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linnea is back to present a second character, basically the opposite of my first lol anyway his name is Dumb, iâm sorry... KIAN MARQUEZ and he is THE RUNAWAY. more about him under the cut !
TV TROPES.
THE RUNAWAY, the hypocrite, the jerkass has a point, smug snake, tall dark and snarky, bruiser with a soft center, the delinquent, the addict, jerk with a heart of gold, tranquil fury, sad clown, stepford smiler, concpiracy theorist, tin man, troubled but cute, loveable rogue.
CHARACHTER INSPO.
marcus lopez (deadly class), theodore nott (harry potter), klaus hargreeves, diego hargreeves (the umbrella academy), nathan young (misfits), jughead jones (riverdale), steven hyde (that 70s show), nick miller (new girl), stiles stilinski (teen wolf)
RELATIONSHIP TO GREER.
More than anything, Kianâs relationship with the Golden Girl is complicated and somewhat shrouded in mystery and rumours because he refuses to talk about it much. People thought they were friends for a long time, rumours of him having a crush on her developing since he was seen carrying her things around a lot during his Freshman year, always being in her corner and defending her every move. Who would blame him though? Sheâs the Golden Girl! However, they seemed to only stay friends, like his assumed feelings werenât reciprocated; Greer getting new boyfriends but never looking twice at Kian. Only seen together a few times during his second Sophomore term people assumed heâd given up and the pair seemed to have drifted apart almost completely this spring before she disappeared. On the contrary to peopleâs common beliefs, Greer was drunk with power over the new kid who did her bidding and dirty work because he was terrified of doing her wrong. Finally, he dared to stand up for himself and then, she was suddenly gone. This left Kian unsure if heâs feeling lost and more frightened than ever or actually a relief heâs hesitant about how to express.
BASICS.
name / nickname(s): kian marquez / just kian (pronounced right or not), or marquez.
meaning: kian is the english variant of the gaelic irish given name cian, meaning "ancient" but kian (Ú©ÛۧÙ) is also a common persian given name meaning "king" or "realm". its persian origin is pronounced as (ki'ÉËn / kee-ahn) whose closest spelling in english is keon but he doesnât mind people pronouncing it wrong. long-term friends he corrects at some point.
birthday/age: february 7th,  2001,  11.43pm  /  twenty-one
zodiacs: aquarius â ; leo ✠; scorpio đĄ
gender/pronouns: cis-male / he,him
occupation: majors in history, subway employee 12hrs/week
place of birth: miami, fl (considers los angeles his hometown though)
nationality: american
ethnicity: 1/2 white, 1/4 mexican (indigenous, spanish), 1/4 iranian
languages:Â english, spanish, persian (farsi, a lil rusty tho).
sexual orientation: pan??? prefers dudes?? dont think he knows either or gives a shit
PHYSICAL.
faceclaim: benjamin wadsworth
height: 5âČ9âł
eye color: dark brown
hair color / style: dark brown / usually worn like this. occassionally (when lazy) grows it out like this (had it like that most of it sophomore year tbh) and when itâs a fresh cut he has a lowkey fauxhawk like this.
accent: didnât think he had one until people in los angeles told him he had a florida accent (mainly certain words and a lot of spanglish). he gained some la-influence in his accent living there in his teens but generally definitely more southern than new yorker.
tattoo(s) / piercing(s): n/a
scar(s): oh boy where do i start. look at this and this... and this. several scars over his torso (see marcus in deadly class) and legs most of them from when he was homeless. a particularly notable scar is one that stretches from his forehead into his right eyebrow a little over an inch and then down his cheek about another inch (gained him the nickname scar after he got it when he was homeless) and then one vertically across the bridge of his nose but thatâs from sophomore year.
clothing style: jeans / cargo pants and plain/band t-shirts tbh, jean or leather jackets.
PERSONALITY.
mbti: intp-t
moral alignment: chaotic neutral/neutral good
positive traits: adventurous, friendly, independent, charming, generous, humorous, witty, flirtatious, dedicated, protective.
negative traits: unpredictable, mistrustful, mischievous, sneaky, sarcastic, private, hypocritical, cynical, possessive, jealous.
skills: lock picking, skateboarding, dates and details of historical events and also totally unnecessary historical facts, can kinda play the guitar (wonderwall definitely but he hates it).
hobbies: history and religion, art, skateboarding, cinema, partying, video games, music, comic books, conspiracy theories, true crime.
smokes? drinks? drugs?: yes. yes. mostly just weed nowadays.
