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PLAYER INFORMATIONNAME: Kate
AGE: 20
JOURNAL: leadengine
AIM/PLURK/EMAIL: dolecup/katesanthony@gmail.com
CURRENT CHARACTERS: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATIONSERIES: Katekyo Hitman Reborn
NAME: Hayato Gokudera
RACE: Japanese/Italian
AGE: 15. I understand that I will be unable to have this character engage in sexual acts within the game while they are underage.
CANON POINT: End of Future Arc/Beginning of Shimon arc. (Shortly after returning to the past but before the Inheritance Ceremony.)
REFERENCES: Gokudera on Wikipedia
GENDER: Male.
APPEARANCE: Half Japanese and half Italian, it's not exactly clear where Gokudera got most of his appearance, but we can chalk it up to his heritage. He's certainly attractive--the girls in his class find his exotic appearance mixed with his rebellious personality very intriguing. He's not particularly short, but up against people like Yamamoto he certainly looks it-- I'd say he's probably at about 5'4"-5", but he'll grow a bit more over the next few years. He has kind of strange light gray hair (I tend to rationalize that it's a lighter shade of gray-brown than his older half sister Bianchi, instead of pure gray) and pale green eyes. He dresses in tight fitting, fashionable clothes and lots of chunky jewelry, but it usually more casual when he doesn't have anyone to impress.
PERSONALITY & HOUSE REQUESTS: Gokudera presents himself fairly straight forwardly to most people. The world at large witnesses a rebellious personality and an aversion to authority, snappish and temperamental, often anti-social. He shouts and stomps around and generally makes a nuisance of himself, attempting to portray himself as a cool punk. He wears flashy, fashionable clothes in a style reminiscent of Harajuku street fashion: tight pants with crazy straps and belts, graphic tees and lots of layers, chunky bracelets and necklaces and rings. His smoking habit is both for appearances sake and the habitual trap of addictive, obsessive personality types. He's violent and doesn't hesitate to use force to get his opinions across, often punching first and asking questions later. He doesn't have patience for idealism or optimism, preferring to look as angry as possible, like the whole world is against him. His attitude is wider than his ego, and it surrounds him much like the perpetual cloud of smoke from his cigarettes.
Most of this is a carefully constructed veneer crafted as self defense. Gokudera's world has already been destroyed: first by the murder of his mother, and second by his father's disapproval and unwillingness to recognize him as a legitimate son. Society has already given him the middle finger, so his attitude is simply a giant Fuck You right back in its face. Gokudera had given up on living a good and proper life at a young age, and his devotion to Tsuna is more than simply caring for a friend and leader. Tsuna gave his life reason again; Tsuna is why Gokudera can make something of himself, instead of falling into delinquent obscurity and spiraling towards rock bottom. His near obsession with being the perfect Right Hand Man stems more from his desire to be needed and validated than from any actual want to protect Tsuna as a person (although over the comic Tsuna certainly becomes one of his closest friends, and Gokudera's relationship, and therefore his own self worth, certainly changes). Having someone who needs him, who approves of him, is just as fulfilling as actually accomplishing something.
He's smart, bordering on brilliant and genius, actually; his intelligence level is far beyond his age. He seems to easily do well in school despite his appearance (which startled Tsuna), and he even goes so far as to explain simple things (like swimming) using complex mathematical equations. He appears to enjoy learning, and creating things from his research is something he devotes his life to (the development of the Sistema C.A.I. is certainly a focal point of his character development during the years between the early days of the Vongola and ten years in the future). He's analytical and a surprisingly good tactician when his anger doesn't cloud his vision, which is something that happens all too often, either from the brashness of his youth or his burning desire to prove himself. He tends to invest too much of himself into everything he does, which leads to him becoming over emotional and borderline hysterical when he begins to fail. His frustration easily gets the best of him, and he seems to be his own worst enemy--his unwillingness to rely on others and his own emotional responses seem to be the primary reasons he continuously loses his fights during the comic.
Sadly, Gokudera is defined more by his insecurities than anything else. Despite his brilliance, despite his loyalty and devotion and drive and ambition, its the self loathing and need to prove himself that make Gokudera who he is.
I would say Gokudera would make an excellent Ravenclaw, with Gryffindor as a close secondary option.
