DEAN, Jason Alexander [wip]

[JASON ALEXANDER DEAN]

Jason Alexander Dean

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Name: Jason Alexander Dean
Nickname: Alex, Dean
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Owner of S.H.P.S (Soda Hop Pop Shoppe)
Species: Elemental
Play By: Jared Padelecki
Ability and Talent: Fire

Jason is pretty tall, standing 6'3". Jason has brown hair and green eyes. He looks just like his age is, but sometimes depending on what wearing he can look a bit older. Jason isn't afraid of getting dirty or wet, even if he has the most expensive clothes on! Plus he doesn't really care what clothes he is wearing, as long he feels good in them. But with his new powers, Jason is a little more shy than before and sometimes he is afraid to be close to people, because he fears that he may hurt them.

His dressing style would be casual. He doesn't like ties and formal clothes, because he's not comfortable in them. You can't move so much and they are easy to get dirty real fast. The best style for him would be casual with shirts, jeans, shorts, shoes and maybe a jacket with hat. Jason mainly tries to wear clothes, who doesn't highlight him in front of other people. The word gray and not so bright would describe his clothes colors, however sometimes he may wear something colorful, depending on a situation and how feels like.

He hates people who thinks, that they are better than other no matter what, however in some cases, he may sound just like them and it is a major flaw for him. It can damage his picture in front of other people and that is another flaw, because for him it is important what others think about him, mainly the new met people or anyone else he encounters. Despite that Jason is natural in front of his friends and he isn't afraid to fail or do some crazy stuff in front of others, while he is together with them.

Another big flaw for him is being shy. He can't just go up to someone and ask something, just because of his shyness. But! With shyness comes great things, like the talent to listen. Jason is silent, yes, but that doesn't mean he can't hear others and to be honest, he can hear others very well and with that talent, Jason can know what people are up to. Due to his shyness he isn't one of those who argue about things, though if Jason is really concerned about something he may throw out some arguments.

His strengths would be his listening as mentioned already, but a better strength for him would be the talent to be friendly. Jason are one of those rare people, who can be friendly with his friends and even those people, who doesn't like him. But it varies on them actually, because if you do something good to Jason, he will do the same to you, but if you are bad one time, he'll forgive. And then when you do something bad again, Jason wouldn't be so good anymore. He would be the same as you. To be true Jason is a humorist and sometimes he sees a funny stuff, where others don't see it. He often plays a joke and when it doesn't work, happens an awkward moment, where Jason feels really uncomfortable.

There are two types of Jason though. The first one if when he is on his free time and the second one is when he's at work. At work, Jason is really serious and polite. Being polite also helped him to get workers and the perfect building for his shop. He can make deals and the important thing was not to show others that you are afraid when making a deal. If you are afraid, the deal maker will see that and make his own rules, while you would only agree. Sometimes worked also arguing, but it doesn't work always. When talking with his workers, Jason takes them really seriously and he always takes their opinion on what could be improved or what they want.

Then there's Jason's free time. In his free time, Jason likes to train himself doing magic and going out. He reads books about alchemy and performs fire magic, trying to improve it every day. It is slow, but he thinks that it is worth it. Another hobby of him is doing sports, like running, playing basketball and football. Another thing is that he likes science fiction and all of the magical things, especially mythology. If you ask why, then it is because he's an elemental and if he is real, the other magical beings must be real, though he isn't quite sure about it.

Jason was born in Mercy. His father already lived there for a long time and Jason followed his footsteps. When Jason was born, his mother died. From that time he was alone with his father. In first he wasn't lonely with his father, because his father loved him very much, but with time, Jason felt lonely that he didn't had any mother. But with time he forgot about that and he was just fine, however often that loneliness appeared in his heart and he felt sad. Jason didn't go to any school and he was home-schooled by specialized teacher. His father knew that Jason was an Elemental, because he was one too. Unlike Jason, his father controlled water and he knew that it would be too dangerous. He could kill himself and other kids, if he would go to normal school. That's why he chose special teacher, which taught only kids with special abilities or magic. It was hard to get that sort of teacher, but Jason's dad thought it was worth it. In start Jason didn't knew why and was sad, because he couldn't go to normal school and play with other kids.

At age 14, Jason found his abilities. It was fire. He liked fire more of all those abilities and that's why he practiced fire. In that time he found out his "wand". It was a ring. That was family jewelry and it seemed like it was the only thing which worked for Jason.




