NAME: Joseph Wayne Richardson.
AGE/BIRTHDAY: 14; July 25, 1995
GRADE: 9th Grade (Freshman)
CLASS: Very Upper Class & Popular.
FAMILY: Mom & Dad. Only child. Joseph gets along well with his parents. He tries his best to please them. He's definitely a product of his upbringing.
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual.
ACTIVITIES: Football, Basketball, Track.
APPEARANCE: 5’9” tall with an average build. He’s considered handsome by many of the girls his age, even if he isn’t exactly the tallest guy in his age range. He has a nice smile and really cute dimples.
Joseph tends to dress in nicer clothing. Even his jeans and t-shirts are in impeccable condition. Appearances are important to him and that extends to the way he dresses and carries himself. He might like to slum it, but he acts and carries himself in a manner that is fitting to his class.
PLAYED BY: Logan Lerman
LIKES:
→ Slumming it. Joseph is a snob, but he tends to like hooking up with "inappropriate" girls.
→ Sports. Joseph is a jock. He plays sports and enjoys them.
→ Girls. Joseph is a definite flirt. He loves girls.
DISLIKES:
→ The way his life is planned out. The way he has no say in things.
→ Being called Joey. He loves Al, but her nicknames drive him crazy.
→ Fighting. He's easily led partly because he cares what people think.
STRENGTHS:
→ He's charming. Joseph has little trouble getting his way.
→ He's confident. Joseph is obviously very sure of himself.
→ He's friendly. Joseph is outgoing and makes friends easily.
→ He's generous. With the people he loves, he's generous.
WEAKNESSES:
→ He's a follower. He does whatever his parents tell him to do.
→ He's snobby. He looks down on people who are less rich or popular.
→ He's a little uptight. Joseph could definitely stand to relax a little.
→ He's jealous-natured. Joseph gets jealous easily, especially when it comes to Alicia.
→ He's a hypocrite. Do as I say and not as I do.
→ He's controlling. Joseph likes to be in control.
DETAILED PERSONALITY:
While he can be a very charming young man, Joseph has his share of negative traits. He’s jealous-natured. He’s hypocritical. He’s controlling. He truly believes he is better than other people. He cares about what other people think of him and that causes him to often be manipulative or to go against what is right.
On the outside, though, Joseph is a nice guy. He’s friendly toward everyone, but he doesn’t go out of his way to associate with people he doesn’t consider “worthy.” Despite, that, though, he tends to enjoy “slumming it.” His parents doesn’t exactly approve, but he has a thing for lower class girls, as evidenced by the girl he is currently dating. Truth be told, he does actually genuinely care for the girl, but he lets his parents and friends influence him too much. This has a tendency to lead to a lot of fights and they’re constantly calling things off and then getting back together. Despite the stress their different classes creates in their relationship, he cares about her too much to call it quits for good.
Joseph has been a bit of a “ladies man” since he started puberty or as much as he can be for only being 15 years old. He’s not stupid enough to do anything in front of his girlfriend, but he’s definitely a flirt and he’s not always exactly faithful to the girl, despite his feelings for her.
He doesn’t have any definite dreams for his future, but his parents have it all planned out for him, anyway, and Joseph is the kind of guy who generally does what’s expected of him. He knows he doesn’t want to be a lawyer like his parents expect him to be, but he doesn’t know what else he wants and he figures he’s going to be forced into their picture of his future anyway. This is another point of contention with his girlfriend. She just doesn’t understand the idea of having to be anything you don’t want to be and she’s always urging him to stand up to his parents, something he so far hasn’t been willing to do.
HISTORY:
Joseph has always had a very strict and structured life, packed with plenty of lessons and other obligations. His parents are pretty strict and controlling. They’re both lawyers, which means they work a lot, but that hasn’t stopped them from controlling nearly every aspect of his life since the moment he was born.
With parents who have always been concerned with appearances, Joseph was raised to be very much aware of how people perceived him and to act accordingly. He would never do anything to disappoint or embarrass them if he can help it.
Aside from having strict parents, Joseph had a perfectly normal childhood. He’s played sports - football, basketball and track - since he was a young boy. He enjoys sports, both for the activity and the popularity it brings him. Joseph is easily one of the most popular boys in his class and it’s a status he really enjoys. You would never know from looking at him how much pressure he’s under. His parents expect him to keep his grades up in addition to keeping up with all his activities. They fully expect him to follow in their footsteps and attend Princeton when it comes time to go to college.
It was last year at a party when he really met Alicia. He’d seen her around school and in his classes, of course, but he hadn’t really noticed her before. She was dancing with her friends, a smile lighting up her face, and he was smitten. Granted, he was more interested in hooking up than a relationship when he first approached her and asked her to dance with him, but as he got to know her, he found himself genuinely liking her and soon he found himself in an actually relationship with the girl. Their relationship is far from perfect. They bicker a lot. They’ve even had some pretty big fights. They really do care about each other, though, so Joseph is trying everything he can to make it work.
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OOC Info
PLAYER NAME: Crystal.
EMAIL: hopeguidesme@mac.com.
AIM/OTHER: hope31516. |
