Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2022 22:53:22 GMT -5
WELCOME TO LOS EUROSIA,
JONAH BENNETT WINK
"and I guess you were goddamn perfect
'cause every single time you call
I remind myself of what I lost that night, my love
in the thrill of it all"
'cause every single time you call
I remind myself of what I lost that night, my love
in the thrill of it all"
BASICS
NAME: Jonah Bennett Wink
AGE: 33
BIRTHDATE: January 10th, 1989
PRONOUNS: He/him/his.
SEXUALITY: Pansexual
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single. Recently divorced his partner of three years.
OCCUPATION: Has a wedding planning business called Wink. No employees, just him.
NEIGHBORHOOD: Westhook
MEMBER GROUP: Gifted
POWERS: MediumshipHe can communicate with spirits of the deceased. He has a hard time believing he can actually do it, so he oftentimes questions the ability’s existence, thinking he must just be losing it. The communication happens in the form of small visions that he sees with his mind’s eye. The visions usually consist of faces and gestures, but sometimes there are also sounds and scents. Never do they have taste and touch, but those senses are oftentimes irrelevant when discussing mediumship. No one expects the medium to taste their grandmother’s famous chocolate brownies — they expect to hear that grandmother is doing well in the afterlife.
Jonah does not make a fuss about his mediumship ability. More often than not, he claims to not be gifted at all.
THE LOOKS
HEIGHT: 6ft.
WEIGHT: Around 160 lbs.
HAIR COLOR: Blonde.
EYE COLOR: Blue.
FACE CLAIM: Jamie Campbell Bower
OVERALL APPEARANCE: Jonah could be described as a beautiful, graceful man. From an outsider’s point of view, Jonah might seem perfect. But Jonah sees a lot of faults in himself, his face mostly. He thinks his eyes are too large and his face too featureless. If only he had a stronger jaw, for example!
He has a skinny figure. He weighs next to nothing compared to his height, his fingers are long and slender, and his legs seem to go on forever. He likes to wear well-fitting, colorful suits while at work, and a fuchsia one is his favorite. In his free time, his taste in clothing is slightly more muted and cozy, but still fancy. He refuses to be seen in joggers and a T shirt in public, unless it is an emergency. His taste in clothing stores is expensive, but he’s not a huge believer in brands.
He plays tennis and goes to the gym. He doesn’t want to grow bulky, but neither does he want to lose muscle definition that he has. Diet-wise, he is vegan, which helps keep him slim. He prefers to eat healthy foods.
INSIDE
LIKES: the post-workout bliss, pine trees, bright colours (especially fuchsia), street photography, seeing the looks on his customers’ faces when he presents ideas they like, audiobooks, receiving postcards, learning new things, beautiful daggers (he has quite a collection).
DISLIKES: fog, video games, comedy and horror movies, the texture of meat, people in all black, not being active, public displays of affection, his very utilitarian Toyota Corolla (but it’s not like he could switch a station wagon for a prettier car), body modifications, people who burp in public.
STRENGTHS: He is persistent, curious, creative, and kind.
WEAKNESSES: He is vain, cynical, judgmental, materialistic, perfectionist. Also — “it’s my way or the highway”.
OVERALL PERSONALITY: Jonah is an ENTJ-A. He is bold, imaginative, and strong-willed. If there is a will, there is a way — even if Jonah has to make the way himself. He is outgoing, curious, effective, decisive, and thorough.
He never seems to give up unless it makes sense. Above all, Jonah wishes that his actions make sense to him. Him first and foremost, because he’s the one who will have to live with the consequences of his actions. Why worry about what others think? That’s what ran through his mind when he became a wedding planner. Everyone seemed to think that it was a silly job for a man in a relationship with another man, but Jonah didn’t care. He wanted people to have the perfect weddings, and so he became a wedding planner. Not allowing others’ opinions to faze him.
Jonah wishes to be kind at all times. He chooses kindness deliberately, although he can be a bit judgmental. He will not show the judgment, though, he only shows compassion and kindness. He wants the world to be a good place for everyone in it. Including those who are behaving in a sub-optimal way. But he’s quite cynical and doesn’t believe in the good of others. “I am capable of being good, so I should be good, because others aren’t.”
His view on death is that one shouldn’t worry too much of it. One should focus on living in a way that they would regret nothing once their time comes. Jonah believes he will not regret anything.
