Post by Bethany on May 20, 2011 13:10:58 GMT -5
<div align="justify">[/color]player information!
preferred name ; Glenda the good witch. What do you mean I have my charries mixed up? Fine just call me Bethy
age ; In the 26-27 range depending when he comes out.
how you prefer to be contacted ; Strippergrams. Or owls I guess
characters you already play ; Oi way to many to list just poke my coc.character information!
the basics
character name ; Marcellus Antoine Merlot
nickname(s) ; Some people call him Marcie, but he really prefers his full name and not some silly nickname.
age ; 16
date of birth ; January 13, 1993
blood status; Pureblood
sexual orientation ; Straight as could be.
wand ; 13 inch teak wood wand with a mermaid hair core.
affiliation ; Death Eater Supporter
the appearance
height & weight ; For the longest time Marcellus was a rather petite boy. Being only 5'6 and being almost painfully skinny left him not looking all that intimidating. However this last summer was very kind to him and he finally hit his growth spurt so he’s just a hair under 6’0 tall. Also thanks to a great determination to not look like a stick anymore he's managed through a rather strict exercise regimen to pack on a lot of muscle bolstering his weight up to a respectable 180. Thanks to this bulk he is also much more muscled and while he's not quite where he wants to be he's come a long way and is fairly healthily muscled.
hair ; Marcellus has very fine soft hair in a gentle brown color that is neither very light or very dark. He doesn't really like messing with his hair very much so he tends to keep it fairly simple. He keeps it at a fairly short length, but doesn't quite buzz it as he feels buzz cuts are for children and soldiers and he's neither so he feels no need to look like either. His hair also has a tendency to look fairly tousled as he's a brush it once in the morning and forget about it sort of guy. He's also not very fond of hair product usually the only time he'll use such a thing is for special occasions.
eyes ; The first thing you notice about Marcellus' eyes is the fact that they are pretty no non-sense sort of eyes. His eyes are a fairly masculine blunted round shape without any sort of tilt to them. They are framed by short almost invisible eyelashes and heavy eyebrows. His eyes are a surprisingly gentle hazel color however that gentle color is quickly belayed by the fact that his expression is hardly every gentle or kind.
facial features ; Having finally shed the curse of baby fat Marcellus' face is rather chiseled with a strong chin and prominent cheek bones. He has a larger nose that is just a little lopsided however it's not very noticeable and only one who studies him for long periods of time can tell. This imperfection goes a long way in helping softening his face and keeping it from looking to sharp. Over all thanks to his recent growth spurt Marcellus has a fairly mature looking face mostly due to the fact that if he doesn't shave he does get a five o'clock shadow if he doesn't shave in a day or two.
distinguishing features ; Marcellus has through his years managed not to collect all that very many scars. He does have one small scar on his knuckles, but that's from his pet cat chewing on his knuckle on a fairly regular basis. Other than that and a few small moles that are scattered across his chest and abdomen.
style ; Marcellus' style is currently going through a metamorphous. Having been used to dressing in baggier clothes to hide just how skinny he was and not really caring about his clothes, because he'd still look like him no matter what he wore his style has always left a little something to be desired. Now that he's gone from Geek to hotty he's trying to change that a little. So his style is very fluid as he is currently trying to figure out what flatters his new look the most. Now that he has nothing to hide he wants to find what flaunts him the best. However his style while changing still tends to be fairly simple. He has better things to do than play dress up in front of the mirror all day.
play by ; Danny Schwarz
the personality[/color]
likes ;
EXCERCISE[/u] There are plenty of people that aren't exactly a big fan of exercise. Marcellus is not one of those people. His rather strict exercise regimen is one of the main reasons he went from a nothing to a somebody. While he realizes packaging isn't the most important thing in the entire world it goes a long way to making the world see you as you wish to be seen. So now that between a growth spurt and his own exercise regime he has a physique to be reckoned with and he thanks exercise for that. He also enjoys the burn of a good work out.
