MCKINLEY, Scott Bay

[scottb]

scott bay mckinley
"MAYBE WHEN I'M ALL GROWN UP;
I'LL GET IT THROUGH;
BUT RIGHT NOW I GOT STUFF TO DO;"

001. AGE; Fifteen

002. BLOOD STATUS;

[/b] Halfblood

003. SOCIAL STATUS; Poor

004. SEXUAL ORIENTATION; Heterosexual

005. APPEARANCE;

Scott McKinley, while not all around impressive, can easily fool people into thinking he is. He has dark brown hair with a messy fringe and has a habit of running his hand through his hair. Scott, while generally extroverted, is a bit aesthetic when it comes to himself and admittedly does this to make his hair seem even messier. Even though this permanently makes him seem like he has just rolled out of bed, it also compliments his almost always smiling face and twinkling eyes. Scott is a generally happy person and it shows in the way he walks and talks. He stands up straight and never hunches.

He has full red lips and long eyebrows, something which his brother always makes fun of. Scott usually walks with his hands in his pockets. He dresses like he wants to and in terms of clothing, never puts style over comfort. He is most usually seen padding around in his pyjamas at home and at school, in baggy cargos and a t-shirt - and fluffy slippers, if he's feeling particularly eccentric. He is almost always seen wearing converse shoes, even with his uniform and even though they look like they are two seconds away from disintegrating into nothing, he pulls off the overwhelmingly stupid and shabby look simply by not paying any attention to what people think of him.

006. PERSONALITY;

Scott, while not popular, is notorious within Hufflepuff for being a bit of a screw-up. He is irresponsible, doesn't know how to take care of himself, can barely dress presentably and can't be bothered to study. Still, he manages to joke and laugh and be generally likeable. Scott is the kind of person who makes friends easily but he can just as easily rub people the wrong way. He is charming and charismatic and he shows an apparent interest in girls. He's not much of a flirt but he basks shamelessly in any attention he receives, even toying with someone if he feels like it.

In truth though, Scott is nothing like he seems to be.

Every summer, he has to deal with his parents and even though he loves the two of them more than life itself, he hates them for what they put his siblings through. At home, Scott is a changed person. He's the one who cooks and does the laundry. He's the one who buys his sister things out of his own pocket money. He's the one who sneaks PSPs into the house for his brother, even though his father would never allow it. Scott is a responsible, mature adult. He is forced to be and even though he pretends like he's happy at home, he can already see his future. He knows that the next 7 years of his life will be spent taking care of his siblings, until they're old enough to graduate and make their own choices.

Scott's wand represents these qualities more than he would like. Even though no one asks, he is generally noncomittal about revealing anything about his wand. The wood, Cedar, is perfect for defensive spells - which spells out his inherent need to always protect his brother and sister. The Unicorn hair core signifies that he is pure of heart, even though he himself doesn't believe it. He doesn't view someone who wants his parents dead as particularly 'pure of heart'. Scott is generally unyielding and strong and this is reflected in the strength of his wand.

However, Scott draws parallel between his life at home and his life at Hogwarts by over-compensating at one end and procrastinating beyond measure at the other. He can't be bothered to focus on his studies and he is a bit arrogant in the sense that he decides what is best for himself, without bothering to listen to anyone. He can be charming but he's got one hell of an attitude which shines through most when someone tries to tell him what to do. He is distrusting of authority figures and does not bother to listen in class.

007. CHARACTER STRENGTHS;

• Annoyingly considerate
  
• Confident
  
• Laid-back
  
• Optimistic
  
• Spunky
  
• Daring
  

008. CHARACTER WEAKNESSES;[/b]

• Reckless
  
• Naive
  
• Spacy
  
• Easily distracted
  
• Generally careless
  
• Tad irresponsible
  

009. HISTORY;

Scott was the first of three siblings. His childhood was an enjoyable one and he was a perky little kid. As he grew up, though, his father's drinking became more noticeable. At first, it was just a glass of red wine with dinner but with time, the wine became beer and the beer became scotch, until neither he nor his mother were sure what it was that his father was drinking.

When he was four, his little sister was born. Scott, after the initial jealousy of having all the attention taken away from him, grew to love her very much. But, for some reason, her birth did not bring as much excitement to the rest of the family as it did to him. Scott was too little to understand then but his mother was beginning to realize the pressure of having to educate him with the basics of magic, taking care of his sister and making sure that his father didn't fall over his own shoelaces and kill himself. Little by little, though, those changes became apparent to Scott.

It was a few months before he first saw the cigarette in his mother's hands. He, personally, thought it was pretty cool. But little by little, his mother seemed to grow smaller and smaller. She had been coping well with adjusting in a magical family - after all, she'd been with Scott's father for over ten years but Scott's little sister was especially volatile with her magic and it was as if his mother couldn't handle all that transpired within their home. But then, his mother got pregnant and if anything, things grew worse.

His sister began to grow up, finally beginning to comprehend just what kind of home she was living. But things improved for them a little when Scott's little brother was born. The three sort of banded together, resilient against the depression always hanging over their house and determined to make their mother and father smile again.

By the time Scott was ten, the atmosphere in their house became a little better. His father spoke at dinner and his mother smiled often. There was a short span of three months when their family was actually happy - barring the times when his father would sneak out for a drink and their mother would smoke in the bathroom. But then, Scott turned eleven and it was time to go to Hogwarts. He was reluctant to leave Nina and Noah alone at home with their parents.

Scott was sorted into Hufflepuff almost immediately, but he often wonders if he really is the stereotypical Hufflepuff, sorted into that house because he was too much of a screw-up to belong in the other houses or if the Sorting Hat really did think he was a hard-worker.

Scott fell behind in his studies almost in the first two months of his first year at Hogwarts. His professors tried to motivate him but he was constantly distracted by his sister's letters. As the years went by, Scott became more and more irresponsible with his studies - choosing to fix his family's problems from Hogwarts rather than focusing on his studies. Saying that being at Hogwarts was downtime for him would have been a lie but it was a bit of a refuge from home. It was only once his sister began to attend Hogwarts that he relaxed a little but his procrastination had grown even worse over the years and he fell behind even further.

010. PLAY-BY;[/size] Logan Lerman

alias; Aimen
experience; nearly five years
character house; hufflepuff
character year; fifth year
character side; neutral
other chars; ---
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