age: 18
sexuality: heterosexual/questioning
birthday: September 15th
occupation: Student, Theatre Clerk, aspiring filmmaker
hexcode: #0C571B
Demonsxx||xx Just Like Youxx ||xx Big Brother
sexuality: heterosexual/questioning
birthday: September 15th
occupation: Student, Theatre Clerk, aspiring filmmaker
hexcode: #0C571B
Demonsxx||xx Just Like Youxx ||xx Big Brother
secrets:
Daniel has been abused in nearly every way by his older brother Shaun since he was a child. It's a secret because he's always been unable to fight back and telling his parents would be a bust. Shaun is their golden boy who could never do anything wrong while Daniel was considered the black sheep. He was always to blame for everything. To this day he can't stand when people call him "Danny Boy".
â movies [including documentaries]
â popcorn
â chocolate
â flying
â movie scores
â directing
â leather jackets
â yard work
x
â boats
â his brother, Shaun
â hip hop and rap music
â anything made in a croc pot
â the beach
â dressing up
â being center of attention
â Pornographic films
quirks
-- ruffles his hair when he's uncomfortable
-- has to sleep facing the door
-- supplier of cinimatic knowledge
-- his brother
-- his parents rejecting him xxxxxxxxx
-- drowning
You thought you were standing beside me
You were only in my way
appearance:
Dan is 6'2" tall and has a naturally lean build. He does lift weights from time to time and goes for a run every so often, but he is not what could be considered athletic. He has short sandy blonde hair bordering on brown that he keeps long on the top and a little shorter on the sides. He uses a pomade to style it in either a messy i-just-woke-up-like-this look or a tidier, effortless look. He has deep brown eyes that sparkle a little once you get him talking about something he's passionate about. Otherwise, he's got a haunted look to his eyes and his smiles rarely ever meet them. He's got thick eyebrows that tend to get a bit unruly towards his hairline. He has a charming smile but as mentioned previously, it rarely meets his eyes. He's got a few freckles on his face [very few] and has lightly tanned skin. He normally wears t-shirts, a leather jacket, and jeans with a pair of either sturdy boots or comfortable sneakers. While he's not huge on dressing up, he won't argue that he looks damn good when he does.
personality:
Dan is a subdued character. He doesn't talk much unless it's about something he's passionate about. A lot of the things he does is due to years of abuse from his brother. He's not one for physical contact and he tends to over-apologize. He's not one for confrontation. He's the kind of person who would rather place attention on others and would rather blend in than stand out.
This does make him a keen observer and an excellent listener. He's detailed and task oriented. He's a people pleaser which is good for customer service. Those who can get past the wall of steel that he builds around himself, they can see that's he's passionate for the cinema, sweet as can be, and loves to laugh. He's never been very good at sitting and reading, but he can absorb hours of movie content. He loves movie trivia. He's socially awkward at first, but once he knows you're not going to react negatively to what he says, he talks a lot more.
History:
Daniel John Hanson was born in San Francisco but has lived all over due to his father's career in the military. His father's military history is part of the reason Dan has a negative relationship with his family. His father raised Shaun to be just like him: smart, strong, and manly. Dan was more like his mother. He's a dreamer and would rather talk through an argument than to raise his fists. Of course, to his father, that's not how a man handled his problems. His father was always hard on Dan which in turn made Shaun hard on him. When Dan was a little kid, the brother's got along well, but as they got older, Shaun got more aggressive and abusive.
When Dan started school, his grades were better than Shaun's. He'd get certificates of merit from his school and his mother would beam with pride. His father wanted him to be a part of sports, but his mother believed he was too young. Shaun was used to being the center of attention being five years old at the time his parents had Dan. Shaun's jealousy turned to hatred of his little brother which lead to physical abuse (since Dan was too young or unable to fight back), verbal and mental abuse (whenever Dan's parents weren't around), and--when Shaun started going through puberty--sexual abuse. Everything led to Dan withdrawing from the things he enjoyed and his grades began to drop. Once a straight-A overachiever, to a B and C average student. This sent Dan from his parent's good graces, and Shaun was #1 once again.
The thing about Shaun was he was charming, charismatic, and knew exactly what to say to either distract someone or persuade them to do what he wanted. So when it came to Dan telling his parent's about Shaun, not only were they not going to believe Shaun would ever do the things Dan said, but Shaun had convinced him they would blame him instead. In fact, Shaun blamed everything on Dan. A bad grade was because Dan had kept him up with his movies and playtime, a bad play at football was because Dan had tripped him that morning and he injured himself, a house party was Dan's doing and broken things being because of Dan's carelessness. These were all lies, of course, but his parents never believed that. He had fallen from their good graces and it was looking like he would never win them back.
He started escaping to the movie theatre when he was thirteen. It was his sanctuary and when he watched movies, he believed he could be someone else. That his movie would have a better ending. His parent's never approved of his obsession with movies, but they never really did anything to dissuade him either. He started working at the theatre as soon as he could and spent every moment he could there. He studied in the break room and when he earned enough money, he bought himself a video camera so he could film his own movies. Or at least, the start of his own movies.
To this day, no one but Dan and Shaun knows how bad their relationship is, but with the death of the student on his last week of being a high school senior, he fears all that could be revealed.
