Wyatt Manderson ~ District 7

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Name: Wyatt Manderson
Age: 18
Gender: Male
District/Area: District 7
Appearance:

The one thing everyone seems to notice about this young man is his hair. Some find it annoying, some find it interesting…the rest are all laughing their heads off. And no matter how hard he tries, he just can’t get his hair to stay down or at least in control. Unless he shaves his head or cuts it very close, something he is not that willing to do. So the dark brown locks continue to move whichever way they wish. As long as his hair does not get in his way, Wyatt has pretty much given up on trying keeping it tame.

His dark brown eyes often have a shadow cast over them, creating the dark mood he seems to always have. The fact that they are rather small only makes his eyes disappear even more. His theory is that if you can see the exact colour of his eyes, you are far too close. In terms of the colour, Wyatt has absolutely no problem with his eye colour. After all, everyone around him has the same eye colour so why should he complain?

His thick, dark eyebrows angle in a way that most of the time, he appears angry, or at the very least, confused. It adds to the seriousness of his face, rarely letting him lose the hard look many have grown accustomed to. When he smiles (if he smiles), the eyebrows lose the angle, creating a more gentle experience.

Facial hair spots the young man’s face. As he does not give much of a bother to shave his face every day, he leaves the hairs be. The only thing he refuses is to let his facial hair become lumberjack style; he has a problem with the full grown beard and the bushy mustache (he’s freaking 18!). On occasion or if he remembers, he will pick up that razor. However, most people know him with the slight stubble, so he just leaves it alone.

He generally has a thin and flat structure. His shoulders already slope downward at an angle, rather than maintain the broad boxy shoulders of his father’s side. His torso runs straight down, making him look incredibly thin. The fact that he has only been growing upwards does not help. Eating also does nothing for him since obtaining food is actually a rather difficult task for him as well as making the food. Still, he finds a way to feed himself. Unfortunately for him, it only seems to make him grow even taller. He hopes that now that he has reached his full height of 6’.

His arms and shoulders need to be strong in order for him to do his job. However, the muscles from his work clearly do not show. No matter how much he tries to bulk up, he can never seem to show off those incredibly strong muscles. That does not mean his upper strength should be discredited. His legs, however, do not have the same strength that he has gained for his arms. They are not necessarily weak, but they aren’t the best when it comes to jumping or running either.

Personality:

Dark and brooding would be a good way to describe the young man who can think of nothing else to do but help his family out as much as possible. The stern face that is casually worn only supports other’s views on him. “He’s not much of a speaker.” “All he wants is to be alone.” “He’s going through a hard time.” Everyone who knows him likes to think up reasons as to why he would choose to keep such a passive face in general.

With people he is comfortable with, his facial muscles relax, a natural grin pops up. He becomes the clown of the group, always throwing around jokes whenever he finds the time appropriate. The chance of this happening is about 1 in 153….days. A past with no puppies, rainbows, or pretty flowers tends to do that to a person. With a person as negative as he, Wyatt tends to hold grudges for a very long time, especially towards his father.

Getting on the bad side of this young man (especially when he is quite angry) is never wise, something those who know him discourage quite often. Tempers find a way to flare, and usually, Wyatt’s judgment clouds, causing him to do some very irrational actions he would later regret…if it does not involve hitting his father. His friends like to call his dark side “the apocalypse”, thinking that his anger might as well destroy the human race. Although everyone knows it is simply an exaggeration, they are still wary of the boy with a glare as if he was an axe murderer in his past life.

Relationships in general tend to be difficult for the 18-year-old boy. Whether the relationship is platonic or romantic, Wyatt just cannot relate to “outsiders” easily. He believes that all men (as they age) succumb to horrible habits, causing them to be less trustworthy. Women always follow their passions which usually is not a good thing in Wyatt’s eyes. He does not discourage anyone from pursuing what they want; he just finds it annoying when they talk to him about it. He also has a fear that there is the chance that everyone will go back to their inner child, pursuing only what they want, using his parents as an example.

His shame in his father made him promise that he would never be like the alcoholic man passed out somewhere in the house. What he fails to realise is that his father made the same promise as did his grandfather and great-grandfather and so on and so forth. He has successfully turned away from alcohol, but he relies on another addiction: cigarettes. It’s not actually cigarettes that feed his addiction; if he were to chew on a toothpick, it would have the same result. He refuses to believe that it is an addiction, though, usually leaving what little friends he has extremely frustrated with his attitude.

