Post by Reid Ackerman on Jan 13, 2017 1:08:30 GMT
REID ACKERMAN
General Personality:
Reid is a genuinely passionate person. His heart is big, and he cares about a lot of different things. It's possible that he even cares a little bit too much, because oftentimes he ends up hurt. Whether it be due to people-related purposes or just other things he values, he has a great deal of emotions invested in it all. He values the environment and above most things, animals. He's often doing everything he can in his community at home and online to spread the word about issues pertaining to the two. Another thing he cares deeply about is music. Reid can spend hours sitting around playing guitar or other instruments. He likes to write music as well as sing, but he still considers it a hobby. He isn't trying to become famous, he's just simply trying to live. Music is a great way to bring people together and helps him work out his own emotions when they're becoming too overwhelming to handle.
Another thing about Reid is that he tries to be kind to everyone he meets, even when they make it hard. Of course, that comes off as quite a cliché personality trait to have, but he truly believes love and kindness are the keys to creating change in such a harsh world. Those views, however, often cause him to be quite the pushover. Even when he shouldn't, he's usually willing to go the extra mile for a lot of people. This also includes strangers when he's trying to make an impression. Since Reid's often a little too obsessed with spreading the love, he's been used a lot in life. People take advantage of his kindness, going as far as to drain money from him, pretending that they need it for some dire cause. Reid's often too willing to give up his cash when asked, because he doesn't want to be held down by the chain that money can attach to people. When someone asks him for help, he feels it's necessary to give them whatever he can manage. He's a big believer in karma, and knows he has a lot to make up for. He's been walked all over in life, and even though he knows it, he doesn't really do anything to stop it. He thinks he deserves it and that by being as selfless as he can manage, he's setting a good example. Despite all of this, he's not naive. He knows how bad people can be, and he's aware to all the terrible things the world has to offer. Reid just wants to help eliminate the bad little by little.
There is also a darkness that looms over Reid, one that makes him question if he should ever be allowed to do anything that makes him personally happy. Since he accidentally killed his mother when he was younger, he's been constantly doubting himself. There are days when he breaks down completely, refusing to even move. There have been so many times where he's just stared at the wall for hours, locked inside of his own head. It takes a lot to choke down all of the depression threatening to take over his entire being, but he somehow manages to whenever he's around people. However, because of this, he has a hard time letting anyone actually get too personally close to him. Even if he's incredibly nice, he's still careful not to let himself become too attached. He doesn't want anyone to see how pathetic he really is, and he also doesn't want them to figure out what he's capable of. Even when he goes long stretches of time without falling into any dark holes, he's still living with the constant fact that he'll never be able to forgive himself for what he'd done. That's how he prefers it though, so he'll never forget. In a way, he's protecting his own image, but in his head it's for the sake of others that he does that. Part of him feels like a monster.
Back when he was still Christofer in the Hundred Arce Woods, he was still just as kind and helpful as he is now. Only, back then, he didn't have the darkness of killing the woman Storybrooke had lead him to believe to be his mother over him.
History:
Fairy Tale History:
Reid grew up with his mother in Storybrooke, having never really known what had happened to his father. His mother was always very quiet when the subject came up, and eventually Reid just stopped asking about him. He grew up as the oddball in school that no one ever really wanted to hang out with, but it didn't really bother him. His mother was the only friend he really needed.
Unfortunately for young Reid, a curse was a curse and something wicked was destined to come his way. When he was only eleven he got into an argument with his mother about whether or not he was going to go to some school club she wanted him to join. Being an outcast, he never really felt comfortable having to be in large groups for long periods of time. Reid had a temper tantrum, running out of their small house and running into the street. His mother chased after him. As little Reid stood in the middle of the road, he turned around to yell at his mother just as a car was coming straight for him. Quickly, his mother dashed to him and threw him out of the way at the cost of her own life.
Reid has always blamed himself for his mother's death. After that, Reid was left to live with an uncle who tossed him out when he'd turned eighteen. Now, Reid lives in a small apartment by himself in Storybrooke holding down a small-town job. Though he doesn't have much, Reid very much appreciates the life his mother allowed him to continue to have even if he doesn't always believe he deserves it.
Fairy Tale History:
Christopher Robin grew up in a small village in the Enchanted Forest. He lived in a small cottage with his mother. Their life wasn't anything too out of the ordinary. His father left his mother before he'd even been born, but instead of hating the man, Christopher put all of his emotions into appreciating good a mother his mom really was for sticking by him. Being the mama's boy that he was, other children his age tended to make fun of him. They thought he was wimpy. Therefore, he was an easy target when it came to picking on him.
One day, while little Christopher was out strolling the forest, he came across an elderly woman. She seemed to take pity on the boy, offering him up a pocket sized mirror. She told him it was a portal to another land where he'd finally be accepted for who he was. Being a naive child, Christopher believed her. Later that night, he held the mirror real tight and concentrated on it taking him away, and with that it worked. Magic pulled him through, causing him to end up in a whole new place he'd never seen before. It looked like a forest, but it wasn't quite the same.
A little frightened, Christopher explored the place further and met some strange friends. One of which was Winnie the Pooh. He was a bear with a sweet tooth that could only be satisfied by honey. Although it was frightening to meet a bear, especially one who could talk, Christopher felt himself trusting him. He helped Pooh out with little tasks, met Pooh's friends, and eventually this new place, the Hundred Acre Wood, began to feel like a second home to him. He'd never felt more accepted in his life.
Christopher spent much of his childhood going back and forth between the Enchanted Forest and the Hundred Acre Wood with his magic little mirror. He did his best to keep it from his mother, but she was constantly worried and confused about her son's whereabouts. Somehow, the boy managed to keep dodging her by telling her he was hanging out at friend's homes and such. Luckily, she didn't seem to ask to meet their parents.
As Christopher continued to grow older, Pooh and the gang became worried that he'd no longer come to visit them. The boy assured him that would never happen. He valued their friendship above all else.
When he'd turned eighteen, Christopher told his mother about his magic mirror. She was frightened at first, not to mention furious that her kind boy had been lying to her for so long. However, after Christopher had taken her there and introduced her to his friends, she had given her blessing (not that she didn't find it extremely weird). From then on, Christopher had made the Hundred Acre Wood his home. He lived as his friends did, proving true to his word that he'd never forget them. Eventually Christopher had even built his own little cottage within the woods.
Christopher had realized that his happy little life was doomed to be cursed until he went to visit his mother when he was twenty-three in the Enchanted Forest just in time to be swept up by the curse. Having been born there, the curse did have a spot for him and a new identity waiting in Storybrooke.
