"JEREMIAH" HIEP
"Oh! I love pens! They're my favorite thing to take apart."
[ pronunciation ]
Ger-ah-my-ah Hype
[ Jeremiah = God is high ]
[ Hiep = Unknown ]
[ age ]
16
[ September 2nd ]
[ gender ]
Male
[ sexuality ]
Questioning
[ power ]
Shadow Manipulation. It's kind of a flimsy power considering he needs to have a shadow or be in a dark enough place to use it, but it can be powerful under the right circumstances. He can use it like a third limb--to move objects, touch things, and throw a mean punch, if he really wants it to! He's affectionately named his shadow "Peter," after Peter Pan.
[ personality ]
Offbeat - Clumsy - Perceptive
Jeremiah has always been demure and kept to himself. He is very much an outsider to others, being very awkward in conversation and unable to notice social cues. He can be polite if he fakes it, but otherwise, he has no control over what he says and ends up starting a lot of fights because of it. If you're wearing an ugly sweater, he'll point it out. He is completely unable to lie, the same with acting, unless he is forced into doing so, but you'll get something half-assed. Jeremiah is also impulsive, but it depends on the situation. If there is something that he wants to do on a whim that he knows is stupid, he's unlikely to do it. If he's told to do it by something else, you better grab your popcorn and video recorder and set up a place to watch. This makes him a prime candidate for manipulation, since he is an easy target and tends to fall into any prank.
He's actually very quiet and refuses to talk with anyone he isn't familiar with. Jeremiah probably has Selective Mutism, but he neglects to get diagnoses and it goes away easily after the first few times of interacting with someone. He was never taught how to act in conversation, and it's the most obvious thing about him Jeremiah still tries his best, however sometimes it's doesn't even come close to wonted. Besides his eerie mannerisms, his way of speech is usually garbled and warped. He sounds like a mixture of Yoda and Shakespeare when talking, resulting in some very odd conversations. Besides that, most of the time he can be caught just talking to himself out loud as if it was any other normal conversation.
Jeremiah is on the edge of unstable, if not considered that already, because of his quick-changing emotions and temper. Being around him is like always being on edge, since his next action is unknown. Even if he seems like a sweet character, he's usually detached from the conversation and lacks a good deal of visible empathy. Although he seems quite unaware of his surroundings and of those around him (allowing him to come off as 'not the sharpest tool in the shed') he still has a hyper-awareness factor that is hidden below the surface. Along with this, Jeremiah is also quite intelligent, despite his very childlike personality and inability to recognize others' emotions. He can devise a plan in what seems like a split second, when it really had just been stored in the back of his mind for times of use. He can easily recognize when something can possibly turn into a bigger situation, and always creates a last minute plan just in case he needs to use it. This includes what he says in conversation, how he acts, ect.
Jeremiah's not completely void inside, though. He's as loyal as a dog once he's let his guard down, which has lead to him being easily manipulated in the past. Being his friend is kind of a dangerous game, since he'll obey your every word but his annoyance and anger is built up overtime, leading to a volcano of emotion. When Jeremiah's anger has boiled up to the point of it letting loose, it's something close to an eight year old's tantrum. He can't seem to get a grip on his emotions, and usually lets them roam at will. His mannerisms depending on his moods are quite unusual as well. He is seen pulling out his hair when he's stressed, angry, or in those rare moments where he's melancholy. It's his go-to tic, though every now and then he can be caught scratching the skin off around his knuckles. It's a bad habit, yes, but it was never like he was taught better.
Jeremiah is autistic with Savant Syndrome. He has a hyperfixation with the circle of life, especially concerning what happens afterwards--Death. It's the entire reason for his choice to become a coroner, and he's very dedicated to reaching that goal.
[ appearance ]
Jeremiah is the living embodiment of the balance between "fit" and "malnourished." He’s a tad bit underweight but still with a good bit of muscle on his arms. His skin is warm ivory color with a beige sort of glow to it. His skin is pretty clear, despite a few scars every here and there. The largest cicatrix on him is a thin, lengthy scar going down the side of his left forearm. It’s an unusual peachy color, emphasizing the fact that it was sure a painful wound when he had gotten it, otherwise it would’ve been just a shade lighter than the rest of his skin. He doesn’t even really try to hide it and marks it off as a childhood memory, in which it practically is, but with a deeper meaning underneath it. It stretches down a few inches from below his wrist to the crease of his elbow.
