Realistic or Modern The Dreamers CS

demonology · Jan 8, 2021

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demonology · Jan 10, 2021

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basics

Ethan Todd

this charming man

the smiths

full name

Ethan Todd Lester

nicknames

E.T.

role

The Quiet One

age

Twenty-three

sexuality

Bicurious

date of birth

March 13th | Pisces

desired career

poet and novelist

current occupation

diner waiter

living situation

living above Pammy's, the diner he works at, in a one-bedroom studio apartment

faceclaim

90's Ethan Hawke
appearance

6'0''

150lbs

dirty blonde

green

hair style

Ethan's hair is pretty simple. It's long and it swooshes back most days due to his nervous tick of running his hands through his hair. It always looks a little greasy because he can't seem to get the right amount of conditioner for his hair. He always has a little bit of stubble, too, and it makes for another nervous tic where he brushes his hands against it.

physique

Standing at 6'0'', Ethan looks like a beanstalk. His mother says he's still not done growing. He's not particularly built, with only a slight pudge to show that he has any fat on his body at all. The most impressive parts of his body are his forearms, where he's got some muscle from lifting boxes on the weekends for a moving company back home. He's got legs for days, only furthering the beanstalk look. His legs are the least "manly" part of his body, according to him. Frankly, no one ever notices or cared. The rest of his body follows suit in terms of thinness, though his shoulders are somewhat wide. Scrawny through and through, E.T. would be considered a weakling from afar, even though he can pack a mean punch.

attire

- big sweaters that keep him warm year-round
- worn jeans with holes in them
- his grandma's sweater that she knitted for herself as a teen and proceeded to give to Ethan before she died {Featured in many of the pictures in the gallery]
- his dad's old docs
- leather jacket decorated with pins he's collected over the years
- a t-shirt he spray painted on to say "Make Love, Not War"
- frequent socks with sandels wearer
- coffee cup always in hand
- purple "jester" pants
- band tees
- graphic tees
- apron
- white t-shirts
- black dress pants
- long button-up sweaters
- simple earrings and bracelets
- locket that Lola gave him
psyche

I write poems... Some of them are good... I guess...
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personality

𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤: Ethan has lived with just his mom since he was five. He’s understood poverty better than some of his friends who’ve lived in the East Village their whole life have. He wants, desperately, to show his mother that life doesn’t hate their family; this was all just a bunch of bad luck, and he’ll be the one to change it.
In addition to this, his mom hasn’t really ever had faith in him. She’s never said it out loud, but when Ethan would tell her about his Ohio friends scoffing at his ambitions, she never disagreed with them. Perhaps it was because she’s always tired, but it still lit a fire underneath him.

𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕙𝕤:
- Ethan is great at reading the room.
- He always has great advice that isn’t the equivalent to a picture of a cat stuck in a tree captioned “Hang in there.”
- He’s loving, even if he’s awful at showing it. Ethan will take you out to buy you a candy bar if you’ve been crying because that’s what always helps him when he’s sad.
- He nonconfrontational. Although this isn’t always good, E.T. sees it as a strength. He could tell Aaron he kind of hates the nickname, but it’s easier not to.

𝕎𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤:
- Despite being good at reading people, he’s awful at doing anything good with that information. He’ll probably give you a light pat on the shoulder when you’re crying.
- E.T.’s awful at defending himself. He tends to just fluff insult off, but he still ends up crying about it later and having fictional fights with them while he showers.
- He’s over-emotional. Perhaps this is good to some, but there’s nothing worse than wanting to punch someone or cry his eyes out after some old lady cussed him out at Pammy’s. Especially because she’ll just insult him for not “taking it like a man.”

