Francis Lehane

[Francis Lehane]

CHARACTER APPLICATION [MALE STUDENT]

francis lehane

better run faster than my bullet!

"life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about"

robert's got a quick hand
he'll look around the room

[ABOUT.YOU]

WHAT CAN WE CALL YOU?: Ella

AND YOUR AGE, PEASE: 16

ROLEPLAYING EXPERIENCE: Two years and a bit

YOU FOUND US WHERE?: Fanfiction.net

OTHER CHARACTERS: Sebastian Nott, Draco Malfoy, Lidia Fairchild, Callan Urquhart, Dominique Weasley, Phoebe Spufford

SECRET WORD/PHRASE: It's in the rules. ;]

he won't tell you his plan
he's got a rolled cigarette

[CHARACTER.BASICS]

FULL NAME: Francis Sean Lehane

NICKNAME/S: Franny, sometimes, if his mother/friends are teasing him

AGE: 15

DATE OF BIRTH:

BLOOD STATUS: Muggle-born

SEXUALITY: Straight

hanging out of his mouth
he's a cowboy kid. yeah,

[CHARACTER.EXTRAS]

WAND: silverwood; krup tail; 9 1/2 inches

BROOM/S: N/A

PET/S: an owl named Oscar

DESIRED HOUSE: Gryffindor

YEAR: Fifth

he found a six shooter
gun in his dads closet

[CHARACTER.APPEARANCE]

PLAY-BY: Robert Sheehan

EYE COLOR: blue

HAIR COLOR: dark brown

SKIN TONE: Francis is fair, and stays fair year 'round. He doesn't tan, doesn't burn, and doesn't freckle.

BODY BUILD: Francis is lean, and wiry. He doesn't have much muscle, but he doesn't look entirely wimpy or anything -- although he wouldn't be the absolute best in a physical fight, he may be able to hold his own for a while.

HEIGHT: five foot nine-ish.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: He has a birthmark on one of his eyes, a fleck that's only slightly noticable, and he has a scar on his leg when he burnt himself accidentally at age ten.

hidden in a box of fun things
and i don't even know what

[CHARACTER.PERSONALITY]

FAVORITE CLASS: Herbology

LEAST FAVORITE CLASS: Transfiguration, because he sucks at it

HOBBIES: swimming; Francis used to swim competitively and although he doesn't anymore seeing as he's at Hogwarts so he doesn't have much ample oppurtunity to swim unless he'd fancy jumping in the lake (and he doesn't). He loves music and can play guitar -- he's been playing since he was seven or so. Talking would definetely count as a hobby. He can talk anyone's ear off, especially when he's nervous. Entertaining people; he's a born entertainer.

LIKES: having no work to do, homework or other. Francis is a born entertainer, as well, and he loves making people laugh. He likes eating, but watches what he eats. He likes dressing well because it makes him feel okay about himself. He likes funny and pretty girls.

DISLIKES: He seriously dislikes people who think they're better than him because he's not very well-off. He doesn't like families or people who think they're superior because they're purebloods, either. It really gets under his skin. He doesn't like girls who are too into partying, because although Francis loves having a good time he has no respect for sluts. He's not a fan of guys who mistreat girls, either. He can't stand silence and has to fill every single one.

GOOD HABITS: Francis will take up a conversation with almost anyone who will listen to him. He's refreshingly honest about most things although that tends to get him into trouble. He's fair-minded. He bakes when he's pissed off so he generally proves to be a benefit even in a bad mood.

BAD HABITS: Over-indulges in things. Whenever he starts eating something, or drinking alcohol, he generally can't stop even if he's had too much. His eyes are bigger than his stomach, I s'pose. He has this thing where he talks too much, especially when he's nervous, and it's generally utter crap. He used to shoplift a bit.

STRENGTHS: Francis is loyal to his friends. He'll take the piss out of them, of course, but he'd never do anything to harm them. He's really intelligent and pretty charasmatic in an awkward, bumbling sort of way. He treats people right.

WEAKNESSES: Francis is really, really judgemental at times. He can't seem to help it. He lets his mouth get him into things his ass can't handle over and over again. He just doesn't shut up. Ever. He's also a slither-outer. He slithers out of bad situations because he doesn't like getting in fights. He doesn't understand girls at all. He's also quite sarcastic and pessimistic without provocation. He generally has to apologise for the stupid things he says. Very insecure. He never uses his intelligence to the best of his abilities. Very sharp tongue, although he isn't sure if this is a weakness or a strength. Perhaps a bit of both.

OVERALL PERSONALITY: Francis has an uncontrollable imagination and a mouth that runs away with him on a daily basis. He's resigned to the fact that he'll never be a ladies' man or anything of the sort so he's kind of like this joking guy who talks non-stop. He can be kind of annoying, especially when nervous or shy, because instead of becoming withdrawn as most people do he becomes outspoken and weirdly cheerful. He's also dreadfully insecure, although you wouldn't think it. He likes looking just right so that nobody can tease him about what he looks like, so he doesn't have to worry throughout the day. It's not conceitedness, although it can seem that way. He's got a very sharp tongue at times.

With girls, especially girls he fancies, he's a bit of a mess. He can always make them laugh but he's not a romantic in the slightest and although he believes in treating girls really well he doesn't have a clue how to do that. He's honest, however, and so he'll be very simple in how he feels and straightforward in what he does. He's not the type to play games. His judging is another fault of his; he has a tendency to just judge people for what he sees without bothering to know the rest of the story. He's hypocritical in many ways in this sense, but he doesn't really stop to think about it.