Jeremiah stands at 5’10, though can seem a few inches shorter because of his consistent slouch and just all-around bad posture. Even in chairs with straight backs will he find a weirder way to sit, just causing even more problems for his back. Other than that, he’s of a pretty average height and is at least glad he’s taller than most females he’s met in his small amount of social life. He can become jealous when he meets someone taller, especially if it's a woman. Jeremiah knows he's considered tall, but has never felt comfortable with the way he looks and is very self conscious.
Believe it or not, he can throw a mean punch. He grew up being the fighting-type of kid, because of how often rude things would fall out of his mouth and the situation would spiral into a bloody brawl. He's got a surgical scar on his stomach from the ER, right after he got himself into a fight and had internal bleeding. Jeremiah also has a slightly crooked jaw, also from another extremely painful punch that offset it. His fighting skills are a bit terrifying when they come into play, considering he's just a walking nerdy sweater with the sweetest personality ever.
His eyes are glintless but have an unusual faded ring of blue around the pupils. Jeremiah's hair is jet black as well and is tussled to the side. He tends to wear "nice" clothing, his favorite outfit being a baby blue sweater, a button-up shirt underneath, and a pair of tan dress pants. His work requires that he wear mainly solid black or white colors underneath his scrubs, so that's what the majority of his closet looks like. He has many more sets in his closet and his car. He actually has a pair of thin-framed rectangular glasses that he wears to work, but otherwise, he puts in contacts.
[ hobbies ]
- Touring morgues. Jeremiah enjoys the eerie solemness of morgues, and enjoys being a helping hand around there for the embalmers. He finds it helps him with his job as a coroner, though one day he'd like to be able to be an mortician. He has a good bit of knowledge on mortuary science, having a degree in it an all, but before he'd get a job at a funeral, he at least wants some bigger education in the medical field.
- Organizing. Jeremiah's a kook for organized lists, rooms, and a life overall. His apartment looks like a neat freak lives there, since everything is sorted down to the very pieces of dust. If the slightest thing is out of place, he'll go into a frenzy and see what else has been moved. This is all ignoring his messy appearance, for which he couldn't care less about.
[ pets ]
Huyen / Cat / ??? / Black
[ It's not actually his cat, just a stray that lives around his apartment and feeds. ]
[ strengths ]
I didn't have this written up before making the profile so these are kinda shitty.
- Intelligence
- Too stubborn to be walked over
- Brutally honest
[ weaknesses ]
- Unable to understand tone
- Tends to make people angry without noticing it
- Silent a lot of the time
[ likes ]
- The ocean and large bodies of water. He finds the scenery oddly soothing and an immediate chill pill. There's no feeling like a picnic out by the pond, watching the sun set over a bronzing reflection, or even a day of just fishing and doing nothing else. The only thing that prevents him from fully loving water is the fact he doesn't know how to swim. He was taught once, but that ended up pretty horribly.
- Sundown scenery. Despite being drawn to darker colors, he loves fiery ones like oranges, yellows, and warm reds. He also likes just watch the sun go down because it signals the arrival of night, a long moment of time where he has all of this peace to himself. Jeremiah tends to collect lots of postcards of sunsets or sunrises, just because.
[ fears ]
- Jeremiah has Aphenphosmphobia, the fear of being touched. He can handle a pat on the back or shaking someone's hand, but hugs and being uncomfortably close to another person gives him unexplainable anxiety. If it is someone he's comfortable with, such as a love interest, family member or close friend, he'll have no problem giving affection. But more distant friends and acquaintances have a major trouble getting within even three feet of him. Jeremiah will just step back and continue to do so.
- Jeremiah's other fear is Hemophobia, the fear of blood. The terror in his eyes when he sees blood is much more overwhelming than the aforementioned one. He simply cannot stand the sight, causing either a recoil or just for him to completely shut down. There's no telling where this came from.
[ trivia ]
He knows he speaks weird and won't talk if you make fun of his speech pattern. He's based off the greek god Erebus.
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