life. There's no replacing a brother," and other things of that sort. His words reminded Alonzo of the promise he'd made his mother to protect the family, and he decided then and there that he'd still keep that promise. Alonzo was also reminded of the strange powers his brother seemed to have, and the way the little tom had just thrown himself into danger like that--Alonzo would have to be extra watchful. (PENDING)]
Things began to look up a bit from there. [Taking to heart what his uncle said, Alonzo did his best to look out for his brother and take care of him the way their parents would. He wondered from time to time about the younger kit's powers, but mostly opted to ignore and not mention them, as they made Alonzo rather uneasy. (PENDING)] Not long after adopting them, their uncle introduced Alonzo [and Misto (PENDING)] to the Jellicles and the Junkyard, where they gradually began to spend the majority of their time. This was certainly overall a good thing, as it provided them with a group to belong to, safety in numbers. And then, of course, as they got to know the Jellicles it almost became like a new family. Alonzo certainly began to see them as such. Early on he took a particular liking to Munkustrap, at first mainly because he happened to be the tom closest to his own age, and having never had an older brother and scarcely a father, having another tom to follow around was new and interesting. As they grew older, Alonzo began more and more to view Munkustrap as a hero, almost idolizing him. He aspired to learn all he could from Munkustrap about fighting and protecting. At first this was just from a general desire to become stronger and braver and never again be in a situation like what had happened with his mother--standing by unable to do anything to help. However, it has had more of a specific aim since the Ball and the Macavity attacks. He always had been vaguely aware that the cats who killed his parents worked for Macavity, but it was all very detached until actually meeting the Mystery Cat himself face-to-face. Alonzo did fight, but was knocked down quickly, and doesn't know what he'd have done if the other tribe members hadn't joined in and ganged up until Macavity was forced to flee. This thought shames him and makes him more determined than ever to hone his strength and skills.
RP Sample: Alonzo would tear apart this entire city if he had to, but he would find the others. He would not let Munkustrap down – he would return his kits to him safe and sound – he would rescue Old Deuteronomy – he would see to it that Victoria was all right – he would find out what was wrong with Plato – but, most of all, he would kill Macavity. He would kill him, ridding the world of his evil filth and freeing Bombalurina from him once and for all.
Suddenly, he stopped and listened. Was that…? He strained his ears to reassure himself of the sound. It was… singing? Why was Bomba singing?
He smacked himself in the head. What did it matter, why? He knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that if he followed the sound, he would find Bomba – and, likely, the others, too. Once there, Macavity could not be far from the scene; he would kill Macavity first, and find the others afterwards.
Comments: So, I'm not yet clear on who all is still here and what they want to do with their characters, so I wiped out all his family except the one that belongs to me. Totally open to him being related to anyone, as long as it makes sense and causes tons of drama. ^^
Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Tribe: Jellicle
Tribe Position:
Family:
Uncle: Bustopher Jones [pending]
Sister: Victoria [Pending]
Brothers: Fangorn (half-brother, unknown for now), Mistoffelees [Pending]
[Other family is pending/open]
Appearance:
Human Appearance:
Aidan Turner
Personality:
Alonzo is, at least when it comes to interacting with his fellow Jellicles, an overall friendly and good-natured tom. He appears to have a good handle on his emotions, as he rarely loses his temper at anyone and has been known to simply walk away from tense conversations rather than risk confrontation. He enjoys spending time with others socially, as long as the conversation or activity centers around unimportant matters or fun for its own sake. He is beginning to take especial notice of queens, and can be quite the gentletom when he puts forth the effort. However, he's made little real progress in this area as yet. For him, there are two main things in life: "Responsibilities" (which come before everything, and the foremost of which is protecting his family and tribe) and "Frivolities" (which is more or less how he categorizes the day-to-day grind of simply living, when all is ordinary and there are no crises to attend). Under no circumstances can these two be simultaneously attended to. As such, if a crisis is at paw, even if there is no immediate action he can take, he obsesses over it and what to do and can think of little else. On the other paw, if everything is going well, he is uncertain what to do with himself apart from the daily "training regimen" he's made up for himself. After that, he more or less drifts about trying to be sociable, but forming few "deep" relationships apart from those already long established with his family.
Faults:
His appearance of "control" is really more a fear of showing his true colours. Alonzo is becoming increasingly reluctant to share and admit his struggles to anyone, even his brother. He tends to suppress negative memories and emotions, rather than deal with them. He can forget for quite some time, but sooner or later they always come back up to bite him, usually resulting in rash words or actions.
Because of his failure to do anything for his parents when they were fighting to the death, Alonzo has convinced himself that he is a base coward. The majority of his time and energy is bent towards trying to counteract this cowardice. This has resulted largely in an exaggerated sense of heroism and a need to protect everything and everyone. When he was younger, this need was channeled mainly into caring for his brother. Since joining the Jellicles, however, and as Misto has grown more self-sufficient, Alonzo's need has come to include all the Jellicles. It's only intensified by the fact that he hero-worships Munkustrap and seems to see him always helping or taking care of someone. For Alonzo, though, it's more an obligation driven by guilt than by a simple desire to help others.
