it might be HIS SENIOR year but I still think WOLFGANG HELLSTRÖM looks exactly like BILL SKARSGÅRD and sometimes I think the CIS MALE is actually them. Of course I’m wrong, as they’re TWENTY-FOUR and studying CHEMISTRY while living in AUDAX here at Lockwood. The SCORPIO can be rather MAGNETIC and QUICK-WITTED, but also kind of COLDHEARTED and HARSH. Their most played song on Spotify was IT’S ALWAYS THERE by PRETTY VICIOUS, so I think that says a lot.
hi! i’m perks! i’m twenty-three, located in the central timezone, and i’ve been around the tumblr rp block a few times (sometimes going by cj, so some of you might know me by that but who really knows). this post is going to be dedicated to introducing my sweet psychopathic boy, wolfgang hellström so let’s hop to it!
also, if you’re interested, you can find wolfgang’s pinterest board here!
background
wolfgang hellström was born first, his twin brother viktor following along only a few minutes later, and he’s been the bane of his father’s existence ever since. the hellström boys were only a few years old when their mother split, unable to properly care for them while doped up on cheap heroin, and so their father was left burdened with the care of twin boys that he hadn’t wanted in the first place.
wolfgang spent the better part of his childhood with his brother out behind their father’s trailer, chasing one another through the woods while playing tag or hunting for lizards and frogs beneath fallen tree trunks. they were inseparable, with wolfgang serving as the leader of their duo given the six minute head start he had over viktor.
when they weren’t out gallivanting through the woods or running through the trailer park with the other kids, wolfgang and his twin brother were tucked away in their shared quarters, keeping silent like mice to avoid any possible confrontation that might occur if their father stumbled in drunk and decided to lash out at them.
if situations like this arose, wolfgang was often the one to step forward, taking on the majority of the beatings that might haven fallen onto his brother if he weren’t around. wolfgang was always, and has remained, fiercely protective of his brother. he’s bailed viktor out of trouble, even when it meant the wolfgang himself had to take the blame in his brother’s place, and he’s given viktor his time, money, and energy when he had little for himself.
as the boys grew older, they acted out more and more. wolfgang took to those illegal activities that were less violent while his twin took the opposite route, seeking out any situation that allowed him to use his fists. they made a good team when they were able to tolerate one another (as their personalities had begun to clash as they matured) but when they were on one another’s bad side, all hell broke loose and chaos rained down on anyone within a ten mile radius.
that isn’t to say that wolfgang hasn’t lashed out violently, however. he just prefers to reserve his energy for those situations that call for him to pummel someone into the ground until his knuckles are bloody and raw.
during his time at lockwood, wolfgang has kept a low profile, preferring to attend class and do little of anything else. parties rarely hold an appeal and maintaining relationships with friends is too tedious of a task for him to really feel the need to put in any effort. those people that he does keep close are only there out of pure necessity on his part. they either have something he needs (or wants), or he gets a kick out of some aspect of their personality.
personality
though standoffish when you first meet him, wolfgang has a magnetic personality. he’s easy to talk to, which might be unnerving if people were aware of how psychopathic he really is, and he’s incredibly quick-witted. he can hold his own when talking to just about anyone and it’s only when people really get to know him that they begin to see those traits that he tries to keep hidden.
taking after his father, wolfgang is also incredibly harsh and abrasive. he doesn’t bullshit or tell pretty lies, he delves straight to the point, cutting down to the bone when he has to. even when his father was abusing wolfgang and his twin, he was honest, and that is something that wolfgang has carried with him throughout his life.
unlike his twin brother who is incredibly abusive to just about anyone that enters his life, wolfgang is even-tempered and calm a majority of the time. yes, he does what he wants when he wants, but you won’t find him lashing out at the smallest of things like viktor. he bides his time, waiting until the perfect moment to pounce.