Post by Moonstruck on Nov 11, 2016 20:21:05 GMT -5
Name: Electra
Gender: Female
Age: Late Adolescence/ Young Adult
Tribe Position: Jellicle Member
Family: OPEN
Appearance:
Human Appearance: Juno Temple -->
Juno's just really pretty | And in the same way I picture Electra being pretty | And her expressions | Are so on point | I've run out of rambling comments
Personality: Electra is quite the introvert, feeling much more comfortable with fading into the background of large groups, letting other cats dominate the conversation and mostly listen and observe with only the occasion comment here or there. She isn’t a huge fan of the attention of multiple cats to be on her at once; rather it’s uncomfortable and is more likely to make her even quieter than normal. Electra essentially voluntarily fades into the background, taking the part of observer to let the other cats who are more comfortable or who enjoy the attention or taking part in the conversation have the stage so to speak. Between her quiet demeanour and darker colouring Lectra is often able to move about with little notice, and it is not uncommon for her to join or leave groups without anyone noticing until sometime later and being unable to pinpoint when exactly she left/appeared. Besides the higher energy and noise of the constant going-ons of the Yard eventually drain her social energy and Electra will hide away to a quieter atmosphere. However in one on one conversation, especially with those she is comfortable around Electra’s humour and wit come out to play and she is more animated. Simply she relaxes more and it reflects in her behaviour, even to the point of playfully flirting. She switches from quiet shadow to expressive and actively taking part in the conversation (as opposed to simply letting it drift around her). Still not one for being too loud or making much of a ruckus, but she is markedly more active and there in more personal interactions.
Electra is rather empathetic and worries over her friends feeling anything close to what she did in her younger years and is the type to offer quiet support and comfort to her friends, understanding that sometimes you just need to cry and not talk about something. She is rather morally ambiguous and won't push or offer a judgement on someone, knowing from experience that just the comfortable can mean a lot and not everyone makes the best choices all the time. Besides there are things that she doesn't feel comfortable exploring or talking about too much in the tribe and often turns to going into the city in order to allow a more thorough exploration than what she feels the more sheltered life in the Yard may offer.
She’s always been caught somewhere between being girlish with other queens her age or joking around with toms her age. This used to be a struggle as Electra used to feel a little out of place in both groups however she’s reconciled that both is just as good of an option and has managed to find a happy medium between the two.
Additionally, Electra is conflict avoidant perfering to either attempt to calmly and tactfully talk a situation back to an even keel or to disappear from the conflict all together. It helps that she is incredibly even-tempered and slow to anger; any irritation is often communicated through witty quips and little else. On the rare occasions Electra is made angry she is much more likely to leave the situation and work to calm down
Faults: Despite the progress and growth she'd gone through Electra is still prone to self doubt and being overly critically about her life choices. Namely her choices and thoughts that lead her to seek answers outside the familiarity and safety of her own tribe. To say she is self critical is a mild understatement, as soon as this process begins Electra gets caught up in an increasingly negative devolution of thoughts and perceptions of herself which have the potential to spiral her back into her unhealthy habits (and on occasion succeed in doing so. Further her self critiques and doubt push Electra to begin to pull away from her friends and begin hiding her bad habits from them. This can cause conflict - which she'd only work to avoid and possibly make things worse - from friends who may believe her to be upset with them, which gets exacerbated by Electra's inability to vocalize her negative emotions.
She also feels guilty over the fact that she doesn't feel comfortable enough in her own tribe to explore her curiosity in regards to her sexuality. This leads to conflicting feelings of trying to overcompensate by over engaging with the others - thereby making herself uncomfortable or by avoiding others and sneaking out which could cause suspicion or hurt at her avoidance of her friends.
Electra is also prone to bouts of dysphoria and dissociation, during these times she often becomes a recluse and essentially refuses to interact with anyone or getting too lost inside her own head and appearing to space out while in actually getting lost in a downward spiral of negative thoughts and critic self-deprecation. Other than leading to her relapse into unhealthy behaviour, Electra's bouts of dissociation has the possibility of coming off as being rude, appearing as if Electra is simply ignoring those around her or having lapses of short time periods that she cannot remember due to being lost in her own head and dissociating.
