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[PLAYER INFO]
NAME: Kimmie
AGE: 22
JOURNAL: lostandawaiting
IM: modernaurora
E-MAIL: shadowofaslytherin@yahoo.com
RETURNING: none
[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME Ryan Bailey Howard
FANDOM: The Office
CHRONOLOGY: Season 2, Episode 4: The Fire.
CLASS: Nothing. Ryan doesn't want to be a hero.
SUPERHERO NAME: n/a
ALTER EGO: Ryan Howard, intern at thhe Michael Scott Paper Company
BACKGROUND:
Ryan is from a small, ass backwards town in Northeastern Pennsylvania called Scranton. It pretty much sucks the life out of everything. Maybe in the '50's Scranton was special, but now there's nothing exciting about it. Especially to someone who has lived here all of their life.
Ryan came to Dunder Mifflin from a Temp Agency. This is not where he imagined himself. He does not want to be there. He's hoping to leave before he gains a nickname and he doesn't want people to remember him. He mostly does as he's told, going to business school in the meantime. He's hoping to get out of Scranton. For right now he's working as a sales associate under Michael Scott, but he's really more like his lackey. Whatever Michael asks, Ryan does.
His days are usually crazy, though he likes to pretend this is the most boring job with the most boring people. He runs around as Michael's lackey, but usually Michael has him doing strange things that serve no purpose. Every day seems like an adventure. Especially his last day at work.
Ryan is now known as "the Fire Guy" since he accidentally left a cheese pita in the microwave and it caught fire. This lead to half of a day spent outside while the Scranton Fire Department put the fire out and made sure the office was safe again. In the meantime, the group stood outside and played stupid games while Ryan and Michael talked. Dwight was pretty jealous over the attention Michael was giving the Temp. The fact that it's Ryan's fault amuses both he and Michael which start both the nickname and the song "Ryan Started the Fire". It's sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".
His relationships are tricky. He hates the office he works in. He hates his job. It's menial and less than he wants. Most employees are general fuck ups. However he does have a weakspot for two people in particular.
One is Michael. Michael is his boss. On one hand he has little to no respect for him. The man is insane. However Michael values him. He sees the potential in Ryan and has a bizarre man-crush on him. As much as it weirds him out, he realizes what Michael sees in him. He becomes less rude to him, though not quite friendly. He tolerates Michael's weird behaviors because of this. He goes along with his crazy requests and inappropriate touching and affection. Michael isn't a bad person. He just sort of fails.
The other person is Kelly; though at this canon point, Ryan isn't dating her. She just exists. However he ends up with her because she idolizes him. She puts him up on this pedastool and he is perfectly fine with being worshipped. Though most of the time she is so annoying he's rather stuff something in her mouth or just run away.
PERSONALITY:
Ryan has ego issues. He thinks he should be doing bigger and better things. He doesn't want to stick around the office or even Scranton. This tends to make him almost obsessed with New York. It's also why he comes across that he hates everything and is the epitome of a sarcastic bastard. He is always saying in the first two seasons that he wants to leave. In the episode "The Fire", he tells the audience he doesn't want people to remember him. He doesn't want a nickname or to become "the something guy". In the same episode he ends up becoming "the Fire Guy". This only fuels the fire of his contempt.
Which he really feels for most of the office. It seems most of the time that he hates everything. He isn't really a good person, but he never really does anything against anyone. He's just there, existing in a perpetual state of lineface.
Until he softens up to Michael. He has ego issues. At first he's majorly uncomfortable with Michael. He does not want his advances, but then the more Michael gets closer to him (sometimes forcably with way too personal questions and statements like 'I would have sex with Ryan...'), he realizes that Michael sees the potential in him. He sees the success he'll one day become. Michael knows what he has become and wants so much more for his sort of protege, and Ryan realizes that his weirdness is just Michael's way of trying to be a part of that (he follows up the above quote by saying '...because one day he'll own his own business.').
Ryan secretly wants to be liked. He responds more when people like him though he pretends it doesn't matter. This is evidence by the fact he has an on and off again relationship with coworker Kelly Kapoor. She is not someone he should be with. She's vain, annoying, and works in the office. But because she idolizes hiim, Ryan will take what he can get.
He doesn't really care about people though. It's their own business, and he definitely thinks he's better than them. He's only a part of this company until something better comes along. Though it does grow on him,he does later leave it to work in New York, not caring what the rest of the office thinks.
He's generally a sarcastic ass that comes across as he hates everything. And for the most part it is true. Though if you coddle his ego, he's more likely to be... nice is not the correct word. He's more likely to not try and hurt your feelings. Though that generally takes effort he won't commit to anyway. Let's put it this way. If you like Ryan and happen to be on fire and there just so happens to be a bucket of water near him, he'll dump it on you, but act like it was the biggest chore ever.
POWER: His body is magnetized. Magnets stick to his body. He has no control over it.
[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
COMMUNITY POST (FIRST PERSON) SAMPLE:
[There is a young man in his midtwenties just staring at the screen.] What the hell is this? No, really. I was about to get away from go to the Nay Aug zoo for Michael. When did the men's bathroom become some sort of portal?
