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► Character Info
Name: Matthew Williams Kirkland
Canon Origin/Series: Axis Powers Hetalia
House&School Year: Hufflepuff 6
Position on Quidditch Team: Beater
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Out of school living location: London, England.
Blood status: Pureblood
Personality:
In one word: chill. With a generally soft spoken voice and an almost excessively polite demeanor, Matthew Williams Kirkland is one easy-going bloke. He has that sort of personality that is as easy(too easy, almost) to ignore or overlook as it is easy to appreciate. His sense of humor, though often self-deprecatory, and his level head, though occasionally not level at all, keep his blood pressure low and his smile quietly content. Friendly, tolerant, obedient, and helpful, Matthew is the type of guy you'd like to have as a project partner. You forget he exists every once in a while, but once you find him again, you can count on the fact that he'll be as generous, kind, and reliable as before.
Despite his height and sturdy enough build, he'd rather avoid unneeded conflict, thank you very much. Run into him in the hallway, knock him over, and send all his papers flying. Watch what happens. Like clockwork, Matthew will be the one saying, "Oh, I'm sorry", and "Are you okay?", over and over again as if it were some sort of mantra. You probably did it on accident anyway. No one really bothers to seriously start a fight with Matthew Kirkland. I mean, why would you? His it's-all-good-in-the-neighborhood pacifist vibes are as contagious as the common cold. (Mistaking him for his twin brother Alfred is an entirely different matter.)
Well, just because it's not common practice to go around kicking the shit out of Matthew Kirkland doesn't necessarily mean that he's always treated the way he should be. As previously stated, Matthew is unfortunately really forgettable to most of the population. Sometimes people ignore his presence completely. Hell, even his great white owl, Kumajirou, forgets his face sometimes. Additionally, he'll take a lot of crap for the sake of keeping the peace, or simply for the sake of loyalty. It's just the way he is.
But eh, Matthew's used to it. He'll take a lot of crap, but he's not going to like it. He's still human. Push him around enough, and he will retaliate. Gentle as he is, Matthew has bit of a sarcastic bite to him. If you somehow manage to truly piss Matthew off, he can and will verbally tear you a new one. There's also the fact that he is still a fellow of tall disposition with a surprising tendency to fancy dangerous creatures and violent, competitive sports of both the muggle and wizarding variety. His reflexes and dueling skills aren't exactly top notch, but they're certainly enough for him to defend himself or to fight for what he believes in.
Fight mode Matthew is still a rarity though. It would be much more pleasant to simply nap the anger(or that elbow jab he got to the side because he resembles Alfred from the back goddamnit Alfred--) away, obviously. He's extremely fond of naps.
Canon History:
In his natural habitat, Matthew Williams is the True North, strong and free - the bilingual North American nation of Canada. Hundreds of years ago, Canada was a quiet, isolated landmass inhabited by a tribal peoples. Though Europe poked its nose in at random intervals, it wasn't until the arrival of the French that Canada was truly colonized by an imperialist power. Even then, between maintaining fur trade and hoarding raw materials, France mostly left Canada alone in a dismissive sort of way. He instilled a government system that wasn't self-run like in the future United States, but otherwise forgot about Canada.
When England defeated France after the Seven Year's War and added Canada to his list of colonies, England initially didn't do much either. He introduced Canada to America, who pointed out their shared face and then proceeded to ignore him too; and that's about it. Canada just kinda did his own thing, and kicked America out from his borders when he tried to pull that whole annexation thing during the American Revolution. Actually, Canada had to do that a lot throughout the centuries - tell America to get the hell out, I mean - and luckily never was successfully invaded by his rebellious brother.
Canada came to be the Canada we all know and love of present day relatively (as compared to other countries) peacefully. Though under the British Commonwealth, Canada is certainly an independent country and gained its independence through (again, relatively) peaceful means. Canada has fought in both World Wars, has had presence in several of the proxy wars during the Cold War Era, and contributes troops to the War on Terror today. However, Canada is a peaceful, democratic major world power.