Gokudera is not a leader. He may be brilliant, and he may be brave, but he does much better following orders than anything else. His ambition lasts as far as proving his worth, mainly to his family, his mentor, Tsuna, and himself (quite frankly, he doesn't give a damn what the majority of the world thinks about him). He doesn't create for himself though, or to better his status: he creates to help the Vongola, to help Tsuna, to push Tsuna towards recognition and status. He's intelligent, creative, analytical; he enjoys learning and researching and using his knowledge for the people he cares about. He's borderline intolerant of stupidity; he needs to correct people when they're wrong, and doesn't care whether you're a little kid or a head of state. If you're wrong, he will tell you. That said, if you're talented and interesting and smart, he'll admire you and respect you indefinitely. He also seems to waver between being realistic and living in his own fantasy world: he essentially forced his way into the Vongola, insisting he was Tsuna's Right Hand Man without the okay from Tsuna or Reborn. (His blindness to Tsuna's refusal to be a mafia boss or accept Gokudera as a friend in the early chapters belies a fear of rejection, and he uses his dreams and fantasies as a defense against getting hurt.) He also has a tendency towards the... eccentric. He has a fascination with aliens and possibly the occult, therefore most likely wouldn't judge anyone for weird interests (although he might give them a strange look). In fact, he'd probably identify with them more than his own friends, who are more sports inclined than anything, which Gokudera is definitely not.
He's also extremely, blindly loyal, bordering on obsessive--but only for Tsuna and the Vongola. He'd stand by Tsuna until the end of time, and defend not only Tsuna but everyone Tsuna cares about. The Vongola are his family, not only his Famiglia, and he will protect them with every fiber of his being (even if Yamamoto is an idiot and Mukuro is creepy and Hibari is a menace to society). He's a hard worker, refusing to let personal weakness stand in the way of a goal, especially if that goal will in any way help Tsuna. He's brave, or maybe just reckless, refusing to stand down even when it's clear he's lost. He's ridiculously stubborn, and once he makes an opinion it's difficult to get him to change it. That said, he's not idealistic, nor does he really want to make the world a better place. He doesn't seem to care about doing what's morally right, or taking a stand on world issues: the most important thing to him is the Vongola, and the rest of the world takes a back seat.
COMMUTER DETAILS: Gokudera would definitely not be tapped by Voldemort. He may not be inclined towards saving the world, but he's not the type to be suckered into any supremacist belief system either.
POSITION: 2nd Year Student.
ABILITIES & POWERS: Gokudera is a talented fighter, but not on a supernatural level. (At least, not without his box weapons and Vongola ring.) All his talents are from training, or intelligence; he's particularly gifted in Math and Science. His Vongola attribute is Storm, an offensive, almost angry attribute, which translates well into the more offensive magics used in the Harry Potter world. He would be particularly good at offensive magic (curses) although his favorite classes (and thus the ones he tries the best in) would probably be Potions and Arithmancy (translating into the real world Chemistry and Math, of course). However, he's a diligent worker and is probably above average in most areas, simply from studying and working hard. He'd struggle most with Defensive spells, and more instinctive magic, like Divination.
WAND: Gokudera's wand is Blackthorn, 11 1/2 in. and unyielding, with a custom core: gunpowder, like his explosives. The only thing this does is make his spells unpredictable. Sometimes the wand will singe things on its own; sometimes, a spell will go awry. The wand is temperamental, to say the least. It's well suited for Dueling.
MISC.: He'll be wearing his Vongola ring and Box weapon ring, only they're both just for show now. The weapon inside the box though? That's Uri. She's a cat with attitude, and she's definitely coming along for the ride whether Gokudera wants her to or not. Her powers will be gone, so she'll probably be even more sassy than usual.
WRITING SAMPLESFIRST PERSON:
[ Gokudera's writing is surprisingly neat, although it has a forcefulness to it that seems to get across his constant state of annoyance. He's scrawling in the journal quickly, angrily, hunched over in one of the various nooks around the castle. ]
Hey, what's the meaning of this stupid assignment? An essay on "Muggle Kitchens"??? It's a kitchen! It's where you make food! Don't you crazy people have kitchens here? Ahh, why am I taking this stupid class, I already know all about normal things...
[ He pauses in his writing; it's a thoughtful pause. After a moment, he continues writing again. ]
Can we get into the kitchens here? If I have to write this shitty essay I should at least do some research.
