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Info for Obsidian
Farrah Gille
| alias: Fara, F.Gilly | age: 23 |
| cellblock: B | inbox: here |
personality
In brief
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Quiet to the point a lot of people assume he's mute, reclusive/happy alone but also content to be around people and let them talk at him. Attentive, playful, likes jokes, just very low-key about it. A chill dude, happy to stay out of the way and maybe too eager to keep secrets.
Motivations
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Farrah's way into power exchange, not necessarily in a sexual way. He grew up surrounded by people with wealth, power, and influence who always got their way. Getting to push them out of that comfort, to make them accept his his way or reveal to him something they wouldn't want to be known, is what makes him happiest. He loves when they commission him for a portrait and he can make them set aside their busy schedules and sit for hours in uncomfortable clothes under bright lights in his studio, then they say how much they love his painting and display it, even though there's a subtle evilness to their expression, or they look foolishly gaudy to everyone besides themselves. he's the best at this and all their friends have his work hung in their smoking lounges.Nothing they can do about it, and he has a policy of not making edits so if they protest, they lose the painting. It's petty and minor but oh-so-satisfying.
It's not just portraits, either. He loves anything that makes him feel like he's got something over someone who has everything else, even if it's a minor thing. It could be the being nice to him when they're usually mean to others, or telling them a secret they wouldn't want out. In essence, he doesn't want to fuck The Guy, be The Guy, or even be The Guy's Right Hand. He wants The Guy to notice him stealing a fry from The Guy's plate and let him. He wants The Guy to let him hog the blankets at night or put his cold feet on his legs. He wants The Guy to tell him the real story behind his scars. That's why he's stuck with Nelda for 4 years despite not actually liking her as a person. She has other lovers but it's him that knows all her secrets, him that she confesses to and would do anything for because he could tremendously fuck up her life if he wanted to. She made her bed and they both like laying in it.
It's not just portraits, either. He loves anything that makes him feel like he's got something over someone who has everything else, even if it's a minor thing. It could be the being nice to him when they're usually mean to others, or telling them a secret they wouldn't want out. In essence, he doesn't want to fuck The Guy, be The Guy, or even be The Guy's Right Hand. He wants The Guy to notice him stealing a fry from The Guy's plate and let him. He wants The Guy to let him hog the blankets at night or put his cold feet on his legs. He wants The Guy to tell him the real story behind his scars. That's why he's stuck with Nelda for 4 years despite not actually liking her as a person. She has other lovers but it's him that knows all her secrets, him that she confesses to and would do anything for because he could tremendously fuck up her life if he wanted to. She made her bed and they both like laying in it.
Handling Conflict
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Extremely laid back and conflict-avoidant. Doesn't make trouble, doesn't knowingly provoke people, quick to apologize and withdraw. Prefers to simply leave a situation if possible, otherwise will put his hands up and submit. Neutral and indifferent in his avoidance, not meek or visibly afraid. Unlikely to fight back if things become physical, but will attempt to flee. However, he'll push back or challenge if he's certain that it'll win him some power or favor with the other party (see above re: motivations). This can lead to some borderline bratty behavior as he tests out what a person will tolerate from him.
Romance
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Farrah is more or less asexual. While there are certain aesthetics and physical traits that he finds appealing, wanting to see them naked and up close so he can draw them is about as far as his attraction goes. Romance is fine and sex is fun but it's just not something he's pursues or thinks of for himself. Nelda is the only person he's been with more than once, the rest were threesomes she arranged or impulsive one-offs. If there's an element of power exchange or the way someone shows interest in him gives him that same hit of dopamine, he'd at least consider hooking up with anyone. A kinky rendezvous where someone physically proves their desire for him is a good secret to have over someone, after all.
Hobbies
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Draws constantly. When he can't draw, he reads. Doesn't matter what, he'll read it. Listens to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Doesn't generally watch tv or movies; he gets frustrated when visual mediums don't match what he mentally pictures. His favorite way to 'watch' is pausing frequently to sketch a scene. It's not that he thinks he can do it better than professionals, he just can't not-draw and drawing what he sees is also how he processes things day-to-day. Hence the constant sketching. Don't watch movies with him is what I'm saying, you won't have a good time.
appearance
| hair: dark, short, curly | height: 5'6" |
| eyes: blue-gray | build: lean |
Description
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French-Algerian heritage, gentle french accent when speaking in english which I don't type out because that can get obnoxious to read, deep voice but generally softspoken. Index fingers, thumbs, and the area between them on both hands are tattooed with delicate scales, so dense and tiny that they look solid from a distance. Often drawing with or carrying a pad of paper and stubby pencil from the commissary.
history
childhood
He's the youngest kid of a big, rich as fuck family, with a 15yr age gap between him and his siblings. His bio-father is definitely not his legal-father/mother's husband, but everyone pretends they can't tell because Farrah's birth seemed to strengthen his parents marriage. (And it would be way too scandalous to ever acknowledge)
Farrah was a good kid in general. Quiet, didn't make trouble, wasn't eager to socialize or play with other kids. Just wanted to draw. Did okay in school, a solid B+-A student who covered his homework in doodles.
At 10, he had a dream where a strange being showed him how to write it's name in sand. For weeks after, all he drew was a scaley hand pointing at the symbol. Eventually he stopped drawing the hand but the symbol remained deeply inspiring to him. He works it into almost all of his work as he feels like they're much more successful/unsettling and thus satisfying to him when it's there.
Started painting portraits of family and family friends as a teen, still secretly incorporating the symbol. His non-portrait style develops: realist, subtly surreal, often with a vaguely threatening aura.
