Post by Shay Anderson on Oct 6, 2007 18:43:30 GMT -6
X avier "S ylar" S treet
Note: Yes...I'm deleting another character for the time being. ><;; you probably all hate me for doing that like, 154687415674 million times. What can I say? You know you love me.
[/b][/size]Valkyrie Academy
About The Roleplayer:
Name: Asia. <3
Age: Sixteen. Finally.
Gender: Female.
Years Roleplaying: Eight as of like, a week ago.
Some Basic Interests: Apparently, deleting characters. xD
Oh.
And Jezzie is pretty cool.
About The Character
Name: Xavier Street.
Alias: Sylar. [Meaning you always call him that. xD]
Age: Seventeen.
Gender: Male.
School Year: Twevle ;; Senior.
Art Interest (why you’re here): Art, primarily free sketch and painting.
Originated From: Dublin, Ireland
Parents: Father ;; Rodney Street. Forty-six.
Mother ;; Jordin {Anderson} Street. deceased. Would be: Thirty-nine.
Siblings: Nathan Street ;; Brother. Twenty-one.
Shannon Street ;; Twin sister. Seventeen.
Relatives: JT Anderson ;; Cousin
Cornelius Moore ;; Uncle {Unknown}
Aislinn Moore ;; Cousin {Unknown}
Portrayed By: Zachary Quinto
Picture:
Appearance: For the past decade or so, the media has been the largest influence on mortal’s lives. And what is the most important thing in the media? DING DING DING. You got it! The appearance. When you describe someone else, you just say “she’s thin and blonde.” Not, “she has a great personality! =D” I mean, come on. That’s lame. Someone like Xavier Street was no acception to that rule, written in stone. He was nothing special to look at. You wouldn’t take a second glance at him in passing, probably not even a first glance. Not to say that he was one of those people shunned by today’s society for being painful to look at – even for a split second. However, he wasn’t one of those people automatically envied, or hated, for being absolutely gorgeous. That’s like…Brad Pitt. And, trust me, this guy was no Brad Pitt. I mean, only Brad Pitt is. Of course…Shiloh looks like him…
And, we all know in a place like Valkyrie Academy, you have to be model-level gorgeous to even be thought about. Look around, people.
More and more, males are becoming obsessed with their appearances. By some sort of stereotypical law, gay men have always been. But now, many straight males are becoming what we like to call “metrosexual.” They like to look nice. And, that always includes doing their hair in the morning. Females who care too much about their appearances spend hours on their hair; so why can’t a guy? He couldn’t call himself quick “metro”, no…that would be weird. But, after spending fourteen years with a shaggy head of thick, dark hair, he’d had enough. Just like with his name. I mean, who names their kid Xavier? No, he was good with Sylar. Wasn’t that a watch company? MOVING ON. Sir Street has inherited his head of dark hair directly from his mother. When she was living, her hair was always long, glowing and gorgeous. It curled perfectly, was styled immaculately, and would straighten when given the desire. On a her, it looked amazing. On Sylar? Not so much. It even worked well on his older brother, Nathan, who kept his hair shaggy and unkempt. So, shortly after he turned fourteen, Xavier marched right down to the local barber shop and demanded he cut it all off. From then on, he kept it short and gelled upwards. A little overplayed, sure. But it was overplayed for a reason. Of course, there were the times he was forced to look “respectable”, and actually gel it downwards. With his geeky glasses…trust me, it was a painful sight.
Okay, so I would be mean to say that Sylar was someone unfortunate looking. But I would be much too pompous to say that he was incredibly attractive, too. He definitely was not one of them outcasts ignored, or made fun of, for being funny to look at. No. He never had eyes the color of rain that were so expressive or that mysterious aura that just made people want to keep looking and interacting with him. He wasn’t even a mixture of the two. That was saved for those waify models, with the doe-like eyes and interesting faces, that were either funny to look at with a killer body, or had that air of someone above it all. He wasn’t even a part of the population that was so gorgeous, it was painful. Amazingly enough, all of those people went to Valkyrie Academy. Except for the small population that was funny looking. Born with a rather long, oval shaped face and the piercing stare of someone with a secret, he had to admit, there was something interesting about his appearance.
To be honest, there was nothing overly special about his eyes. Not the shape. Not the color. Not even the stare. As he continued to grow, they grew into the simple, common, color of a dark – almost black – brown and a lovely, shapely form of an almond. For his entire life, Sylar had wanted to be special. Someone different, stood out from the crowd. Unfortunately, that never happened through his eyes. His stare remained neutral and ordinary. However, there was one unusual thing about them: they could be read like an open book. Anger would make his eyes begin to grow soulless, and stony. Hatred would make them gleam. Lust would make them glaze, and thick. Happiness would hollow them out. Fear would make them distort. However, the only thing that remained intact with them was the constant emptiness. Like long, hollow black tunnels with no ending. An emptiness that had a secret.
