Post by GABRIEL MICHAEL PERRY on Feb 18, 2013 1:14:14 GMT -5
[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 400px; height: 600px; border-left: 10px solid #c0b0a1;] Welcome to your site young blood GABRIEL MICHAEL PERRY [/style] [style=font-family:times; font-size:10; letter-spacing: 6px; line-height: 2px color:#c0b0a1; text-transform:uppercase; font-style: italic; ] you're a wizard, harry nicknames:Gabe, Professor, Destrier, Gabriel also has numerous pet names and titles that are used by his family members, among them are: Love, Daddy, Sweetheart, Honey or Sugarcube(both Honey and Sugarcube are used only by his mother) date of birth: March 20th age: 35 gender: Male sexual orientation: heterosexual occupation: Ancient Runes Professor bloodstatus: muggleborn financial status: Fairly wealthy year: Alumnus house: Ravenclaw wand: Cedar, Dragon heartstring, 14 inches, unyielding allegiance: Order of the Phoenix canon: no Tell Us a little about how you look height: 72 inches/6 feet tall weight: 186lbs hair: Dark Brown and messy eyes: Blue distinguishing features: Gabriel has numerous scars on his hands, arms and torso. intended face claim: Misha Collins overall: Gabriel has a Slavic type of facial structure. In the sense that from the front, his face is oval in shape, but bears angular features from a 45 degree angle. He possesses icy blue eyes that, to some, might give the appearance that he is peering into their soul. Gabriel does leave his face neatly shaved, but usually ends up appearing like permanent stubble as his hair is dark in comparison to his skin color. Gabriel does have very faint, and nearly unnoticeable acne scarring on his left temple from his teen years. His hair is soft, and a very dark, fading black in color. In the summer, if he had been outside enough it would look like a dark chocolate color. Overall though his hair color is like that of black coffee. Gabriel normally leaves his hair short, and in a fairly chaotic style. Despite that he does tend to keep an overall clean appearance. He does possess a few wrinkles in his face now, as he is approaching the age of forty, most of which indicate that he smiles and laughs a lot, and some faint crow's feet. His physique is not that of an athlete, but Gabriel is in shape. He's a lean, and toned man, built more like a runner but is healthy. However, in the recent years he has gotten self conscious, as he does bear a few faint burn scars on his torso. These are normally concealed beneath a shirt, or a coat, and aren't mentioned under most circumstances. Gabriel does have a few scars on his hands from the various nicks and cuts from his days in medical school, and from the odd accidents in general. He also bears several scars from the Second Wizarding War. His sense of style is that of class. He likes to dress to appear orderly and clean. He will wear things like t-shirts and jeans when he doesn't have an obligation to appear professional. He prefers muggle clothing like slacks, jeans, t-shirts and dress shirts. He will wear a simple work robe, over his suit while teaching but these are not his preferred fashion choices. He dislikes robes strongly, as he feels like a six man tent while wearing them. He does own some robes but he wears them very rarely. and then a little about yourself likes: |
II. HIS PARENTS – Samuel and Bridgette Perry are some of the greatest people that Gabriel has ever known. They were muggles and they always worked hard for the best things in life. His mother still sees him and his family on occasion and she babysits for them often. Gabriel loves his mother dearly like any one would, and holds her in the highest regard. His father was his greatest role model, and he still looks up to his father. It was his father who was the first to embrace magic as a reality in Gabriel's life. Gabriel owes many of his life skills to his mother who taught him everything she knew about life and how to take care of himself. One could even say that he was a mama's boy.
III. HIS CHILDREN – Gabriel and Briar currently have two children and Gabriel would do anything to keep them safe. His children are his pride and joy, he does his best as a father to them, even reading them their bedtime stories. Not so much for Grace anymore since she is a student at Hogwarts now. However, he does just about everything for his kids, and that includes making sure that they would be taken care of in the event that something should happen to him.
IV. WORK – He loves his job. Work is a coping tool for Gabriel and he works when he is upset. He works when he is sad, or depressed. Gabriel believes that work and service build character better than most things in the world. As such he does not like to lie around and do nothing.
