heyo it’s ya boi Darren here again to give you my biggest mess of a character, Alexander the grumpy Irish writer boy who has probably too many emotions (I won’t blame you if you don’t read all of it)
He is the type who loves to learn new things. This can both be a good and a bad thing, as it both sparks his interest when meeting new people, but also means that sometimes he sticks his nose where it really doesn’t belong.
Because he’s so curious, Alex has a lot of knowledge about many different topics. He’s also the type of guy who always pays attention in class, unless it’s something he already knows. The downside to this is that he sort of flaunts it a bit too much from time to time.
Having majored in Creative Writing, and always having had an interest in writing, he has a very big vocabulary. He is also very trained in the act of expressing himself clearly through words. Or at least he likes to think so, when in fact he tends to do the opposite through the use of overly complicated explanations.
This asshole. Alex very easily defaults to sarcasm and snarky remarks whenever he is uncomfortable, it’s sort of self-defense mechanism ( “I’m 147 pounds of pale skin and fragile bones. Sarcasm is my only defense!” anyone? ) and it happens without him being really conscious of it. On the other hand, he thinks sarcasm is hilarious, so.
He doesn’t really trust others too easily, and has a general negative outlook on life. This is kind of a huge bummer that can really turn others off from talking to him. It can be really draining sometimes, but to the people who are close to him, he’s more enjoyable. Probably.
Basically, he’s not an attention seeker. He doesn’t go up to people and strike up a conversation about their cool shirt, or how amazing the weather is that day. If he initiates conversation it’s usually in a negative manner, or because he needs something. On rare occasion will he talk to regulars at the library, or to people checking out books he has a personal interest in.
And if it wasn’t clear already, Alex can be kind of a big hypocrite sometimes (ie. doesn’t trust other people’s intentions are pure, but he doesn’t talk to others himself unless he needs something from them). But he’s very passionate about his writing and writes poetry and stories in private; though he’d never show it to anyone so yeah. You’d have to really mean something to him to see any of his work.
Deep down, he’s a hopeless romantic. He believes in true love, and he also falls for people easily, but he refuses to acknowledge it.
His parents are separated, and he has little to no contact with his father, as he blames him for the state his family is in.
He has a twin brother, but his parents agreed to split the kids up as they divorced while the twins were still babies. Seeing as his mother moved to the other side of the world, and his father wasn’t ready to let go of both kids, they decided to share custody that way instead.
Communication with his brother was very infrequent until they both got computers and could use the internet to chat.
His mother has had a hard time of settling down with any new man in her life, and Alexander kind of blames himself for being a likely issue, as he’s rarely been fond of any of her new boyfriends.
While he was in uni, he had a relationship with someone. He never would have guessed that he’d fall for the person, but he did. And he fell hard. That person was his everything for the duration of their relationship, but he likely did not fit in with their friends and felt insecure about that, which in the end resulted in a very bad breakup. (possible connection).
He was going to become a writer after he finished school, but due to certain circumstances he ended up feeling insecure about his writing, and instead opted to work at a place where he could be close to books - the library.
After he gave up on writing as a career, or perhaps during the process of it, he started to consider becoming an actor. He loves plays, especially Shakespeare, and always wanted to portray the characters in his own way.
He has an inferiority complex when it comes to his brother. He feels that while he himself is trying very hard to be knowledgeable on a lot of subjects, it seems to come naturally to his brother. Despite this, he still has a good relationship with him.
Currently trying to deal with depression and anxiety while refusing to recognize it for what it is. Some days it’s just really hard to get out of bed and go to his job, but he usually manages.
He’s not very big on partying, or sports. He’ll only go to events if it’s to support people he’s close to.
Is an actual mess. Please help him put the jigsaw puzzle that is his life back together because he’s lost track of all the pieces.
I don’t feel like I’ve explained him properly, but I also don’t want to add any more to this because it’s already huge.
So possible connections I have for now:
Ex that ended very badly. Doesn’t have to follow what I described above.
Best friend, goes to for everything, might be the only person who gets to read his writing and the only one to know about his confidence issues and his depression.
Good, although unlikely, friend. Possibly bicker a lot.
Someone who knew his brother in the states.
The child of his mother’s boyfriend/new husband (she would only have married if they’d been together a while).
hmu if any of it interests you or if you have something else in mind or just wanna plot and see what fits
