Realistic or Modern When You Go Big Time {Characters}

[elskagalla]

You can upload your character sheets here ! I also love love looove photos playing a part in my roleplays, so I'll probably upload photos of my character's outfits here from time to time. You're more than welcome to do this as well, but it's not a requirement. :-)

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The Basics
Name:
Age: (18-24, excluding the record producer, obviously)
Appearance:
Height:
Sexuality:
Fashion sense: (feel free to use a picture or describe it, ex: goth, boho, preppy, etc.)

Inside Their Heads
Personality:
Hobbies:
Job Prior to Joining the Band: (optional for the record producer)
Fears About Hollywood: ('Fears About Working With the Band' for the record producer)

A few paragraphs explaining their past/bio:

 

[cherub.]

Here's Parkie's outfit!

 

[athereal]

- wesley drake -

= if i gave you the truth, would it keep you alive? = ​

Age: twenty-four
Gender: cis-gender male
Sexuality: Homosexual and Fucking Proud
Gig before this one: Clerk at 7Eleven


Eyes Color: brown
Hair Color: ash brown
Height/Weight: 5"11/ 165 lbs.
Body Type: Mesomorphic/Muscular
Tattoos/Piercings/Etc: All of them.

Likes: Seether, Rainy Sunday Mornings, moments when the world fades away
Dislikes: goody two shoes, hangovers, moments where smiles and laughter fade away for good
Strengths: His vocals and songwriting skills, his performance energy, his trademark smirk.
Weaknesses: lack of humility, his own naivety, and an unpolished attitude.


Personality: Wesley is more or less a musical prodigy. Everyone knows who his mother is--Dallas Drake, the R&B singer who crashed in her prime. He certainly inherited her raw talent, but he has her loss to keep him in check. It's no secret that Wes' pulls a great deal of weight in the group. His vocals are lead. He writes most of the songs that the band plays. However, he would never hold that over his bandmates' heads. They come first, even if they don't get that sometimes. Wes is more of an aggressive-aggressive kind of guy, but as a producer he knows he has to push for the goal. And now that his foot is in the door, he's gonna put himself and his boys on the map. They've made it this far, haven't they?

Fears about Hollywood: All the change that will come.

A Little About Him:
Wes has had a taste of the good life, though it was fleeting and left a pretty bitter place in his heart. His mother, Dallas, got her break despite being a single mother on the streets. Her first single, "Lie for Me One More Time" is a classic that still plays on the radio to this day. Wes just turns the radio off now.

He doesn't speak much about her passing. He was only nine at the time. Overdose was an afterthought at the time, he cared more about the fact that his mama was gone. He went off to live with his grandma. She wasn't that nice of a woman, given the fact that he only reminded her of her daughter's spirit. She never really liked her daughter much to begin with. Pushing a younger, more perfect version of yourself out into the world does that to you.

They lived off the royalties until Wesley got tired of living with her. His attitude and dark wit couldn't exist in her immaculate world. She could have the money, as long as he had his freedom. He wanted to go to a place where he didn't have to hide his poetry or the fact that music was just as much a part of him as it was his mother. Eventually, he acquired a shitty job and a shitty apartment. It was enough because it was his own.

One night, during a shift, he heard the voice of an angel. Now, Wesley Thomas Drake hated Katy Perry with a passion, but the way this man sung "Wide Awake" would make Mother Mary weep. And, when he found the source of the sound he fell madly in love.

Of course, Boris doesn't know that Wesley is in love with him. Wes isn't good at making the first move. However, Wes has expanded his dream to sing through Bo-Bo and the boys. All his musical talents are geared to the boys and himself now. And their dream is so close to being realized. All he has to do is bow to the whims of this washed out egomanic who is basically holding their careers hostage to further his own. Great.

