Post by Shelby on Nov 12, 2016 20:37:09 GMT
BASICS
Name/Nicknames ||
Jared Symons. No nicknames as far as he's concerned, and he won't generally answer to anything other than Jared. It's a sign of respect for him, and if people call him out of his name he things that they're not worth his time. Of course, with the girls he charms he's fine with having little 'pet names' from them so long as they don't get too cutesy.
Age/Birthday ||
Twenty one-years-old, birthday on September 28th.
Reputation ||
Well known in the dancing community, Jared has made a bit of a name for himself among the dance students at Metric. Since he's been attending the school since he was a freshman in high school, the majority of the dance instructors know him pretty well, as do a lot of the students. He's known as a smooth, charming dancer; graceful on the dance floor with some of the most fluid movements. He's known for focusing mainly on ballroom dances and is known for being partnered up with Max Carter, but he's been seen dappling in other dancing styles. He's also not one of the nicest people around... But he can surely act nice, and people still talk with him.
Job ||
If making sure that he wins every and any dance competition he enters so that he can take home the prize money a job, then yes, Jared has a job. Otherwise he has his complete focus on his dancing skills and abilities so that he never has to go back home.
SCHOOL/SOCIAL INFORMATION
School and Class ||
Jared attends Metric College and is a senior.
Major ||
Dancing
Friend(s) ||
TBA-open
Enemies/Rivals ||
Being in the dancing community and partaking in many dancing competitions has made Jared accumulate a lot of enemies and rivals. Every person in the dancing major is a bit of a rival to him, though there are some that he doesn't even believe to be competition to him. With his harsh attitude when it comes to dancing, he's also just accumulated a group of people that don't like him in general; no matter how good of a dancer he is, some people refuse to be his partner, which automatically puts them on his enemy list. Any girlfriend's he's blindsided in the past can be tacked onto this list. Simple hit-it-and-quit-its that try to get attached irritate him the most.
Sexuality ||
Heterosexual.
Relationship Status ||
Single for now. He's just getting out of a relationship, not that he cared much for it.
APPEARANCE
Height/Body Type ||
Jared is 5'11" and has an athletically lean build. With all of the dancing he does, he keeps himself in good bodily shape. He also goes to the gym and lifts weights every once in a while; not enough to get him buff, but enough to keep his arm muscles strong for when lifting a partner during a routine.
Hair color ||
Blonde. Depending on what he has to do for the day, Jared will either comb his hair and make it look tamed, or he'll just let it be and hop out of bed with it looking wild. He's gotten compliments on both styles. He grows no facial hair, and even if he could grow a decent amount he'd likely cut it off; it's bad enough dealing with the hair on top of his head. He also never lets his hair get too long, just keeping it at his ears.
Eye color ||
Blue
Clothing style ||
Button down or a nice shirt with a pair of jeans is what you'll normally see Jared walking around in. Something that compliments his hair and his eyes, as well as the physic of his body. When practicing he usually wears some sort of tank top and a pair of sweat pants or gym shorts depending on the weather outside. As long as it looks nice on him, he'll be fine.
Ethnicity ||
German-American
Playby ||
Maurice Sinclair
PERSONALITY
Likes ||
Dancing, winning, money, sex, tuna, exercising, being doted on by the girls he charms,
Dislikes ||
Losing, getting inured, one night stands getting attached, not getting a routine quickly, his father,
Positive traits ||
Confident, hardworking, adaptable, clever, calm, leader, charming
Negative Traits ||
Overconfident, manipulative, heart breaker, proud, disloyal, non empathetic
Hobbies ||
Dancing and working out at the gym.
BACKGROUND/FAMILY
Family ||
Father – Parker Symons - Office Worker || Parker is the man that has taught Jared all of his bad habits; because of his father, Jared picked up a bad attitude as well. When he was young he saw the way his father treated women--like garbage--and assumed that this was the way that all women were supposed to be treated. Once a week there would be a new woman coming to the house and he'd hear noises from his father's bedroom, which he eventually learned was his father and said woman having sex, and decided that that was normal.