On both sides of his family, it was common to see a defined jaw line. On his father, it had reflected his powerful presence, and natural state of authority. On his mother, it had looked just ridiculous. She had been a shy, gentle woman with delicate features, and a petite body. With such a strong jaw, it gave her the look like a large, black hole in a painting of a field of flowers and rainbows. It just didn’t fit. Fortunately, on Sylar, he had inherited his father’s facial structure, giving him a dignified look with his jaw. However, his genes did give him his mother’s strong, arched eyebrows. Again, on her, they looked feminine and lovely. On him? Not so much. They were long, expressive, and, in his opinion, took up too much of his own face. The majority of Valkyrie Academy was tanned. A small minority were of various ethnic backgrounds, giving them different skin tones. Xavier Street was part of the handful of people who were pale. Smooth, often flawless, and the color of old paper kind of pale. Not deathly white pale. Or that awkward, “what the hell is this?” kind of pale. The kind of pale that sun burnt easily, never tanned and couldn’t be changed no matter what he did. Why fight with genetics?
His father had been tall and muscular. His mother had been petite and thin. Sylar, on the other hand, was a clean mixture of both of his parent’s body types. At a young age, it had been obvious that he was going to be a tall male. While he was still growing, however, he had looked awkward. Having been tall for most of his life, he had still yet to grow into his hands and legs. Even at seventeen, his stature was still slightly awkward. With a trim, muscular torso, thin legs and small hands, part of him still looked young. With a neck of average length, and fairly broad shoulders, it was easy to see him as his father; with a large physical presence. However, he had always been of a slightly leaner stature. With his chest easily tapering into a thin waist, and his torso falling into fairly straight hips and long legs, there was still something slightly strange about his physique. With an upper body appropriate for his age, his lower half was still long, thin and gangly. With a diet of energy drinks, a steady stream of cigarettes and the odd meal, he had easily been able to keep himself in a fit, lean stature.
At Valkyrie Academy, the majority of the student body dressed fairly well. In slim cut pants, short skirts and trendy items. A handful of people dressed in skinny pants, black shirts and colored hair. Others were conservative. Some were preppy. Other, athletic. Sylar had never been into any of that. Often spotted sporting looser fitting, dark washed jeans or pale chinos, a variety of different t-shirts and either a blazer or track jacket, his way of dressing was fairly mainstream and consistent. Remember, he never liked to call any attention to himself through his appearance. So we best play that one safe. Of course, he’s been known to switch the entire thing up randomly. Who knows.
Personality:
[+] The Good ;;
ox. Loyalty lies with the dogs
ox. Loyalty lies with the dogs
For someone like Xavier Street, emerged into the world of darkness and family abandonment, friendships were everything. You could never trust your family, they could turn you in at any moment. Relationships, oh please. All that was left were your friends. They would always be in the same boat as you. They would always understand the sacrifices you had to make so everything would be okay. Obviously, Sylar long learned to be loyal to those who he cared about. His friends were his world since he moved deeper and deeper into that endless maze he had built for himself. But never once, never, would a friend of his be left alone standing in the rain, just awaiting for their impending doom. He was someone they could rely on, and with that, came a certain level of trust that they could constantly count on him. A call in the middle of a hot date? The date would have to suffer. Begging for help instead of doing a chemistry lab, screw the lab. Since he was sixteen, friends had been his everything. There was no way that was going to stop now.
ox. He’s all eyes and ears
For most of his life, Sylar had been left alone. Sitting alone in there dark, there, you begin to learn things. Your eyes adjust to the darkness. You begin to notice details that the average eye wouldn’t see. You begin to hear sounds no one else would. At the beginning, all he had done was dwell on his own life, his own problems. But that got old quite quickly. Instead, he practiced to listen to others. Or pretended, even. If he saw a lonely spider, sitting on its web all alone, Xavier would pretend to be its therapist. He would make up a miserable life story for the spider, and begin to understand. Even when he was finally released to his biological family, he had been an excellent listener. Often sitting in silence for hours, simply absorbing the conversation about him. Beginning to see the undertones of them.
ox. Intelligent in the ways of you
As we all know, Sylar Street was someone with the unusual talent for being a cheap therapist. He could sit and listen for hours on end. With this, came another talent. The talent of reading people. The human body moves in a very subtle kind of way; and each individual has their own, unique set of these movements. From the moment he meets you, this Street immediately begins to search for these movements. That way, he can read you. A sudden change in these subtle, natural movements would tip him off. Another undertone in your voice would let him know your actual mood. A different glint in your eyes would let him read you like an open book. It was rare for him to say anything. Of course, isn’t that what a listener is good at?
