Post by bokun on Jul 15, 2013 0:18:52 GMT
IC:
Name: Marko Veselinov Iliev
Age: 21
Personality: Some might describe Marko as a prime example of bipolarity. Whereas he has his notable mood swings, they would be highly exaggerating. If someone were to meet him for the first time under normal circumstances, they’d likely find him to be generally polite, albeit in an off-hand manner. He doesn’t seem to say much at first, which can make him seem stoic at times. Of course, there are certain deciding factors that can change first impressions from the norm considerably. If he doesn’t like the look of someone at first, it will be quite a task for him to like them at all - thankfully, this is a rarer occurrence than one would think.
The typical outer shell of impassiveness, however, is not one that is hard to crack. Once Marko has warmed to someone, he’ll be happy to let them see the cheerful and friendly - albeit often peculiar - layer beneath. However, warming to someone and thoroughly trusting them are poles apart in his eyes; it takes a surprising amount to gain his trust, but he’s dedicated to any that do.
As a child, he was poorly behaved and a bully to others around him. Incredibly, despite all of the maturity he did get, these are traits that have stuck with him. He definitely has a tendency to pick on people, although his means are quite varied. To friend and foe alike, he’s the type to get a kick out of messing with others’ heads. Unless it’s clear he hates someone, though, it usually isn’t done with spite, though he likes to give bad reasons for doing so, too. He mostly just does it for attention. Any slyness about him is also rather obvious.
Outwardly, he’s also a very proud and boastful guy, arrogant and headstrong. This likely stems, funnily enough, from an inferiority complex of sorts. He thinks everything he does is fantastic, and that the world revolves around the oh-so-wonderful him. /He thinks/, hoping that eventually he’ll have reached the point where he believes it, or it manifests, or both. The best way to get on his bad side, therefore, would be to spurn him, or point out particularly weak points. This would be at one’s own risk, however. He’s irritable, and pushing the wrong buttons can invoke a nasty temper in him. In spite of this, he’s strong, both physically and mentally. Even if it doesn’t seem possible, he can endure a lot just by gritting his teeth and bearing it. He’s the type who can’t see failure as an option. And if he fails at anything, he’ll make up an excuse as to why it wasn’t really a failure for him, whether he has to explain it aloud, or just tell it to himself.
That isn’t to say he’s completely hard-hearted, though, by no means. He adores children and animals and flowers and is actually pretty sweet and loving if one did happen to get on that side of him. The fact is, if one were to tease him about having a soft centre, he would probably get annoyed.
Two Choices For Divisions:
-Military Police: Marko has the physical and mental strength to likely have made it to the top ten of his class. He'd take the opportunity therefore to join the Military Police if given it, preferring it to Garrison work because it would gain him a cushy life, as well as the opportunity to boss people about.
-Scouting Legion: On the other hand part of him wouldn't be satisfied living comfortably inside Wall Sina knowing he could be put to good use actually fighting. He'd probably join the Scouting Legion thinking that felling titan after titan would be able to bring him far more fame and fortune than the Military Police would... Providing he stays alive, of course.
History: Marko was a temperamental and rowdy child that picked on other children regularly. As well as being an apparently natural-born fighter, he came from a military family in Jinae in the south of Wall Rose, and so naturally he was prepared to join the military at any rate. His father was a member of a Recon Squad within the Scouting Legion, one that was decimated when Marko was still young (his mother had been a member of the garrison, but had left upon marrying his father; she is still alive).
It wasn't really vengeance Marko was after when he joined the military; it was more honour and self-worth (the military also mostly spanked the rowdiness out of him and refined it into a soldier's mindset). In the case of the Military Police, he probably felt this was fulfilled and requested that his mother be moved out of Jinae and inside Sina. In the case of the Scouting Legion, he probably considers the honour somewhat fulfilled, but also likely thinks he'll probably end up the same way as his father.
OOC:
Name: Bul, clarcster, Jess, the list goes on.
Did you read the rules?: I kinda like vanilla.
