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Timothy Abrams; Resubmission
Topic Started: Jan 14 2013, 04:45 AM (255 Views)
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Name: Timothy Abrams
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12
School: Aurora High School
Hobbies and Interests: History, Music (School Band), Model Making and Reading (Book Club)

Appearance: At 5’7” and 140 pounds, Timothy’s build is unremarkable for a boy of his age. He has brown eyes, placed high on his rounded face, above an aquiline nose and a small mouth with rather thin lips, as well as rounded glasses. He is quite non-athletic, with no muscle definition to speak of, and is rather pale from his lack of time spent outdoors. He keeps a very clean appearance, with a clean shaven face and shortly cropped black hair, which he keeps trimmed very close to his forehead and with no bangs to speak of. He generally keeps a straight posture, but tends to slouch when he is stressed or upset. On the day of the abduction, Timothy was wearing a camo green T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Biography: Timothy was born in Seattle, Washington to Glen and Sandra Abrams, on October 21, 1993. Glen and Sandra, both senior managers at a local insurance firm, worked to maintain a high standard of living for their children. Glen and Sandra constantly tried to make a good impression toward their superiors and coworkers, in hopes of receiving promotions and other accolades at work. Because of this, the majority of their relationships with others were not very open. They suspected that their friends from work would judge them if they showed any family troubles, such as Sandra’s father’s alcoholism, which she has tried to keep hidden from her family. Consequently, they became very worried about appearances, and felt a need to provide an outward appearance of a "perfect" family. This caused some stress for Timothy, causing him to adopt his parents' pattern of hiding their problems. Since he knew that telling his parents about any problems with school or relationships would just cause them to worry, he preferred not to talk about any emotional problems with anyone, lest they worry or tell his parents. Although no serious problems have developed in his life yet, his academic performance has suffered somewhat, due to his unwillingness to admit his lack of comprehension of some of the material being taught.

Timothy has a brother, named Brandon, who is nine years older than him. When Timothy was five years old, Brandon had an accident while riding his bicycle, breaking his arm. Timothy doesn’t remember this incident, but his parents do. Although they were judged by nobody but themselves, they became convinced that this, as well as any further accidents, would reflect badly on them as parents. Afterwards, they became very protective of Timothy and his brother, encouraging Timothy to pursue hobbies that carried little risk of injury. During his elementary school years, he spent a large amount of his time reading, preferring the comfort of his books to the loud and rowdy games of the other children. However, this didn't deter him from making friends, so long as they shared his interests.

At Aurora High School, Timothy’s favourite subjects are history and English, with the sciences not far behind. His sheltered upbringing has lead him to feel that everyday life is boring and sterile, causing him to focus his attention on stories that are far removed from modern life, such as science fiction, fantasy or stories concerning events past eras. This obsession has caused him to spend excessive amounts of his time reading. Timothy is fascinated, in particular, with ancient Rome. A large part of his fascination with Roman society is the impressive level of organization that they were able to accomplish, especially in regard to their military. He especially enjoys reading about Roman military campaigns, such as the Punic Wars. As part of this interest, he takes Latin courses at school for his foreign language credits. After he graduates, he plans ancient history in college, though he occasionally has nagging thoughts of concern for the lack of job opportunities in that field.

Timothy has few friends in high school due to a lack of social skills developed during his childhood, due to his lack of interaction with many other children. Although he retains few relationships from his time in elementary school, he has made a few friends in high school and enjoys their companionship, as well as the company of those in the various groups and clubs that he has joined at Aurora High School. He has friends both in the book club, and in the school concert band, where he plays the clarinet. Although he doesn’t particularly enjoy playing the clarinet, he picked it up in order to join the band, since many of his few elementary school friends joined it at the beginning of high school. He enjoys making models of imaginary armies, and using them to simulate famous battles at home, as well as participate in modeling competitions at his local hobby store. Overall, the main thing that Timothy seeks in his everyday life is safety, and therefore, control. This is, in part, a large part of his fascination with stories and model making. The appeal of having control over his own small little world is a large part of his hobbies.

He is very close to his uncle, on his mother's side, David Sheridan. David’s wife died soon after their marriage, and he never remarried. Having no children of his own, he focused his attention on Timothy and Brandon. Timothy took great enjoyment in speaking with his uncle about their favourite books. While Timothy’s uncle holds anti-government views, Timothy is largely apathetic towards current politics, instead focusing on the events of the past. A few summers ago, David took Timothy on a week-long camping trip. Although Timothy did not enjoy himself, due to his dislike of the great outdoors, he enjoyed his time with his uncle. On that trip, his uncle taught him a few things that he had learned while in the Boy Scouts when he was younger. He demonstrated to Timothy how to properly make a campfire and showed him a few edible species of berries and mushrooms. After learning about Timothy's interest in military history, David took him to a shooting range. Again, Timothy did not enjoy the experience, and did not spend much time there.

Overall, Timothy has had a positive, if somewhat distant relationship with the rest of his family. The age gap between him and his brother has made it hard for them to relate to each other, and after Brandon went to college for an engineering degree, they barely had any contact with each other. Still, Timothy looks up to his brother, and wishes that they could be closer. He is also fairly distant from his parents. While they do care for him, they often have trouble relating to him, due to the specialised nature of his hobbies and interests. Timothy feels pressure, both from his parents and from himself, to achieve good grades in high school, since Brandon was consistently at the top of his class.

Advantages: Timothy is familiar with basic gun safety, and has learned several skills that would be useful for extended stays in the wilderness. He has a large store of knowledge due to the vast amount of books that he has read.
Disadvantages: While Timothy is very knowledgeable, not all of that is useful. A large amount of what he knows is simply trivia which will not help him in any way on the island. His stunted social skills will deter him in making allies, and control-freak nature could potentially alienate any students that he does manage to team up with. He is not a good shot by any means, but his small amount of experience may lead him to overestimate his competence.
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Hiya, Skraal!

Timothy's profile's looking a lot better, but he's DENIED pending a little bit more editing.

"perfect" doesn't need quotation marks; this post explains why we're trying to phase them out.

"After he graduates, he plans ancient history in college" should be "After he graduates, he plans to study ancient history in college"

How does Timothy pay for his modelling hobby? Also, it sounds a bit like what he's into is Warhammer and stuff like that. Is it correct that he's into models with an attached game component? If so, does he ever play with other people?

I'd like more on Timothy's parents as they relate to him, and also as individual people. Right now, they always function as a unit, which is a bit odd. I also know less about them than Timothy's uncle, even though they're a much bigger part in his upbringing. I'd just like more detail on each of them (and Timothy's broth) and how their relationship has developed over the years.

I'd like a bit more on Timothy's social skills in his bio. What does he struggle with, exactly? How does it affect him in normal life?

The limits to Timothy's knowledge as currently framed are more of a caveat for an advantage than a disadvantage. They should either be move to accommodate that or clarified some more (might he overestimate his knowledge?). Also, he sounds like he's been exceptionally sheltered, which might count as a disadvantage.

Post when you've got Timothy edited, and we'll give him another look. Thanks!
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This character biography has had no alterations for more than two weeks and has been put in the abandoned characters forum. This profile is eligible for resubmission by the handler upon alterations requested from the staff.
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