V. CAPTAIN AMERICA – His favorite superhero was always Captain America. Gabriel's childhood role model besides his parents and teachers was the Cap. Steve Rogers was always so willing to sacrifice himself for someone else, and so willing to serve. It's no surprise that Gabriel took those lessons to heart. He also has a replica of Captain America's shield in his office, hanging on a wall. Gabriel understands the importance of compassion and selfless servitude.
VI. PIE – Gabriel's favorite sweet treat happens to be pie. He specifically loves his mother's recipe for apple pie. It is a recipe that he'd been taught as well, but doesn't feel that he makes it quite like his mother does. As a child his mother used to make her apple pie for Gabriel on those days when he came home from a hard day of school. Gabriel associates pie with comfort, because of how he was treated to pie when he was stressed or having a hard time.
VII. CHOWDER – Among Gabriel's favorite foods is a hot bowl of chowder. He enjoys Cape Cod style codfish chowder, as well as some clam chowder. His idea of relaxing would happen to be enjoying a bowl of chowder that he'd cooked. His kids associate this food with comfort as well, as Gabriel made them fish, corn, crab or clam chowder quite often during the war.
VIII. COOKING – He has a talent for the culinary arts, he learned most of it from his mother who had sworn to make sure that when he lived on his own that he wouldn't be eating nothing but mac and cheese and peanut butter. He has all his family recipes memorized. As such he makes dinner at home for his family a lot. He's not a gourmet chef, but he is good enough at cooking that his family enjoys his food.
IX. BOOKS – Gabriel collects books. He has quite the library in his house and in his office at Hogwarts. Books are vast tomes of information to him, and Gabriel enjoys a good book and some coffee on any day. He has implemented the tradition of bedtime stories for his children, so he does buy or borrow books often as to read his kids new and exciting stories.
X. MUGGLES – As Gabriel is a muggleborn, he has a background in the muggle world. He also attended muggle college and medical school after Hogwarts. He believes that muggles are strong in their own way. After all they live their lives without the conveniences of magic. Some muggles actually fantasize about magic not knowing that magic is indeed real. He wouldn't mind living among them again if he really needed to.
XI. MINERVA MCGONAGALL – Quite easily his favorite professor in Hogwarts. He is quite intimidated by her, but he appreciated her lessons in Transfiguration. If it weren't for her instruction he might not have ever done so well in Transfiguration. He had always made sure to do his best in her classes like he did in all his subjects but he had a talent for her subject.
XII. MEDICAL SCIENCE – There's a good reason why Gabriel chose medical school, when his parents advised him to get a muggle college education. He always had a fascination with medicine. However he preferred teaching as a career over being a healer at St. Mungo's. Despite that, if he weren't teaching at Hogwarts he would be practicing medicine in a muggle hospital. He enjoyed learning about the human body, and ways to make it healthy after complications and other such things.
XIII. STAR TREK – As a child, Gabriel was introduced to a muggle television show called Star Trek. His favorite character happened to be the Vulcan named Spock. Gabriel and his father would say ‘Live long and prosper’ to each other before Gabriel would get on the train to Hogwarts. Though the mention of ‘Live long and prosper’ still makes Gabriel smile to this day, and he associates the TV show with some lighter and simpler times with his dad.
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dislikes:
II. PICKLES - Pickles are gross. He doesn't enjoy the taste, and sometimes the smell irks him. He'd also gotten sick eating pickles once as an 8 year old. He's since not liked pickles and steers clear of them.
III. ROBES - He dislikes robes strongly, as he feels like a six man tent while wearing them. He prefers muggle clothing over robes, and he will usually be seen wearing suits at work, and jeans in his off time. He owns robes but when he wears them the robe will magically find itself back in his office or bedroom.
IV. BULLIES – He hates bullies and doesn't care where they come from. There is no point to bullying except hurting someone, or proving that you're better than someone else to yourself, and nothing more. Gabriel does not tolerate bullying. Anyone caught bullying in Gabriel's line of sight will be dealt with accordingly. If they happen to be a student they will receive, a good reprimanding and loss of house points.
