Ridley Ripper

Ridley Ripper

"Keep calm and carry on."
-- British slogan meant for use during WWI

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Name: Ridley Ripper
Age: 21

Hair: Dark grey, almost black.

Eye colour:

Grey-brown,

yellow particles

Body type: Tall, and agile. He's good at dodging things and is rather strong due to constantly running from the law, and running errands.
Short personality: HESITANT AND QUIET. GUARDED AND VERY INTROVERTED. Naturally very kind and patient, and strongly values family.
Distinguishing features: Mole next to his right eye. His theme is starlight and fireflies.
Outfits: He tends towards darker colours which do not show dirt. Yellow also happens to follow him around. He has a pair of metal rimmed goggles he prefers not to wear, but does in order to cover up his eyes.
Themesong: XXX
Universe: Stillborn City

SOMEWOT DETAILED PERSONALITY

ISFJ

Ridley is a very staid, ambitionless sort of person. He is not a hero or adventurer by nature-- but he does tend to be thrown into precarious situations due to his unfaltering drive to protect and preserve his close friends and family. He's not at all concerned about honour, nor glory, nor even his own personal well-being. But, for those he holds dear, Ridley is willing to do absolutely anything and never ever give up until he is dead!

All the while, he’s never one to complain. Usually, Ridley prefers sorting out problems in private, or internalizing all negative emotions, repeating to himself "Keep calm and carry on" when he is in pain. He keeps up this guarded facade of calmness and quiet strength and feels immensely uncomfortable bothering anybody about his feelings! He's willing to carry the burden, but is never willing to be a burden himself. He is easily manipulated because of this and a massive pushover.

As to part of the reason why he's so guarded... Ridley has always been naturally drawn to the idea of a traditional, comfortable, and stable homelife with a family that he can love and in turn loves him back unconditionally. I GUESS HE’D MAKE A GREAT DAD IN THE FUTURE. GREAT DAD.

But, when he was young he didn’t get much of that. This made him really depressed…! He’s since moved away from his parents (they kicked him out), and is trying to escape all that emotional trauma by looking away and towards a brighter future with new family and relationships. He avoids talking about his real family and anything that could trigger those memories because he really really doesn't like to relive any of that and he thinks that bringing up old relationships will put off people in his new ones.

Again, he puts a lot of trust and faith into his close friends and family. Betraying that trust and faith is one of the few things that can really, really get him angry. LYING IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO. That’s his berserk button btw. If you want to break him down down down down down…………………… and have him seethe at you.

ABILITIES.

Ridley is a magic practitioner. His magic is the colour of his eye particles and soul (which are yellow) and resembles firebugs. He was at first primarily self-taught in the Arts, and was rather bad at it. When he comes under Alphonsine's hand, she forces him to become very, very good at magic and eventually the team's powerhouse.

He specializes in creating light . Lights naturally grow a little brighter in his presence. The light that he creates is much like that of a firebug's, in that it produces illumination, but no heat.

PHYSICALLY, he's rather strong due to the sheer amount of running and part-time jobs he takes from place to place (in addition to drill sergeant Alpha's teaching). SO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING. SO MUCH.

RIDLEY'S PAST

As I mentioned before, his family sucked! His family sucked… a lot! LMAO.
Right, okay. So, he was born into an eccentrically hyperreligious family-- think Carrie’s mommy from Stephen King’s Carrie! The house was very dark, and surrounded by candles and smelled of thickly of dust and rosewater. They prayed a lot!
His parents planned on having three kids born nine (3x3) years apart, as three is a very important number to this world’s religion. Ridley was child number two. He has an older brother named Arthur. All went quite spectacularly until they figured out that Ridley was a heathen from Hell and could do magic.

While his parents never actually physically beat him, but they would try to make him repent for his naturally sinful nature, and then they would turn on themselves and repent for having brought such a sinful creature into this world.
He led a lonely life because his parents tried to keep him from the public eye. His brother went to school, as he stayed behind, and was forced to read and recite scripture, attend religious ceremonies/cleansing/exorcisms, or just sit out on the porch. Eventually, however, at the age of 8ish, he met a very good friend MONTYYY, and his anxiety and depression improved greatly because he realized that there WERE people that CAN like him in spite his having magical ability.
A year passed, wherein Ridley gained some confidence and became a little happier. Then, his mom got pregnant and had his sister Poe when he was nine, and his brother was 18 and ready to move out of the house to begin life as a minister/priest thing! BUT THEN POE too had sparkly eyes OPS.
This upset his parents, and their reactions appalled the character-developed Ridley! So, he took it on himself to make sure that she had a good homelife. They were very close, and he’d sneak her out on misadventures with Monty.
Then Ridley turned 17 and his parents booted him out as “their duty” was completed. His little sister cried really hard. He promised as he left that when he would come back soon tho, when he had enough money to support them both.
Having no formal education-- save for his knowledge of scripture-- really kind of sucked! But, his good ol’ pal Monty lets him bunk on his ship until he found permanent income. He visits Poe in secret often to reassure her of his promise and bring her books. He hopes that she would become more educated and well-read than he currently is/was/ and will be, and will thus have a brighter future ahead of her.
Ridley and Monty travel around a lot too because Monty likes adventure, and Ridley lives on Monty’s ship. HE RUNS SMALL ERRANDS AND TAKES PART TIMES AROUND EACH TOWN THEY VISIT.
ONE DAY while he is having his daily alone time away from Monty, a voice calls out to him! And he flips out! And breaks a statue in the process! And then a ghost (ALPHA) comes out and tells him that he broke her statue (WHICH HE DIDN’T, IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S). And then she tells him that she is haunting him until he lets her teach him magic so he can reconstruct her body and bring her back to life!
He doesn’t really want to, but he agrees because he feels bad. And then adventure occurs as they all travel around on Monty’s ship! (MONTY HAS SOME HIDDEN MAGIC POTENTIAL BUT NOT MUCH. HE CAN HEAR GHOSTS BUT HE DOESN’T DO MAGIC/CAN’T ACTUALLY SEE THEM. HE DOESN’T LIKE ALPHA AND PRETENDS SHE DOESN’T EXIST. ALPHA DOESN’T LIKE MONTY. MONTY IS HIS BEST FRIEND AND HE FEELS LIKE HE OWES ALPHA SO RIDLEY IS LIKE D8)
Then, the city’s secrets become uncovered and shit starts hitting the fan! Evil assassins come after all their asses because Ridley is using magic and Alpha is a ghost! And Ridley tries to make sense of everything happening all at once while learning magic under drill sergeant Alpha YOU POOR THING. (1) Somewhere along the way he falls in love with Alpha. (1, 2) (YOU POORER THING)

