disney_academy app
❦ Mun
Name: Danni
Journal: 49thidentity
Contact Info: khajixda @ AIM
Other Characters: n/a
❦ Character Info
Name: Russell
Movie/series: Up
Year/Position: 4th grade
Non-Speaking Animal Companion(if any): n/a BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR A DUG OR A KEVIN TO APP ONE DAY.
Powers(if any): n/a
Canon history: Here!
AU history:
Russell was born in Radiant Garden to a stay-at-home mother and a perpetually busy father. His father, a successful businessman working at one of the largest companies on Buena Vista, made enough money to offer his son and wife a comfortable life, but this came at the cost of his love and attention. By the time Russell was seven, his father (now sky-high on the corporate ladder and involved with another woman) was never around for his family, rarely offering even a short phone call.
Seeking an outlet for her son, Russell's mother encouraged him to get more involved with school and the Wilderness Explorers, which he had been a member of for a year or so beforehand. He excelled in school and was an active, enthusiastic Wilderness Explorer. When he needed his Assisting the Elderly badge, he sought out the grumpy old man of the neighborhood, Carl Fredricksen; the events of the movie Up occur as they did in the original canon, with Paradise Falls being located in Deep Jungle.
After a few happy months, the black mist began to appear around his neighborhood. It wasn't long before he received an invitation to the Academy. Encouraged by his mother to find somewhere safe from the mist and by Carl to seek out the adventure he was sure to have there, he accepted.
Personality:
You will never find anyone as enthusiastic as Russell. While he's a bit accident-prone, he eagerly faces every task he's given. Unless it's exceedingly boring, of course. All his energy goes away in that case--he's still a kid, after all! But like most other kids, he tends to whine or complain when he doesn't get his way, and, if pushed hard enough, he'll stubbornly disobey and rebel. In most cases, though, he's a good boy. Just as he is loyal to the Wilderness Scouts, so too is he loyal to his moral code: he cares for all people, animals, and plants. He's helpful and kind-hearted and will often go out of his way for another person, especially if he cares for them. Overall, he's an open-hearted person and will always be there with a smile.
Russell is bright for his age. He's a whiz at facts and figures that can be attained from books, but actual technical skill is something that he lacks. He's still pretty inexperienced, but after his adventure at Paradise Falls, he's definitely improved a lot. He does, however, have an immense and insatiable curiosity. Everything, and I mean everything, interests him. (That being said, anything breakable, flammable, and otherwise not easily operated by a clumsy 9-year-old should be kept very very far away from him.) While his questions can get obnoxious, there are always good intentions behind them.
Though he doesn't always show it openly, Russell is easily hurt. If he puts his trust in a person, he expects at least something in return; denying even the smallest show of affection will break his heart. He's definitely eager to please those he loves.
❦ Writing
Third person writing sample:
Mom always said to make a good impression on the first day.
And today is his first day of school at the Disney Academy, right? So, of course, he's doing his utmost to look eager to further his education... by sticking his hand straight up in the air and downright flailing it back and forth to get his teacher's attention. The desk creaks ever so slightly with every bounce, nearly in rhythm with his litany of "pick me" and "teacherteacherteacher". The more he waves and stares down the teacher with that desperate expression, the more exasperated the graying woman seems to get, trying (and failing) to look around him at another, slightly less excited, pupil.
After a few moments, she presses her fingers to her temples and sighs deeply.
"Yes, Russell?"
"I KNOW THE ANSWER, TEACHER!" he cries, hand still raised.
She rolls her eyes and, with a quick flourish of her hand, the teacher gestures toward the blackboard she is standing in front of. "Well, go on, then--finish the math problem on the board," she says, voice dull.
He doesn't need to tell the boy twice. In an instant he's out of his chair, scrambling to the front; a moment later, a stick of chalk is clutched in his plump fingers and is scribbling out the problem and solution. Russell sets the chalk down, dusts the fine white powder off on his pants, and stands there, beaming at his victory.
"...You didn't carry the one."
In a panic, Russell whips around, tries to grab the chalk again--his knuckles collide with the eraser in the process, sending it to the ground in a cloud of white dust--and hastily corrects his mistake. It's finished. He returns to his desk to sulk. The teacher nods at him with a muttered "good", but with his cheeks bright red and his face buried in his arms on the tabletop, he can't see or hear it.
So much for a first impression.
First person writing sample:
Whoa! Did you see that bird over there?! I wish I had my binoculars, I could've figured out what kind it was! I forgot to bring it, but I have a whole book on birds at home! And I saw a snipe once, too! It's a lot bigger than the ones here, that's for sure. Do you think they have bird books in the library? I visited once, but I got lost. The librarian helped me, though. Oh! I know, can you come with me? Pleeeaaase? It'll be way more fun if you come along! And you can even get a book too!