As the years came and went Jason Alexander Dean was 16 years old. In that age Jason practiced almost every day to improve his magic. He had noticed, that he can only do fire magic and nothing more, but it satisfied him. However in that age Jason wasn't so calm. It was the time when his teenage hormones couldn't stay still and that's why Jason was very average on school and he spent more time doing other stuff, than actually studying and being home. Though, everything once goes to an end. When Jason reached 18, he started to be serious. No more crazy guy, but grown-up guy. In that time Jason actually tried to learn all those things, what he didn't learn in teenage years. Luckily for him, he had a great head, which could remember and understand all he learned. When he re-did all those important things which should have been done long ago, Jason then could take a break and remember about his special powers. With all those studies, he didn't use them a lot and he thought it would be better for him and others. Though, he couldn't live without them. He needed them like a drug, which kept him doing what he did and a feeling that he is a little better than others.

At the age of 21 Jason started to work. He first worked as a worker in a local shop. Nothing much, but at least he could get some money and survive. Jason worked there for a while and then he went to work at one of Mercy hotel. Because Jason was very shy he received only the work of porter. He needed to take people luggage and carry it to the place, where they want. No talking with people, just taking the luggage and carrying it, nothing more. After 3 years he started his own business. He left the hotel job and opened a shop named Soda Hop Pop Shoppe or for short S.H.P.S. At first it wasn't very successful, but with time and hard work some people actually started to visit the place. To buy something quick to eat before work or other people, who didn't had much time or they wanted a place, where they could buy some cheap soda or food. However in the first days Jason was the only worker there and after those days he understood that he couldn't last long like that. That is why Jason started to search for people, who would work there and as a reward, he would give them money, like a real job.

Later Jason met Jackson. He was shy at first, but as she worked for him at the shop, he started to knew her. But as the time went and he knew her more, the more he started to like her. Jason thought he was in love with her. But his powers made everything worst. The more he loved her, the more he was afraid to hurt her and even touch her, because he thought he could somehow injure her with his powers and he didn't want that anything bad happens to her. From that time nothing much happened, but then one day - a popular celebrity died. A bad news, yes, but that news gave the city a big boost of popularity. That popularity helped him to advance, though. Some people went there to eat and drink, while others believed that the place was haunted by the ghost of celebrity. In first Jason didn't like that people thought the place was haunted, but later he played along, well... with some exceptions. However life with powers didn't make it all easier. Life with constant fear that he may hurt other people was hard and his personality didn't even make anything better. But the power of fire made him proud and he felt stronger with it.

Your Name: Toms (Yes, with S, no exceptions)
Age: Teen years
How Did you Find us: RPG Database
A little bit about you: I live in a country named Latvia. Search on google if you want to find it xD I have been rping for a year or two, I think. Mainly on Sci-fi themed sites, but now want to try something new. Also I can have some errors in my spelling or grammar, but it is because English isn't my first language and I am still a teen.

Jason was alone at the Soda Hop Pop Shoppe, the place which was owned by him was empty for a moment. Those tourists were keeping him busy, but at this moment he was the only person in the shop and he wanted it. Especially when tourists came here to get some Soda and even try to find the ghost of a certain celebrity, which died in town not long ago. Some of silly tourists said that the place was haunted by the ghost and guess what happened? Almost all of the tourists started to believe that. But you can't say it's a bad thing. With so many customers Jason has earned more money than before.

When the last customer left his shop, Jason looked around and sighed. He was tired. He was the owner of that place, but unlike any other owner, he worked there along with his workers to keep the Shoppe up and running. However he didn't work as much as the rest of his workers and usually he was free. Jason then took out his cell phone out of his pocket and checked it. No one hadn't messaged or called him that day and that's why he immediately put it back in the pocket. Then Jason in mere seconds went to kitchen to grab from the refrigerator and grabbed some ice cubes. Then he put those in a glass and sat down at the table. He wanted to train himself. Jason then touched the glass and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath and his face twisted a bit. He was concentrating. After a few seconds he opened his eyes to see how he is going. The ice cubes in the glass were melting. The glass was warm and it was getting warmer with each second and Jason smiled in happiness, that he was successful again. After a moment ice cubes had completely melted and there was water in the glass. Jason felt satisfied for a moment, but his moment was broken by the sound of opening doors.

