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❦ basics
name: Scar
age: 10. Old enough to know better than you, in other words.
Gender: Male
Movie/series: The Lion King
year or position: Professor of Logic and Philosophy
Non-Speaking Animal Companion(if any): None, thank goodness.
Powers(if any): Excellent powers of deduction and logic as well as impeccable survival skills and endurance, but nothing extraordinary apart from that.
❦ In depth:
Personality: Some would call Scar cruel, cold, and merciless; others would call him embittered and desperate. But all who know him agree that he defines “cunning.” He will use anything and anyone to his advantage, and his first thought is only ever himself. His pride is precious to him, he despises being mocked or patronized, and to disrespect him is to face anything from a condescending comment to ruthless retribution. Towards his students he is professional, distant, and often overly critical; towards his colleagues and superiors, sleek and silver-tongued.
On the whole, Scar dislikes talking about himself and would prefer to see what information he can coax out of others-who knows what might be useful later on? As for what it is he spends so much time planning…he prefers not to reveal that until it’s far too late for his victims to escape (though to be honest, more often than not it’s an impossible pop quiz).
Canon Background: here
AU Background: Scar took his leave of his native home, the Pride Lands, after having something precious taken from him-he refuses to specify what it was, though he hints that it was not a physical object but rather something he believes was rightfully his by birth. He harbors a great deal of bitterness and resentment as a result, especially towards students hailing from his homeland. Having put his sharp mind and natural disposition toward deep thinking to a new use, he became a professor of Logic and Philosophy at the academy, where he is quick to criticize his students and favors very few. Perhaps here he will garner the respect he deserves. Objectively, he is an awful professor. His views on ethics and justice are horribly warped and twisted. But he has mastered the art of a watertight argument and could persuade a zebra out of its stripes (one way or another, at least). And really, what knowledge in this world is more valuable than that?
Appearance: For one, a lion. That is usually enough to set him apart from most others, but in addition to that he has tan fur, a black mane, and overall sharp features only emphasized by his eyes, which are a bright, poisonous green. His left eye bears a scar, the origin of which he never discusses.
Classes: So far, Philosophy 101.
Clubs: None.
Best Subject: Philosophy and Logic, his areas of expertise.
How long have they been at the school(remember this school is from kindergarten on): Last year was his first year as an instructor.
Relationships with other characters: In a word, distant. Scar prefers to live with a reasonable degree of solitude, but he does appreciate a sycophant or intellectual equal every now and then. As for students, he tends to dislike them in general, thinking them to be ignorant and rather tedious.
• Simba - His nephew and recipient of visibly obligatory affection.
❦ Permissions
Kissing/hugging/etc: Not unless you want a scar to match his own.
Injuries: Feel free, but be warned that he'll fight back tooth and nail.
Killing: I'm open to it, but discuss first.
Mindreading/memory wiping/etc.: Within reason.