Alex Turner
Age:
18
Nickname:
Lex - Close friends
Alexander - This is his real name but he hates it, used by his parents and on official documents
Religion:
Atheist - The rest of his family is Catholic except his Grandmother
Clique:
C-list - Emos/Outcasts
Grade:
12
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Sexual history:
Been in one short term relationship with a girl at Crossroads who ended up cheating on him.
Now refuses to date people at school to avoid awkward breakups
Scholarship:
No
Social Class:
Upper Class
Career goals:
One of the following-
- Musician
- Actor
- Director
- Screenplay Writer
Hometown:
New York
Height:
6ft 2
Weight:
140lbs
Hair Colour:
Black
Eye Colour:
Dark Brown
Tattoos/Piercing:
Piercings - None
Tattoos - Yes Small poorly drawn nirvana face logo on his ankle done by his mate when he was drunk and lost a bet last year
Clothing Style:
Colour scheme - Black, White and grey
Often wears -
- Black Jeans
- Button down shirts or Band merch
- Glasses
- Dr Martens
- Converse or Vans
- Trainers
- Expensive brands
- Bright colours / any colour in general
- Shirtless in public
- Shorts
Skills:
- Can play Drums very well
- Can sing/scream well
- Can play basic guitar (only to grade 1)
- Acting
- Design Technology (Woodshop/Metalshop/electronics)
- Maths
Weaknesses:
- English
- Spelling
- Maths
- Sport
Likes:
- Music - It's an obsession
- Drums
- Parties
- Playing music with people
- Going to gigs
Dislikes:
- People who look down on others due to their class
- People having ridiculously high expectations for him
- Bullies
- Vain people
- Girls who only care about money and their appearance
- Liars
- People who get offended by his humour
- People who take jokes too seriously
- Most academic classes expect Maths
- People who put too much importance on being popular
- Most Members of the Royals clique who in his opinion are often stuck up and annoying
Hobbies:
Good traits:
Funny || Laid back || Kind || Friendly || Class clown || Cheerful || Resilient || Confident || Independent || Outgoing
Bad traits:
Lack of commitment || Can take jokes too far || Disorganised || Lazy || Dark sense of humour || Absent minded || Easily distracted || Immature || Doesn't consider consequences
The first thing people often notice about Alex's personality is how outgoing he is. He is a typical class clown and enjoys amusing his classmates. Lex very rarely takes things seriously and if he does it means something is really troubling him. He will befriend almost anyone who is nice to him but can be very short with people he dislikes. This can often be aimed at certain members of the Royals who enjoy looking down on people or are just generally arseholes to people in different cliques to them. Alex has the type of personality which helps lift the mood of his friends around him, especially if they are down.
Alex never really thinks ahead. Although he has a few possible future careers he has no idea what he wants to do really. He is the kind of person who rarely plans things and just rushes in head first without thinking. One of the most prominent negative traits of Alex is that he never thinks of the consequences of his actions. This can lead to him occasionally putting himself in dangerous situations. Lex is the kind of person who will never turn down a dare and almost sees him self and invincible not considering that he might get hurt.
By not considering consequences Alex can also unintentionally offend or hurt people, rarely thinking before thinking. He never says things with the intention of hurting people but he doesn't always stop and consider that some of his jokes might offend someone or that people don't have the same dark humour as himself.
Alex was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 6. His condition has always effected his school work dramatically and is probably part of the reason why he messes around in class. Alex gets distracted incredibly easily and struggles to just sit and work in a class room for hours. Lex often finds music helps him with his ADHD especially drums mainly because he doesn't have to think too hard about playing and it uses up a lot of his energy. Now he is 18 he is a lot more control of his condition and although he struggles with some of the symptoms it doesn't lead to the outbursts it did as a child.
