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James Migato
Topic Started: Jul 18 2008, 02:37 AM (243 Views)
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Name: James Migato
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12th
School: Southridge High School
Hobbies and Interests: Art, Martial Arts, Cooking, SCA

Appearance: James is a bit shorter than average, and wiry. He tends towards wearing loose-fitting clothes, though nothing too baggy, and dresses simply, mostly because he doesn't take much time to care. His hair is a light brown and always messy, even given the best attempts to comb it, and his eyes a similar brown with flecks of a hazel-ish gold. He might have a touch of Oriental heritage, judging by his face, but the influence is too slight to define exactly where.

Biography: James is always, always busy. If he's not drawing something, he's working on his form. If he's not doing that, he might be working as a part-time waiter or chef. If you can't find him there, he's putting up a tent somewhere or practicing his swordfighting with his SCA buddies. The one impression you'll definitely get is that he never sleeps, which isn't true - he just doesn't sleep much. James is tireless and always cheerful, the sort of bubbly morning person most people just want to strangle. He made a decent number of friends at school and there's even more people he knows, just not very well, because he's got a horrible memory for names. He loves anything artistic and wishes he could sing, but he's about as tune-deaf as they come. Whistling is his best shot.

He grew up in a happy family, if a small one - he and his mother were basically the only ones, as his father was already gone before he was old enough to remember and her only sister lived far enough away that she was never a presence in his life. He picked up his cheerful attitude from her, though he was always more active (and maybe a touch hyper). Though he is at least aware of his missing father he never showed much interest - he had all the family he cared for and he never bothered to ask many questions, and these days she's not around for him to ask. Her death was equally simple and quiet - a nasty cold she'd developed led to a coughing fit while she was driving, distracting her just long enough for her to get into a nasty accident. James was working at the time, and by the time they got ahold of him it had already happened.

At home, James is the only one these days. His father left before he was born and his mother died a few months previous. He managed to convince the courts to let him stay in the house his family owned, mostly because he's 18 and already making money. He's a bit sad about his mother's death (they were, after all, each other's only close family), but it rarely shows in his behavior, mostly because it never comes up - despite making a lot of friends, his busy schedule meant James was never home often enough for anyone else to come there looking for him, so most of his friends are entirely unaware of his situation. Even James barely had time to spend at home, which has helped keep him from really letting the situation sink in.

He practices hard at anything he does, and tends to take on too much at once - the cause of his sleeping problems, as he's determined to keep to his word as much as possible. He's always optimistic and outgoing, though, steadfastly refusing to let anything get him down - He absolutely hates to disappoint anyone, and to him letting himself get depressed would just get in the way.

Advantages: Has practiced both martial arts and swordfighting, and has a lot of practice in both. Doesn't tire easily because he's so active.
Disadvantages: Extremely cheerful and outgoing, a little foolhardy.
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A few things I can't really accept here.

Firstly - swordfighting and martial arts - while fully probable and whatnot for someone of 17, is kind of a crutch, slightly cliched in a way. You don't have to change it, but...still.

Um, if he doesn't sleep much, then odds are he's going to be a little more tired. I know from experience, adrenaline only helps you so much, especially if you're active in athletics. Sometimes, you just have to sleep, the body wont' let you function.

Courts will not let you stay on your own if you are under 18, no exceptions. I assume this is how it is in the USA, but thats how it is in Canada. So that needs changing.

Also, needs a bit of expansion. Why does he try and be so active. How is he always cheerful (especially if his parents are dead)? Who are his friends, what does he do at school? How does he do in school? Also, what is SCA?

Just some things to think about. A work in progress, but I think you can definitely do a bit with it.
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I'll work on expanding the history - as to the swordfighting and martial arts, both are things I myself participate in which is the basis of that. The SCA is the Society for Creative Anachronism, they do a lot of medieval-themed stuff including some really large events I go to every year I can. And technically only one of his parents is dead. You're probably right on the whole "courts won't let you live alone under 18" thing but I'm not sure because I know you can be declared emancipated as early as 16 if your parents agree to it. I changed it anyway just to keep it simple.
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Great, that makes more sense.

WHen you've expanded the history to your liking just post again, and I'll take a look see. Doesn't have to be a novel, just a little more expansion ought to do it. Like how did his mom die, was it a happy family, etc.

And thanks, I was'nt sure what SCA was. :P
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SCA FTW, I went to Penscic (spelling?) in Pittsburgh. Fucking epic. 2000 people, mass battle, pure epicness.

Sorry, just saw SCA, and its awesome, I'll go back to my cage.
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Expanded a bit on his history and explained his motivations a bit more.
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