V. PUREBLOOD SUPREMACISTS – Gabriel is a muggleborn, and this already touches a nerve just from something he can't control. He feels that muggleborn wizards are just as powerful as purebloods, sometimes more so. In school he had issues with pureblooded students calling him mudblood, among other such names, and those memories have kind of stuck on him.
VI. PREJUDICE – Gabriel feels that this comes from ignorance above all else. However, ignorance could only be an excuse for so long, and is later not a viable excuse to hate someone for no good reason. Gabriel has been a victim of prejudice for a long time, especially from his peers at Hogwarts.
VII. DARK ARTS – Evil. Gabriel's strong sense of right and wrong automatically sees something wrong with this. He also feels that it's not a good thing to hurt people, and take their free will. The dark arts also leaves a bad feeling for Gabriel, and it's not something that he wants his children to experience.
VIII. HYPOCRITES – Say to do one thing, but do the complete opposite? While Gabriel understands imperfection this isn't okay. A person can mislead a lot of people and then hurt them later if they were caught in their hypocrisy. Gabriel feels that it’s a poor example to set for children when their parents are telling them to say one thing and then do something contrary to what they said. Gabriel feels that it’s no better than lying to their faces.
IX. DISRESPECT OF WOMEN – There aren't enough words to describe how much Gabriel hates it when a man disrespects a woman. He really doesn't like seeing a man push a woman around. He feels that real men don't push women around. Growing up, Gabriel learned from his father the proper way to interact and treat a lady by the way he was so gentle, and respectful of his mother.
X. ROACHES – So Gabriel really hates roaches. They creep him out, smell nasty and are carriers of numerous diseases. Gabriel likes things to be clean, and roaches are a good sign of filth. Not to mention that the pathogens these little creatures carry include dysentery, typhoid fever and cholera, also parasitic worms, hepatitis A and leprosy, among other diseases.
XI. BEING USELESS – When Gabriel is told to rest and be on bed rest he is automatically in a bad mood. After all, if he's lying around or sitting around doing nothing, he's not being of any help to anyone, and he's not doing anything useful. He likes to be of use, and the opposite of being so leaves him in poor spirits.
XII. BRIAR’S PARENTS – Gabriel had met Briar’s parents as a teen and later learned how much they disliked him. They didn’t like how Gabriel’s parents were muggles, and how he was a ‘mudblood’ as so many pureblood elitists liked to point out. They didn’t seem to catch the part where Gabriel was more than capable of taking care of Briar, and how much he cared about her. It was because of them that Briar cried at their wedding since they weren’t there.
[/ul]strengths:
II. INTELLIGENT - Being the kind of person who graduated at the top(or really close to it) of his class in school, Gabriel is very smart. This intelligence has helped him in numerous situations. It also helps him in planning dates with his wife. He puts a lot of thought into his tokens of affection, whether it be a few horseshoes because Briar had mentioned that she wanted to hang a set of them on a wall or new mittens for his daughter because he'd noticed a hole in the fingers of her old ones. Gabriel is able to discern someone's gait, and notice when it's off. He also has an eye for details, as he was able to survive the war due to this.
III. COMPASSION - He has a big heart, and he had always been taught that compassion was one of the most important qualities in a person. A quality that is often looked down upon, but Gabriel was taught to learn to have compassion. He seems to be naturally compassionate though. He tends to look for the welfare of the people around him.
IV. PROTECTIVE - Gabriel would do anything to protect his family and his friends. Most of what he does everyday are things he does to protect Briar and his two children. He risks no harm to the people he cares about. He's already suffered the loss of a few, and refuses to lose anymore. He is especially protective of Briar. He does everything in his power to protect her and keep her safe. Gabriel's need to protect the people he loves is where his willpower comes from.
V. DEDICATED – He is such a devoted father. He always takes time to read his kids a bedtime story and to play games with them. As such this devotion is shown in other areas in his life. He is a dedicated and fiercely loyal husband to Briar, and he is dedicated in his work as a teacher. He puts all his efforts into things he considers the most important. As a friend he also puts his all into his closest relationships and would gladly lay down his life for his friends.
