Mar 26, 2018 19:38:02 GMT
Post by Melvin Newton on Mar 26, 2018 19:38:02 GMT
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 | [attr="class","hopelovename"] [attr="class","hopelovename2"] Dr. Melvin Newton [attr="class","hopelovelyric"]
[attr="class","hopeloveleft"] ALIAS // N/A [attr="class","hopeloveleft"]AGE // fifty-three [attr="class","hopeloveleft"]GENDER // male [attr="class","hopeloveleft"]GROUP // civilian |
[attr="class","hopelovetitle"]APPEARANCE
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HAIR // originally brown but getting gray now[break]
EYES // blue[break]
SKIN // caucasian [break][break]
ATTIRE[break][break]
Melvin is fairly formal person, tending towards wearing a suit and tie in business situations, and button-down shirts at home or when he’s more relaxed. His clothes tend to be passable but not incredibly expensive or the height of fashion- he isn’t the sort to break the bank over clothing.
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GENERAL[break][break]
Melvin is a tall, thin man (about 6 feet and 150 lbs), with high cheekbones and a narrow frame. He doesn't spend much time on his hair and it tends to be a little messy, and his beard often sticks out in all directions. He has a bit of a limp in his right leg from an old injury and often uses a cane to help him get around. He’s not exactly young and spry, is what I’m saying.
HAIR // originally brown but getting gray now[break]
EYES // blue[break]
SKIN // caucasian [break][break]
ATTIRE[break][break]
Melvin is fairly formal person, tending towards wearing a suit and tie in business situations, and button-down shirts at home or when he’s more relaxed. His clothes tend to be passable but not incredibly expensive or the height of fashion- he isn’t the sort to break the bank over clothing.
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GENERAL[break][break]
Melvin is a tall, thin man (about 6 feet and 150 lbs), with high cheekbones and a narrow frame. He doesn't spend much time on his hair and it tends to be a little messy, and his beard often sticks out in all directions. He has a bit of a limp in his right leg from an old injury and often uses a cane to help him get around. He’s not exactly young and spry, is what I’m saying.
[attr="class","hopelovetitle"]PERSONALITY
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Melvin is a quiet, often rather distant man, with a propensity for acting like you just did something stupid. To be fair, you probably did. Dr. Melvin is well aware of his own brilliance and the gap it puts between him and other people. He has a strong sense of what the “right” or “sensible” thing to do in a given situation is and a tired annoyance built up from many years at not seeing other people follow those paths. After all this time, he’s come to accept it with a sigh and move on.
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Very task oriented, Melvin tends to see other people's feelings as obstacles to getting things done. This isn’t to say he’s an uncaring person; he has a strong sense of responsibility, viewing his intelligence as something which carries with it a responsibility to do good for the world. However, he tends to be extremely pragmatic and to pay little attention to so-called “soft skills”. Above all, he believes in rationality, and that rationality should lead to winning. He holds himself to very exacting standards, and others as well.
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A detail-oriented person, Melvin keeps an exact schedule, generally doing the same things in the same order every day. He wakes up punctually at 5:30 every morning without an alarm clock, drives to the gym to swim for an hour, eats a bowl of oatmeal with banana slices, and goes to work. At lunch, he eats a roast beef sandwich on seven grain rye bread like he has every day for the past ten years. He leaves work at exactly the same time every day, plays the piano for exactly an hour, goes to bed at 10:00, and wakes up to do the same thing over again. He lives simply, spending little money, and is generally quiet unless spoken to. If you see him sitting alone, his eyes often give the impression that he is thinking about something- deep, probing thoughts.
There are a few cracks in this armor, however. The most important one is his teenage daughter, Melody. He loves her dearly, more than anything else in his life. If he breaks his schedule, it’s almost certainly to do something for her. His other great love is music. If he has a hobby, it is the occasional work he does while playing the piano composing his own pieces and making notes in a small notebook. A few pieces of his own composition have been published, though nothing spectacular, and he secretly dreams of composing his own symphony, though his inherent perfectionism may prove the biggest obstacle to that ever seeing the light of day.
Melvin is a quiet, often rather distant man, with a propensity for acting like you just did something stupid. To be fair, you probably did. Dr. Melvin is well aware of his own brilliance and the gap it puts between him and other people. He has a strong sense of what the “right” or “sensible” thing to do in a given situation is and a tired annoyance built up from many years at not seeing other people follow those paths. After all this time, he’s come to accept it with a sigh and move on.
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Very task oriented, Melvin tends to see other people's feelings as obstacles to getting things done. This isn’t to say he’s an uncaring person; he has a strong sense of responsibility, viewing his intelligence as something which carries with it a responsibility to do good for the world. However, he tends to be extremely pragmatic and to pay little attention to so-called “soft skills”. Above all, he believes in rationality, and that rationality should lead to winning. He holds himself to very exacting standards, and others as well.
