;; VIKTOR SAMUELS — AS TOLD.
[ maxence danet fauvel, nonbinary, he/they ] - was that viktor samuels i saw by the lighthouse today? i heard that the twenty nine year old who has been in nightrest for their whole life and works as a visual artist has a reputation of being perceptive, but also sardonic. they reside in low point & people in town usually associate them with a triple espresso chased with vodka, rooms filled with smoke and lovers; never spending a night alone, and the rejection of everything holy. let’s hope the killer doesn’t go after them next. [ james, 24, they/them, est, n/a ]
MENTIONS OF RELIGION, DRUGS / ADDICTION, MISSING PERSONS, REHABILITATION, MENTAL ILLNESS BEYOND THIS POINT.
profile.
full name: viktor phillip samuels.
birthday: january 2nd, 1994.
astrology: capricorn sun, gemini moon, libra rising.
sexuality: bisexual.
currently listening to: lilian by depeche mode.
current mood: pissed 😠
current location: [[[cannot be found]]]
last tweet: im passing lice onto the next motherfucker who says ‘my condolences’. c*nt.
PINTEREST.
history.
RELIGION; born in nightrest to a preacher and his wife fifteen minutes after their twin sister is; assigned middle child when their younger sister is born more than a few years later. the samuels are a devout family, god-fearing and all-obeying. kinder to strangers than one another; there’s always a chill in the house.
they all think viktor’s going to be this nice, well-standing young man when they grow up; quiet as a kid and a little awkward, bones growing too fast for the rest of them to keep up. speaks mostly to their twin, and not many other people. shy, and out of the way. seen, never heard.
yet the older viktor gets, the more of a...problem he becomes. when he’s twelve he fakes possession and is threatened with exorcism; watches nothing but surrealist horror films, school drawings turning into bizarre, grotesque abstracts featuring his favorite saints. he’s loud, defiant, itching for a fight. like overcompensating for years wasted on being “good”.
his twin’s something less abrasive, at least on the surface. golden-haired and angellike, the jewel of their parents’ eye. her words often laced with double-meaning and matched with a sickeningly sweet smile. she could talk her way out of anything; convince others of her own personal version of truth.
being twins is hard. especially with their sister. near-opposites except for their mean spirit and constantly trying to one-up each other; competing with each other, stepping on each others’ backs to reach an impossibly high pedestal. fighting for their parents’ attention, a rivalry for affection. u get it. connected in that twin way but each other’s biggest obstacle towards greatness.
the only thing viktor has for himself is his art. a natural talent, visually gifted. when he isn’t vandalizing properties or desecrating his father’s church with. unsavory acts. viktor is creating. its the only thing he cares about in school, AP art classes all the way to graduation. they specialize in sculpting and ceramics - but particularly gifted with oil paints. their concentration? <3 religious trauma <3
they go to art school after high school - close to home because, begrudgingly, viktor doesn’t want to be far from their family. from either of their sisters - always protective of the two of them, and usually to a fault.
DRUGS IMPLIED; time passes, all is well - viktor’s a disappointment to their father in particular, but that’s never something new and is in fact something viktor relishes in - their art pieces are featured in galleries; sometimes school-sponsored, sometimes through connections. they’ve got plenty of bad habits that make them feel entirely too good - makes them feel like a “proper” tortured artist and numbs down the boredom of the day-to-day.
MISSING PERSONS; their twin sister goes missing halfway through their senior year of college. viktor never believed much in twin intuition (she could read him like a book, know his every move - but viktor never knew what she was really thinking. think she liked it that way) but that day they woke with a knot in their stomach that hasn’t left since.
they search for months. and months. even when the police stop searching, viktor never does. sees her everywhere he goes - but she’s never there. swears she’s beneath some sort of veil - right beneath their fabric of reality, just out of touch.
DRUG USE / ADDICTION / REHABILITATION; its around this time that their usage gets out of control. hits an all-time-high at six months; spends the next three afterwards in a rehab center. the cycle repeats until it’s background noise in a laundromat.
they drop out of college for a good while. there’s always a hum to the air. they take it slow. some days are better, some are worse. some days don’t exist.
after being blacklisted from the majority of therapist offices in the area, viktor’s more of a person than they were before - at least they’d like to imagine so. they take their medication, they’ve finally gone back and finished their last semester of art school - they’ve been submitting work to galleries in hopes of a showcase. creating new pieces. destroying some of them, but not all. their twin sister is somewhere out there, hopefully - even if she’s not in nightrest. they’ve got to be present, at least for their younger sister.
traits.
they remind me of those cats with really narrow faces and like, giant ears. but like if u fed one after midnight and they turned into a little monster. and it was always after midnight.
