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OOC INFORMATION
Name: Sean
Contact: listen @ plurk, colours came out @ aim
Other Characters: none, I'm new!
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Katsuya Suou
Age: 25
Canon: Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Canon Point: Before Tatsuya joins the party
Character Information: SMT wiki page
Personality: Katsuya Suou is the picture of the promising, young, up-and-coming police officer: dedicated, courteous, honest, acceptably competent, metrosexual. He's also terminally socially awkward and about one fraternal underage arrest record away from a nervous breakdown, but, you know, details.
In truth, Katsuya had always wanted to be a dessert chef (excuse me, "patissier"), but became a cop instead when his father, also a policeman, was framed and wrongfully incarcerated when Katsuya was in high school; Katsuya joined the force himself in order to try and clear his name. As their mother is apparently a nonentity, it also fell to Katsuya to support his little brother Tatsuya (their parents were evidently not very creative).
The brothers developed a strained relationship in the years that followed, despite Katsuya's best efforts to keep the family together: as a result of what happened to their father, whom he apparently idolized, Tatsuya became a delinquent, skipping school and buying a motorcycle, shock and horror. He comes to see Katsuya as distant, authoritarian, and obsessed with his job, and resists all of Katsuya's attempts to reign him in. In reality, Katsuya is only so overbearing because he worries about Tatsuya constantly, arguably to excess, and even puts aside a sizable portion of his paycheck to support Tatsuya after he graduates. The more Tatsuya rebels, the more Katsuya tries to keep a lock on him so that he doesn't destroy his future, and the more Tatsuya rebels, resulting in a positive feedback loop of ridiculous family drama. What they've got there is a failure to communicate.
The confrontation with his shadow toward the end of the game, however, reveals that he does resent Tatsuya to some degree for how much he's had to give up for Tatsuya's benefit and how Tatsuya doesn't seem to appreciate it. Ultimately, though, it's presented as a natural result of the friction in their relationship, and only a small part of the way Katsuya feels about his brother, whom he remains devoted to. And, after the day is saved, they already seem to be getting along better, proving that whatever issue they might have with each other is only temporary. Brotherly love wins out. Awww. Not that that matters, since I'll be pulling Katsuya from midgame!
Anyway: as his career goes, Katsuya is one of the most honest and committed cops in the Konan police department, constantly coming into conflict with the more morally questionable chief of police Shimazu. When he's (understandably) taken off the JOKER case for writing about demons and a bunch of other weird crap in his reports, he continues to investigate it independently with Maya and Ulala simply because there's obviously something supernatural going on and they're the only ones who can do something about it, and he can't just sit by and watch the Joker run loose in good conscience. He doesn't hesitate to help in bringing down Shimazu when it unsurprisingly turns out he is corrupt as hell. In addition he frequently comes into conflict with Definitely A Criminal Party Member Baofu, proving that his moral principles extend beyond his job, but is also capable of (mostly) putting that aside in favor of working together to figure out just what the heck is going on with Persona 2's plot. He does tend to go a little too far in the other direction as well and threatens to arrest demons for existing like they care, but hey, you can't win 'em all.
What really makes him endearing, though, is that on top of all this he is a gigantic dweeb. He dresses sharp and is very polite, which is presumably what makes him popular with his female coworkers, but he's hopeless when it comes to romance--he develops a huge obvious crush on Maya but still insists on calling her "Ms. Amano" until the end of the game, and can only stammer and blush whenever anything concerning his feelings comes up. According to gossip you can overhear in the police station he once responded to a coworker giving him cake on Valentine's Day by giving her tips on how to improve the flavor and apparently had no idea why she was giving him cake in the first place. (He is very passionate about baking.) He is also a huge cat person despite being allergic. His starting Persona is even a cat. He is basically like if your sweet cat lady next door neighbor was also Horatio Caine.
For some reason, he also knows how to play flamenco guitar.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? Surprise me!
Opt-Outs: Werebear, merperson, minotaur, faerie, manticore
Roleplay Sample: TDM threads
Name: Sean
Contact: listen @ plurk, colours came out @ aim
Other Characters: none, I'm new!
