Name: Berlioz Bonfamille Age: Twenty-three Occupation: Concert pianist for Moulin Rouge (currently) Sexuality: Unsure Pronouns: He/Him Currently Playing: Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy Big Three: Capricorn sun, Libra moon, Gemini rising
Headcanons:
Berlioz has always felt like the black cat of his family, both literally and figuratively. Though the three were born within minutes of each other, being the youngest of the group made him feel like a bit of an outsider, which really just made him a bit mean as a kid. The easiest to make fun of was their butler, Edgar. He wasn't a bully, but just a bit of a tease to Marie and Toulouse, and remained that way until they had the worst week and a half of their lives.
Though they were all artistically inclined, Berlioz's best instrument has always been the piano. His mother started him on lessons when he was a child, learning the classics from a young age. Though Marie and Toulouse knew how to play a bit, Berlioz's interest in perfecting the instrument was greater than the two of them, and he often found himself correcting them whenever they played a wrong note. It resulted in a lot of bickering, which was always corrected by his mother, who reminded them just what kind of children they were supposed to be. Sticking to classical music made Berlioz feel like he was the refined young man his mother had hoped for him to be.
Despite never really telling her, playing for Marie has always been one of Berli's favorite things to do. Accompanying her was what inspired him to want to train to play for singers. He loved sitting and conducting her while he played when they were children, so, he figured he could perhaps do just that for a living. He was supposed to go to Juilliard in New York for college until their lives were upended by Edgar, the very butler he used to make fun of as a child.
Berlioz has no idea what happened to his siblings when they were trapped at Edgar's: he didn't want to ask, and he still isn't sure he wants to know. For him, the nine days were ones spent hungry--Berlioz was a thin kid, and leaving him with minimal food left him weaker than ever when they left. If he didn't feel like the runt of the litter before, he surely did when they'd left. Berlioz doesn't like to think about Edgar's much, particularly because he blames himself for it: had he been nicer to him when they were children, perhaps he wouldn't have felt angry enough to treat the three they way he did.
After they were set free, moving to Echo Isle was an adjustment. Berlioz started to be nicer to Marie and Toulouse, stopped picking fights with them, and put his head down to focus on his craft. Pouring himself into the piano was the only way he knew how to handle the trauma of being pulled away from their homes and betrayed by someone who had held such a large part in their lives. Over time, Marie and Toulouse have seemed to become more of themselves again, while Berlioz has remained a more subdued version of the kid he once was.
Though he never made it to Juilliard, Berlioz has still been able to find some version of his dream. After auditioning to be a practice pianist when they first got to the Isle, Berli worked his way up to become a sub, then the full-time accompanist for one of the main theatre directors on the island. He's perfectly content being on the island for now, not just because of the borders closing, but also he knows that Marie and Toulouse plan on being here for a while. With Moulin Rouge just opening, it reminds him a lot of home and his mother, leaving Berli with a strange sense of personal connection to the show.
He knows Marie and Toulouse are physically better prepared if something is to happen to them again, but Berlioz has shoved the thought of that far, far away. Though his body has recovered to where he was before getting taken, he's still by far the weakest of the three.
Has probably never dated anyone. He's extremely quiet and shy, and doesn't have a flirtatious bone in his body. That doesn't mean he doesn't want to, it just has never happened.
Learning that his father lived on the Isle and actually died before they knew who he was didn't affect Berlioz as much as it could've. In fact, he doesn't really care at all. As far as he's concerned, his siblings and his mother are his family, and he doesn't really need anyone else. The new half-siblings he's supposed to have won't ever know what they went through, so he doesn't really a see a point in trying to pretend.
