Name: Jordan Riley
Nickname: ‘Junior’, from their initials of JR.
Age: 18
Birthday: November 15th
Sign: Scorpio
Gemstone: Beryl
Blood Type: B+
Fav. Food: Anything with butter; but more specifically, anything warm and baked and soft with butter. Their mother feels they’ll probably have a coronary before the age of thirty. Every time she says that, Jordan chews with their mouth open and stares at her until she leaves.
Hated Food: Fish. How can you stand to eat that, knowing it used to have eyes? That’s disgusting, and you’re disgusting, and the ocean is a cesspit.
School: Meadowview High School - a senior!
Hobbies: Community Theatre -- Well, alright, they’re more of a techie than anything nowadays - but once upon a time, when Jordan had a lot more time and wasn’t feeling fit to rip their eyes out the next time they saw AP gridding, little baby Jordan Riley was hopelessly in love with the stage. Nowadays, however, they just do reviews on their blog and complain a lot about local shows without actually participating. Not a lot of time for fun, anymore; they like to think they’ll go back to the stage when they graduate, maybe they'll head to Broadway someday (but that's more wistful thinking than anything; 50 techs to an actor, best Jordan thinks they'll ever get is running the light board off-Broadway).
Blogging -- How else would you find out you’re queer? Hint: it’s Tumblr. Jordan maintains a blog and has since they were thirteen; posts a lot of body horror and bloody stuff, along with some theatre jokes and a lot of trashy comic speculation. They’ve kept it as unconnected from their IRL self as possible, and that’s just how they want it. What better way to be disgusting than to know you can't be associated with it? They can be uncomfortably weird there and pretend to be smiley in the flesh.
Useless Fact Memorization -- Comics, webcomics, an entire wikipedia of game trivia: Jordan eats it all. Want a useless fact about sharks???? Sure, coming right up? DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PARENTING OF CHINCHILLAS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘NO’. This is not an option. They soak up weird facts like a sponge and love to get their hands on any and all information. (Even moreso when it comes to theatre history, of course.)
Virtues: even if i crash and burn ten time a day / i think i'm here to stay -- Jordan has a fire in their soul, and it's called 'debatable righteousness'. They will not back down or change their beliefs even if they act like they will, and they do what they need to do, but make no mistake: Jordan Riley, no matter how they act, is solid right down to their bones when it comes to their beliefs and their moral compass (regardless of how askew it is). You will not break them. They're gifted with a resilient soul, and will stick to their guns. Jordan never gives up, even when the going gets tough.
ready with a handshake and an open palm -- Oh, hello! Yes, they're so very glad to meet you, very much so. Out loud - or, at least to people's faces - Jordan will rarely say a harsh word. They're genteel, and soft-spoken, and come off as the perfect gentleperson so far as you don't look too hard at the things they say and ways they say it. They're a schmoozer, making 'friends' is what they do -- after all,
perfect for you, i can be perfect for you -- Jordan is good at self-adaptation; they can figure out who you want to see them be, and be that kid. Young adult? Kid? Young adult. Perfect for you, they're going to be as perfect for you as they can be; but what that means is that Jordan rarely acts exactly the same way with two different people. They're not pliable: just adaptable, and making what appears at first glance to others to be a meaningful positive connection is what they want. In groups they'll try and hit a pleasant neutral, but then again...Jordan doesn't particularly like interacting with large groups of people at once.
Flaws: learned the world doesn't owe you a cent -- GUESS WHO'S PISSY ABOUT THE WORLD? That's right, it's Jordan! They think the world has royally ******** them over repeatedly and harshly, and while they may not be entirely wrong, there’s no reason for them to be as bitter as they are. There’s nothing good in the world, says Jordan Riley, and what will make them happy is slamming a baseball bat into the faces of the people in power. Optimists? Foolish assholes. Charity movements? Our government sucks, there’s no point. Humankind sucks and sometimes they really want to just sit on a rooftop and scream at the sky. Good things
don't happen without hurting other people, and instead of trying to change that, Jordan uses it towards their own benefit.
i'll never be / the kind of man who dwells / on how moths got into the tapestry / or why the dungeon smells -- You’re not important, you don’t matter, what matters is what Jordan wants. That's all. They're self-consumed and everything!! Has!! To cycle around them!! It’s not that they don’t care...it’s just that they don’t care. The thing is: Jordan Riley just doesn’t understand that other people are real, three-dimensional beings. They can pretend that they do, and they do pretend: but if other people don't really have as much going on as Jordan does, what's the point of helping them?
Jordan is the main character in their own life -- and in
yours, too. Admittedly, this is all really in their head unless they're alone, because otherwise they act however they're expected: but Jordan is callous and unpleasant if they drop the facade.
you think you'd stay livin'? -- Jordan does not forgive, regardless of if they may forget! They smile, say 'oh it doesn't matter', but it
does. They hold grudges like lifelines for years and years, and even though they'll act like it's nothing at all...it's everything. It's how they define their social web: by the people they hate. Which is nigh-everyone, really. There are people they feel skeevy around, people they haven't known for years and don't remember why they hate (and of course Jordan still smiles, what's a schmoozer to do), but it's not hard for Jordan to hate someone: it's very difficult for them to let go of a grudge.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eyes: Bright gold, and very, very tired! Dark circles, maybe a little bit of eyebrow pencil to make their brows dark. Perpetually surprised expression, with thin, dark eyebrows and short eyelashes.
Hair: Purple and curly; has a weird
fauxhawk-y thing going on.
Face: Hecka pale! Nerdchild never goes outside. Scrawny, 5’7”, unornamented. (Large ears and a big nose, and flushed cheeks from blushing easily.)
Clothes: No real specific preference. Jordan has a lot of clothes, but they tend towards very average on the general; jeans, sneakers, layered t-shirts and beanies. They like blues and greens and whites, and they don't much like graphics or text but they enjoy patterns. Halfway to hipster, really.
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