 

[athereal]

Wes' Audition Outfit ideas:

​

 

[Dark Serenity]

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Name: Kevin Lincoln
Age: 21
Height: 6'2"
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Fashion sense: He's a casual dresser. Usually jeans, possibly torn, a wife beater, covered with a black jacket. He always wears steel-toe boots, and he's never seen without a plain, black baseball cap on his head.
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Closest I could find, but he'd be wearing boots, jeans would probably be darker, and the jacket would just be cloth. Other than that, like the loose shirt, the hat(Not NY, just a black hat), and the general style is like this.

Inside Their Heads
Personality: Kevin fancies himself a big brother to the entire band. He's the only that introduced them all, after all, he's the one that mediated their many fights, he's the one that did whatever it took to keep them together. They were all guys, after all, and guys had a tendency to be prideful above everything else. He's sarcastic, usually when he shouldn't be, and he loves making people smile and laugh. He's a fixer, be it with people or objects, he doesn't care.
Hobbies: Anything with his hands, pretty good at guitar playing, and a fair drawer.
Job Prior to Joining the Band: Maintenance work at a bowling alley, mechanic, college student(online). Doesn't have much free time, since he pays the rent at his house.
Fears About Hollywood: It'll tear his best friends apart, mostly.

A few paragraphs explaining their past/bio:
Kevin was born to a broken family. Nothing abusive or cruel, just constantly at odds. His parents fought endlessly, which always made his little sisters upset, and he was left cleaning up the mess. When he was thirteen, his mother finally filed for a divorce, and they moved to a new city, where they knew nobody. He made a few friends, got a job when he was sixteen and another when he was seventeen, because his mother was an alcoholic who couldn't hold a job down for more than a month. As a sophomore in high school, he was responsible for paying the rent, utilities, keeping food on the table, keeping his grades up, doing well at his jobs, and trying to keep a bottle out of his mother's hand. It got better when his sisters moved to their aunt's house, and he elected to stay behind to make sure his mother didn't wallow in her own filth.

When he was twenty, he finally moved out. His mother was dating a guy exactly like his father, so he just left, cutting her off and finding a cheap apartment that was close to both of his jobs. He really didn't want to do the band/Hollywood thing, because he was and is worried that the pressure of it all would break his friends apart, leaving him to clean up the mess once again.​

 

[Dark Serenity]

Spoiler: Kevin's Audition Outfit

I swear it's a coincidence that this guy also has a NY cap, it'd just be black.

 

[elskagalla]

The Basics
Name: Boris Kozlov
Nicknames: Borya, Boryusha.
(Side note on Russian nicknames: being called “Borya” is normal and a casual way that his friends could address him. “Boryusha”, on the other hand, is cutesy and something only really his family/partner would refer to him with. His friends probably still call him this sometimes tho to piss him off lol)
Age: 21-years-old
Height: 6’3
Sexuality: Homosexual
Fashion sense: Boris loves fashion and tries to stay up to date with whatever is trendy. He wears bold prints, unique textiles, and loves a good accessory, such as a statement-piece belt or designer messenger bag. He’s fond of wide brimmed hats, though he doesn’t wear those too often.

Inside Their Heads
Personality: Boris is charismatic, prideful, and a bit of an airhead at times. Making new friends comes naturally to him, he isn’t afraid to go up to a stranger and introduce himself, nor is he intimidated by social settings. Puns and jokes usually go over his head and he can be pretty forgetful. He’s notorious for always being ‘fashionably late’ because of this.

Hobbies: Boris considers singing to be his top priority. It’s his passion and something he loves to do. If he isn’t singing, he likes to ice-skate, whether that be for hockey or enjoyment. He obviously loves fashion, though he’d rather be reading Vogue or shopping than sewing.

Job Prior to Joining the Band: He worked at a local dress boutique.

Fears About Hollywood: Boris is worried that the pressures of Hollywood will harm him and his friends. He’s weary about how all of them will handle constantly being subjected to criticism and judgment.

