ASHER MCKENZIE is a TWENTY-TWO year old CISGENDER MALE [ HE / HIM ] studying ARCHITECTURE, and hails from LONDON, ENGLAND. He is sometimes mistaken for DOUGLAS BOOTH and is also occasionally referred to as STUDENT NUMBER EIGHT.
not me, finally making a legit timeline bio for asher?
so asher’s father is a british diplomat, worked at the embassy in the u.s. for a long time, had connections with the u.n. and did a lot of peacekeeping initiatives worldwide – so basically, he wasn’t home much, but asher did get to travel with him quite a bit.
his mother comes from noble blood and is very proud of her heritage. it’s a thing, and mostly asher finds it obnoxious. he enjoys the money and the perks of privilege, but the whole ‘gentleman class’ bullshit is too much
he is the middle child of five, which explains A. LOT. he was a troublemaker because otherwise he was completely overlooked. literally, any opportunity to cause a scene, get attention, or scandalize someone, asher has always been the one to take it.
he didn’t have many actual friends growing up. he spent a lot of time traveling with his dad because they were close and his mother couldn’t handle him, but his dad found his antics mostly funny. he was on the outside of a lot of friend groups when he was home, and he never cared much for england at all.
ash is very into exploring new places, and chances are he’s been to most big international cities and can tell you at least one local place that you have to try. definitely a world traveler, and that was a huge draw of this cruise.
for two years, asher went to college in chicago. he liked it, even managed to make a genuine friend group, but had a falling out when things didn’t work out with the girl he was into. it was his one and only relationship, and it ended horribly, so he said never again. and now the most commitment he can offer is friends with benefits.
unfortunately, despite it all, asher is pretty in tuned with his emotions, and he is capable of falling for someone, despite his adamant position against monogamy and relationships.
because his dad has diplomatic immunity, he’s traveled places and gotten out of a lot of criminal trouble just because he can
can be described as smarmy, pretentious, and maybe a lil annoying. he will make an inuendo out of ANYTHING
is surprisingly good at giving advice?? will he slide in something completely vulgar? definitely. but will the actual advice be solid? more than likely
lowkey he is very smart. he grew up privileged and had tutors growing up; his dad always had big plans for him. he has always been interested in history and math, and one place those two things intersect is architecture
HELLA FLIRTATIOUS. seriously, if you are breathing he will flirt with you. but not in a creepy way because c’mon, consent is a thing
kinda amoral?? but in an honest way. like you can also trust a thief to be a thief kinda thing
mr steal your girl so watch out - relationships mean nothing to him. he can recite a whole laundry list of reasons humans were not made to be monogamous
can be pretentious - probably the butt of a lot of poor lil rich boy jokes - but he will befriend p much anyone
wanted connections include LITERALLY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. i know he already has a few, but seriously friend, former friends turned enemies, flirtationships, old flames, gimme anything you’ve got