He isn't particularly sensitive to other people's feelings, but he tries to be nice and he's a good-hearted lad at the end of the day, although he can put people down without thinking and be quite rude. The fact that he doesn't have a lot of money upsets him, though, as shallow as he feels it to be. He really does wish for nice things that a lot of people in Hogwarts have, for being able to buy whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, but those things just aren't what's available to him. He's kind of jealous of rich, effortlessly beautiful people at school and he can be sort of rude to them if they get on his nerves.

Francis is hugely opinionated. Ask him about anything, no matter what it is, and he'll have a set opinion and be able to rant to you about it on end. He'd probably love to stand up in front of a crowd with a microphone and just speak everything on his mind. It's probably all pure bollocks, but he's entertaining, so people generally let him get on with it. It's why he'd love to be on radio; the idea of being able to air his opinions for loads of people to hear him is one of the best things he could ever hope for.

but he's coming for you
yeah, he's coming for you

[CHARACTER.MEMORIES.ETC]

BOGGART: vampires freak him out. But he'd also be afraid of his parents splitting up.

DEMENTOR: when he was younger, an older boy ducked him under the water in the swimming pool when Francis was talking back to him. Francis really did think he was going to drown, as the boy held him under for much longer than neccessary, until another boy stopped him.

PATRONUS: his sister Polly being born. He really does adore her.

MIRROR OF ERISED: He wants to be on radio.

VERITASERUM:

1) Shoplifting -- only a few times. Because he was so desperately ashamed of being poor. He's more ashamed of the shoplifting, though.

2) His parents' marriage is on the rocks and he doesn't know how to fix it. Even though it isn't up to him to fix it.

AMORTENTIA:

1) ink.

2) a fry-up on a Sunday morning.

all the other kids with
the pumped up kicks

[CHARACTER.HISTORY]

FATHER: Albert Lehane. Muggle, forty-two. Albert works away from home mostly but the family is still struggling with money.

MOTHER: Evelynn 'Lynn' Lehane nee Wickham, forty.

SIBLINGS: Polly Lehane, seven. Francis' favourite in the family. He dotes on his sister.

OTHER IMPORTANT FAMILY: None.

HISTORY:

Francis spent the start of his childhood living in County Meath, in the East of Ireland. His father was Irish and mother English, and he remembered his time there as quite happy. Although his parents fought every now and then, as a child he didn't know any different and assumed it was the norm. As a whole, however, Albert and Lynn were a happy couple. They loved each other and loved Francis. Things were going slowly downhill, though, and Lynn wanted very much to move back to England be close to her family. Francis' father agreed, finally, and the family moved to England shortly after Francis' eight birthday, which Francis was none too pleased about. Once he had settled in England, however, he was fine.

His younger sister Polly was born and instantly Francis loved her. He was a boisterous child but he was extremely gentle with his younger sister and constantly begged to be allowed to hold her. It was around the years when Polly was growing into a toddler that Francis began to show signs of magic, although it was put down to simply coincidence when something extraordinary happened as his parents were both muggles. When he hit eleven and recieved his Hogwarts letter, the entire family took it as quite a shock, although Polly was not told. Lynn wished for Polly not to be told as she was too liable to blurt it out, and so Polly was merely told her brother was sent to boarding school and they planned to fill her in on the details when she got older and could fully understand.

At first, Francis' parents were supportive about the entire thing, although once he had reached about thirteen he realised his mother wished for him not to be magical. This upset him greatly as he couldn't understand why. His father was far more understanding about the whole thing and quite proud of his son, the wizard, once he had gotten used to the idea, which caused more fights. Francis' parents, although still in love, found themselves with a rift between them, especially seeing as Albert was often away for work. The family began moving away from each other alarmingly quickly, with only Polly and Francis staying close.

Francis was quite chubby when he first came to Hogwarts and although he made friends he was seen as something as a joke and the 'cooler' kids saw him as a kind of side-kick, a bit of a laugh, but no-one to take seriously. He also got lightly teased for his weight and he took this to heart; after his first year at Hogwarts he went home for the summer and began swimming. He did courses throughout each holiday, walked and jogged everyday, and managed to lose the weight. His tongue also got sharper throughout the course of him changing his appearance; during that time it was the only thing he was confident about.

His lack of money was also a sore spot for Francis. He wishes he has more and wishes that he could give more to his parents. He shoplifted a few small items; a magazine, a can of coke, etcetera, and then a few more again and again over the course of the summer, but put a stop to it as soon as he could, realising how shitty it was, what he was doing. Francis is usually pretty honest so it was a weird, yet exhilerating experience for him. He still doesn't fully understand why he did it.

Francis is extremely intelligent but he only gets fair marks in school and his cleverness wouldn't be very apparent. He comes off as being a guy who's smart but only does enough to get by. He doesn't work as much on his academics because all he wants to do is be a radio show host and he doesn't think that needs good marks, just a good personalitry and the ability to talk a lot, both of which he has. His parents don't like the fact that he doesn't study a lot but take a "boys will be boys" approach to it. His mother would love if Francis did really well, though, as she didn't do very well in her exams and regrets it deeply.

you'd better run, better
run, outrun my gun

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