Post by Grace Harper on Apr 19, 2010 11:18:41 GMT -5
<Thomas Harper>
Full Name: Thomas Harper
Age: 45
Civilian or Special: Special
Currently Located: California
Affiliated with: Neutral
Celebrity Claim: Dean Morgan, Jeffrey
Relation to You: Grace and Josephs Father
PERSONALITY
Thomas is often perceived wrongly because of his general laid back attitude. He tends to walk around as if he has no care in the world. The problem is that Tom has little to say, because when he does open his mouth, he just can’t open it without sounding like a complete asshole. He is terribly blunt when it comes to speaking his mind; he prefers to suffer in silence, mind you. It’s not that he is cold-hearted, it’s simply because he would prefer to detach himself from others rather than get close and let them down because his whole life all he’s done is let others down.
He is extremely stubborn. Tom wants everything to be his way, or the highway. Tom doesn’t like indecisiveness he sees it as a weakness and often voices his opinion on such a thing. Mr Harper can be pushy at times and is incredibly opinionated; even if his opinion isn’t wanted nor needed you’re going to listen to it anyway.
Harper is a very caring man beneath the surface, though it has taken some time to develop. He has endured many of life's hardships and years of letting his children down because he couldn’t be bothered to give them the time of day, instead preferring to drink himself into an early grave and do what he wanted at the time. He’s certainly learned the hard way and wants to make up for what he has done or not done in his case. Tom is a very courageous man. He often throws himself into situations to help those he cares about. He’s very strong willed and driven, striving for his goals and never backing down.
APPEARANCE
Tom is Caucasian, with hazel eyes and messy brown hair, which is often cut with a short back and side style. He has very little to no facial hair, sometimes sporting a little bit of stubble. Tom has rather prevalent side burns that are neatly groomed and stop just in line with his ear lobe. His face is somewhat rounded with prominent dimples on either side of his mouth.
Mr Harper is fairly tall, standing at around 6’2 in height. He is quite toned but does sport a little beer belly (of course all those years of binge drinking is going to play havoc on the man’s physique as well as his general health). Tom doesn’t look all that threatening. His height is a bit of an eyesore, but other than that he looks like a generally nice man. However, he has been inclined to partake in a few bar brawls in which he’d always came out on top. He may not look so tough, but the man can certainly take one for the team and knows how to throw his weight around.
ABILITY
Tom has the ability to generate and mentally manipulate electricity. With this ability he can manipulate present electricity (static electricity, electrical arcs, and lightning bolts) or even create electricity. Tom is able to generate harmless static electricity, to creating ball, bolt or flash lightning.
HISTORY
Thomas Harper was born in Seattle, Washington, and has lived nearly everywhere in the United States.
During his time in the Air Force, Thomas spent some time stationed in Texas, where he met a young woman. To be honest Tom knew that the relationship would never amount to anything other than a little bit of fun, though Roselyn thought otherwise. Her father on the other hand, well, he knew too well.
Roselyn did not listen to her father’s warnings and took the risk. Unfortunately Thomas let her down and did a bunk with no word, not even a Dear John letter. Little did he know at the time that Roselyn was pregnant.
One year later during the summer, Thomas was stationed in Abilene, Texas where he met another woman, April Scott. Shortly after, both Thomas and April decided to move to Austin, Texas. Thomas was dishonourably discharged from the Air Force, for misconduct, and April transferred to the University of Texas in Austin.
One year later during the summer, Thomas was stationed in Abilene, Texas where he met another woman, April Scott. Shortly after, both Thomas and April decided to move to Austin, Texas. Thomas was dishonourably discharged from the Air Force, for misconduct, and April transferred to the University of Texas in Austin. Thomas was dishonourably discharged from the Air Force, for misconduct, and April transferred to the University of Texas in Austin. They were married in 1987, after finding out that April was pregnant, and in 1988, she gave birth to Joseph Dean Harper.
They didn't stay in Austin long. As soon as April finished earning her degree in Business, she learned that her mother was dying of cancer. The family moved very quickly. Joseph was about four years old when they moved to Abilene.
Tom never seemed to pick up the father role because unfortunately he had been using drugs since he was a teenager and it seemed to take priority over everything else, but it had never been this bad. The drug use was shortly followed by alcohol abuse and when he couldn’t feed his addiction he’d often become violent toward Joseph and April. April decided to send Joseph away to his uncles whilst she dealt with Tom and tried her hardest to get him through his addiction before he dug himself an early grave.
Tom never seemed to pick up the father role because he had been using drugs since he was a teenager and they took priority over everything else--but it had never been this bad. The drug use was shortly followed by alcohol abuse and when he couldn’t feed his addiction he’d often become violent toward Joseph and April. April decided to send Joseph away to his uncle's whilst she dealt with Tom and tried her hardest to get him through his addiction before he dug himself an early grave.
Soon enough, his behaviour nipped him in the bud, he was caught by the police, and was sent to jail for possession of cocaine. He served six years in jail for possession but was released on good behaviour. He wanted in on his kids’ lives, after knowing that he now didn’t just have Joseph but also had a daughter from his previous relationship. The only issue was that he knew neither child wanted to know him. He wanted to make amends and fix all the wrongs he had done because during his time in jail, he came to realise that his life hadn’t been as bad as he’d made out it to be.
