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| Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 05:20 AM (567 Views) | |
| Aura | Feb 11 2012, 05:20 AM Post #1 |
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Name: Jake Mordetsky Gender: Male Age: 17 Grade: 12 School: Aurora High School Hobbies and Interests: Robot Wars, cartoons, drawing, building robots. Appearance: Jake is not physically impressive by any standards. He is 5'5" and weighs 115 pounds. He has a very scrawny frame, with very little muscle mass. He has pale Caucasian skin due to spending so much time indoors. He has messy brown hair and very expressive brown eyes. His facial features are plain, with an average-sized nose, weak cheekbones, and slightly small ears. His face is very telling of his emotions, so it is easy to tell how he is feeling. Jake's usual outfit consists of a yellow Robot Wars T-shirt, black cargo shorts, and red sneakers. Biography: Jake has always sort of lived in the background. His mother Carol is the heiress to a large resort empire, his father Bryan is a world-famous chef with a local restaurant called "Bryan's Steakhouse", and his sister is Stacey May-Mordetsky, budding model and member of the popular clique in school. Jake is just a nerd with self-esteem issues. Jake's family was always very rich, living in large mansions and able to afford anything the kids wished for. While his sister asked for everything that she laid her eyes on, Jake was much more humble, never really asking for much. He just appreciated the fact that his family was financially stable, and they wouldn't have to worry about going broke. His mother occasionally stayed home with them while their father worked, but she usually just called a nanny to watch over the kids while she took a spa day. Jake didn't mind too much, he would just sit alone with some crayons or building blocks and entertain himself for hours. Jake struggled to get his mother's attention all throughout his childhood. He would always be drawing or coloring, but whenever he went to show her what he made, she would always be talking to her friends about something that Stacey did, or a pageant that she won. Even as Jake grew older, and brought home perfect test scores, his mother was still too busy gushing over his sister to pay him any mind. She would acknowledge him on occasion, but only briefly before going back to Stacey. This constant treatment caused him to have a very low opinion of himself, believing that he would never be good enough for her to notice him. His situation was not helped by Stacey's incredibly poor treatment of him, either. Stacey always felt embarrassed to be related to him because of his poor social skills and lack of popularity with their peers. Stacey always told him that he would never be successful because he didn't have any talents that people cared about. Jake believed every word that she said. It provided a perfect explanation as to why his own mother ignored him in favor of Stacey. After all, she was the pretty, popular, successful one, while he didn't have any of those qualities. This caused him to develop a fairly large inferiority complex, a problem that he still struggles with to this day. His father is very worried about him, taking notice of how much time Jake spends alone, as well as Stacey's caustic treatment of him. He has made many attempts to bring the family closer together, by bringing them on family vacations and road trips, but they always tend to end the same way, with Jake off in his own room while Stacey went on a shopping spree in town. Jake appreciates his dad's attempts to help him, but he doesn't think that his issues can be easily fixed. One thing that Jake absolutely loves about his father, however, is his cooking. Jake will tell anyone that his dad's barbequed brisket is the best thing that he's ever tasted, and he tries to go to Bryan's Steakhouse at least once a week. Contrary to what he thinks, Jake is actually a very talented young man. He was incredibly bright as a child, and was always able to read and do work at higher grade levels. After ninth grade, he took a test in order to skip tenth grade and go directly to junior year. He takes a couple extra classes, but it doesn't bother him too much. In addition, he also has a very good memory, which has served him well in various tests over the years. He is also very creative, always doodling in his notebooks after class, and thinking up new ideas constantly. His love for drawing has remained over the years, and he keeps a collection of his drawings in his room. Academically, he is extremely talented. Unfortunately, his athletic ability is pretty much a complete inversion of his academic ability. Jake isn't strong, he isn't tough, and he doesn't have a lot of stamina. His poor athletic performance has led to a lot of teasing throughout his school days. Jake did find solace in television. The world of cartoons allowed him to escape from his depressing life. He will watch comedy cartoons from the 90's as well as superhero cartoons from recent years. His favorite cartoons would probably be Hey Arnold and Teen Titans. His feelings of sadness and neglect seemed to wash away when he would watch his favorite superheroes figure out some amazing plan to beat a supposedly unbeatable villain, or a bumbling everyman try to get through some wacky adventure. The only thing that he loved more than cartoons was Robot Wars, a British TV show from the early 2000s that featured homemade robots fighting in an arena. He loved the action of the fights and the ingenuity of the robots involved. The show eventually inspired him to create a robot of his own. After six months of work, Jake completed his robot, a wedge on four wheels armed with a flipping weapon on the front. He named his robot Tadakatsu, after a robotic character from Sengoku Basara. Seeing how happy Jake was when he built his robots made his father proud, and he is always willing to support Jake in his hobby. Completing Tadakatsu and taking him for a test drive was the happiest moment of Jake's life. In school, Jake doesn't make much more of an impact than he does at home. He is pretty quiet and secluded compared to most other students, and is near the bottom of the popularity ladder, despite his sister being at the top. He gets good grades, but he doesn't make many friends, mostly due to extreme shyness that built up as a result of his low self-esteem. He has actually convinced himself that the other kids will reject him for all his eccentricities, and not even try to get to know him. He is particularly nervous around girls. While he has had a couple crushes over the years, he was always too afraid to talk to the girl he had a crush on, and ended up missing his opportunity. This has made trying to make friends very difficult for him, and has prevented him from joining any clubs as well. One day, Jake hopes to design robots as a career. He hasn't decided how he's going to do it yet, but he's very determined. If only he could get the confidence to finally believe in himself, then he might be able to pull it off. Advantages: Jake is extremely smart, and would be a very good strategist. He is very good at building things, which could help with creating impromptu weapons. Disadvantages: Jake is physically weak in every sense of the term. He isn't strong at all, he can't take much of a beating, and he doesn't have the stamina to outlast most people. He is very shy and nervous around other students, especially girls. In addition, his low self-esteem could cause him to doubt himself, and in SOTF, one moment of hesitation could mean the difference between life and death. Edited by Aura, Feb 17 2012, 07:09 PM.
