FIRST IMPRESSIONS/PERMISSIONS

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✿ First Impressions

❱ VISUAL: At a glance, the first thing most people notice about Grant is that he's a pretty big dude, standing at about six and a half feet tall and built like a heavyweight wrestler. Grant has light brown skin, dark eyes, and curly, shoulder-length brown-black hair that he usually keeps tied back, as well as a short beard. He's in his early thirties, though he might be mistaken for older. His nose is crooked from breaking in the past, and there's an old scar running from his jaw to his eyebrow; after a certain canon point, he wears an eye patch, as shown in his icons. Notably, his ears and teeth are slightly pointed, and one crooked fang sticks out when he closes his mouth. ❱ AURAL: Grant has a low, gravelly voice, and while he doesn’t speak exceptionally quietly, it’s very rare for him to raise his voice. His usual mode of speech is calm and friendly, leaning toward cautious and even hesitant under some circumstances. ❱ OLFACTORY: He mostly smells like old wood, assorted herbs, and, if it’s been raining, wet dog. ❱ DEMEANOR: Grant is very aware of how intimidating he can seem, and, most of the time, he doesn’t like it. He very intentionally keeps his body language pretty contained, though he tends to start gesturing more if he’s talking about something that excites him. If he’s actually trying to intimidate someone for whatever reason, he still probably won’t initiate contact or make any truly threatening gestures, focusing on emphasizing his size rather than actually communicating any intent to harm. Honestly, though, he’s a pretty tactile person when it comes to affection; he’ll often stand near people he likes or make small gestures like patting their shoulders or holding their hands. If he wants to hug them or anything, though, he’ll definitely make sure not to surprise them and to give them a chance to stop him.

✿ IC Permissions

❱ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Grant is a pretty affectionate guy himself, and probably won’t object unless he dislikes you. ❱ HUGGING: Hugging Grant is highly recommended, it’s like hugging a giant teddy bear and he will probably hug back. ❱ FLIRTING: He might get kind of nervous and flustered, unless you’re like, a little kid, in which case that’s hilarious and adorable. ❱ RELATIONSHIPS: Grant is 32, interested in men, and has had… less than stellar luck with dating in the past, but if your character is cool with dating a werewolf with an adopted kid and self-esteem problems, go for it. Maybe hope that said kid doesn’t take issue with this. ❱ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Grant is pretty damn strong, but he doesn’t actually know much about fighting and doesn’t like doing it. If you try to fight him, he might do some damage purely by accident? But that’s about it. On the other hand, trying to fight Grant on a full moon is very much not recommended; though he’s not actually much more aggressive then, he’s a lot less restrained in his responses if he’s attacked first. Also he’s an eight foot tall dog monster then. ❱ KILLING: Talk to me first! ❱ PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: hit me up if you need this i guess ❱ MAGICAL INFORMATION: He’s a werewolf! In the setting Grant is from, lycanthropy is essentially an infectious curse which infects the bloodstream and then spreads through the body. If someone can see magic or anything like that, they’d pick up that Grant has a significant amount spread through his system. ❱ MEDICAL INFORMATION: Grant has better senses of hearing and smell than a typical human, as well as being stronger and more physically durable; on the other hand, silver has a corrosive effect on his body. He’s also allergic to pineapple, though that has nothing to do with being a werewolf. ❱ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Child abuse, medical abuse, and people being treated like animals are all varying degrees of sensitive subjects for him; as a related warning, though he won't talk about it most of the time, he was abused growing up and has a history of depression and occasional suicidal ideation.

✿ OOC Permissions

❱ BACKTAGGING: I will backtag basically forever, or until I need to cut down on my number of threads so I don’t overwhelm myself. ❱ THREADHOPPING: As long as other people involved are also cool with it, go for it! ❱ FOURTHWALLING: Depends? Talk to me. ❱ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: I'm probably good as long as we avoid violent pet death or like, photos of mummies. ❱ ANYTHING ELSE? Nope!