Post by mac on Sept 23, 2016 14:42:13 GMT
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Name || Seamus (Pronounced: SHAY-MUS) Gilroy MacAlister
Nicknames/Aliases || Shay. Teammates call him MacAlister.
Age/Year/School || 17, a senior at Metric High. His birthday is April 3rd.
Zodiac || Aries.
Reason for Enrolling || Seamus is a devoted director and a film/video student. His love for video making started out as a YouTube channel that he’s long since abandoned. Since he got into Metric he made a new channel with better quality work.
He loves making modern style videos and music videos the most. And, while he’s no good at creating them, Seamus is fascinated by older works and more antique looking films. Seamus’ biggest passion and hobby is producing videos, and he’s almost always seen with a camera – even if it’s just his phone.
GPA || 2.9. He has to work to keep his grades up just because he’s bad at memorization and book-facts, though he’s not dumb, he struggles a lot. He plans to declare a film/video major when he enters college.
Gender || Male
Sexuality || Gay, buried deep in the closet. Hopefully, Issy finds out under good circumstances and not awful ones. Right?
Health Issues? || Nothing of note.
School/Social Life
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Job || He works at the Metric gym as a student employee. Some days he’ll be working at the front desk, checking people in and giving direction to confused students who’ve never used the gym before. Other days, he’ll work as a spotter and when people come to the gym alone he can help them work out. He generally likes this portion of the job better because he can sneak all the peeks at half-naked men that he wants, without being labeled weird or creepy. Seamus is easy to talk to and as a result, he does really well at his job, getting along well with his fellow students.
Reputation || Seamus is very popular, one of the “king bee” types at the high school. His girlfriend Issy is a gorgeous cheerleader and he seems to have it made at first glance. He’s always going out to parties and sports events, and knows everyone in the high school by name. Aside from that, he’s well known in the film program as a dedicated student, and he works hard to maintain his grades and spot in Metric Academy. Though Seamus is hotheaded and aggressive when he’s around his friends, he’s loyal and reliable, and his reputation among the popular crowd is positive. He is often taken to parties by his girlfriend, and though he’ll laugh and say he doesn’t want to he really does have fun and likes to let loose sometimes. He’s often seen with Issy and in the high school they’re known as the ‘Golden Couple’.
Relationship Status || He’s taken by Issy. He and Issy’s families were always close, and whenever the families came to have parties, the two always hung out. Every Christmas, the MacAlisters invited the family over to eat homemade lasagna and exchange gifts and on other holidays, too, the two families combined. Seamus entered Metric and was surprised to see Issy was attending the school, too. The two quickly became popular – Issy becoming best friends with Shyanne, he joining the football team – and when Issy found out how popular with the girls Seamus was, she got jealous, and with the genders swapped it was the same for Seamus. With Shyanne’s encouragement, the two became an item at the end of their freshman year and have been going strong since. They’re very PDA in the halls, always kissing and hugging and public about their relationship. Seamus is at every performance that Issy puts on and is always the first one to congratulate her and give her a hug and kiss afterwards. Though he’s very dedicated to Issy and does love her, Seamus found out in his sophomore year that he wasn’t sexually attracted to women at all and is in fact gay. He tries to hide this, and sometimes he reasons with himself that his sweetness to Issy makes up for the fact that he’s not attracted to her.
Seamus has a huge crush on Clint Clark. He saw him running around one morning when he was training at the beginning of the year, and thought he was insanely attractive. However, he blew this off until he found out that Clint was Wyatt’s ‘lackey’, and that he’d actually be interacting with the guy when he and the girls were around Wyatt. Ever since then, his crush has solidified. One day when he saw Clint sighing a lot, he decided that he wanted to something to help him feel a little better, so he wrote a very feminine, cheesy love letter and slipped it into Clint’s mailbox. After that one time, he saw that gesture temporarily made the guy’s face light up, so he decided to keep doing it, making sure that no one can tell it’s him due to them all assuming the secret admirer is a girl. When he does leave a letter, he often hovers around the mailroom until Clint opens it just to see a reaction. When he sees Clint and his friends wondering who could have sent the letter he plays it off like he doesn’t know who they’re from, either. He’s too scared to ever admit to his crush, but he feels like he has to do something to make an impact on Clint, or he’ll regret it when he graduates. While he does love to spend time with Clint in big groups, he’s actually never had any one on one alone time with the guy. He knows he’d get nervous if the opportunity arose – he can barely walk next to him without tripping over his own feet. Even though he and Clint are friendly now, Seamus is beginning to feel like his crush is hopeless since Clint is so obsessed with Wyatt. It makes him very jealous.
