zodion app [complete]

[designer]

✖ PLAYER:
Name & DW Journal: Missa/superego
Birthdate & Age: June 25, 1987 // 24 years
Characters played in Zodion: Chie Satonaka/uphold, Shion/sympathizes, and Aru Akise/autonomous.

✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Kurt Hummel

Canon: Glee

PB/Image: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110901185756/glee/images/0/01/KurtHummelSeason3.jpg

Info links:
WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Hummel
FAN WIKI: http://glee.wikia.com/wiki/Kurt_Hummel

Canon Point: Episode 3x17, after Blaine reads the texts on Kurt's phone and accuses him of cheating.

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Birthdate/Sign: May 27, 1993: Gemini. THIS IS CANON. Goodbye, Capricorn!Kurt...

Tattoo: His left shoulder blade, about four inches tall and three inches wide.

Suitability: Wow he is actually of age this time!

Power: Air Manipulation. Making air currents, floating, etc.

Personality:

Above all, Kurt Hummel is a dreamer. He dreams big. He does everything big, from dreams to personal fashion to musical numbers to caring for the people most important to him.

One thing to keep in mind about Kurt is that he's different. He's a gay kid with a girly voice in small town Lima, Ohio, where most high schoolers might not even go to college, much less leave town to pursue a big dream or make their own fortune. From the start, Kurt's been bullied, and at first it leaves him bitter and desperate for acceptance. His wit and insults are often sharp and cutting, and he's not above a bit of manipulation or underhandedness to get attention from a crush. His way of coping with living in a world that hates him is to think of himself as being above most other people, and that shows in his actions early in season 1.

Growing past that proves difficult, and requires him to reach out to others and form friendships and bonds with the other students in the glee club. His musical and romantic rival, Rachel, eventually becomes one of Kurt's best friends once he can finally get his guard down long enough to realize how similar they are. He's able to get past the embarrassing crush he had on Finn, the one that caused him to introduce their single parents to each other in the hopes that their parents dating would help Finn and Kurt to get closer...

Well. It did help help them get closer! They became step-brothers in season 2.

Though Kurt starts to think of others more towards the tail end of season 1, shit really hits the fan for him in season 2 when increased bullying and even sexual intimidation from his #1 bully, Dave Karofsky, reaches a peak. Around the same time, his father (who means the world to him, more than anyone else) has a close call with a heart attack, leaving him even more shaken. Though things turn out okay, Kurt doesn't hesitate to think of himself again when he changes schools to the more expensive but less bullying Dalton Academy for Boys. Call it self-preservation, call it being responsible and doing what's right, but even his friendship and loyalty to his old school's glee club is not worth sacrificing his personal safety and comfort.

Dalton, to say the least, is not a very good fit for Kurt. He has to wear a uniform, he has to learn how to not stand out, and how to be a part of a cohesive team. The culture at Dalton is totally different, and while no one bullies him there for being himself, he's still sort of an oddity. A caged bird in a cage that looks pretty, but isn't anywhere near big enough.

He does find acceptance and friendship there, though, mainly in the form of Blaine Anderson, his friend and once-mentor who had at first suggested that while it is an extreme decision, changing schools in the face of bullying isn't running away at all, even if it might seem to be at the time. Kurt obviously took this to heart when he transferred, and the two become closer to the point where Kurt falls for Blaine head over heels. This is progress, for him -- because Blaine is gay, too, and might actually reciprocate Kurt's feelings.

Kurt had learned a lot since the previous year, though. There's no manipulating Blaine into falling for him, no dramatic fanfare or snubbing of potential romantic rivals. He just waits. Drops a hint here and there. And then waits some more.

And then his pet bird dies and Blaine falls in love with him as he sings a tearful rendition of 'Blackbird' by the Beatles, and from that moment he and Kurt are inseparable -- so inseparable that Blaine transfers back to McKinley High when the bullying issue resolves itself.