Jared and Parker have never really seen eye to eye with each other. After the death of his wife, Lauren, during child birth he considers Jared a mistake and the worst thing to have ever happened in his life. This lead to Parker never taking care of Jared like a father should--he was ill attentive, sometimes didn't prepare food for his son, and all around was mildly mentally abusive to him. Jared didn't start fighting back against his father until he was in his teens, in which he was kicked out and was never allowed to enter the house again. Of course, Parker tried to apologize to Jared, but he refused to accept it. He was a pitiful dad anyway, and was never able to get over the loss of his wife. He lost his job as a chemical engineer and the majority of his money, which also makes him harbor resentment towards Jared. He believes that his son is the cause of all his misfortunes and has led a terrible life sense, filled with drinking and pointless sex with women.
Mother – Lauren Symons - Deceased || Jared had never gotten the opportunity to meet his mother because of the unfortunate circumstances of her death; during child labor. Things seemed to have been fine as she started pushing; Parker was encouraging her on and Jared was coming steadily with no complications. It had been the perfect labor many would say; no high blood pressure, no heart rates were dropped, and she had been a healthy woman. She never over ate, took all of her prenatal vitamins, and had been pretty relax throughout her pregnancy. But, something went wrong. One moment she was pushing Jared out of her and the next minute he was out, but she had lost her life right after her next, sharp breath.
Lauren had been planning on being a stay at home mom after Jared was born. She quit her job as a kindergarten teacher seven months into her pregnancy, right as the school session let out for summer. It was going to be different surviving on one income, but with cutting back and living a simpler life, she knew that she could do it. Oh, if only she had lived long enough to actually see it through. She was a compassionate woman, loving and all around just a good person. She never raised her voice at anyone, would never so much as hurt a fly, and she was always told that she would be a great mother. And she had been so excited at the prospect of finally being able to take that next step in her life...
Jared has only heard stories of his mother and very few pictures of her. Often he's told that he has his mother's eyes, hair, and smile, but it's hard for him to picture it when ever he sees her. It's not like Parker showed him pictures; that was always left up to the job of his aunt.
Aunt - Sophia Sandalwood - Nurse || Sophia is Jared's aunt and the closest thing to his mother since Sophia is her sister. She was there at the hospital when she was giving birth, and she was there to hear the devastating news that her sister had passed away giving birth; it hadn't been an easy couple of days after that. Every time she looked down at little Jared she could think of noting but the life that had been lost, much like Parker had been thinking at the time, but unlike Parker she had been able to put aside her grievances for the sake of the little baby boy that had recently been brought into the world.
Without Sophia, Jared may not have been alive. For the longest time he believed that she was his mother, but she quickly squashed that notion and told him who she really was in relation to him. When Parker was having a rough time coping, Sophia was there to help the both of them, often taking most care of Jared so that he didn't' starve to death and to make sure that his diaper was changed on a regular basis. As he grew older she let Parker take more reigns of raising his son, but she still came by often, worried about her nephew and Parker's mental state. Often times she heard from Jared all that Parker was doing, and often times Sophia had to let Jared stay at her place so that he could eat and make sure that he bathed properly.
She spoke with Parker often to get him on the right track, to get him to love his son, but his demeanor towards his son never changed. Jared started acting up, becoming rebellious, and when he was kicked out of his father's home she took him in with open arms. Since then she hasn't talked to Parker. The last thing Sophia remembers telling him is to get therapy and that as long as she was in the picture he was never going to harm his son again.
Backstory ||
Jared didn't grow up with that happy of a life. He grew up in a loveless home after his mother died giving birth to him, and his father blamed him for every terrible thing that happened in his life. Oftentimes Jared went to school hungry, skinnier than the other kids, and the teachers often asked him if he was eating at home. "Sometimes," he'd answer, but that was it. He doesn't remember much from his childhood other than being yelled at by his father, watching as he drank and left empty beer bottles around the house, and remembering the women that his father always brought home. It angered him. His father's deprecating words left a deep hole in Jared, especially as he started growing up and realizing why he didn't have a mother; it was all his fault.
