Will Harrington
full name: William James Harrington
nicknames: Will, Jimmy {Only by his Dad}
age: 22
sexuality: Heterosexual
occupation: Student {Studying Finance,, about to begin MBA Program}
hex: #83AE9B
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"I see what's mine, and Take it (Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers)"
Emperor's New Clothes - P!ATD
nicknames: Will, Jimmy {Only by his Dad}
age: 22
sexuality: Heterosexual
occupation: Student {Studying Finance,, about to begin MBA Program}
hex: #83AE9B
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"I see what's mine, and Take it (Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers)"
Emperor's New Clothes - P!ATD
appearance:
If there is anything that Will is proud of, it is his appearance. He was bullied in youth for being overweight with bad skin and body parts that grew faster than the rest of him. After the group split up, he threw himself into working out with his dad, put his money into contacts and acne medication, etc. Now, he's the type of guy he used to envy and resent when he was younger: blonde, tall, fit, and well aware of the looks he gets. With scruffy blond hair and piercing blue eyes, Will looks like the quintessential smalltown golden boy. If you asked someone who didn't know him what he did in high school, they might guess that he was the Quarterback of a small football team and he dated the cheer captain. They'd be far from the truth.
Of course, such sudden changes don't just happen without any remnants of the past. Will is very insecure about stretch marks he has left, and although they have begun to fade and he has gone so far as to try to have treatments done to lessen him, he still worries about them frequently. He's terrified of losing the physique which he worked so hard to gain, and spends long stretches of time a the gym everyday, even when it might not be healthy to do so. He hates to see fat on his body, and if he thinks he is gaining some is likely to freak out, binge eat, and then spend the next week or two neglecting his studies to spend all day at the gym. He is an incredibly insecure person, beneath the cocky persona. He's terrified someone will find a picture of him in middle school, and somehow discredit all the work he's put in to be where he is now. To try and deflect this, he will often joke that if nothing else, he can't lose his height- the young man has a quite impressive height of 6'4", making it even easier for him to pretend he's above everyone.
personality:
Although parts of his personality may have changed, and certainly Will is no longer the boy he used to be, Will retains some aspects of his childhood persona. He uses humor as a deflector in any situation where he is uncomfortable. The young man is quick to crack a joke in an awkward situation, although these days the jokes may be at the expense of another person in order to keep them from being pointed back at him. Trying to get Will to have a serious talk about his personal state is like pulling teeth. When he was younger, he'd open up easily to a few close friends at the very least, but now there is no one that Will is willing to open up to. If you push it too far in trying to check on him, the jokes will fall aside and he lashes out. Will doesn't want anyone inside his head, thinking reaching out would make him weak.
The biggest indicator of his changes, from outside and then sinking in, is the cocky persona he now has. Will went from the bottom to the top over the course of only a few years, and while at first it did not get to his head, eventually the young man started to feel more comfortable with this new position. Now, he is arrogant to say the least, thinking of himself as the golden boy he never was before. Rejection shocks him, and he will often excuse it away as someone just making a mistake, because how could choosing him as he is now, so much better than he was before, be difficult to do? In his mind, his past self is all things bad, and his current self is all things good. He has a harsh view of those who he thinks of as being similar to who he once was- he's quick to mock people who are overweight as being lazy, or to make comments about appearances. To be blunt, he's become a bit of a shallow prick.
It's difficult for him to make connections from the past him to the current him, but when he does it rocks him deeply. At heart, Will is still an insecure child desperately playing pretend at being some sort of Alpha Male. He doesn't even realize how emotionally exhausting it is to him, having just accepted it as something that comes with the territory. He thinks if he had been attractive, confident, and strong before, maybe he wouldn't have lost all of his friends. So he sure as hell isn't going to give up his current status, terrified that one misstep will leave him falling back to the lonely place he once resided in.
The biggest indicator of his changes, from outside and then sinking in, is the cocky persona he now has. Will went from the bottom to the top over the course of only a few years, and while at first it did not get to his head, eventually the young man started to feel more comfortable with this new position. Now, he is arrogant to say the least, thinking of himself as the golden boy he never was before. Rejection shocks him, and he will often excuse it away as someone just making a mistake, because how could choosing him as he is now, so much better than he was before, be difficult to do? In his mind, his past self is all things bad, and his current self is all things good. He has a harsh view of those who he thinks of as being similar to who he once was- he's quick to mock people who are overweight as being lazy, or to make comments about appearances. To be blunt, he's become a bit of a shallow prick.
It's difficult for him to make connections from the past him to the current him, but when he does it rocks him deeply. At heart, Will is still an insecure child desperately playing pretend at being some sort of Alpha Male. He doesn't even realize how emotionally exhausting it is to him, having just accepted it as something that comes with the territory. He thinks if he had been attractive, confident, and strong before, maybe he wouldn't have lost all of his friends. So he sure as hell isn't going to give up his current status, terrified that one misstep will leave him falling back to the lonely place he once resided in.
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"I wish I could have turned the clocks around // but all the weight in the world was pulling me down."
Time - Colouring
history:
One would think that growing up the only son of a relatively small town's sheriff would place someone out of the reach of bullies. Unfortunately, while the Sheriff did love his son, he was often too busy to pay attention to what happened to his child at home. After all, he was a single dad, and raising a kid while working and doing it alone can be distracting enough without factoring in the kid's life problems into it. Sheriff Harrington had been fit and popular in school, and just assumed the same would be true of his son. This expectation from his father, that he be popular, athletic, etc, only made the pressure on Will worse. Left alone at home to his own devices for the most part, he would overeat, living on a diet that comprised of too much pizza and soda. And when Will was bullied by his peers for his weight, he would eat some more. Kids are cruel, but not all of them- despite the bullying Will was still able to find friends in a group that didn't care about what someone looked at, or whether they could run fast. He was happy in this group for a long time, having people to back him up giving Will at least the confidence to joke around. He was always one for deflecting his feelings with jokes, self-deprecating or otherwise, and it was easy for this to slip under the radar around people who weren't in his group.
Among his friends, however, he had people to confide in about his fears and insecurities. Worries that he would disappoint his dad, that he was too ugly to be loved, etc, that would have festered and grown worse without someone to talk to. And then, in early high school, he lost that support group. All of his insecurities festered in his mind, and in the following months he ate very little and worked out excessively. His dad praised him, saying that the change was positive and he was proud of his son- he hadn't noticed that Will barely touched food in the pantry, and was always alone during this time. When Will came out the other end, he began to gain some acceptance- but he started university before he could really settle into himself. Attending a small college with a high girl to guy ratio, he began getting attention he had never experienced before. It was intoxicating. Eventually, only after someone made a comment that he was 'too skinny' Will began eating regularly again, focusing on putting on muscle. Now he thinks of himself as a big man, strong and loved. This means jokes that aren't always nice, keeping all of his emotions tightly wrapped, and lashing out at anyone who has the nerve to imply that he's not okay. He still occasionally struggles with eating, and whenever he thinks he's getting flabby will go days with dangerously low calorie counts. Of course no one knows or would even suspect this of someone who tries so hard to present himself as such an Alpha male.