unintentionally similar 2 gabe in which they love horror movies. specifically the older camp slasher films w practical effects n all. they love a good sfx makeup moment. they really just love all things horror n like. bizarre n grotesque. was a huge tim burton fan as a kid.
like...casually goth<3 bare minimum of it. they listen 2 darkwave n like. 80s synth a lot but also 90s nu metal. always wearing all black and loves a good crop top.
truthfully is just. so mean sometimes. they’re petty and aggressive and a major instigator. was born a hater and will die a hater. will go Out Of Their Way to start conflict even if there’s none to be had.
loves the attention but in the worst way. can be sooo dramatic and it’s like...what for. its because they feel like it. will start physical fights n then start crying but will still keep throwing punches. #emotional. i’d like to say they feel their emotions freely but it’s like a good 50/50.
emotionally unavailable when it comes to others but has a lot of feelings towards themself. self important i guess<3 chronic ghoster. maker of enemies. chooses when to be affection and to whom. loves to disappoint others just to prove a point. whenever people try to have a serious conversation with them involving either their missing sister or their mental health or literally anything of that nature they Will change the topic. will rarely address it. would rather rot probably tbh.
any of their genuine emotions r buried down into a deep pit where they try very hard not 2 access them because they are like very much absolutely terrified of loss and getting attached to people only for them to leave and that’s partially why they love to chase others away. liege of self sabotage. likes to keep others’ expectations of them low.
whore. i feel like they have a Reputation.
MENTAL ILLNESS; not that its a personality trait (it isn’t) but does have bipolar ii disorder. their emotions are often Heightened and they do go through episodes of mania/depression. i want to clarify it’s not why they’re an asshole and has no bearing on their personality like That but like. its there. it affects them. some days r better n some days r worse but viktor just goes through the motions. i hear that brother *clinks glass*
loves a good thrill. a good adrenaline rush. spends all their money on useless shit. has destroyed countless projects “just because”. chronic cheater. goes outside just to scream.
remember when i said they were dramatic? they learned how to play the pipe organ just to play it in their church before service so everybody would feel mildly haunted and unsettled by it. when they were banned from church they’d take their keyboard at home and do the same exact thing on the pipe organ setting until their parents took it away from them as a kid. and a teenager. and sometimes as an adult.
MISSING PERSONS MENTION; got their mom a ‘mom of a missing child’ mug and honestly. their mom has not spoken to them since. viktor got a good kick out of idk. uses humor as a coping mechanism but some people are just not fond of it. for good reason!
i’d call them morally ambiguous. they have their moments where they’re not terrible but they’re far n few.
one thing i’ll give them is that they’re honest with their intentions. they’ll tell you what they want from you and have like. clear boundaries n expectations with it. no bullshit and no beating around the bush unless there’s some like deep-seated emotions at play. then they’ll do anything they can to avoid those feelings. they’re pretty observant with others’ and i wouldn’t say they’re blind to others’ emotions / feelings / etc. it’s more-so they don’t care.
oh they drive a custom hearse. got nice velvet seating in the back and flames on the rear. dice on the rearview mirror. high luxury obviously. has a little (fake) skeleton buddy that they’ll usually bend in different positions / pose around the hearse. their own passenger princess<3 it’s maybe a little less funny now that people are actively like. y’know<3
relationships.
people who have known the samuels family their entire life because small town. not necessarily friends of viktor specifically but either of the family, or of their twin sister before her disappearance, or friends of their younger sister. people who look at viktor n oh, what a shame.
mutual assholes. people viktor gets along with so well because they both suck in similar or equal ways. something about feathers of a flock but it’s just easier sometimes to be friends when you’re both kinda terrible people.
perhaps a close friend or two. dare i say even a best friend. viktor’s not the type of person to really be like <3 ur my best friend <3 but there are people that viktor tends to be fonder of over others. people who don’t irritate them as much<3
enemies oooh my god so many enemies. either viktor has a grudge or the other or they’ve scorned the other somehow. it’s so easy for viktor to make a fool out of himself. he can’t help it. maybe even enemies with. tension.
like one or two people of whom viktor’s had serious feelings for but has sabotaged in a number of ways to ensure. the least amount of hurt in the future. or otherwise unrequited feelings on either ends.
in that realm, someone that viktor’s got a soft spot for. they’re not like, not-mean but they’re considerably softer for them compared to others by, like, far. even if they wanted to they just cant fr some reason.
sooo many hookups. viktor is out there. viktor’s got a History. either past, present, or future all of them work.
viktor is open 2 having a roommate or two. sometimes rent is expensive and frankly he’s not willing to move back into their family home in ashmore. viktor’s not the worst roommate but u will have to suffer with all his gimicky horror items that he hoards.
literally am open 2 anything n everything. viktor can do whatever and i love any type of plot.
