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» Mortal: Telemachus
» Reference: One Two Three
» Family: {mother & father} Odysseus and Penelope; {spouse} N/A
» Played By: Thomas Dekker
» Human Alias: Marcus Varo
» Human Age: 20
» God of...: N/A
» Flair: N/A
» Flair Type: N/A
» Fitting in: College Student. (The apartment manager has him down as a classics major. That is… not going to work.)
» Weakness: Self Esteem is For Men - This boy here has a very low opinion of his own abilities, to the point where Athena pretty much had to spend most of his section of the book giving him constant pep talks. Telemachus has this long list of things that ‘true men’, the kind of man he wants to be, are capable of doing, but since he doesn’t consider himself one yet they are all beyond his grasp. He can’t make the suitors leave his home, he can’t take over as the man of his household, he can’t give grand speeches, or anything else that might be considered truly ‘man’ like. He doesn't stand up for himself and he is still prone to tears.
It’s not Paranoia if… - Telemachus grew up knowing that his Mother’s suitors would happily kill him at anytime. It would have been very convenient for them if he were dead. This makes him a very jumpy soul, assuming the worst of every noise, especially at night. It gives him a tendency towards insomnia as well, staying up late studying to keep his mind sharp and his family safe. He always carries a weapon somewhere on his person.
Stupid Brainiac - Have you ever been up really late at night with your body ready to go to sleep but your brain still going? Telemachus is like that all the time. One more reason to be an insomniac. There is always a part of his mind analyzing and observing the situation. He will predict how a conversation will go before he even says hello. Occasionally he can turn this part of himself off, but then he ends up unable to turn it back on in an orderly fashion and looking like an idiot. Know-it-all is preferable to idiot.
Mommy Issues - It’s not her fault, but Telemachus is all messed up when it comes to Penelope. On the one hand he is fiercely protective, after all those years with the suitors it’s understandable, constantly worried about her safety. She’s his Mother and he wants her to be happy. Part of him wants her to make a decision and move past Odysseus so all their struggles can end and she can move on. On the other hand there is a part of him that blames her for his own feelings of inadequacy. It’s hard to be a man when the woman who raised you is right there to be strong in your place. What Telemachus really needs from her is space, but with the loyalty he has to her he won’t allow himself to do that. It's unlikely that she wants him to.
Really, when all is said and done, Telemachus and his weaknesses all go back to:
Daddy Issues - Oh those wonderful wonderful Daddy Issues. We have the abandonment! What will Odysseus leaving to fight in a war and never coming back. He's probably dead but who can say for certain? We have the ridiculous standards! He has spent his whole life hearing about what a great man his Father was, but in very vague terms. The man is a stranger. Telemachus doesn’t know how he can move forward and become the man he’s supposed to be if he doesn’t even know the man he came from. While he has not lacked in male role models Odysseus has been put on an impossibly high pedestal. Telemachus often leans more towards patience and inaction rather then trying to make a decision that his Father might not.
» History: So once upon a time there was this King Odysseus and his wife Penelope. And they were happy living on their island being smart and ridiculously good looking as they took care of their baby son. That kid (spoiler alert) being Telemachus. But then Paris had to be a Jerkface and steal himself another man’s wife. Odysseus pretended to be mad to get out of going to war, but that didn’t really work because Greeks aren’t idiots.
Odysseus fought in the war for ten years, but managed to annoy Poseidon into giving him enough wacky adventures for ten years more. Men came to their home in an attempt to woo the supposed widow Penelope. When that didn’t work, what with our friend Penny being so thoroughly loyal, they frequently threatened the life of Telemachus. It was a lonely life. Telemachus had his mother, his old nursemaid, and Eumaeus the swine herder to be his father figure, but that was about it when it came to true allies.
For the purposes of this game Telemachus is being taken from before the Telemachy, and subsequently there is very little interesting to say about his life. The suitors are waiting for his Mother to give up. His Mother is waiting for a husband who will probably never come home. He's waiting for his life to begin. It is a very Greek sort of problem.
» Personality:
The most important thing you need to know about Tele here? He’s smart. Incredibly almost alarmingly smart. His mind goes at a hundred miles an hour and he will do his best to help the world keep up. Everything he says is done with a certain about of reflection to go along with this. He finds great pleasure in the act of educating himself. He’ll come to like computer coding, as it’s something that requires linear thinking.
Penelope raised him to be extremely polite to everyone, and subsequently his speech pattern leans more towards the formal. It suits him well enough.
Telemachus is a truly pragmatic romantic, that is to say he’ll start out with the goofiest most idealistic thought imaginable and then attempt to take it to a logical conclusion. For all that he is a reasonably emotional person he assumes that if the logic is good enough other people will have to agree. So far this hasn’t worked out for him, but he strives on because he genuinely believes in the power of knowledge. The idea that ignorance is always more dangerous than knowledge is sort of his mantra; you’ll hear him say it a lot.
His choice in humor is an odd sort of thing; it only really makes sense to him. It’s based entirely on subtleties, self-deprecation, private snark, and sneakiness. He tries to be as straightforward and polite as possible in regular conversation, but that style of humor is one he can’t resist. Sometimes it’s nice to have something that’s just his. Something private. For the rest of the word he can sometimes offer a small slice of sarcasm among friends.