[Biggest sigh ever. What is his life? And then he's reminded that he has superpowers when his watch is suddenly stuck to his face. He's linefacing his life right now and trying to peel the metal off. It's sticking. Fuck it. It's staying to his cheek for now.]
And this superhero thing? Ugh thanks, but no thanks. I'm sure all of you are just awesome, and saving people is your thing, but I like being normal. [That would mean he cares about things. And he clearly does not. Nope. Never.]
New York. Well, at least there's potential here. Please tell me this New York is... New York with New York... things. It's just better. [Take it from him.] Than Scranton, I mean.
Although Scranton with superheroes... [A pause.] would still be the same.
[He just stares at the camera, and then looks around. Welp, that seems good enough. The feed goes black.]
LOGS POST (THIRD PERSON) SAMPLE
So he's in midtwenties and sleeping on the floor of his boss' company/ home. That did not a failure make. In Scranton it would. But this wasn't Scranton, and this wasn't really his home... world. He'll go with that terminology. Ryan shifted on the floor and rolled over. At least he wasn't homeless.
He couldn't really see the silver lining here, but there was several not so horrible points. His coworkers were there. No. That's something negative. Especially since they were five years a head of him. And Pam was married. The one hot girl who worked at that god forsaken company was now married. She wasn't really hot. More Plain Jane, but for Scranton, that was pretty hot. Ryan thought so at least.
He could hear Michael rolling in his bed five feet from Ryan, and he thanked whatever deity was up there that he had the sense not to take Michael's offering of sleeping in his bed. That was too close for comfort. Well, at least he gave him a job and a place to stay. That was better than most people. So despite how much Ryan's soul hurt to be there, well... Michael wasn't... he wasn't...
Ryan will come back to that thought when less insulting adjectives decide to surface. He doesn't actually want to think less of the guy. Not right now.
He sat up to fluff the chintzy pillow and then half passed out back down on it. So living in New York - whatever version of it - and still doing this menial job. Ugh. It was too much like home. And super powers? Hell no.
Ryan liked being normal, flying under the radar. Michael wanted to go all superhero team, but Ryan was no Robin to his Batman. He couldn't pay him to get into tights. Or to see Michael in them.
He grimaced as he turned over again. There was potential here at least. That's what mattered. No matter who was there. There was potential. He blinked away some last lingering scowls and insulting thoughts about his very Scrantonian coworkers and decided he should get some sleep.
FINAL NOTES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: None.
NAME: Kimmie
AGE: 22
JOURNAL: lostandawaiting
IM: modernaurora
E-MAIL: shadowofaslytherin@yahoo.com
RETURNING: none
[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME Ryan Bailey Howard
FANDOM: The Office
CHRONOLOGY: Season 2, Episode 4: The Fire.
CLASS: Nothing. Ryan doesn't want to be a hero.
SUPERHERO NAME: n/a
ALTER EGO: Ryan Howard, intern at thhe Michael Scott Paper Company
BACKGROUND:
Ryan is from a small, ass backwards town in Northeastern Pennsylvania called Scranton. It pretty much sucks the life out of everything. Maybe in the '50's Scranton was special, but now there's nothing exciting about it. Especially to someone who has lived here all of their life.
Ryan came to Dunder Mifflin from a Temp Agency. This is not where he imagined himself. He does not want to be there. He's hoping to leave before he gains a nickname and he doesn't want people to remember him. He mostly does as he's told, going to business school in the meantime. He's hoping to get out of Scranton. For right now he's working as a sales associate under Michael Scott, but he's really more like his lackey. Whatever Michael asks, Ryan does.
His days are usually crazy, though he likes to pretend this is the most boring job with the most boring people. He runs around as Michael's lackey, but usually Michael has him doing strange things that serve no purpose. Every day seems like an adventure. Especially his last day at work.
Ryan is now known as "the Fire Guy" since he accidentally left a cheese pita in the microwave and it caught fire. This lead to half of a day spent outside while the Scranton Fire Department put the fire out and made sure the office was safe again. In the meantime, the group stood outside and played stupid games while Ryan and Michael talked. Dwight was pretty jealous over the attention Michael was giving the Temp. The fact that it's Ryan's fault amuses both he and Michael which start both the nickname and the song "Ryan Started the Fire". It's sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".
His relationships are tricky. He hates the office he works in. He hates his job. It's menial and less than he wants. Most employees are general fuck ups. However he does have a weakspot for two people in particular.
One is Michael. Michael is his boss. On one hand he has little to no respect for him. The man is insane. However Michael values him. He sees the potential in Ryan and has a bizarre man-crush on him. As much as it weirds him out, he realizes what Michael sees in him. He becomes less rude to him, though not quite friendly. He tolerates Michael's weird behaviors because of this. He goes along with his crazy requests and inappropriate touching and affection. Michael isn't a bad person. He just sort of fails.
