PLAYER NAME: Ari CHARACTER NAME: Amos Burton CANON: The Expanse
WHAT CAN JOHN SENSE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?: First and foremost: Amos is literally Just A Guy. Magic since coming to Kenos aside, he is a 100% normal human. There is nothing remarkable about him in any way.
HOWEVER, he is also a very heavily traumatized guy. There is something just plain off about him for a normal human, like his emotional development was heavily stunted, because it was! He buries his emotions because they just aren't worth the pain they'll cause in acknowledging them. Amos will claim he's emotionless — and he does genuinely believe this — but nah, they're there. He feels things. Buried, and muted, but very, very real.
The trauma is by and large the result of a long pattern of sexual abuse, which John is free to sense.
Also, if applicable: his real name is not "Amos Burton". That's actually identity theft! ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS?: The aforementioned trauma is by and large the result of a pattern of sexual abuse when he was very young. I'm okay with John being aware that Amos was a minor when he experienced it, but let's keep the specifics murky until I give the go-ahead. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO NOTICE?: Oh absolutely feel free to call him out on actually having emotions.
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CHARACTER NAME: Amos Burton
CANON: The Expanse
WHAT CAN JOHN SENSE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?: First and foremost: Amos is literally Just A Guy. Magic since coming to Kenos aside, he is a 100% normal human. There is nothing remarkable about him in any way.
HOWEVER, he is also a very heavily traumatized guy. There is something just plain off about him for a normal human, like his emotional development was heavily stunted, because it was! He buries his emotions because they just aren't worth the pain they'll cause in acknowledging them. Amos will claim he's emotionless — and he does genuinely believe this — but nah, they're there. He feels things. Buried, and muted, but very, very real.
The trauma is by and large the result of a long pattern of sexual abuse, which John is free to sense.
Also, if applicable: his real name is not "Amos Burton". That's actually identity theft!
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS?: The aforementioned trauma is by and large the result of a pattern of sexual abuse when he was very young. I'm okay with John being aware that Amos was a minor when he experienced it, but let's keep the specifics murky until I give the go-ahead.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO NOTICE?: Oh absolutely feel free to call him out on actually having emotions.