#without the harmonica obvs

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Hm, so I have tons of other questions about Tariq, but instead of spamming, how about me requesting the "character polishing" prompt with him? As much of it as is established at least. Man, I'm lazy haha!

Once again only doing 25 cause it would kill me to do 50 hahah

1. How does your character think of their father? What do they hate and love about him? What influence - literal or imagined - did the father have?

As a young kid he didnt know what he father did, so he thought the world of him. Then, when he died, he found out everything. His father and mother worked for SLATE and he was appalled. Every ounce of admiration and love went down the drain. As he got older he learned to separate his father as being his father and from the man he was. He still loves his dad and understands that in his head he was doing what he had to do to help his family, but his image of him is still forever tainted. The influence he had on Tariq was him being a family man and acting as a protector and the whole “family is everything” mindset.

2. Their mother? How do they think of her? What do they hate? Love? What influence - literal or imagined - did the mother have?

The same applies for his mom. Loved her, then despised her, then sorta loved her again. However it became apparent as he’d look back on his life and realized his mom never seemed happy when coming back from work. He doesn’t know why for sure but he knows that there was always regret in her eyes. He learned to pity her.

3. Brothers, sisters? Who do they like? Why? What do they despise about their siblings?

He has his sister Aisha, who he is very close with. She’s like a best friend to him. Of course they don’t agree on everything and she was actually against him joining Morgan at first because of how dangerous it was, but soon joined herself. The problem they often have is that Aisha acts like she’s older then Tariq by 10 years and treats him as such. So like he’s incapable of making his own decisions. That causes some problems but mostly they get along very well. He loves her dark sense of humor and how outgoing and fun she is to be around. Hates how she can be condescending even without meaning to.

4. What type of discipline was your character subjected to at home? Strict? Lenient?

It was strict, because after joining SLATE they went from being extremely poor to very wealthy. Because of that they were often made to take every opportunity they had and to constantly be the best they could. Their parents weren’t mean to them but they often pushed them to their limits way too much.

5. Were they overprotected as a child? Sheltered?

Overprotected because their parents now knew what horrible things could happen to their kids. They didn’t know WHAT to protect them from so it ended up being over things that were harmless.

6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child?

Affection, even if they were being punished or at the most feeling like they were wasting their privileges they were still very cared for.

7. What was the economic status of their family?

From 0-8 very poor, probably 20k a year. After they were at at least 600k a year.

8. How does your character feel about religion?

He’s Muslim, and while he’s not a die hard Muslim he still prays and participates in holidays if he can. He thinks religion is wonderful when you’re not abusing it to your power.

9. What about political beliefs?

Anticiv and believes in a lot of ideologies from anprimitivism

10. Is your character street-smart, book-smart, intelligent, intellectual, slow-witted?

He’s very book smart, great at math like physics, and he’s street smart as well. It takes him a while to learn things, but he’s very intelligent. He just has a hard time remembering stuff

11. How do they see themselves: as smart, as intelligent, uneducated?

He sees himself as smart but not as smart as everyone makes him out to be. He tries to humble himself, even though he should just embrace he’s a math wiz lol

12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations?

Fluent in both English and Farsi, and in both he speaks using little slang. I don’t know how to describe it he just talks like a normal guy. However some Farsi pronounciations bleed into when he speaks English

13. Did they like school? Teachers? Schoolmates?

He doesn’t have an education past sophomore year of highschool but up until then he really liked it. He got along with everyone really well and had good grades.

14. Were they involved at school? Sports? Clubs? Debate? Were they unconnected

Nope, didn’t do any of those stuff. He hung out with his friends mostly haha.

15. Did they graduate? High-School? College? Do they have a PHD? A GED?

Didn’t graduate, parents died before he could. And with the stage of the world it made it impossible to get a GED.

16. What does your character do for a living? How do they see their profession? What do they like about it? Dislike?

Before he worked as a car mechanic, then he quit his job and joined Morgan’s squat. He liked his job but he hated the demand and just the whole premis of having to buy a house, pay rent, taxes ect.

17. Did they travel? Where? Why? When?

Traveled a lot via train and hitch hiking in America (no longer America cause of Frikoski). Had to get around for planning and plus it’s fun being on the move.

18. What did they find abroad, and what did they remember?

Found a lot of crazy shit, and he was one of the first to witness some hanging gardens at their newer state. He remembers or of people he met.

19. What were your character’s deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now?

He just hated the state of the world, he he hated how much money controlled everyone and that money was deemed as a privilege. It fueled him to join something that would put an end to it. He’s now an avid figure in the revolution

20. What were the most deeply impressive political or social, national or international, events that they experienced?

Revolution

21. What are your character’s manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate?

He’s fairly polite, not overly but he’s not rude either. He likes hero’s that fight for the good of all people. Hates hero’s that fight to fill some void in themselves

22. Who are their friends? Lovers? ‘Type’ or ‘ideal’ partner?

His friends are Morgan, Brenda, Aisha obviously, and he’s dating Leslie at some point. He likes people that are just outgoing, easy to get along with, good views, and opinionated

23. What do they want from a partner? What do they think and feel of sex?

Same thing everyone else does, love, not too clingy but emotionally available, and someone that’s like him but not completely like him. He likes sex a lot, not obsessed but he likes it

24. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?

He attends obv riots, meetings with Morgan and the squat and more international meetings, he also along with Jackie gets intel with people. He’s like a mentor in that department for her so he takes being the leader. Most of the time he doesn’t care though

25. What are their hobbies and interests?

He loves playing acoustic guitar, harmonica, banjo, and banging on a tub

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