BACKGROUND.
family: david marquez (father), holly marquez (neĂ© hathaway, mother), rahui marquez (p grandfather), donya marquez (neĂ© kazemi, p grandmother), kaden marquez (brother), kian (his parentsâ dog, alaskan malamute (b. 2013))
tw: abuse, homelessness, juvenile detention, underage drinking & substance abuse/addiction
born in miami to a 17 year old couple his grandparents forcefully adopted him because they thought their son and his girlfriend were too young to raise a child. heartbroken, his parents cut ties with them and decided to travel the world before moving to the west coast.Â
kian could never do anything right with them. whether he was quiet and obedient or loud and messy he still got on their nerves, his grandfatherâs temper finally cracking while his grandmother did nothing and kian spent years collecting the courage to finally run away from their home, which he did with much determination when he was twelve years old, not looking back. not really connected to media he never knew if anyone even looked for him.
homeless before his teens, which was exciting at first to see the âworldâ but then turned more and more rough. kian did the most for cash and managed to travel by bus first to new orleans and then further west, ending up in los angeles by summer 2015 where he got with an older homeless crowd influencing him to drink away his anxiety at the age of 14, also introducing him to other vices like cigarettes and drugs.Â
in los angeles he also met jesse hart but the beginning of the friendship was short lived, abruptly put on hold when kian got sent to juvenile detention for [redacted]. they quickly realized he didnât have a family so when he got out of juvie in early 2017 he was supposed to be put into foster care system but through a dna test they found his parents living in sacramento and while not knowing him at all, they were happy to take him back - although it took time and he ran off in the meantime out of panic and was homeless for a few months more. when it was finalized though, he settles with them and... definitely made their lives a lot harder than previously.
yet, he ran away again during the summer of 2019 anyway!!! having applied for a scholarship at ogden college without their knowledge. after all, it was scary as shit having to depend on anyone after being, or at least feeling, alone for so long, wasnât it? of course, he had no hope heâd get the scholarship but to his surprise!!! he did!!Â
in excitement/fear/being nervous as shit he ran away first though, to new york for a bit where he worked during the summer and then moved on to new hampshire, that he now lovingly sometimes calls new hampshite, to study history - the only subject he ever liked in high school (that he barely passed)
he didnât get back to his parents his entire freshman year, nor did he go home during the summer after. they desperately tried to contact him for over a year but didnât see him again until his sophomore christmas break when he was just standing on their porch all of a sudden. since then theyâve had more contact and he even spent a two weeks with them in sacramento this summer but ran off to new york a week before they were supposed to drive him over there themselves.
MISC. (lil headcanons, fun facts...)
him going to juvie is not public knowledge but also not necessarily a secret, he just doesnât talk about it and if someone (unless itâs jesse) knows he went to juvie they wouldnât know for what (meaning a lot of rumors have gone around about the reason). he does joke darkly about his homelessness though, he doesnât mind people knowing about that.
reuniting with his parents he also found out he has a baby brother, kaden born in 2015 which was both weird and slightly uncomfortable for kian who spent time mostly with their dog, an alaskan malamute.... also named kian :) apparently his parents had separated a year after kian was taken from them but found their way back to each other about eight years later, having a dog and then another child after getting married.
diagnosed ptsd. he should still be in therapyÂ
his grandparents only spoke persian and spanish with him, he learned english from his surroundings and school. after running away spanish came in handy but his persian got a little rusty over the years and he did also resent both languages for a long time because of his grandparents but now he enjoys speaking to his father and brother in either. his mother just knows some basic spanish.
he didnât have any social media prior to his college freshman year, getting facebook first a few months into his first term and then instagram a couple of months later. not that he uses either of them much at all. heâs also not very tech savvy at all. his phone is a samsung from 2016 that he got from his dad in 2017.
his music taste is a lof of 70s and 80s rock music, a lot because the homeless crowds he ran with in his early teens were older than him and they had old cassettes and CDs with music. he still has an AC/DC cassette he got from one of them. however he is also a hardcore tswift fan okay
still generally bad at a lot of movie references bc he had a window where he didnât watch any at all for... obvious reasons... but heâs catching up and he lovessss movies and seeing new ones!!! especially action and indie movies. tell him ur fave heâll probably watch it!!!
