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 Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:08 am
Shangri-La Page of Pluto
Name: Xander Jacobs
Age: 25
Birthday: August 14th
Sign: Virgo
Gemstone: Peridot
Blood Type: O+
Fav. Food: Fresh out the oven pie (fruit pie, meat pie), chicken salad wraps
Hated Food: Greasy food, noodles, asperagus
Schools: Azure Valley Academy (Graduated with honors) [if this is okay]
Destiny City University (Graduated with honors)
Destiny City Memorial University --- the hospital uni [totally made this up if thats okay] (Pediatric Residency)
Occupation: Currently completing his pediatric residency (yeah he's paid for this)
Hobbies:
Checkers: He has loved to play since he was very young and is a fairly descent player. He has participated in a few tornaments and even recieved 3rd place once. Checkers relaxes him and is a wonderful distraction when he is stressed. He will play you even if he knows you will wipe the floor with him. He is currently attempting to learn chinese checkers, but has had little success thus far. An added bonus is that it doesn't require much talking, but it is an easy way to get Xander to warm up to people without realizing it.
Piano: He loves to play and considers it his most treasured talent. Much like his sisters, he had had many lesson (though not nearly as many as Lily) and was abysmal at almost all of them. He cannot sing, or dance, and sports may as well be alien to him. Piano lessons were the last lessons he recieved and the only lessons he excelled at. He often plays for Lily and Rose, especially for Lily whose voice is lovely.
Swimming: There is a pool in the backyard, so he had to learn to swim. Fortunately for him, he did and rather enjoys it. It is a great way for him to unwind as well as stay fit. He knows he will never be an olympic swimmer and that is perfectly fine with him. He hasn't the stamina anyway, though he may have the endurance. Also, he is no athelete and mostly abhores sports because he is so bad at them. He is a social swimmer as well, preferring water parks and community pools to the solitude of his home pool. He tries to swim at least twice a week.
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Virtues:
Dependable: Xander is not one to break a promise and if he did he be at your door with flower and an apology card. He is dorky. If he says he will do something, you can trust he will do in and in a timely manner. He the type of guy you can always go to for a favor. However, this does not mean he is a doormat. He does say no from time to time, afterall he had a rather busy schedule. He not going to make a promise, he knows he cannot keep, not intentionally anyway. Don't worry though, if you really need him Xander will try to squee it in somewhere.
Encouraging: Xander is the type who thinks you should shoot for the moon. He well on his way to acheiveing his goal of becoming pediatrician, having started his recidency and believes everyone else should try to make their dreams come true as well. This is of course is within reason. Xander is not going to encourage someone to attempt to take over the world or bomb a school, but he would likely a suggest that the person try the military for there particular mindset. If you want to be president, he tell you the one day you certainly could be. He encourages his sister's everyday, helping with a auditions and practice. He would do the same for any friends he gains.
Well mannered: He is extremely well manner, having learned from his grandparents when he was younger and they were still alive. He holds door for young ladies, tries to always remember to say please and thank you. He does not eat with his elbows on the table or rest them on the table at all. He stands up straight and almost always where a gentle smile. At first, he hated lessons in etiquette, but grew to believe they were necessary and he was happy for the opportunity to be such a great role model to his sisters once they were born. He was estatic when Lily began to emmulate him, which really cemented his manners into place. It made him realize that his action do infact affect people and his wishes to make good impressions upon people he meets. It is one of those things that people admire about him and one of those things that attracts people to him, I'd say especially girls. Also people respond more readily and more kindly to polite language and gesters. Xander does not like to fight.
Flaws:
Romantically Oblivious: Xander may be book smart and he may be able to tell you what exactly you need to do to make your little one better, but in most other things he is oblivious. If a girl is flirting with him, she could hold an sign saying as much and he still wouldn't get it. She could blatantly ask him out and he wouldn't understand why she wanted to go anywhere with him. Same goes for guys as well, Xander really has no clue what homosexual is and wouldn't understand if a boy was hitting on him. He is not asexual, but he doesn't really get how he feels any more that he understand how other might feel. This leads to hurt feeling without Xander realizing, why, or knowing what to do to fix it. This is not to say he can't love, he loves his family very very much, this is only referring to romance.