Describing Word:Quiet
History: Electra's young life was spent mixed in the Yard and wandering aimlessly long the streets just outside of it, as even at a young age she had a tendency to want to hide away from the crowds and energy of the Yard every so often. She was primarily raised in the Yard, not having any humans or any other home to go to. Lectra played with the other kits around her age while growing up and everything was just fine, nothing seemed out of place with the dark princess as those around her became accustomed to her quieter nature. However as the kits grew in age and adolescence approached and the divide and differences between the two genders began to be a thing to be noticed by the young kits was a turning point in Electra's young life. Her parents were often caught up with their own business and friends and trusted Electra to be safe while playing with the other kits in the Yard, they trusted her to be a smart little Jellicle.
She was unsure of which group she felt more apart of, she'd always gotten on well with both the young queens and toms but she'd never felt more attached to one group over the other. It didn't help when she was beginning to take notice of certain appealing characteristics of either group. This confusion lead to a long struggle for Electra as she began to feel more and more isolated and different from her friends. It didn't help that her struggle seemed to go mostly unnoticed by those around her - they were accustomed to her being quieter, to occasionally disappearing without much explanation and her mental state spiraled down. Electra began to feel as if she didn't fit into either group because she wasn't good enough to, that lead to Electra both actively and passively hurting herself. It's also why the fur on one of her arms is thinner than her other arm - scars don't grow fur. She also began pushing herself to be good enough, to fit in properly with those around her and be what seemed to be the definition of a good Jellicle cat. This resulted in exhaustion and illness, much of which Electra ignored and continued to push herself and ignore the warning signs from her body that it needed to be taken better care, be fed better, given more time to rest, to stop bleeding so much, to let bruises fade. It didn't help that during these times Electra snuck out of the Yard and into downtown, trying to find answers there. She mostly just found alcohol and cats that didn't always respected personal space or boundaries. But she did find some friends out side of the Yard, some she got very close with.
Naturally this could only be sustained for so long, and a couple years after she began to spiral Electra fell incredibly ill from infection and lack of proper care of herself. It was only after this incident, which included a threatening fever (with delusions included) and doubts about her recovering that Electra was able to finally recognize and acknowledge how unhealthy her behaviour was (and some long rants and lectures about taking care of herself and what had she been thinking) and to move towards recovery. The first year was rocky, with her often slipping back into old habits.
Finally healthy again Electra was able to once again actually enjoy spending time with her friends rather than worrying over whether they actually liked her and if she fit in, and really enjoy her life in the Yard. She still sneaks off into the city to spend time out of the little bubble of the Yard or will hide away in her den to recharge from the boisterous energy of the Yard. The city is also where Electra feels more comfortable exploring her lack of strict preference in parts that had developed during her night binges on alcohol (at least the ones she can remember).
RP Sample:By now Electra was leaning into Otrox, a smile firmly in place. Her green eyes were a little heavy lidded from both the alcohol and long day she's had. But between the pleasant hum of alcohol and thoroughly enjoying their dancing the dark queen was in a wonderful blissful mood. Lectra felt loose an relaxed, the stress from earlier in the day was the furthest thing from her mind and felt like it belonged to a completely different day. She laughed lightly at the endearment of 'dark goddess' - Otrox had gotten the first part right though. "You're stretching it with the goddess part, but you're right otherwise." She agreed, the tavern was quieter than when they had been dancing. But she didn't lean or glance away from Otrox to confirm her suspicions. Although she wouldn't admit that it took a moment or two or more than that to realize that there could have been the sexual undertone. She choice to avoid commenting on that, mostly to dodge the possible ribbing for missing it. Electra would just blame it on the alcohol. Sound plan.
