//// Physical Information ////

face claim / charlie cox

backup / andrew garfield

 

appearance / 

► he's a fairly handsome (but not earth-shatterlingly hot) guy standing at five feet, ten inches. he's got a slightly slim build naturally and his diet of coffee, coffee and more coffee doesn't really help matters. it's clear he's physically weak. his hair and eyes are both brown.

 

fashion sense / 

► he's casual but clearly well put together, because being well dressed makes for a good first impression. his wardrobe is mostly in neutral colors - black, grey, white, brown, beige, blue. it's pretty clear that fashion isn't the most important thing in his life, but he does make an effort. he also occasionally wears glasses, thanks to his nearsightedness; usually he wears contacts, but some days he just doesn't want to deal with them. wardrobe 1 2; glasses

//// Personal Information ////

character traits / responsible, orderly, truthful, respectful; precise, strict, rigid, methodical; abrasive, cold, cynical, amoral (lawful neutral)
 

elaboration / 

► thomas ainsley isn't a bad person. he doesn't go out of his way to be cruel, even if it'll benefit him, and he looks down on criminals of all shapes and sizes, like any good cop should. he's responsible - if he s up he's going to take the blame and deal with the consequences, though he won't take the blame if somebody other than him s up - and he works hard at his job. (what he does is important, after all.) he's not the world's biggest people person, nor is he a complete loner who avoids all human contact, but you can pretty much guarantee that you'll be listened to and engaged with if you start a conversation with thomas. as long as you're not a criminal, he'll respect you and even be kind, if brutally honest. (lying will not put you in thomas's good books.) thomas is good at what he does - he's organized and has a good memory - and takes a methodical approach to his work; he always does things in a set order, because if it ain't broke, why go out of your way to fix it? 

► in fact, thomas applies that sort of precise approach to his entire life. he's up at the same time every day, even though he doesn't always go to bed at the same time; always the same coffee order; always the same routine. he finds comfort in things being a set way and dislikes it when those things change (unless the person changing them is named andrew leigh - more on him later). it bleeds into his personality more than a little - he's not the most emotional guy unless he's out of his comfort zone, and he's not very nice if he's working on something and is disturbed. he's also a perfectionist to the extreme - making mistakes is something he rarely does, just since he's just so damn careful all the time - and he's not tolerant of others making mistakes, either. criminalistics is a delicate process, and one screw-up can pretty much destroy an investigation. 

► but if you think for a second that thomas is a good person, you are very, very wrong. he doesn't believe in good or evil; he believes in following the law and nothing else. it doesn't matter if a law is unjust - to thomas, they're the best authority we have. if you break the law in any way, you're marked in his books, whether you're a billionaire stealing from his employees or a homeless man robbing a convenience store. he's not very concerned with the emotions of others (once again, unless you're andrew leigh), just on getting the jobs done and bringing criminals to justice. he's very honest and won't hesitate to call you out on your flaws, even if it makes you feel terrible. thomas doesn't go out of his way to be a bad person, but he also is no model citizen; he doesn't donate or generally help out in any way, though he always makes sure that he's well-liked because it's just easier. as something of a silver lining, thomas doesn't think he's any better or worse than anyone else; if he were to ever break the law, he'd be the first person to turn himself in. 
 

background / 

► thomas was born and raised in london, england. he's the youngest of his family - he has twin older siblings, rose and zachary. he's always been fascinated with science, and he always got really good grades in his science classes. 

► laws and rules have always been major sources of comfort in thomas' life. he was bullied pretty harshly as a kid for a lot of reasons - because he was small, because he got good grades, because he was gay (or because people thought he was, even before he came out) - but he took comfort in knowing that such harassment wouldn't be tolerated under his school's rules. he never fought back, because then he'd get in trouble, but he always reported his bullies to the headmaster and made sure that they got what they deserved. even way back then, it kind of thrilled him. he realized he could get a career combining his interests by studying forensics after he watched an episode of law and order and was inspired; he has a bachelors degree in biology and managed to become an inspector quite quickly. 

► he lives with his husband, andrew, in a small-ish london flat; they have enough money to get by and a little extra at the end of the month, if they try hard enough. it was a wednesday night when he got a call from the division unit, asking him to fly out to a foreign country to help an investigation. at first he was skeptical, but once he was informed of what the fraternity is and what they do, he immediately wanted to help.

 

relationships / 

 

triva / 

► criminalistics is the scientific analysis of evidence collected at a crime scene, and it's thomas's specialty. it's his job to gather the evidence, see what it is, and present it to the jury. 
► his alcohol tolerance is . he doesn't drink unless it's a holiday, like new years or st. patrick's day. 
► his current routine is as follows: wake up at 5:00 am, drink black coffee, text andrew, work for who knows how long, call andrew, and then go to bed. 
► his favorite movie is dredd - thomas really admires the character. 
► thomas doesn't do hobbies - he does work - but he does enjoy watching terrible british soap operas with andrew when they're both free. 

//// Interview's transcript ////

► i don't know much about their operations yet, unfortunately. but if i - we - can figure out how they do what it is they do, that'll be our first big lead. of course, there's also the chance that i find some kind of incriminating evidence before that, something that reveals one of their members...hm.
 

► i don't really think that it matters whether we're the heroes or villains. what matters is if we manage to bring these people to justice under the law. if we can do that, we've done our jobs.

//// Conclusion ////

final words / i hope you like morally grey forensics officers. i wanted to write someone who's lawful but not a good person and thomas was the result. i actually really ended up liking him, and i might use him in my writing in the future.
for an actual good guy look out for nick grimm, fraternity recruit and actual good person #comingsoon. 
 

scene reqs / 

► i promise you i'll add more later but basically i'd love someone to call thomas out on his whole "nobody-is-above-the-law" thing. 

 

password / as of right now it's preacher