Family:
Charles Turner || Father || Age- 55 || Occupation- Bank manager || Relationship- Poor - They don't really get on well due to clashes in religion
Lavander Turner || Mother || Age- 42 || Occupation- Unemployed (gold digger) || Relationship- Neutral - Not awful but they aren't close because of his father manipulating her against him
Alyson Parkes || Grandma || Age- 67 || Occupation- Retired (used to be a teacher) || Relationship- Very close often spending most of school breaks living with her
Lily Turner || Older Sister by 4 Years || Age- 22 || Occupation- Studying at university to be a brain surgeon || Relationship - Close
Edmund Turner || Older Brother by 2 Years || Age 20 || Occupation- Studying at University to be a lawyer || Relationship- Very close
History:
Alex is the youngest child of Charles and Lavender Turner. Growing up he was always out shone by his two older siblings taking the little attention they all got from their parents. Their Father was almost always away on business and their Mother had more important things like spend the money Charles made. The children where often looked after by childminders until they were old enough to be sent to the Catholic boarding school St Mary's Academy, joining in kinder garden. Before this Alex was seen as a bit of a nightmare child often being seen as purposely acting up. It was later that these discovered that this behaviour was caused by ADHD. After childminders refusing to look after him due to constant outbursts and poor behaviour and Lavender just always making things worse by constantly screaming or shouting at him, he was looked after by his Grandma for the majority of the week. Being a teacher she was very understanding and was one of the few people who could help Alex with his problems his behaviour improving around her.
After attending the boarding school for about a year Alex was diagnosed with ADHD and began taking medication which helped his behaviour improve but he still struggled in the school environment often getting poor grades with the exception of maths. During middle school Alex found this difficult because it seemed that regardless of how hard he tried to concentrate in class and do the work he was always getting bad grades when both his siblings were excelling getting straight A's in most subjects.
By this time Lex was spending school breaks at home with his parents but preferred being around his Grandmother because she understood his behaviour and made it easier for him to deal with opposed to more difficult.
Alex didn't have many friends at St Mary's partially due to the teacher often excluding him from spending time with a lot of the pupils in case his bad behaviour would effect others.
In 9th Grade Alex was expelled from St Mary's after multiple heated arguments about religion and him refusing to be confirmed. This was cause by Alex coming to the conclusion he is Atheist and called out some of the teachers for being 'Homophobic pricks'. Alex's father was furious especially being an important member in the local Catholic society so he sent his son to Crossroads academy and rarely see's him deeming him as the disappointing youngest child who is overlooked by the achievements of his other siblings. Shortly after moving to Crossroads, Alex spent school breaks with his Grandmother for a few years rarely seeing his parents.
At Crossroads Alex finally felt as though he fitted in with people, being accepted by the C-list clique mainly hanging out with the outcasts, emos and nerds (even if he often isn't smart enough to understand everything they are talking about). Making these friends made Lex feel much more comfortable being himself. In 9th Grade Alex also discovered his love for music and became obsessed with learning the drums and is in a small local post-hardcore/screamo band playing drums and backing vocals.
Alex's relationship with his father is a little bit better however he still spending most of the school breaks with his Grandmother to avoid the commotion his presence causes at home. Despite everything happening with his parents Alex is still very close with his siblings who agree his father is being unreasonable practically disowning his son because of his religion and grades and over looking other talents he possess. Since Alex has never been that close with his parents anyway his situation doesn't really bother him too much.
With the exception of his tuition fee's Alex's father is refusing to give him access to any additional money until he is confirmed catholic and drops the 'Atheist bullshit' so he doesn't go to hell. Alex doesn't mind this because he doesn't want to owe his father anything. Lex is quite private of his home life because it makes it much easier to forget and not care about it.
St Mary's Academy || Catholic private boarding school || K-9
Crossroads Academy || Private boarding school || 9-12
Achievements:
Very minor roles in a few movies that were at least played in cinemas.
Nothing much... Grade 1 in guitar...
Extra Curricular clubs:
Music Club
Best Subjects:
Maths, Drama and Design Technology (Woodshop)
Worst Subjects:
Anything other than maths which is academic often only getting D's - C's but Science in particular.
Current Grades for main subjects:
Maths- A
Science- D
English- C
Other:
Has a job at a local coffee shop to help put away some money for the future and too help his Grandma when he comes to stay in summer breaks
Says he doesn't want to learn to drive but secretly feels that he would fail his test so doesn't want to try