Comments: Because her old application was too bare bones for my liking, also made a bit more reference to Electra exploring her curiosity are being bi
Gender: Female
Age: Late Adolescence/ Young Adult
Tribe Position: Jellicle Member
Family: OPEN
Appearance:
Human Appearance: Juno Temple -->
Juno's just really pretty | And in the same way I picture Electra being pretty | And her expressions | Are so on point | I've run out of rambling comments
Personality: Electra is quite the introvert, feeling much more comfortable with fading into the background of large groups, letting other cats dominate the conversation and mostly listen and observe with only the occasion comment here or there. She isn’t a huge fan of the attention of multiple cats to be on her at once; rather it’s uncomfortable and is more likely to make her even quieter than normal. Electra essentially voluntarily fades into the background, taking the part of observer to let the other cats who are more comfortable or who enjoy the attention or taking part in the conversation have the stage so to speak. Between her quiet demeanour and darker colouring Lectra is often able to move about with little notice, and it is not uncommon for her to join or leave groups without anyone noticing until sometime later and being unable to pinpoint when exactly she left/appeared. Besides the higher energy and noise of the constant going-ons of the Yard eventually drain her social energy and Electra will hide away to a quieter atmosphere. However in one on one conversation, especially with those she is comfortable around Electra’s humour and wit come out to play and she is more animated. Simply she relaxes more and it reflects in her behaviour, even to the point of playfully flirting. She switches from quiet shadow to expressive and actively taking part in the conversation (as opposed to simply letting it drift around her). Still not one for being too loud or making much of a ruckus, but she is markedly more active and there in more personal interactions.
Electra is rather empathetic and worries over her friends feeling anything close to what she did in her younger years and is the type to offer quiet support and comfort to her friends, understanding that sometimes you just need to cry and not talk about something. She is rather morally ambiguous and won't push or offer a judgement on someone, knowing from experience that just the comfortable can mean a lot and not everyone makes the best choices all the time. Besides there are things that she doesn't feel comfortable exploring or talking about too much in the tribe and often turns to going into the city in order to allow a more thorough exploration than what she feels the more sheltered life in the Yard may offer.
She’s always been caught somewhere between being girlish with other queens her age or joking around with toms her age. This used to be a struggle as Electra used to feel a little out of place in both groups however she’s reconciled that both is just as good of an option and has managed to find a happy medium between the two.
Additionally, Electra is conflict avoidant perfering to either attempt to calmly and tactfully talk a situation back to an even keel or to disappear from the conflict all together. It helps that she is incredibly even-tempered and slow to anger; any irritation is often communicated through witty quips and little else. On the rare occasions Electra is made angry she is much more likely to leave the situation and work to calm down
Faults: Despite the progress and growth she'd gone through Electra is still prone to self doubt and being overly critically about her life choices. Namely her choices and thoughts that lead her to seek answers outside the familiarity and safety of her own tribe. To say she is self critical is a mild understatement, as soon as this process begins Electra gets caught up in an increasingly negative devolution of thoughts and perceptions of herself which have the potential to spiral her back into her unhealthy habits (and on occasion succeed in doing so. Further her self critiques and doubt push Electra to begin to pull away from her friends and begin hiding her bad habits from them. This can cause conflict - which she'd only work to avoid and possibly make things worse - from friends who may believe her to be upset with them, which gets exacerbated by Electra's inability to vocalize her negative emotions.
She also feels guilty over the fact that she doesn't feel comfortable enough in her own tribe to explore her curiosity in regards to her sexuality. This leads to conflicting feelings of trying to overcompensate by over engaging with the others - thereby making herself uncomfortable or by avoiding others and sneaking out which could cause suspicion or hurt at her avoidance of her friends.
Electra is also prone to bouts of dysphoria and dissociation, during these times she often becomes a recluse and essentially refuses to interact with anyone or getting too lost inside her own head and appearing to space out while in actually getting lost in a downward spiral of negative thoughts and critic self-deprecation. Other than leading to her relapse into unhealthy behaviour, Electra's bouts of dissociation has the possibility of coming off as being rude, appearing as if Electra is simply ignoring those around her or having lapses of short time periods that she cannot remember due to being lost in her own head and dissociating.
