Ernest Schmithson: The Experiment
ORIGIN
Registrasi
Ernest diregis ketika aku lagi break RP, setelah Isaac dan sekian chara cewe yang gagal kumainin. I thought, I’ve had enough of this incapability (of writing a new chara/of moving on, lol). Tapi waktu itu aku ditawarin ama Kakdin buat mainin sepupu charanya, dan ketika dikasih tau sedikit latar belakangnya, I was sold.
Lahirlah Ernest Schmithson.
Basic Traits
Karena aku sedang dalam proses moving on, seperti halnya Isaac, Ernest juga sempet jadi korban recycle chara-charaku yang lain. AKU SEMAGER ITU BUAT BIKIN TIPE CHARA BARU. Ernest was heavily influenced by Isaac, as some of you might notice already, dan sebenarnya aku pengin jadiin James Potter HIMSELF sebagai landasan teori buat karakter Ernest. The thing is, James Potter has his Marauders, jadi aku pun bikin Marauders-nya Ernest: The Little Rascals.
Mereka adalah NPC, temen-temen Ernest di rumah yang secara garis besar aku plot buat bantu ngembangin karakternya Ernest, in case di Hogwarts dia ga punya geng kayak di rumah (dan pada akhirnya emang ga punya, HUHUHU).
Basic traits Ernest (aku kopas dari postnya di blog) adalah sbb:
Adrenaline junkie. He won’t stop accepting challenges like his life depends on it. It’s nothing about the pride, it’s about the good times and feels that he will attain, though in a way it helps shape his arrogance.
A lazy competitor. No, you cannot win anything or be better than him, but it will take some real time for him to come forward and claim his glory. Therefore, in order to overcome his failing to compete and win, he turns malicious, bitter and vengeful.
His curiosity only hurts the cat. He’s got enough passion to figure out things he doesn’t understand, but not quite willing to risk himself over it. He doesn’t act on demand, so curiosity kids kills the thrill.
Actually struggles with his self-worth. Doesn’t like being invisible; he needs to be in the limelight, yet still doubtfully deems himself worthy to take the throne on top.
Once you got into his black list, he’ll probably lure you slowly with his smooth spider-y web that can entangle you without knowing it. He’s mischievous and slick, anyway.
Despises being treated as inferior. He loathes people who look down on other people (hypocritically speaking), thus it will tickle his almost-indulging pride. He realizes where he resides, therefore this concerns him quite greatly.
Pretty loyal for a friend. Though he might act a little too bossy and arrogant, he still has a good heart and a soul of a good friend who’s willing to fight for you (not die; he loves himself more than he loves you).
Smooth criminal. Knowing that his action can get him into trouble, Ernest never puts on a too-crowd-inviting act. He always makes sure that the room fits for the people, let the rest listen.
THE JOURNEY
Di luar dugaan, pas masuk Hogwarts, Ernest lebih suka take charge sendiri. Dia emang sering banget “ngerekrut” orang-orang buat ngikutin “acaranya”, kayak main Dark Box, ngebuktiin misteri Kappa di Hogwarts (atau apalah itu), dll. Tapi setelah acaranya beres, he went back to being independent.
Dia lebih sering loncat-loncat dari satu komplotan ke komplotan lain, alih-alih bikin komplotan sendiri dan jadi pemimpin. Ga jarang Ernest ngumpul-ngumpul sama cowo-cowo Durjana Ravenclaw, atau sama Zagan Azra dan Dino Whiskey (yang selalu dia bully). Zagan sebenernya yang lebih sering nemenin dia, dan sangat berpotensi buat jadi Peter Pettigrew-nya, wkwkwk *ditakol PM-nya*
Yeah, he basically spent two or three years being lone criminal #halah, tapi pada akhirnya Ernest ngerasa Hogwarts mulai membosankan. Ini sebenernya salah PM-nya sih, yang telat ngegali karakter dan tidak aktif, hehehe. Jadinya ketinggalan 2 taun deh. Everybody’d been experiencing things here and there, while Ernest stayed the same. Di sinilah sebenernya titik stuck karakter Ernest, huft.
Aku udah ngerasa Ernest ketinggalan jauh buat mulai bikin komplotan; tau-tau dia udah remaja aja. Entah kenapa setiap chara udah masuk kelas empat tuh aku bawaannya suka ikut jadi angsty, like my conscious knows that they’ve become a teenager, meskipun mainku ga gitu aktif dan jadi lebih sering privat.
Pada taun ketiga atau keempat, Ernest ngga sengaja terlibat deep talk sama Lina Poitou. Bocah yang sukanya main-main dan berbuat onar itu ternyata bisa juga diajak mikir jauh, dari hal receh sampai filosofis. (Even I didn’t know that he’s capable of thinking that big, wkwkwk.) Ga lama kemudian, Ernest jadi lebih suka mikir lebih dulu daripada impulsif ngelakuin banyak hal (though in some occasions, it couldn’t be helped).
Pertemuan itu juga menimbulkan spark baru dalam diri Ernest, yang memotivasi dia buat ngejar semua kelas yang dia tinggalin dan ikut JunApp. Tiba-tiba Ernest jadi visioner: dia udah tahu mau jadi apa setelah lulus nanti, dan dia tahu gimana cara ngewujudinnya. Selama perjuangannya nge-JunApp, Ernest juga mulai patched things up sama temen-temen Gryffindor-nya. Dia jadi lebih menghargai persahabatan sama orang-orang di luar The Little Rascals.
THE TURN OF EVENTS
Sisi rebellious Ernest sebenernya makin triggered ketika dia dijodohkan paksa pada tahun keenam. Ernest sempat merasa kalau dunianya gelap sebentar, dan tiba-tiba bayangannya buat masa depan lenyap gitu aja. But he’d turned the pain into revenge, janji sama diri sendiri buat ngelempar bukti kesuksesannya ke muka orang tuanya. Dia jadi lebih ambisius dalam hidup, meski pada akhirnya harus ninggalin komplotannya di rumah dan benar-benar berusaha sendirian; lepas dari orang-orang yang udah membesarkan dia.
CONCLUSION
Karakter Ernest sebenernya statis dan ga banyak perubahan, karena akunya sendiri ga sempet eksplor jauh dan sampai selesai. Here’s the possibilities of what he could’ve been or done:
- Lulus dengan spesialisasi Evocation, then tossed that away to train for quidditch.
- Jadi pemain quidditch Inggris.
- Once he thought himself worthy, ngelamar Lina Poitou, terus nikah dan Bahagia selamanya, huehuehue~
Thanks for tuning in!