Board Thread:Creation Box/@comment-4041126-20150112003833

Gender: Male

Birthday: May 16, 1997

Face claim: Colin Ford

Family/Housemates: Stepmom, Dad, Sister

Address: 73 Pine Street, Barfield

Personality: Seth is very insecure, but he puts his confidence in others and often has high hopes in them instead of for himself. He always puts himself down in his head. When people compliment him, he either will think they are insulting him or try to kind of convince them he's not that great. He has a lying problem, and even if completely unnecessary, he has the urge to just completely say the opposite of the truth. He gets tongue-tied easily, especially when intimidated. Seth stutters, slurs, and butchers his words often, which he can't really help unless he talks slowly and thinks clearly about what he will say. He has glossophobia, which is the fear of public speaking, and he absolutely hates his speech impediment. He feels the need to protect people that are shorter than him, and finds it easier to talk to them instead of the people taller than him. He just feels more comfortable around shorter people. With them, he is much more friendly and outgoing.

History: Seth was born in 1997 to Carla and Jaden Decker. He learned nearly everything a baby should at the right time (crawling, walking, smiling, etc) except for talking. Most babies learned how to start formulating words at around one, but he didn't start formulating them until two, which got his parents kind of concerned. While he was 2, his parents had another child, a girl named Sadie. Seth absolutely loved Sadie since the moment he laid eyes on her, and always tried to help his parents out with taking care of the baby.

When Seth was three and Sadie was one, their mom, Carla, died by a tragic fire that occured at her workplace. Seth was extremely upset, and for a while he was completely terrified of fire and anything related. When his dad explained that his mom was in a better place, Seth felt much better but still felt kind of sad about it.

When Seth first entered kindergarten, most of the other kids would make fun of his stuttering. A girl named Jenna would always stand up for him, and she would constantly remind him that he had to stand up to the bullies on his own. They became really good friends, but Jenna did not go to the same school as him after that, so they did not stay in contact at all.

In second grade, Seth's dad got remarried to Angela Chambers. Angela was extremely sweet to Seth and Seth loved her as he did with his own mom. He pretty soon started calling her mom and it just fit for him. Angela started teaching him to control his speech problems, and they spent a lot of time together just bonding over the simplest things.

Throughout elementary school, some kids would pick on him because of his speech problems, but mostly just the immature ones. Pretty soon everyone just got used to it and didn't comment on it anymore, much to Seth's relief. He spent a lot of time practicing on speaking, and he got great results.

Now, in high school, Seth has become much better at talking and does not stutter nearly as much as he used to. He has a close circle of friends he hangs out with, but often he will stray out of that group and just talk to random people. He and his sister are pretty close, and he is constantly looking out for her and making sure she doesn't get into any trouble.

Describe your character in a word. hard-working

How your character would describe him or herself in a word: stupid

idk about the whole speech thing but I think it could work 