Conversationalist NOT!: If you do not know anything about Xander he can seem a bit distant. Despite being very polite and seeming openingly friendly, he is not likely to strike up a conversation with the person sitting next to him. He doesn't like talking about thing that most people enjoy talking about, like dating, sport, and 'fun stuff'. He doesn't date, is bullocks at sports, and currently doesn't do a lot of fun stuff, aside from ice skate (which he isnt very good at and doesnt do very often any more ... his bottom thanks him). The things he enjoys talking about are school, work, and the future. Which two of those most people would rather not talk about. His conversations tend to be awkward and he doesn't really know where to go with them, so he mostly stays quiet and listens. He's young and doesn't really realize that maybe he's just talking to the wrong people, that and he is far to busy to think about it.
Prideful: Normally this would not be a bad thing, but since Xander sucks at so many things, this has become a bad thing for him. He may not voice his pridefulness, since he isnt boastful, but don't anyone dare suggest that something Xander thinks he did well is not just perfect. He was always the type of child who was mortally wounded if he did not recieve an A+ on something he worked very hard on. If he worked hard at it and completed it, than it the best, hands down no exceptions. It is the most annoying part of his personality and probably the only way to make him argue with someone (though it be more of a polite and heated debate). [May get rid of this, opinions???]
Loyal Confidant: If you are close to Xander, really close to him, you can tell him just about anything. He will not judge you and he will take your secret to his grave. Even if it is illegal, he will stick by, though he would be all for reprimands and making the decision weigh heavily on you conscience, which will probably make the situation worse and his friend highly annoyed. His friend would get an earful of his opinion quite often, nagging, even though he does nothing to stop the act. He often feels almost duty bound to protect the ones he cares for, even when there secret is dangerous and could very well cause them harm. The closer one is to Xander the worst this aspect becomes apparent. He seems to forgo his conscience when it comes to this aspect of his personality. Of course like everything else this has it limits, such as endangering others, not themselves. Unfortunately, he can be easily pushed about by this aspect, for he is dependable and adding a terrible secret will have Xander running about to help at all hours of the night, to do all sorts of ridiculous things. Good thing his conscience flew out the window with the secret. While it could be seen a good to thing it makes him very annoying, while seeming like a big of a pushover.
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Skin Color: caramel brown skin (bit darker than Liliana)
Eyes: bright eyes that are sapphire blue and fade to emerald green around the iris inside (same as Liliana)
Hair: Impossible curly red (Like Liliana's) pulled back into a ponytail and off to his left (so side ponytail but at the base of his neck), decent sized braid that hangs down of the right side of his face.
Face: He is very handsome (though he isn't aware of said fact) ... up to you ... no freckles
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History:
Coming soon ...
Family:
Grandparents:
Paternal Grandmother - Sheila Jacobs --- She lives on the other side of town and while she loves her family dearly she is getting up their in her years and doesn't often get to see her grandchildren. They do visit on all the major holidays and she greatly enjoys Lily's letters.
Paternal Grandfather and Maternal Grandparents are all deceased.
Parents:
Mother - Alyssa Jacobs --- She is 49 years old and kind soft-spoken women. She loves her children dearly and can often be found checking in on them. She works for a travel agency and knows many facts about random destinations.
Father - Aaron Jacobs --- He is 51 years old and extremely business savvy. While he loves his children dearly and is a constant source of encouragement for achieving their dreams, he is also very busy. He travels a lot, but when he home he spends as much time with his family as he can. Unfortunately, this isn't very much, his hours are ridiculous, especially with the reason goings on in the city. He works for a contracting company.
Siblings:
Sister - Rose Eileen Jacobs --- She is 21 years old and quite the day dreamers. While she has manners, she uses them far less than her siblings and her academics are lacking compared to theirs. She is aspiring actress and attended a prestigious art college for her talents. She goes to many auditions and hopes to get her big break soon.
