⟨ ROSS BUTLER. CIS MALE. HE / HIM. ⟩ though the mist might prevent some from seeing it, CHARLIE LAU is actually a descendent of ATHENA. it’s still a question of whether or not the TWENTY-SEVEN year old ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR from VICTORIA, MICHIGAN, US has taken after their godly parent completely, but the demigod is still known to be quite APPROACHABLE & RECKLESS.
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hey all, i’m jj and i’m a full disaster. my pronouns are she/her, i’m 26 and i live in the cst. i work full time but i’m also fake so i’m on discord like ... the entire work day unless i’m in meetings. but i am busy so i can be pretty slow and am likely to be most active on the dash with replies on weekends, but i’m around to plot all the time so hit me up. i’m also in the indie rpc which is where i’m most active and by most active i mean barely there, but anyways. i’m the worst so i’ll probably end up writing a full bio at some point, but in the meantime check out the bullet points and his stats.
PERSONALITY
at his core, charlie lau is warm. raised by a grandmother who loved him fully, he learned that the only way to live a life that is full, you need to put your heart into it. so that’s what he has always done. while some may challenge him by saying if he truly wanted to follow his heart, he’d pursue art, he disagrees. because while his art may be how he illustrates his heart, teaching is how he best thinks he can fill it. he is passionate and empathetic, always willing to take a step back and help whoever is a step behind him. and from his own experiences in school, he knows how important a good teacher can be. how they can change a student’s entire view of learning. he wants to make school not only a safe but fun space for kids, regardless of how they learn. he wants to help them figure out their how, and give them the tools to do so. he’s almost endlessly patient, only waining with those who who insist on bringing others down.
while there is uncertainty in life, he has none in his plans for his career. he is facing the future with bright eyed confidence, a smile on his face as he prepares to do what he can in a world designed to kick the spirit out of you. he likes to bring an excited energy to everything he does, and while he doesn’t always think things through enough, he finds that a positive attitude can get him through even some of his worst screw ups. charlie is the person you want on your side, and the shoulder you want to lean on. if you give him a chance to hold your heart he’ll do nothing but keep it warm.
POWERS
genius intelligence — charlie has always been smart, his education coming easier to him than it did with any of his classmates. if he could ever sit still. while incredibly smart, he was always critiqued by his teachers for his more hyperactive tendencies and the way he never seemed to be paying attention. he was often accused of cheating on quizzes, as his teachers didn’t think it were possible for him to pay such little attention, but still do well. however, he did pay attention. they just couldn’t realize that this is exactly how he did that. he’d been known to help his friends study, although he struggled to be very good at that. apparently not everyone learned best if you ran through flashcards while physically hanging upside down on the monkey bars in the local park. however, over time he learned just how his friends best needed to study, and that’s what he’d do. it started a pattern that lead to what he knew he wanted. he hated seeing his friends, or anyone really, lose their confidence in their own minds. he wanted everyone to realize they were smart. capable. and could learn. their minds may just work a little differently.
skilled craftmanship — while he did well in school, there is something he kept to himself. something far more personal than the way he could get away with not really studying for quizzes so long as he listened in class. his love for art. from a young age, charlie was always drawing. on paper, on the walls, it didn’t matter. life was his canvas. and while his grandmother didn’t necessarily discourage it, he did feel as though it was something that he should keep to himself. something that was just his way of reinterpreting the world for his own thoughts, particularly when things seemed to get just a little too crazy. but nevertheless, he finds himself always turning to his art. he always has a sketchbook in his bag and can be found doodling on napkins and the edges of paper placemats. while he doesn’t see anything he draws or paints as impressive, there are always looks of shock as people notice the intricacy of his drawings. as he’s gotten older he’s gained some confidence in his art, however, it is still by far the ability he is least confident in. leading to most of his art being kept shut away in notebooks and folders, away from judgmental eyes.
superhuman agility — charlie likes to think it’s just because he puts in the work, but there is definitely a genetic component to the ease he has in various physical activities. while it is not very obvious, it is subtly super-human, proven by the exasperation of his friends his adolescent years. particularly when playing games like dodgeball or jail tag.
OPTIONAL INFO
charlie is part of a few student organizations at eonia, including the feminist alliance, asian students alliance and the rollerskating club.
he works as a student tutor at the library, primarily helping with math and history courses.
he was raised predominantly by his paternal grandmother after the death of his father, who passed when charlie was merely two years old. while he doesn’t remember his father, he grew up with plenty of stories and pictures of his father’s childhood all around the small midwestern home.
charlie and his grandmother lived in a small costal town along lake superior on the upper peninsula of michigan. his grandmother making a living as a home health aid, driving around the few towns in their area. because of this, when charlie was younger he was often taken along with her, a sketchbook in hand as he tried to do something other then kick the back of the passenger seat from his perch in the back of her car.
as a kid, charlie was very active. he’d grown up playing sports, the attempt of his grandmother to keep a very active child as content as possible. he played baseball and hockey, and as he grew older became one of the several regular bikers that took to the trails for their cardio.
charlie was raised with a pretty heavy religious upbringing by his paternal grandmother, which inspired a great deal of his values. however he doesn’t consider himself religious. he just pulls from teachings about acceptance, loving thy neighbor, and the like. he doesn’t really identify with the “godliness” of any religion as he knows that the greek gods exist. so who’s to say others don’t? he is focused on the humanity of the all.
charlie’s favorite band growing up was jimmy eat world and no you can’t make fun of him for that because he stands by that choice.
