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At a Glance

Name: “King” Dennis Goodwin

Nicknames: King, Majesty, Lord

Gender: Male

Age: 37

Birthday: February 12

Sign: Aquarius

Gemstone: Amethyst

Bloodtype: O

Occupation: King of Destiny City (Hobo with the occasional odd job)

Fav. Food: Warm and fresh

Hated Food: Rotten

Hobbies:

• Making rounds -- As King, it is Dennis's duty to keep up with his kingdom. He frequently makes rounds about the city, stopping to talk to people, catch up on gossip, read newspapers, and feed pidgeons.
  
  
• Excalibur -- Excalibur is not sword, no, it’s a harmonica; a shiny harmonica. In desperate times, Dennis will play Excalibur and hope for money. Some have teased him about it being cliché and others have told him that he’d make more money with another instrument, but Dennis refuses to abandon Excalibur. Besides, a guitar wouldn’t fit so neatly in his pocket.
  
  
• Reading -- Dennis loves to read. Libraries are one of the few free forms of entertainment left, plus they have air-conditioning; Dennis takes advantage of this. As King, he believes in being well-read, and has read most of the classics: Homer, Ovid, etc. He's dabbles in philosophy - good to know how others think - and war history - good to learn from past mistakes. What Dennis really, truly loves are stories of fair maidens, knights in shining armor, and venerable kings. These stories of a golden age, gone but not forgotten, and Dennis is determined to see it restored!
  
  
• Gambling -- The reason Dennis is a bum is because he gambles all his money away. He is convinced that, as King, he will hit the jackpot one day, but in the meantime he's forced to live on the streets.
  

Virtues:

• Chivalrous -- Dennis knows how to treat a lady right. He opens doors and pulls out chairs. He tips his hat in greeting. Girls are greeted as “young ladies” and women as “milady” and “Madame.” He doesn’t curse, spit, or drink around ladies and would protect a woman if she were ever attacked in his presence. As for those young lads that don't treat ladies right, he'll gently reprimand them, then seek to teach by example.
  
  
• Patient -- It’s hard to be King in this day in age. Few people are willing to actually listen to Dennis, and some even have the nerve to say that he isn’t king! Nevertheless, Dennis is patient, preferring to wait and earn his peoples’ devotion rather then to rule over them like some sort of dictator.
  
  Dennis is patient in other ways as well. He can wait patiently both in lines and in lobbies. He can be patient when talking to nonbelievers, or when trying to explain his ideas to those that seem a bit slow on the uptake.
  
  
• Self-Assured -- Although he's not arrogant about it, Dennis is normally very sure of himself. He's been the King of Destiny City for years, and laughed at for just as long. The laughter, the taunts, the jibes; none of it deters him.
  
  
• Benign -- Dennis really is rather nice and harmless. He’s not prejudiced and treats his subjects as near equals rather then inferiors. Sure, on occasion he talks about hangings and beheadings, but he’d never actually do it. In fact, it’s extremely unusual for Dennis to be violent at all, unless he or a woman is attacked.
  

Flaws:

• Delusional -- Dennis thinks that he’s the King of Destiny City; no, really. He considers himself a good, wise, patient, and benevolent king – how else would he account for his living conditions? – but king nevertheless. For some reason being King doesn't count as job experience, so Dennis has a hard time getting a job.
  
  In order to continue thinking that he is King, Dennis has become very good at deluding himself. He knows that he is King. He knows that his loyal subjects will provide for him in his time of need. He also knows that eventually the disbelieving masses will see the error in their ways and shall kneel before him.
  
  
• Stuck in time -- Dennis is old-fashioned and out-of-time. He thinks women need to dress themselves with more respect and that children should listen to their elders. He disapproves of P.D.A.'s and disrespectful children. He thinks technology is erroding social values and that the world has become oversexed. He also likes to use words such as "alas" and "ergo."

Physical Description

Eyes: Reddish-brown [x]

Hair: Gray, choppy, just past shoulder blades. Pulled into a scruffy ponytail like this.

Face: He has a 5 o’clock shadow.

Body:

Style: Mismatched, patched, and worn; whatever he can get his hands on.

Stonehenge Knight

Oookay so this is my crit I have EVER done soo I'm just going to give you a little of my own opinions.

I noticed you couldn't figure out something for her since she has no ambition. Or more of a "go with the flow." Maybe Apathy would be the word? If not then maybe dictionary.com has something else xd

This maybe just becasue I'm tired (probably is) but as I read reliable and loyal for you're Senshi, they seems to sound very familiar. Maybe that is what you were going for, I'm not sure rofl

Over all I love the personalities you chose for both characters. Very fitting on both parts since I can see mars and yet see a different person all at the same time ^^ Oh and I adore the colors you chose for her outfit. Love all of the warm colors you chose ^^ The design you chose are also very fascination and I love the jewelery. I can so see a parallel mars wearing that.

Cool unique attacks. I like the different ideas you put that can be used in the future ^^ And I really love the "what if and why" at the end. Makes everything soo very clear about these two characters. I was going to ask you about these things as well and they were answer right at the end. Very cleaver ^^ I might have to steal this idea and use it in mine. Makes things a lot easier to explain. 3nodding

So overall, very good job and keep up the good work. I would love to see this character come to life the way you have portrayed here ^^ heart

her virtues are all very good, but I find them very generic. Sure, they are all relatively logical, but they don't really give me a sense of a strong personal quality. What makes Tammy's maternal instinct any different from another character with maternal instincts? How is she more out-going than any other socially adapted person? I dunno, I just feel as though she needs a more personal-ness to her.

Her flaws seem a little weak (but then again, I might be leaning toward flaws that are serious-er issues in a person's life) they all fit quite well, and to be honest her major character flaw seems to be that she's vain (which isn't odd at all considering she is a social gal) the fact that she doesn't worry about the future doesn't seem like a flaw so much as a typical young girl.

Ares wise, I like the soft inner gooeyness and the hard outer shell, but all her other flaws seem to be just extensions of this one first flaw. Does she have any other flaws? Something that isn't just she's hard to deal with/tell when she's joking? Other than her social disposition what defines her?

I dunno-- this is all just my personal thoughts. I could be quite off. But I hope some of this helps

King was a supar-fun rofile to read~ /attracted by your title *A*

The only thing I have to offer is that the confidence that he must maintain to keep the idea that he is 'king'~ I'd like to see that elaborated on! Or the fact that he sounds like he would push his habits onto others if he doesn't approve, such as his politeness to woman. Is it confidence, or even arrogance? I'd imagine that he'd have a lot of people laughing or demeaning, or plain out being skeptical over what he believes in! However, I imagine that he must be very confident to maintain his ideals!

As a side note; the flaw 'king of destiny city' also implies that he overlooks his own flaws in favor of seeing a image of himself that he likes. In a way, he might be denying himself, does this denial extend to others?

And secondly, I'd love to see a reason / hobby for the way he thinks. I don't imagine his personality was totally engrianed in him from the start xD~~ Would he have read picture books / fairytales / movies with kings/princes? What did he model his behavior from? Does he still like things with that type of influence?

Just thought I'd toss some stuff out there~

I think "delusional" and "King of Destiny City" are too similar to be separate flaws. He looks like fun, though.

I also want to express concern that his profile right now teeters him into mental illness played for laughs territory. Dennis's delusion that he is really truly King of Destiny City is a major delusion, and that really makes me a little uncomfortable if you're going to play that trait as humor. Thanks!

Hey, have you read about Emperor Norton? I think he's the man that book might be mentioning--he's a real life figure =)! I figure that it could probably help you some in fleshing out Dennis a bit more.