Sister - Liliana Jacobs --- She is 16 years and firmly wishes to make he dream of being a singer a reality. She is very well manners, studious, and hard working. She idolizes her big brother and would so anything for him. She really wants to make her family proud.
 
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Knight Title: Tortall Page
Challenge: "For the Protection of Pluto!”
Uniform: ELEMENTS TO THINK ABOUT FOR UNIFORM
PLEASE THINK OF YOUR PLANET THEME(S) BEFORE GOING INSANE~!
Top -- http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.77457824.jpg , something to this effect only a vest (no sleeves), no stripes ... http://static.zoovy.com/img/bonnies/-/L/ls11 , shirt underneath, with cuffs part way down the forearm to make them puffy, collar up not folded down
Bottoms -- http://www.decypher.ca/i/GUYS_Pants/LS_Steampunk_military_pants01.jpg , something to this effect, they go into the boots, plain no accessories
Gloves -- fingerless
Belt -- on boots
Shoes -- http://www.shoes.com/ProductImages/shoes_iaec1109066.jpg , these knee high, made manly (less heal, shorter), with belts going across too, starting above the side buckle
Shoulders -- http://www.jenny-jenny.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/eppaulettesworn.jpg , like the braids better than the spiky things ... http://www.epicmilitaria.com/shopimages/products/thumbnails/GermanGeneralShoulderBoards.jpg
Accessories -- http://s4.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/30A699D9.jpg , golf cap style cap, http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx44/SteamEffort/picslivejournal-1.jpg ,monocle like this with the magnifying lens but simpler, not elaborate, not buckly, hooks around ear unstead of strapping around head, should be very simple please, would be cool if he could have a stethoscope
Weapon -- Knee flex tool? http://static-p3.fotolia.com/jpg/00/00/03/74/400_F_37499_Qtl4rA6PznEp73Do63LnEg7vi9Tuqn.jpg , yes metal and bigger i guess
Colors: Dark green, red brown
YOUR SECONDARY COLOR IS WHITE LIKE SENSHI.
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:02 pm
As a head's up, the name Draco has been taken by an RL slot. Also, there is already an Alexander in play. Please change your names! Thank you. :3
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:00 am
Thanks and I was wondering about that, I didn't realize it was an rl slot for that name, must have missed that, though I was going to change it anyway.
Also for the name, there are two Zachery's (Zac and Zachery), so i wasnt sure on that one and officially he will be Xander, not Alexander, but if it bother's you I will change it XD.
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:08 am
I think the Zac and Zachary was more of a blooper to be honest (as Zac's owner) Just to give you a heads up that they -are- trying to avoid dupes. But you could also possibly make it officially just Xander rather than any Alex at all?
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:13 am
Alright so im changing it to Xander and again if it bother's you let me know and I'll change it again.
Thanks Ende for clearing that up!
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:44 pm
I think you'll also want to check this from the Q and A thread, since your character is an adult. Also: don't you need to go to a bit more schooling to become a pediatrician? I don't know for sure but I'd double check the requirements. its guildenstern A question brought up in a convo: What's the upper age limit for senshi? It was said earlier in the game that adults could only be Negaverse. Is this still correct? rosemilk: Still currently true, though we're relaxing the rules for cavaliers et al. The upper age limit is currently in the 18-20.
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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:42 am
Oh whoops think I missed that one lol
Dragons shall go to Joshua Tristan!
and he went straight to college from high school, seven years and he took summer classes to finish earlier, but I forgot the residency so yeah he would be doing that know for the next three years ... goes to edit
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:43 pm
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:10 pm
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 12:15 pm
Hey Kaori! :] I am here from the crit the person above you, hehe! <3
Okay, let’s start with your virtues!
First comes dependable. Your first few sentences started off well, but you began to loose me as the paragraph carried on. By adding the bit about ‘if he has free time, then you can count on him’, it raises the question, what if he doesn’t have free time? Does he only make commitments if he has free time? What if something perceivably more important comes up at the last moment? What if it isn’t at the last moment? By adding that last sentence, I wonder how dependable he actually is.