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A detail-oriented person, Melvin keeps an exact schedule, generally doing the same things in the same order every day. He wakes up punctually at 5:30 every morning without an alarm clock, drives to the gym to swim for an hour, eats a bowl of oatmeal with banana slices, and goes to work. At lunch, he eats a roast beef sandwich on seven grain rye bread like he has every day for the past ten years. He leaves work at exactly the same time every day, plays the piano for exactly an hour, goes to bed at 10:00, and wakes up to do the same thing over again. He lives simply, spending little money, and is generally quiet unless spoken to. If you see him sitting alone, his eyes often give the impression that he is thinking about something- deep, probing thoughts.
There are a few cracks in this armor, however. The most important one is his teenage daughter, Melody. He loves her dearly, more than anything else in his life. If he breaks his schedule, it’s almost certainly to do something for her. His other great love is music. If he has a hobby, it is the occasional work he does while playing the piano composing his own pieces and making notes in a small notebook. A few pieces of his own composition have been published, though nothing spectacular, and he secretly dreams of composing his own symphony, though his inherent perfectionism may prove the biggest obstacle to that ever seeing the light of day.
[attr="class","hopelovetitle"]HISTORY
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The second of four children, Melvin was a child prodigy, and gave his first simultaneous chess exhibition at age 6 and graduated from MIT with a degree in Chemical Engineering at age 16. He took a year off to travel around the world before entering an MD/PhD program at Johns Hopkins at age 18. He published his first academic paper, a study of chemical interventions in PTSD, two years later. From there, he went on to a distinguished career as a researcher, physician, and lecturer, earning a professorship at Berkeley, conducting physiological and psychological research, and consulting at Benioff Children’s Hospital. Though not well known to the general public, he became well-respected in the fields of physiology and psychiatry, and consistently giving a strong showing in the area chess tournaments. Personally, he was viewed as a slightly strange and quiet character, but masterful and fascinating once you got to know him.
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Melvin met Katherine Hartwell when she began her PhD work under a colleague of his at Berkeley. Though she was several years younger than him, there was an undeniable attraction between them, and they were married as soon as Katherine finished her studies. After a few years of paying off her loans, Melvin began looking at places to invest his money. Around this time, the 2001 dot-com bubble burst, and Melvin’s brother, a worker at a hedge fund, advised him to invest in internet companies. Over the next several years, Melvin’s investments in EBay, Amazon, Google and a few others paid off handsomely, leaving him with a comfortable amount of money. He spent almost none of it, setting it aside and continuing to live simply. It was around this time that Katherine became pregnant with Melody.
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Unfortunately, marital bliss was not what the future had in store for Melvin. On their way back from a conference at which Melvin had presented, their car was struck by a drunk driver. Katherine was killed instantly, and Melvin suffered a broken thigh that left him with a permanent limp. Melody was just a year and a half old.
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Despite his grief, Melvin set himself to single fatherhood with a deliberate and precise air. He made sure to always be present for Melody, whether it be for school plays, ball games, or just spending time with her in the evenings. It was a difficult job, made harder by various health problems Melody experienced, but on the whole he acquitted himself well.
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Following the Event, Melody discovered that she had gained powers. Melvin was offered, and accepted, a position at MRNU, doing research on what he realized was the newest and most exciting field in medicine...
The second of four children, Melvin was a child prodigy, and gave his first simultaneous chess exhibition at age 6 and graduated from MIT with a degree in Chemical Engineering at age 16. He took a year off to travel around the world before entering an MD/PhD program at Johns Hopkins at age 18. He published his first academic paper, a study of chemical interventions in PTSD, two years later. From there, he went on to a distinguished career as a researcher, physician, and lecturer, earning a professorship at Berkeley, conducting physiological and psychological research, and consulting at Benioff Children’s Hospital. Though not well known to the general public, he became well-respected in the fields of physiology and psychiatry, and consistently giving a strong showing in the area chess tournaments. Personally, he was viewed as a slightly strange and quiet character, but masterful and fascinating once you got to know him.
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Melvin met Katherine Hartwell when she began her PhD work under a colleague of his at Berkeley. Though she was several years younger than him, there was an undeniable attraction between them, and they were married as soon as Katherine finished her studies. After a few years of paying off her loans, Melvin began looking at places to invest his money. Around this time, the 2001 dot-com bubble burst, and Melvin’s brother, a worker at a hedge fund, advised him to invest in internet companies. Over the next several years, Melvin’s investments in EBay, Amazon, Google and a few others paid off handsomely, leaving him with a comfortable amount of money. He spent almost none of it, setting it aside and continuing to live simply. It was around this time that Katherine became pregnant with Melody.
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Unfortunately, marital bliss was not what the future had in store for Melvin. On their way back from a conference at which Melvin had presented, their car was struck by a drunk driver. Katherine was killed instantly, and Melvin suffered a broken thigh that left him with a permanent limp. Melody was just a year and a half old.
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Despite his grief, Melvin set himself to single fatherhood with a deliberate and precise air. He made sure to always be present for Melody, whether it be for school plays, ball games, or just spending time with her in the evenings. It was a difficult job, made harder by various health problems Melody experienced, but on the whole he acquitted himself well.
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Following the Event, Melody discovered that she had gained powers. Melvin was offered, and accepted, a position at MRNU, doing research on what he realized was the newest and most exciting field in medicine...
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Michael Douglas as Melvin Newton
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