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[alwaysimpure]

-YOU-
Name: Rei
Email: honeychasers[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM: Same as the email.
DW username: Don't have a personal journal.
Munhead or previous character journals (optional): N/A
Timezone: CET, but I'm kind of insomniac and on at odd hours.


-THEM-
Character name: Sirius Black III
Series: Harry Potter
Character history: Here.
Character personality: Sirius has a complex personality and over time he changes a lot, though in some ways he really just becomes more truly what he's always been.
He can be a bully and a jerk, even his friends being victims of jokes and pranks that go just a bit too far. Going just a bit too far is typical for him in general. Reckless and not always the most thoughtful, he doesn't often pause to seriously consider consequences.
There is a trend with his traits sometimes being so extreme that even a good thing can turn into a bad one. For example his bravery becoming said recklessness and in combination with his loyalty leading him to run to people's rescue without really thinking it through. Or the sense of humour of his that he also uses just a bit as a defense mechanism and leading to him saying and doing things he regrets later.
Sirius is intelligent and capable, with a good memory and excellent associative reasoning. He is a schemer, one doesn't become be famed for one's pranks without putting some effort in. He can be a bit lazy about studying, as he generally tends to avoid all things that he doesn't want to do. Experience has shown him time and time again that he manages just fine without studying. Furthermore he doesn't easily accept authority or take well to discipline, preferring to follow his own plans and motives and be on his own schedule, a free spirit.
All that talent and the awareness of being good-looking make for a rather over-blown ego, which he does treat in a humorous way, but which is nonetheless very much there.
But all shortcomings aside, he is essentially a good guy. Like any true Gryffindor, he has a chivalrous streak. He is brave, loyal and protective. Besides that, he is also capable of a lot of love, just like he can hate passionately. The people he loves, as much as they might have to suffer from his bad traits at times, mean the world to him and he'd do what it takes to keep them safe and make them happy.
On the other hand, when he hates he is very absolute in it as well. His dislike for his own heritance, his family that takes so much pride in their bloodline, is the driving force behind his rejection of everything they stand for. Blood purity and resulting supremacy, the Dark Arts, Slytherin,... It's easy to forgive him for his bigotry, just as it's easy to forgive someone's irrational hatred of Nazis, but it is still irrational, even if there might be many arguments in favor of this dislike. Besides, it's undeniable that the consequences he draws from his hatred are often difficult to justify, for example his bullying of Severus Snape, who wasn't just an innocent victim, but actually setting him up to get killed was taking it a bit far. Similarly he mistreated his family's houself Kreacher for years because Kreacher liked his mother and ultimately this was one of the factors that got Sirius killed.
Another negative trait of his that can't be denied is that he's prone to hypocrisy, not acting on what he says. For example he does say that there is good in everyone and that one shouldn't let hatred or anger role one's judgment, but clearly his own thinking is very black and white, as seen for example by his incapability to think Severus Snape capable of good.


-SAMPLES-
Journal entry sample: [The voice sounds as if it's coming from someone who hasn't talked in a long time, not made any sound except maybe scream sometimes. Hoarse and slowly, as if he's getting used to using words while he speaks, mutters, talking to himself more than anything.]

This can't be a dream. I don't feel them.

[Noticing the parrot now, his voice becomes a bit stronger.]

And who do you belong to?
3rd person sample: Thread set in Azkaban.