PLAYER Name: sessystalker Personal Journal: N/A E-mail: cloud-x-aerith@hotmail.com AIM/MSN/etc: TorteMusik
CHARACTER Name: Remus John Lupin Canon: Harry Potter Timeline: A couple years after the First Wizarding War. If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: : Remus Lupin is a half-blood wizard who is considered by many to be a kind and approachable individual who always has a smile on his face. Indeed, he is a gentle and good-natured young man who is intelligent and perceptive, possessing an uncanny ability to read people’s emotions and guess what’s on their minds. His patience knows no bounds as he’s calmly observant and a polite listener, which has contributed to the wisdom he possesses and is willing to pass on to others seeking advice. He is quite knowledgeable in many subjects to do with magic due to his studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, particularly in Defense Against the Dark Arts. He is also quite often depicted as having an insatiable love of chocolate.
However, all is not what it seems on the surface. When Remus was a small child, he was attacked and bitten by a werewolf, which effectively turned the young boy into one. On every night of a full moon, Remus is forced to undergo the agonizing transformation into a blood-thirsty dark creature and lose his human mind. In a transformed state, werewolves desire to spread their curse through their victims by violently attacking them. When segregated from humans, werewolves will often turn to biting and clawing themselves out of frustration, causing more pain and suffering for the inflicted individual. Some even lose their humanity completely and are taken over by the dangerous and hostile tendencies outside of their transformations.
Due to the horrendous nature of werewolves, wizarding society has strong prejudices toward anyone affected with lycanthropy. Because of this, Remus harbors feelings of self-shame and a fear of rejection. While at school, he would often turn a blind eye when his friends – James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew – would bully a fellow student, despite being against such treatment, because of his desire to be accepted by other people. Although he never partook of the bullying, he would quietly feel guilty for not doing anything to stop it. This branded him the mature one of the group, though it can hardly be said that Remus didn’t participate in playing pranks and causing trouble with the others, for he certainly isn’t without a good sense of humor. He can be witty and sarcastic with a penchant for mischief, characteristics associated with being one of the Marauders during his time at Hogwarts.
The on-going transformations have caused stress and weariness to take its toll on Remus’s body, making him sick and exhausted. But despite the hardships he’s had to endure for years since his youth, Remus remains strong-minded and tactful in being able to see the good in almost everything and forgiving of ignorance with an understanding of the reasons people fear werewolves as they do. However he often lacks self-worth, submitting himself to thinking he is too dangerous to be around people and has trouble opening himself up to others. His friends became his pillar of support. Even when he tried to hold on to the secret of his lycanthropy – out of respect for Dumbledore’s wishes and his own shame for being what he was - his friends found out about him being a werewolf, but instead of abandoning him they each became Animagi – wizards who could turn into animals – in order to help make Remus’s transformations less excruciating. This bold act of friendship strengthened their bond and became the happiest Remus had ever been in his life.
Even though he is naturally calm and level-headed, Remus can become frighteningly aggressive when provoked or angered. He is a quick thinker and a powerful wizard, and his cheerful and mellow demeanor should not be taken for weakness. He has shown to have a sadistic side toward people who have wronged someone he cares for. Despite his feelings of self-loathing, he is brave and loyal to his friends, and he is willing to face extreme perils to protect those he loves.
After the First Wizarding War and the supposed deaths of three of his friends and betrayal of another, Remus has struggled to make ends meet. Discrimination toward werewolves has made it hard for him to find work and support himself, where before he had been relying on his friends’ help. Still, he courageously holds on to the belief that there will one day be light shed on his otherwise terrible life.
First Person: [Remus steps off the train and looks around the seemingly deserted platform with a mixed expression of exasperation and confusion. It did not appear anything out of the ordinary to him except that there weren’t any people around either coming or leaving, only him.]
Is anybody there? [When no one answers, he circles around to check the train and feels something press against him in his coat pocket. He reaches inside and pulls out what appears to be an old-fashioned pocket watch, one he has no recollection of owning. Curious, he opens it and is surprised to see a small screen of some kind instead of a clock’s face.]
Interesting little gadget. Must be a muggle’s device. But how on earth did you wind up in my pocket?
[He checks for a name, sees none, and sighs. He then checks to make sure his wand is with him then looks out toward the city.]
Third Person: Alone. It was a dreary feeling but one Remus was well acquainted with at this point. Still, in spite of the fact that no one appeared to be around, there was the distinguishable feeling of another presence, one that made up for the general lack of human contact, as if the city itself were alive and bustling with activity and emotion.
Remus shook his head. He was still weary from the painful events of the night before last that had induced the sleep he had woken from, and it was obviously taking a toll on his mind. He looked around again and saw quite clearly that the city was deserted. However he had gotten on the train that brought him here was certainly anyone’s guess, though Remus was willing to gamble on a few explanations, the simplest one being he must have fallen asleep on what he thought was an out of order train again only to wake up and find himself magically whisked away to some unknown location.
Still safer than sleeping in the streets, he supposed.
What was odd, though, was that he didn’t feel the slightest bit compelled to return to the train. Instead he was quite curious to see where his unplanned departure had brought him. The watch (which he was reduced to calling it even though opening it had made it obvious that was not what it was) in his hand seemed to buzz with his anticipation to find out more about this place. If he was lucky he would find a directory telling him where he was exactly and from that point, if there turns out to not be much else to explore, maybe he could apparate back to…well…it wasn't like he had much else to do.
Remus began walking toward the entryway that led away from the station, his tired yet inquisitive eyes searching the area for signs of civilization or just plain signs in general.