He also enjoys occasionally being underestimated. His pride won't allow him to hide his intelligence, but he will hide his physical strength. Telemachus is, while not the best, very efficient with weapons and very good at protecting himself. But as far as the rest of the world is concerned he is a clumsy incompetent. He likes it this way.
This man is probably one of the most hospitable you’ll find. He wants his friends and family to be happy, no matter what that takes. He will be the first to try and smooth things over when there is a disagreement. For all that he’s come to resent the suitors for over staying their welcome his life has taught him to be very kind to house guests. Telemachus will give you the best he has to offer, making him a very useful friend and ally. You only have to ask.
» Sample Journal:
[Filter: Private]
I left my Mother alone in a house full of-
What will become of home? [/Flilter]
[Public]
Well then.
Not being one for long speeches I will try to keep this short. I don’t know how I got to this place, but I beg the people here will pardon my confusion as I try to adjust accordingly.
» Sample Roleplay: So far Telemachus had enjoyed the college experience, or rather, he enjoyed the idea of a higher form of education. It was the classes themselves left much to be desired. To accommodate the hectic schedule inherent in the Apartment Complex and the fact that he had not actually applied anywhere Telemachus was placed in a school that was just… disappointing. An unwilling Classics Major in a school full of Physiology. They did have a lovely football team.
And he did, he really did, want to learn so badly. So he ignored the Frat Partiers sloshing drinks into his face and butchering his language, he bothered the professors from their tenure induced stupor, and sat in the classes with the narrow rows of desks that didn’t fit right while a girl behind him talked to the air about her High School.
Wait. Was she talking to him? She was very pretty, with large kohl covered eyes and rows of large white teeth. Was she trying to hold a conversation? … False alarm. Telemachus wondered how they made the technology for her earphone so small instead. That was one of the most interesting things about this place, the blink and miss advancements they all took for granted. It made him want to grab a screw driver and yank it off the nearest head, break it into the tiniest pieces, and out it back together again. Which was, admittedly, not the most logical reaction. Had to stay logical.
The professor wanted them to read the Odyssey.
So much for logic.
They had to go out and buy the book, but they were still introducing the class to the characters. The meaning they’d be exploring in the symbolism of Penelope, Odysseus and his infidelity as compared to other Greek men, and - Marcus? Do you need to be excused? You look a little green.
Telemachus took the opportunity and ran out of the class. He wanted to believe in higher education. He just hadn’t expected it to be such an uphill battle.
» Mortal: Telemachus
» Reference: One Two Three
» Family: {mother & father} Odysseus and Penelope; {spouse} N/A
» Played By: Thomas Dekker
» Human Alias: Marcus Varo
» Human Age: 20
» God of...: N/A
» Flair: N/A
» Flair Type: N/A
» Fitting in: College Student. (The apartment manager has him down as a classics major. That is… not going to work.)
» Weakness: Self Esteem is For Men - This boy here has a very low opinion of his own abilities, to the point where Athena pretty much had to spend most of his section of the book giving him constant pep talks. Telemachus has this long list of things that ‘true men’, the kind of man he wants to be, are capable of doing, but since he doesn’t consider himself one yet they are all beyond his grasp. He can’t make the suitors leave his home, he can’t take over as the man of his household, he can’t give grand speeches, or anything else that might be considered truly ‘man’ like. He doesn't stand up for himself and he is still prone to tears.
It’s not Paranoia if… - Telemachus grew up knowing that his Mother’s suitors would happily kill him at anytime. It would have been very convenient for them if he were dead. This makes him a very jumpy soul, assuming the worst of every noise, especially at night. It gives him a tendency towards insomnia as well, staying up late studying to keep his mind sharp and his family safe. He always carries a weapon somewhere on his person.
Stupid Brainiac - Have you ever been up really late at night with your body ready to go to sleep but your brain still going? Telemachus is like that all the time. One more reason to be an insomniac. There is always a part of his mind analyzing and observing the situation. He will predict how a conversation will go before he even says hello. Occasionally he can turn this part of himself off, but then he ends up unable to turn it back on in an orderly fashion and looking like an idiot. Know-it-all is preferable to idiot.
Mommy Issues - It’s not her fault, but Telemachus is all messed up when it comes to Penelope. On the one hand he is fiercely protective, after all those years with the suitors it’s understandable, constantly worried about her safety. She’s his Mother and he wants her to be happy. Part of him wants her to make a decision and move past Odysseus so all their struggles can end and she can move on. On the other hand there is a part of him that blames her for his own feelings of inadequacy. It’s hard to be a man when the woman who raised you is right there to be strong in your place. What Telemachus really needs from her is space, but with the loyalty he has to her he won’t allow himself to do that. It's unlikely that she wants him to.
