casper kowalski is a "23" year old ghost based on casper from casper the friendly ghost. they are a video store employee with the power of invisibility, psychokinesis and floating. they use they/them pronouns, and some of their memories are intact !
INFO.
full name: casper thomas kowalski
date of birth: november 14th, 1792 ???
hometown: friendship, maine
zodiac: scorpio sun, scorpio moon, cancer rising
sexuality: unknown but definitely into women
education: no official schooling
occupation: video store employee
height: 5'11
hair: white-blonde
eye color: brown
tattoos/piercings: n/a
markings: n/a
mother: mae kowalski
father: john kowalski
siblings: n/a
pets: n/a
PERSONALITY.
positive traits: eager, hopeful, social, persevering, good-natured
negative traits: immature, awkward, rash, silly, clumsy
fears: people disliking them once they find out they're a ghost
likes: comedy movies, making friends, snow, cats, innocent pranks, the sound of laughter, being part of society, funny words
dislikes: being alone, being scary
hobbies: floating around town at night, binging movies, people watching, committing anonymous good deeds (and pranks), learning interesting new facts
aesthetics: dusty bookshelves, toy trains, boyish grins, dimly candlelit rooms, messy hair, vintage televisions, newspaper comics
HEADCANONS.
casper has a very kind heart, despite not having many opportunities to use it; outside of their family they've never really been able to make friends. people see a ghost and immediately freak, even if you're smiling and waving or trying really hard not to sneak up. it was much harder work to be a non-scary ghost than a scary one, so much so that they pretty much put all hope on the backburner of things ever being different until now. no one can be scared of talking to a ghost if they don't know they're talking to a ghost!
unfortunately it's hard to fit in with the humans sometimes. even as much as they practiced, after a lifetime of mindlessly floating, grounding themself is something they have to focus on more than someone who doesn't, well, you know... float. and there's the whole accidentally going invisible when they're distracted thing. and trying to look like their hands are moving items rather than their mind. and not walking through doors. and people.
but it's worth it! casper knows when their cover gets blown it's going to be a problem. even if they're in a town surrounded by vampires and shapeshifters, they are not ghosts. and they may not like ghosts. and they'd be so sad to lose the little life they've built here... especially when there's no way home.
while they're not much of a scarer, casper can be a bit of a prankster. nothing big and nothing to upset people. they just like to do silly relatively harmless things that make someone laugh, like sneak into classrooms and draw funny things on the boards. or move keys. or changing browser extensions on stranger's laptops when they're not paying attention. it's just too easy for them!
on the other side of it, they also have a habit of being a chaotic good. sneaking little notes with compliments in people's books and bags. finding their lost things and bringing them back to them. cleaning up messes they make. and waiting from across the room to watch them look first, confused, then smile. they love to watch people smile.
casper has, despite appearing physically and mentally twenty three, been around for a couple hundred years. they're not really sure how many. who's counting? but in that time they've stocked up a lot of knowledge about various subjects. mostly useless things, but things that interest them. did you know la recherche du temps perdu is the longest book in the world or that or that christmas was illegal at one point in britain? casper does.
because they've been around so long and their parents are so old, they have a bad habit of using aged terms like hotsy-totsy and wet rag.
they're fluent in polish and english.
if they could do anything that humans can do, as much as they'd love a real hug or to kiss someone or taste popcorn or play with face paint... they most of all wish that they could skateboard. it looks so cool when humans do those kickflips and they look like they're having so much fun speeding down the ramps. oh, to be human...
they love cats. all animals are cute and fun and they don't seem as startled by casper, so they make lovely company, but cats? they wish so badly they could pet cats.
winter is their favorite season. they love the snow so much. of course, they can't feel the cold. so that could be why. they just think the falling flakes are so beautiful, the icicles. all the kids playing on their sleds. the christmas lights. they love it. all of it.
they're very playful. a little flirty. it's all in good fun. maybe mostly because... they can't act on it...
being a ghost has its ups and downs and most of the time casper is pretty chill with the whole thing. they have fun with their antics and it's all they know. but it does make them sad from time to time. mostly, though, all they want is a real friend. one person that understands them and won't be scared away. then maybe they wouldn't be so lonely. then maybe they'd be able to accept themselves entirely.
