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[size=30pt] The Basics [/size]
Name: Marianakit / Marianapaw / Marianatrench, after the deepest place in the ocean.
What It Says About The Character: Deep is the first thing that comes to mind, and it's true about him. Even as a young cat, Mari was always thinking about the more philosophical aspect of things. Dark is next, and it's true at times. He goes through a phase of depression, tormented by his gender identity and the fact that no one really knows anything about him, only what he pretends to be. Effeminate is the last adjective to describe the name, and it is why Marianatrench hates what he is called. He wants so desperately to be recognized as a boy, yet everything about his body is feminine. Masculinity in RadicalClan surely means torment, and Mari is terrified to be the overthinking, poetic tom that he truly is. His personality is buried deep within, deep as the trench he is named for.
Nicknames: Mari is his preferred name, as it sounds a touch less female.
Gender: Marianatrench is born a female, though he always identifies as male. He remains closeted throughout his whole life.
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[size=30pt] Appearance [/size]
Basic Appearance: Mari is a dilute tortie with white. He has pale green eyes.
Detailed Kit Appearance: Marianatrench is a stocky kit, short and fat. Pale manilla stripes encircle his body, mingled with bands of smoke and white. His coloring is blurred as a kit, and his optics are a deep, rich emerald. His tail is slender and stubby, with a pointy tip, and there is little detail or definiton in his downy pelt. Masculinity is abundant in this young form, with stout, stocky muscles lining his torso and limbs. His eyes are rounded perfectly, with ever-dilated pupils, leaving this little tom with a constant expression of wonder. His nose is squared and set too close to his eyes, giving him a less than pleasing overall appearance, though tiny size and an uncurbed personality tend to make up for it.
As an apprentice, Marianatrench is pleased to find his eyes fading to a lighter shade of green, much like leaves in summer. His eye shape begins to become more ovular, though the massive pupils keep an apparent interest permanently on his face. Thick-set muscles begin to stretch, giving his patterned legs a more feminine appearance that he detests. The white collar patch adorning his chest spreads, giving him a softer, brighter underbelly. Kitlike blended colors start to separate and define themselves, now ash, tangerine, and ivory white splotches of pigment encircling his body. Yet Mari's face is what changes the most, losing its stubby features and transforming into something beautiful. Angles sharpen and nose narrows, eyes gaining a shimmer and pelt straightening. Marianatrench becomes gorgeous, and he feels caged. As a Radical, the torment of his physical appearance worsens. His fur grows long and lush, clearly defined streaks of snow, charcoal, and peach comprising his pelt. Mari's eyes, pale lime at first, are now a rich shade of jade, oval and eloquent. Paws are dainty, muscles are lithe, posture is perfect - Mari is absolutely striking, yet his reflection brings him to tears.
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[size=30pt] Personality [/size]
Basic Personality: Marianatrench is extroverted, intelligent, anxious, and solemn.
Detailed Personality:
extroverted- While he can find them caustic and misunderstanding, this tom loves others. Company makes him grin, and social franchises lift his normally sober spirits. Connections with other Radicals are very important to him, and while Mari knows that he won't ever tell anyone his deepest secrets, he adores the time spent learning others' stories.
intelligent- Mari is brilliant, with a natural affinity for knowledge. The occasional herb sessions that are held immediately stick in his mind, and techniques are quickly memorized. He loves words, too, blessed with a gift for language. Marianatrench will often write poems in his free time, and make sensory observations about his surroundings that he loves to share. Intelligent is what he loves to be, and it pleases him to no end to spread his knowledge.
anxious- Marianatrench suffers from anxiety, mostly caused by his gender identity. He lives in constant fear that someone will know, that they'll mock and ridicule and torture him for being born this way. The alternative, staying closeted, seems almost worse. He will never be able to be himself, forced to be a female when his heart cries out male. Even the little things send him into fits of paranoia - what if he isn't good enough to be a Radical? What if he never finds a mate? Anxiety fits poor Mari to a T, and he is ever-trapped in its clutches.
solemn- Mari is a pessimist, the glass-half empty type. Whenever there is a problem, he can't help but see how it could go wrong. He isn't mopey, however, merely realistic. Mari sees the pain and the strife and recognizes that it is much more common than the happy outcomes. He isn't necessarily a downer, as most of his observations are stated factually. When others are elated, he points out that there are flaws and downsides. Solemn is the perfect word to describe how Mari acts, ever-serious and focused on the negatives.
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[size=30pt] Plots [/size]
Not a Girl: The time comes when the apprentice-aged tomkits are told to line up and move from the nursery to the lighthouse. Instinctively, Mari follows his brothers, but is stopped by Stella. He is reminded once again that his body does not reflect his mind, and even his own mother doesn't understand.
Can You Keep A Secret?: Marianatrench breaks his vow to remain in the closet, and tells one of his brothers about his true gender identity. The sibling, jealous of Mari's rights as a biological female, rejects him harshly. Mari insists that his brother keeps the secret of his masculinity, and he learns that coming out can hurt.
Learning How To Fail: This tom has absolutely no hunting skill. When it comes to the first day of battle practice, he does just as well as his sisters. The art of catching prey is much more difficult for him, and he ends up diving into a mud puddle in pursuit of a mouse. He is embarrassed in front of his mentor and peers, and Mari learns what shame feels like.
Gay As It Gets: Mari, influenced by the feminist culture of RadicalClan, is questioning his sexuality. If he likes girls, would he be straight or a lesbian? There is no one to ask these questions to, and the bicurious adolescent decides to go on a date with she-cat. It fails disastrously, and he realizes that he was never attracted to her in the first place. Toms, on the other hand, interest him deeply, and Marianatrench comes to terms with being gay.
Words I Don't Believe In: The time comes for Mari to be promoted to Radical rank. He goes through the ceremony horrified, realizing that he is upholding a society that detests him. The mantra is repeated mechanically by this young adult, and she begins to realize that staying closeted has more consequences than the wrong promouns.
Femininity Hurts: Mari is pretty, and he has no trouble finding a Stain. However, time passes and Mari realizes that he is pregnant. Toms don't get pregnant. It is painful and awkward and reinforces his suspicions that he will never be truly male, tha he should just shut up and be a girl. Quite clearly, it's what everyone wants.
Smuggling Them Away: Marianatrench decides that he can't keep his sons with him, that he can't see them oppressed and beaten. He doesn't want them to be second class citizens, because they aren't. They're his, and he absolutely loves them. The natural place to move them to is the Skulls. There they will be powerful, and there they will be free. Free like Mari can never be.
A Fresh Start in the Right Body: Mari is reincarnated, and fate is kind this time - he is born a male. Few memories return to him, but he remembers that once upon a time, he was someone else, and now he is freed.
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[size=30pt] About Me [/size]
activity: 9/10. I am online every day, and while I'm new to WCRPG on this account, I had an old one with 2000+ posts.
muse: 10/10 for Mari. I love love love RadicalClan, and the idea of playing a transgender character makes me happy (I myself am trans*).
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