FIRST IMPRESSIONS MEME

[evocation]

For all those neat little details that can be hard to fit into threads!

<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> <b>AGE:</b> <b>HEIGHT:</b> <b>DISTINGUISHING FEATURES:</b> (Scars, piercings, etc.) <b>GENERAL STYLE:</b> (Jorts? Cowboy boots? Three piece suit?) <b>LANTERN:</b> (Image or description, go wild!) <b>OTHER FUN DETAILS:</b> (Posture, mannerisms, or whatever doesn't fit in the other categories!) <b>IMAGES:</b> (Please use text links for anything very large!) <b>OBLIGATORY SHITPOST/GIF:</b> (u kno)

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[preseance]

CHARACTER NAME: Gene Hicks!
AGE: 20 but like, he was a week away from his 21st birthday so. TECHNICALITIES.
HEIGHT: 5'9. He's on the skinny side right now because, you know, the Battle of the Bulge was a hellish under-supplied nightmare. He's fairly slight to begin with but is normally fairly well muscled so he'll probably get back to that after a few weeks of decent eating.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Gene has a number of scars on his person of varying ages. The older ones are from being a rough, outdoorsy boy and the newer ones are from being in the war. He has several shrapnel scars, a nasty burn scar across his right shoulderblade, knicks of all sort across his knuckles. A couple of grazes from bullets that didn't do The Most but still stung like a bitch.

Also, lordT the boy has an Alabama accent that could dropkick a panther. Please don't make me keep mentioning it. Y'ALL KNOW BY NOW, RIGHT? I CAN LET THIS ONE DIE?

GENERAL STYLE: Usually, he wears his paratrooper jump pants, polished brown corcoran boots and a wool sweater, and his dog tags are beneath the sweater. Sometimes he'll wear his service cap as well. In dire situations, he'll be wearing his full kit with his medic's band on the arm of his jacket. It has a fair amount of insignia, those versed in history will recognize it as belonging to the 82nd Airborne, the All-Americans.
LANTERN: something like this! it has a very soft amber-white glow to it.
OTHER FUN DETAILS: Gene projects calm and warmth with an easy, affable good-humour and self-assurance that usually comes to people a lot later in life. He also moves like a Consummate Dancer because man can this boy Lindy! His posture can be a bit slouchy at times but usually only when he's tired or really run down, and his stance is pretty solid, even though he's about 145 pounds soaking wet he still looks like someone who'd be hard to knock off his feet.
IMAGES: bc shane taylor is a gem.
OBLIGATORY SHITPOST/GIF:

[voktys]

pls teach her how to lindy

[preseance]

he knows ALL them good 40s era swing dances, mel.

and he will happily impart his knowledge. just you watch.

[voktys]

they need like. a radio or something. she'd be so into swing!! it's danceable!!

[preseance]

i should put that in as a request. A RADIO THAT ONLY PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE 40S!!

rastus!!!

[nonscriptum]

this good boy ;_;

[preseance]

The coin thing needs to come up!! I'm hype for this now.

ALSO: Gene is going to teach hymns to Mel, how's Nate's singing voice? c:

[nonscriptum]

oh.......o-oh no....you made me dig up this

[preseance]

oh my god that's actually fucking adorable

we are DOING THIS

[callada]

Teach this too-tall klutz to dance to all those sweet jazzy tunes please omg

[preseance]

god that will be a TRIP because gene is... so smol comparatively... how would dancing even WORK...

[callada]

I guess it would have to be the sort of dancing that doesn't involve much actual contact hahaha UNLESS YOU LIKE AERIAL SPINS

[preseance]

oh my god, a horror terror

BUT LIKE

he could absolutely teach him the steps that'd be easy enough

this cr is destroying me slowly thx

[sulfa]

pls give irwin an excuse 2 dance again.... he had fun on his first night of being dead!!

[preseance]

gene's going to organize a dance night

there may or may not be dance offs

i'll keep u in the loop

[darkeyed]

WOW YOU'RE NOT EVEN THAT MUCH OLDER THAN HIM, BRO.

[preseance]

NO HE IS A BABY


HE JUST

ACTS A LOT OLDER THAN HE IS BC... LIFE...

[darkeyed]

And you call him a kid??? Excuse. Pushes his baby face away, get out.

[preseance]

LOOK


MK'S STILL A TEENAGER

AND ACTS YOUNG

SO

IT TRACKS

[jigsawn]

i did not realize he was so young

what a bean

[preseance]

He is an absolute youth. But he's also from that era where functional adulthood sort of... happened earlier by necessity so he definitely tracks as older ICly (and probably fucking looks it too because War Is Hell).

So it's like. NORMAL TO... ASSUME OTHERWISE... he's weird it's okay.

[jigsawn]

shhh it's fine we're not here to judge

it's ok cool older bro bill will look after u 👌

[preseance]

Gene would literally have Zero Idea what to do with someone trying to Older Bro at him, he's the oldest of four lmao. Just this like. Faintly, gently quizzical 'what are you even doing.'

[facelessgirl]

war kids club

[preseance]

100 percent tbh

it's okay he's got her back they're bros now this is how it works!!