CITY CREATURE DISSECTION

 

OLIVER WONJAE H. ROUX with the 'h' standing for han, oliver's parents decided to just bundle him up with both 'english' and 'korean' names into one rather than going through with registering an alias. with that, he was born with a name not quite like the 3 syllables of some of his korean classmates from long ago. he doesn't really mind though, pronunciation aside, he could really care less if people got his name right.
OLIVER of course, that doesn't mean he goes around telling people his whole name. most times he just goes by oliver roux and consequently, just oliver.
OLI it's a bit cute and it definitely goes with his image that most people have of him, innocent and perhaps just a little naive. of course, some people have taken to using it mockingly upon knowing of his less than angelic schemes.

CULT CAFÉ'S GARDENER BOI aka cult's 'flower boy' for both his visuals and the fact that he tends to the rooftop garden and greenhouse as if it were his child. he works by himself, finding working with others to not only be stifling but almost hindering as well. charlie's learnt to leave anything plant related to oliver after witnessing for herself the major improvement in the garden once he started working. regardless of whether it's his day off or not, oliver has always made it a point to visit the cult café for the sake of checking up on his 'kids'.
THIRD YEAR BOTANY MAJOR, BIOCHEMISTRY MINOR previously a UofT student until he decided to switch majors. he decided to transfer to YorkU mainly because UofT discontinued their botany program. despite his deeprooted interest in botany and all things plants, his school spirit is yet to be found. with no interest in any of the sports events nor uni-wide programs, all he really cares about is getting his bachelors, and later on his masters.

oliver roux is the type of guy who you meet that just seems like he's all smiles, a little ditzy and should only be called for fun times^TM. kind of like the guy who looks like he knows nothing and probably dropped out of highschool. for oliver, that's a perfectly fine assumption for you to have because most times the people who have this view of him are the people who only ever meet him twice. once, wherever they first met, and the last, in his bed. all they'll ever know of him is a 2d façade that's more pretenses than truth.

there is no force in this world capable of moving oliver wonjae h. roux, except perhaps, his late grandmother. he runs at his own pace, going about the world as if every day were spring with flowers abloom and that problems were nonexistent. 

- want all have all / if i want it, i need to have it mindset
- u , makes bad decisions because he at talking about his feelings
- sensitive little boy
- deep down.... tsundere af

IMAGERY
 

  
    
  
  

LIFE HISTORY

 

- born in france, would spend his summers in netherlands with his grandmother
- parents divorce ??? > move to canada

- brief meeting with sascha back when he was still in uoft (perhaps a few meetings w dylan as well bec #premed)
- transfers to yorku
- spends a year just drifting in between classes, hookups and occasional visits to every public garden in toronto
- in his second year seth introduces him to the cult cafe because 'their baked goods are a+'; ends up coming back multiple times because of the greenhouse
- literally just... goes there for the rooftop garden (with orders of the sweetest drinks they have or of chocolate chip cookies)
- finally notices the cute bartender when he starts frequenting the place at later hours
- finally goes up to actually talk to sascha bringing with him an order of  rum with coke ("so just coke")
- they flirt occasionally, a lot, but oliver and sascha never manage to get to the name sharing stage and oliver never stays long enough for sascha's shift to end
- charlie finally confronts oliver about his extremely frequent stays at the rooftop after he stays at the cult for almost 5 straight hours after having only ordered one coke / alt. he keeps watering the flowers and charlie noticed that there was actual life at the top floor now
- charlie offers him a job as the cult's gardener since he's unofficially doing the job anyway; oliver agrees because, why not?
- oliver and sascha have their first official meeting, names and all

  

- jealous of and possessive over
- re: dylan - isn't sure if he's jealous of sascha or dylan
- oliver wonjae h. roux does not like to share.
- surface level: keeps him because he wants something he doesn't want others to have
- bad decision? makes him do bad decisions
- first meeting at uoft is brief and quickly forgotten; second meeting at uoft oliver jokingly calls it 'fate' (u sap)

 

  

- hired him because he kept hanging out at the rooftop and complaining about the dead plants
IM KIDDING AHHAHA WAIT

 

  

- fellow botany major, taking her masters
- gives oliver discounts on seeds because... plants
- hooked up once and both realised it was both a bad and weird idea; they both think they're better off as friends and far away from hooking up with e/o
- as eccentric as oliver but not as 'deceiving'
- crushing on her fellow t.a. who she thinks, oliver quotes, 'has a great '
- have been friends for almost 6 years ?? 
- voice of reason that goes unheard

 

  

- "he's basically oliver's puppy" - their entire biochem class
- has a huge crush on oliver the poor boy
- they hookup... a lot, but oliver never reciprocates his feelings because of a certain jung-kozlov
- gets oliver's vanilla latte and chocolate chip cookie with his iced americano and choice sandwich for the day (oliver remains well fed and awake thanks to seth)
- doesn't quite like visiting the cult during bar hours because of... well, sascha

he shrugs, leaning back against his seat with his legs propped up on another chair with his hands clasped on his lap. "it is what it is. it was just... normal." he rests on the left armrest, chin propped up on his palm. "but now you're here asking questions so it's a little different now, right?"

