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Monday, 5 August 2019

Maxx through Brad's eyes.




THROUGH ANOTHER'S EYES – CHARACTER MEME

*Note this takes place at the start of my story. So this is how Brad perceives Maxx at that point in time.


INTRODUCE YOURSELF

01 – What's your name?
Hello, I’m Brad Sabatini! Nice to meet you!

02 – Are you male or female?
I’m a dude!

03 – What age are you?
I’m 22!

04 – Describe yourself.
Well, I’m a peaced out guy who just goes with the flow in life. I’m not that tall, I’m kinda short, and I’m a bit of a fatty, haha. I love animals, especially cats, and I love baking… both kinds of baking, if you get what I mean, haha. I also love watching Animal World and cooking shows, and all kinds of stuff!

05 – What do you do for a living?
I go around rescuing stray cats and I do bake sales to help them find forever homes! One day I want to have my own cat cafe with rescue cats and people can come cuddle them and adopt them! That would be the dream…

06 – Choose five words that describe your personality
Uhhh… I’m a chill, happy, spontaneous, goofy, and emotional dude!


INTRODUCE YOUR SUBJECT

07 – What is their name?
Maxx Malone! ...Well, his name is actually Maxwell Miles Malone Jr, but he gets super angry if you call him that.

08 - How do you know them?
I found him hitchhiking on the side of the road one day, he stuck out like a sore thumb in those neon clothes amongst all those trees! I gave him a ride and we hung out for a bit, which ended in me bringing him back to my place, cause’ he had nowhere to go. We soon became friends and he ended up living with me and my brother, Blake. Oh man, Blake really hates Maxx!

09 – Describe them in three sentences.
...Uhh, Maxx is... pretty out there haha. He’s loud, super confident… too confident, and he can kinda be a jerk sometimes.


PHYSICAL TRAITS

10 – Are they male or female?
He’s a guy.

11 – How old are they?
He’s 24 later this year!

12 - Describe them
Maxx is... one of a kind, I guess you could say. It’s funny cause’ he tries to copy everyone else, but doesn’t copy them properly and ends up being his own original thing anyway. He tries really hard to be Vivienne Vivacious, but wears these bright, clashing colours and patterns in his attempt at copying his glam rock style and ends up looking like a clown, which I think would be pretty cool if he rocked it and owned it, but he gets angry and mean when people call him a clown or find him funny when he wasn’t trying to be.

13 – Do they have any distinguishing features; scars or tattoos?
Well… he’s got a… kinda tattoo, haha… he says it’s real, but I know it’s not. It’s one of those stick on tattoos you get in cereal boxes.

14 – Are they fit; Athletic. Do they do any sports?
Maxx is super thin, but super unfit at the same time. I think even I’m fitter than him.

15 – What about Illnesses, War Wounds or Physical Disabilities?
Well, Maxx gets bruises from the fights he gets in. He says he gets into fist fights and wins every time, but like, if he’s the winner, why is he so bruised all the time? He seems to get into these fights a lot.... and I can kinda see why. He doesn’t have a filter and can be pretty inappropriate, so I think he just pisses off the wrong person and they beat him up for it.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

16 - What would you say is their best ability?
Entertaining people? There’s never a dull moment with Maxx, that’s for sure. He always seems to be the life of the party, even if it isn’t in the way he intended.

17 - What do they think their best ability is?
Maxx thinks he’s this casanova with the ladies, but I’ve never seen him with a lady before. I hear him in his bedroom moaning along with the pizza shop sex scene in American Pizza 2, like he wants me to think he has a girl in there with him, but dude, come on, I know!
Whenever we go out somewhere, he likes to think of himself as like, a coach to me, he’s like “Watch n’ learn as Maxxy picks up that hot redhead over there, B-rad!” and I just politely smile and nod and let him do his schtick… and it always fails, and he always blames someone or something else, and sometimes even me… To be totally honest, if anyone needs a coach, it’s him. He has no idea how to even talk to people and will often say stuff that you should never ever say, or even think of!

18 - What else are they good at?
I guess he’s good at… determination? He doesn’t give up easily or let rejections bring him down... but I guess this can also be a bad thing when it comes to women.

19 - What are they not good at?
Well, like I was talking about before--boundaries. He’s not good when it comes to people’s boundaries and picking up on their vibes. He’s not very good with people in general. It’s like he doesn’t understand them.

20 - Do they have any artistic talent?
Nah, he says art is for geeks.

