Post by leonardo james steeldirge on Feb 21, 2013 0:05:25 GMT -5
LEONARDO JAMES STEELDIRGE
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NAME: leonardo james steeldirge
GOES BY: lee
AGE: nineteen
HOUSE: slytherin
BLOOD STATUS: muggleborn
WAND: 12 1/2 inches, kneazle whisker core and redwood------------------------------------------------------------------
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PLAY-BY: ash stymest
GENERAL APPEARANCE:
- HAIR: Naturally dirty blond, but dyed black. Wild, messy. Usually unattended to, but occasionally gelled up.
- HEIGHT: 5'7"
- ATTIRE: Lee's usual attire is usually pretty casual. He likes to hang around in muscle shirts and loose pants. However, he'll spend as much as an hour getting ready if he's out to impress anyone - and if that's the case, anything goes.
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LIKES:humor, pranks, flirting, sex, girlswith assetswith attitude, boys that fool around, concerts, singing, guitar, drumming, metallica,gangsta rap, thrillers, drinking, smoking, cheetos, american cartoons, birds, ungodly night time hours, snow, being loud and obnoxious, the color green,acting likebeing a kid, sleeping in
DISLIKES:prejudice, bullies, his height, tall people, waking up in the morning, hangovers, authority,rodents, feeling embarrassed, not getting his way, rejection, being alone, having to act like an adult
GOALS:Lee wants nothing more than to have his name up in lights. It's far-fetched and childish, but he's obsessed with the idea. If not that, he'd like to try and become an Auror.
FEARS:winding up alone, heartbreak, rejection, guns/the sound of gunfire, high authority figures (government officials, etc), losing people he loves,rodents, breaking his facade of confidence, great amounts of blood
PERSONALITY:Lee's what you might call a typical teenager. He's loud, he's obnoxious, he breaks rules, questions authority, loves sex, smokes pot, you get the idea. He's in your face about anything and everything, and doesn't believe (or care) to censor himself for anyone. He thrives around the company of others, gravitating to them to stroke what seems to be his highly inflated ego. While he might not have very many close friends, he's kind to everyone he meets - though not necessarily polite.
What people don't seem to know about Lee is his complete and utter lack of self-confidence. Lee's extroversion is a cover-up for how tormented he is on the inside. If you insult him, he's quick to become defensive - and though he'll almost never break in front of someone who's challenging him, it tears apart his psyche. He'd much rather dance around topics he's uncomfortable with by falling back onto his well built and enforced facade of being an egotistical asshole. If you're unlucky enough to see him in one of his moments of fury or sadness, you'll find that Lee's a pretty bitter soul. Rub off on him the wrong way in one of these episodes and he certainly will have no problem resorting to a duel or brawl to ward you off. Try to be supportive, and he'll push you away because he won't want to bother you with the pathetic person he thinks he really is.
Of course, that's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Lee. There are few people that can say they are really good at something and mean it, and though Lee rarely actually talks about his creative side, if he does, you can see he's extremely passionate when it comes to anything artistic. Music is what he has the biggest affinity towards. He often loses himself for hours upon hours writing melodies or playing one of his many instruments. He holds a childish dream of one day becoming famous, but knows it's highly unlikely that it'll ever happen.
Speaking of, Lee has got a terrible case Peter Pan Syndrome. Growing up is last on his list of important things to do. He's one of those guys that wants to stay a kid for his entire life, regardless of age. Lee probably takes this to heart a little too much though, to a point where others become annoyed at his lack of willingness to take on responsibility like an adult.
When Lee here actually makes close friends, he will literally do anything for them. Anything. Even to the point where he'll put his own physical or mental well being on the line. This of course, comes with a price. Despite the fact that Lee surrounds himself with people constantly, he's closed off emotionally to a point where even being in a crowded room can feel painfully lonesome. It makes those friends that he actually has even more dear to him, but it also leaves room for those friends to use him.
The reason for this is a deep rooted fear that Lee will lose people close to him - whether they be family, friends, or lovers. He's had several experiences in the past where people he's cared for have left him in some way or another, and so he lives with this constant fear that the people that still remain in his life will one day disappear. Because of this, Lee tries as damn hard as he can to keep people by giving them everything he has, money, complements, whatever he thinks they might want in return for their friendship, love, and attention.