THIRD PERSON:
This place was weird.
During his lifetime, Gokudera had dealt with plenty of strange things. Between animals popping out of boxes, bazookas that transported people to the future, and a certain Mist Guardian's illusions, his life wasn't exactly normal and boring. He had never lived in the typical world most people did, and his fascination with the occult and alien certainly meant his hobbies veered into the weird as well. But this castle? Definitely beyond strange, even by his standards.
Stairs that moved, rooms that redecorated themselves, paintings that seemed to have lives of their own; Gokudera was fascinated. How did it all work? They claimed it was magic, but that seemed impossible. It had to have an explanation. He'd searched the library for books explaining how everything worked, but all he found were thick tomes detailing spell theory. And while that was fascinating in its own way, it definitely didn't explain how magic actually happened. He'd found information suggesting magic was in some way genetic, but not always, so that hypothesis was promptly thrown out the window. There had to be some reason that wizards could cast spells and do things no normal person could.
It was after dinner. The library was almost empty. Gokudera eyed the doorway that led into the restricted section. Technically he wasn't allowed in there without a note from a teacher. But he didn't know any of the teachers well enough to ask yet, and certainly they wouldn't give him a note if he didn't have a school related reason for wanting to go in.
So he waited, peering over the top of a thick book (that may or may not have actually been upside down). He watched Madam Pince carefully, waiting until she turned her back to replace some books--and then he bolted for it, walking as quickly and quietly as he could towards the restricted section.
Just as he was about to reach the door, a hand clamped down hard on his shoulder.
"And just where do you think you're going, young man?" Madam Pince glared down past her nose at him, unimpressed. Gokudera winced, slouched, and let her lead him back away from the door and into the rest of the library. "You have plenty of books to read out here. Unless you have a good reason, you are not getting through that door."
It wasn't like he could say he just wanted to know if the castle was built by aliens. That sounded ridiculous, even to his own standards. Huffing with annoyance, he jerked away from Madam Pince's hand.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," he said, scowling. She didn't seem impressed, and went back to her shelving.
Gokudera sent one last longing glance at the restricted section before turning to head back to his common room. One day, he thought. One day, he'd get in that stupid room, and find out the truth behind this magic thing.
AGE: 20
JOURNAL: leadengine
AIM/PLURK/EMAIL: dolecup/katesanthony@gmail.com
CURRENT CHARACTERS: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATIONSERIES: Katekyo Hitman Reborn
NAME: Hayato Gokudera
RACE: Japanese/Italian
AGE: 15. I understand that I will be unable to have this character engage in sexual acts within the game while they are underage.
CANON POINT: End of Future Arc/Beginning of Shimon arc. (Shortly after returning to the past but before the Inheritance Ceremony.)
REFERENCES: Gokudera on Wikipedia
GENDER: Male.
APPEARANCE: Half Japanese and half Italian, it's not exactly clear where Gokudera got most of his appearance, but we can chalk it up to his heritage. He's certainly attractive--the girls in his class find his exotic appearance mixed with his rebellious personality very intriguing. He's not particularly short, but up against people like Yamamoto he certainly looks it-- I'd say he's probably at about 5'4"-5", but he'll grow a bit more over the next few years. He has kind of strange light gray hair (I tend to rationalize that it's a lighter shade of gray-brown than his older half sister Bianchi, instead of pure gray) and pale green eyes. He dresses in tight fitting, fashionable clothes and lots of chunky jewelry, but it usually more casual when he doesn't have anyone to impress.
PERSONALITY & HOUSE REQUESTS: Gokudera presents himself fairly straight forwardly to most people. The world at large witnesses a rebellious personality and an aversion to authority, snappish and temperamental, often anti-social. He shouts and stomps around and generally makes a nuisance of himself, attempting to portray himself as a cool punk. He wears flashy, fashionable clothes in a style reminiscent of Harajuku street fashion: tight pants with crazy straps and belts, graphic tees and lots of layers, chunky bracelets and necklaces and rings. His smoking habit is both for appearances sake and the habitual trap of addictive, obsessive personality types. He's violent and doesn't hesitate to use force to get his opinions across, often punching first and asking questions later. He doesn't have patience for idealism or optimism, preferring to look as angry as possible, like the whole world is against him. His attitude is wider than his ego, and it surrounds him much like the perpetual cloud of smoke from his cigarettes.