A few paragraphs explaining their past/bio:
Boris was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and spent the majority of his adolescence there. His father was a very religious, hardworking man, between his business job and devotion to the church, he rarely was home. Boris developed a much closer relationship to his mother and grandmother because of this. As he got older, he began to notice the tension between his mom and dad; the two had nothing and common and fought incessantly. When he was fifteen, they finally divorced, and it was no surprise.

From that point on, Boris only saw his father on the weekends. In the meanwhile, his mother began to date a tourist from the United States, and two years later, they got engaged so Boris and his mother moved out to live with him in Minnesota. Shortly before moving, Boris came out as gay to his father, the two haven’t really spoken since. They’ve exchanged a few phone calls but Boris can tell things are estranged between them.

Boris luckily is close with his step father and accepted by him. After the move, he submerged himself in chorus at his new school and found out he has a passion for singing. He also was lucky to make some great friends who he considers a second family at this point. While he does miss Russia at times, he’s pretty content with his new life in America. Ever since the move, though, he’s been fascinated by the idea of being a celebrity. And knowing he has a chance now feels like a dream.

 

[elskagalla]

Boris' Audition Outfit:

but with this bag instead:

 

[Dark Serenity]

Oh, yea.

Kevin voice claim is not the rough vocalist, but the lead guy.

 

[elskagalla]

I Prevail is like my favorite band xD I’m about to head off to work but when I get home I’ll add a voice claim and reply to the RP !!

 

[elskagalla]

Boris' voice claim:

 

[cherub.]

yo yo yoo
its parkers vc

 

[cherub.]

oh ,ooooh
we're posting songs
sorry im stupid lmaooo

heres his regular


heres his rapper

ok like start at 1:20
thats the good stuff

 

[elskagalla]

ooh wait now i wanna find a talking one too tho

 

[cherub.]

oh i mean you can if u want!
i was just so used to finding talking ones instead of singing ones, haha,

 

[athereal]

I'mma just...casually and smoothly...do exactly what cherub. just did...

 

[cherub.]

insert cool and chill 'ok' finger sign here

 

[athereal]

Wes' Talking VC:


Noel Fischer

 

[elskagalla]

Boris speaking English:

(skip to 36 seconds in)

Boris speaking Russian:

(skip to 40 seconds)

 

[Dark Serenity]

Spoiler: Kevin's Singing Style

(I'm actually changing his voice claim because I'm an inconsistent POS.)




Style: He's best with harder, faster melodies, he's not bad at rapping, though he hates doing it. He can do screamo, but he's not great at the transition between clean and rough vocals. His voice is relatively deep, so it's good for a lot of styles.
Preferences: He really doesn't like slow, emotional songs, and he's not much for love songs(No muse for it). He likes hardcore rock, punk rock, he likes singing music that he'd want to listen to.
Skills: Rough and clean vocals, rapping, pretty good at writing songs, even songs that he wouldn't necessarily want to sing.

 

[athereal]

Fuck it, let's go all out.

 

[Kiss My Axe]

The Basics
Name: Oliver Lockwood
Age: 23
Appearance: Oliver is a bit of a beanpole - he's tall, but he's not very big around. He's lean more than he is muscular, he has a few scars on his arms, and he has several tattoos covering his arms and body.

Spoiler: Tattoos

He has the name, "Camilla" tattooed on the side of his neck.


Left forearm


Right hand


Right upper arm


Left hand

His chest, over his heart


Back of his left shoulder


Right bicep

Height: 6'3"
Sexuality: Pansexual
Fashion sense: An eternal casual dresser. Usually wears a t-shirt, jeans, and a beanie. He likes showing a bit of skin due to his tattoo addiction, and he loves just showing off.