𝕆𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝: Ethan is hardworking. He’ll often expunge sleep to make money or perfect another line of poetry. He wants to succeed desperately, but he doesn’t seem to be able to catch a break. E.T. spends a lot of time regretting things, like not going to college or at least knowing a trade. Except, he beats himself up for regretting anything; he’s smart enough to know life is too laborious to do that.
He gets lonesome, but he also is too afraid to reach out to others. He’s constantly afraid of offending people, even those who love him despite his faults. He can preach in his poetry and philosophical thoughts about the significance of companionship and how important living with little fear is, but he will never actually practice it.

traits

𝕊𝕙𝕪: Ethan finds it hard to break out of his shell around people, even those he's known for years. It takes a certain type of personality for him to feel comfortable around people enough to crack jokes and smile.

𝕌𝕟-𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕖: Sometimes, E.T. gets so caught up in having someone who cares about him that he doesn't realize that his actions effect others. He doesn't quite understand the concept of cause-and-effect.

𝔸𝕨𝕜𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕: Along with being shy, he can be socially awkward. Sometimes, Ethan's awkwardness is delightful and simply makes him more quirky. However, some days it makes him a terrible person to talk to.

𝕀𝕟-𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕖: Though he's a bit clueless when it comes to the effect of his actions, Ethan's well-aware of people's feelings and actions. He's always a glutton for gossip, and he often already suspects most of what people tell him.

𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕕: Ethan enjoys helping people and he's always known to treat them with gentleness.

𝕊𝕖𝕝𝕗-𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤: He never wants to show anyone anything he loves because he's afraid of being seen as a freak.

miscellaneous

likes

- kind people
- black cats (especially the stray that visits him every morning)
- white noise
- dead silence
- music
- the smell of Pammy's
- heart-warming moments
- hugs
- snickers bars
- sitting in silence with another person, just appreciating each other's prescene
- watching movies (at home or in theaters)
- doing good things, like giving someone their meal on the house
- spending time with Lena
- writing
- story-boarding new ideas
- listening to audiobooks

likes

dislikes

- scary movies
- not remembering something
- people looking at him like he's stupid
- being abandoned
- speaking in public
- being alone
- living on the street
- strangers
- zuchinni

hobbies

- writing
- drawing and watercoloring
- reviewing movies and books
- fixing people's type writers (including his own)
- knitting
- reading
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important milestone

Coming from Butt-Fuck-Nowhere, Ohio, E.T. and his mom have been a dynamic duo since his father died when he was five. Growing up in a small town, he was often bullied for being so… Ethan. While the rest of the world was experiencing the hippie revolution, he was looked down upon for even trying to participate. He wore jeans every day and holey button-downs because he couldn’t afford anything else. Still, he believed in the movement and respected it, even if people hated on him for trying. That isn’t to say that Ethan didn’t try to find friends. He did, but they didn’t really care about what he did. Often times, he kept his mouth shut about his wild aspirations. He learned to only trust his mom, but she was never around, working full time as a nurse, nor did he want her to be his friend. He wanted his own set of people who liked him for him.

Ethan could never put his finger on why he stuck out like a sore thumb in his town. Really, he's quite average. Perhaps a little unnervingly quiet, always intuned to everyone around him, and cagey. He knew he didn't like to go out and hunt for Gardner snakes and frogs with his friends in the woods, but why should it matter that he preferred to sit on a tree stump and look at the leaves move? He didn't understand why the things that obviously made him different were bad things. It wasn't until later that he realized his family history had everything to do with his loneliness.

parents

Adele & John Lester

Dying before E.T. turned five, John Lester never got to know his son, and he didn't exactly bother to. Working most days as a mechanic, it was hard for his father to make time for his son. The circumstances of his death aren't exactly clear, but that is mostly because Ethan's mother refuses to discuss it. Adele prefers not to relive such a traumatic moment, and it's better that E.T. doesn't remember. Rumor has it, though, that John was murdered by his brother over some monetary dispute. However, Adele keeps all information about the manslaughter charges locked up tight, especially because E.T. was inside the garage with the two men when the fight happened. When Adele found her husband, Ethan was covered in blood. It took everything in his mom to not break down in tears, but instead, she picked up baby Ethan and cleaned him up as she dialed 911. For years, people in town would accuse her of being callous and cruel. They'd even tell her that she was in on the accidental murder. That actually, they should have arrested her and John's brother and charged them with first degree murder. This only served to make Ethan more of an outsider in town than he already was naturally.

