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Nov. 27th, 2012 02:34 pmBody and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy? Kinda short for a guy. 5'9" Average in just about everything: musculature, height, weight. In human form he is mostly unremarkable and unremarked. In proxy form, however... Lean. Probably on the wiry side, and about average height for a Proxy. Note that this means he's still something like 9 feet tall.
2. How old is he? No clue. Assuming it was Proxy One who made Romdeau, assuming Romdeau counts years from the date of its founding, no more than 300 years old, and assuming Vincent isn't younger than he looks, no less than 20 years old. Note that these three assumptions are tenuous at best. We don't even know when Ergo originally left Romdeau, or how long it took him and Monad to get rid of all his memories. More to the point, Vincent himself isn't entirely sure. There's no real break between Proxy One's memories and Ergo Proxy's. The only memories he knows for sure are his own are Vincent Law's. Physically, he appears to be in his early 20s.
3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch? Vincent tends to slouch and sit with his shoulders hunched, at least in the early episodes; he's trying to make himself smaller, ordinary, unnoticed. As his confidence improves over the course of the series, so does his posture. Ergo Proxy slouches, but that's mostly because human buildings aren't meant to accomodate anyone the size of a Proxy, and he's always looking down at people. Because they're shorter than him.
4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities? The point is kind of moot seeing as he's a Proxy; that is, ageless, immortal, nigh-unkillable. He probably doesn't technically need to eat or sleep like human beings would (though he still gets sick when he leaves Romdeau, still gets indigestion when he eats too much, still gets the sniffles when he's forced to swim out to get the Rabbit back... Go figure.) But when he lived in Romdeau he had a physically demanding job, and, well, he outran Monad without using his Proxy powers for a pretty long time. So yeah, I'd say he's pretty fit.
5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid? Clumsy. But it's more because he's absent-minded than any physical deficiency. He's the kind of guy who's too busy thinking about things to watch where he's going, so he'll step on some piece of unstable footing or accidentally bang his thumb with a hammer, or he'll bump his head because he's panicking.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror? It's hard to give a fair estimate for an anime character, given how generically pretty most of them are drawn, regardless of whether they're supposed to be canonically pretty.
No one ever really comments on his looks, one way or the other; so I'd venture on the good-looking side of average; not OMG so pretty, but not bad-looking, either. He's the kind of guy who looks unremarkable generally, but who cleans up nicely. Except for his eyes. He probably doesn't think much about his appearance. He shaves, he showers, he makes an effort to look presentable, but he doesn't really take pride in it, it's just something you do.
7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred? White and nerdy. He probably doesn't have to worry about skin problems on account of being a Proxy. Speaking of which, as Ergo Proxy he has pitch black skin.
8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style. Dark brown; never quite behaves, though he does his damnedest to plaster it to his head in the first few episodes in a style that I maintain reminds me of a young, non-balding Hari Seldon. He either thinks this is swanky, or it's the regulation haircut for immigrants or something. He stops 'styling' it halfway through the series, which is a mercy.
In Proxy form, his hair tends to stick up, and actually seems to be a lighter, more reddish shade of brown.
9. What color are his eyes? Bright green. They're nigh electric green in certain scenes. In Proxy form they're white and pupil-less.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features? Like I mentionned before, Vincent's eyes are his most striking feature. He keeps them closed when he's doing his Mr. Cellophane act. They're intense. And very bright; and anyone who takes a good look at them KNOWS there's more to Vincent Law than the stupid hair or the clumsiness.
11. What are his chief tension centers? Probably his shoulders and neck, given previously outlined slouching habits.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit? FFFFUUUUU CLOTHES IN ERGO PROXY. In canon, Vincent has precisely one outfit. No, I'm not counting the Swan episode, where he was dressed in Raul's clothes holyshit that is so embarrassing. This outfit is a hideous jumpsuit parka whatever thing that is off-red and looks, quite frankly, stupid. He wears this all series so I must assume he literally has nothing else, or else never had the opportunity to pack it while he was fleeing for his life.
In Siren's Port, I imagine Vincent mostly wears dress-casual clothes when he's not in his work jumpsuit. That is, unless Re-L was the one who took him clothes shopping when he first got there.
