Post by SHERBEAR on Oct 16, 2010 13:19:24 GMT -8
SABAKU NO GAARA
{my head is lead, i don't ever wanna go to bed}
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my eyes are lungs
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full name Sabaku no Gaara
nicknames Strawberry
age 16-17 (19th January)
gender Male
sexuality He likes who he rarely likes, regardless of gender
occupation Gaara is a Junior at the same school as his brother, although considerably less popular, with an aversion to anything that could possibly heighten his social life. He is, however, considering getting a job to save up money for higher education or helping his family.
your hair is on fire
[/color]{you snuff the blaze, turn to vapour}[/font][/center][/color]
Physical Appearance
He has quite unusual red hair and light green eyes, which means that he gets ridiculously sunburnt in summer if he forgets to bathe himself in sun cream. Being an introvert, going outside for something other than school is a miracle enough for this not to happen too often.
Gaara doesn't eat much, therefore he doesn't weigh much. Most of what he consumes has flavourings and colourings and no nutritional value whatsoever, so it's a mystery to everyone how he's still alive.
Height: 5'5.5" (this may seem oddly specific, but Gaara is determined for Kankuro not to make more of the meagre height difference)
Weight: 126 lbs (skinny enough for his hips to jut and his ribs not to show)
Personality
Gaara is the kind of person that people think needs to brought out of his shell. But as far as he's aware, he's not in one. He dislikes talking to people outside of his siblings simply because he has nothing he wants to say to them. His responses to others tend to be monotone and uninterested, but he picks his words carefully and when he speaks...it's worth listening to.
His taste in music is not matched to his appearance. Whereas his demeanour would suggest he listened to loud deathmetal with skull-stickered headphones, he actually finds orchestral classical pieces appealing. Which means that Kankuro has hidden the radio from him forever lest he turn it to Classical FM again and enjoy it.
He likes to encourage the 'mysterious enigma' view of him that some girls in his class bandy about, as it amuses him terribly.
Strengths
- straightforward
Gaara is the most blissfully uncomplicated person there ever was. - low-maintenance
You only have to feed and water him occasionally. The rest takes care of itself
. - compassionate
It's hard to get Gaara to care about someone, but when he does, it's hard for him to stop.
.Flaws
- does not suffer fools
If Gaara has an opinion on something or someone (although this doesn't happen very frequently), he won't hesitate to voice it. Stupid people irritate him. - grumpy
Due to his erratic sleeping patterns, he can seem to be sullen or boring to others. - self-destructive
Gaara has a horrible habit of getting things that he wants and throwing them away.
Drink? No--it would mess with his sleeping medication.
Smoke? Kankuro stops him from doing anything stupid. The definition of the word 'stupid' varies to Kankuro, and Gaara usually takes this to mean 'anything I do, you can't do'.
Drive? He doesn't see why he should drive when the public transport in Tokyo is better than the traffic-clogged roads. Gaara prefers walking, anyway.
Drugs? The redhead isn't involved in the kind of things that lead to drugs.
Partying? Not many people invite him because he always refuses.
Family
- Sabakuno Kousei
Despite his undisputedly shit parenting skills, Gaara still wants his father to be proud of him and worries about he thinks. - Sabukuno Kakura, deceased
Gaara doesn't know very much about his mother and doesn't really care. This sometimes used to send him into periods of melancholy, because he felt that he should feel more about her. - Umehiko Yashamaru, deceased
His uncle took care of him when he was younger and stumbling along with his illnesses. - Sabakuno Temari
Temari is Gaara's mother-hen. She has taken it upon herself to ensure that the redhead doesn't regress back to his earlier stupidity and though her protectiveness over him is sometimes stifling; they both know he appreciates it. - Sabakuno Kankuro
Gaara is very close to his brother, both physically (they've been sharing a room since he was born) and emotionally (the close proximity did something to their brains). Once Kankuro got over his Middle Child Syndrome and Gaara stopped being a prat, they found that they really cared for each other.
Residence
Gaara watches Kankuro sneak out and in of their small apartment every couple of nights, whilst politely feigning sleep. The lady who lives below them pulls up the fire escape ladder each time to 'teach him a lesson', but Gaara puts it back down after a safe time period has passed and Kankuro is none the wiser.
He likes being near the railway in the dark, and often sits on the windowsill to look at the trains. And listen to the infomercials.
History
He was a premature baby. He came out small and ugly and prone to illness.
Gaara didn't really like other children. The redhead wasn't often at school when he was younger due to his various medical conditions and only started education properly once everyone had established their status quo. He felt as if he didn't fit in and decided that he didn't want to have friends to make himself feel better.
To Temari and Kankuro's annoyance, he took to following them around or keeping himself separate from the rest.
The green-eyed boy went through a period of rebellion during his early teenage years--when he had the 'ai' kanji tattoo'd (illegally) on his forehead--where he made 'friends' with some older boys and bullied some younger ones. He wallowed in angst and anger until he was forced to go to the school counsellor by a teacher about his behavioural problems, where he was promptly diagnosed with an unhealthy family dynamic and a need for an emotional outlet.
He took up an instrument on her behest. There is a cheap electronic keyboard under his bed that he uses to practise on when Kankuro isn't around, but he lives for the proper acoustic pianos at school.
It was when he was being a dickhead that he met Naruto, who cheerfully beat him up whilst Gaara was extricating some poor kid in the year below's lunch money. The experience gained him a friend and rainbows of bruises that took weeks to fade (Naruto had the grace to look a little ashamed, at least). Through Naruto, he made tentative contact with other people and the bridges he had burnt were slowly rebuilt.
Today, Gaara is hardly a social butterfly.
But Naruto's hoping he's at least a social caterpillar.
lie to all your friends
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What makes your character (or interpretation of the character) unique, original, and worth having on the site?
Having RP'd Gaara for a long(ish) time and going through various different characterisations, I think I'm ok. And Gaara isn't an evil, angsty womaniser, so it's all good, really.
EDIT BY ANNABEL: ...and I want him in my bed
Role Play Sample
If Gaara had been any lesser person, or perhaps a character from a manga, he would have seized the opportunity for a facepalm right there and then. The situation was not going well: his roommate and brother appeared to already know each other. What’s the problem? someone stupid inevitably might ask, at least you don’t have to introduce them now. That would have been nice, the redhead mused, he could have foregone the “This is Haruka, she works at a café. This is Kankuro, he likes to chat up European women.”. Great.
The only problem was; they didn’t seem to like each other much.
Or at all, really.
“Hello, Kankuro.” Gaara said neutrally. “I see you’ve made a friend.” The insistent facepalm urge was coming back again, but the more intelligent side of him noticed that his roommate was telling his brother to ‘get out of my apartment’, which slightly contradicted the aim of Kankuro’s apartment inspection. The less intelligent side of him was laughing at the opportune usage to slip in a sarcastic statement. Ha ha, ha ha; he was getting better at this. “And yes, to answer your question: this is my roommate.”
I thought she was a man, but she wasn’t, he added mentally, but refrained as Haruka looked incredibly indignant for someone who was only in a towel; fierce green fire burning in her eyes. Not the kind of person Gaara felt like offending at the moment. It made him wonder what Kankuro had done wrong – he must have done something wrong, after all – it must have been awful. Trouble followed his brother around similar to a homeless kitten from work, so it was no stretch of the imagination to imagine a very good reason to justify Haruka’s anger.
“How did you kill her mother?” He asked.
He should become a comedian, seriously.
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you're a rose
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