Despite the fact that his job is to cut down trees, he actually likes being with the tree, meaning that he finds it comforting and soothing to sit with his back against the tree. To him, it is a place of calm and serenity. This does not affect his work since the place where he works is loud and noisy, enough to ruin the quiet mood that he has fallen in love with. On occasion, he might find himself in the forest, away from any clearing site, in order to simply think. As he grew up, though, he found himself going to the forest less and less, relying on his memories to keep him sane.

History:

The trouble with alcoholism was the higher chance that the child of the alcoholic would develop a tendency to drink. In the Manderson family, this happened for generations and generations, back before the family name was even established. Father would come back home drunk and son would watch his father swagger in like a fool; the painful cycle kept growing and growing until it reached Ian Manderson, the man who could always be found with a bottle of liquor in his hand. On good days, it would be something simple and light. But when there was a gloom cast over Ian’s head, the bottle would be replaced with spirits. It was even a miracle that he remembered where his home was in his state. It was a miracle that he found a wife, a miracle that he had a son.

Fiona Doles was one of few who sympathised Ian Manderson, trying to care for him as much as possible. She remembered his younger days, before the alcohol consumed him. However, the young well-built boy from school was no longer there. Regardless, she lived her fairytale and became close to the man who could barely think coherent thoughts. The news of their engagement came as a surprise to the community, shocked that a young woman with so much promise could go for a man who drank more alcohol than water.

The marriage managed to survive, because Fiona was blind to all of Ian’s faults and Ian had someone to care for him. When Fiona was pregnant with a child, she finally realised what Ian was truly like but for the sake of her child and her love for Ian, she stayed with the pitiful man, nursing him while he was passed out. The birth of Wyatt Duncan Manderson was no pleasant one. Fiona took great pains to make sure that her child would live to see the world, and by the time she heard the cry of an infant, she drifted off to a deep sleep that lasted for days.

Wyatt never fully understood his father’s condition as a young child. In his world, there was only him and his mother. Because Wyatt never really had a father figure in his life, he grew up having troubles with interactions with older men. As Wyatt grew up, he learned more about his father and the real reason why he was never there for him, and he became bitter towards his father. Whenever at home, Wyatt would stay away from his father as much as possible, taking alternate routes, or staying in one spot and waiting for his father to pass. While Fiona could detect the animosity Wyatt had for his father, she did nothing about it as she believed that Ian was allowed to do whatever he wished.

Wyatt’s idol-like image of his mother slowly crumbled as he went through his life year-by-year. While his parents were technically there, Wyatt felt as if he was left alone to do whatever he wished. No rules were set, no worries to follow him all over the place. In his teenage years, Wyatt slowly spiraled downward, doing things he never thought he could do. His life was much better socially, but emotionally, he was a wreck. His grades started to slip; he no longer had control of himself. Pressure was constantly on his mind, but he could do nothing about it, not while he had a drunkard for a father and a dreamer for a mother.

Wyatt began working at the age of 10, persuading a family friend to take him on the job so that he could earn some money for his family. The “not so close” family friend pitied the little boy and feeling nice, took Wyatt to the lumber mill to work. At first, Wyatt only worked in simple jobs any child could do. However, as he grew older and stronger, the foremen would promote him until he was finally sent to do actual logging. Though he much preferred the lumber mill, Wyatt did fairly well with his job, earning enough money so his family would not have to starve. However, he would still take tesserae for his mother and himself.

School was never an important part in his life. Wyatt would often space out, go through the motions on school days. He would barely pass his classes, but what did it ever matter to him? His parents didn’t bother with his academic life, and he thought that there was no point to pour all his efforts into studying as he already had a job. Of course, this would not leave him in good standings with his teachers, but at that point, what did he care about?

At eighteen, Wyatt found out that he was about as alone as could possibly be. He still lived with his parents, but what good did that do if they couldn’t even take care of themselves? Wyatt began to cook the meals (and actually became a decent cook), cleaned up the house, and went to work on his own. He always gave some of his earnings to his mother who would at least put it to some use, but he never gave any of them to his father, knowing all too well that it would only go into the next day’s tantrum. Wyatt figured that since his mother wasn’t going to take care of him and his father sure as hell wasn’t going to be responsible, he might as well live on his own. The only thing that kept him tied to the sorry house was how frail his mother seemed to be, both physically and mentally. So he continued to live his life, believing that he would always be stuck there no matter how hard he tried to get out.

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Play-by is Andrew Garfield
Text: C98A4B
Dialogue: D0977B

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