Inside Their Heads
Personality: Oliver is a worrier, a fixer, at heart. He doesn't like when people around him, particularly his friends, are troubled, and he'll always do whatever he can to make them feel better. He's a bit of a showoff, particularly when it comes to his photography, which he's incredibly proud of. He's very upfront about everything, particularly when it comes to his sexuality. He came out of the closet when he was eighteen, and he refuses to lie about it. He's not really shy, though he's had some trouble approaching guys romantically in the past. He tries to be the responsible on, no matter who he's with, because he doesn't want his friends to get in trouble.
Hobbies: Playing guitar, writing songs, swimming, singing. He's also a bit of an artist, he loves drawing and photography, though he's pretty bad at most other forms.
Job Prior to Joining the Band: Bartender at a high-end bar.
Fears About Hollywood: That it will tear his friends apart, and that he's not good enough and he'll let them down because he's not good enough.

Spoiler: Singing Information

Voice Claim: Chord Overstreet



Skills: He's best at clean vocals, he can't really do rough vocals or rapping. He's good at multitasking between guitar and singing. He has a pretty good vocal range, or 'belt,' but he's best at bass or baritone.

A few paragraphs explaining their past/bio: Oliver was born to a pretty normal family, in the UK, Manchester to be specific. He had a younger sister, Camilla, a father who was a cop, a mother who was a teacher, he lived a good life. When he was twelve and she was eight, after a year of odd symptoms, his sister was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, and given less than a year to live, which his parents refused to believe. They relocated the entire family across the world, to America, where a bone cancer specialist worked, and put their family into debt to try to treat Camilla, with the same inevitable end - almost exactly a year after the initial diagnosis, she passed away, crippling his family. They stayed in America, moving to rural Minnesota, Oliver went to a public school and made a group of friends, while his parents got further and further apart after losing their youngest child. He watched his parents argue for years before getting a divorce, and his mother moved to Kansas, leaving his father in charge of raising their teenage son. When he was eighteen, he went to a decent state college, getting his bachelor's in art when he was 21 and returning to the town his father lived in, where his friends were, and got a job at the nicest bar in town as a bartender, practicing his photography and guitar when he could. Guitar had always been his solace, he'd gotten his first acoustic when he was 10, and fell in love with the instrument, he spent most of his teenager years locking himself in his room and playing to drown out his parents. Half of his paychecks went to buying new ones, both electric and acoustic, and he's gotten into bass a bit. He's nervous about what the audition will bring to him and his friends, though he's more worried about what his friends will do in a totally new environment, how they'll cope.


Audition Outfit:

(With black jeans and black tennis shoes.)​

 

[athereal]

Lead Bassist/Cellist for the band In Bed with Veronica Mars

 

[athereal]

Lead Guitarist for the band In Bed with Veronica Mars

 

[rennuelaw]

The Basics
Name: Blair Dubois

Age:
23

Appearance:

Height:
5'11

Sexuality:
Homosexual

Fashion sense:

Inside Their Heads
Personality:
Typically when people first interact with Blair, they usually think 'What a stone cold bitch'. He doesn't typically act overly friendly at first, usually retaining a straight face and has a rather biting sense of humor that he doesn't mind using around others. He can be incredibly serious and doesn't bow down to anyone. However, once you get to know him you'll start to notice things like his mischievous and flirty side, his ability to light up a room when he gets excited with just his smile, his protective nature when it comes to his friends, his passion for social issues and his love of all things music and dance related. Despite his mature nature, he can be very playful.​

Hobbies:
Dance, Singing, Rapping, Gymnastics, Being a bitch

Job Prior to Joining the Band:
Assistant at his mother's Dance Studio.

Fears About Hollywood:
Him and his friends losing themselves.

A few paragraphs explaining their past/bio:
Blair is the son of Alisa Dubois, a famous choreographer, and Edward Dubois, the CEO of a rather large trading company. Due to his parent's occupations, Blair grew up in a rather high-class household. His father wasn't around much, causing his mother to take him to her dance classes every day ever since he was five. This caused him and his mother to form an incredibly close relationship and for him to gain a tremendous love for dance. From a young age, he wanted to have a carrier in music and despite his father's complaints relentlessly pursued that dream. He began going to a lot of auditions before finally being accepted at the one for his current band.​