BELLE[/u] He knows it's not all that macho to dote over a cat, but there is no denying that Marcellus loves his Belle. Having picked her from a litter he knew she was the cat for him. She was the runt of the litter, but that wasn't what made him want her it was the fact that while she was the smallest kitten she was attacking much bigger kittens that won him over. It was apparent from the beginning that his Belle was queen cat and she made sure everyone knew it. Marcellus spoils his kitten rotten and often treats her better than any person he knows.
CONTROL[/u] Marcellus is sort of like a chess player he has a habit of trying to arrange things so that he can win. Because of this he likes control. He likes placing his pieces exactly where he wants them and having them behave exactly as he wishes them to. He is also big on self control which is sometimes harder than one would think, but while control of a situation is important self control is even more important. He does also like being tog dog even if it's not a situation that happened often in his younger years. He especially likes playing with people like making marionettes dance on his strings.
GIRLS[/u] This like is of course not all that shocking, but Marcellus is indeed a fan of the ladies. He likes many things about girls from their beauty to their smell to their much more elaborate fashion sense. But without a doubt his favorite thing about girls is how delicate they are. There is nothing that gets his blood pumping like a slip of a woman with soft hands and eyes. The more fragile they look the more Marcellus likes them. While he'd probably never purposely break a woman into pieces there is a large part of him that really likes the idea that he could if he so chose.
THE DARK[/u] There are many reasons that Marcellus enjoys the dark, but the biggest reason is the fact that he simply feels more comfortable in the dark. While he doesn't see himself as a monster or even really much of a predator the dark is where he belongs. The dark allows you to get away with so very much. It also makes him feel bolder. He likes the fact that he feels safe where most people feel insecure. Of course there is also the physical fact that his eyes like the dark more than bright light or the fact that bright light tends to hurt his eyes and give him headaches.
dislikes ;
THE UNWORTHY[/u] Marcellus has known from the age of two that he was born better than most people. From watching servants scurry around his house and bowing to his every demand he knows with every fiber of his being that he's at the top of the ladder and that so so many people are rungs below him. If one doesn't have magic or have come by their magic honestly Marcellus has little to no respect for them. Muggles to him a little more than cattle and muggleborns are nothing but dirty magical thieves. He has no idea how they people born to muggles get their magic, but he knows they don't deserve it. He personally feels that muggleborns and muggles should all be locked in pens and only let out to work for the worthy. He's honestly not a big fan of half-bloods either, but seeing as they got their magic honestly he has a smidgen more respect for them though he still fully believes purebloods are better.
GIRLS[/u] For the most part Marcellus is a big fan of the female population. However he's more than a little picky when it comes to what he likes in women. His likes for women however tends to be mostly aesthetics and he tends to find a lot of their personality traits trying. Girls are vain, deceitful, picky, and more often than not far to bossy for his liking. While he doesn't quite think women are second class citizens he doesn't really believe they are equal to men. They are after all physically weaker. They weren't born to fight they were born to reproduce which while important makes them the lesser part of the relationship. The fact that most women don't believe or accept this is a fact that really gets on Marcellus' nerves.
BEING WEAK[/u] Being at the bottom of the totem pole sucks. Marcellus is very aware that one is either a predator or prey that's just how the world works. But sometimes you just don't get a choice. He hates being seen as the weak link or as prey. He doesn't really care about being the biggest baddest predator around, but he doesn't want to be seen as vulnerable. This is why he worked so hard to bulk up. It's also why he works so hard to excel in DADA weakness isn't acceptable. Even when he was smaller and vulnerable he hated it even though he couldn't help it. However now that's he grown weakness has become even less acceptable. He is equally contemptuous of other people who he considers weak.
YAPPERS[/u] Communication is important Marcellus realizes that, but he feels that most people take to far. They don't just talk to be social or to convey actual important information, but they talk just to talk, because they are uncomfortable with silence. He firmly believes 'A wise man speaks when he has something to say, and a fool speaks because he has to say something.' He is the type that rarely speaks unless he has to be polite or he feels what he has to say actually matters. He's not one for to much idle chatter. So he finds it doubly annoying when people talk just to exercise their jaws. He firmly believes the world would be a better place if people stopped talking so damned much.