VI. DESIRE TO LEARN – Gabriel has an insatiable thirst for knowledge, whether it be a new hobby, or a new recipe to try out. He is willing to learn just about anything especially if it would help him in his line of work. Gabriel's sheer hunger for knowledge is what outweighed his other personality traits that sorted him into Ravenclaw as a student.
VII. COLLECTED – He is able to stay calm in almost any situation. It's mostly because he rather not cloud his mind with panic, or unrest so that he could keep the people dearest to him safe. Gabriel is well acquainted with situations that require a steady mind. However, in rare occasions when he is panicking he will also be very impatient.
VIII. BILINGUAL – Gabriel is fluent in Mandarin as his second language. He began taking it as a six year old child when his father made a joke about the Chinese taking over the world. Since then he'd taken courses in the language to where he could be about 85% fluent in the language.
IX. TRANSFIGURATION – This was very likely Gabriel's best subject in school, tied with Ancient Runes. Gabriel was taught by Professor Minerva McGonagall, and certainly put this schooling to good use. He also used what he learned in Transfiguration in his courtship with Briar in a similar manner that he uses charms.
X. CHARMS – As a student Gabriel naturally did well in Charms. In his later years in Hogwarts Gabriel used his prowess in charms to try and win Briar's heart by enchanting things like candies and flowers. As a result he ended up practicing his charms quite often, and it became one of his best subjects at school.
XI. ANCIENT RUNES – Gabriel had a real love of Ancient Runes when he tried the class in his third year. He also had a talent for it. Gabriel's love of this subject compelled him to teach it later on after he had completed his medical training, and he needed to figure out a steady job in the wizarding world in order to support his family.
XII. SEEKS IMPROVEMENT – Always willing to improve himself, Gabriel welcomes constructive criticism. He sees himself as a work in progress and strives for self perfection, that way he could be the best father and husband for his family.
XIII. RESPONSIBLE - He handles a great amount of weight on his shoulders and he is always doing what he's supposed to. He fulfills his duties as a husband and father. He is also able to recognize where he is responsible for things. For example, as a teacher he knows that he is responsible for his students when they are in his classroom. As such he has a habit of looking after his students as a mentor.
XIV. TEACHING – Gabriel enjoys teaching, and he tutored in college for money to pay for his living expenses. He's good at it and he shows a lot of enthusiasm for his subject when he teaches it in Hogwarts. Gabriel realizes that teaching has it's downsides, but he feels very satisfied in his occupation. He wouldn't want to be in any other career if he didn't absolutely need to switch. Of course the only exception to this would be muggle medicine.
XV. MUGGLE MEDICINE – Medicine was a subject that Gabriel was always fascinated with, and if he weren't teaching at Hogwarts it's a given that he would be a doctor in the muggle world. He finds that he enjoys reading medical journals and textbooks in his spare time and he actually owns a whole bookcase full of medical books. He showed almost a natural prowess in muggle medical school, but because he wished to join Briar in the wizarding world he chose a career in teaching instead. However if the need ever arose he would certainly pickup his white lab coat again, and go back to medicine.
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II. ALTRUIST - He forgets himself. He will always think of someone else before himself. This goes to extremes. He has a tendency to take on more than he should. He's gotten himself sick thanks to this flaw numerous times. He also has a habit of neglecting his own safety. That can be a poor quality to have nowadays, but Gabriel was always taught to look outside of himself.
III. HIS FAMILY - His greatest weakness happens to be one of his greatest motivators. His family, and more importantly his wife are the most important people in his life. Gabriel would do anything for them. He would lay his life down for them in a heartbeat. However, in a pinch his family can be used as leverage against him. This is kind of a given weakness considering his devotion to his family.
IV. PERFECTIONIST - Gabriel expects perfection of himself. If he doesn't do something just right he feels as if he failed. Even though he realizes that he is a work in progress he does still expect perfection to come out of him. He only really expects this of himself, and not so much of other people.
V. POTIONS – This was possibly one of his worst classes in Hogwarts. While he did get passing grades he worked incredibly hard to get those marks. He got help from some of his housemates and even his professor in order to get a satisfactory grade.
