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Player: celen
Contact: pm
Age: old.
Current Characters: monkey d. luffy

Character Name: Charles Rowland
Character Canon: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
Canon Point: ep 8
Age: 16 + 30-ish years dead

Crime: Breaking and entering, or: going to Hell to get Edwin back. Why this crime? It’s the ultimate act that encapsulates his personality: devotion to the point of being stupid and reckless.

Background: wiki link

Personality:

Optimistic. Charles Rowland is, despite having been dead for over thirty years, a cup half-full kind of a person. Now, one might think that coming from an abusive family and having been killed by bullies would make one cynical or withdrawn; not so much for Charles. No matter the situation, he always tries to look for the bright side, the silver lining, and takes care to never jump to the worst conclusion if there’s a chance it’s not happening. Part of the reason may be that he is used to balancing his best friend’s more pessimistic outlook on afterlife, but it is also a genuine cornerstone of his personality.

Impulsive. “Time for another discussion on your impetuous behaviour,” Edwin says with the tone of someone who’s had this discussion numerous times – and no wonder, as Charles just remains the single most impulsive person, living or dead. He makes his decisions based on what he feels in the moment: he chooses to not pass on to his afterlife based on two hours spent with Edwin, grabs a cursed artefact barely a second before asking whether he should do it and without waiting for an answer. Sometimes, his “impetuous behaviour” ends up with good results... other times (many, many other times), less good.

Friendly & compassionate. Charles is someone who is effortlessly friendly, taking pride in this aspect of his character – that it is easy for him to win people over and make them like him. But part of this is because he finds it easy to relate to others, to understand their struggles and empathise with them. A big part of the Dead Boy Detective Agency is not just solving the cases they’re given, but solving them so that someone would, so that someone cares about these people, ghost or spirits or whatever they are – because no one cared enough to solve either Charles’ or Edwin’s murders. And Charles will be damned if he lets anyone else go through that fate.

Temperamental. In a direct contrast to the ever-calm Edwin, Charles has quite the temper, and it flares very easily. He does take care to curb his most violent impulses, not wanting to resemble his father, but his emotions often boil over regardless. He’s the one to respond to threats when they arise, raising his voice to yell in anger or make some more of his infamous impulsive decisions. Though it must be noted that his anger flares most often in defense of his friends – rarely does Charles get angry on his own behalf, but rather for others.

Protective. Charles is incredibly protective of those he loves, almost to the point of stupidity – or extreme loyalty, depending on one’s perspective. There is nothing he won’t do in order to protect his loved ones, be it fighting supernatural beings he has barely a hope of winning against, or quite literally marching into Hell to bring back his best friend. When it’s about people he loves, he won’t hesitate: if he’s not there to protect them, then who will be?

Low self-esteem. Ultimately, many of his core characteristics – being protective of others, being friendly to others and wanting to be liked – tie into his very bad home background. After all, when you grow up in an environment where nothing you do is enough, where those who should love you very clearly don’t, or at least don’t love you enough, is it any wonder Charles’ perception of himself is a little skewed? For that, he needs to protect others, he needs to be useful, because if he’s not... well, what worth is he? And so he effortlessly throws himself into dangerous situations, yells at the Night Nurse that he doesn’t care if he’s thrown to Hell or wherever, as long as Edwin doesn’t go there – because to him, his own worth is always going to be lesser than.

People-smart, not book-smart. In short, Charles Rowland is an easily likeable person, funny and kind and good with people, good with finding the right words to say, whether it’s to defuse a situation, to make a quip to alleviate tension or sincere words from the heart for a client in a bad spot. However, he’s also an impulsive, temperamental disaster of a person who picks up a red book when asked for a blue one, and smashes a vase that’s instrumental to solving a case just because a skeleton is reaching for his best friend.

Abilities: As a ghost, Charles is intangible, meaning he can pass through walls etc etc – however, he is somehow able to actually interact with objects if he so chooses, like hold a book, fight with a cricket bat, and so on. Ghosts can’t feel, can alter their appearance by thinking, don’t need to sleep or eat, and can only be hurt by some specific things, like iron and cat scratches. He can also mirror-hop, which means jumping into a mirror and using it to basically teleport to another location that has a mirror. Normally, ghosts are invisible to people, unless they’ve had a near-death experience, or are somehow involved with the supernatural (witches, psychics, etc).

Inventory: literally just the clothes on him (and even they’re not really... real). rip his backpack of infinite stuff.

Samples: thread 1 ; thread 2

Questions: Regarding his ghost-state: is it okay if the invisibility aspect of being a ghost is lifted upon arrival, meaning that he can be seen by everyone, not just the supernaturally inclined, but all the other ghostly aspects of his existence remain in effect?