SHARING[/u] Marcellus was born king of his castle. The fact that he was his parents’ first and only child assured the fact that he was given everything he wanted. His parents aren't the richest people in the world, but he's never really wanted for anything. If it came down to it he knows his parents would go without before he did. So Marcellus hasn't exactly been taught to share. And honestly he has no intention of ever learning. What is his is his and he won't share it with anyone else. He dislikes when people touch his things. He doesn't even like when classmates ask to borrow a quill. He also has absolutely no problem telling people no. He will only share when he absolutely has to or really really respects the asker.
strengths ;
PLANNER[/u] 'Failing to plan is in essence planning to fail.' This is another quaint little saying that Marcellus believes heavily in. He is the sort of boy who has a plan for everything and a back up plan for that plan, and a fall back plan just in case. He is rarely caught off guard. He also takes great pleasure in planning and planning some more. While he doesn't plan every moment of his life most important ventures tend to be ruthlessly planned down to the last detail. This is also strength, because being so used to planning he copes well when things don't go well and he tends to construct a new plan rather than panicking.
BIG PICTURE VIEWER[/u] Marcellus has always felt that youth's biggest problem is the fact that so many of them have such a limited view point. His peers are all focused on the present rather than the bigger picture. Marcellus however is more of a point B certain of person. He knows where he is now, but he thinks how he gets from point A to be point be to be much more important. He's a boy who tends to think in the long run. He doesn't only consider what actions will cause what reactions in his current situation, but also where said actions will lead him later in life. He knows exactly where he wants to be as an adult and his view tends to be focused on that. This is a good thing, because not only is he very goal orientated he tends to also act in a way that will further said goal. This tends to pay off in the short run as well as the long haul.
DETERMINED[/u] Marcellus is a boy who knows what he wants and knows how to get it. He is also a boy that once he decides on something it's pretty much going to happen no matter what. He's not only who very much believes in the word can't. If he wants something it will happen, because he tends not to stop until his goals are accomplished. He's also a fairly resilient boy so little things don't stop him when he falls down he simply gets back up. When an obstacle gets in his way he starts to plan his way around, over, or through it. He believes in his self very much so fully believes he can accomplish just about anything he sets his mind too. He's also not easily persuaded from his goals and is in fact fairly stubborn when it comes to certain things.
weaknesses ;
TEMPER[/u] Growing up being the runt of the pack usually teaches people to either be very quite or very explosive. Marcellus just so happens to be one of the later. He has quite the temper and has had for a very long time. While for the most part Marcellus can bite back his temper and wait until a better time to take his revenge occasionally he gets so mad that he reacts without really thinking too much. This is a weakness for several reasons. One it really upsets him when he loses control in such a way. He's always been a planner and doing something so rash because of a silly emotion is very upsetting to him. When he does do so he tends to be in a fairly bad mood for several weeks after. Also it's a weakness because when he does lose control and reacts immediately he tends to get in trouble, because he does things that the ministry frowns on and he's angry enough he does nothing to cover his steps.
NO SOCIAL BUTTERFLY[/u] Marcellus is not exactly a huge fan of people. For the most part people are either too stupid, too short sided, or too vicious for to want to deal with them. He is slowly getting a bit better now that he's less of a target, but he's still not all that good with people. The fact that he truly feels that he is better than ninety five percent of the population doesn't help. Neither does the fact that he's learned to be fairly aggressive whenever he feels as if things aren't going his way as the best defense is a good offense. He's also learned to be fairly closed off as if he tried to be social he was open to attacks whether they be verbal or physical. He in fact has very few friends. For the most part he just has acquaintances he can deal with. The only real friends he has tends to be people he considers as outcasts. One such example is Genevieve Burke. G is just different enough where he feels comfortable dealing with her.
