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Player Age: 18+
Character Name: Shouto Todoroki
Canon: My Hero Academia
Canon Point: Chapter 353
Age: 18 (Aged up)
Species: Human
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Goals:
- To become a reassuring hero
- To see his family heal from their past domestic abuse and address how it shaped them in the present - good and bad.
Morals:
Shouto holds modern morals where it's generally agreed upon that most actions that are considered a crime such as stealing and hurting others are bad. However, he does not believe that the institutions upholding the law are infallible. He may be working toward becoming a hero, but he's displayed, on several occasions, questioning authority figures.
His moral compass is not an accident, it was forged by his past. Considering no one did a thing to stop his father from terrorizing his family (domestic abuse), he has no qualms questioning institutions and authority figures if they ask anything unreasonable of him, or if they seem to be hiding something for their benefit and not the benefit of the victim(s).
Struggles:
Physically, Shouto struggles with his quirk. His whole life his father taught him to burn brighter and to use his right (ice) side to cool down. Having endured his father's training for years, Shouto finally stopped using his left (fire) side out of spite. After his fight with Midoriya, he became whole and began using his fire again. He practiced throughout his time in UA until he was able to wield his fire as well as his ice. However, he still prefers to use his ice first, it's a comfort thing considering his ice derives from his mother who he loves and his fire derives from his father who he has a complex relationship with in his current canonpoint. At present, Shouto has moved away from his father's training of putting his fire first and only ever using his ice to cool down. His father, who has a fire quirk, could only ever view his quirk as two separate aspects when in reality his quirk was a blend of both ice and fire. Shouto struggled to combine his two sides in order to create a technique that could stop his brother without harming him. After much training, he's able to wield a kind of cold flame that can cool down the strongest fire attacks though he still needs to build up to it. It's a technique he still struggles with, yet he doesn't view it in a negative way, since it's the first time he's ever used his quirk the way it was meant to, together, instead of separate.
Emotionally, Shouto struggles with the scars of domestic abuse. He's made many strides in rekindling his connections with his family. Considered the golden child, his father separated him from his siblings even going as far as banning his older brother, Touya, from having any contact with him after he tried to harm him when he was still an infant. Despite being the youngest of four, Shouto grew up an only child and suffered because of it. He's socially inept from having spent most of his childhood either by himself or training with his father (from the age of five). He learned from an early age that his feelings don't matter and no matter how angry he got, he could not win against his father who physically outclassed him. On top of that, Endeavor, his father, gaslighted his feelings at every turn, berating him for being weak until Shouto, who was an expressive child, became someone who barely emotes. Someone who doesn't seem to feel anything because he learned not to show his emotions from an early age. Currently, he's trying to become someone who others find reassuring just like his favorite hero, All-Might. However, his inability to express himself has hindered him in this aspect. Currently, Shouto expresses himself more than he used to but it's still something he struggles with. He's gotten better smiling occasionally and even expressing curiosity at times. Anger is easier for him to express though that too is downplayed. He's got a long road ahead but he's improved a lot from when he was first introduced and continues to express his thoughts and feelings a little more openly with his friends now that they know his past history with his family.
Mentally, Shouto struggles with his morals. His moral compass heavily leans towards the victim. However, after having discovered that his long dead brother is alive and a member of the League of Villain's his attitude towards those who commit crimes has gradually shifted. He's come a long way from the hero who heavily criticized and judged the villains who broke into UA during his first year. Now, he holds some empathy for villains too. Despite his brother's crimes including the murder of heroes and the kidnapping of one of his classmates, Shouto can't find it in himself to simply see/label him a villain. He wants to stop Dabi (his villain name) from hurting more people, but he also wants to bring Touya back to himself. Not save him, but connect with him because he sees him as family now and nothing anyone can say or do will ever change that. Shouto's connection with his family is deeply profound to him. He can't turn his back on Touya anymore than he can turn his back on his mother. He lived with that once, having no connections to his family, he won't go back to it again and Touya is family which means he'll stop at nothing reunite with him too and heal. Because his father separated them when they were younger, Shouto has known no other version of his brother but the villain, while the rest of his family knew Touya when he was still a part of the family. This means, Shouto isn't trying to connect with some past version of his brother, but the current one, flawed as he is, *that* is who he wants to connect with. Yet, at every turn, his brother has attempted to 'kill' him for the effort. Shouto struggles with the moral dilemma of having to choose whether he should act the hero and bring down the villain or act the brother and help his brother. In his current canonpoint, he's chosen to do both but that doesn't make the struggle any less difficult or that it's over simply because he managed to stop his brother without hurting him. Healing from physical wounds is a lot easier than the emotional ones still ahead.
Position: First year student.
Explanation: Shouto comes from a canon where he is a highschool student in a special program geared toward creating heroes which is a viable job in his world. He is aged up to 18 to fit the setting, but it also makes sense that he might want to keep taking classes once he learns more of the background of this place. He is always willing to learn and he is not qualified to teach any classes with so little experience under his belt. He's a student in his canon, he'll continue to be a student in Newcomb.