RIDLEY'S RELATIONSHIPS

Alphonsine: He feels terribly guilty that he "broke her statue" (it isn't actually hers). He tries to make it up to her by working very hard! He ends up falling in love with her, because he sees that there is a lot of good in her! Also, she's very pretty and he's never been around other people his age (other than Monty!)

She often b-b-breaks his heart and puts him through emotional trauma, but he sticks by her! She eventually warms up to him and starts feeling bad that she's taking advantage of his kindness and returns his feelings

Older brother, Arthur: Due to his parents' influences, Arthur ignored Ridley when they were young. He grew to resent himself later on, wishing he had done something to make it better. Nowadays, he works for the Government bent on destroying magic users such as his younger brother. SUCH CONFLICT.

Younger sister, Poe: Poe respects and adores Ridley like a father!

Victor: They are mortal enemies, and Victor really wants to kill him. However me and kuku think they'd be super hot together. CAN YOU IMAGINE IT HEH HEH.

Monty: BEST FRIEND. He met Monty when he was 8 because Monty was dared by his friends to approach "that weird kid that always sits at that creepy house's doorstep"

Friendship developed and Monty ditched his old friends for Ridley!!!!! After Ridley was kicked out of his house, he went to move in with Monty!

OTHER SHIT

He's voiced by plat-kun! | again
His favourite food is soup! Especially the homemade kind you eat with family and friends!
He suffers from chronic headaches…! He doesn't drink coffee or alcohol, and is extremely prone to them when he is under stress (which is often)
The stress also entails nightmares, which he also gets rather often! They don't have any symbolic value, but they DO ruin his sleeping patterns HAHA.
ZODIACS. well, he’s definitely a cancer…!! he’s got a really strong need for family, so yeah! rising sign is taurus, because he comes off as very staid, very stable. moon sign is virgo, because he’s enjoys running small tasks and feeling wanted etc.
He’s not that attached to the colour yellow, it just happens to follow him around a lot because it is the colour of his soul.
The fireflies and starlight are also pretty symbolic (in a really obvious kind of way). BUT UH I JUST THINK THEY'RE PRETTY HA HA HA...
HE HAS NICE EYBROWS.
He’s not book smart at all due to his background, and his own intelligence is abouutt average!

AU NOTES

In Harry Potter he is so painfully Hufflepuff. SO PAINFULLY. His wand is 10 inches of willow wood with a unicorn bone core. He specializes in charms
In His Dark Materials universe, her daemon is that of a firefly.
in a modern universe, he was totally home schooled until child services caught onto the crazy of his parents and threatened to take him away, unless they started letting him go to school…………..
in high school, he’s something of a loner being unused to being in crowds of people ……..:)
His feudal Japan form is named Ridori. STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT. UH ANYWAYS. ridori-kun is *~*~*MAGICAL*~~* and fireflies youkai follow him around because his magic is *~*LIGHT MAGIC*~~*.there are particles in his eyes glow as a side effect of his magic. however this is distracting and perceived as *~*~BAD JUJU~**~ and *~*~*ACCURSED*~~* by like everyone he meets (because that is a very anime thing to happen AMIRITE YES OKAY)

ridori blindfolds himself to avoid the attention. actually the goggles didn’t match his outfit, and with glasses he looks even more like harry potta.

he can see in the dark and through the gauze perfectly well. UHM, THE LEFT SYMBOL IS OF A STAR, THE RIGHT IS OF AN EYE. YEAH 8 u8

he’s probably (unwillingly) forced into battling evil youkais or some shit. …prolly by ahr-fa-chan 8 u8
His genderbent form Ridoko is a terror 180 version of himself.
oh and i guess now he’s a chandelure gijinka as well GO ME.
but, as a pokemon trainer, i guess he really likes ghost and electric pokemon because they go with his colourscheme

Creator Insight:

Well, design-wise Ridley’s is my favourite. His colourscheme is really pretty, I think! GREY AND YELLOW GREY AND YELLOW SCREAMS. I also really like his eyes TURNS AWAY. I think that his design is partially why I like him so much! He’s really really fun to draw!

THE OTHER REASON IS BECAUSE I LOVE ME HESITANT HEROES. UNLIKE MOST OF MY OTHER DUMBASSES, WHO JUMP AT THE SOUND OF ADVENTURE, I REALLY LIKE HOW RIDLEY IS LIKE “FFFFF NO NOT AGAIN I’M NOT THAT GREAT AAAA.”

Uh, he’s really fun to write! Especially when he is in pain because he internalizes all of it!

As for flaws/character traits, how Ridley deals with sadness very clearly mirrors how I deal with sadness. Except I think he's a bit nobler at it than I am. YES.

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