GRUDGE HOLDER[/u] Forget and forgive is one thing Marcellus has never really learned. He's the sort of boy who keeps a tally of every wrong ever done to him and fully intends to make every single person who hurt him or insulted him in anyway pay. This has cost him a few friends that he probably couldn't afford to lose as he is unlikely to forgive much of anything. He takes each action and insult very personally and will only very occasionally forgive some body. He also is one who feels the need to get revenge which will often escalate thing rather than make them better. He's more than once turned someone who didn't like him very much into an enemy with his revenge. He's done this a time or two with someone he's regarded as a friend as well.
boggart ; what is your character's biggest fear and why?
amortentia ; Sweat, Vanilla, and copper.
erised ; To be so strong that no one will ever dare mess with him ever again
veritaserum ; what is your character's deepest secret?
dementor ; His worst memory comes courtesy of one Bethany Kane. The event took place his fourth year. He had been for some time harboring a crush on Bethany which never seemed to go much of anywhere as she'd always ignore his advances. The one day he got an invitation from Bethany to meet her in an out of the way closet on the dungeon level. Now Marcellus realizes he was foolish, but at the time it seemed his dreams were coming true. So he very excitedly went to meet Bethany. If he had been lucky Bethany would have stood him up, but no Bethany was there the problem was that she wasn't alone since she had brought her brother and several of her toadies. They commenced to beating him. They hurt him for a very long time and then to add insult to injury they left him tied to a column near the Slytherin common room entrance naked. He would remain there for several hours as though people saw him no one would stop to help and in fact most people just laughed and moved on. He would finally be rescued by his friend Genevieve who was the only person kind enough to release him. He would never report the attack because he fully intends on making the culprits pay.
patronus ; Marcellus is not a boy who is ever likely to cast a very strong patronus. A best he will probably manage a light mist. The chance that he'll produce a corporal patronus is almost nil, but if he did it would take the shape of a recluse spider. His best memory would probably be the day he got his Hogwarts letter, because for the longest time his parents worried that he was a squib.
personality ; Appearances can be deceiving(looks much nicer and quieter than he is), Vain, Sarcastic, believes in Social Darwinism, realistic, CHANGING
The first and probably most noticeable thing about Marcellus is that fact that he is indeed changing and growing. The personality he once had has altered fairly drastically and continues to do so as he grows more and more into his new persona. Previously Marcellus was a fairly quiet withdrawn boy as he had learned to keep to himself to avoid being a target. He's also grown a lot in his confidence. He was not too long ago he was often considered to be a geek or whatever you wish to call it and while he never very much liked the title it somewhat fit because he was always socially awkward. However now that's he's grown into himself he's found quite a bit more confidence and while he isn't a social butterfly he is slowly learning to be a bit more outgoing and social. So he is still in the midst of changing which can at times be more than a bit confusing.
Of course as much as he has managed to change over one summer the foundation of the boy really hasn't changed that much. What the world sees might be changing, but his core is largely the same. Probably the most noticeable thing about the boy's personality that hasn't changed is the fact that he behaves in a manner that makes him seem older than he really is. He's always been perhaps just a little more mature than most of his peers. This is mostly because he tends to be a planner and does very little without a lot of planning and a lot of mulling over doing something is smart or not. He is also a very practical boy. While there's a lot of things he perhaps will not wish to do if it needs to be done he will do it. While there are area's in his life that he isn't practical when it comes to everyday things and accomplishing his larger goals then he tends to do what needs to be done rather than what he wants to do.
It is also fairly obvious that Marcellus isn't the nicest boy in the world. Now there are a few select people that he can be nice to even care about, but for the most part Marcellus doesn't like people and doesn't try to act like he does. The only exception to the rule is that the boy is smart enough to pretend to at least respect if not like the people who he's actually afraid of. But for the most part he's not known to be overly nice. Many people have accused him of being apathetic, which is mostly true because largely he doesn't care about what happens to other people, because it's most likely their own fault. He can at times be kind mostly for the people he actually likes, but even when he does something nice he often down plays it a lot or does it secretly so that no one is aware that it is him.
