eyup just done a character development for how i feel the character in the proposed rom-com could play out. if you’d like to have a go at any other characters there is a link here, to the table i made to present this 
My charcter is insipired by a number of different ‘going nowhere’ characters from recent hollywood films and TV series focusing on 18-25 young adults with no real sense of direction, including:
Tim Baisley – Spaced
Snork – Cementery Junction
Scott Pilgrim – Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Arthur Dent – HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
| Name | Simon |
| Nickname | N/A |
| Reasons for name (If any) | N/A |
| Age | 20-24 |
| Sex | M |
| Nationallity | English |
| Disabilities | N/A |
| Glasses? | Yes |
| Height | 5’8 – 6’1 |
| Build | Average |
| Weight | Between 10 and 12 |
| Complexion | White, Clear smooth |
| Hair Colour | ? |
| Hair Quality | Fair |
| Usual Hairstyle | Short to mid-range male length hair no longer than the ears. Quite smartly styled. |
| Eye Colour | Blue? |
| Facial Features | N/A |
| Distinguishing Features | Nothing out of the ordinary |
| Scars (if any) | N/A |
| General Health | Healthy, but not likely to be running any marathons or spend hours at the gym. |
| Style Of Dress | Hipster/geek/topshop style clothing. |
| Grooming | Shaves fairly regualry but not completely clean shaven. |
| Birthplace | Leeds |
| Father’s attitude/occupation/parenting style | Fairly Strict/ protective/ Carpenter/ working class |
| Mother’s attitude/occupation/parenting style | Fairly Strict/ protective/ Shop worker / working class |
| If no, parents why? | N/A |
| Siblings if any? | N/A |
| Relationship with family members. | Strained, because of going off to university without their approval (refused due to fear of debt) |
| Family Fueds (if any?) | See above. |
| Financial Situation | Not rich but not coping too poorly, has enough money to live on. |
| Happiest Memory | His one and only summer vacation with the family. |
| Childhood Trauma’s? | Bullied as a teenager |
| Childhood event that still affects him/her | ^^^ |
| Education | All of his education in leeds until uni when he moved to Coventry… |
| Occupation History | Tried a part-time job in manufacturing but decided it was not for him and now studies business management. |
| Achievements | Decent GCSE’s and A – Levels, he would consider his greatest achievement as wining the trophy for the most improved footballer of the year in his under 8’s football squad |
| Failures | Underachieved for most of his life, constant mediocrity rather than any huge failures |
| Obstacles in life (disability, family commitments, etc) | Family pressures have been an obstacle in his life, leading partly to his less than confident demine. |
| Special Skills (if any) | N/A |
| Gifts/Talents | Fairly decent musician, can play guitar to fairly high standard, but is currently not in a band. |
| Geographical History | English all his life, went on holiday once with family to south of france. |
| Past Key Relationships | A couple of short-term relationships that led nowhere in recent years. |
| Marriages/divorces? | N/A |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Why did relationships end? (if any) | Incompatible with both girls and realised in a matter of months. |
| Any recurrant themes? | ^ |
| Past Convictions (if any) | N/A |
| Hobbies | Playing guitar, social networking, video gaming, played cricket before leaving for uni but has since given up. |
| Favourite Food/Drink | Chinese |
| Usual Haunts | Easily annoyed, overthinks. |
| Philosophy in life (cautious, carefree, etc,) why? | Cautious, rarely makes a major decision without thinking of how it could go right/wrong (overthinking) |
| Religion (if any?) | Protestant |
| Martial Status | Single |
| Quality of marriage/partnership | N/A |
| Issues in marriage/partnership | N/A |
| Children/dependants | N/A |
| Names of children, ages, sex | N/A |
| Relationship with children | N/A |
| Occupation | Business Management Student |
| Is S/he happy with said occupation? If not why? | Fairly happy, but does not get on with course mates well. |
| What would s/he rather be doing? | He’s not sure, but he knows he doesn’t want to go back to ‘leeds’ |
| Relationship with work colleagues | Poor, not on anyone’s bad side, but never sees any of them outside of lectures. |
| Issues at work (if any) | ^^^ |
| Financial situation | Fair. |
| Quality of home life | Fair. Gets on Ok with housemates, but a fairly quiet household. |
| Typical Daily Routine | Go out, go university, go library for a good few hours (but do little but check out facebook and other social mediums) |
| Type of car/s driven (if any) | N/A |
| Phobias | |
| Worst thing that could happen to him/her? | To go back ‘home’ and return to the life he left behind. |
| Best thing that could happen to him/her? | Get a job, get a girlfriend and move abroad. |
| Addictive Behaviour (alcohol, gambling etc.) | Enjoys alcohol but rarely allows himself to get drunk. |
| Personal detail most ashamed of. | Wishes he put more effort into the gym, (shyness puts him off going most often) |
| What s/he would change about themselves why? | ^^^ |
| What s/he wants most from life. | Get a job, get a girlfriend and move abroad. |
| Personal Goals | To study hard and make something of his life |
| Personal Strengths | Passionaite, nice character, not nasty |
| Personal Weaknesses | An overthinker always making situations worse than they really are. |
| Sexual Transgressions (if any) | … |
| Compulsions (if any) | … |
| Obsessions (if any) | … |
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