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shreveOOC INFORMATION
Name: Charlie
Contact: bespectacledxpumpkinfaced
Other Characters: None here
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Shreve Mackenzie
Age: 20
Canon: “The Sound and the Fury” and “Absalom, Absalom!”
Canon Point: The summer immediately following “The Sound and the Fury,” after Quentin’s suicide.
Character Information: Shreve Mackenzie is a secondary character in “The Sound and the Fury” but one of the principal narrators in “Absalom, Absalom!” He is the roommate of the tragic, neurotic Quentin Compson and acts as a perfect foil. His role is primarily to be both confidant and comic relief. Shreve, throughout the works we see him, essentially tells stories with his roommate. He assists Quentin in the proper narration of a sprawling Southern Epic, detailing the rise and fall of the antebellum and reconstruction Deep South.
He is a Canadian, a detail that is only important in that it sets him apart from his roommate’s Southern heritage. However, through the process of telling this story and getting to know Quentin, he becomes something of a mediator between two vastly different worlds.
It is important to note, however, that Shreve emerges in the midst of Quentin Compson’s severe breakdown which results in a suicide. Shreve, symbolic of some joy and hope in Quentin’s final months, is therefore essentially thrown into the midst of this. Throughout the books, we see Shreve transcend the role of confidant and roommate into something deeper. Casual readers and critics alike have inferred that Shreve and Quentin share something of a romantic relationship, supported through the sensual detail the characters pay to each other and their tender conversations. I will play Shreve as such. This detail factors into the aforementioned subject of Quentin’s suicide in that such a traumatic event would effect Shreve on a deeper level with this romantic relationship in the background. Quentin’s depression and suicide will likely not be addressed directly too often, but, if they are, there will be an opt-out.
Personality: Shreve is larger than life. He is big, boisterous, warm, and excitable. What this means is that he can be a little intimidating and alienating to both those he first meets and those he knows well. He is friendly before he is intelligent, occasionally expressing surprise at his placement at Harvard, but ultimately using the school’s name as something to laugh at. As a result, he doesn’t really fit in with the other Harvard boys, but he always manages to brush off the pretentiousness. When asked if he’s a gentleman, he cracks a grin and responds with “No, I’m Canadian.” Shreve is definitely aware of the name-obsessed community he’s been placed in but takes it in his stride.
He doesn’t seem to care what people think about him, often cracking jokes and making harmless but snarky comments. He is referred to as Quentin’s husband by one of the older students and instead of letting it get to him, Shreve uses this jab as a way to prove to Quentin how loyal he really is. Of course, the insult of “husband,” could likely have been intended as a borderline homophobic slur, but Shreve owns up to it without directly confessing to any feelings he might hold for Quentin.
These feelings are very critical to Shreve as a character for a variety of reasons. First off, there is little hiding that he is a probably-gay character in the early 1900s. He and Quentin often are in the same dorm bed, or tucked under overclothes together, but these details are never used to demean or insult Shreve (or Quentin for that matter). If anything, the sensuality and sexuality between Shreve and his roommate strengthens him as a character, molding him as compassionate and loving. Shreve is described as “cupid pink,” as he often sits topless close to Quentin, hunched over in the candlelight.
Also important to Shreve is, surprisingly, his body type. Quentin and Faulkner do not describe Shreve in such a way that could be considered traditionally attractive (“a baroque effigy of cake dough”) but Shreve cannot be separated from his body type. Shreve is frequently described as fat (“Pumpkin faced”) but his narrative is not one about learning to accept himself, nor is he the butt of fat jokes. It’s just who he is and he is very fond of himself. At one point in “The Sound and the Fury,” he even clambers out of a car wearing his roommate’s pants despite Quentin being really quite small and Shreve is not.
Shreve also has a habit of talking for a bit too long at times, as evidenced by his sprawling rambles in “Absalom, Absalom,” and doesn’t seem to notice Quentin being almost taken aback. Quentin responds to rambles with a simple “yes,” and Shreve just keeps on going. Even as a motor mouth, Shreve is also a remarkably attentive and understanding character, really proving to be Quentin’s support. Shreve Mackenzie is a loving, loyal to a fault teddy bear with glasses (no, really, he’s totally a bear) and he is perfectly aware of this.
5-10 Key Character Traits: exuberant, boisterous, loyal, talkative, attentive, unashamed, clueless, grating, careless, mouth breather
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? EITHER
Opt-Outs: None!