It goes without saying that Marcellus and his peers often don't see eye to eye. He is pretty much considered an outcast and tends to only get along with those he considers just as outcasted as he himself is. When he was younger being the odd man out sort of bothered him, but as he's grown it doesn't bother him as much. He truly feels being on his own makes him stronger than most of his peers. So even though now he could probably become a bit more popular he has no intentions of making any efforts to do so. If they didn't like him or befriend him when he was the run of the pack there is no reason for him to befriend them now that he's grown. Of course even if he wanted to be Mr. popularity he'd have a hard time achieving that goal since even if he was more social his sarcasm and his rather stark view on life makes it's unlikely.
Marcellus is also a fairly hard core believer in social Darwinism. Being on the short end of the stick on that particular theory doesn't change his beliefs. Life is survival of the strongest and the weak are meant to be prey. Which explains why he has no problems taking advantage of people if he needs to or even just wants to for whatever personal reasons. He can also at times be a bit of a bully when he was smaller his bullying was sneakier and less obvious like starting rumors or pushing someone from behind. But now that he's more physically capable he has slowly become more aggressive. He could even be considered a bit of a sadist as hurting other people makes him feel stronger.
the school life[/color]
year ; sixth year
pet ; A black house cat named Belle (likes cat more than most people)
favourite subject ; Marcellus's best subject is DADA mostly because it was either be very good with his wand or be the subject of many curses and hexes for a good portion of his school career.
worst subject ; Marcellus just isn't very good at Astronomy. Add a lack of interest to a confusion of what stars goes where a pretty poor Astrology student equals.
best spell ; Expelliarmus is by far his best spell. Thanks to his previously rather petite frame and his social inability he was often the target of much bullying and mean little hexes and so such so he was very quick to learn how to take the more dangerous weapons his tormentors had.
worst spell ; The cushioning charm is one charm that Marcellus has never quite gotten the hang of. Sometimes he can make it work, but more often than not he can't.
OWLs taking and grades ;
- Astronomy- P
- Charms-EE
- Defence Against the Dark Arts- O
- Herbology- A
- History of Magic- EE
- Potions- EE
- Transfiguration- A
- Divination- O
- Arithmancy- EE
- Ancient Runes- EE
NEWTs taking ;
- Charms
- Defence Against the Dark Arts
- Potions
- Ancient Runes
- Divination
- Dueling
the family life[/color]
mother ; Vivienne Merlot, 56, Pureblood
father ; Montell Merlot, 58, Pureblood
siblings ; N/A
other significant magical relatives ; Marion Delurie, 55, Pureblood uncle on mother's side.
Alyssa Delurie, 50, Pureblood, Aunt
Massimo Delurie, 33, Pureblood, Cousin *deceased*
Vesperah Merlot, 30,Pureblood, Aunt on father’s side
residence ; the place that your character calls home outside of Hogwarts
history ; Marcellus would come into the world on a very quiet January day. He would be born in his parent’s house, because his father rather strongly disapproved of the fact that so very many half bloods and other filth worked at St. Mungo's. The majority of his life would be lived this way as his parents were always very careful to keep him separated from the riff raff of the world. As far as they were concerned Marcellus as their only child was their little prince and because of that they would take great care to keep him from the filth. After all it just wouldn't do for their one and only heir to become a lover of filth. This isolation would go a long way into establishing not only his views about his superiority but also it would do a great amount of damage to his social skills.
As he grew from a fairly quiet baby this isolation would not change. While his parents were careful to arrange play dates for the most part Marcellus was left fairly alone. He was of course catered to by the finest pureblood staff money could by. Even his nanny and the maid hired to clean up after him had an impeccable blood line, but other than the play dates of careful selected playmates Marcellus spent his child hood away from the other children. This would be one of the few areas of his life where he would always get a concrete no. No matter how much he begged and pleaded to be able to go outside and just play with the children in his neighborhood he would always be denied. He of course lived in an entirely magical neighborhood in an almost entirely pureblood area, but his parents didn't approve of most of their neighbors so he was kept separate.
