Nov 22, 2023 15:24:09 GMT
Russell, Tynan
40 April 8, 1979 MACUSA, Dept of Aurors Graduated/Ilvermorny/Horned Serpent Pure Blood Widewater Beach, VA | PERSONALITY: Russell is a quiet nerd who keeps to himself more than puts himself out there. He is awkward with personal relationships. He has a nearly eidetic memory which aids in his work and research but on a personal level he tends to come across as a know-it-all and condescending even though he doesn’t mean to. ASPIRATION: His main goal is to see his son succeed where he has not, mostly trying to ensure his son is well socialized and is less awkward around his peers than Russell is around his own. He’s content with his career and has no aspirations to climb the MACUSA leadership ladder. He would like to find someone he would be compatible with, but James is his focus and always will be. | LIKES: -Riddles, puzzles, mental challenges -Boats, outdoors -books/reading -Animals -Electronics DISLIKES: -Having to be in personal/social situations -Fighting, mostly because he has no aptitude for it. -Metaphysical and non-scientific based subjects -Criminals -Lying/betrayal |
FAMILY MEMBERS. | Father (deceased): James Russell Tynan, Former MACUSA (Dept. of Unidentifiable Magical Objects), deceased. Mother: Susan Jane Tynan, 68, former librarian, Retired. Brother: Matthew Raymon Tynan, 48, Wand maker. SIL – Elaine Michelle Tynan, 41; Wand maker Nephew – Raymon Matthew Tynan, 20, Auror Niece – Brianna Michelle Tynan, 17, Student at Ilvermorny Nephew – Bryce Aven Tynan, 12, Student at Ilvermorny Brother: Bryan Edward Tynan, 44; Dragonologist. Nephew – Michael Ryan Tynan, 14, Student at Ilvermorny Wife: (deceased): Katheryn Ann Tynan Son: James Marion Tynan 12, Student at Walsingham Academy and Ilvermorny (home studies mostly, spends a couple weeks per year at Ilvermorny for testing) |
CHILDHOOD. | Russell is the youngest child of James and Susan Tynan. He is the youngest of three boys and was the quietest of the group, preferring to read a book or spend time pouring over magical items his father would bring home from the office rather than playing quidditch or chasing around with the other kids that lived nearby. By the time he was three he was reading chapter books and, although he did not have the coordination to take things apart and put them back together, he was directing his older siblings on how to. He excelled at math and science but has always had a passion for puzzles. It never mattered the type, math, logic, or simple picture puzzles, he could never get enough. By the time he was five he was competing in chess matches with local masters and beating them by the time he was seven. His other passions, from the time he was little, were boats and no-maj electronics. He’d taught himself how to build a boat when he was six and his father had given in and gotten him sailing lessons. His brothers would swipe the electronic toys of the no-maj kids nearby and Russell would take them apart and put them back together, so they worked better than they had to begin with. The fact that he would spend as much time with his father trying to figure out the newest unidentified magical object that had come into MACUSA as he would doing anything else had earned the nickname Boy Wonder from his father since more often than not, it was Russell who was explaining how the item worked to his father rather than the other way around. |
SCHOOL YEARS. | Although pureblood with a long line of wizarding history on both sides, his parents enrolled him in accelerated, no-maj schools just to keep his mind occupied. By the time he received his letter from Ilvermorny, he had just graduated from eighth grade in the no-maj gifted program. Though as smart as he was, he had no friends at his school and was ready for a change of scenery. Like his elder brother Matthey, Russell was sorted into the Horned Serpent house. The two things he found he couldn’t master were flying and quidditch. Which amused his brother who was the captain of the house team. Ironically, while he could memorize the wand movements and incantations, he had trouble mastering his wand as his brain was already moving onto the next spell he needed to complete before his body had completed the spell he was working on. Russell had needed a tutor for the first time ever to get through his first year of charms and transfiguration. As he progressed in school, he was allowed to take additional classes and by the time he graduated he had completed all classes that were available to students at the school as well as having completed the four years associated with no-maj high school as a home-school program. Given his intelligence level, he never fit in with his peers and even his brothers avoided him while in the Castle. After completing Ilvermorny, Russell took a job as an Auror with MACUSA as well as enrolling in a no-maj college and focusing his studies on psychology, criminal justice and microbiology. He completed undergraduate classes in two years and completed three PhD programs simultaneously in Forensic psychology, criminal justice and DNA analysis. |
ADULDHOOD. | Russell joined the Department of Aurors with MACUSA directly after graduating from Ilvermorny and has been a lab rat ever since. His love is in everything DNA related and works with that and trace magic analysis, but with his degrees in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Law, he also helps with profiling. At 26 Russell entered into an arranged marriage with Katheryn and two years later his son James was born. Three years after that Katheryn ended up getting cancer and eventually passed away when James was eight leaving Russell as a single father to a son smarter than he was. Russell continues working for MACUSA while James attends both a gifted no-maj school and is attending Ilvermorny remotely, only spending time at the school to sit for exams. James is schedule to graduate high school by fourteen and Ilvermorny by fifteen if not sooner. Russell’s accomplishments in his field have led him to speak at several symposiums throughout the US. This last symposium back in May featured both magical and no-maj techniques to analyzing DNA as well as trace magic. He remains an avid boater from youth, having bought property in Virgina on Aquia Creek. His property features a boat dock where during the summer he uses his boat to get to work rather than aparating. During the winter he uses either aparation or the Floo network depending on if James is accompanying him to the office or going to his own classes. |
Special Situations
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RP SAMPLE (200 words min.)