(regarding the choices: I'm letting the rest of you decide by popular vote rather than automatically pick for myself :Y )
Name: Marko Veselinov Iliev
Age: 21
Personality: Some might describe Marko as a prime example of bipolarity. Whereas he has his notable mood swings, they would be highly exaggerating. If someone were to meet him for the first time under normal circumstances, they’d likely find him to be generally polite, albeit in an off-hand manner. He doesn’t seem to say much at first, which can make him seem stoic at times. Of course, there are certain deciding factors that can change first impressions from the norm considerably. If he doesn’t like the look of someone at first, it will be quite a task for him to like them at all - thankfully, this is a rarer occurrence than one would think.
The typical outer shell of impassiveness, however, is not one that is hard to crack. Once Marko has warmed to someone, he’ll be happy to let them see the cheerful and friendly - albeit often peculiar - layer beneath. However, warming to someone and thoroughly trusting them are poles apart in his eyes; it takes a surprising amount to gain his trust, but he’s dedicated to any that do.
As a child, he was poorly behaved and a bully to others around him. Incredibly, despite all of the maturity he did get, these are traits that have stuck with him. He definitely has a tendency to pick on people, although his means are quite varied. To friend and foe alike, he’s the type to get a kick out of messing with others’ heads. Unless it’s clear he hates someone, though, it usually isn’t done with spite, though he likes to give bad reasons for doing so, too. He mostly just does it for attention. Any slyness about him is also rather obvious.
Outwardly, he’s also a very proud and boastful guy, arrogant and headstrong. This likely stems, funnily enough, from an inferiority complex of sorts. He thinks everything he does is fantastic, and that the world revolves around the oh-so-wonderful him. /He thinks/, hoping that eventually he’ll have reached the point where he believes it, or it manifests, or both. The best way to get on his bad side, therefore, would be to spurn him, or point out particularly weak points. This would be at one’s own risk, however. He’s irritable, and pushing the wrong buttons can invoke a nasty temper in him. In spite of this, he’s strong, both physically and mentally. Even if it doesn’t seem possible, he can endure a lot just by gritting his teeth and bearing it. He’s the type who can’t see failure as an option. And if he fails at anything, he’ll make up an excuse as to why it wasn’t really a failure for him, whether he has to explain it aloud, or just tell it to himself.
That isn’t to say he’s completely hard-hearted, though, by no means. He adores children and animals and flowers and is actually pretty sweet and loving if one did happen to get on that side of him. The fact is, if one were to tease him about having a soft centre, he would probably get annoyed.
Two Choices For Divisions:
-Military Police: Marko has the physical and mental strength to likely have made it to the top ten of his class. He'd take the opportunity therefore to join the Military Police if given it, preferring it to Garrison work because it would gain him a cushy life, as well as the opportunity to boss people about.
-Scouting Legion: On the other hand part of him wouldn't be satisfied living comfortably inside Wall Sina knowing he could be put to good use actually fighting. He'd probably join the Scouting Legion thinking that felling titan after titan would be able to bring him far more fame and fortune than the Military Police would... Providing he stays alive, of course.
History: Marko was a temperamental and rowdy child that picked on other children regularly. As well as being an apparently natural-born fighter, he came from a military family in Jinae in the south of Wall Rose, and so naturally he was prepared to join the military at any rate. His father was a member of a Recon Squad within the Scouting Legion, one that was decimated when Marko was still young (his mother had been a member of the garrison, but had left upon marrying his father; she is still alive).
It wasn't really vengeance Marko was after when he joined the military; it was more honour and self-worth (the military also mostly spanked the rowdiness out of him and refined it into a soldier's mindset). In the case of the Military Police, he probably felt this was fulfilled and requested that his mother be moved out of Jinae and inside Sina. In the case of the Scouting Legion, he probably considers the honour somewhat fulfilled, but also likely thinks he'll probably end up the same way as his father.
OOC:
Name: Bul, clarcster, Jess, the list goes on.
Did you read the rules?: I kinda like vanilla.
(regarding the choices: I'm letting the rest of you decide by popular vote rather than automatically pick for myself :Y )