21 - What about Musical Ability?
Maxx says he’s in a band, but I’ve never ever heard him play before. Like, it’s trippy, I’ve never ever actually seen his guitar before, just the case… kinda like how I’ve never seen him with a woman...

22 - Are they good at a particular sport?
Well, picking up girls is like a sport to him… but he’s not good at that.

23 - What about combat; can they fight?
It’s funny… for a dude who can’t fight, he sure has been in many fights before.

24 - Do they have any... powers or abilities you would describe as supernatural or superhuman?Yeah, as I was just saying, he’s been beaten up lots of times before and almost died, but he’s still alive and still trucking! I dunno if that would be considered supernatural. Makayla calls him a human cockroach cause’ of this and jokes that he got bitten by a radioactive cockroach, haha.


PERSONALITY AND INTERESTS

25 - If you had to choose one word to describe their personality; what would it be?
Obnoxious? Hahah. I dunno if that’s the right word or not.

26 - Can you expand on that?
Maxx is as obnoxious as his clothing, haha. He’s always attracting attention to himself with his clothes and his loud behaviour. He has no chill. He’s always doing something.

27 - What do you like best about them?
It’s cool how he has confidence to just be himself and wear whatever he wants, but if only he didn’t get so bent out of shape at the smallest criticisms.

28 - What personality trait or behaviour particularly gets on your nerves?
Whenever he’s upset or angry, he takes it out on other people, especially me, which totally sucks! I also get the feeling he’s lying to me about a bunch of stuff…

29 - Are they sociable; do they mix well with others?
Maxx is sociable, but it’s like he doesn’t know how to actually socialise? Like, he doesn’t understand people and he tends to make things revolve around himself too much.

30 - Do they dress well? Are they Fashionable?
...He kinda looks like a clown, hahaha. Sorry.

31 - What would you say is important to them?
...Chasing girls. He says it’s his music, but he seems way more interested in trying to pick up girls.

Do you know of any deep, dark secrets they keep buried? 
Uhh, I don’t know, he’s the kinda guy that lays everything out on the table like an open book. I don’t think he’d have secrets, he tells the world everything! But at the same time, his stories don’t really add up which makes me think he’s lying about a bunch of stuff, so maybe he’s trying to hide a secret? I have no idea!

32 - Would you want them as an enemy; What sort of enemy would they make?
I don’t think so… he’s still bitter about old friends and talks crap about them all the time. He says they all dogged him and were dicks to him. He seems to have met a lot of assholes then…


YOUR RELATIONSHIP

33 - How did you first meet?
Uhh, didn’t I already tell you this story, dude? ...Wait, did I? Haha, anyway, he was a hitchhiker I picked up on the Highway!

34 - Are you friends?
Yes.

35 - Are you rivals?
Weeeelll, sometimes I kinda get this vibe from him that he’s trying to compete with me. Like, when we’re out somewhere, he’ll see me talking to people and come up and try to take the attention away from me, and onto him.

36 - Are you Lovers?
No.

37 - Do you love them?
As a friend! I had hippie parents and I’m pretty hippie-dippie myself, so I have love for everyone, haha.

38 - Do they love you?
I don’t know.

39 - Who, if anyone, do you think they are in love with?
He seems to be in love with himself, mostly, haha.

40 - Are they currently in a relationship?
Maxx in a relationship? Uhh, not to seem mean, but I couldn’t imagine that, haha.

41 - Do you like them?
Yeah, but over time… I’m starting to feel a bit uncertain about him… I still care about him and want to help him, but he can be a jerk at times and I’m starting to question stuff with him...

42 - Do they like you?
Well, I’d hope so, I gave him a roof over his head, make him food, and spend a lot of time with him.

43 – How do you think they feel about children?
I don’t think he likes kids… whenever they seem him, they think he’s a clown and get excited, asking him to make balloon animals for them, which makes Maxx hella mad, haha. Sorry, I know I shouldn’t laugh, but it’s really funny.

44 - What about their family?
His grandfather, Maxwell Sr, was the Mayor of Swanton in the 50s and 60s. He’s pretty well known in Australia, so I already knew who he was, but didn’t realise until later Maxx was related to him. As for his parents, Maxx tells me his dad is a mean jerk who abused him and kicked him out of home, but another time he told me ran away from home, which confuses me. He also told me his mum was a movie star in her heyday.

45 – And finally. If you could change one thing about them, what would it be?
I wish he would listen more, and be nicer to people…


Questionnaire by: Raqonteur on deviantart.

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