Clubs and Organizations || Seamus is on the Metric High School football team, a running back. He’s not as tall and burly as some of his teammates, but he is very quick on his feet and great at the position he’s in.
Relationships Bank ||
Chad Richardson –They’re in the same social circle, Seamus doesn’t really care much about him either way and finds him a bit of a pain. He’s also not really very attracted to Chad so considers that a plus, especially given himself trying to hide his... situation.
Clint Clark – He is probably the most attractive man Seamus has ever met and is the object of Seamus’ attraction. Seamus wasn’t going to act upon his feelings until he saw Clint being pushed around by Wyatt. Now, Seamus is Clint’s secret admirer and the author of the very feminine letters he receives. As they are in the same social group Seamus is a friend to Clint, though Seamus finds it hard to be around Clint due to his nerves. As a result he often brings up Issy every chance he gets or invites others to tag along when he and Clint are alone.
Gracie Fischer – Mal’s roommate. Seamus doesn’t know much about him aside from the fact he’s very attractive and very gay. Honestly Seamus wishes he could be more like Gracie but feels trapped in his current life.
Issy Romero – Issy is Seamus’ best friend and girlfriend. He grew up with her and when he was a freshman he felt something strong towards her that he initially labeled as a crush. Even though he now realizes he is gay and that he doesn’t see Issy that way, she is still important to him. She’s the first person he goes to about familiar problems or emotional problems, finding that the boys on the team aren’t as much of a support as her. Almost as though he’s making up for his gayness, Seamus is almost sickeningly sweet to her and plans very cheesy dates. Issy is probably the only person who knows his intense love for poetry and writing.
Mallory Abbott – An upperclassman who is also a film major. Seamus looks up to her and finds her films to be intriguing, they’re so different than his own. He senses something between her and Chad, but chooses not to mention it.
Sean Murphy – Not someone Seamus really knows, all he knows is that Shyanne made him her bitch. Honestly, he sees a similar thing to Clint and Wyatt happening. Though he’s less biased with Sean and Shyanne. As of late it seems Sean and Rylan have been taking most of Shyanne’s time and Seamus fully supports this if it keeps her away from him.
Shyanne Volle – The Queen bee at Metric High; Seamus is friends with her only because of his girlfriend honestly. While he doesn’t want harm to come to her, and would defend her if he needed to, he would honestly rather not associate with her when he can help it. Shyanne has a tendency to say phrases and words that sort of imply being gay is wrong and he feels if he came out to her she would not be supportive. He feels like she can see through him sometimes and she scares him, honestly.
Rodney Jameson – A King at Metric High. Seamus knows him through the team and they’re in the same social circle. Seamus often follows Rodney around and agrees mindlessly with him. He finds he would rather just go along with him than argue. Seamus is somewhat intimidated by him in truth, though he does actually find the fact Rodney is open about his father’s refreshing and, even though he’s not out to anyone, finds some solstice that maybe his future could be something like that and not like his life is now.
Rylan Houd – Shyanne’s new best friend. Seamus doesn’t know much about him but likes him, and Seamus wonders what he might be like without Shyanne hovering around him and dictating what they do.
Wyatt Prescott – Honestly Seamus hates her. He thinks she’s a selfish bitch who is manipulating Clint around by his attraction to her and that she’s too in love with herself to ever love someone else. He acts like he likes her though, not willing to compromise his social life especially since Issy and Shyanne love her. Seamus claims his hatred is not based solely on his jealousy and has merit in other ways.