[CANON] Remus Lupin || Harry Potter || Reserved || 1 of ?
Name: sessystalker
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E-mail: cloud-x-aerith@hotmail.com
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CHARACTER
Name: Remus John Lupin
Canon: Harry Potter
Timeline: A couple years after the First Wizarding War.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: : Remus Lupin is a half-blood wizard who is considered by many to be a kind and approachable individual who always has a smile on his face. Indeed, he is a gentle and good-natured young man who is intelligent and perceptive, possessing an uncanny ability to read people’s emotions and guess what’s on their minds. His patience knows no bounds as he’s calmly observant and a polite listener, which has contributed to the wisdom he possesses and is willing to pass on to others seeking advice. He is quite knowledgeable in many subjects to do with magic due to his studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, particularly in Defense Against the Dark Arts. He is also quite often depicted as having an insatiable love of chocolate.
However, all is not what it seems on the surface. When Remus was a small child, he was attacked and bitten by a werewolf, which effectively turned the young boy into one. On every night of a full moon, Remus is forced to undergo the agonizing transformation into a blood-thirsty dark creature and lose his human mind. In a transformed state, werewolves desire to spread their curse through their victims by violently attacking them. When segregated from humans, werewolves will often turn to biting and clawing themselves out of frustration, causing more pain and suffering for the inflicted individual. Some even lose their humanity completely and are taken over by the dangerous and hostile tendencies outside of their transformations.
Due to the horrendous nature of werewolves, wizarding society has strong prejudices toward anyone affected with lycanthropy. Because of this, Remus harbors feelings of self-shame and a fear of rejection. While at school, he would often turn a blind eye when his friends – James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew – would bully a fellow student, despite being against such treatment, because of his desire to be accepted by other people. Although he never partook of the bullying, he would quietly feel guilty for not doing anything to stop it. This branded him the mature one of the group, though it can hardly be said that Remus didn’t participate in playing pranks and causing trouble with the others, for he certainly isn’t without a good sense of humor. He can be witty and sarcastic with a penchant for mischief, characteristics associated with being one of the Marauders during his time at Hogwarts.
The on-going transformations have caused stress and weariness to take its toll on Remus’s body, making him sick and exhausted. But despite the hardships he’s had to endure for years since his youth, Remus remains strong-minded and tactful in being able to see the good in almost everything and forgiving of ignorance with an understanding of the reasons people fear werewolves as they do. However he often lacks self-worth, submitting himself to thinking he is too dangerous to be around people and has trouble opening himself up to others. His friends became his pillar of support. Even when he tried to hold on to the secret of his lycanthropy – out of respect for Dumbledore’s wishes and his own shame for being what he was - his friends found out about him being a werewolf, but instead of abandoning him they each became Animagi – wizards who could turn into animals – in order to help make Remus’s transformations less excruciating. This bold act of friendship strengthened their bond and became the happiest Remus had ever been in his life.
Even though he is naturally calm and level-headed, Remus can become frighteningly aggressive when provoked or angered. He is a quick thinker and a powerful wizard, and his cheerful and mellow demeanor should not be taken for weakness. He has shown to have a sadistic side toward people who have wronged someone he cares for. Despite his feelings of self-loathing, he is brave and loyal to his friends, and he is willing to face extreme perils to protect those he loves.
After the First Wizarding War and the supposed deaths of three of his friends and betrayal of another, Remus has struggled to make ends meet. Discrimination toward werewolves has made it hard for him to find work and support himself, where before he had been relying on his friends’ help. Still, he courageously holds on to the belief that there will one day be light shed on his otherwise terrible life.
First Person: [Remus steps off the train and looks around the seemingly deserted platform with a mixed expression of exasperation and confusion. It did not appear anything out of the ordinary to him except that there weren’t any people around either coming or leaving, only him.]
Is anybody there? [When no one answers, he circles around to check the train and feels something press against him in his coat pocket. He reaches inside and pulls out what appears to be an old-fashioned pocket watch, one he has no recollection of owning. Curious, he opens it and is surprised to see a small screen of some kind instead of a clock’s face.]
Interesting little gadget. Must be a muggle’s device. But how on earth did you wind up in my pocket?
[He checks for a name, sees none, and sighs. He then checks to make sure his wand is with him then looks out toward the city.]
Third Person: Alone. It was a dreary feeling but one Remus was well acquainted with at this point. Still, in spite of the fact that no one appeared to be around, there was the distinguishable feeling of another presence, one that made up for the general lack of human contact, as if the city itself were alive and bustling with activity and emotion.
Remus shook his head. He was still weary from the painful events of the night before last that had induced the sleep he had woken from, and it was obviously taking a toll on his mind. He looked around again and saw quite clearly that the city was deserted. However he had gotten on the train that brought him here was certainly anyone’s guess, though Remus was willing to gamble on a few explanations, the simplest one being he must have fallen asleep on what he thought was an out of order train again only to wake up and find himself magically whisked away to some unknown location.
Still safer than sleeping in the streets, he supposed.
What was odd, though, was that he didn’t feel the slightest bit compelled to return to the train. Instead he was quite curious to see where his unplanned departure had brought him. The watch (which he was reduced to calling it even though opening it had made it obvious that was not what it was) in his hand seemed to buzz with his anticipation to find out more about this place. If he was lucky he would find a directory telling him where he was exactly and from that point, if there turns out to not be much else to explore, maybe he could apparate back to…well…it wasn't like he had much else to do.
Remus began walking toward the entryway that led away from the station, his tired yet inquisitive eyes searching the area for signs of civilization or just plain signs in general.