Still, the thought keeps him up at night. When he was younger he cried about it often and wondered why it had to happen, but no a days he just wallows away in his own self pity about the day. Though his Aunt Sophie continues to tell him that it wasn't his fault and that he had no control over what happened to his mother, he can't help but think that it was his fault. Maybe he would have had a much better life than he had growing up, and sometimes even now. No family, no father, no mother...
The only saving grace in his life was and is Sophie. For as long as Jared could remember, she had always been his true caretaker. As much as she could, she made sure that he ate, bathed, and had as good of a life as he could get. But he hated it when she would leave and he was left to be alone with his father. He started resenting her for that, especially when he got kicked out of his father's place and ended up moving in with her. Why hadn't he lived here in the beginning? Why did she always send him back home? When he first moved in with her he had many reasons to believe that she would take him back to Parker's house, but she never did, thankfully. That still didn't stop Jared from lashing out at her, nor did it stop him from getting into trouble at school.
If he wasn't doing his work in class, then he was disrupting the class by making obnoxious noises--tapping his feet on the ground, banging his hands on his desk. He'd even turned to harassing the girls; trying to kiss them, groping them as he passed by in the halls. Often he was found fighting the other boys in the school, and it was when it got to that point that Sophie knew she had to do something about him.
She started taking him to dance classes. It was something that a friend of her's had told her about, saying that it would be a good outlet for someone like him, and quickly Jared took to it. Once he got over the initial rebellion of being forced into a class, that was. But seeing that it was full of girls his age, some even older, he got over it and put his all into dancing, surprisingly. He quickly honed in his skills and though he hadn't had as much training as some kids in his class did, he, Sophie, and his instructor learned that he had a natural talent when it came to dancing. It came naturally and quickly to him; eventually he started taking part in little dance shows, which turned into actual dancing competitions.
Letting out his extra energy helped him in school; he still got in trouble, but at least he wasn't getting into as much as he used to. He also became nicer and less stubborn around Sophie, the only person in his life who continuously cheered him on and stuck with him no matter what. Dancing, at that point, became his life for years to come.
Not long before it was time for him to enter his freshman year in high school he was given the opportunity to audition for a spot to attend Metric Academy of the Arts in Salem, California. With having lived in Chicago, Illinois all his life, this was an exciting thing. Not only that, but it would get him father away from his father. He auditioned and ended up getting into the school. Working off a scholarship, he attended the school and continued on with honing in his dancing skills; soon becoming a top contender in the dance students. While there, he started focusing on Ballroom dancing and since then he's continued on. Going into college, he's essentially had one partner, Max Carter, and as he gears himself for graduating in the spring he continues to look for opportunities for himself.
OOC NOTES
Jared got his tattoos as soon as he turned eighteen. He has one going along his chest, one on his left shoulder, and then he has another one on his other arm, right at his forearm.
He essentially disowned his father as soon as he was kicked out of the house despite being only nine years old at the time. Since then, the only person he really considers family is Sophia, and even then he has distanced himself from her.
Though he'll often find himself in a relationship with a girl, he doesn't care about them. He just likes to have the hottest girl on his arm while having other chicks on the side. It keeps things interesting for him, and he can't lie; having to keep the current girlfriend away from his side pieces is a bit of a thrill.
He essentially disowned his father as soon as he was kicked out of the house despite being only nine years old at the time. Since then, the only person he really considers family is Sophia, and even then he has distanced himself from her.
Though he'll often find himself in a relationship with a girl, he doesn't care about them. He just likes to have the hottest girl on his arm while having other chicks on the side. It keeps things interesting for him, and he can't lie; having to keep the current girlfriend away from his side pieces is a bit of a thrill.