parthas application

[dartheliot]

OOC
Player Name: Remedy
Age: 35+
Timezone: EST
What Other Characters Do You Play In This Game? Orion
Also bringing in Shiori this cycle

IC
Character Name: Eliot Waugh / Nameless
Apparent Age: 30
Actual Age: 30 / 1000+
Canon: The Magicians
Canon Point: Post Series
Which Deity Brought Them Here? Cuiristeach / Ceannasach
History: Here & Here
Personality: Eliot | Nameless
Appearance:
How Do You Think They'll React to Being In Parthas? His immediate reaction is probably going to be frustrated with being upended from his life, yet again. Though, he'll take it infinitely better finding himself reunited with Margo. An entire place devoted to sex sounds like a sort of paradise for him, but it will likely enable him to lean on that aspect as more of a crutch when not wanting to face his other problems. The monster will just be happy for another chance at life, for now, and Eliot's going to be understandably miserable to find that he was brought along.
Sample(s)? Here
Abilities: Eliot | Nameless

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PERSONALITY

[dartheliot]

On the surface, Eliot is a very shallow person. He puts on an arrogant front and mocks students who don't fit in with the popular kids, going so far as to make Todd use his middle name. He throws amazing parties and mixes drinks at a professional level, teaching the Cottage's "signature cocktail" as a rule of conduct among the physical kids.

He's dramatic and flamboyant, projecting the demeanor of 'someone who summered with the Kennedys' and cracking jokes about a family fortune lost to gambling by 'grandmama'.

He's performative, witty, and quick with a joke or jab at others. Despite this, in serious matters, he almost always faces things head-on with confidence and maturity that contrasts with his college party kid demeanor. Eliot thinks carefully about things and faces conflict with logic rather than emotion. He's a problem solver, even if he doesn't always have the best answers, and sometimes leaps into things without taking time to think about them first.

The reality is that Eliot is hiding a darker side. A past full of homophobia and trauma, growing up on a farm in Indiana, though he will not speak of it. He uses alcohol, drugs, and the party life to gloss over his pain. In truth, Eliot is full of disappointment and resentment, he feels like a failure and covers up his self-hatred with the party-planning persona that keeps him going, every day.

Eliot is very sensitive and keeps others at arm's length to prevent any closeness. The one exception to this is Margo, as they endured The Trials together as Secrets partners, enabling her to know his deeper truths. When he does care about someone it is an all-consuming vulnerability, he and Margo are practically twin flames.

His love for Margo is unconditional, even in Fillory when they're at political odds, he's still shown to care - and even regret the actions taken against her. Later in the series when she's crowned High King, beating both Eliot and Tick, he immediately kneels to pledge his allegiance to her. Earlier, when he's getting to know Mike, he specifically says he wants him with them, because he views himself and Margo as a united front, more than just friends.

He opens up with Mike in ways he hasn't with anyone else, quickly becoming obsessed with impressing him and turning down the trip he and Margo had been planning to go on because Mike wasn't interested in going. Eliot tries to save Rupert despite all signs that there was no other option. It's no wonder he protects his heart when it leaves him so open to suffering every time everything goes wrong. Which it does, repeatedly, making his protective distance a pragmatic and logical decision, for survival.

Eliot is empathetic and intuitive, understanding the heart of the people he cares about. He knows Margo's inner workings so well that he goes against her wishes to save Josh and Fen when she was ready to sacrifice them, in order to restore her kingdom. The fact that finding Mike's book demonstrates how little he knew him, and the life he had, makes Eliot's grief that much more intense and his behavior even more reckless in the aftermath.

After the traumatic and abrupt ending of Mike's life, Eliot leans even harder into his addictions, becoming a bit of an adventure seeker. Learning that Alice and Q are going to London, he decides to accompany them, hearing that someone's plan is illegal, he jumps at the chance to join in, anything to distract from his own inner turmoil. Going so far as to agree to become the High King of Fillory just to give his life some purpose and direction outside of constant intoxication. Effectively trapping himself there to deal with those problems, which he approaches head-on.

Later in the series, he does become more open and vulnerable with other members of the cast over time. In particular, Q, right before he dies. Despite all the growth he goes through, even then, he keeps his walls up. Lying to Julia, being short with Alice in his grief, and outright rejecting Quentin's proposal that they have practical evidence showing they work together - claiming it only really made sense when they had no other option. Something he's later shown to regret when facing his inner secrets and suppressed trauma, in order to escape the control of the monster long enough to communicate with Quentin.