Most of this is a carefully constructed veneer crafted as self defense. Gokudera's world has already been destroyed: first by the murder of his mother, and second by his father's disapproval and unwillingness to recognize him as a legitimate son. Society has already given him the middle finger, so his attitude is simply a giant Fuck You right back in its face. Gokudera had given up on living a good and proper life at a young age, and his devotion to Tsuna is more than simply caring for a friend and leader. Tsuna gave his life reason again; Tsuna is why Gokudera can make something of himself, instead of falling into delinquent obscurity and spiraling towards rock bottom. His near obsession with being the perfect Right Hand Man stems more from his desire to be needed and validated than from any actual want to protect Tsuna as a person (although over the comic Tsuna certainly becomes one of his closest friends, and Gokudera's relationship, and therefore his own self worth, certainly changes). Having someone who needs him, who approves of him, is just as fulfilling as actually accomplishing something.
He's smart, bordering on brilliant and genius, actually; his intelligence level is far beyond his age. He seems to easily do well in school despite his appearance (which startled Tsuna), and he even goes so far as to explain simple things (like swimming) using complex mathematical equations. He appears to enjoy learning, and creating things from his research is something he devotes his life to (the development of the Sistema C.A.I. is certainly a focal point of his character development during the years between the early days of the Vongola and ten years in the future). He's analytical and a surprisingly good tactician when his anger doesn't cloud his vision, which is something that happens all too often, either from the brashness of his youth or his burning desire to prove himself. He tends to invest too much of himself into everything he does, which leads to him becoming over emotional and borderline hysterical when he begins to fail. His frustration easily gets the best of him, and he seems to be his own worst enemy--his unwillingness to rely on others and his own emotional responses seem to be the primary reasons he continuously loses his fights during the comic.
Sadly, Gokudera is defined more by his insecurities than anything else. Despite his brilliance, despite his loyalty and devotion and drive and ambition, its the self loathing and need to prove himself that make Gokudera who he is.
I would say Gokudera would make an excellent Ravenclaw, with Gryffindor as a close secondary option.
Gokudera is not a leader. He may be brilliant, and he may be brave, but he does much better following orders than anything else. His ambition lasts as far as proving his worth, mainly to his family, his mentor, Tsuna, and himself (quite frankly, he doesn't give a damn what the majority of the world thinks about him). He doesn't create for himself though, or to better his status: he creates to help the Vongola, to help Tsuna, to push Tsuna towards recognition and status. He's intelligent, creative, analytical; he enjoys learning and researching and using his knowledge for the people he cares about. He's borderline intolerant of stupidity; he needs to correct people when they're wrong, and doesn't care whether you're a little kid or a head of state. If you're wrong, he will tell you. That said, if you're talented and interesting and smart, he'll admire you and respect you indefinitely. He also seems to waver between being realistic and living in his own fantasy world: he essentially forced his way into the Vongola, insisting he was Tsuna's Right Hand Man without the okay from Tsuna or Reborn. (His blindness to Tsuna's refusal to be a mafia boss or accept Gokudera as a friend in the early chapters belies a fear of rejection, and he uses his dreams and fantasies as a defense against getting hurt.) He also has a tendency towards the... eccentric. He has a fascination with aliens and possibly the occult, therefore most likely wouldn't judge anyone for weird interests (although he might give them a strange look). In fact, he'd probably identify with them more than his own friends, who are more sports inclined than anything, which Gokudera is definitely not.
He's also extremely, blindly loyal, bordering on obsessive--but only for Tsuna and the Vongola. He'd stand by Tsuna until the end of time, and defend not only Tsuna but everyone Tsuna cares about. The Vongola are his family, not only his Famiglia, and he will protect them with every fiber of his being (even if Yamamoto is an idiot and Mukuro is creepy and Hibari is a menace to society). He's a hard worker, refusing to let personal weakness stand in the way of a goal, especially if that goal will in any way help Tsuna. He's brave, or maybe just reckless, refusing to stand down even when it's clear he's lost. He's ridiculously stubborn, and once he makes an opinion it's difficult to get him to change it. That said, he's not idealistic, nor does he really want to make the world a better place. He doesn't seem to care about doing what's morally right, or taking a stand on world issues: the most important thing to him is the Vongola, and the rest of the world takes a back seat.