It was another customer. Following his reflexes Jason immediately pulled his hand back from the glass to himself, thinking he was spotted doing magic, though it was only his imagination. No one hadn't seen him doing anything. Jason firstly looked at the customer before asking in a polite voice. "How can I help you?" The customer looked back at Jason and then at the shop before saying. "Just a glass of cool water." Jason nodded to him and went to do his request.

[BLACK PAraeDE]

Hey Toms welcome to Mercy, we're excited to have you here! Overall the application isn't bad but there are a few things we'd like you to tweak before Dean can be accepted. As a piece of general advice, try to avoid starting every sentence or even every other sentence with "Jason is." or "he is", I didn't see much of that but it's a bit prominent in the first two sections. To help with overall flow, read the applications of Diana Ambrose, Rosemary Moreaux and Richard Boone. I understand that English may not be your first language but reading these bios may help point out where your grammar could be improved.

The Appearance starts out well, but the second paragraph would fit better in the personality rather than what he looks like. For a good straight forward appearance see Diana Ambrose. As a general rule try and stay as factual as possible with little embellishment, we all slip here and there but stick to simple explanations, but as I have said before, you started out really well so if you continue the way you have in the first paragraph you should have a good appearance.

I'd like to see more with the personality, you have a good start with him being hypocritical with how people think they are better than everyone else but then it just kinda gets lost. To write a good, well-rounded personality come up with 4-5 strengths and flaws. Strengths and Flaws being character oriented so you wouldn't say that "his powers" are a strength, rather you could say that his like of being around people is a strength. You can manipulate that into him being sociable and a good listener. Flaws should be complimentary and not contradictory to the strengths, because shy is one of the listed canonlogical flaws, the above example actually becomes moot, but shy people can still be good listeners.

Something to be aware of throughout the application is that at 29 his powers wouldn't be "new found", he'd have been putting off power for awhile and at 13 would have discovered his element and gotten a wand, see the race information for examples of what wands can be. His education, while containing the basics would also include magic lessons catered to his element, which means that he'd be studying alchemy (even if he's not good at it yet, which at 29 he wouldn't be anywhere close to good) it's fine because he's still learning.

Some basic questions to ask yourself while crafting a personality are one of course, how does he deal with people, what cuts him out for ownership of a business? (the answer to that question should be that he's responsible, good with money, somewhat good with people, possibly punctual and organized and able to keep his temper under control) other questions could be what does he like to do in his spare time? Hobbies say a lot about a person, you don't have to do in depth but a good example would be Diana's fencing hobby. Because she likes playing with sharp objects she's a more focused, driven individual and likes adrenaline rushes. Something to avoid when writing a bio is focusing on one other person, you mention Jackson in the personality but you really need to not have that, or to limit it as much as possible because you don’t want your character to be the kind that heavily relies on someone, or, if they are that needs to be addressed in different ways, for the sake of this bio though I’m just going to ask that Jackson’s involvement in the personality be very minimal, if not completely removed.

The history might have to be started from scratch, not because it’s bad, because I like the basics of it, but because the organization of the information needs to be tweaked. The best way to write a history is to outline. Start with birth and move your way down to the most recent thing they are doing. What kind of relationship did he have with his father? Did he feel lonely because it was just the two of them? What happened to his mother? Since it doesn’t say you can make something up. Keep it plausible and as undramatic as possible since we have quite a few less than happy histories running about. A divorce would be acceptable since we don’t have one of those yet. After his early life talk about how his magical background affected him. He is an elemental so he grew up with magic in the house, remember that at 13 he would have found out his powers an started developing them. Don’t give him more skills than necessary so while he could conjure fire he would be able to do a few other things as well. While he IS talented it’s up to you to figure out how, I personally would like to see it in a field other than magic to keep things believable.

You did a good job when it came to describing his work career but I think I’d like more about his job as a shop owner; explain why he wanted to open the shop, where he found the building, why he thought it was a good idea. Use that also to help with his personality, passive people don’t open businesses and you can def. say that business was slow because he was shy, I would LOVE to see that actually because that makes the character more endearing and believable. Also it would give him a reason to hire more help ASAP. I have to say that I do like how you have made his powers almost an inconvenience for him, at least that’s what it seems like to me and I’d like to see that manifest a bit more either in the personality or in the history with how that developed through the years.

I read below that you've only been roleplaying for a couple of years so please don't feel like I’m attacking your skills; you just need to start refining what’s there. Please edit the bio in a timely fashion and bump the topic when you are done. If you have questions or need further explanation please message me personally.