She dropped her gaze to their hands as she switched from what happened to the less tangible emotional thoughts, the crux of what he was really asking. He listened as she started to explain. He knew this already; she had basically said as much, and it was obvious to him what that outcome had been. But pathetic? No, no she was far from pathetic. He understood to a point. He shook his head lightly and reached with his free hand to push the hair from her face.
He met her gaze as she looked up and continued the explanation. Was she really going where he thought she was? He didn’t want to hope and yet he found himself doing just that. Did she want to start over? Try again? He pushed those thoughts down; he would just wait to see what she had to say. He had no other option. He couldn’t let his own feelings get ahead of them, not again. He already was anticipating having to heal his heart again, let’s not make the cut that much deeper. Regardless, he held her gaze, trying to keep his features as passive as possible. She was struggling to find the words. That surprised him to a point. But letters were different. They were distant, there was that barrier between them.
She hesitated for a couple moments, and he could see she was trying to find the right words. Unfortunately, there was not enough for him to go on, to decipher what she was trying to say. It could be she was trying to apologize for pushing him away. Or it could just as easily be her retreating further into herself and not otherwise knowing how to tell him she needed the space permanently. He didn’t have too long to wait though, as she gave up on finding the right words and simply pulled him into a kiss. He was stunned for a moment and didn’t know how to react, then his brain caught up with what was going on and he smiled into the kiss for a second before returning it, deepening it. His free hand came to rest on her back, He wanted to just hold her like this forever. But there were still too many questions.
Their kiss was interrupted by the opening of the door and a sharp “Oh..” from the nursing staff that quickly retreated back out of the room, leaving them alone.
He met her gaze as she looked up and continued the explanation. Was she really going where he thought she was? He didn’t want to hope and yet he found himself doing just that. Did she want to start over? Try again? He pushed those thoughts down; he would just wait to see what she had to say. He had no other option. He couldn’t let his own feelings get ahead of them, not again. He already was anticipating having to heal his heart again, let’s not make the cut that much deeper. Regardless, he held her gaze, trying to keep his features as passive as possible. She was struggling to find the words. That surprised him to a point. But letters were different. They were distant, there was that barrier between them.
She hesitated for a couple moments, and he could see she was trying to find the right words. Unfortunately, there was not enough for him to go on, to decipher what she was trying to say. It could be she was trying to apologize for pushing him away. Or it could just as easily be her retreating further into herself and not otherwise knowing how to tell him she needed the space permanently. He didn’t have too long to wait though, as she gave up on finding the right words and simply pulled him into a kiss. He was stunned for a moment and didn’t know how to react, then his brain caught up with what was going on and he smiled into the kiss for a second before returning it, deepening it. His free hand came to rest on her back, He wanted to just hold her like this forever. But there were still too many questions.
Their kiss was interrupted by the opening of the door and a sharp “Oh..” from the nursing staff that quickly retreated back out of the room, leaving them alone.
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Other Characters: Deri Ellis , Hendrix "Drixx" Rider , Nicola Skadegamutc , Alexandra Laskin , Briet Arason
Activity Check:
Deri - Gwyliau
Cal - Study Date
Nicola - Trying Out New Things
Lex - Thrifting Keys
Briet - Secret Message
DO NOT REMOVE: Your application will be looked over as soon as possible. Please do not ask any of the admins to look over your application unless it has been two days (48 hours) since you've finished the application. You have three weeks to finish the application, or it will be archived. If this happens, you're free to apply again.
