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Name: Tolliver St. James.

Nickname: Ollie or George if you're Fritz. Otherwise none.

Age: 20.

Birthday: October 10th.

Sign: Libra.

Gemstone: Peridot.

Blood Type: B.

Fav. Food: Anything foreign. He loves trying exotic, outrageous foods and sees no problem sitting eating something like camel hump while watching TV.

Hated Food: Boring foods. Basically anything that's easy to make.

School: DCU.

Hobbies:

• Batman and Robin - Most people, when they think of comics, think of superheros and villans and Kryptonite and saving the world. Not Tolliver. Tolliver's comics are usually about his everyday life, and usually they're overly dramatic and poking fun of everything around him - including the people (especially the people). He amuses himself by writing out parodies of the world around him, and he's pretty damn good at writing, if he does say so himself. The comic is illustrated by Tolliver's twin brother Fritz.
  
  
• Music mixer - A guy who, surprisingly, is good with computers, Tolliver loves to take a bunch of different songs and just throw them into an audio-editing program and mix them all up. His collection of music is enormous, and ranges from classical to hip hop to rock to bluegrass. He'll listen to anything and everything at least once, and one of his favorite things to do is try to combine songs that are polar opposites. He also tends to amuse himself by creating "soundtracks" to events that happen in his life, as well as for his comics, and usually always has a song for every occasion.
  
  
• Chick flick moments One of Tolliver's biggest, most humiliating dirty little secrets is the fact that he likes chick flicks. Romantic adventures of betrayal and love, dashing heroes saving the helpless heroine, he finds it fascinating and secretly daydreams about being that dashing hero. However, if you ask him about it, he'll just deny it. HE IS A MANLY MAN, DAMMIT.

Virtues:

• Gentlemanly - Putting on the image of being a "dashing young hero," Tolliver will sweep things from your hands and carry them for you. He'll open doors, pull out your chair, offer you his seat - if you're a girl, that is (boys can open their own doors). But Tolliver is very gentlemanlike, very calm and collected, and he loves to be considered helpful and, above all else, indispensable, not just to girls, but to guys as well. The only thing he won't do is write for you. Writing is only for himself.
  
  
• Quick-minded - He's very clever. Tolliver picks things up logical things very quickly, figuring things out faster than average, such as puzzles or how to wire a computer, and can do a Rubik's Cube in under three minutes. Which, he realizes, makes him look very geeky. But the point is that he's very good at coming up with logical solutions to problems when the problems deal with puzzles, logic problems, things like that.
  
  
• Determined - Hand in hand with Tolliver's ability to pick things up quickly is his dedication to whatever he's doing, be it putting together a 2000 piece puzzle or going on a date. He doesn't like to leave things unfinished. When he's into something he is really into it and will try his hardest to do things his best. Even if his best falls short, he'll still do what he can to make up for it.

Flaws:

• Reckless - Going hand in hand with his determination, Tolliver will sometimes go a little too far when it comes to things. He often doesn't think about what he's doing before he does it, and sometimes will get himself into situations that aren't beneficial or that are problematic because of this. He doesn't always understand when to let go or back off. Fritz has attempted to help as much as he can, but it takes a bit for Tolliver to actually understand that he's gone too far sometimes.
  
  
• Clingy - Tolliver's natural dedication to whatever he does also means that it's ridiculously hard to let go of things. He will cling very hard to whatever - or whoever - he has, and will get angry and upset if you take it - or them - away from him. Growing up in a rather wealthy household with his grandparents, Tolliver is used to getting his way. So when something doesn't, or someone doesn't listen to him, he can get somewhat irritated.
  
  
• Anti-authority - When it comes to authority figures and guys, Tolliver has this really (really) bad habit of back talking, whether it be his teachers, the guys in his class, pretty much anyone who is not a girl. He's sarcastic, and seems to always have a quick retort ready to spit out at people. His teachers have put up with it so far, mainly because his grades are excellent and his grandparents are very generous donators to the school, but it wouldn't surprise anyone if he was suddenly expelled just for back talking. Sometimes it seems like he can't help himself and blurts something out. Going along with this, Tolliver is stupidly blunt. He'll tell it like it is, and tell it to you straight.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Eyes: Green.

Hair: Red and shaggy, reaching around his ears.

Face: He has a lot of freckles, but no glasses.

Clothes: Sweaters, sweater vests, khakis - not nerdy, but sorta preppy casual.

REFS: He looks like Fritz/Celsus, only with shorter, messier hair, slightly curly, no glasses, and more freckles.

Another ref, though his hair is the SAME color as his brother's, just with a few colored streaks in it.

Hey kurotomato! Gonna have a go at critting Tolliver, so here we go - Tolliver sounds like he'll make for really fun RP, and he's definitely an interesting guy! There are a few things I have to remark on, though;

First off, every trait needs at least four good, descriptive sentences. "I'm gonna be the very best, like no one ever waaasssss" falls a bit short of that, I'm afraid!

Does 'But Tolliver is very gentlemanly like, very calm and collected, and he loves to be considered helpful and, above all else, indispensable.' in Why, yes, I will carry that for you also only apply to girls, or does it apply to everyone? And do the girl-specific things in that virtue only apply to girls, or do they apply to all females regardless of age?

Anything you can do...I can do...too needs some form of caveat! As it is right now, it's just too OP - I think the way to go here is to be more specific. Instead of picking up ALL things quickly, perhaps he quickly picks up things that pertain to logical thinking instead? Like the examples you've mentioned: puzzles, wiring, Rubik's cubes. And other stuff like sudoku, etc.

Why, no, I don't want to do that: I don't quite see what this flaw is about? It seems to be pretty much the same information as Your mom, but unlike Your mom, this one seems to be a lot more aimless. I don't really get a solid feel of what this flaw is about because the only title I can really attach to it is 'Sexist', but the text clearly states that that's not it.
I think there's a mistake in the sentence 'He finds girls absolutely fascinating, and will always be trying to do things for him in the hope that they'll consider him a good potential romantic match. ' and the last sentence in the trait seems to be missing some text.

Does the entirety of Your mom only apply to males (and male authority figures)? Or does it also apply to older women, female authority figures and girls he doesn't consider to be cute?

NO WORRIES, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. <333

@logical; I kind of got that impression from the trait, but since it wasn't explicitly stated anywhere, I had to point it out. <333 I definitely think it works fine now! The only thing is that this sentence, 'Tolliver picks things up logical very quickly,' doesn't quite make sense. Maybe try 'Tolliver picks logical things up very quickly' instead?

And I'm afraid the hard minimum really is four sentences! ;; The only two traits that need expansion are Determined and Reckless, and they're both three sentences long, so you're nearly there already! <3333

Just a quick question for Anti-authority and Gentlemanly - in one you mention that he is polite and well-mannered towards all girls, but in the other you say that he backtalks anyone who is not a cute girl; so he also backtalks girls that he does not find cute, right? (That will conflict with Gentlemanly, where he's gentlemanly towards all girls.)

Everything looks great, I think! <33333333333333333333333 OK, FOR THE CIV SIDE OF TOLLIVER ST. JAMES, I GIVE YOU --

Yeah, eventually I want to get him to knight, but it's not crucial right now, so I'm good with just civvie stuff~ <3