ALL ABOUT DENNIS
For reference here is his character sheet....
Name: Dennis Christopher Creevey
Nicknames: none
Age: 21
Birthday: June 27, 1983
Blood: Muggle
Gender: Male
Wand Type: maple, hair from the tail of a Thestral, 5 inches
Patronus: a Dolphin
Boggarts: His parents and/or Colin dead, himself in an oxygen tent
Animagus Form (if applicable): N/A
Affiliations: Gryffindor, DA
Health
Disabilities/Handicaps: asthma
Physical Health: Generally healthy though he suffered frequent bouts of asthmatic attacts as a child. The attacks lessened over the years but he has recently been released from a hospital for illness related to his asthma. Otherwise, he is in good health if slightly underweight.
Psychology
Extrovert/Introvert: Introvert, but masked it by emulating his big brother's enthusiasatic attitude
Phobias/Fears: Mildly claustrophobic, thunderstorms (and lightning to a lesser degree)
Mental Health: Normal, with a slight guilt complex
Personality
Goals/Dreams: He wants to find his own place in the world, somewhere he belongs, but he isn't quite sure what his niche is yet.
Quirks/Habits: He has a habit of rubbing his throat when he is trying to think of what to say. He flexes his feet alot, and when he is alone he is inclined to sing old songs (standards a.ka. Gershwin etc).
Likes: classic animation and concept art, novels (especially those of Dickens), old music/songs, root beer, old jazz, choral music, Georgia O'Keefe paintings, sweets, white wine, spending time with his brother, family, time alone, the art of Mary Blair, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin. He has started to mess around on the piano, but has not taken formal lessons, and would not claim to be any good (and he isn't).
Dislikes: intolerance, grudges, pettiness, hot weather, discrimination of any kind, narrow mindedness, nuts, coconut.
First Impression: A kid, diffident, looking for something (and he is), more cute than handsome, even (in appearance) slightly girly or androgynous.
Philosophy of Life: The questions are more important than the answers, because no one will ever have all the answers.
Phrases they use often: Let me mark my place, Cripes, lovely (this last is almost always used saracastically).
Background
Current Occupation: Unemployed.
Current Finances: He is actually okay. He has collected "concept art" for years, buying it at flea markets and such and about 2 years ago, discovered it was worth something. He sold the art, banked the money, so has enough Muggle funds to last him for about a year or more. He would like to offer to share it with Colin, if his brother would accept.
Role During the War: Not Involved. Colin and his parents kept him from being involved, and during the last few months he was hospitalized, and then sent to visit an old school friend of his mother's to finish his recovery. During the war, before this last attack of asthma and complications, he worked at homeless shelters, and soup kitchens as a way to contribute something, ultimately moving to a bed-sitter in a rundown part of town, and putting in 18 hour days, thus neglecting his own health, and bringing on the consequences mentioned above.
Why have they come to Stoatshead: He wants to get to know his brother as an adult, and begin to find his way in the world, as he recognizes that while he can live in the Muggle world, it is no longer his world (or not all of it). He is interested in expanding the horizons of the magical world he knew at school to include Muggle literature and art (a remnant of being called a "Mudblood"), helping the homeless or those who can't afford food or can't (or are too proud) to ask for help. He also wishes to continue his Magical education, having lived as a Muggle since the start of the war in earnest.
Current Role Post-War: Still figuring it out, but he wants to contribute.
Family: Muggle
Parents: Father was/is? a Milkman
Sibling(s): 1 older brother, Colin.
Children: None
Family History: There wasn't a whole lot of extra money in the house, but the Creevey's managed to send both children to Hogwart's Dennis has always felt that he was living a high wire act. This came from the central fact (in his father's eyes) of a medical condition that was hidden from his fellow students. Dennis is an asthmatic. The frequency of the attacks lessened over time, though they still occur, sometimes they were triggered by being the source of conflict in his parent's lives. His mother was determined that Dennis would not be viewed as being handicapped or impaired in anyway, not even in his own eyes. His father, on the other hand, tended to be protective. The safe middle ground was Colin. At Hogwart's both boys were relieved that the fall in the lake did not cause harm (hence Dennis' excitement). The problem then (and now) for Dennis is that he has depended, used, Colin too much. Colin was the safety zone, that allowed him to hide his loneliness. Colin's friends were his friends. The other escape mechanism was novels. Dennis loved to read (and still does, though he mourned the abscence of "real" novels in the magical world). Oliver Twist, Matilda, Mowgli, among others, were his friends. He was recently hospitalized with pnuemonia, and has been recovering since. Upon having to re-enter an oxygen tent in October, his parents sent him away to an old school friend of his Mum's who had immigrated to Arizona. He hasn't heard from them since.
Appearance
Height: He claims 5'4, but Colin would point out that Dennis is 5'3 and a quarter
Weight: 98
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Blondish
Face & Complexion: Fair skin (burns easily), no freckles or such
Build: slight, not particularly muscular. Dennis isn't athletic, though he loves to go for long walks or tramps, and he is beginning to take up Yoga.
Defining Marks: None.
Dress Style: Dresses casual. Dennis hates button down shirts as well as anything around his neck (one of the good things about being out of school is not having to wear a shirt with a collar, or a tie). He also doesn't like knit shirts. Prefers t-shirts, jeans, slacks and band collared shirts, and jumpers.
Possessions always on this person: His inhaler, and a picture of his family
Manner of speech: Diffident. This isn't due to anything other than he is just starting to realize it is time to stop hiding (behind/in novels, and behind Colin's exhuberance) and determine what he likes and wants to become.
Manner of Movement: awkwardly graceful, like a newborn colt or fawn
Romantic/ Sexual
Marital Status: single
Sexual Preference: Men (though he has no experience)
Ever had sex: yes, once at school with Romilda, before he realized he was trying to be something he wasn't
Believes that a person shouldn't have sex before marriage: No, but tends to believe it should be more than scratching an itch
Believe in casual sex: Not for him, but he doesn't judge others as long as both/all parties are consenting.
Turn ons: Someone who is comfortable in his own skin, someone who can take a good joke (but an insult disquised as a joke is not funny), someone who doesn't need to be talking all the time, compassion, tolerance, low maintenance, non-possesive, intelligent without the need to show off, empathy.
Turn offs: Biggots, selfishness, liars.
Past Relationships: dated Romilda Vane briefly, other than that no relationships. He did have crushes on Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, and Seamus at school, but that wasn't public knowledge. Unlike his brother, Dennis never had a crush on Harry. He thought Harry was a nice person, and good naturedly envied Harry's athletic ability but that was about the extent of it.
Current Relationship: None
General: He is not looking for a relationship at this time, though if one came along he wouldn't refuse it. He is more interested in becoming the person he wants to be (and figuring out what that is). If he were to pursue a relationship, it would need to be with someone who didn't begrudge him quiet time either with a book, music, or without. He is not interested in being someone's whole world, but rather in sharing each other's world.
Morality
Ever been drunk: No
Lied to a boyfriend or girlfriend: Yes (and himself as well, when he convinced himself he was straight)
Cheated on a boyfriend or girlfriend: no
Gotten into a fight: …No.
Innocent or guilty: Innocent (in more ways than one)
Been a hypocrite in the past: Yes
Dark Arts: Absolutely not
Voldemort: Hitler's spawn, and Dennis knows enough to understand that sooner or later another one will rise (that is the way of history).
If I've made any mistakes, please tell me and I will correct them. Likewise, if anything I have entered contradicts what has already occurred in game.