Canada is a nation that can derail from chores and instead spend an entire day staring at a bear's eyelashes - a bear that he owns and has owned for over two hundred years, no less. While that behavior sounds eerily reminiscent to that of a burnt out stoner or that of a crazed serial killer lumberjack, truth is? Canada's lifestyle is just incredibly slow, like Sunday morning slow. He walks into meetings late, doesn't make it to important G8 photo shoots in time, has slowpoke.jpg reflexes compared to his brother - yeah, he's just super chill.
Unfortunately, despite that pleasant personality and lifestyle, Canada isn't very well received. It's not that people hate him. To the contrary, Canada maintains his status as a tolerant country and gets along with almost everyone! The communist nation Cuba is even friends with him despite the obvious ties Canada has with the super capitalist America. Sure, Cuba beats him up occasionally, but that's only when he mistakes Canada as America. Which is almost always when Cuba notices his presence.
The two major problems Canada has going against his current day foreign relations are the same issues that have plagued him throughout his entire life: his brother and his invisibility. The North American brothers have identical faces and identical bodies, right down to height and body type. When nations spot Canada, they often call out for America and treat him as if he were America. Unfortunately, America is sort of a dickhead, so once in a while, they punch him in the face, too.
( As pay back, the only nation to majorly see the bad side of Canada during peacetime is the one who pisses him off the most: America. Every so often, Canada snaps and rants so long and so hard that the mighty America cries like a bitch and England has to step in to stop him. )
Most of the time though, Canada's presence doesn't make it under the radar. Russia regularly mistakes him as a chair. England goes senile in his presence and experiences much trouble recalling his name, while France remembers him only by his wavy, French hair. Hell, even his bear Kumajirou forgets who he is. It's as if he flits in and out of existence, like some sort of ghost.
Canada actively works to fix those two major issues and gain a bolder global identity. Since the recent turn of the century, Canada has opened his doors to more immigrants from the slightly overbearing China and South Korea. He extends his good will around the world, handing delicious cake and bottles of maple syrup to random countries like Prussia or whoever. He attends more sports events and gets beaten up by more countries like the Italy brothers, except when he's kicking everyone's ass and winning
[ medals ] all over the place.
Work hard, Canada. You'll get there one day.
History:
For the past sixteen years of his entire existence, Matthew Williams Kirkland lived the life of the 'good son'.
A child of a prestigious wizarding bloodline born in London, England, Matthew Williams Kirkland always minded his manners. He always attentively listened to his guardians and overseers, whether they were his father, his nannies, his tutors, or even his older, much more rebellious twin brother, Alfred. Matthew always complied with most of the wishes asked of him. In fact, he was such a nice boy, such a sweet and compliant child, that no one ever really paid him much attention.
As the norm went for almost all wealthy, ambitious, and powerful pureblood families in the UK, the Kirkland family had a history of being a tad - intense, to put it politely. Ever since the death of his mother, who passed away shortly following the birth of the Kirkland twins, Matthew's father Arthur Kirkland more or less re-married to his career in the Ministry of Magic. As soon as that happened, Alfred took up the position as Hell Raiser of the household. Their adoptive hyperactive baby brother Peter quickly rose in the ranks as Hell Raiser Jr.
Everyone was too busy screaming or blowing up or something in the Kirkland abode to notice well-mannered Matthew. It was if his family members absorbed all the LOUD AND CRAZY in the bloodline and left him so normal that it was abnormal how ....normal he was.
His caretakers had the nasty habit of forgetting to call him for supper or wake him up from his naps, but were fond and affectionate to him - when they remembered to be anyway. His uncle visited to teach him French language and cuisine, and sent him books and play things, but very rarely; and anyway, receiving anything from his uncle upset his father a great deal. In turn, his father was so caught up in his work at the Ministry and with dealing Alfred's attention seeking behavior that he had no time to spend on Matthew. And his twin brother himself? Well, Alfred bullied him to join in on one of his silly little adventures on some days, but on most days would find him too boring and would instead play on his own.
