Post by Professor Carlyle on Nov 16, 2009 16:22:08 GMT -6
Name: David Michael Carlyle
Age: 40 (b: 25/10/1972)
Subject: Muggle Studies (aren't Muggles just fascinating?!)
Appearance: David will always be just that little bit too pale in complexion, that little bit too skinny, that little bit too tall, that little bit too unaware of the fact that he's quite attractive, in an adorably geeky kind of way. He has light brown eyes and and dark brown hair (that's seems as though it's arranged and spiked up slightly in a careful manner but is actually just cut and grows that way) with a fairly thin looking face and jawline. He claims to work the look he has but others say to him: "I seriously believe that you should rethink the length of your sideburns". Personally he doesn't see what's wrong with having sideburns like his.
David definitely isn't one of these super muscley guys, he's the exact opposite, he's tall and to be honest, looks scrawny... most people want to give him a good meal to eat when they see him. His geekiness is often enhanced by his glasses which he needs to wear for reading but very often misplaces though he claims his cat moves them on purpose to make him squint stupidly all the time. His dress sense, when not teaching, is casual and he favours a worn-in pair of jeans and a simple shirt or band t-shirt... or even an uncommon t-shirt with a reference to some completely obscure TV show or film of the geek genre. When teaching he prefers wearing a muggle suit, claiming 'well if you're going to teach kids about muggles, better dress like one too, add a little sense of occasion to it all' but really he just prefers their clothing to long, heavy wizarding robes.
Personality: David is decidedly odd in his mannerisms. When you first meet him he can either come across as quite reserved (which is wrong) or a wee bit bonkers (which is mostly right). He's very confident in his own skin and isn't afraid of his geekiness. Instead he gladly embraces it and showcases it, not caring if others deem him 'boring' or 'nerdy'. Once he gets talking about a subject he enjoys, no one can stop him from launching into a highly impassioned, enthusiastic conversation. This can put people off his class as he speaks in long bursts, so passionate about his subject, and tries extremely hard to get the class enthused too, whether they like it or not. At which point he tends to run around the classroom, trying to get everyone active and involved- he has an unbelievable amount of energy that way and never seems to tire despite the fact he looks as though he lives life at a fast pace.
Though this energy can sometimes put more reserved people off getting to know him, David is actually a fun, generous person to be friends with. He's very loyal and giving, willing to lend a hand everywhere he can, and makes a huge effort to keep the friendships he's started going. When it comes to romance... oh don't get him started on that, his romantic history has not been consistent to say the least. The problem with David is that, for all his confidence, he can be insecure and, though he'll claim he doesn't feel the same about a girlfriend he's breaking up with... that's not the case. He's quite an active, erratic person and so often gets anxious and fidgety if he stays in one place for too long or if he's with one person for too long. The 'the first girl I loved broke my heart' thing doesn't really help matters either, as always.
Background: Born to Kelly (née Carlyle) and Jonathan MacBryde (the less said about him the better), David is the oldest of six children with Samantha (38), Andrew (35), Gregory (32), Victoria (28) and Emily (25) following behind him. Needless to say their household in London was quite loud and busy because the Carlyle kids enjoyed causing as much mischief and headaches for their mum as humanly possible. Speaking of Kelly Carlyle, she was a Muggle from a fairly poor family whose one passion in life was writing. She worked for many years as a prominent and prolific writer of children's fiction, peppering her writing career here and there with columns for various muggle newspapers and the like. While her husband, Jonathan MacBryde was basically a snobby, uppity 'typical Pureblood' who was never really content with being married to a muggle which he'd only done basically because he'd 'got her pregnant'. In the end he stayed with her, conceived five further children to her, but had countless affairs, drinks, drugs etc. problems in that time too. He didn't see matrimony as the binding promise that his wife, and most other decent human beings, do. After Emily was born (at which time Jonathan's drinking had reached the point of alcoholism and he was prone to lashing out at her and his children) Kelly decided she had had enough, divorced him and upped and left, moving her entire family to Glasgow (where she grew up) which in her mind was plenty enough aware from that 'horrid man', in her words. By that point the kids decided to settle down a bit (at least David and Samantha definitely did) and helped their mum around the house and looking after their siblings rather than help them to cause even more mischief.
All of the Carlyle children attended Hogwarts, each of them making their own little contribution to it, in the extremes, either by being absolute terrors and always being in detention or by being perfect model students without so much as late homework to their name. David was one of the latter, he felt being the oldest meant he had to be somehow the role model, especially considering their usual role model (i.e. their dad) was a pretty piss poor excuse for a human being, in his opinion anyway, and definitely wasn't someone to look up to. David aced all his subjects due to the fact that he just was one of those extremely geeky people that loved to learn, simple as that. He lapped up everything taught to him and every opportunity for him to shine that was offered up, he took it. Needless to say he wasn't so much for the sports side of things, he saw Quidditch as pretty much a useless way to spend your time- an opinion he was bullied for of course!