Appearance
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Height/Weight/Body Type || 5’7”. He’s about an average size. He is on the football team and he’s physically fit, but doesn’t have a full six pack of abs or anything like that. He’s quick on his feet and running is how he keeps himself trained.
Hair color/style || Brown and short, kept to his ears.
Eye color/makeup preferences || Brown, none.
Clothing Style || He likes to wear his varsity jacket almost all the time. He typically will wear whatever Issy tells him he looks the most attractive in, and isn’t ashamed to say most of his fashion comes from her. He mostly just wears what’s considered cool.
Notable Traits || His puppy dog eyes and pout are fairly well-known and typically are what convinces Issy to let him eat one of her fries.
Ethnicity || Irish-American
Playby || Dylan Everett
Personality
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Likes || Film/video; Producing things; Music; Pop culture; Parties; Issy; His family; Spaghetti; Sports; Jogging/running; Ariana Grande; Taylor Swift; Singers (he LOVES working with singers); Going to Church; High School Musical (after one too many viewings with Issy and Shyanne, he suddenly realized how hot Troy Bolton is); Poetry/writing; YouTube videos; Explosions; Easy classes; Football
Dislikes || Hiding his sexuality from everyone; Science; Having nothing to do; Sexual situations; Getting wasted (while he likes to be buzzed, he hates to be wasted); Meek Mill; Homophobia; People who are nosy about his love life; Talk of weddings
Nervous Habits || Whenever talking or stating a fact, he tends to say “I guess”, “I think”, or “just my opinion”. He’s a people-pleaser and will often do this to invalidate his statements to make himself sound more agreeable. He also tends to give into peer pressure very easily.
Hobbies || Seamus loves to write poetry in his spare time – he has a notebook in which he keeps his poems. They are very personal and he will never tell anyone what’s in his notebook (not even Issy). He often likes to edit videos when he has a day to himself too, he’ll usually make music videos either with original footage he has on his computer (often of Issy, Rylan, and Shyanne) but occasionally with clips from Issy’s favorite TV shows. He shows her these videos all the time.
Positive Traits || Extrovert; Reliable; Silly; Respectful; Protective; Artistic; Creative; Agreeable; Sweetheart; Chivalrous; Romantic; Sentimental/cheesy; Poetic; Good Listener; Athletic
Negative Traits || People-pleaser; Aggressive; Wishy-washy; Easily swayed; Gullible; Not-the-brightest; Impatient; Malleable; Slow; Easily manipulated
History
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Family ||
Bridget MacAlister – Mother – 43 – Elementary School Teacher || Seamus’ mother is kind, quiet, and extremely religious, more so than her husband most of the time. She’s a very chubby woman, who likes to clean and keep things clean. A lot of the time Seamus will roll his eyes and complain about her when she tells him to keep his room clean, or when she says she cleaned his room while he was away, but he does love her. She is nothing but proud of Seamus, but with the way she talks sometimes about social issues, Seamus has a feeling that if he ever came out as gay to her, that would change.
Donald “Donnie” MacAlister – Father – 44 – Manager of a Law Firm || Seamus and his father get along really well – his father is a notorious drinker who’s a humorous drunk, and often exasperates his wife and children when he ‘lets loose’. His father is a very burly man, with a thick beard and a loud laugh that shakes the roof. He looks like a hairy Rian would, their mother jokes. Donnie is very social and always has friends, neighbors, and extended family over for dinners, which he traditionally cooks himself with the assistance of Reagan. Donnie is a very religious man and goes to church every Sunday with his family – expecting his three children to continue to go to church too even when they’re away from home.
Rian MacAlister – Older Brother – 22 – Sports Reporter/Intern for Donnie || Seamus grew up in the shadow of his brother, but he was never dwarfed by him. His older brother is a jokester and always loves to pick on his kid siblings. Rian is accomplished and extremely confident in himself. He has a girlfriend named McKenna, who the entire family has met and who Rian has every intention of marrying. Rian often gives Seamus noogies when he sees him, and likes to play rough, but he’s very much the type of brother who believes he is the “only one” allowed to pick on his siblings. Seamus always returns Rian’s roughhousing with roughhousing of his own, often ending in the two boys wrestling on the floor like animals and bursting into laughter when they get bored of it. Seamus is very close to his brother but he’s not the type of person who he’s go to for an emotional problem – Rian is what one might call ‘stereotypically manly’ and hammered gender roles – that boys don’t cry or get upset, that it’s unmanly, ect – into Seamus’ mind. Though, of all his family, Seamus does feel closest to Rian and as though if he were to come out to anyone it would be Rian first.
