Post by jhawthorne on Dec 20, 2011 14:28:15 GMT -5
JOSHUA ETHAN HAWTHORNE
SHIRE ○ THIRTY ○ WERELEOPARD ○ CHRIS HEMSWORTH
“Stupidity isn't punishable by death.
If it was, there would be a
hell of a population drop."
hell of a population drop."
Please post your appearance here. We want to see a decent-sized paragraph here, and we most definitely want to see at least another paragraph if you have an alternate forms like the weres or the demons. Include eye color, hair color, height, weight, all of that good stuff, yes? Tattoos, etc. . . . Whatever you can think of. Remember a good paragraph looks a little something like this. Usually five to six sentences, more if you're using simple sentences, or somewhere around one hundred words or more.
“Some moments are perfect, and then
someone comes along and fucks it up.
someone comes along and fucks it up.
Ain't it always the way.”
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| [atrb=valign,top] ○ PIANO - Ever since Joshua was knee-high to a grasshopper, he has loved the piano. His fascination began with his grandmother who was an accomplished player. In the evenings after all her work was finished, she would sit down and play for everyone. His favorite song was ‘Clair de Lune‘ by Debussy. While his brothers were obsessed with guitars and cars, Joshua could often be found next door at his grandmother’s home, fingering the keys and making up little tunes. Playing the piano calms him down. It is also one of the most surefire ways to get Josh to fall asleep much to the amusement of his family. ○ Holidays - Yes, holidays. Joshua positively loves holidays. The decorating, the food, and the family traditions that go along with them, everything. Because he’s cut off all contact with his family, Joshua does not get to partake in the traditions that have been with the Hawthorne clan for generations. To compensate, Josh tends to go a little crazy with decorations. During Christmastime, his loft looks like some interior decorator went crazy. A massive tree stands in one corner with a lot of handmade ornaments and pictures of his family. Music appropriate for the season, usually classical or instrumental is constantly playing in the background when he’s home. ○ Family - The value of family has been drilled into Joshua’s head from the day he was born. There is absolutely nothing more important than family. Naturally, for any Midwest-raised gentleman, this equates into either a strong tolerance towards ankle-biters or the desire for a family of his own. Unfortunately for any no-kids-for-me ladies, Joshua falls into the second category. He believes there is no change in hell that he’ll be able to have children of his own considering his circumstances, but that does not stop Joshua from loving the annoying buggers. He’s always setting some money aside for toys so kids without much can have presents for birthdays and Christmas. ○ Fireworks - What pretty colors~ So shiny and bright and— Hold up. I know what you’re thinking. Joshua sounds like he is seriously out of it right? Well, he isn’t. But he has a thing for fireworks. The smell of powder and the crazy displays are synonymous with a Hawthorne family tradition. Weddings, anniversaries, and babies are always celebrated with a potluck and fireworks after the food and the Hawthorne clan knew how to throw a party. Another reason is that Joshua has a dash of pyromaniac in him. He loves setting things on fire and figuring out how to make something go boom. Not just a little boom either, but a massive “OMG” BOOM! ○ NUMBER FIVE ○ NUMBER SIX | ○ Change - Specifically changes that disrupt his day to day life like suddenly shifting into a leopard during a full moon. Let me tell ya, he was not too pleased with that little development. Now, he knows change is inevitable and Joshua will not try to avoid it, but he has a serious problem when faced with situations that dramatically alter his life and there is nothing he can do about it. The most prominent example of this is his lycanthropy. Joshua did not ask to be turned into a monster that could be killed on sight after risking his life for his country. Such changes make him restless and much pricklier. ○ Smokers - His grandfather died from lung cancer brought on by decades of smoking cigarettes. The old man’s death cut the Hawthorne clan off at the knees and only the younger children were the ones to escape the event unscathed. Joshua’s grandmother was never the same after her husband died and neither was his own father. The smoke used to be a comforting smell that he associated with the compassionate man that had been Gregory Hawthorne, but he grew to hate it after his grandfather died and now, the smoke aggravates his sense of smell which is now much stronger thanks to an illegal dose of furball. His fellow Seals never liked it when he hid their smokes either. ○ Mushrooms - Devil’s bane. That is what that fungus is. Not an edible morsel but evil poison concocted by parents in order to torture their children. Joshua thinks anyone who would pay upwards of a thousand dollars for a fucking mushroom has lost his mind. Lost it and will never get it back. When he was a child, Josh boycotted meatloaf for a year because he found out his grandmother’s recipe called for mushrooms. One time, his brothers played on April Fool’s trick on him by insisting that the family was going on a mushroom dominated diet. Joshua had a conniption when he realized what the date was. He chased after the pair with a baseball bat... no mushrooms for him. ○ Shopping - More like ‘who can spend the most time in a store buying useless shit.’ It is not a game that Joshua enjoys. He would rather get in and then out as soon as ○ NUMBER FIVE ○ NUMBER SIX |
