Post by maniacalmeep02 on Nov 25, 2012 0:35:55 GMT -5
THE ONCE-LER |
General Age: unknown. Can’t possibly be much older than thirty at the most. Date of Birth: March 20th (Yeah, Earth Day. The fandom decided it was Earth day. No I don’t know why.) Gender: male Species: human I’m pretty sure, but you can’t really know for sure with Dr. Seuss characters. :T Dimension: The Lorax (since I can’t decide which one I like more, we’ll say two points on the time-line or alternate time-lines or whatever. So after he turns all greedy, and before. XD) Appearance Normal Once-ler Greedy Once-ler The Once-ler is most noticeably very tall and thin, having earned the nickname ‘Beanpole’ from the Lorax. His hair is black, and a little unkempt, but usually hidden by a hat, either his fedora or later on, his top hat. His eyes are large and blue, although after he is corrupted by greed, he occasionally hides them behind a pair of blue, sparkly sunglasses. Beforehand, his outfit is made up of a white shirt under a gray vest, and gray striped pants. After, he wears a suit, consisting of a white shirt, and a green tie under a long green coat, dark pin-striped pants, and long gloves. Personality To understand the Once-ler's personality, first you have to understand his childhood. He was never offered love or encouragement, and was thus instilled a deep need to prove himself. Especially to his hateful mother. He uses sarcasm as a barrier to protect himself from people, and as such takes a while to open up to others, to show them the optimistic, friendly guy underneath. All he really wants is to have friends, and be loved for who he is. Unfortunately he struggles to get this. He's a brilliant inventor, being able to creating something that can quite literally be anything. Once he's got something in his head, it's very hard to derail him, which unfortunately can lead to very bad things happening (such as the destruction of an ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM). He's very quick on the defensive, again, wanting friends but unwilling to completely open himself up to getting hurt. ((More copy-paste because I am lazy xD Also, I assume this is a description of him after the Lorax leaves. XDD We’ll just say that before the whole greed thing, he’s basically the same but friendlier. xD)) Likes
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Family Mother: Isabella Siblings: Brett and Chett Other: Uncle Ubb, Aunt Grizelda History The Once-Ler lived with his mother Isabella, his brothers Bret and Chet, his uncle Ubb, and his aunt Grizelda. They all thought he would "result to nothing," so when the Once-Ler left to sell his invention, the Thneed, they were happy to laugh at his optimism. Even so, Once-Ler continued on his journey to find the perfect material for his Thneed. After a while of being pulled in his fully loaded cart by his mule while playing songs on his guitar, he stumbles upon "the most beautiful place he had ever seen." The valley was filled with Truffula trees, Bar-ba-Loots, Swommee Swans and Humming Fish which had nothing against him. As he chops down his first Truffula tree, the Lorax is summoned from thunder in the sky and forms in the tree stump. The Lorax warns him, but the Once-Ler ignores his threats. During the night of his arrival, while he's peacefully sleeping, the Lorax with the help of the Bar-ba-Loots, the Swommee Swans, and the Humming Fish take his bed and shove him into the river. Unfortunately, their plan is ruined because one of the youngest Bar-ba-Loots found himself on the bed as well, but is unable to swim. The Lorax saved the Bar-ba-Loot, Pipsqueak, as well as the Once-Ler and they make a deal. The Once-Ler promises not to chop down any more Truffula trees, but in turn, the Lorax says he will keep an eye on him. As time passes, the Once-Ler's Thneed gets discovered and goes into a high demand. In order to fufill that demand, the Once-Ler calls his family to the valley to help him make the Thneeds. His mother demands him to start cutting down the trees to make production faster, and under the pressure, does so. The Lorax calls the Once-Ler on his broken promise, but the Once-Ler cannot see what he did wrong. After his family arrived in the valley, the once happy and kind Once-Ler disappears and is replaced with a greedy, money crazed salesman. He denies that he has done anything wrong, but feels incredibly guilty to see the last of the Truffula trees being chopped down. All of the animals left and the Lorax picked himself up and rose away, leaving a rock with the word "unless" engraved in it. During the years, he stared at that word in his house, wondering what it meant. He told his story to a curious Ted Wiggins as well as gave him the last Truffula tree seed, righting his wrongs. ((….so the whole movie, but I reserve the right to play him at any point in the timeline because I like nice!Oncie and greedy!Oncie equally. xD)) |