He would not be introduced to the world on a large scale until after the arrival of his Hogwarts letter. No one was in the least bit surprised by the letter as all of there family for generation has attended Hogwarts. Of course it was tradition alone that made sure Marcellus was allowed to go to Hogwarts otherwise he probably would have been tutored at home to save him from the unclean elements that filled Hogwarts. Though Marcellus had fantasized about Hogwarts for a long time nothing could have prepared him for the reality of it. The cold hard truth was that Marcellus just wasn't ready to be surrounded by people his own age. He had grown up surrounded by adults and carefully selected play mates. He had no idea how to deal with his peers.
This became painfully clear on the day he was to board the train to Hogwarts. His parents had of course sent the staff to do his shopping so he did not need to be exposed to the madness that was Diagon alley. But there was no way to separate him for the trip. From the moment he got out of the private hired car his parents had hired Marcellus felt in he was drowning in an ocean he didn't belong in. From the screaming, the horse play, the playful games, Marcellus knew immediately he didn't belong with these sort of people. It was only the hard drilled decorum his parents had instilled with him that kept him from bursting into tears and begging his parents not to make him to board the train with all the neanderthals that seemed to flock toward Hogwarts.
That training alone would be the reason he would board the train quietly with a blank unimpressed face. He had known from the start that things weren't likely to get any better and he was right. His first few weeks were to him like nothing more than torture. From having to learn how to share a room to having to share meals with children that ate like animals nothing was easy. But of course that hardest part was how no matter how hard he might try he just couldn't find a way to make himself fit in. It was painfully and brutally obvious that he was a misfit that he just wasn't like everyone else. It of course didn't help that Marcellus really was a very petite boy both very short and thin. Combined with the fact that he didn't fit in and the fact that he wouldn't act like he wasn't better than most of his peers made him an easy target.
He would quickly find himself in the position as one of the school outcasts. Perhaps partially because of his own choices, but the fact remained that he wound up being one of those that other people picked on either because they didn't like him or because it was better to pick on someone than be picked on yourself. This would make him toughen up fairly quickly. He might never fit in he wasn't one to simply roll over and take it. As quiet and reserved as he could be he was a fighter. Eventually after a few years and a few more inches of height, and a fierce determined study of DADA people stopped picking on his quiet as badly. There were of course the comments and the occasional fights and the occasional mean spirited pranks, but he mostly settled in. He didn't like Hogwarts and he didn't like his peers for the most part, but he could survive it.
Of course during his time at Hogwarts at was teaching him a lot. He might not be popular but he was a fairly good student. He quickly took a shine to DADA out of necessity. He also found that he had quite the knack for Divination. But the lesson he learned best was survival of the fittest. The only way you kept the world from stepping on you was to be too big and too mean to step on. This lesson was drilled into his head over and over again. None of those lesson stuck quite as much as the one Bethany Kane taught him. But of course that lesson had to underlining points. One was might was right, secondly was the fact that people rarely ever cared. And final lesson was the fact that the best way to hurt someone had nothing to do with death but making them live with what has been done to them. After the event with Bethany Marcellus became just a little more reserved and perhaps a bit meaner. All the people who had passed him without even an effort to try to help him had squashed any desire he might have had to be popular. He might not be a nice person, but he was leagues better than all the jackals who had ignored him when he needed help the most.
Marcellus would after that keep his head down for the most part only associating with the few friends he did have and kept his focus on his studies. Of course the entire time he was also planning on how best to get his vengeance. Bethany and her brother were going to pay very dearly and he was willing to plot and wait for that vengeance to make it all that much sweeter. Mentally he had changed a bit, but the most drastic changes would be physical. It would be after that point that Marcellus would start really getting into his growth spurt. He would jump up quite a bit and would pack on quiet a bit of muscle thanks to his own workouts. A little less than half a school year and a summer would leave Marcellus almost unrecognizable. Thanks to this he is still changing but it's mostly for the better. For once in his life he's almost looking forward to Hogwarts and the fact that he finally feels strong enough to start meteing out all the vengeance his so called peers are due.
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