Lee is extremely competitive and quick tempered. He doesn't like to lose at anything, especially against other males. Not that he'll pick fights on purpose (though don't put it passed him, he has before) but he'll raise his voice at you pretty fast if you challenge or insult him. Oh, and... don't mention his height unless you want an earful of profanities.
Another thing people don't expect is for Lee to be a romantic. He's in denial about it, preferring to be more of a Casanova while trying to win over men and women alike, but if someone were to say, turn the tables on him and complement him, he'll grow flustered and embarrassed. All that said, don't expect Lee to come up and tell you he likes you. With his self-esteem issues, he'll likely never tell you if he wants to date you.------------------------------------------------------------------
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CLOSE FAMILY:
- Angel Le'Roi: mother, deceased.
- Andrew Steeldirge: father, 38, professional gambler
- Devin Steeldirge: uncle, 38, attorney
- ______ Steeldirge: cousin, 17, student at hogwarts
HISTORY:Lee was born on April 1st on a warm spring evening in Oakland, California. From day one of his young life, he was ready to take on the world. Even as a toddler, he had a big, big personality, and projected to the world in a confident, excited manner. He was going to be a champion, clearly. And his mother, Angel, could not be more proud of her little son Leonardo. Lee likes to refer to what little of his childhood he can remember as his "golden years." It was at this point that he experienced an unmatched amount of love and affection from his parents. His mother was gentle and encouraging, nurturing his creative side, and his father was witty and fun, sprouting the little devil that grew up to be the Lee everyone knows and loves.
What no one expected was for Lee to have been born with the ability to use magic. There were always things he could never explain going on around him - but the one he can remember most clearly was at a normal day of elementary school. Short for his age, Lee would often be subjected to "monkey in the middle," and for many years, he would do nothing but take the treatment without a word. But one day, when he was around ten years old, he snapped. Lee's still not entirely sure what happened - but he felt a rush like he'd never experienced before as he plotted revenge in his mind. One day he'd hurt them like they'd hurt him... - but before he could raise his voice or even make a move, the kids who had been bullying him cried out in pain. Eyes wide with bewilderment, he watched as the ringleader of the taller kids brought a hand up to his nose, trying to stop it from bleeding.
Lee hadn't been aware it was him who had caused that freak accident until a year later, when he was invited to Salem Academy in Massachusetts. His mother and father both agreed to send him there with a sense of pride, and Lee couldn't be more excited to learn this other-worldly thing known as magic.
Of course, "life has a way of fucking everyone over," as Lee would put it. At fifteen is when things started to take a turn for the worst - at least, that's Lee's opinion. In truth, there had been nothing perfect about his home life from the very beginning, despite his parents sacrifices to provide for him - though Lee was blissfully ignorant as a child and chose to ignore any signs of conflict between his parents.
The issues all came to light after his mother died in an accident that year. Needless to say, Lee was devastated by Angel's untimely death, as was his father - and the two of them together turned to alcohol to drown out their woes. But while Lee managed to be at least functional in society with his new-found liquid confidence, his father shut down... completely. Andrew became a shell of his former self, and though he was living and breathing, to Lee it was as though he had lost both his parents.
The two males started to loathe each other as the years flew by. At seventeen, Andrew one day up and left Lee without a word. It shouldn't have come as a shock to him, really, but it was hurtful nonetheless. Lee called in the police to search for him, and even tried to locate him himself, but Andrew had always been good at hiding... in every sense of the word, and he was nowhere to be found. Lee had no choice but to move in with another relative, and so he packed his things and went to live with his uncle, Devin, in... you guessed it: London.
Lee took a year off to adjust to his new life in the UK before deciding to go back to Hogwarts for the last two years of his schooling. He's now a seventh year and ready to get the hell out of school for the rest of his life.------------------------------------------------------------------
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ALIAS: smiff
AGE: twenty
TIMEZONE: pacific
EXPERIENCE: 12ever
OTHER CHARRIES:brooke izari greyback, 17, gryffindor
ROLEPLAY SAMPLE:done it already, fool!