13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them? Canonically his clothes, such as they are, fit him well; you never see him struggling to squeeze into pants or floating in his coat, and he seems comfortable enough to wear them day in, day out, though again, he doesn't have much choice.
I don't think he'd see any point in wearing clothes too tight or too loose, and it's not as though he's grown or changed shape since he arrived in SP. And if he chose them himself I don't see him not being comfortable in them. Although when it comes down to it, Vincent in general has a hard time being comfortable in his skin.
14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences? Well, Vincent is a mechanic in an auto-repair garage, so his work clothes is a grease-stained jumpsuit. With a nametag. He probably asked his boss if he had to wear it all the time and got a funny look, but was overall relieved when told that no, he didn't have to wear the jumpsuit all the time.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando? Boxers
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? Deep voice, fairly smooth. INCREDILY DEEP, RUMBLY, AND SEXY IN PROXY MODE.
2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate? He tends to whine in the earlier episodes, and he's unsure of himself, so he sometimes hesitates. He doesn't often raise his voice, unless he's really in a state.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics? He tends not to use contractions, especially when he's being serious. This is even more exxagerated when he's being Ergo Proxy.
4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency? He's fluent in English, I assume, since that's the language spoken in Romdeau. I would not be surprised if most Romdeau citizens also spoke French, given how much the Collective verbally fellate Descartes, but this is just speculation on my part. I don't know if he knows any other languages.
5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations? Nope. Except when using the phrase 'raison d'etre', but that's an English appropriation so it's not technically switching languages.
6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words? Like I said, he's unsure of himself, so mostly he thinks about what he's saying. Even then, it doesn't mean that he doesn't put his foot in his mouth. He has a hard time speaking up for himself.
7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change? In the normal course of things, Vincent is normally articulate. He can get very poetic on occasion, see him describing Monad in the final episode: "She offered her love to flawed, broken souls, and in that we found freedom."
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart? Much smarter than he appears. People tend to assume he's stupid or incompetent, but he's actually rather smart, and given how hax Proxies are, is probably much smarter than your average human. Smart enough to understand how to restore a completely devastated Earth to habitable conditions, and that couldn't have been an easy thing to do, hax Proxy powers or no.
I'm hesitant to use the term book-smart, however, since Vincent-as-Vincent doesn't seem particularly scholarly. And his social skills leave something to be desired, so I can't say he's street-smart either.
2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate? Depends on the situation. He's not really an impulsive kind of person but if his friends are in danger? He will rise to the occasion.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical? Vincent listens to his heart. He's very much an idealist; how much more idealistic do you get than opposing the Creators on principle? Earth at the end of the anime is still a nearly dead world; the new humans created by the Proxies have been almost wiped out, and those remaining haven't stopped being sterile. There's no future for Earth save the Creators. But the Creators abandonned the Earth and set to their Proxies an ultimately pointless and cruel task. They don't deserve the newly restored Earth.
4. What kind of education has the character had? No fucking clue. This would double as a question as to what kind of education Proxy One had, since Proxy One implanted his memories in Ergo Proxy to make Ergo Proxy think HE was the Agent of Death and the creator of Romdeau.
Proxy One seems fairly well versed in philosophy and seems to know a lot about what's going on in the world, but he's had forever to accumulate that knowledge. It's unlikely that Proxies had formal educations, but 5000 years is enough time to read a heck of a lot of books.
5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about? Well, Vincent seems to be pretty good at fixing machines. He was part of the AutoReiv Disposal unit, which was mostly about destroying robots, but he was also apparently trained to provide maintenance to them, and he fixed up the 400 Rabbits, which apparently no one else in the Commune could do.
He'd probably like to learn more about how humans tick. Humans in Romdeau and back home were created barren because the Proxies weren't provided with the necessary information to create complete humans. Vincent has gathered things are different in Siren's Port and would like to know just what it was he/Proxy One was missing.
6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert? Introvert. He's really focused in on himself during the series, because the series is about finding out WHO he is, but even now that he knows, now that he's determined his identity for himself, I can't really see him suddenly become a much more social creature than he was to begin with.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven? Vincent is generally serious, and thoughtful. Contemplative. He hardly ever gets angry; you get the feeling he thinks most things aren't worth getting worked up about, particularly if they pertain to him. He doesn't stand up for himself much. He can be a hard worker, as he was in Romdeau, but once he leaves it, and once he becomes comfortable, we see he's naturally fairly laid-back and patient. He does get moody sometimes (see; his anxiousness about his true identity, how he would rather die if he couldn't still be himself), but he's the kind of guy who can appreciate the journey rather than focus on the destination.