VI. STUBBORN – When it comes to his mighty standards and virtues Gabriel will not budge. As well as things like who or what he is affiliated with. You cannot change his mind with your words. He is set in whatever perspective he wishes to have and only he can change it. He is also stubborn in the sense that he likes having his own individuality. Which means if he does something really weird, he doesn't care what anyone else thinks(with the exception of Briar).
VII. TWO LEFT FEET – Gabriel has two left feet. He's not very graceful, and he's a terrible dancer. If he does it would have taken him a lot of practice, and many hours of sore feet. He does usually end up embarrassing himself at times when he trieds to dance and more often than not fails to perform.
VIII. BITTER – Gabriel has a deep-seated hatred of pure-blood elitists. He hates bullies, and anyone that he witnesses bullying anyone else will not receive sweet treatment from Gabriel. He also detests the people who support death eaters as it sounds a lot like what the Nazis were trying to do during the second world war. As a student many of those sorts of people picked on him and other students like him because of something he couldn't control.
IX. IMMATURE – He does have a tendency to act like he was still in college, and he is not above pulling pranks on people. He does also have a tendency to act like a petulant child when he is told that he would have to be on bed-rest due to an illness or something of that nature.
X. RASH – When Gabriel wants to get something done, there is a good chance that he will resort to something dangerous, and extreme if there is no other clear path to success. This can result in him jeopardizing his own safety. If people he cares about are in jeopardy it is more likely that Gabriel will resort to things that aren't so safe for him.
XI. ARTS – Even though the house of Ravenclaw is home to many creative minds and artists, Gabriel is not counted among them. Gabriel isn't gifted in art. He was never really able to draw growing up and as such he's not really much of an artist. Gabriel was at best, good at drawing stick figures. Not to mention the heiroglyphs that he magically carves into wood and stone for his classes, but that is the furthest extend of his artistic ability.
XII. OVERACHIEVER – Gabriel has always been an overachiever. He'd get everything done to the very best of his ability. That means doing his work in the best way possible. This was mostly how he was able to do both Hogwarts studies and independent muggle studies. However because of this he has a habit of taking on more than he should. Gabriel tries to help as many people as he can, and thus he sometimes takes on too many things at once. This can stress him out even though he doesn't tell anyone that he is stressed. Briar, however, is one of the few people who are able to pick up on it if he's stressed.
XIII. OBNOXIOUS – Along with his pranks, he is not above making fun of people he isn't fond of. He will also mock these people as well. This kind of ties in with his immaturity. It might make him seem as a less professional teacher, but Gabriel has his moments of unprofessional-ness.
XIV. FLYING – Gabriel hates broomsticks. His lessons in flying in his first year at Hogwarts ended with him in the Hospital Wing with a broken arm. He prefers to have his feet on the ground. He's even antsy while flying in an airplane. He's not a good flyer and would rather gallop in his animagus form or run.
XV. EASY TO PLEASE – It doesn't take much for his family or friends to make him happy. He doesn't normally have very high expectations of people around him, with the exception of the people who work with him. This is ironic considering his expectations that he has of himself.
[/ul]boggart: Losing Briar in some way shape or form. Also losing his children.
erised: His kids married, and happy, and him and Briar growing old together. He also sees his father alive and playing with his son and daughters.
overall personality: Gabriel Perry is a strong willed individual, and is very smart. He has a heart for taking care of people, and he has an open mind. Gabriel is willing to learn from just about anyone. He's very skilled in the medical field, however, is sometimes, arrogant about this. He thinks about others before himself. He does this a lot, and it's part of his coping mechanism. He's a devoted man. Gabriel has a thirst for knowledge and he is able to pick up new concepts fairly quickly. He is a sponge for knowledge. This goes along with his intelligence. He's willing to learn about new things, and thus is able to keep an open mind. Gabriel is always willing to see the whole picture before making a decision or judgment. His insatiable thirst for knowledge is what initially landed him in Ravenclaw as opposed to Gryffindor, which is the other house that the Sorting Hat had been debating on putting him in.