childhood

important milestone

In highschool, Ethan found some reprieve from his status as an outlandish figure in town. When Lola became the little Ohio town's first exchange student, E.T. didn't expect to fall for her. Especially not this hard, considering he still thinks about her in New York. Her French accent always made Ethan feel tingly all over, and he wrote countless poems about the sound. Now, he refuses to speak French even though he became fairly fluent due to dating her. Needless to say, it didn't end well. Well, Lola would say that they ended well. Ethan is still heartbroken.

He says that Lola changed his life, changed his entire world view. It was important for him to finally have someone in high school. Someone he could talk to about everything and anything. Lola was this person for him, and in fact, she became his only person. She was the one he would actually have the confidence to show his poetry to, and she actually gave him genuine criticism. Lola was always encouraging him to be better, and Ethan thanked his lucky stars that for some reason the prettiest girl at school wanted to support him. To this day, he hasn't figured out why she loved him, why she still calls him every few months to check-in. In fact, Lola was the one who encouraged him to go to New York. He went on for hours about Alan Ginsberg, his favorite poet, and personal hero, and finally, Lola told him he should just go to New York. Lola was always coming up with solutions and suggestions, and it was one of the things he loved most. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to keep Lola as she returned to France, single.

They say that someone's first love shapes their entire view of love. Hopefully, this isn't the case because there are multiple elements to Ethan's relationship with Lola that made it unhealthy. If you couldn't tell, the relationship was extremely one-sided and it got to the point where Lola felt she couldn't do anything without Ethan. He relied on her for everything, and it left no room for her to be the one who needed help and support. Eventually, Ethan stopped asking her how she was doing, and instead, he would just jump into what happened to him that day. After that started happening, Lola became unhappy. It wasn't long until she broke up with him.

Girlfriend

Lola Cavendish

Lola is an incredibly sweet French exchange student. She was highly loved by most people, and to this day, people don't know why she chose Ethan as her boyfriend. Their relationship started out being based on their mutual love of the arts. Lola loved his poetry, and he loved her art. They would have days where they would simply hang out in their PJs and watch movies together and paint. She fell in love with his way with words and his emotional spirit. He fell in love with her gentleness and her ability to express things through painting. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to keep them together.

adolescence

important milestone

Working at Pammy's has a lot of perks, including being able to write on the job and having Lena, the best cook ever, cook him free meals. Lena has managed to make Ethan feel more at home in such a new and exciting city, especially since she takes the time to teach him and force him out of his shell a little. It is because of her that he goes to New Age Bookstore and listens to readings, hoping to have the confidence to do read some of his own work one day {This could also be where [The Psuedo-Philosopher] and Ethan meet}. Lena's bought him his winter coat, even when he said he didn't need one. Lena means the world to him, and without her, he'd probably still be the sheltered Ohio boy he was. He'd also probably be back at home.

Ethan just wants to see what this world has to offer and move people with what he has to say about it. He just needs to stop being such an observer.

Psuedo-Mom

Lena Harbor

Upon graduating high school, he immediately got on a bus and traveled here, much to his mom’s dismay. He didn’t have a place to live or a job, and for a few months, he was homeless. Ethan found Pammy’s when he was looking for a cup of coffee that was only a quarter. Lena gave him a job, bussing the tables, and the rest is history. Now, he lives above the diner, which, yes, is smelly, but it’s better than the streets. She's also the person who gave him the nickname "E.T". Without her, he'd still be homeless or perhaps he'd be back at home in Ohio. Lena has helped him immensely, and Ethan will forever feel indebted to her.

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gingerwayne · Jan 20, 2021

Henry Marsten

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The Psuedo-Philosopher

"Idealize your ideal eyes"

"How fitting it is that I have entered and shall exit the world the same way; screaming"

"Madness is the tails of a genius coin"

"We flounder in the stream, looking for an escape from the current"

"Only fools believe our purpose is not to love"
Full name: Henry James Marsten III

Nickname: Henry, Hen, H.J. Marsten (on poetry book)

Role: The Psuedo-Philosopher

Age: 21

Sexuality: Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy. If he lived in modern times, he would probably identify as queer, but seeing as how he doesn't, he's just Confused.