Reagan MacAlister – Little Sister – 12 – Student || Reagan is and always will be Seamus’ baby sister. Both he and his older brother are protective of her, to the point that they claim she’ll never have a date until the both of them are dead. She’s a very girly girl, whose biggest dream right now is to become an astronaut someday. Reagan absolutely loves Issy, and idolizes her to the point that she’ll imitate the older girl’s gestures and body language. On the holidays she’ll follow Issy around and sometimes the family likes to joke that Reagan spends more time with Issy than Seamus does.
Hometown || Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Vehicle/Transportation || Seamus has his brother’s old 1999 Infiniti I30. Over the vacation, he got his license and is now able to drive his car around campus!
Backstory || The MacAlisters have always been a large family. Seamus was the second born to Bridget and Donald, born 6 years after his brother. Rian was always a very social, bright boy and when his brother was born he was expected to be the same way. Fortunately for Seamus’ social life, he fulfilled that right away. He was immediately just as bright and friendly as his brother was, making friends with the kids on the streets and idolizing Rian. Seamus began to follow his brother around when he could first crawl, and then walk, and before too long Rian was running around and playing with Seamus in the backyard. Rian was always rough when he messed around, but Seamus learned to toughen up for it. It was his brother who Seamus thinks taught him how to be a man, and Rian was his biggest encouragement in getting into football. When Seamus was 4 years old, his baby sister Reagan was born. She was less like her brothers in terms of liking sports but the two boys played with her, anyway. They didn’t let anything happen to her and, despite being rough around the edges, the boys were very good at watching her (although Rian and Seamus almost let her fall down the well outside – only once though, they swear).
Since he was a kid, Seamus’ dad has always hosted HUGE holiday get-togethers, inviting his friends from work, the neighborhood, and even random people who he sees wandering the streets if they’ve nowhere to go. So Seamus is used to being surrounded by people, a bunch of heavy eaters, and going through countless lasagnas on Christmas. One family that the MacAlisters were particularly close to were the Romeros, who were invited to every holiday. At first Seamus didn’t particularly care, but they had a daughter about his age, Isiodora, who he clicked with. At the parties they’d play together, to entertain themselves, sometimes with little Reagan tagging along. Rian usually hung out with Catalina, her older sister. They didn’t see one another all the time, just on holidays.
Seamus always had a passion for creating videos and when he was 11, he was given a real, functional camera for Christmas. That year, the first thing he did was shoot a bunch of videos of things. The tree, the lasagna, his family, Isiodora, Catalina and Rian, the random party guests, ect. When the holidays were over the desire didn’t fade and he took shots of nature, and shots of his brother and sister, and put them to music. His old videos weren’t the best, but as he got more experience, he grew more talented. By the time he was 13, he was publishing his videos on YouTube to about 500 subscribers, though most of them were sub-for-sub and never viewed his work. His parents, seeing his dedication to videos, had heard about Metric Academy from the Romero’s, whose oldest daughter attended the school. Seamus submitted his application and was approved, and for High School, he moved to California.
It was a big move from his hometown in Pennsylvania. When he moved onto campus, he was surprised to see that Isiodora was there as a freshman too, for dancing. The two’s friendship grew. Seamus decided to put his physical strength to use and signed up for the football team. At first he was an underdog, not the best player, but he trained every day by jogging and lifting weights at the gym. As the year waned on he became stronger and more useful on the team. When he was substituted in during a major game and helped win his popularity skyrocketed, not only with the ‘in-crowd’, but also with females. Simultaneously, he saw that his best friend had joined the cheerleading squad on campus with her new friend and was growing up to be lusted after by the other students of the school, which Seamus didn’t understand.
