Thursday
I love Thursday. I'm going to tag the people who have helped me out so far: [MENTION=26281]geedoenfj[/MENTION] [MENTION=22257]Floki[/MENTION] [MENTION=23583]Yamato Nadeshiko[/MENTION] [MENTION=27952]sarcasmsunshine[/MENTION] [MENTION=22178]magpie[/MENTION] [MENTION=26953]Reborn Relic[/MENTION] [MENTION=28348]soremfinger[/MENTION] [MENTION=22833]Legion[/MENTION] because you all are the bomb dot com.
Also [MENTION=3216]Thursday[/MENTION], because you know.
Thursday
Appearance: Thursday is a casual guy who’s notorious for underdressing for things (showing up to weddings in black jeans and Vans). He doesn’t even own too many pairs of clothes because it just isn’t a priority for him. His friends joke that he only owns four outfits. To others, Thursday appears relaxed, with an endearing, down-to-earth sense of humor. His “chill†and optimistic attitude ensure that he has no enemies--not that he would care much if he did. He is not part of the mainstream popular crowd, but he is friends with just about everyone because of his likeable nature.
Personality: Thursday could be compared to a falling feather from the sky. He’s gentle, lighthearted, and free. People see him falling and wonder why. Thursday has a bit of a sad air to him. When he’s in public, he’s usually sitting back and laughing about something, but sometimes he’ll stop and stare into the distance for a bit. Whenever someone asks him what’s up, he’s jolted back to reality and then makes a joke about it. Nobody bothers to ask anymore. Around others, Thursday shows his jovial sense of humor, but alone, he is quiet and serene.. He has quite a few acquaintances, but not many close friends. Thursday is a free spirit and doesn’t really like committing. When he gets close to someone, he quietly cuts himself off from them by not responding to texts or requests to hang out. Being a part of a close-knit group of buddies is uncomfortable for him; he starts feeling smothered, like he’s losing his freedom. Because of this, Thursday could be described as a “social lone wolf.†He’s an amiable companion to have around, but also very independent, floating around alone and not sticking with anyone or anything but himself.
Wants: Thursday wants to be free--from people, from rules, from his “meaningless†life, and even, to some extent, his own feelings. Too much time in one place makes him uneasy, like he’s crawling around in his own skin. He has a history of cutting class, experimenting with drugs, and even running away in the middle of the night because he can’t handle things being the same. Perhaps this is due to the fact that he really feels dead inside, and he’s always searching for something new to make him feel alive. He’s never been successful. Thursday feels like he’s full of negative energy, so he immerses himself in anesthetics, literally and metaphorically, in order to make it go away. All this does is make him feel numb. Then he seeks novelty in order to feel alive; but living, he discovers, is both pleasant and painful. Once he feels the pain of being alive, that “negative energy,†he numbs out again. It’s a cycle that he just can’t escape from.
Likes: Thursday spends a lot of his time wandering. One of his favorite things to do is ride public transit as far as possible, skateboard in tow, and then get off and explore new places. After a while, he comes home and sits in his room drawing, smoking weed, and listening to music. Thursday is invited to quite a few parties. He usually shows up late (because he doesn’t really care much about time) and leaves whenever he’s had enough. During the parties, he spends some time mingling on the outskirts of the crowd and getting high out of his mind.
Fears: Thursday is afraid of pain. He doesn’t settle down because the lack of freedom hurts him like rope digging into his skin. He never gets close to anyone because love means vulnerability, and vulnerability means potential pain. Thursday always changes the station when a sad song starts to play. He won’t watch the news, read books, or even watch movies with a good plot, because he just can’t handle any negativity. This is why he spends all his time drawing--because he can control what he creates, and it can always be gentle. This is why he just sits on his roof in the middle of the night filling up with substances--because he doesn’t have to feel anything. Thursday is the definition of an escapist. Still, no matter how much he tries to rid himself of his anything dark, he’ll always feel a little bit sad. He doesn’t want to be numb, but he doesn’t want to be fully alive either, because life includes pain. When he can’t feel anything, he wants to be alive. When he’s alive, he wants to be numb to escape the bad parts of reality. The grass is always greener on the other side for Thursday. For this reason, he’ll never be truly happy.
Lessons he needs to learn: Life is wonderful and horrible, and you can’t cherry-pick what you want out of it. You will have to deal with pain. You need to learn how to commit to something.