CHARACTER INFO SHEET .
name . harvey dent
name meaning . the name harvey means battle worthy or strong in battle ; a strong and determined person who is not afraid to stand up for what they believe in .
alias/es . harv, golden boy, pretty boy, gotham's white knight, gotham's hope, mr. crazy-eyes, two-face dent, [...]
ethnicity . caucasian .
one picture / icon you like the best of your character .
[img. 1] - harvey dent , happily holding a dolphin shaped balloon .
three headcanons you never told anyone .
> harvey dent is extremely critical of the city he grew up in but if any outsiders decide to share some criticism of their own , the DA can get quite defensive . despite everything , harv is very proud of where he's from and has a contagious hope in what gotham can become in the future ; that won't ever stop him from pointing a spotlight at the darkest shadiest corners of the city . he'll be damned if he'll let any of those big shot metropolis snobs speak ill of his home though . > he wears reading glasses . but because dent is a bit vain ( and already very self-aware when it comes to his mismatched eyes ) he'll avoid wearing them in certain social contexts , preferring instead to squint and struggle . only those who stick around long enough for harvey to build some mundane familiarity with ( and also who are invited to stay the night over enough times ) get to see harvey dent in the morning , wearing glasses while hunching over a newspaper and having a hot cup of coffee . > despite his fairness and sense of justice , harvey dent's break-ups were never peaceful affairs . rarely mutual , harvey has a hard time verbalising why so many of his relationships fail . the common denominator is harvey himself and , though it is not clear to him , he does not feel comfortable sharing himself completely with others . and , after a certain period of time , he becomes uncomfortable with the perspective of commitment . harvey dent usually is the one who takes the initiative of ending relationships , not because he does not wish to get hurt but because he's afraid that , if those he loves truly get to know him , they might get hurt .
three things your character likes doing in their free time .
> watching sports ; dent will shout at the tv and jump off his chair if he's passionate about the game , doesn't really matter if he has an audience or not . he genuinely enjoys all forms of competitive sport and doesn't really hold any loyalty to any of them specifically but rather has small spurts of intense interest which shifts every few months . he has currently become hyper-fixated in rugby . > going for a run ; harvey usually goes for a one hour jog every morning . it keeps him fit , it keeps him sharp but it also helps him avoid overthinking ( another hobby he practices religiously ) . a lot of times , dent might feel the need to go for an extra hour . a more observant person might deduce that he's literally running from his problems . > reading pulpy crime novels ; dent doesn't own that many fiction books but , the ones he does , are rarely a good read . harvey sees it as a guilty pleasure ( since he doesn't really talk about these books with anyone , like , ever ) but you'll find small soft back books , worn-out and yellow-paged , often with brightly illustrated covers hidden in the depths of his nightstand's drawer . there's something nostalgic about these reads .
people your character likes / loves.
> bruce wayne ; despite dent's tendency to dislike the rich and powerful , he genuinely enjoys wayne's company and believes the guy has hidden depths . he's still not quite sure why bruce is hiding his more serious and righteous side from the public since that is probably dent's favourite thing about the guy --- but he can empathise with the need of having a public and a private persona . actually he empathises with a lot of what gotham's prince has gone through ... it's kind of unexpected how much he has come to value the boy billionaire's friendship but this is one of the few people harv feels he can truly trust . > his mother ; the lady has passed a few years ago but harvey says he owes all of his good qualities to ms. dent . despite all the trauma both of them inherited from the horrible years spent living with his biological father , harvey feels as if his mom always carried herself with a lot of dignity . and , had it not been for her and he wouldn't have the strong sense of justice which has led him down this path . although harvey is perceived a man's man , he has a deep sensibility and empathy for those around him , both of which are gifts left by his late mother .
two things your character regrets.
> not killing his father not standing up to his father ; plenty of episodes of his childhood are plagued with regret . he stood by and witnessed a lot of fights and ugliness between his parents . though he was a child and though he has spoken about it during therapy , harvey is tortured by the thought that he didn't do more to protect his mother ( and himself ) . he eventually did become more confrontational --- earning himself twelve stitches across his skull and a permanently dilated pupil --- and both him and his mother left that situation ... but there's definitively regret there . > harvey once became engaged but got cold-feet a month before the wedding . vicki vale was a renowned journalist in gotham and he broke the whole thing off the only way he knew how : horribly . harvey regrets a lot of things he said during that phase of his life going to the extent of suggesting his better half had only gotten into a relationship with him in order to write an extensive biography on harvey . after they broke up they never spoke again...and vicki never wrote anything about harvey .
one phobia your character has.
> atychiphobia ; harvey has a deeply rooted fear of failure which even he might not be completely aware of . much of his anxiety and mood swings derive from his desperate desire to " save the city " . dent isn't kind to himself when it comes to delegating or taking breaks ... that allied with the corrupt environment he operates in which doesn't exactly help in relaxing generates a lot of emotional and psychological turmoil . harvey's biggest fear is of letting gotham down . of letting everyone down . his job is stretching him thin and , eventually , something must snap .
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