Funny, though, how the bullying issue resolved itself. Kurt actually reaches out to Karofsky, his former tormentor. They come to a sort of truce, and even if Kurt is still angry, even if he's still hurt, he's still capable of being a compassionate human being in the face of someone who's hurt him. This shows extreme growth and maturity on his part, and Kurt's courage is further revealed during the prank pulled on him during junior prom. He's elected prom queen and immediately runs off, horrified and near tears, because how dare he think that hey, maybe people wouldn't be huge intolerant jackasses for once now that McKinley had an anti-bullying policy. Despite running off, though, Kurt can't be tamed and he can't be stopped. He goes back and shows them what a real prom queen looks like, holding his head high and dancing with his boyfriend, tiara and all. He won't let them get him down. He'll show them that he's better than they are.

Season 3 shows more of Kurt's ambitious side. He has a lot more than he had during the start of the series -- a bunch of reliable, if occasionally in-fight-y friends, a boyfriend, a step-mom and a step-brother, and a school that isn't out to get him... at least, not as much as it was out to get him before. Kurt runs for student council president and even learns to live with Brittany's sparkly rainbow unicorn campaign posters, despite the fact that no one in their right mind would take them seriously. Kurt is a unicorn, himself -- unique, shiny, too much for some people to handle -- and by this point he's learned to say, 'screw the haters'.

That's not to say his insecurities don't still overpower him, though. He's deemed to be too flamboyant for the male lead in West Side Story, a role he'd have loved to put on his college applications, especially after losing the race for student council president. He's actually a little jealous of Blaine, who gets the role in the end. He's angry and frustrated and doubting, now, that anyone would cast him for the male lead in anything at all.

Regardless, he doesn't give up. He applies to his dream school, the New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts, or NYADA (which is fictional, btw, I only just realized this), and after a dramatic waiting period, gets word that he's been selected to audition, proving that persistence does indeed pay off.

Another thing to mention, especially since it's relevant in Zodion, is Kurt's intimacy issues. They're hinted at in season 2, when Kurt reveals that he has no idea how to be sexy. He doesn't consider himself sexy at all, and even after getting with Blaine, it takes them a really long time to get intimate. Blaine being pushy about it while drunk irks Kurt to the extreme, and understandably so. This is a kid who's been belittled for being different his whole life. It makes sense that deep down, he's not nearly as comfortable with himself as he'd like others to think he is. He wears designer clothes to draw attention to the clothes, not to himself, necessarily. He uses them as a shield.

He's able to get past this discomfort, at least a little. It's implied that he and Blaine have sex after they fight and make up, at least, though Kurt never stops being just a little insecure. A lack of compliments and attention from Blaine soon finds Kurt accepting attention from another boy through text messages later in season 3. You could say he's a little weak to compliments and attention, but where it really matters he's loyal, or at least thinks he is. Trading flirty texts isn't cheating, after all... though there's no defined line in his mind as to what is cheating. That's a matter of headcanon, though if I had to guess I'd say that he'd think anything physical, such as kissing, is definitely cheating. And harboring serious feelings for another person is definitely emotional cheating.

Really, Kurt is a romantic. Romance is easy, it's in every movie and musical he loves and he understands it. Sex is harder, physical things are harder and more complicated and they can be awkward and foreign at first.

Beneath all this, Kurt is still stubborn. He's still not afraid to speak his mind (unless it'll hurt someone else, then he'll hold back and be the better man). He's still witty and funny as ever. When he does something shitty, he'll apologize eventually... even if at first he might stand his ground and insist that he was right. It's a process, okay, and often any argument he ends up in has the other person at fault somehow, anyway. Still, he's not above apologizing, and in general he's extremely kind despite everything he's been through.

Remember Karofsky? Kurt actually strikes up a friendship with him and sort of mentors him in being gay. He's not pushy about Karofsky coming out at all, realizing that doing so is every individual's choice. Kurt becomes the light at the end of the tunnel for Dave Karofsky, who ends up falling for him. Kurt politely and kindly rejects him, but when he's finally outed and things get so bad that Karofsky attempts a suicide, Kurt blames himself for not answering texts and phone calls. How could he have known? That situation resolves itself nicely, though, with a guilty Kurt going to the hospital to see him and promising friendship and support. Kurt is a great mentor for any angsty teen gays who haven't yet stepped out of the closet, that's for sure.