While his brothers caused chaos within the household and overshadowed his presence almost completely, Matthew spent his time exploring in the gardens and beyond with a toy broom, or in the study with a book, always with his stuffed white bear Kumajirou in his grasps. It was during those moments alone that Matthew took on an interest in mythical creatures, like dragons and centaurs and house elves, and the many plants of herbology - forms of life that were something other than the humans who seemed to act as if he were invisible.
Not to say he was without friends, however. He did have them, as pleasant and agreeable as he was. Other children seemed to appreciate his almost fanatical love for quidditch and his ability to hit things with heavy, blunt objects in games really, really hard as well. Hey, all that hidden resentment and frustration pent up towards his family had to go somewhere, right. Muttering under your breath and making snide comments will only get you so far.
When the Kirkland boys entered Hogwarts, nothing much changed. As it was during his childhood, Matthew allocated most of his time outside with the creatures near the forest and in the greenhouse. Students, professors, and creatures alike confused him as his extroverted brother all the time, but classes were brilliant and new friends were made. Matthew was far from becoming Sir Popular, but prestige like that never once appealed to him and never would. If he did his best in class, received decent grades on the O.W.Ls and N.E.W.T.S, and most importantly, got the opportunity to care after magical creatures and attend quidditch matches, that'd be more than enough for him.
Despite that easy going mindset, Matthew did all that he could to please his father, who gradually increased his presence in the boys' lives and wished only the best for his sons. Unfortunately, Alfred refused to see Arthur's sudden appearance and guidance in a positive light. Animosities grew between his fiercely independent brother and strict father until his brother eventually just up and ran away.
In an effort to appease Arthur after such a blow to the family pride, Matthew entered Pre-Auror classes and attempted to better himself in the Defense and Dark Arts. Unfortunately, his proficiency in those fields were average at best and Arthur continued to overlook him. Still though, Matthew tried and tries still to prove himself.
Really, Matthew's dream is to open some sort of sanctuary for dragons and other misunderstood (HUGE, SNOW AFFILIATED) magical creatures.
He'll get to that eventually.
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►OOC
→Backtagging: Fine with me! Just keep in mind that I have a horrible attention span, so I may or may not respond back. B-best bet is to poke me oocly if you really want to continue something old? Sorry.
→Threadhopping: Go for it.
→Fourthwalling: This isn't really applicable for
sortinghat_rp.
→Plotting: NO NEVER PLOT WITH ME Imean. Hit me up whenever, I'm down.
→Offensive subjects: Sure, why not. IC opinions =/= OOC opinions, right? If I am somehow truly offended enough that I can't respond to a thread, I will notify you as politely as I can orz.
►IC
→Hugging this character: Of course! Matty is 6', 205lb (188cm, 93kg) teddy bear anyway.
→Kissing this character: If your character wants, but get ready for some flustered and some awkward.
→Flirting with this character: SURE. Refer to the previous question.
→Fighting with this character: Matthew avoids fighting as much as possible. He isn't one to seek out conflict, and it takes a lot to piss him off. Even if you do manage to set him off, he'll do what he can to not take it to fisticuffs unless you're Alfred. Hey, he's known as passive-aggressive for a reason, y'know.
Wanna start wailing on him for no reason? Most likely he'll half-ass the confrontation and do just enough not to get totally beat down.
However if you ping his loyalty button by doing something horrible to one of his friends or something, he will go WWI stormtrooper/WWII
Devil's Brigade on your ass. Matthew isn't the best fighter or duelist around, but he's determined and damned unrelenting when he wants to be.
→Injuring this character (include limits and severity): UHH sure. Poke me oocly if it's something REALLY HORRIBLE though.
→Killing this character: No.
→Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Aha, sure, if they really want to hear all that DRIPPING SARCASM. Matthew won't be so happy with having his mind read without his permission, though.
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