—answer here.

he laughs, "it's not exactly a 'hovel'. i live in a pretty nice, spacious and well-kept apartment. you're free to come over if you like." he smiles, so brightly and comfortingly you could almost hate him for it. "i live in a pretty... safe? neighborhood. there isn't really much to say, it's honestly really plain. but it reminds me of home. in some ways."

"it changes, my opinion of it that is.

he chuckles, "funny you ask that. well, i would have to say there are two definite points in time that i can tell you." oliver shakes his head, the look in his eyes hinting at amusement and perhaps... regret? "the first was the day mamie passed away [...]."

"the second was actually fairly recent." a pause.

his lips twitch but the nonchalant smile that's become ever so permanent doesn't leave his lips, "the past. because no matter how many times i've been told not to cry over spillt milk, i've always found it hard to listen."

he quirks an eyebrow, "is that supposed to be one whole question or two?"

WINDING DOWN

 

USERNAME floored

ALIAS max

COMMENTS format partially inspired by dria's
me, not a botany major: dies
lyrics from the interview section are from blackbear's ain't love

QUESTIONS ?

PASSWORD monotony

BIO BASICS

 

quirks

 

OOPS
despite having graduated highschool at 18, rather than already studying for his masters degree, he spent his first two years as a college student studying pre-med. he later drops it after realising it doesn't quite suit him, lacking the compassion for others needed to well, take care of other human beings.

ETHNICITY
oliver is of korean, french and dutch ethnicity. his mother is a native korean while his father is a french of dutch descent. he is able to speak english, french, dutch and korean with varying fluency. he's most comfortable speaking french and dutch however his english is at par with native speakers. his korean is better when spoken rather than written because he never got to learn it formally. it is worth noting that he has a very slight accent when he speaks any of the four languages he knows, mostly as a result of his polyglotism.

WEALTH
looking past how oliver presents himself, some are just a tad bit surprised when they discover his family's wealth (although it does help them understand how he could ever waste 2 years at UofT only to move on to YorkU... damn rich kids.) regardless, most people never really 'feel' his wealth because oliver prefers being lowkey and not exactly dressing as he were made of money nor spending it so carelessly. some (those aware) have called him stingy for not offering to pay for meals, oliver with as much goodness as his mamie taught him, smiles and merely says 'you never asked'. the only other time anyone witnesses his 'rich kid-ness' is when they see his apartment oh so situated in what is essentially the 'high class' part of toronto. why does he work in the cult then you might ask. well, he just finds it fun and it reminds him of mamie.
 

PLANTS
why oh why does oliver roux care so much about plants? well, he has his grandmother to thank. his grandmother, or 'mamie cecile' took care of him for the greater portion of his childhood. with a green thumb and a large garden that needed tending to, oliver roux essentially grew up very close to nature. when his grandmother passed, it was one of the few things he shared with her that he could still hold close. the sentimentality added to his already present inclination for botany. a habit he has picked up thanks to his grandmother is speaking to plants in dutch (because no one else can really understand him and because that's what she would do).

LETTING LOOSE
in truth, oliver isn't the type to go hard when it comes to nights out. while he can handle his liquor rather decently, he doesn't quite go out of his way to drink because... he actually really hates the bitterness of alcohol. if he could, he'd just get away with cheap beer because he really can't tell the ing difference. and despite being surrounded by greens, he's no stoner. well, not counting the few blunts he smokes up at the rooftop on slow and unbelievably boring days. he only really changed his habits and tastes thanks to sascha. (he'd definitely prefer getting high with sascha than getting hungover as by drinking with him. is it a thing for russians to be so good with vodka?) he does tend to smoke cigarettes a lot, out of stress? no, not really.

FOOD
you would think that a botany major would be just a bit more aware of his diet and the fact that greens are healthy and good for him. not oliver though. most times he forgets to eat on time and when he does, he eats the most unhealthiest ever. it comes as a slight insult to carlo and inigo who not only provide quality^TM food but have insisted on feeding oliver multiple times only to be foregone for chips and coke. although that's not to say oliver has no knowledge whatsoever when it comes to cooking. thanks to his grandmother, once again, oliver knows his way around a kitchen. he'd have to admit that his specialties are more in french and dutch cuisine however. why does he have the worst diet then? it's his choice.

DEEP FLOWERS
who says his knowledge on plants is only purely scientific? oliver's got an arsenal of flower meanings in that pretty head of his. in what might be a joke made by the universe, his favourite flower just so happens to be the orchid. meanings aside, it has a very interesting association for the greeks.

MUSIC
oliver listens to just about anything but he won't deny that blackbear songs are the . he can vibe to it and he may or may not find it relatable at times. just... blackbear man. there's a 10/10 chance he'll be playing blackbear songs if he's up in the greenhouse working.

NOTES

 

— if there's anything in particular that you want me to write about your character.

— you can use these for scene suggestions too
— literally any important notes on your chara that you want me to focus on