He's the youngest kid of a big, rich as fuck family, with a 15yr age gap between him and his siblings. His bio-father is definitely not his legal-father/mother's husband, but everyone pretends they can't tell because Farrah's birth seemed to strengthen his parents marriage. (And it would be way too scandalous to ever acknowledge)
Farrah was a good kid in general. Quiet, didn't make trouble, wasn't eager to socialize or play with other kids. Just wanted to draw. Did okay in school, a solid B+-A student who covered his homework in doodles.
At 10, he had a dream where a strange being showed him how to write it's name in sand. For weeks after, all he drew was a scaley hand pointing at the symbol. Eventually he stopped drawing the hand but the symbol remained deeply inspiring to him. He works it into almost all of his work as he feels like they're much more successful/unsettling and thus satisfying to him when it's there.
Started painting portraits of family and family friends as a teen, still secretly incorporating the symbol. His non-portrait style develops: realist, subtly surreal, often with a vaguely threatening aura.
adult
At 18 met Nelda, a 35yr old married woman who worked with his oldest brother, at a holiday party. She was extremely into him from the start, kept flirting and hinting and generally being an insistent creeper, but he wasn't interested until over a year later when she drunkenly offered to buy him a snow leopard "for his art". Suddenly he realized that's his thing: having a secret over a powerful person. Yeah a snow leopard is cool, but knowing she's willing to break laws to get with the teenage sibling of her boss to show her friends she can, is super fucked up and yet made him feel very powerful. They have an open-secret affair from then on.
At 20 gets his finger tattoos, blending the scales of the dream-creature with the symbols so that he feels like it's always there helping him paint :3 His work gets even more vivid and unsettling, hooray!
At 18 met Nelda, a 35yr old married woman who worked with his oldest brother, at a holiday party. She was extremely into him from the start, kept flirting and hinting and generally being an insistent creeper, but he wasn't interested until over a year later when she drunkenly offered to buy him a snow leopard "for his art". Suddenly he realized that's his thing: having a secret over a powerful person. Yeah a snow leopard is cool, but knowing she's willing to break laws to get with the teenage sibling of her boss to show her friends she can, is super fucked up and yet made him feel very powerful. They have an open-secret affair from then on.
At 20 gets his finger tattoos, blending the scales of the dream-creature with the symbols so that he feels like it's always there helping him paint :3 His work gets even more vivid and unsettling, hooray!
conviction
Turns out trafficking in endangered animals isn't the only illegal thing Nelda's willing to do. She'd been doing a ton of insider trading and securities fraud as well. She begged Farrah to take the fall for it since "someone" has to go down for it but it's in "everyone's" best interest it not be her. He did it, not out of love for her, but because her and her actual accomplices offer him a lot of money to say he did it because he "didn't know better", as opposed to the massive sentences and consequences that they would get. Plus knowing secrets is useless if they become common knowledge in a trial.
It doesn't quite go as easy as he thought. Even with a prosecutor and judge who were happy to accept his no-contest plea in order to sweep the whole thing under the rug, there's still a minimum sentence. Farrah was 2 months into his 4 year sentence when he's unexpectedly transferred to Obsidian.
Turns out trafficking in endangered animals isn't the only illegal thing Nelda's willing to do. She'd been doing a ton of insider trading and securities fraud as well. She begged Farrah to take the fall for it since "someone" has to go down for it but it's in "everyone's" best interest it not be her. He did it, not out of love for her, but because her and her actual accomplices offer him a lot of money to say he did it because he "didn't know better", as opposed to the massive sentences and consequences that they would get. Plus knowing secrets is useless if they become common knowledge in a trial.
It doesn't quite go as easy as he thought. Even with a prosecutor and judge who were happy to accept his no-contest plea in order to sweep the whole thing under the rug, there's still a minimum sentence. Farrah was 2 months into his 4 year sentence when he's unexpectedly transferred to Obsidian.
abilities
Art
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Draws and paints real good and fast. Prior to his conviction, he had a growing fame among the rich and affluent of europe for his neo-rococo style portraits. Outside of those commissions though, he favors realism with heavy brush strokes and an ambient discomfort. See the visual section below to get an idea of his work.
relationships
Name
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visuals
permissions
IC |
Physical Affection: Sure
Physical Violence: Sure, check in with me about scene-specific elements
Shipping: Sure
Mind-reading: Probably fine, check in with me
Limits/Triggers: None. there's an age-gap relationship in his history though he's unlikely to bring up that element.
Physical Violence: Sure, check in with me about scene-specific elements
Shipping: Sure
Mind-reading: Probably fine, check in with me
Limits/Triggers: None. there's an age-gap relationship in his history though he's unlikely to bring up that element.
OOC |
Backtagging: Absolutely
Threadhopping: Sure
Fourth-walling: No
Limits/Triggers: Incest, rape, and child sexual abuse/pedophilia. I know they'll be important elements to some characters, so I accept that I may be exposed to them and I don't expect a warning on every glancing mention; I'm not going to get upset at someone for playing their character accurately. Warnings on posts that heavily feature it and/or hand-waving cr and interactions that unavoidably deal with those topics is all I need.
Threadhopping: Sure
Fourth-walling: No
Limits/Triggers: Incest, rape, and child sexual abuse/pedophilia. I know they'll be important elements to some characters, so I accept that I may be exposed to them and I don't expect a warning on every glancing mention; I'm not going to get upset at someone for playing their character accurately. Warnings on posts that heavily feature it and/or hand-waving cr and interactions that unavoidably deal with those topics is all I need.