[+] The Bad;;
ox. Animalistic traits never disappeared
ox. Animalistic traits never disappeared
For the majority of his life, Xavier was left alone. Alone to wallow with no one but himself, and the other creatures surrounding him. When he did see the outside world, however, all he saw was something bad. With the combination of that, and his self-raising past, he grew to be out of control. He grew from the timid child into, well, a monster. He was rough and loud. Violent and angry. He taught himself how to defend himself, and that’s it. Often returning to his instincts for violent outbursts, Sylar was someone you could call almost animalistic.
ox. Everything needs a smooth edge
For someone unintelligent, these animalistic traits could turn them into a Neanderthal. Like a cave man or something. But not Xavier “Sylar” Street. No. He was intelligent, almost too intelligent. With his random lashes, and angry words came something he had also taught himself: a smooth, razor sharp edge. Instead of uncoordinated and dangerous, his movements became sharp and sleek. His words, once so cluttered, transitioned into smooth, icy words. His stare became stony and uncaring. His gait became graceful and confident. In combination with his angry, animalistic tendencies, this new edge became like a shard of glass. Amazing from a distance, but deadly up close.
ox. Danger isn’t a dance you should be dancing with
Many people in this world are cold. Many others are sharp and smooth. Some are even animalistic. Xavier Street, on the other hand, seemed to have mastered all of these. He grew into someone who didn’t mind hurting others, or even using them. He became dangerous. His threats would always be carried out. His words would never be empty. He would pay attention to your weaknesses, waiting for the perfect time to strike the tender cord. You could say he didn’t have much of a conscience. One for people he cared about, maybe. But that’s about as far as his caring would go.
ox. He’s cold to the touch
He had stopped caring all together. What was the real point of everything anymore? All he had become was an animal and dangerous, nothing more. And certainly something less. Damnit. In the beginning, Sylar had asked too many question to himself. Why was he becoming so dangerous? However, as time progressed, and his negative personality continued to bloom and grow, he stopped asking those questions. You can’t stop what you naturally are; and he was naturally, well, a bastard. Someone who just used people for personal gain, and nothing else. Someone who wanted to be different, special. And had achieved that. Even at his young age, this was prominent. His eyes turned stony. His movements turned uncaring and secretive. Through years of being alone, he had turned into a monster.
[+] The Ugly ;;
ox. The Alcohol
ox. The Alcohol
He had been abandoned by his biological family when he was a toddler, only to be left alone with an angry drunk, and a dark closet for a home. He raised himself to be like a shard of glass: graceful and smooth, but deadly at the touch. The brief glimpses of the outside world he did see were filled with drugs, sex and alcohol. He was never given drugs. And had only experimented with sex at Valkyrie Academy. But the alcohol? He had first been given it at a very young age, so he became accustomed to it. Even when he was living the normal, teenage life, he had been a mess around alcohol. Would show up to a party already pissed-drunk, and looking for a fight. Would drink his problems away, only to become moody and on the edge of a break down the next day. How many times can you say, “Hi, I’m Sylar and I’m an alcoholic.”?
ox. The Mental Instability
All of his life, Xavier “Sylar” Street had been suspected to have a few mental instabilities. Severely violent, often angry, outbursts. Random periods of breaking down. At seventeen, he remains in denial about any of that. I mean, a few other who go to Valkyrie Academy are similar to him. Sure, he couldn’t really name them, but who could? He always saw people having numerous one-night stands. Or getting into countless fights. Sure, only a handful of people could so carelessly use people like he could, but who cares? There’s only so many medicated pills they could force into the guy. To be blunt, Sylar’s someone without a whole lot of mental stability. In more than one way.
Likes: +One-night stands
+A good looking girl
+Fighting
+Using people
+Beating someone up
+People he loves
+Cooking
+Intelligent people
+Long, brown hair on females
+Being tall
+Horror films
+Being a therapist to someone random
+Alcohol
+Sex
+ROCK AND ROLL. [...xD sorry]
+Secrets and lies
Dislikes: -Commitments
-Long-term relationships
-Betrayal
-Medication
-Having seizures
-Being picked apart and examined
-Doctors
-Probably you
-Being alone for too long
-Getting beaten up
-Getting busted
-Being forced to do something
-Unintelligent people
-Bimbo blondes [although they make for a good one-night stand]
-All of the asylums he's been sent
Flaws: How about more?
- Is a compulsive liar
- Uses people more than he should
- An alcoholic -- been to AA
- Has severe epilepsy
- Mildly obsessive-compulsive
- Has been the abuser in a relationship
- Often walks around high off of his medications
- Has angry outbursts
- Is a total, and complete, bastard.
Secrets: His entire life is a secret. <3
- Being declared "crazy"
- Has been to one of those insane asylums for minors and AA
- Has hit a girl more than once
- Sees himself as worthless
History: Well over five paragraphs on history.
Living Situation: The Shaks
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