After graduating from Hogwarts he worked for a while in the Ministry, doing the crappy intern like jobs in various departments while so many people told him he could do so much better, even if he went back into the 'muggle world', for example. But he stuck with it and worked his way up in the Department of International Magical Cooperation- he was often the one shipped off to different countries to sit in on their long, boring Ministry debates and to act as a sort-of envoy while there. He enjoyed the opportunities it gave him to travel though and often stayed for a little while in the countries he ended up in, exploring the muggle areas for a while. One thing that's always fascinated him is Muggles (thanks to the fact his mother was a Muggle) and ever since he was a child he immersed himself in their kind of culture- art, literature, music, inventions, science, history, TV and films... you name it, he probably knew about it. Needless to say his fascination with everything muggle made him perfect for the job of Muggle Studies Professor at Hogwarts, a position which was made available after the previous professor retired. David, thanks to his high Ministry connections and favour with the Minister, was appointed to the position with very little competition and he kicked off his tenure as professor with a very enthusiastic style of teaching to try and show the kids how amazing and bloody wonderful the muggle world was!
Characteristics: Has a very recognisable (and arguably adds to his attractiveness?) Scottish accent and certain phrases which he will always say like 'oh yes!', 'good times, bad times'. He has the tendency too to be in mid-flow of teaching, speaking quickly, and then suddenly pause when he comes to a word, saying 'ooo I quite like that, I think I'll use that a lot today' with a grin. Has the tendency also to make very bad puns or jokes and even if his students groan in displeasure at how 'lame' it is, he'll grin wider regardless.
Other:
-Has a bit of an unhealthy obsession with Muggle literature so any chance he can see to work in a little quote from a famous muggle author into his lessons, he will do, while also encouraging his students to 'check them out'. His first port of call for quotes to work into lessons is, his favourite literary figure, the bard himself, Mr William Shakespeare.
-He's also a bit geeky when it comes to anything sci-fi related. However do NOT say the Star Wars prequels were better or that the Tenth Doctor was 'soooo dreamy and amazing' or he will shoot to kill. The latter is actually an unfounded hatred, it's just that a lot of people said he looks like a certain Doctor and that he and Heather were like the Doctor and Rose. Because of this, it hurts him to think about it, her or the Tenth Doctor. None of this is admitted aloud of course.
-Owns a black and white cat that he inherited from his last relationship-gone-wrong called Socks. She's usually close by him, winding round his ankles and causing him to be even more clumsy, if that's even actually possible.
-He should not be given jelly beans under any circumstances (but always is) as it only adds to his hyperness.
-Currently lives in Hogsmeade in a homely wee cottage whose size is deceptive - it is well and truly 'bigger on the inside' which may or may not have been the main reason David bought it.
Age: 40 (b: 25/10/1972)
Subject: Muggle Studies (aren't Muggles just fascinating?!)
Appearance: David will always be just that little bit too pale in complexion, that little bit too skinny, that little bit too tall, that little bit too unaware of the fact that he's quite attractive, in an adorably geeky kind of way. He has light brown eyes and and dark brown hair (that's seems as though it's arranged and spiked up slightly in a careful manner but is actually just cut and grows that way) with a fairly thin looking face and jawline. He claims to work the look he has but others say to him: "I seriously believe that you should rethink the length of your sideburns". Personally he doesn't see what's wrong with having sideburns like his.
David definitely isn't one of these super muscley guys, he's the exact opposite, he's tall and to be honest, looks scrawny... most people want to give him a good meal to eat when they see him. His geekiness is often enhanced by his glasses which he needs to wear for reading but very often misplaces though he claims his cat moves them on purpose to make him squint stupidly all the time. His dress sense, when not teaching, is casual and he favours a worn-in pair of jeans and a simple shirt or band t-shirt... or even an uncommon t-shirt with a reference to some completely obscure TV show or film of the geek genre. When teaching he prefers wearing a muggle suit, claiming 'well if you're going to teach kids about muggles, better dress like one too, add a little sense of occasion to it all' but really he just prefers their clothing to long, heavy wizarding robes.
Personality: David is decidedly odd in his mannerisms. When you first meet him he can either come across as quite reserved (which is wrong) or a wee bit bonkers (which is mostly right). He's very confident in his own skin and isn't afraid of his geekiness. Instead he gladly embraces it and showcases it, not caring if others deem him 'boring' or 'nerdy'. Once he gets talking about a subject he enjoys, no one can stop him from launching into a highly impassioned, enthusiastic conversation. This can put people off his class as he speaks in long bursts, so passionate about his subject, and tries extremely hard to get the class enthused too, whether they like it or not. At which point he tends to run around the classroom, trying to get everyone active and involved- he has an unbelievable amount of energy that way and never seems to tire despite the fact he looks as though he lives life at a fast pace.
Though this energy can sometimes put more reserved people off getting to know him, David is actually a fun, generous person to be friends with. He's very loyal and giving, willing to lend a hand everywhere he can, and makes a huge effort to keep the friendships he's started going. When it comes to romance... oh don't get him started on that, his romantic history has not been consistent to say the least. The problem with David is that, for all his confidence, he can be insecure and, though he'll claim he doesn't feel the same about a girlfriend he's breaking up with... that's not the case. He's quite an active, erratic person and so often gets anxious and fidgety if he stays in one place for too long or if he's with one person for too long. The 'the first girl I loved broke my heart' thing doesn't really help matters either, as always.