COMMUTER DETAILS: Gokudera would definitely not be tapped by Voldemort. He may not be inclined towards saving the world, but he's not the type to be suckered into any supremacist belief system either.
POSITION: 2nd Year Student.
ABILITIES & POWERS: Gokudera is a talented fighter, but not on a supernatural level. (At least, not without his box weapons and Vongola ring.) All his talents are from training, or intelligence; he's particularly gifted in Math and Science. His Vongola attribute is Storm, an offensive, almost angry attribute, which translates well into the more offensive magics used in the Harry Potter world. He would be particularly good at offensive magic (curses) although his favorite classes (and thus the ones he tries the best in) would probably be Potions and Arithmancy (translating into the real world Chemistry and Math, of course). However, he's a diligent worker and is probably above average in most areas, simply from studying and working hard. He'd struggle most with Defensive spells, and more instinctive magic, like Divination.
WAND: Gokudera's wand is Blackthorn, 11 1/2 in. and unyielding, with a custom core: gunpowder, like his explosives. The only thing this does is make his spells unpredictable. Sometimes the wand will singe things on its own; sometimes, a spell will go awry. The wand is temperamental, to say the least. It's well suited for Dueling.
MISC.: He'll be wearing his Vongola ring and Box weapon ring, only they're both just for show now. The weapon inside the box though? That's Uri. She's a cat with attitude, and she's definitely coming along for the ride whether Gokudera wants her to or not. Her powers will be gone, so she'll probably be even more sassy than usual.
WRITING SAMPLESFIRST PERSON:
[ Gokudera's writing is surprisingly neat, although it has a forcefulness to it that seems to get across his constant state of annoyance. He's scrawling in the journal quickly, angrily, hunched over in one of the various nooks around the castle. ]
Hey, what's the meaning of this stupid assignment? An essay on "Muggle Kitchens"??? It's a kitchen! It's where you make food! Don't you crazy people have kitchens here? Ahh, why am I taking this stupid class, I already know all about normal things...
[ He pauses in his writing; it's a thoughtful pause. After a moment, he continues writing again. ]
Can we get into the kitchens here? If I have to write this shitty essay I should at least do some research.
THIRD PERSON:
This place was weird.
During his lifetime, Gokudera had dealt with plenty of strange things. Between animals popping out of boxes, bazookas that transported people to the future, and a certain Mist Guardian's illusions, his life wasn't exactly normal and boring. He had never lived in the typical world most people did, and his fascination with the occult and alien certainly meant his hobbies veered into the weird as well. But this castle? Definitely beyond strange, even by his standards.
Stairs that moved, rooms that redecorated themselves, paintings that seemed to have lives of their own; Gokudera was fascinated. How did it all work? They claimed it was magic, but that seemed impossible. It had to have an explanation. He'd searched the library for books explaining how everything worked, but all he found were thick tomes detailing spell theory. And while that was fascinating in its own way, it definitely didn't explain how magic actually happened. He'd found information suggesting magic was in some way genetic, but not always, so that hypothesis was promptly thrown out the window. There had to be some reason that wizards could cast spells and do things no normal person could.
It was after dinner. The library was almost empty. Gokudera eyed the doorway that led into the restricted section. Technically he wasn't allowed in there without a note from a teacher. But he didn't know any of the teachers well enough to ask yet, and certainly they wouldn't give him a note if he didn't have a school related reason for wanting to go in.
So he waited, peering over the top of a thick book (that may or may not have actually been upside down). He watched Madam Pince carefully, waiting until she turned her back to replace some books--and then he bolted for it, walking as quickly and quietly as he could towards the restricted section.
Just as he was about to reach the door, a hand clamped down hard on his shoulder.
"And just where do you think you're going, young man?" Madam Pince glared down past her nose at him, unimpressed. Gokudera winced, slouched, and let her lead him back away from the door and into the rest of the library. "You have plenty of books to read out here. Unless you have a good reason, you are not getting through that door."
It wasn't like he could say he just wanted to know if the castle was built by aliens. That sounded ridiculous, even to his own standards. Huffing with annoyance, he jerked away from Madam Pince's hand.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," he said, scowling. She didn't seem impressed, and went back to her shelving.
Gokudera sent one last longing glance at the restricted section before turning to head back to his common room. One day, he thought. One day, he'd get in that stupid room, and find out the truth behind this magic thing.