...Though if you're bi, he might not think that's a real thing... even if he'll try really hard to understand how it could be and likely won't mention his thoughts on it unless it comes to an argument. And if you're trans, he might not understand exactly what that is, either. Kurt may be gay, but he's been raised since birth in a small town and when he meets someone who flat out says that they identify as a gender that doesn't align with their physical sex, he's taken aback and confused. Kurt's got a lot to learn, still, but most of the time he can at least be sensitive about those things he doesn't understand.

Kindness, stubbornness, ambition, wit, uniqueness, and a flair for the dramatic as well as great musical talent: these are the qualities that define season 3's Kurt Hummel. Gone is the cattiness, disrespect, and overly superior attitude. Gone is the scared little boy. Say hello to the young man who's been through some rough things and generally just wants to help people and test his musical mettle.

Kurt Hummel has grown up.

And he's also going to remember his brief stay at Zodion before.


✖ SAMPLES:

"Zodion" First-Person Network Entry:

[ Kurt is power-walking his way through the Earth District, but he's switched on the video feed while he walks. His expression is a little frantic, but mostly just annoyed. ]

Are you kidding me? This place? Again? I'd like to talk to whichever god thought it was a good idea to send me back here a week before my NYADA audition. I've been practicing 'Music of the Night' for months, okay? Months. And frankly I'm growing a little tired of it, so forgive me if the idea of practicing it for several more months before one of you gets bored again and sends me packing doesn't sound ideal.

[ He sighs, reaching up to pinch the bridge of his nose as he stops moving for a moment. It's harder to walk and think and talk at the same time than he'd thought it would be. There's a lot on his mind, a lot troubling him, and not all of it has to do with Zodion, suprisingly. ]

Not to mention the sex. You guys are still doing that crazy "have sex to save the world" thing, are you? Isn't it getting old yet? Haven't the oldbies gotten tired of it, or have they all just settled down into cohesive family units with two and a half kids and a white picket fence since I left? Not that I'd recommend putting up any white picket fences here... it would really clash with the rest of the architecture. Suburban America is not a look I'd ever want to push on Zodion, trust me.

[ Kurt starts moving again, though he's not in as big of a rush as he had been to start with. ]

So what else changed in the year I've been gone? I noticed the redesign... it's pretty snazzy. Veeery eye-catching. Please tell me some of you guys recognize me, at least? I probably won't remember every face, but something familiar other than this iPhone knock-off and the letter I got would be nice. I'm pretty sure the letter is the exact same, by the way. Somebody among the Twelve isn't very creative, apparently. Probably the same guy who decided to bring me back again.

[ A roll of his eyes, and he cuts the feed. ]


"Zodionlogs" Third-Person Prose Entry:


It's upsetting enough, having your boyfriend accuse you of cheating on him over some dumb, harmless text messages, but shutting your eyes and suddenly being transported to some other place entirely is just slightly more upsetting. The initial confusion -- where is he, why is he here, is this an elaborate hallucination? -- fades in an instant, leaving Kurt with memories and knowledge and recognition.

Zodion.

He's been here before. And god, how weird is it to realize that despite the fact that you didn't remember it at the time, your boyfriend's dick was not in fact the first you've ever touched. On top of Blaine's accusations from just moments before, this hurts in an even more painful way.

He really is a cheater, isn't he? Even if it didn't count before, since he and Blaine had just been friends the last time he'd came here, it definitely will count from this moment onward. Hilarious. Kurt would give the Twelve a round of applause for their impeccable timing if he felt at all up to it. As it is, he makes his way to the altar, prepares himself for the sting of his tattoo reappearing and the shock of seeing his naked reflection.

Yes, there it goes.

Yes, there it is.

This is slightly less weird the second time, and infinitely more depressing. He'll never have a chance to patch things up, now. He'll have to wait forever for his NYADA audition. He'll have to deal with missing everyone all over again, and he'll have to deal with being intimate with people who aren't his boyfriend for the first time ever, all while nursing guilt over possibly being a cheater that he's carried over from home.

Good. Great. Forgive him if he doesn't jump for joy or react much beyond staring, unimpressed, at the reflection of his tattoo.

Time to see if they'd changed that ridiculous letter at all and grab his iPhone knock-off. Maybe a few of his friends and acquaintances from before are still around. It's been forever, so Kurt doesn't hold much hope, but it's worth a shot.

It's not like he has much to lose.