Really, when all is said and done, Telemachus and his weaknesses all go back to:
Daddy Issues - Oh those wonderful wonderful Daddy Issues. We have the abandonment! What will Odysseus leaving to fight in a war and never coming back. He's probably dead but who can say for certain? We have the ridiculous standards! He has spent his whole life hearing about what a great man his Father was, but in very vague terms. The man is a stranger. Telemachus doesn’t know how he can move forward and become the man he’s supposed to be if he doesn’t even know the man he came from. While he has not lacked in male role models Odysseus has been put on an impossibly high pedestal. Telemachus often leans more towards patience and inaction rather then trying to make a decision that his Father might not.
» History: So once upon a time there was this King Odysseus and his wife Penelope. And they were happy living on their island being smart and ridiculously good looking as they took care of their baby son. That kid (spoiler alert) being Telemachus. But then Paris had to be a Jerkface and steal himself another man’s wife. Odysseus pretended to be mad to get out of going to war, but that didn’t really work because Greeks aren’t idiots.
Odysseus fought in the war for ten years, but managed to annoy Poseidon into giving him enough wacky adventures for ten years more. Men came to their home in an attempt to woo the supposed widow Penelope. When that didn’t work, what with our friend Penny being so thoroughly loyal, they frequently threatened the life of Telemachus. It was a lonely life. Telemachus had his mother, his old nursemaid, and Eumaeus the swine herder to be his father figure, but that was about it when it came to true allies.
For the purposes of this game Telemachus is being taken from before the Telemachy, and subsequently there is very little interesting to say about his life. The suitors are waiting for his Mother to give up. His Mother is waiting for a husband who will probably never come home. He's waiting for his life to begin. It is a very Greek sort of problem.
» Personality:
The most important thing you need to know about Tele here? He’s smart. Incredibly almost alarmingly smart. His mind goes at a hundred miles an hour and he will do his best to help the world keep up. Everything he says is done with a certain about of reflection to go along with this. He finds great pleasure in the act of educating himself. He’ll come to like computer coding, as it’s something that requires linear thinking.
Penelope raised him to be extremely polite to everyone, and subsequently his speech pattern leans more towards the formal. It suits him well enough.
Telemachus is a truly pragmatic romantic, that is to say he’ll start out with the goofiest most idealistic thought imaginable and then attempt to take it to a logical conclusion. For all that he is a reasonably emotional person he assumes that if the logic is good enough other people will have to agree. So far this hasn’t worked out for him, but he strives on because he genuinely believes in the power of knowledge. The idea that ignorance is always more dangerous than knowledge is sort of his mantra; you’ll hear him say it a lot.
His choice in humor is an odd sort of thing; it only really makes sense to him. It’s based entirely on subtleties, self-deprecation, private snark, and sneakiness. He tries to be as straightforward and polite as possible in regular conversation, but that style of humor is one he can’t resist. Sometimes it’s nice to have something that’s just his. Something private. For the rest of the word he can sometimes offer a small slice of sarcasm among friends.
He also enjoys occasionally being underestimated. His pride won't allow him to hide his intelligence, but he will hide his physical strength. Telemachus is, while not the best, very efficient with weapons and very good at protecting himself. But as far as the rest of the world is concerned he is a clumsy incompetent. He likes it this way.
This man is probably one of the most hospitable you’ll find. He wants his friends and family to be happy, no matter what that takes. He will be the first to try and smooth things over when there is a disagreement. For all that he’s come to resent the suitors for over staying their welcome his life has taught him to be very kind to house guests. Telemachus will give you the best he has to offer, making him a very useful friend and ally. You only have to ask.
» Sample Journal:
[Filter: Private]
I left my Mother alone in a house full of-
What will become of home? [/Flilter]
[Public]
Well then.
Not being one for long speeches I will try to keep this short. I don’t know how I got to this place, but I beg the people here will pardon my confusion as I try to adjust accordingly.
» Sample Roleplay: So far Telemachus had enjoyed the college experience, or rather, he enjoyed the idea of a higher form of education. It was the classes themselves left much to be desired. To accommodate the hectic schedule inherent in the Apartment Complex and the fact that he had not actually applied anywhere Telemachus was placed in a school that was just… disappointing. An unwilling Classics Major in a school full of Physiology. They did have a lovely football team.
And he did, he really did, want to learn so badly. So he ignored the Frat Partiers sloshing drinks into his face and butchering his language, he bothered the professors from their tenure induced stupor, and sat in the classes with the narrow rows of desks that didn’t fit right while a girl behind him talked to the air about her High School.
Wait. Was she talking to him? She was very pretty, with large kohl covered eyes and rows of large white teeth. Was she trying to hold a conversation? … False alarm. Telemachus wondered how they made the technology for her earphone so small instead. That was one of the most interesting things about this place, the blink and miss advancements they all took for granted. It made him want to grab a screw driver and yank it off the nearest head, break it into the tiniest pieces, and out it back together again. Which was, admittedly, not the most logical reaction. Had to stay logical.
The professor wanted them to read the Odyssey.
So much for logic.
They had to go out and buy the book, but they were still introducing the class to the characters. The meaning they’d be exploring in the symbolism of Penelope, Odysseus and his infidelity as compared to other Greek men, and - Marcus? Do you need to be excused? You look a little green.
Telemachus took the opportunity and ran out of the class. He wanted to believe in higher education. He just hadn’t expected it to be such an uphill battle.