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| Ruggahissy | Feb 13 2012, 07:08 PM Post #2 |
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Poor Jakey pie. I'll color with you >: ) He's a pretty good start, but Imma deny him for right now. Nothing a few changes can't fix! First off, you've got a bit of a typo: "is mother is the heiress to a lare fortune," -On that note, what sort of fortune is she heiress to? - His family seems to be rolling in the dough. What sort of upbringing has he had as a result? Seems like these are some wealthy people. Is he spoiled? Appreciative of his wealth? Do they live in the fancy rich people neighborhood? How did money affect him growing up? His mom doesn't seem to pay much attention to him. Did he grow up with nannies? - Is there a reason Stacy is such a mega bitch to Jakey? "It provided a perfect explanation as to why his own mother barely even aknowledged his existence." -That seems kindda harsh. Does she totally ignore him or does she just prefer Stacy over him? What's the degree of the favoritism? - I'd like to know a little more about dad. You say he tries to build him up and bring the kids closer, but how does he try to do those things? Do they have family vacations? Does he try to show an interest in things Jake likes? Why haven't these things worked? Also, what's his relationship to his dad? Do they hang out and does he talk to him more than his mother? Does he have an opinion on his dad's cooking? - I'm a little wary to let someone through with an "incredibly high IQ" because most kids aren't geniuses. It would suffice to just say he's very smart or bright. - Skipping grades. As far as I know, you can graduate from high school early as long as you meet the requirements for classes taken, rather than a grades thing. So in order to do that, most students take extra classes in summer school. It's not based on your intelligence but on the amount of required classes you've taken towards being able to graduate. Not all high schools offer summer classes or extra classes so I will have to check with the other mods on the Aurora policies concerning early graduation. - What sorts of cartoons does he like? Does he watch other shows besides cartoons and robot wars? - Robot war-ing seems expensive. Do his parents support the hobby? -He likes art. Does he take art class in school? Does he have aspirations for it or is it for funzies? What are his career aspirations anyway? -You say he doesn't have many friends? Not any? Does he know other art kids or other robot enthusiasts? He doesn't have a few nerd friends? That's about it. So mainly I'm just lookin' fer some expansion so we know Jake a little better : ) . And I'll check up on the early graduation stuff. Post when you're ready! EDITS EVERYWHERE: Alrighty, I checked with the staff and Jake's fine to skip ahead to senior for early graduation as long as you make it clear that he's been taking summer classes and extra zero period (before school actually starts with first period) or eigth period (staying later) classes. Skippin' forward in highschool, as one of the staff said so well so now I'll steal it, is about putting in the extra work to get all the required classes done early, not about intelligence! Edited by Ruggahissy, Feb 14 2012, 02:32 PM.
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| Aura | Feb 16 2012, 05:30 AM Post #3 |
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Look, up in the sky, its... AN EDITED PROFILE! |
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| Ruggahissy | Feb 17 2012, 06:37 PM Post #4 |
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Woah O_O You edit stuff like a boss. This is super! I love the expansion on his family and his dad's restaurant. Imma stop you for some minor stuff now and one bigger thing though: You got a couple spelling errors peppered in the bio. Next time just run it through a spell check or something. For now those errors are: "His mother Carol is the heiress to a large resort empire, his father Bryan is a world-famous chef with a local restaraunt called..." "She would aknoeledge him on occasion, but only briefly before going back to Stacey." "Stacey always felt embarassed to be related to him because of his poor social skills..." "Jake will tell anyone that his dad's berbequed brisket is the best thing that he's ever tasted..." "Unfortunately, his atheletic ability is pretty much a complete inverrsion of his academic ability. Jake isn't strong, he isn't tough, and he doesn't have a lot of stamina. His poor atheletic performance..." "...and ended up missing his opporitunity." "...if only he could ge the confidence to finally believe in himself," Okey Dokey. That's done. Last issue is the thing with his skipping grades. It's kind of more messy to have someone skip from 7th grade to 9th grade because it's a jump from middle school to high school. Schools are hesitant to do this because there's a social issue with the levels of maturity of a 12 year old vs a 14 year old. I'm unsure that the administrators would let this through for Jake since he seems to have trouble socializing even within his own age group. If you really want him to skip the grade, I suggest you do it like you had before, when he jumped in high school and just mention that he takes extra classes because it's a much easier grade jump that can be achieve by...well...just taking the extra classes. |
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| Aura | Feb 17 2012, 07:05 PM Post #5 |
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...So...many...spelling...errors...I have dishonored myself... EDIT TO REDEEM HONOR! |
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| Ruggahissy | Feb 18 2012, 07:32 PM Post #6 |
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HONOR RESTORED. APPROVED |
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