8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic? Vincent is pretty shy when meeting new people, and fairly quiet in new situations. From hints dropped by more than one Proxy, it seems that Proxies in general have been burned pretty badly by humans in the past (and not just by the Creators). This may have been something that lingered subconsciously even after Vincent's memory loss and informed his behaviour. Like I've mentionned, he (perhaps unconsciously) cultivates an impression of dullness and unremarkableness and meekness, passively trying to go unnoticed.
9. Is he more likely to act, or to react? React, mostly.
10. Which is his default: fight or flight? Flight. When he hit his point of deepest despair, he didn't just run away from Romdeau and his responsibilities, he ran away from his very own self. Rather than face Monad, he ran away. Rather than rebel against Romdeau, he escaped.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks? Vincent can be playful, though he shows this side of himself more often to Pino than anyone else. In his darker moments, he indulges in self-deprecating humour.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them? I don't know if amnesia and multiple personality disorder count anymore, since they've mostly been resolved by the end of the series. Vincent recovers his memories, and the personas of Vincent Law and Ergo Proxy are mostly integrated at this point. Key word: mostly. Ergo Proxy's memories from before he shed them and became Vincent Law are just the slightest bit vague. (because the show likes to be mysterious about Proxies and I don't want to make up ridiculous headcanon) Ergo Proxy is a shadow of Proxy One. Vincent Law is his own person. However, Proxy instincts are stronger when Vincent is in Proxy form, and his form governs his thought to a certain degree. He's certainly more fierce and wild and 'godlike' as Ergo Proxy then he is as Vincent Law. There's no significant separation in thought, understand, just a slight difference in behaviour and presentation.
While Vincent still had amnesia, in the beginning he dealt with it by not even being aware he had amnesia; after he figured it out, he went searching for his memories. As for the whole 'secretly being Ergo Proxy' thing, he outright denied and repressed it for a long while until Proxy One got sick of it and forced him via mind-screw episode to face it. After which, the two personas began to merge.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
-The first moment happened long before he was alive, actually. It's a memory, or maybe a dream of Proxy One staring up as hundreds of Creator ships take to the skies. "I'm sad. But I'm also... laughing." His first memory is his abandonment by the Creators, and the ironic realization of the ultimate futility of the Proxies' purpose.
-Next I suppose would be the moment when the despair caused by that futility became too much to bear, when he went to Mosque and asked Monad to take away his memories.
-Not sure if I should mention his first meeting with Re-L Mayer next because he did fall for her like a ton of bricks.
-Then the Pulse of the Awakening, so most of the first episode, specifically, the part where Monad chases him , the part where he crashes through Re-L's skylight and touches her face and then flips away. Meeting Pino probably also counts in this confusing mishmash.
-Jumping from Romdeau, and giving up on the notion that he could ever have become a Fellow Citizen.
-The flight from the commune.
-Karos; when he first begins to suspect there might be something more wrong with him than just 'ANGST WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO ME I AM SO PERSECUTED'
-The confrontation with Kazkis Proxy; for the first time, Vincent is conscious during his transformation into Ergo Proxy. This is kind of traumatising for him.
-Small thing, but important: after Kazkis's death, when Vincent returns to Pino, she tells him that she knew he was a Proxy all along, and didn't care, because "Vincent is the one who always protects me." Even though he was (in his own opinion) a monster, Pino was still his friend, Pino accepted him unconditionally.
-Anamnesis: with the help of a mindscrew courtesy of Proxy One, Vincent finally admits to himself that he is a Proxy, even though he still has no idea what that means.
-Re-L joins the party; this is mostly important because it is shortly after this that the whole "RE-L IS THE ONLY PERSON ALLOWED TO KILL ME" thing is established.
-Arrival in Mosque; discovery that the answers lie in Romdeau after all
-Return to Romdeau; Ergo Proxy's memories return, and his persona overwhelms Vincent Law's. Mourning Monad's death. Trying to get Re-L to kill him
-Re-L refuses to kill him, Proxy One's involvement revealed. As Romdeau falls, Vincent kills Proxy One, and takes on a new purpose: to oppose the Creators.