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Katsuya Suou
Age: 25
Canon: Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Canon Point: Before Tatsuya joins the party
Character Information: SMT wiki page
Personality: Katsuya Suou is the picture of the promising, young, up-and-coming police officer: dedicated, courteous, honest, acceptably competent, metrosexual. He's also terminally socially awkward and about one fraternal underage arrest record away from a nervous breakdown, but, you know, details.
In truth, Katsuya had always wanted to be a dessert chef (excuse me, "patissier"), but became a cop instead when his father, also a policeman, was framed and wrongfully incarcerated when Katsuya was in high school; Katsuya joined the force himself in order to try and clear his name. As their mother is apparently a nonentity, it also fell to Katsuya to support his little brother Tatsuya (their parents were evidently not very creative).
The brothers developed a strained relationship in the years that followed, despite Katsuya's best efforts to keep the family together: as a result of what happened to their father, whom he apparently idolized, Tatsuya became a delinquent, skipping school and buying a motorcycle, shock and horror. He comes to see Katsuya as distant, authoritarian, and obsessed with his job, and resists all of Katsuya's attempts to reign him in. In reality, Katsuya is only so overbearing because he worries about Tatsuya constantly, arguably to excess, and even puts aside a sizable portion of his paycheck to support Tatsuya after he graduates. The more Tatsuya rebels, the more Katsuya tries to keep a lock on him so that he doesn't destroy his future, and the more Tatsuya rebels, resulting in a positive feedback loop of ridiculous family drama. What they've got there is a failure to communicate.
The confrontation with his shadow toward the end of the game, however, reveals that he does resent Tatsuya to some degree for how much he's had to give up for Tatsuya's benefit and how Tatsuya doesn't seem to appreciate it. Ultimately, though, it's presented as a natural result of the friction in their relationship, and only a small part of the way Katsuya feels about his brother, whom he remains devoted to. And, after the day is saved, they already seem to be getting along better, proving that whatever issue they might have with each other is only temporary. Brotherly love wins out. Awww. Not that that matters, since I'll be pulling Katsuya from midgame!
Anyway: as his career goes, Katsuya is one of the most honest and committed cops in the Konan police department, constantly coming into conflict with the more morally questionable chief of police Shimazu. When he's (understandably) taken off the JOKER case for writing about demons and a bunch of other weird crap in his reports, he continues to investigate it independently with Maya and Ulala simply because there's obviously something supernatural going on and they're the only ones who can do something about it, and he can't just sit by and watch the Joker run loose in good conscience. He doesn't hesitate to help in bringing down Shimazu when it unsurprisingly turns out he is corrupt as hell. In addition he frequently comes into conflict with Definitely A Criminal Party Member Baofu, proving that his moral principles extend beyond his job, but is also capable of (mostly) putting that aside in favor of working together to figure out just what the heck is going on with Persona 2's plot. He does tend to go a little too far in the other direction as well and threatens to arrest demons for existing like they care, but hey, you can't win 'em all.
What really makes him endearing, though, is that on top of all this he is a gigantic dweeb. He dresses sharp and is very polite, which is presumably what makes him popular with his female coworkers, but he's hopeless when it comes to romance--he develops a huge obvious crush on Maya but still insists on calling her "Ms. Amano" until the end of the game, and can only stammer and blush whenever anything concerning his feelings comes up. According to gossip you can overhear in the police station he once responded to a coworker giving him cake on Valentine's Day by giving her tips on how to improve the flavor and apparently had no idea why she was giving him cake in the first place. (He is very passionate about baking.) He is also a huge cat person despite being allergic. His starting Persona is even a cat. He is basically like if your sweet cat lady next door neighbor was also Horatio Caine.
For some reason, he also knows how to play flamenco guitar.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
- Dedicated
- By-the-book
- Reserved
- Overbearing
- Neurotic
- Self-sacrificing
- Honorable
- Tightly wound
- Hardworking
- Awkward
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? Surprise me!
Opt-Outs: Werebear, merperson, minotaur, faerie, manticore
Roleplay Sample: TDM threads