I like encouraging, I think it’s interesting, but you caught me a little off guard when you told us that Xander is a pediatrician. He’s only twenty four which, yes, does give him time to graduate from University with honors, but what about med school? I believe it takes about four years to complete medical school in the United States, which is followed by a one-year internship and then a residency. (The internship can actually be part of the residency as well.)
That being said, I don’t think changing him from being a resident to a med school student would change your virtue at all. It’s hard to get into med school! Xander would still be accomplishing his goal, so I don’t think it’d hurt your virtue at all. You could also just make his age reflect the time he’d spend in medical school, if that suits you, instead. That aside, I like how you mention he doesn’t promote dangerous activities and tries to find other outlets for those individuals.
Well-mannered is interesting, but they way you’ve written it, I’m not sure how this helps Xander in his day-to-day life, like his previous two virtues would. Perhaps you want to mention how you feel it would help him out. Does it help him meet girls, make good impressions on people? I’m just not sure where you’re trying to go here. The same goes for family oriented, especially because you won’t really be roleplaying with other members of his family. While I suppose it can probably be considered a virtue, you might want to think how this would relate to RP and how you’d be able to use this RP to interact with others.
And let’s go ahead and head on down to the land of flaws~
Aww, I think romantically oblivious is pretty cute. Kudos for including how it effects others as well! Good thinking!
For Conversationalist NOT!, the fact that you call him boring, and you’re the writer, makes me want to cringe a little. If Xander comes off as boring, why are people going to want to RP with him? You mention it can be avoided if you get to know him, but that’s only if people, you know, want a second round. How do you feel about playing a character labeled as ‘boring’? While it’s true that there are definitely people like this out and about in the world, I’d be really careful with this flaw, because it might become really constricting in RP~
And last but not least, we have Private/Reclusive. Again, not a bad flaw, but in combination with his inability to converse, and you’ve got a very deadly mix going on. To be honest, I’m not sure why he would be private or reclusive; it wasn’t a feeling I got from him while reading his virtues. Does this have to do with keeping work and home private? Is this a protection of his family? I’m not sure where it came from, so a little explanation might be handy. Keep in mind, however, if he’s very private, how are you going to get RP for him? It might be frustrating for you to try and find scenarios to RP him with others if he is oblivious to girls, not good with conversation AND he’s very private. You’re closing a lot of doors for yourself! It’s just something to consider, for the sake of RP ease.
And lastly, I head to the hobbies, because I like to see how they reflect upon the personality given.
Overall, I think all your hobbies make sense with his personality. It made me smile that all his hobbies help him unwind, and it makes sense! Being a med student or a resident would be highly stressful, I’d think! Just out of curiosity, does he have any hobbies that could help lead to RP? Since his personality might be a little hard to get to meet people, as I mentioned above, perhaps some social hobbies might do the trick and open up some doors for you.
Overall, he seems pretty cute! He sounds like a real guy, someone I might know. My only suggestion is to be careful with those flaws, just so you don’t find yourself trapped in a box when it comes to RP. If anything I’ve said seems unclear or doesn’t make sense, feel free to ask! Good luck with your quest! <33333
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:52 am
For Xander doing his residency already:
He is very intelligent and really never excelled at anything else, it really was a big part of him. He went straight to college from high school, seven years and he took summer classes to finish earlier, this includes medical school, which he did the full four years for. He graduated early from Destiny City University. Oh and I just put the internship in the with the residency. Maybe I wrong about the general length, but I mostly found it to be around three years. I could bump it up to four though. So he would have three years left. Does that make sense?
Dependable, hmmm, you right the last sentence really doesn't fit. I was trying to say while he is dependable he is not a doormat. He does say no from time to time, I'm mean he has a busy schedule and doesnt have a lot of free time. I would have to say that keeping that and mind, he be the type to squee things into his schedule, so I'll get rid of the free time thing. I think I'll nix the second to last sentence too.
Encouraging, oh i see now, whoops, that was just an error I did not fix, um he not there yet sorry. I will fix that asap, I forgot to change it after I did some more research. It should say everyday he comes closer to achieving his goal of becoming a pediatrician.