Alonzo has rare, but problematic, moods where he gets "fed up with everything" and more or less becomes a useless clod who can't motivate himself to do anything but sit about brooding. This never lasts more than a day or so, but he's not figured out a way to snap himself out of it. Any queen could tell him his habit of suppressing emotions and putting on false fronts of bravery and carelessness is to blame, but he's nowhere near thinking or admitting such a thing. He just tries to keep out of everyone's way when the moods hit him, knowing it severely cripples him and makes him appear unreliable. He can only hope any real crisis would be sufficient to counteract it.
Describing word: Conflicted
History:
Alonzo [,
When his father first burst into the den saying something about danger, Alonzo had got up a very tough-looking, protective stance, exclaiming that he'd protect his family no matter what came through that door--not that anyone was listening, as they were all trying to understand what his father was on about and what was happening. The moment the big henchtoms appeared, however, all of Alonzo's big talk and bravery seemed to vanish. He froze, rooted to the spot, and couldn't seem to do anything, not even as he watched his father finally get overpowered and taken down by the henches. Next his mother confronted the henchtoms, and still Alonzo could only stand frozen and stare at the scene unfolding before him that didn't seem real.
[
He could hardly see or think, much less decide where to go, but his paws automatically carried him to their uncle's home, where he babbled out half-unintelligible explanations of what happened [,
[Alonzo and Misto's uncle adopted his sister's kits and was kind as could be, but for quite some time Alonzo was unappreciative of his uncle's care - or, rather, he scarcely noticed it. All he could do most of the day was sit around broodingly, staring at nothing and thinking of his mother and what he ought to have done to save her. The uncle grew weary of this and gave Alonzo a gentle but serious talk about how they couldn't go on like this. Most of his words went over Alonzo's head, but his attention was engaged when the uncle mentioned his brother. "Think of young Mistoffelees, he's got no one but you now. Oh, clumsy old me, I'll of course help as best I can, but mark me words, it's you he's got to look up to and care for him the rest of his life. There's no replacing a brother," and other things of that sort. His words reminded Alonzo of the promise he'd made his mother to protect the family, and he decided then and there that he'd still keep that promise. Alonzo was also reminded of the strange powers his brother seemed to have, and the way the little tom had just thrown himself into danger like that--Alonzo would have to be extra watchful. (PENDING)]
Things began to look up a bit from there. [Taking to heart what his uncle said, Alonzo did his best to look out for his brother and take care of him the way their parents would. He wondered from time to time about the younger kit's powers, but mostly opted to ignore and not mention them, as they made Alonzo rather uneasy. (PENDING)] Not long after adopting them, their uncle introduced Alonzo [and Misto (PENDING)] to the Jellicles and the Junkyard, where they gradually began to spend the majority of their time. This was certainly overall a good thing, as it provided them with a group to belong to, safety in numbers. And then, of course, as they got to know the Jellicles it almost became like a new family. Alonzo certainly began to see them as such. Early on he took a particular liking to Munkustrap, at first mainly because he happened to be the tom closest to his own age, and having never had an older brother and scarcely a father, having another tom to follow around was new and interesting. As they grew older, Alonzo began more and more to view Munkustrap as a hero, almost idolizing him. He aspired to learn all he could from Munkustrap about fighting and protecting. At first this was just from a general desire to become stronger and braver and never again be in a situation like what had happened with his mother--standing by unable to do anything to help. However, it has had more of a specific aim since the Ball and the Macavity attacks. He always had been vaguely aware that the cats who killed his parents worked for Macavity, but it was all very detached until actually meeting the Mystery Cat himself face-to-face. Alonzo did fight, but was knocked down quickly, and doesn't know what he'd have done if the other tribe members hadn't joined in and ganged up until Macavity was forced to flee. This thought shames him and makes him more determined than ever to hone his strength and skills.
RP Sample: Alonzo would tear apart this entire city if he had to, but he would find the others. He would not let Munkustrap down – he would return his kits to him safe and sound – he would rescue Old Deuteronomy – he would see to it that Victoria was all right – he would find out what was wrong with Plato – but, most of all, he would kill Macavity. He would kill him, ridding the world of his evil filth and freeing Bombalurina from him once and for all.
Suddenly, he stopped and listened. Was that…? He strained his ears to reassure himself of the sound. It was… singing? Why was Bomba singing?
He smacked himself in the head. What did it matter, why? He knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that if he followed the sound, he would find Bomba – and, likely, the others, too. Once there, Macavity could not be far from the scene; he would kill Macavity first, and find the others afterwards.
Comments: So, I'm not yet clear on who all is still here and what they want to do with their characters, so I wiped out all his family except the one that belongs to me. Totally open to him being related to anyone, as long as it makes sense and causes tons of drama. ^^