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i rly love you guys for this one! -► development meme: accepting!!!
1. how does your character think of their father? what do they hate and love about him? what influence - literal or imagined - did the father have? as a young lad he grew up with the knowledge that his father was a great man, and that’s about it. he was a great man—had curly hair and a lovely smile. knew how to make everyone around him happy. he was quite like you. the orphanage director told him in a sweet, slow voice. and so that’s how he pictures him. a likable character. what olly doesn’t know (aside from why he left him) is that his father’s a lot more like him than he thinks. and he’s out there somewhere, still. growing up without a father didn’t have much of an influence on him. that’s what he thinks. but it’s impacted a lot of things in his life. like self esteem issues (a psychological thing—not knowing if he’s considered manly enough) and relationship issues (staying in toxic situations too long, having mostly female friends).
2. their mother? how do they think of her? what do they hate? love? what influence - literal or imagined - did the mother have?he’s never met his real mum, and isn’t aware that she passed away due to some drug related incident. he thinks she’s just “missing” like his father. because her death isn’t exactly something to tell a young boy, right? he was raised in a special sort of orphanage until he was ten years old, in which he called the director “ma”. this woman set the foundation of what he is today, basically, and trained him in piano. a small part of him believes that she’s his real mother. anyway, he was adopted by a piano teacher who filed through the children in search of one with musical talent. she’s a fairly strict woman, but not considered evil by any means. this woman taught him to be mannerly. and to correct his posture (which he only really does around her).
3. brothers, sisters? who do they like? why? what do they despise about their siblings?not applicable.
4. what type of discipline was your character subjected to at home? strict? lenient?as i said before, his mother’s parenting approach was authoritarian. he was taught that obedience=love, so he’d always respect his mother’s wishes unconditionally. even if it meant that he’d have to practice piano for three hours before playing outside with his friends. because if his mother smiled, then he could be happy, too. and being adopted is a privilege, so he has to show that he’s the best boy he can be around her. again, he hasn’t thought about how this has affected him but its clearly made more shy with a significantly low self-esteem. these days, though, away from home he’s grown a bit more rebellious. being away from her makes him feel free. but he can’t shake the guilt that wracks his bones.
5. were they overprotected as a child? sheltered?he wasn’t exactly sheltered, he just had to earn any bits of freedom he could. he had a curfew but his mother wasn’t concerned enough to monitor what he actually did during the times he was out. she has a great deal of trust in him because he’s proven that he’s worthy of being trusted. olly knows about a lot of things, he just hasn’t done a lot of those things himself. not because he’s scared, but because he’s afraid of the guilt. his guilty conscience is wild!