BACKGROUND
HOMETOWN: Ridgecrest, California
FAMILY:
mother: Donna Wink, 65
father: Boyce Wink, 67
sibling: Garnet Wink, 30
PETS: No pets. Jonah doesn’t want pets. He thinks they’re too demanding, fussy, and complicated. Not to mention how much they control your life.
HISTORY:
Jonah was born in Ridgecrest, California, to a teaching couple. Donna taught math, Boyce taught P.E. When Jonah was three, his younger sibling, Garnet, was born. Garnet was always Jonah’s least favorite person in the world, because they were so fussy, demanding, and complicated (much like pets). In elementary school, Jonah accepted his role as the big brother. Garnet was bullied by some, and Jonah took care of it, landing himself in a detention, but also gaining himself the eternal gratitude of Garnet.
While in elementary school, Jonah began to experience things that he now knows are related to him being a medium. Soon after the death of Donna’s father, Jonah began to “just know” things about his life that had never been discussed before.
“Why do you say that? How do you know that?” Donna would ask.
“Grandpa told me.”
“When?”
“Yesterday when I was walking home from school”, Jonah would say.
Donna and Boyce didn’t take Jonah to see a doctor. They concluded the loss of his grandfather had simply been traumatic to the boy and that was why he was claiming to talk to him. But behind Boyce’s back Donna went online to find out more about this phenomenon, and stumbled upon mentions of mediumship. She quickly closed the browser and decided to forget about Jonah ever speaking about grandfather like that.
In junior high, Jonah realized he was pansexual, although at the time he called himself bicurious. Donna was accepting of her son’s bicuriosity and the thought of him bringing a boyfriend home one day. Boyce wasn’t so accepting: “At least you haven’t decided to be gay!” Garnet merely chuckled. They were still in elementary school at that point, and their opinion didn’t really matter to Jonah.
Once in high school, Jonah’s mediumship gift seemingly got out of hands. He would say weird stuff to people around him, and he got into fights with people who said he was either insane or faking it for attention. Donna took Jonah to see a medium who confirmed that Jonah was, indeed, a medium, and that he would have to accept his gift because its point was to make the world a better place for everyone.
Jonah refused. He would never accept that. He would not become a medium. He decided to apply to study Climate Science in the university of Los Eurasia. He worked hard to get in, and his persistence really showed.
The summer before Jonah left to go to uni, Garnet came out as nonbinary. Jonah made sure to read about what it meant to be nonbinary, and he would never allow for anyone to bully Garnet. “Just give me a call if anyone gives you shit. I’ll handle it.” Garnet has never given Jonah a call about that. Grandfather told Jonah that he loves Garnet the way they are, but Jonah refused to tell Garnet that. He had decided not to be a medium, so he would suffocate the gift until it died.
Once in uni, Jonah lived in a small studio apartment mainly because he didn’t wish to stay in the dormitories. Too cramped, too crowded, too noisy. He completed his degree (Bachelor of Science in Climate and Environmental Change), but had never fallen in love with that field. Although important, it didn’t make him feel passionate.
What he did fall in love with and what made him passionate was John Davis, one of his peers in university. The two stumbled into a brief affair while in uni, but back then it just did not work. But when they met a few years later, they fell head over heels in love again. Two years later, they were married; less than a year after the wedding, they got a divorce. It was youthful and passionate, and Jonah cannot bring himself to regret it. At least he knows love is possible for him, too. Although the relationship ended quite terribly — Jonah cheated on John with a woman, John hit Jonah, and then Jonah told John to get out of their house. Jonah paid John enough money to be able to keep the house. He had his wedding planning business built in there — no way he was going to give it all to John!
Let's go back to when Jonah got out of uni. Once out of uni, Jonah worked as a barista while he studied independently to become a wedding planner. Thankfully, his parents had saved up enough money that he didn’t end up in student debt, and they were able to help him with his wedding planning studies. Jonah helped plan Garnet’s wedding to their partner Evan. The wedding was beautiful, and Jonah became certain that wedding planning was his calling. Jonah has been gaining a reputation as a LGBTQIA friendly wedding planner in Los Eurasia.
His recent divorce with John still pains him. He feels as though he’s failed as a wedding planner because his own marriage didn’t work. Rationally, though, he knows that a wedding is only a small part of a marriage.
THE PLAYER
NAME: talvihaamu (in the RP world)
AGE: 31
TIMEZONE: UTC+2 (Eastern European Time)