Roleplay Sample:
TDM Sample
Name: Charlie
Contact: bespectacledxpumpkinfaced
Other Characters: None here
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Shreve Mackenzie
Age: 20
Canon: “The Sound and the Fury” and “Absalom, Absalom!”
Canon Point: The summer immediately following “The Sound and the Fury,” after Quentin’s suicide.
Character Information: Shreve Mackenzie is a secondary character in “The Sound and the Fury” but one of the principal narrators in “Absalom, Absalom!” He is the roommate of the tragic, neurotic Quentin Compson and acts as a perfect foil. His role is primarily to be both confidant and comic relief. Shreve, throughout the works we see him, essentially tells stories with his roommate. He assists Quentin in the proper narration of a sprawling Southern Epic, detailing the rise and fall of the antebellum and reconstruction Deep South.
He is a Canadian, a detail that is only important in that it sets him apart from his roommate’s Southern heritage. However, through the process of telling this story and getting to know Quentin, he becomes something of a mediator between two vastly different worlds.
It is important to note, however, that Shreve emerges in the midst of Quentin Compson’s severe breakdown which results in a suicide. Shreve, symbolic of some joy and hope in Quentin’s final months, is therefore essentially thrown into the midst of this. Throughout the books, we see Shreve transcend the role of confidant and roommate into something deeper. Casual readers and critics alike have inferred that Shreve and Quentin share something of a romantic relationship, supported through the sensual detail the characters pay to each other and their tender conversations. I will play Shreve as such. This detail factors into the aforementioned subject of Quentin’s suicide in that such a traumatic event would effect Shreve on a deeper level with this romantic relationship in the background. Quentin’s depression and suicide will likely not be addressed directly too often, but, if they are, there will be an opt-out.
Personality: Shreve is larger than life. He is big, boisterous, warm, and excitable. What this means is that he can be a little intimidating and alienating to both those he first meets and those he knows well. He is friendly before he is intelligent, occasionally expressing surprise at his placement at Harvard, but ultimately using the school’s name as something to laugh at. As a result, he doesn’t really fit in with the other Harvard boys, but he always manages to brush off the pretentiousness. When asked if he’s a gentleman, he cracks a grin and responds with “No, I’m Canadian.” Shreve is definitely aware of the name-obsessed community he’s been placed in but takes it in his stride.
He doesn’t seem to care what people think about him, often cracking jokes and making harmless but snarky comments. He is referred to as Quentin’s husband by one of the older students and instead of letting it get to him, Shreve uses this jab as a way to prove to Quentin how loyal he really is. Of course, the insult of “husband,” could likely have been intended as a borderline homophobic slur, but Shreve owns up to it without directly confessing to any feelings he might hold for Quentin.
These feelings are very critical to Shreve as a character for a variety of reasons. First off, there is little hiding that he is a probably-gay character in the early 1900s. He and Quentin often are in the same dorm bed, or tucked under overclothes together, but these details are never used to demean or insult Shreve (or Quentin for that matter). If anything, the sensuality and sexuality between Shreve and his roommate strengthens him as a character, molding him as compassionate and loving. Shreve is described as “cupid pink,” as he often sits topless close to Quentin, hunched over in the candlelight.
Also important to Shreve is, surprisingly, his body type. Quentin and Faulkner do not describe Shreve in such a way that could be considered traditionally attractive (“a baroque effigy of cake dough”) but Shreve cannot be separated from his body type. Shreve is frequently described as fat (“Pumpkin faced”) but his narrative is not one about learning to accept himself, nor is he the butt of fat jokes. It’s just who he is and he is very fond of himself. At one point in “The Sound and the Fury,” he even clambers out of a car wearing his roommate’s pants despite Quentin being really quite small and Shreve is not.
Shreve also has a habit of talking for a bit too long at times, as evidenced by his sprawling rambles in “Absalom, Absalom,” and doesn’t seem to notice Quentin being almost taken aback. Quentin responds to rambles with a simple “yes,” and Shreve just keeps on going. Even as a motor mouth, Shreve is also a remarkably attentive and understanding character, really proving to be Quentin’s support. Shreve Mackenzie is a loving, loyal to a fault teddy bear with glasses (no, really, he’s totally a bear) and he is perfectly aware of this.
5-10 Key Character Traits: exuberant, boisterous, loyal, talkative, attentive, unashamed, clueless, grating, careless, mouth breather
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? EITHER
Opt-Outs: None!
Roleplay Sample:
TDM Sample