Describing Word:Quiet
History: Electra's young life was spent mixed in the Yard and wandering aimlessly long the streets just outside of it, as even at a young age she had a tendency to want to hide away from the crowds and energy of the Yard every so often. She was primarily raised in the Yard, not having any humans or any other home to go to. Lectra played with the other kits around her age while growing up and everything was just fine, nothing seemed out of place with the dark princess as those around her became accustomed to her quieter nature. However as the kits grew in age and adolescence approached and the divide and differences between the two genders began to be a thing to be noticed by the young kits was a turning point in Electra's young life. Her parents were often caught up with their own business and friends and trusted Electra to be safe while playing with the other kits in the Yard, they trusted her to be a smart little Jellicle.
She was unsure of which group she felt more apart of, she'd always gotten on well with both the young queens and toms but she'd never felt more attached to one group over the other. It didn't help when she was beginning to take notice of certain appealing characteristics of either group. This confusion lead to a long struggle for Electra as she began to feel more and more isolated and different from her friends. It didn't help that her struggle seemed to go mostly unnoticed by those around her - they were accustomed to her being quieter, to occasionally disappearing without much explanation and her mental state spiraled down. Electra began to feel as if she didn't fit into either group because she wasn't good enough to, that lead to Electra both actively and passively hurting herself. It's also why the fur on one of her arms is thinner than her other arm - scars don't grow fur. She also began pushing herself to be good enough, to fit in properly with those around her and be what seemed to be the definition of a good Jellicle cat. This resulted in exhaustion and illness, much of which Electra ignored and continued to push herself and ignore the warning signs from her body that it needed to be taken better care, be fed better, given more time to rest, to stop bleeding so much, to let bruises fade. It didn't help that during these times Electra snuck out of the Yard and into downtown, trying to find answers there. She mostly just found alcohol and cats that didn't always respected personal space or boundaries. But she did find some friends out side of the Yard, some she got very close with.
Naturally this could only be sustained for so long, and a couple years after she began to spiral Electra fell incredibly ill from infection and lack of proper care of herself. It was only after this incident, which included a threatening fever (with delusions included) and doubts about her recovering that Electra was able to finally recognize and acknowledge how unhealthy her behaviour was (and some long rants and lectures about taking care of herself and what had she been thinking) and to move towards recovery. The first year was rocky, with her often slipping back into old habits.
Finally healthy again Electra was able to once again actually enjoy spending time with her friends rather than worrying over whether they actually liked her and if she fit in, and really enjoy her life in the Yard. She still sneaks off into the city to spend time out of the little bubble of the Yard or will hide away in her den to recharge from the boisterous energy of the Yard. The city is also where Electra feels more comfortable exploring her lack of strict preference in parts that had developed during her night binges on alcohol (at least the ones she can remember).
RP Sample:By now Electra was leaning into Otrox, a smile firmly in place. Her green eyes were a little heavy lidded from both the alcohol and long day she's had. But between the pleasant hum of alcohol and thoroughly enjoying their dancing the dark queen was in a wonderful blissful mood. Lectra felt loose an relaxed, the stress from earlier in the day was the furthest thing from her mind and felt like it belonged to a completely different day. She laughed lightly at the endearment of 'dark goddess' - Otrox had gotten the first part right though. "You're stretching it with the goddess part, but you're right otherwise." She agreed, the tavern was quieter than when they had been dancing. But she didn't lean or glance away from Otrox to confirm her suspicions. Although she wouldn't admit that it took a moment or two or more than that to realize that there could have been the sexual undertone. She choice to avoid commenting on that, mostly to dodge the possible ribbing for missing it. Electra would just blame it on the alcohol. Sound plan.
Comments: Because her old application was too bare bones for my liking, also made a bit more reference to Electra exploring her curiosity are being bi
