Post by Sable on Nov 14, 2018 0:06:02 GMT
Full Name: Jay deCoeur
Known Aliases: JJ
Army: Rogues
Rank: Shadowkeeper
Franchise: Big Hero 6
Gender: Cis Male (he/him)
Age: 19
Personality: Jay is a socially awkward young man, who finds himself withdrawn due to the severe depression and anxiety he suffers from experiencing childhood trauma. He has autism and a purely obsessional form of OCD, a tendency towards obsessional hoarding, as well as symptoms of complex PTSD from the reoccurring abuse and emotional whiplash he went through growing up. He does not have very good social skills, and as a result has very few friends. Often, his emotions overwhelm him. Growing up has mellowed him out significantly and he has learned to control his emotions much better than when he was a younger teenager, but he still can have a hard time coping with his powerful emotions, usually lending to self-destructive tendencies and/or lashing out at others. He is pretty intelligent and can use his wits to compensate for his lack of physical strength. Though he hides it with cynicism and pessimism and self-depreciating humor, Jay is legitimately a very, very sweet boy who wants to make good friends and do the right thing. He is very goofy and amiable when not hiding behind his self-imposed wall of cynicism.
Backstory: (TW FOR ABUSE, SELF-HARM, SUICIDE, AND ED MENTIONS) Jay grew up in a not-super-good family situation. His father, Jonas, was a mentally ill, barely-functioning alcoholic, and his mother, Elisa, was a severely mentally ill woman with a terrible hoarding problem (which got passed down to him, albeit not as severe), which steadily got worse after Jay was born and his father was furious that he also came out mentally ill like both of them. Jonah was never a very good parental figure and was often verbally and emotionally abusive. Jay grew up constantly feeling like nothing he did was ever enough, no matter how hard he pushed himself and no matter how much he suffered. Jonas also took out a lot of this anger on Elisa, for both her mental illnesses and the disappointment in her son, which put her in an even worse state, and gradually her hoarding became so extreme it was causing them financial problems and their home was almost unlivable. The abuse drew to a head over the course of a month, in which Jay locked himself away every day after school to avoid further abuse, but of course his father only doubled down, screaming at him and berating him over very trivial things like leaving out a hand towel or leaving something in the sink instead of putting it in the dishwasher. It completely destroyed the poor boy's self-esteem, and he began to self-harm and binge eat until he would make himself sick; even with the emotional support of his best friend, he got more and more suicidal and his eating disorder got worse and worse. His mother also got a lot of the anger taken out on her, and one day she decided she would not let her husband bully her and her son anymore. She promptly filed for divorce and won custody over Jay. Jonah relocated himself to the other side of the state to find better work to support himself, leaving Elisa and Jay all by themselves in their terrible house, overflowing with garbage, compounding even more on their already unstable mental health. They were evicted soon after, leaving them living paycheck-to-paycheck in a cheap, gross apartment. Elisa did not make enough to be able to afford to go to therapy, so for a long while they both suffered, the hoarding continuing and Jay continuing to self-harm and develop an eating disorder. It got to a point where Jay nearly committed suicide one night in his freshman year of high school. Elisa then determined to keep her boy safe, and improve their lives best they could, and managed to get promoted in her job and made enough money they could start going to therapy and going on medication. Jay's mental health improved gradually since then, even after coming out as gay. Thankfully, Elisa was always a caring mother, and fully supported his sexuality, and completely accepted his best friend throughout childhood, Kyle, coming out as trans when they were in middle school. Jay eventually ended up finding a gorgeous, sweet boyfriend, Darren, as a junior in high school, and the two stayed together. Dating Darren was probably the best thing in the world to happen to Jay, and even though he obviously still struggles with his traumas and mental illnesses, is a much better person now and is no longer suicidal or actively struggling from an eating disorder. When the war started, both he and Darren decided to enlist in an army for their own protection.
Known Family: Jonah Merril (father, divorced)
Elisa deCoeur (mother)
Darren Hargreaves (boyfriend)
Kyle Sutherland (best friend)
Password: ready to rumble