Background: Born to Kelly (née Carlyle) and Jonathan MacBryde (the less said about him the better), David is the oldest of six children with Samantha (38), Andrew (35), Gregory (32), Victoria (28) and Emily (25) following behind him. Needless to say their household in London was quite loud and busy because the Carlyle kids enjoyed causing as much mischief and headaches for their mum as humanly possible. Speaking of Kelly Carlyle, she was a Muggle from a fairly poor family whose one passion in life was writing. She worked for many years as a prominent and prolific writer of children's fiction, peppering her writing career here and there with columns for various muggle newspapers and the like. While her husband, Jonathan MacBryde was basically a snobby, uppity 'typical Pureblood' who was never really content with being married to a muggle which he'd only done basically because he'd 'got her pregnant'. In the end he stayed with her, conceived five further children to her, but had countless affairs, drinks, drugs etc. problems in that time too. He didn't see matrimony as the binding promise that his wife, and most other decent human beings, do. After Emily was born (at which time Jonathan's drinking had reached the point of alcoholism and he was prone to lashing out at her and his children) Kelly decided she had had enough, divorced him and upped and left, moving her entire family to Glasgow (where she grew up) which in her mind was plenty enough aware from that 'horrid man', in her words. By that point the kids decided to settle down a bit (at least David and Samantha definitely did) and helped their mum around the house and looking after their siblings rather than help them to cause even more mischief.
All of the Carlyle children attended Hogwarts, each of them making their own little contribution to it, in the extremes, either by being absolute terrors and always being in detention or by being perfect model students without so much as late homework to their name. David was one of the latter, he felt being the oldest meant he had to be somehow the role model, especially considering their usual role model (i.e. their dad) was a pretty piss poor excuse for a human being, in his opinion anyway, and definitely wasn't someone to look up to. David aced all his subjects due to the fact that he just was one of those extremely geeky people that loved to learn, simple as that. He lapped up everything taught to him and every opportunity for him to shine that was offered up, he took it. Needless to say he wasn't so much for the sports side of things, he saw Quidditch as pretty much a useless way to spend your time- an opinion he was bullied for of course!
After graduating from Hogwarts he worked for a while in the Ministry, doing the crappy intern like jobs in various departments while so many people told him he could do so much better, even if he went back into the 'muggle world', for example. But he stuck with it and worked his way up in the Department of International Magical Cooperation- he was often the one shipped off to different countries to sit in on their long, boring Ministry debates and to act as a sort-of envoy while there. He enjoyed the opportunities it gave him to travel though and often stayed for a little while in the countries he ended up in, exploring the muggle areas for a while. One thing that's always fascinated him is Muggles (thanks to the fact his mother was a Muggle) and ever since he was a child he immersed himself in their kind of culture- art, literature, music, inventions, science, history, TV and films... you name it, he probably knew about it. Needless to say his fascination with everything muggle made him perfect for the job of Muggle Studies Professor at Hogwarts, a position which was made available after the previous professor retired. David, thanks to his high Ministry connections and favour with the Minister, was appointed to the position with very little competition and he kicked off his tenure as professor with a very enthusiastic style of teaching to try and show the kids how amazing and bloody wonderful the muggle world was!
Characteristics: Has a very recognisable (and arguably adds to his attractiveness?) Scottish accent and certain phrases which he will always say like 'oh yes!', 'good times, bad times'. He has the tendency too to be in mid-flow of teaching, speaking quickly, and then suddenly pause when he comes to a word, saying 'ooo I quite like that, I think I'll use that a lot today' with a grin. Has the tendency also to make very bad puns or jokes and even if his students groan in displeasure at how 'lame' it is, he'll grin wider regardless.
Other:
-Has a bit of an unhealthy obsession with Muggle literature so any chance he can see to work in a little quote from a famous muggle author into his lessons, he will do, while also encouraging his students to 'check them out'. His first port of call for quotes to work into lessons is, his favourite literary figure, the bard himself, Mr William Shakespeare.
-He's also a bit geeky when it comes to anything sci-fi related. However do NOT say the Star Wars prequels were better or that the Tenth Doctor was 'soooo dreamy and amazing' or he will shoot to kill. The latter is actually an unfounded hatred, it's just that a lot of people said he looks like a certain Doctor and that he and Heather were like the Doctor and Rose. Because of this, it hurts him to think about it, her or the Tenth Doctor. None of this is admitted aloud of course.
-Owns a black and white cat that he inherited from his last relationship-gone-wrong called Socks. She's usually close by him, winding round his ankles and causing him to be even more clumsy, if that's even actually possible.
-He should not be given jelly beans under any circumstances (but always is) as it only adds to his hyperness.
-Currently lives in Hogsmeade in a homely wee cottage whose size is deceptive - it is well and truly 'bigger on the inside' which may or may not have been the main reason David bought it.
