Simon "manipulate, mansplain, malewife" Laurent (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
apexredditor) wrote2021-07-18 09:13 am
apexredditor) wrote2021-07-18 09:13 am
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PLAYER
NAME: Leah
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teenwitch, DMs, or catch me in the game Discord!
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: I work a variable schedule, so if it's not my day off I'll usually only be around for one half of the day! I'm most active in the mornings and my timezone is EST.
BRACKETS/PROSE: I default to brackets but can match prose.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Nothing that I can think of off the top of my head.
CONTACT:
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: I work a variable schedule, so if it's not my day off I'll usually only be around for one half of the day! I'm most active in the mornings and my timezone is EST.
BRACKETS/PROSE: I default to brackets but can match prose.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Nothing that I can think of off the top of my head.
IN CHARACTER
PHYSICAL AFFECTION: go for it! Simon is actually a very tactile character and will touch others without thinking much of it, and if he doesn't absolutely hate the person in question it'll be a comforting and grounding thing for him.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Please. Please beat him up. I mean, obviously run it by me if you want to put him in traction, but in general I am all for it! He'll talk shit, he can get hit.
RELATIONSHIPS: Should he be in one? Absolutely not. Will he cling like grim death to anyone who is close enough to him for this to even be a question? Sure will.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: It's not gonna be relevant unless some kind of motive unlocks powers.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: n/a I cannot stress enough what a milksop loser he is
MEDICAL INFORMATION: nothing to note! I would bet money he's got some old scars and healed fractures from getting hurt during Apex raids and doing janky first aid on himself, if that counts.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: In lieu of talking at length about what will set Simon off (discussions of adoption and abandonment, any suggestion that he's wrong about his beliefs, being told he's a child, big bugs and clicking noises), I'm gonna use this as the part where I list all the things you might want to not deal with! Simon is a generally selfish and unpleasant person with a notable lack of empathy for others, and while many aspects of why he sucks so much are specific to the setting of Infinity Train, his hatred of train denizens will absolutely manifest as dislike for and denial of the personhood of visibly nonhuman characters. While he will (probably) eventually cotton on to the fact that he has to be less obvious about this, his distrust is deep-rooted and will color his interactions with people he can't rationalize as being "one of us." Simon is the co-leader of a cult dedicated to Lost Boys style hedonism, and a huge part of maintaining that cult is manipulating and controlling young children. He's also been directly responsible for murdering train denizens, albeit not with his own hands, sees no problem with this, and will admit it readily.
He's prone to violent physical outbursts when he's angry, which is often, and will punch and kick scenery, usually at his own expense. As Simon refuses to see himself as wrong in virtually any situation, a lot of his rhetoric when he does something bad is borderline victim blaming, i.e. "you made me do this." He also describes the symptoms of a panic attack when in highly stressful situations, which makes sense, because there's a hell of a lot of unpacked trauma in his past that's inherent to suddenly showing up on a death train to nowhere at age 10. Given the Apex's activities on top of this, a blanket warning for children being in violent and dangerous situations is probably warranted, and uhhhh honestly there could easily be more I'm forgetting and will have to add later. I beyond understand if you would rather not be tagged by the character or opt out of any of these topics, and comments are screened for that purpose.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Please. Please beat him up. I mean, obviously run it by me if you want to put him in traction, but in general I am all for it! He'll talk shit, he can get hit.
RELATIONSHIPS: Should he be in one? Absolutely not. Will he cling like grim death to anyone who is close enough to him for this to even be a question? Sure will.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: It's not gonna be relevant unless some kind of motive unlocks powers.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: n/a I cannot stress enough what a milksop loser he is
MEDICAL INFORMATION: nothing to note! I would bet money he's got some old scars and healed fractures from getting hurt during Apex raids and doing janky first aid on himself, if that counts.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: In lieu of talking at length about what will set Simon off (discussions of adoption and abandonment, any suggestion that he's wrong about his beliefs, being told he's a child, big bugs and clicking noises), I'm gonna use this as the part where I list all the things you might want to not deal with! Simon is a generally selfish and unpleasant person with a notable lack of empathy for others, and while many aspects of why he sucks so much are specific to the setting of Infinity Train, his hatred of train denizens will absolutely manifest as dislike for and denial of the personhood of visibly nonhuman characters. While he will (probably) eventually cotton on to the fact that he has to be less obvious about this, his distrust is deep-rooted and will color his interactions with people he can't rationalize as being "one of us." Simon is the co-leader of a cult dedicated to Lost Boys style hedonism, and a huge part of maintaining that cult is manipulating and controlling young children. He's also been directly responsible for murdering train denizens, albeit not with his own hands, sees no problem with this, and will admit it readily.
He's prone to violent physical outbursts when he's angry, which is often, and will punch and kick scenery, usually at his own expense. As Simon refuses to see himself as wrong in virtually any situation, a lot of his rhetoric when he does something bad is borderline victim blaming, i.e. "you made me do this." He also describes the symptoms of a panic attack when in highly stressful situations, which makes sense, because there's a hell of a lot of unpacked trauma in his past that's inherent to suddenly showing up on a death train to nowhere at age 10. Given the Apex's activities on top of this, a blanket warning for children being in violent and dangerous situations is probably warranted, and uhhhh honestly there could easily be more I'm forgetting and will have to add later. I beyond understand if you would rather not be tagged by the character or opt out of any of these topics, and comments are screened for that purpose.
OUT OF CHARACTER
BACKTAGGING: hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah
THREADHOPPING: Absolutely!
FOURTHWALLING: Sure! HOWEVER...
NOT INTERESTED IN: While I am all for dunking on Simon, you know that weird, awkward thing people do in settings like d_m in particular where their characters assume full knowledge of a villain/disliked character's canon and aggressively voice their own OOC grievances with the character out of nowhere in, like, some kind of attempt to own them? I'm gonna take a hard pass on that! Trust me, you can find a reason for them to hate him within like three comments of interaction anyway.
THREADHOPPING: Absolutely!
FOURTHWALLING: Sure! HOWEVER...
NOT INTERESTED IN: While I am all for dunking on Simon, you know that weird, awkward thing people do in settings like d_m in particular where their characters assume full knowledge of a villain/disliked character's canon and aggressively voice their own OOC grievances with the character out of nowhere in, like, some kind of attempt to own them? I'm gonna take a hard pass on that! Trust me, you can find a reason for them to hate him within like three comments of interaction anyway.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
VISUAL: Pretty much what you see in the icons is what you get! He's a gangly, stubbly white guy in his late teens, reasonably tall, wearing a hoodie that he's definitely beginning to outgrow and pants with one half of the leg part missing, plus kneepads. His blonde hair is pulled back into a little ponytail, and he has a red sine wave drawn across his face in lipstick. The only things absent, at this point in the game, are the weird chestplate/backpack thing and the glowing green series of numbers on his right arm.
AURAL: Kyle McCarley whining
OLFACTORY: honestly at this canon point in particular he cannot possibly smell good... he's a sweaty teenager and it's been days since he showered or changed clothes, so probably sweat, general funk, and sports deodorant.
DEMEANOUR: he's got 25 outward-facing personalities and 23 of them absolutely suck
AURAL: Kyle McCarley whining
OLFACTORY: honestly at this canon point in particular he cannot possibly smell good... he's a sweaty teenager and it's been days since he showered or changed clothes, so probably sweat, general funk, and sports deodorant.
DEMEANOUR: he's got 25 outward-facing personalities and 23 of them absolutely suck
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