Hope Rachiel Sanders
Nicknames:
"Hope. Just Hope."
Age:
22
Ethnicity
50% Italian 50% German
Sexuality:
"Gender is simply a barrier."
Pansexual
Guarding:
Human Male 1
Personality:
Clinging ll Daring ll Practical ll Stubborn ll Sarcastic ll Protective
What do you think of when you think of an angel? Innocent? Kind? Perfect?
Hope is most definitely not the image of the typical angel most think of. Probably anything but perfect. Unlike most angels, she was created with an attitude, one very much unlike the stereotypical kind angels who only seek to help humans realize their own potentials. While her heart is in the right place, kind and caring to those she was assigned to protect, she often refuses to establish any close relationships with them and instead merely see them as temporary subjects or assignments.
Rules were never definite for Hope, for she held a daring and adventurous attitude, often barging through several rules to get to what she wanted. The only rule she truly followed was "The Rule" assigned to angels as they watch over their assignments, for if she were to break that rule, she would be disgraced as an angel, the ultimate punishment. However, other than that one rule, she never faltered in breaking others, simply seeing them as barriers against her goals. Fear for punishment was something she usually does not think about, for she never looks far enough into the future to see the consequences for her actions. Hope lives in the present and only the present, disregarding all others. Thus, it makes her both daring and rash.
For years, she has been assigned humans to be put under her protection, however, the one personal rule she had kept to was to never let her emotions interfere with her job. Practicality is a must when it comes to these situations and she will always choose practicality over emotions, finishing her job despite the fact that her actions may harm others. Given the easy way or the hard way, she would always choose the easy and most practical path, never beating around the bushes nor wasting any time whatsoever. Such allows her to always finish her job but usually her actions result in consequences she cannot control.
While Hope would never admit it, somehow, unconsciously, she always establishes a connection with the human she was sent to protect. Once the job starts, one can usually never find her leaving the human's side, clinging to their presence wherever they moved. She holds a strong sense of responsibility along with a protective nature. She especially hates others underestimating her abilities and thus usually goes out of her way to show others that she is able to finish the job.
Although an angel, Hope was never deemed as "forgiving". Once angered, it is difficult to calm her down or to make her forget about whatever fight just happened. She is stubborn in nature and holds fast to her beliefs, refusing to let anyone change her mind or any ideas she held onto. The biggest betrayal to her would be lying, for she hates it more than anything else anyone could do.
Likes:
Outdoors ll Jokes ll Strawberries ll Painting ll Eating ll Animals ll Casual Atmosphere ll Roadtrips ll Exploring ll Practicality ll Horror Movies ll Comedies
Dislikes:
Restrains ll Lying ll Cooking ll Deaths ll Stuffy Environment ll Crowds ll Hospitals ll Romances ll Pessimism ll People Underestimating Her ll Formal Atmosphere ll Waiting ll Crying
Fears:
Love
This is the one thing Hope will not admit, for it is embarrassing to even think about. She often disguises this in the idea that she follows "The Rule", however, the truth is that she is truly afraid of falling in love, not because of the consequences of the crime, but because it is unpredictable. She follows practicality for a reason, to not mix her emotions into her job because once let loose, her emotions may spin out of control. She fears what she cannot understand, and love is something she has seen destroy lives. It is the one thing about human beings she truly cannot understand and thus she despises it at every turn, never even stepping close to falling in love during her jobs.
Death
She has seen death and despises it. Although death is natural and a part of human life, she sees it as an end and a fall rather than something that is a part of the daily cycle. Hope has seen families fall into depression, friends cry themselves to sleep, and others simply mourn for death and does not wish it upon anyone. She believes everyone deserves another chance at life and will do everything in her power to stop the person from failing in their second chance.
Unpredictability
Hope always has to have everything under control and the future within her grasp. She hates doubts and questions, only seeking for a definite answer. When things spin out of her control, she will start panicking for that's when future is torn away from her grasp. She always has to have everything planned out every step along the way toward the end of her goal and fears anything happening outside of all the possibilities she has had preparations for.
Humans
She fears what she cannot understand. There is just something about human beings that are so different from angels, their emotions, their actions, their thoughts. Although she has been with them for many years on the job, she still cannot possibly hope to understand them fully. Unlike many other angels fascinated with the species, she chooses instead to focus on her job and simply the superficial aspects of humans, refusing to dwell deeper into them in fear of finding something out of her expectations.
Dreams:
Control
Hope wishes to have control over everything, especially the future. While this is merely a fantasy and cannot hope to become true, her life is practically aimed at predicting every single possibility and organizing everything to fit her expectations. Her agenda is always organized, never letting the plan go haywire or anything to fall out of predictability. However, as things are often not within her full control, she often dreams of a world where she can call the shots and create a world where she is in control.
Home/Heaven
Too many years on Earth has developed a sense of longing for the home back in heaven for Hope. This home-sickness is most likely developed from the fact that Earth is still a strange land to her, full of beings she has yet to understand. She hopes to be back in the place where everyone is predictable to her. Humans and life in Earth is far too unpredictable for her liking.
Family/A Place to Belong to
Angels do not have families and the lack of such makes her long for the feeling of "home" many humans often told her about. She wishes for a place to belong to, although angels supposedly belong to heaven. Hope often feels lost within the world, unable to determine exactly where her heart lies. She seeks for comfort but is too afraid to give into her emotions, thus shuts herself off from others.
Secrets:
Fear of Love
She would never admit to the fear of love and thus always disguises that fear as simply sticking to "The Rule" although she is usually known as the daring angel who breaks every rule in her path.
She is Lost
Where does she belong? Hope does not know, even though all the other angels have told her heaven is where angels belong. However, doubting yourself is a weakness she refuses to show to anybody, and thus keeps her feeling of emptiness and loss to herself, instead choosing to shield herself away from others. She pretends to have everything under control when in reality, she does not even have herself under control.
History:
"I don't remember when I was created, but only what I was created for--Hope."
"Like many of the angels I was simply created by the hand of God, who raised us to be one of his own. We had one job and one job only, to soothe those that fell into times of desperation and give them the second chance everyone deserves. Such is our life's goal, and one that I've had trouble with ever since I was created. Now don't get me wrong, my heart was in the right place, but my methods are much different from those of the other angels."
"It took nearly an eternity before God sent me down to Earth, for I was too much unlike the other angels. I was not the compliant and soothing angel many expected but instead, I was daring, something God did not take a liking to. However, once I showed the others that, like them, I was protective of those I was assigned to and I was able to get the job done, I was sent here to start a human life and use that human body to show them exactly what I am capable of."
"For twenty-two years, I lived inside of this body, although this is my first time down on Earth, I was able to accomplish nearly all of my assignments with ease. They're boring really, for I was rational and practical, able to shift through without much trouble at all. Perhaps the main reason I was so successful in these assignments was due to the fact that I refuse to establish a close relationship with the humans and instead seek for the quick way through, healing them from a distance. I never let myself become too involved in their affairs because, in truth, although I would never admit it, I don't understand human beings. And people fear what they cannot understand. I cannot understand how they feel, how they think and how.. They love. Love is terrifying, for I've seen what it can drive people to do. And thus, I choose to keep a distance away from the human beings, help them from afar, for if I get too involved.. I don't know what would happen."
"In the end, all that matters to me is how to finish my assignments within the time limit. That's all they are to me, the humans. Simply assignments. However, even so, I will do whatever is possible in my ability to give them the second chance they all deserve."