Well mannered, hmmm, yeah I did forget to add how it helps him in his daily life. It is one of those things that people admire about him and one of those thing that attracks people to him, I'd say especially girls. It also helps hide his flaws, which could make it a flaw in and of itself, I guess.
For family oriented, yeah it doesn't seem like it would be helpful rp wise. I really don't know how to fix it, so a may just remove it.Nix
Thanks I love his romantically oblivious flaw.
For the conversationalist flaw, i do not really mean boring. I'd better get rid of it. I mean to say that while he can have a conversation they tend to stray away from him and truthfully if he doesn't need to talk he often doesn't. He would much rather listen. Um I guess his conversations would be superficial, nothing to in dept. If asked a question he will answer and yes you can get him to talk, but he wouldn't be the one to start the conversation, unless you were really close to him or had know him for a long time. This flaw can be gotten around by talking about the future or hopes and dreams. Xander will open up to that, yes that will get him talking. Rewrote this completely to suit him better
Private/Reclusive is hard to explain and I will have to come up with a better way of wording it. Nix/ sort of combines it with the conversation flaw
Hobbies:
I should add sister torture as a hobby, if he out and about he was probably pulled by one of his sisters. Lily would drag and to karaeoke or to the park and Rose would drag him to the club or the movies. Just to make sure he gets a break. Lol, so yeah he does social thing (by force lol). Not that he doesn't like the park, he does and he go there on his own just to walk and enjoy.
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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:11 pm
Hello! I'm here from the Crit the Person Above You thread!
I noticed a lot of the same things as soutou, but I wanted to focus on the 'ConversationalistNOT!' and 'Private/Reclusive' flaws. To me, they seem very similar, or that the former flaw stems from the latter. Perhaps, you could combine the two and simply say that he isn't a conversationalist because he is hesitant to open up to people?
Perhaps one way to use this flaw, and still get people to try and talk to him would be making his emotional state easy to read. That way, the flaws could play off each other. Let's say he's having a bad day, and he looks like it, but when a friend asks him what's wrong, he won't open up to them. Whether or not this friend decides to press the issue, there's a viable reason why people would want to try and get Xander to talk.
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:02 am
Zee Oddwyn Hello! I'm here from the Crit the Person Above You thread! I noticed a lot of the same things as soutou, but I wanted to focus on the 'ConversationalistNOT!' and 'Private/Reclusive' flaws. To me, they seem very similar, or that the former flaw stems from the latter. Perhaps, you could combine the two and simply say that he isn't a conversationalist because he is hesitant to open up to people? Perhaps one way to use this flaw, and still get people to try and talk to him would be making his emotional state easy to read. That way, the flaws could play off each other. Let's say he's having a bad day, and he looks like it, but when a friend asks him what's wrong, he won't open up to them. Whether or not this friend decides to press the issue, there's a viable reason why people would want to try and get Xander to talk. did this sort of kind of ... needs to think of another flaw now!
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:49 pm
Made changes ...
Removing for now:Quote: Private/Reclusive: Xander is very private and this can make it very hard to get close to him. While he loves to know about everyone else and will encourage them to be their best and help them with their problem it would not be vise versa. Xander keep his private life very much separate from his social life. His friends aren't likely to know where he lives, works, goes to school, or anything about his family unless they have know his for a long time. This is not to say one cannot get close to Xander or find these things out, for unlike him his family is very open. He does not think it is proper for one to know to much about him, he wants to reverse the right for his family, future wife, and future children, which he doesn't realize he might never have if he doesn't open up.
Family Oriented: He believes he should be there for his family always. He wishes to be the best role model he can be and is working hard to achieve he goals. He tries is best not to become over scheduled because he wants to have time to be with his family. He enjoys sunday dinner and quite moments with them and is most at ease with his family. He loves them all dearly and would do most anything for them. He really hopes to have a large family of his own someday (though when this will happen is currently unknown).
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:18 am
Updates:
Removed a flaw and a virture.
Reworded pretty much all the virtues, and one flaw.
Added a new flaw, not sure how well it fits though.
Any more reviews?
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