[hider=Joel Schroeder] [center][h1][color=006400][s]Joel[/s] Schroeder[/color][/h1] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a2/af/15/a2af15a8046a84d1f689e80142b44a24.jpg[/img] [i]"When you are in your final days of your life, What will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame... Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?" [b]-Max Lucado[/b][/i][/center] [hr][hr] [color=006400][b][u]Name[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Joel Kyle Schroeder[/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Nicknames[/u][/b][/color] [indent] Tat - Came into place after he started getting tattoos, it eventually progressed into the name he prefers. [/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Age[/u][/b][/color] [indent]17 [/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Gender[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Prefers They/Them Pronouns, Unsure of Gender Identity[/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Sexual Orientation[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Asexual (Polyamorous) Panromantic[/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Grade Level[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Senior[/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Social Class[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Commoner - Likely only due to the fact that their family wasn't one to make risks. They all found it unlikely, despite Tat's skilled artwork, that they could have made it into the gifted program, so instead luck took the reigns. [/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Appearance[/u][/b][/color] [indent] At 5'11, Tat isn't exactly towering over the people surrounding them, but the few extra inches never hurt. They don't take the best care of themself, so they tend to weigh in around the 170-180lb mark, most of which is undefined muscle. Unlike most people born Male, Tat heavily enjoys wearing makeup, and will likely be seen with about an hour and a half's worth of work going into their face and hair. They also outfight refuse to wear anything other than simple black plugs in their eas, which are both stretched to an inch. Due to mental illness far in the past, Tat actually has a heavily scared left arm, with long, thick, ugly vertical marks on top, on both the inside and outside of the arm. Then, underneath those are much thinner smaller horizontal scars, which also happen to be much, much greater in number, and restricted only to the inner arm (wrist to inner-elbow). On their right arm is a simple, black ink tattoo, that they got on their 16th birthday. [/indent] [hr][center] [img]http://36.media.tumblr.com/5c22537f7ec8335092c1b17a635b579b/tumblr_mqa0s3Df0g1sp03mqo1_500.jpg[/img] [i]"Just because there's no point, doesn't just mean you give up." [/i][/center] [hr] [color=006400][b][u]Personality[/u][/b][/color] [indent] Tat is Aesthetic based, and maintains an attitude that falls under that Aesthetic. Being a Nihilist, they often say dark, and rather cynical and depressing things, and naturally most people laugh it off on the assumption that their joking, which isn't entirely wrong or correct. With the amount of Apathy and Depression they have, anyone who gets close enough to notice can point out that their state of mind isn't exactly the healthiest. And even Tat can be heard sighing the phrase "My life is a fucking wreck" more often then not. Despite all this, Tat is a rather happy person, when able to push themselves out of the fog they are normally in, they can immediately become one of the funniest people you'll talk to, but not in some over the top way, they've mastered the art of casual humor. In the more personal Aspect, Tat has an extreme sense of loyalty and dedication to the people they surrounds themselves with, to the point where it is borderline bad for their health. More than once they have been described as a bit of a pushover, with their combination of loyalty and fear of abandonment, it's nearly impossible to ruin a relationship with Tat for more than a few days. [/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Likes[/u][/b][/color] [indent][list] [*] Dogs, a lot, like holy shit [*] Social-Justice [*] Pale Blogging [*] Memes [/list][/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Dislikes[/u][/b][/color] [indent][list] [*] The ever approaching feeling of Void. [*] Being called a boy.(Seriously, don't) [*] Their First Name. [*] Anything between the years 1999-2007. ("The Early 2000's were a lawless waste-land that should be erased from history in all aspects except musically, God I'm a slut for a boyband.") [/list][/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Fears[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Snakes holy shit[/indent] [hr] [center][img]http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=110828309[/img] [i]"I'm always a slut for Spaghetti."[/i][/center] [hr] [color=006400][b][u]Strengths[/u][/b][/color] [indent][list] [*] Extremely Loyal [*] Passionate about topics they enjoy. [*] Extremely Emphatic, will help anyone they can through a tough time. [/list][/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Weaknesses[/u][/b][/color] [indent][list] [*] Terrible Mental Health. [*] Will let people do anything to them, and will forgive them afterwards. [*] Tends to make decisions based off of their insecurities. [/list][/indent] [color=006400][b][u]History[/u][/b][/color] [indent] Born in a big (for Iowa) town on the border of Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota, they grew up conservatively. They were raised by a Christian Family, without a father around. At 6, they faced rather terrible things, which triggered the long cycle of Mental Illnesses that would plague their life. To cope with it, a therapist suggested he drew the way he felt. At 8, their Mother had a little Girl named Ema, by that time Tat's art had already greatly improved. When they was around 13, they began to struggle heavily with sexual confusion, gender identity, substance abuse, and self harm. Around the Same time, their mom got married to a guy that Tat wasn't very Fond of. About three months later, their Mom and new step-father separated, so Tat and their Immediate family moved about 2 hours away in South Dakota. Their Mental health slowly continued to decrease, and their art continued to get better. The summer following 8th grade, two major things happened. At the beginning, their mental health had deteriorated so drastically that a week long in treatment session took place, and at the end of summer, they had a one week heads up to pack everything, and move to Maryland so that their Mom and Step-Dad could get back together. Things went bad quickly, by March the following year, they had been hospitalized for suicide attempts three times, on the fourth Attempt, they had to be flown into a hospital in D.C., and stayed there for a month before finally being let go. The hospital had done wonders, and though Tat still struggled heavily with their mental illnesses and substance abuse, they haven't self-harmed in about two years, and their artwork has only improved. [/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Favorite memory[/u][/b][/color] [indent] One thing that they will never be able to forget is the Day their best Friend, Charlie, who still lives in Maryland, got snuck to the Hospital during Tat's fourth week there. He brought hardboiled Eggs that our 14 year old asses made a mess of, and News that Tat was scheduled to be released in two days. [/indent] [hr] [center][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/465642195488235520/LvIlL9lX.jpeg[/img] [i]"The only Reason I'm alive is because I once saw Gerard Way ordering a sandwhich and I must find out what type it was."[/i][/center] [hr] [color=006400][b][u]Birthday[/u][/b][/color] [indent]11/21/98[/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Astrological Sign[/u][/b][/color] [indent]Scorpio Sagittarius Cusp [/indent] [color=006400][b][u]Twitter Name[/u][/b][/color] [indent] [OC - These are actually both my real usernames, feel free to check me out if you like!!] Tumblr - Cynthetacide Instagram - Cynthetacide [/indent] [hr] [center][img]http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/6585701/740full-christopher-mccrory.jpg[/img] [i]"There's not a lot of things I can control in this life, the way I die is one of them."[/i][/center][/hider]