castlebyers | Permissions/Impressions

☄ First Impressions

♚ VISUAL: Will is on the small side for a 13-year-old, looking like he's younger than his age. He's very pale, almost sickly so, which only adds to how fragile he looks. Will is a brunet with a longish bowl cut and brown eyes. He has several moles on his neck. As of the end of season two, he has a burn scar on his abdomen from a hot poker.
♚ FASHION: Will dresses much like you'd expect from a nerdy kid in the early 80s. Button-down flannels, collared polos, geometric sweaters and a few t-shirts. He wears a lot of plaid and stripes, and high rise jeans. Color wise, he favors browns, oranges, blues and reds. He often wears an olive green jacket and grey sneakers.
♚ DEMEANOUR: Will is a quiet and polite child. He keeps to himself and is generally non-intrusive. He, at times, seems weighed down by the weight of everything he's dealing with internally. That doesn't mean he doesn't act like a kid. Get him around his friends or excite him, and he's just as animated as any other child; loose limbed and bouncing around.
♚ SOUND: Here are clips of Will talking from the first eight minutes of the show. He enters in at about 2:40.
♚ SCENT: He probably smells like soap. He's a little too young to care about cologne, so he doesn't bother to do much on this front other than keep clean.
♚ MENTAL INFORMATION: He had a connection to an ancient eldritch abomination, and it's left unclear whether that connection will still hold in the future. OOCly I'm fine with playing this either way. If so, telepath's may find something else lurking in Will's mind and he may be difficult to control because he's already under the hold of someone very powerful.
♚ MAGICAL INFORMATION: Will himself isn't magic in any way. Characters with magic powers may be able to sense the connection Will had/has to the Mind Flayer and the power the Mind Flayer possesses.

☄ OOC

♚ BACKTAGGING: Always! If it's for a game, I prefer we don't go back more than a month or so. For memes or PSLs, lets backtag into oblivion.
♚ FOURTHWALLING: I'd rather not have the fourth wall broken for Will.
♚ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: OOCly, I'm okay with anything as long as it's not sexual in nature. Please give this kid a hug; he really needs it. ICly, Will isn't going to reject a little affection from people he knows. He's not exactly a cuddler nor is he clingy. He won't make a fuss about an arm thrown around him or a quick hug, but he's not going to linger in it. This is all about people he knows, of course. Strangers or people that make him uncomfortable will be dodged as much as he can.
♚ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: OOCly, I love fight threads! I just ask the violence not be sexual in nature and that there isn't a lot of description of gore. ICly, Will is not a fighter. He's a strong willed kid and very brave, but he's a tiny nerd. He doesn't have the strength to fight off bullies his own age, let alone whatever else is out there. He's more likely to run and hide when faced with something stronger and scarier, though he'll try to argue someone down, even put himself in harm's way, if he thinks it will protect his friends or family. Will isn't going to just roll over, however, as the hding is in the absence of any other way to protect himself. He runs for a gun at the start of Stranger Things, proving that while he may not be much in a physical altercation, he's not a kid willing to go down without trying to save himself. I'm definitely okay with him getting hurt, so please just message me with what you've got in mind so we can make it work.
♚ RELATIONSHIPS: OOCly, sure! As long as it's age appropriate, I'm down with shipping. But since the character is 13, I'd rather it be kept to something more 'puppy love' style that a real, full on relationship. Cute hand holding, maybe an awkward first kiss or two. Characters should be close in age to him, preferably around 12-14. I'm fine shipping him with any gender and I prefer the character be humanoid. ICly, Will isn't really looking for a crush. He's had a lot on his plate and hasn't really had time to think about like-like in the past two years. He might take time to really imprint on someone and catch feelings.

☄ Permissions

♚ FIRST THING: If you don't want spoilers for season 2, please just message me and I'll keep things out of the tags.
♚ SECOND THING:I really prefer to stay away from topics of infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, or problems with pregnancy in general. I'd really appreciate if we could skip over this topics in a thread, should they come up.