Name: Danni
Journal: 49thidentity
Contact Info: khajixda @ AIM
Other Characters: n/a
❦ Character Info
Name: Russell
Movie/series: Up
Year/Position: 4th grade
Non-Speaking Animal Companion(if any): n/a BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR A DUG OR A KEVIN TO APP ONE DAY.
Powers(if any): n/a
Canon history: Here!
AU history:
Russell was born in Radiant Garden to a stay-at-home mother and a perpetually busy father. His father, a successful businessman working at one of the largest companies on Buena Vista, made enough money to offer his son and wife a comfortable life, but this came at the cost of his love and attention. By the time Russell was seven, his father (now sky-high on the corporate ladder and involved with another woman) was never around for his family, rarely offering even a short phone call.
Seeking an outlet for her son, Russell's mother encouraged him to get more involved with school and the Wilderness Explorers, which he had been a member of for a year or so beforehand. He excelled in school and was an active, enthusiastic Wilderness Explorer. When he needed his Assisting the Elderly badge, he sought out the grumpy old man of the neighborhood, Carl Fredricksen; the events of the movie Up occur as they did in the original canon, with Paradise Falls being located in Deep Jungle.
After a few happy months, the black mist began to appear around his neighborhood. It wasn't long before he received an invitation to the Academy. Encouraged by his mother to find somewhere safe from the mist and by Carl to seek out the adventure he was sure to have there, he accepted.
Personality:
You will never find anyone as enthusiastic as Russell. While he's a bit accident-prone, he eagerly faces every task he's given. Unless it's exceedingly boring, of course. All his energy goes away in that case--he's still a kid, after all! But like most other kids, he tends to whine or complain when he doesn't get his way, and, if pushed hard enough, he'll stubbornly disobey and rebel. In most cases, though, he's a good boy. Just as he is loyal to the Wilderness Scouts, so too is he loyal to his moral code: he cares for all people, animals, and plants. He's helpful and kind-hearted and will often go out of his way for another person, especially if he cares for them. Overall, he's an open-hearted person and will always be there with a smile.
Russell is bright for his age. He's a whiz at facts and figures that can be attained from books, but actual technical skill is something that he lacks. He's still pretty inexperienced, but after his adventure at Paradise Falls, he's definitely improved a lot. He does, however, have an immense and insatiable curiosity. Everything, and I mean everything, interests him. (That being said, anything breakable, flammable, and otherwise not easily operated by a clumsy 9-year-old should be kept very very far away from him.) While his questions can get obnoxious, there are always good intentions behind them.
Though he doesn't always show it openly, Russell is easily hurt. If he puts his trust in a person, he expects at least something in return; denying even the smallest show of affection will break his heart. He's definitely eager to please those he loves.
❦ Writing
Third person writing sample:
Mom always said to make a good impression on the first day.
And today is his first day of school at the Disney Academy, right? So, of course, he's doing his utmost to look eager to further his education... by sticking his hand straight up in the air and downright flailing it back and forth to get his teacher's attention. The desk creaks ever so slightly with every bounce, nearly in rhythm with his litany of "pick me" and "teacherteacherteacher". The more he waves and stares down the teacher with that desperate expression, the more exasperated the graying woman seems to get, trying (and failing) to look around him at another, slightly less excited, pupil.
After a few moments, she presses her fingers to her temples and sighs deeply.
"Yes, Russell?"
"I KNOW THE ANSWER, TEACHER!" he cries, hand still raised.
She rolls her eyes and, with a quick flourish of her hand, the teacher gestures toward the blackboard she is standing in front of. "Well, go on, then--finish the math problem on the board," she says, voice dull.
He doesn't need to tell the boy twice. In an instant he's out of his chair, scrambling to the front; a moment later, a stick of chalk is clutched in his plump fingers and is scribbling out the problem and solution. Russell sets the chalk down, dusts the fine white powder off on his pants, and stands there, beaming at his victory.
"...You didn't carry the one."
In a panic, Russell whips around, tries to grab the chalk again--his knuckles collide with the eraser in the process, sending it to the ground in a cloud of white dust--and hastily corrects his mistake. It's finished. He returns to his desk to sulk. The teacher nods at him with a muttered "good", but with his cheeks bright red and his face buried in his arms on the tabletop, he can't see or hear it.
So much for a first impression.
First person writing sample:
Whoa! Did you see that bird over there?! I wish I had my binoculars, I could've figured out what kind it was! I forgot to bring it, but I have a whole book on birds at home! And I saw a snipe once, too! It's a lot bigger than the ones here, that's for sure. Do you think they have bird books in the library? I visited once, but I got lost. The librarian helped me, though. Oh! I know, can you come with me? Pleeeaaase? It'll be way more fun if you come along! And you can even get a book too!