The other person is Kelly; though at this canon point, Ryan isn't dating her. She just exists. However he ends up with her because she idolizes him. She puts him up on this pedastool and he is perfectly fine with being worshipped. Though most of the time she is so annoying he's rather stuff something in her mouth or just run away.
PERSONALITY:
Ryan has ego issues. He thinks he should be doing bigger and better things. He doesn't want to stick around the office or even Scranton. This tends to make him almost obsessed with New York. It's also why he comes across that he hates everything and is the epitome of a sarcastic bastard. He is always saying in the first two seasons that he wants to leave. In the episode "The Fire", he tells the audience he doesn't want people to remember him. He doesn't want a nickname or to become "the something guy". In the same episode he ends up becoming "the Fire Guy". This only fuels the fire of his contempt.
Which he really feels for most of the office. It seems most of the time that he hates everything. He isn't really a good person, but he never really does anything against anyone. He's just there, existing in a perpetual state of lineface.
Until he softens up to Michael. He has ego issues. At first he's majorly uncomfortable with Michael. He does not want his advances, but then the more Michael gets closer to him (sometimes forcably with way too personal questions and statements like 'I would have sex with Ryan...'), he realizes that Michael sees the potential in him. He sees the success he'll one day become. Michael knows what he has become and wants so much more for his sort of protege, and Ryan realizes that his weirdness is just Michael's way of trying to be a part of that (he follows up the above quote by saying '...because one day he'll own his own business.').
Ryan secretly wants to be liked. He responds more when people like him though he pretends it doesn't matter. This is evidence by the fact he has an on and off again relationship with coworker Kelly Kapoor. She is not someone he should be with. She's vain, annoying, and works in the office. But because she idolizes hiim, Ryan will take what he can get.
He doesn't really care about people though. It's their own business, and he definitely thinks he's better than them. He's only a part of this company until something better comes along. Though it does grow on him,he does later leave it to work in New York, not caring what the rest of the office thinks.
He's generally a sarcastic ass that comes across as he hates everything. And for the most part it is true. Though if you coddle his ego, he's more likely to be... nice is not the correct word. He's more likely to not try and hurt your feelings. Though that generally takes effort he won't commit to anyway. Let's put it this way. If you like Ryan and happen to be on fire and there just so happens to be a bucket of water near him, he'll dump it on you, but act like it was the biggest chore ever.
POWER: His body is magnetized. Magnets stick to his body. He has no control over it.
[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
COMMUNITY POST (FIRST PERSON) SAMPLE:
[There is a young man in his midtwenties just staring at the screen.] What the hell is this? No, really. I was about to get away from go to the Nay Aug zoo for Michael. When did the men's bathroom become some sort of portal?
[Biggest sigh ever. What is his life? And then he's reminded that he has superpowers when his watch is suddenly stuck to his face. He's linefacing his life right now and trying to peel the metal off. It's sticking. Fuck it. It's staying to his cheek for now.]
And this superhero thing? Ugh thanks, but no thanks. I'm sure all of you are just awesome, and saving people is your thing, but I like being normal. [That would mean he cares about things. And he clearly does not. Nope. Never.]
New York. Well, at least there's potential here. Please tell me this New York is... New York with New York... things. It's just better. [Take it from him.] Than Scranton, I mean.
Although Scranton with superheroes... [A pause.] would still be the same.
[He just stares at the camera, and then looks around. Welp, that seems good enough. The feed goes black.]
LOGS POST (THIRD PERSON) SAMPLE
So he's in midtwenties and sleeping on the floor of his boss' company/ home. That did not a failure make. In Scranton it would. But this wasn't Scranton, and this wasn't really his home... world. He'll go with that terminology. Ryan shifted on the floor and rolled over. At least he wasn't homeless.
He couldn't really see the silver lining here, but there was several not so horrible points. His coworkers were there. No. That's something negative. Especially since they were five years a head of him. And Pam was married. The one hot girl who worked at that god forsaken company was now married. She wasn't really hot. More Plain Jane, but for Scranton, that was pretty hot. Ryan thought so at least.
He could hear Michael rolling in his bed five feet from Ryan, and he thanked whatever deity was up there that he had the sense not to take Michael's offering of sleeping in his bed. That was too close for comfort. Well, at least he gave him a job and a place to stay. That was better than most people. So despite how much Ryan's soul hurt to be there, well... Michael wasn't... he wasn't...
Ryan will come back to that thought when less insulting adjectives decide to surface. He doesn't actually want to think less of the guy. Not right now.
He sat up to fluff the chintzy pillow and then half passed out back down on it. So living in New York - whatever version of it - and still doing this menial job. Ugh. It was too much like home. And super powers? Hell no.
Ryan liked being normal, flying under the radar. Michael wanted to go all superhero team, but Ryan was no Robin to his Batman. He couldn't pay him to get into tights. Or to see Michael in them.
He grimaced as he turned over again. There was potential here at least. That's what mattered. No matter who was there. There was potential. He blinked away some last lingering scowls and insulting thoughts about his very Scrantonian coworkers and decided he should get some sleep.
FINAL NOTES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER: None.