At the time, he labeled the feelings he felt as jealousy. Issy was his best friend, not these random guys who were hitting her up and inviting her to game after parties, and so that caused the first conflict in the team, when he got aggressive with one of his friends who got a little too close to Issy for comfort. After that there was a lot of tension on the team and eventually by the end of freshman year after a fiasco with a girl who was after Seamus dissolved, Seamus and Issy became a couple, and the tension seemed to dissolve when the rest of the team saw that he liked Issy all along. After that they were friends again and the team worked together to win the last game of the year. By sophomore year, Seamus was golden. He had a girlfriend (who his family adored when they found out), he was on his way to becoming a starter on the football team, and his grades in his film classes were going well. When it came to his relationship he and Issy went everywhere together, becoming the iconic couple that literally everyone in the school saw and who people rarely saw the other without.
As Seamus further traversed the wondrous world of puberty, he began to realize that he found himself a little too curious about his friends when they were in the locker room in various stages of undress. It was awkward and at first, he blew it off as just wondering if he was developing on time – he didn’t want to be smaller than all of them forever. Sex Ed was especially awkward, especially when all of his buddies on the team constantly nudged him, wondering if and when he and his girlfriend would have sex. It gave him a lot of anxiety, especially since he didn’t know if she wanted to, but he was certain he didn’t. He didn’t know what he wanted. But Seamus and Issy were still close, and often spent the night in one another’s rooms, watching shows. When Shyanne asked them if they were having sex, they both said they had, and ever since then they’ve been saying they have sex, but in reality, they’re not. To Issy, Seamus says he just wants to wait for a while, to make sure the moment is right or whatever, especially since both of them were raised catholic and their families preach commitment over immediate sexual gratification. But lately, he’s been beginning to feel sexual desire… just not for her. Or any girls.
When he was jogging one morning, he spotted a man who he’d never seen before. He was drawn to him because he was attractive and Seamus tripped over a rock and then looked up and he was gone. He thought he’d never see the guy again until he learned who he was -- Clint Clark, Wyatt’s new lackey. He wound up interacting with Clint a few times, when Issy was talking to Wyatt and he happened to be around, and ever since then Seamus’ crush has gotten more potent and solidified his sexual orientation inside his head, though he’s still scared to admit it. When he saw Clint sighing a lot one day, he decided to cheer the guy up somehow. But he knew nothing about him and couldn’t just go over and talk to him, he’d start tripping over his words. So he bought some really cutesy stationary from the drugstore in Salem and wrote a little letter to Clint. He masked his handwriting, making it bubbly and feminine, and went through about ten drafts of the letter before he decided it was good enough. He then put it in the anonymous mailbox and lingered, pretending to check his own mail, when he knew Clint would be by. When he saw the man’s reaction it made his heart race, so he decided to keep doing it. He was making an impact on Clint, whether or not the guy actually knew it was him. Whenever he happens to be around the group and the letters are brought up he feigns ignorance to the contents and reinforces their theories that the admirer is a girl.
He feels guilty about sending Clint the letters while dating Issy. But at the same time he feels trapped. He loves Issy and doesn’t want to hurt her, and his family is so dead-set that he’s going to marry her someday. He has no chance with Clint he’s sure, so it’s not hurting anyone to send him the letters. His lack of attraction to Issy is something that he’s trying to ‘get over’ – there have been times where he’s tried to force himself to look at her the way he looks at Clint, but it’s no use, he just can’t do it. He feels horrible because she’s so good to him, and he knows it’s cruel to lead her on, but he just can’t bring himself to tell her or be honest. So he’s kind of stuck in this rut.
One good thing he has going for him, though, is that he’s devoted to his films and videos. At the beginning of this year he was assigned to work with Mallory Abbott and they clicked, and ever since then he’s looked up to her as a sort of ‘film mentor’. When she complains about Chad, who’s a friend of his, he usually laughs and listens to her, knowing full well how obnoxious Chad can be. He got his job in the gym his sophomore year and really likes it – for various reasons. In regards to his future major, job, and career, he’s nothing but confident – it’s the social life that’s got his head spinning.
Miscellaneous
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