His friends and family will always be a weakness for Gabriel. He does everything he can to keep them safe and happy. He would willingly to risk his life for them if the situation called for it. Briar is by far one of his greatest weaknesses, she is the love of his life, and his closest and most precious friend. There is no question that he would do anything for her, and that is not likely to change. To all of his closest friends, and people he is fond of, Gabriel is fiercely protective. He risks no harm to the people he cares about. He's already suffered the loss of a few, and refuses to lose anymore. Gabe has a code of conduct for himself. He's respectful of most people, especially women. He has a keen eye for details, he has a gift for remembering a person's normal gait, and notices when it's off. He's also very observant when he chooses to be. He has an ability to keep calm in situations that would have most other people hyperventilating. He does indeed feel fear in these situations, but he normally chooses to set that fear aside in such situations.
Gabriel's greatest personality flaw is that he forgets himself. He will always think of someone else before himself. This goes to extremes. He has a tendency to take on more than he should. He's gotten himself sick thanks to this flaw numerous times. He's always critiquing himself. He always finds things that are wrong with him. Gabriel tends to beat himself down, and wonder if he's good enough of a doctor, teacher or of a friend. Gabriel works far too much. When he's feeling overly down and depressed he will work. He will work until the feeling is gone, rather than sit and talk to someone about it. This ends up being a problem since he will work himself sick if the bad feeling doesn't leave him. Gabriel loves his job, and thus uses it to sweep any less appealing thoughts under a rug, to try and forget about them all.
He has always been an overachiever, and a bit of a perfectionist. That perfectionism is really meant for himself as he did his best to make his parents proud, and to provide for his family. Gabriel's overachiever habits have been around since he was a young boy, and he had decided to take Chinese as a language class. Because of this, Gabriel has a habit of taking on far more than what he should, especially when it concerns being useful to other people. In addition to this, he also always seeks improvement, he takes criticism well, and he always keeps it in mind as to work to improve on what he already has. However, when it comes to what others do for him, he has lower expectations, and is sometimes very easy to please.
Transfiguration was very likely Gabriel's best subject in school, tied with Ancient Runes. Gabriel was taught by Professor Minerva McGonagal, and certainly put this schooling to good use. After Hogwarts, Gabriel got some personal coaching from his old teacher and began training to become an Animagus out of sheer boredom and curiosity. However, he astonished that he would transform successfully into an animagus. He is a registered animagus. The form being a Friesian stallion, that stands at 17 hands, bears a silky coat the color of Gabriel's hair, and retains his icy blue eyes. The other best subject of Gabriel's was Charms. He was skilled in the dueling club, and had earned the position of captain while he was in his seventh year at Hogwarts. Gabriel is also bilingual, being fairly fluent in Mandarin Chinese as well as English. He decided to pick up that language as a kid, after taking a joke that his father made seriously. He also has a knack for cooking, his mother had taught him this skill as a teenager, and he seemed to do well with it.
In contrast, Gabriel is not a strong flier, and prefers to have his feet on the ground. He has flown in an airplane before, and that doesn't bother him as much as a broomstick. However, flying does tend to leave Gabriel antsy. He is also not too good at Potions. He needed to get help from his friends to pass that class with good enough marks. Divination was his worst subject, he actually had to drop this class and switched it with Ancient Runes where he found that he excelled immensely. He is also not talented at all at art or dance. For his wedding, Gabriel had done hours and hours of dance practice so that he could at least have a dance with his bride.
Gabriel can be bitter. He is a muggleborn, and as such he has a sort of poor stigma that follows him in the wizarding world. His in-laws had always hated him for it, and he never approved of their behavior towards their daughter. He has a certain stubbornness when faced with things like pureblood elitism, and their bigotry towards other people. It's a thing he can't tolerate. Gabriel is also not above pulling practical jokes on people, and mocking people he doesn't like. This makes him seem immature, though it's a sure sign of how he feels about someone. His jokes are never harmful either. When Gabriel wants to get something done, there is a good chance that he will resort to something dangerous, and extreme if there is no other clear path to success. This can put put himself in danger, as he absolutely refuses to hurt other people that he cares about. And sometimes this means that he would do literally anything if he feels that he has the right motives. Gabriel is also not a good liar, especially when it comes to trying to hide things from his friends and those he cares about.
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