... here goes.
1.) Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?: it was rocky, especially with leon being a brat. flipped up and down, usually - they were pissed he didn't go to practice, happy when he won his games. he was a little more of a mama's boy but he wouldn't term their relationship as exceptional.
2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?: its a little sad, but its mostly the added things on him - the dyed hair, the piercings. besides that, its his eyes! they're really light.
3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?: he's covered in scars, actually. usual ones you'd expect - getting beaned in the head with a baseball, no helmet; falling off a bike and scraping a knee badly, etc. but he also has one on his lip, a little off center, from when he tried to pierce it with a safety pin.
4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?: he's got about above-average self esteem regarding his looks. he doesn't rant and ramble about this but he does think he's attractive.
5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the Kinsey Scale?: smack dab in the middle, a hard three.
6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory.
7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why?: he lives with no regrets, generally speaking - or he tries to. that being said, sometimes he gets pissy about getting into baseball, but he goes back and forth on that.
8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower?: favorite ice cream is peanut butter cup or cookies and cream; ice cream with a lot of stuff in it, pretty much. color is red - color of passion, right?! don't even talk to leon about favorite songs, 'cause he'll go on a tangent. 100 times fuckeder by NoFX is a fave, and so is we are all we have by the casualties. also too drunk to fuck by the dead kennedys. as for flower, he can't really be assed to think of that. who even has a favorite flower? ( its hydrangeas, his mother used to keep them )
9.) Who does your character trust? leon is weird about trust. like, really weird about it. he's very open about his problems ("Hey... By the way, can I confess something to you?") but as for people he really turns to and finds solace in, naegi is at the top of the list. mondo and sayaka are pretty high up as well.
10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable. when he started to gain recognition for his talents. when he started to resent his talents.
11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character? hyena. tenacious little bastards.
12.) How is your character with technology? Super savvy, or way behind the times? Letters or email? OH WOW okay leon pretty much uses like, facebook, youtube, pandora ( and porn sites ) and he has like, a ton of blogs that he never actually kept up with. he knows a few things - about basic level.
13.) What does your character’s bed look like when he/she wakes up? Are the covers off on one side of the bed, are they all curled around a pillow, sprawled everywhere? In what position might they sleep? leon can pretty much sleep anywhere in anything with anyone, but when he actually passes out on his bed he goes into a freefall sort of position - limbs all spread out. this makes it hell for people who sleep with him, 'cause he hogs blankets and groans in his sleep. usually wakes up with the blankets on the floor and his head barely on the pillow.
14.) How does your character react to temperature changes such as extreme heat and cold? hates hates hates heat because heat means sweat and sweat means smelly and gross and dirty. he's actually sort of a hygeine freak, despite running around on the baseball diamond a lot. cold he much prefers.
15.) Is your character an early morning bird or a night owl? hes actually surprisingly consistent with his sleeping schedule when baseball season rolls around. outside of it, though, he deviates a little. he can, however, run on very little sleep.
16.) Are there any blood relatives that your character is particularly close with, besides the immediate ones? Cousins, Uncles, Grandfathers, Aunts, et cetera. Are there any others that your character practically considers a blood relative? ah, no, not really ... his family pretty much only kept to the immediate. leon's had a lot of friends but they're not true friends, the sort of friend that could finish his sentences and make him listen when they say to go to bed, or something. if anyone were to get there, though, itd be sayaka or mondo or naegi.
17.) What’s your character’s desk/workspace look like? Are they neat or messy? workspace ... he doesnt really have one of those. he's messy but not dirty, always took his plates down from his room after a midnight snack, or whatever.
18.) Is your character a good cook? What’s their favorite recipe, whether they’re good or not? (Microwave mac-and-cheese applies.) oh my god no leon is so unpicky with food, usually, so he considers it a miracle when he can get something homecooked. when its just him bummin' it, its like ... sandwiches and ramen.
19.) What’s your character’s preferred means of travel? the shoelace express. leon has no problem walking for miles.
20.) Does your character have any irrational fears? i don't know if it counts as irrational, but fading into obscurity or failing to meet his own standards of success are preeeeetty big. besides that, he's creeped out by bugs and what not, but its not a terribly, crippling fear.
21.) What would your character’s cutie mark be? eeeehh gonna stay away from the obvious music note or baseball. i feel itd be a lightning bolt or something dynamic like that.
22.) If your character could time travel, where would they go? the future, probably, to see if he ... made it.
23.) Is your character superstitious? Y ES actually, baseball is a really superstitious sport, so he keeps with baseball superstitions and stuff like that. and he ALWAYS has to listen to this certain mix before a game, and he does a cheer with his team mates before hand.
24.) What might your character’s ideal romantic partner be? someone who's okay with his manic decisions to sprint laps at 3 am, someone who can calm him down and scratch his back and listen to his long-winded rants. someone he can sing to, someone with a cute butt and baggage and something interesting about them.
25.) Describe your character’s hands. Are they small, long, calloused, smooth, stubby? ( i LOVE HANDS ... oka y ) theyre a lil big and he has callouses on his finger tips. actually his fingers are ... sort of scarred because he heard that a famous blues guitarist once superglued his finger tips together and them ripped them apart to make them tougher ... and he tried it.
26.) Second day of favorites! Favorite comfort food, favorite vice, favorite outfit, favorite hot drink, favorite time of year, and favorite holiday. COMFORT FOOD oka y HE LIKES TERRIBLE FAST FOOD if that counts, um ... as for vices, he likes to drink but he doesnt get the opportunity to do it a whole lot. as for outfits, he really likes his battle vests, with patches and pins and studs and spikes he put on himself. favorite hot drink is coffee with an illegal amount of sweetener. he loooooves autumn and favorite holiday is halloween.
27.) Pick two songs that describe your character at two different points of their life, and explain why you chose them. OH GOD OKAY "our time is now" by story of the year. ... its a really upbeat song, energetic and it might not fit his genre exactly but i think it fits the time in his life when he's like, "hey!! you know what?! i can do what i want, i have my own dreams and a ton of potential!!"
"We won't fall or hesitate and from this rotting life we disengage
Can we strive to break away and stop wasting time on these insecurities?
Just keep pushing forward
We take control, we take control
Keep fighting onward
We take control, we take control"
ghghghh the next song is "the slaughter" by john frusciante, a musician whos lyrics are often very, uh ... strange and seemingly idiosyncratic. i sort of headcanon that when they ... DIE their memories come back, kind of, like on the tip of their tongue. anyway.
"I'll know her face a mile away
You'll be there in the slaughter
Freeing me when I'm cornered
Being arrested by the mind cops
They're the only ones worth changing what you do for
And I try to be in line
I guide my fate
And what it's good for there's no telling
It's blood
It's a flood"
28.) If your character’s life was a genre, what would it be? a feel good comeback kid/underdog comedy type movie. ( or RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY )
29.) How does your character smell? Do they wear perfume or cologne? BLACK SUEDE ...
30.) And finally: Write a letter to your character, from yourself.
dearest,
my love. the light of my life. shekh ma shieraki anni. words cannot convey how much i love you. i hope that the gifts i have included in the letter will get the point across.
enclosed are: one (1) pack of guitar strings, one (1) can of hair clay, one (1) picture of myself.
love,
jack.