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| [atrb=valign,top] ○ Dependable ○ True Cowboy Gentlemen ○ Frugal ○ ADAPTABLE | ○ DANGEROUS (LEOPARD) SEAL ○ POSSESSIVE ○ HOLDS GRUDGES ○ sudoku addict |
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| [atrb=valign,top] ○ Navy Seal (Expert Marksman, Pyrotechnics Expert, Hand-to-hand combat training) ○ The usual "alpha" skills ○ Does not have to sleep for very long after shifting ○ Quickly & smoothly change from human to animal form and back without needing to rest or collapsing | ○ Being ousted from his very comfortable closet ○ Dying. He really does not want to be put down like a rabid dog. ○ The "Nimir-Ra" legend his mentor told him about. Would like to find a girl on his own even if it is unlikely to happen. ○ Vampires. Scary ****ers that he wants far away from him. |
"One thing i could always depend on Jean-Claude.
Pain in the ass that he was,
he always seemed to be there."
he always seemed to be there."
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“When crime busting is easier than your personal life,
something has gone seriously wrong.”
Joshua Ethan Hawthorne was born at Lander Regional Hospital on the twenty-third of July in the year of 1981. He was the third son of Dr. Aaron Hawthorne and his wife Nora, preceded by Seth, five, and Levi, two, with an older sister named Beth, age nine. His father was the local veterinarian and his mother stayed home to care for her growing brood. There was certainly no lack of trouble and mischief in the Hawthorne house with three rambunctious boys on the prowl and only one sister to tattle on them not that Beth did much tattling. She’d much rather read her books than involve herself with the on goings of “buttheads like her brothers.” Even before Joshua could walk, he was being dragged into various problems created by his brothers from being turned into a baby mummy to learning the fine art of mud-throwing.
His mother somehow managed to keep the house from toppling over even when she was pregnant with her second daughter only three years after Joshua had come onto the scene. Even with five brother s and sisters also vying for his parents’ affections, Joshua was a well-adjusted kid. There were certainly some difficulties such as a small spelling problem, but otherwise, his childhood was wonderful. His grandparents lived immediately next door and were very happy to have their home invaded by their precious grandchildren. It was his grandmother that Joshua was especially close to. The older woman saw her daughter in the young boy and he saw someone who could understand him and his passions though it was unlikely that he realized that until later on.
Dinners often alternated between the two households as did celebrations. If the family celebrated Christmas at the grandparents’ place one year, it was celebrated at the younger generation’s home the next.
His mother somehow managed to keep the house from toppling over even when she was pregnant with her second daughter only three years after Joshua had come onto the scene. Even with five brother s and sisters also vying for his parents’ affections, Joshua was a well-adjusted kid. There were certainly some difficulties such as a small spelling problem, but otherwise, his childhood was wonderful. His grandparents lived immediately next door and were very happy to have their home invaded by their precious grandchildren. It was his grandmother that Joshua was especially close to. The older woman saw her daughter in the young boy and he saw someone who could understand him and his passions though it was unlikely that he realized that until later on.
Dinners often alternated between the two households as did celebrations. If the family celebrated Christmas at the grandparents’ place one year, it was celebrated at the younger generation’s home the next.
"Curiosity killed the cat.
Here I was hoping it didn't
do the same for animators."
do the same for animators."
Aloha mi amigos! Despite that little phrase, I am an English-speaker hailing from the beautiful west coast of the United States of America! I’m going to be eighteen on the twenty-fifth for which I am extremely excited. I’ve been roleplaying since June 2007 which feels like a lifetime ago. I’ve never read an Anita Blake book (I really should though) and I have a serious addiction to shape-shifter romance novels. And dragons. I love my good-guy dragons. Off the top of my head, Anne McCaffrey (May she Rest in Peace) and Christine Feehan are my favorite authors. My favorite shifter types are wolves and leopards (lol. And now leopard seals. I can’t stop with that joke…) I wish I could play female characters but I seem to collect (ridiculously fun) males (that I would date >> ) everywhere I go.