Basics

Full Name: Andy Wheeler

Age: 20 - 25

Gender: Male

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Straight

Theme song: I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski

Voice claim: Ryan Gosling

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Human

Powers: N/A

Occupation: Pianist

Face claim: Ryan Gosling as Sebastian Wilder from 'La La Land'

Alignment: Neutral Good

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Appearance

Eye shape: Almond

Eye color: Blue

Skin tone: Fair

Face shape: oval

Outfit:

Personality: In his youth, Andy had a strong desire to connect with people around him. However, due to a lack of communication, he was often met with misunderstanding, disinterest, or bullying. His hope of connection was symbolized to him by the communication journal he carried around, but he temporarily gave up this wish after one of his classmates tossed this book into a trash can.

After facing isolation of both external and self-imposed varieties for many years of his life, Andy has become a melancholic and self-loathing person in his late teens. He is plagued by guilt over what he sees as his own role in the dysfunctional situations of his past, including both his school and family life, and he has developed a tendency to blame himself when things go wrong even when he alone is negatively affected. Due to his lack of confidence in his own perceptions and desire not to be a burden, he struggles with avoidant behaviors, which ultimately exacerbate his feelings of guilt and inadequacy. However, these negative feelings are usually hidden beneath the more obvious positive parts of his personality.

At his core, Andy is a kind and compassionate person who is rather easygoing and he is shown to be very patient and forgiving. He also expresses a caring and nurturing side, and although his disability makes certain parts of his life difficult, Andy never feels the need to be pitied or treated specially.

Being a visually focused person by necessity, Andy has a fondness for visual metaphor and symbolism, as exemplified by his feelings toward his notebook. Contrary to most people's expectations, he is rather analytical and perceptive, and he is usually quick to discern the content and subtext of conversations even when they are not signed to him. However, he tends to lack confidence in his own judgments of social situations, which causes him to highly value others' honesty, even when that honesty is harsh.

Backstory
Andy Wheeler was born deaf, and grew up in a household that didn't care about his condition, all except his grandmother, Bonnie. While his other family didn't bother learning sign language and basically just ignored him, Bonnie gave him her undivided attention and communicated with him.

When Andy was young, he developed a fascination with music. He found it interesting, and wanted to learn more. Although he couldn't hear it, he could feel the vibrations from the music and he liked it. He grew up idolizing Beethoven, as he was deaf like Andy and was a musician. Andy wanted to be like Beethoven, but his family laughed at him, thinking it silly that a deaf kid would be able to do anything.

However, Bonnie put him in piano lessons anyway. And Andy loved it. He found solace and peace in the vibrations, and grew up to become a club owner, although it was in no way easy for him.

SCENARIO #1
You go to a jazz club in town, you had a really bad night and you needed to take your mind off of it. You walk in and it's fairly dark inside, and you immediately hear a piano. The music is lovely and you listen. The pianist is playing very passionately, but he doesn't look focused, in fact, he looks sad. And when the song ends... No one claps. Matter of fact, no one even cares. The pianist looks around to see the potential applause but doesn't find any. He sighs and just sits there looking down.

What do you do?

SCENARIO #2
Make it up!