Desired career: Poet

Current occupation: Assistant at B&R publishing

Living situation: Renting pretty much the nicest 1-bedroom apartment in the East Village

Henry lives in the East Village like the rest of the group, but he has far more money than they do. His apartment is halfway decent, and lavish compared to the others in the village. He works as an assistant (read: glorified secretary) at B&R publishing not because he needs to, but because he's trying to make more connections in the publishing world while gaining some life experience. His whole has been very sheltered, from growing up on the Upper East Side to graduating from Columbia. He came to the village to get away from it all.
jealous.

opinionated.

generous.

persuasive.

stubborn.

pasionate.

intelligent.

egotistical.

Likes
-poetry
-black coffee
-LSD
-moonlight
-being right
-autumn
-learning languages (more points if they're old and mostly forgotten)
-big words
-being the smartest person in the room
-philosophical problems
-architecture
-history

Dislikes
-feeling inferior
-most organized religion (though, this is a complicated relationship)
-people who act like him
-dirt
-being too sober
-writer's block
-waiting

Backstory

Born to a wealthy family, Henry and his two younger sisters lived a pretty charmed life. He grew up spending summers upstate at the lake house or at country clubs. He went to fancy private schools that taught enough strict Catholicism for him to have a whole lot of sexuality-related trauma. All boys schools and pretty boys and homophobic preaching was not a good mix. There were comforts, of course. He developed an early interest in history, which led him to start reading Romantic literature, and then poetry. That of course led to him reading more modern poetry and falling completely in love with it. He started writing his own poetry in middle school, albeit very secretly.

Around the same time, his father began to focus on training him to take over the company. Though he played along, Henry didn't want any part of it. He would much rather capture a breezy fall night in words or practice his Latin. When he was about halfway through high school, he finally got the courage to tell his father this. It didn't go over well. But luckily for him, his sister, the middle one, had always been jealous of him, and was quick to jump at the idea that she could take over the company instead of Henry. She was determined or annoying enough that eventually Henry's father agreed, and Henry was off the hook. He got to go to Columbia and get an English degree.

That was when he found LSD. Sure, he knew all the greats did it, but he had never tried it before college. It changed everything. He could write so much better, it took away all his inhibitions, and he wanted more. He needed more. It got bad. He almost didn't graduate, almost ended up dead. But he doesn't really remember all of that, and so he considers himself moved on.

Present

After graduating, he knew what he wanted to do. He went right to the East Village and got an apartment. If there was anywhere to be creative, it was there. He got a little bored just sitting around and everything, so he applied for an assistant position at a local publishing company, B&R. He didn't expect the owners to be a gay couple, but he wasn't necessarily opposed to it. Maybe it helped him feel a little more okay with himself. Maybe he had always been straight and he was just being dramatic. But hey, it is what it is. He also frequents New Age Bookstore for poetry readings and also the cats.

P.S. I would love if he knew the Wisened Druggie somehow, I think that could be an interesting dynamic.
Faceclaim: Thomas Langhendries

Hair color: dirty blond

Eye color: brown

Build: somewhat muscular, but not to a very noticeable extent, tall

Usual attire: thick knit sweaters, collared shirts, khakis, oxfords, polos, messenger bag with patches and pins on it

Style: put together, posh, expensive, academic, well-dressed, clean

I have no idea what to put here look away from this shameful box.

Achilles Come Down
GANG OF YOUTHS

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LindsMagee · Jan 20, 2021

I can expand on anything if you'd like

(Also open for a roommate from the group!

Realistic or Modern The Dreamers CS

demonology

𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒕𝒉.

demonology

𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒕𝒉.

gingerwayne

persistently inconsistent, probably a cryptid

LindsMagee

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