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Interactive Writing Sample: Link
Player Pronouns: She/Her
Player Contact:
Player Age: 18+
Character Name: Shouto Todoroki
Canon: My Hero Academia
Canon Point: Chapter 353
Age: 18 (Aged up)
Species: Human
Journal:
swellter Permissions: Here
Goals:
- To become a reassuring hero
- To see his family heal from their past domestic abuse and address how it shaped them in the present - good and bad.
Morals:
Shouto holds modern morals where it's generally agreed upon that most actions that are considered a crime such as stealing and hurting others are bad. However, he does not believe that the institutions upholding the law are infallible. He may be working toward becoming a hero, but he's displayed, on several occasions, questioning authority figures.
His moral compass is not an accident, it was forged by his past. Considering no one did a thing to stop his father from terrorizing his family (domestic abuse), he has no qualms questioning institutions and authority figures if they ask anything unreasonable of him, or if they seem to be hiding something for their benefit and not the benefit of the victim(s).
Struggles:
Physically, Shouto struggles with his quirk. His whole life his father taught him to burn brighter and to use his right (ice) side to cool down. Having endured his father's training for years, Shouto finally stopped using his left (fire) side out of spite. After his fight with Midoriya, he became whole and began using his fire again. He practiced throughout his time in UA until he was able to wield his fire as well as his ice. However, he still prefers to use his ice first, it's a comfort thing considering his ice derives from his mother who he loves and his fire derives from his father who he has a complex relationship with in his current canonpoint. At present, Shouto has moved away from his father's training of putting his fire first and only ever using his ice to cool down. His father, who has a fire quirk, could only ever view his quirk as two separate aspects when in reality his quirk was a blend of both ice and fire. Shouto struggled to combine his two sides in order to create a technique that could stop his brother without harming him. After much training, he's able to wield a kind of cold flame that can cool down the strongest fire attacks though he still needs to build up to it. It's a technique he still struggles with, yet he doesn't view it in a negative way, since it's the first time he's ever used his quirk the way it was meant to, together, instead of separate.
Emotionally, Shouto struggles with the scars of domestic abuse. He's made many strides in rekindling his connections with his family. Considered the golden child, his father separated him from his siblings even going as far as banning his older brother, Touya, from having any contact with him after he tried to harm him when he was still an infant. Despite being the youngest of four, Shouto grew up an only child and suffered because of it. He's socially inept from having spent most of his childhood either by himself or training with his father (from the age of five). He learned from an early age that his feelings don't matter and no matter how angry he got, he could not win against his father who physically outclassed him. On top of that, Endeavor, his father, gaslighted his feelings at every turn, berating him for being weak until Shouto, who was an expressive child, became someone who barely emotes. Someone who doesn't seem to feel anything because he learned not to show his emotions from an early age. Currently, he's trying to become someone who others find reassuring just like his favorite hero, All-Might. However, his inability to express himself has hindered him in this aspect. Currently, Shouto expresses himself more than he used to but it's still something he struggles with. He's gotten better smiling occasionally and even expressing curiosity at times. Anger is easier for him to express though that too is downplayed. He's got a long road ahead but he's improved a lot from when he was first introduced and continues to express his thoughts and feelings a little more openly with his friends now that they know his past history with his family.
Mentally, Shouto struggles with his morals. His moral compass heavily leans towards the victim. However, after having discovered that his long dead brother is alive and a member of the League of Villain's his attitude towards those who commit crimes has gradually shifted. He's come a long way from the hero who heavily criticized and judged the villains who broke into UA during his first year. Now, he holds some empathy for villains too. Despite his brother's crimes including the murder of heroes and the kidnapping of one of his classmates, Shouto can't find it in himself to simply see/label him a villain. He wants to stop Dabi (his villain name) from hurting more people, but he also wants to bring Touya back to himself. Not save him, but connect with him because he sees him as family now and nothing anyone can say or do will ever change that. Shouto's connection with his family is deeply profound to him. He can't turn his back on Touya anymore than he can turn his back on his mother. He lived with that once, having no connections to his family, he won't go back to it again and Touya is family which means he'll stop at nothing reunite with him too and heal. Because his father separated them when they were younger, Shouto has known no other version of his brother but the villain, while the rest of his family knew Touya when he was still a part of the family. This means, Shouto isn't trying to connect with some past version of his brother, but the current one, flawed as he is, *that* is who he wants to connect with. Yet, at every turn, his brother has attempted to 'kill' him for the effort. Shouto struggles with the moral dilemma of having to choose whether he should act the hero and bring down the villain or act the brother and help his brother. In his current canonpoint, he's chosen to do both but that doesn't make the struggle any less difficult or that it's over simply because he managed to stop his brother without hurting him. Healing from physical wounds is a lot easier than the emotional ones still ahead.
Position: First year student.
Explanation: Shouto comes from a canon where he is a highschool student in a special program geared toward creating heroes which is a viable job in his world. He is aged up to 18 to fit the setting, but it also makes sense that he might want to keep taking classes once he learns more of the background of this place. He is always willing to learn and he is not qualified to teach any classes with so little experience under his belt. He's a student in his canon, he'll continue to be a student in Newcomb.
Introspective Writing Sample: Link
Interactive Writing Sample: Link