Most of these happened in the span of six months.
14. What does he fear? At this point, only losing those he cares about.
15. What are his hopes or aspirations? Well, he wants to show those mean Creators what for. Show them just what 5000 years of resentment, despair, and frustration looks like. He also thinks it'll be neat to see some concrete change in the Earth's condition, now that the clouds have parted.
16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him? I don't know.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with his parents. Vincent literally has no parents. He was cloned from Proxy One, who I guess for the sake of argument we could call his 'father'. Some father, though.
Ergo was created because Proxy One, in the depths of despair, wanted to escape his burden and his duty as a Proxy. So he created a clone of himself to take over. Which he then implanted with most of his memories except for the ones of his despair. Ergo didn't even KNOW he wasn't the original. He was dumped into this job that caused his predecessor to become a depressed, nihilistic monster, even though he was created to be identical to Proxy One and thus it's folly to expect him to turn out any different. Proxy One essentially did the same thing to Ergo Proxy that the Creators did to Proxy One. World's. Worst. Dad.
Vincent only met Proxy One once in canon. It was kind of mind-bending to him to find out he wasn't the original. And then they fought to the death. Vincent didn't like his progenitor or want his approval; he disagreed with his nihilism and the spite he directed towards his human creations. But also he doesn't like the Pulse of the Awakening one bit; it forced him to kill Monad, and others of his kind.
This is why he didn't really want to kill Proxy One. So he took some comfort in the fact that at least in Siren's Port, he wasn't the only Proxy left. Aside from one conversation in Siren's Port, Vince and P1 barely interacted after he arrived. They didn't really need to. Having once been indistinguishable from Proxy One, Vincent understood him better than anyone else. And P1, overall, pretty much took a 'well done, son' attitude towards his shadow. Then P1 'went home'. Which was kind of sad for Vincent, but not especially upsetting.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like? Nope
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand? Nope
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them? Not so much family as 'nakama', but Pino. He doesn't consider her to be his daughter like Raul does (that would be kind of weird) but he definitely acts like her responsible older brother a lot.
To a lesser extent, in Siren's Pull, the former residents of Romdeau, and those they care about. Daedalus and Raul may not like him very much, and by and large he figures they can look out for themselves. But they're still under his protection.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet? Pino again. They met in the service tunnels when he was being chased by the Security Bureau and she was being chased by an AutoReiv disposal squad. Pino spotted Vincent and started following him and asking existential questions. And she never stopped.
6. Does he have other close friends? Re-L Mayer.
7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people? Nope. Vincent is a gold medallist in the Awkward Olympics; it's not that he's not a nice guy. He just has difficulty approaching people, and he's shy.
8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends? Friends; Vincent doesn't really have a family so the question is moot.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once? Ergo Proxy was romantically involved in Monad for some time, but they were never married. The Pulse of the Awakening forced him to kill her, as he does in the second episode. This is kind of a strange case since his earlier memories of Monad were almost certainly given to him by Proxy One. So Ergo never 'fell' in love. By virtue of Proxy One's memories, he already loved Monad when he was created.
10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse? Nope. Well, he does love Re-L a whole bunch, and they are living together in Siren's Port, but they're not dating or anything.
11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest? As Vincent, always and only Re-L.
12. What does he look for in a romantic partner? Re-L. But seriously, I don't think Vincent has given it much thought. It was love at first sight for him when he met Re-L, and he doesn't question his feelings on the subject. Re-L was actually cloned from Monad specifically to evoke this reaction in him, and while he didn't know it at the time, he's figured it out now, and he doesn't care. This is how he feels.
It is, however, worth noting that he trusted Re-L with the task of killing him when the time came, and when it came, and Vincent/Ergo expected her to kill him, she didn't, and helped him find a new reason for living. If he didn't love her before, he definitely would now, just for that.
All he really wishes for where love is concerned is for Re-L, and it'd sure be nice if she would love him back.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any? I'm not even sure Proxies are capable of reproducing in the normal way. As far as the series is concerned, Vincent is the only Proxy who wasn't one of the original 300 Proxies, and he was cloned, not born.
The thought of having children probably hasn't even occurred to him given the fact that Romdeau citizens are infertile, given where he currently stands with Re-L (ie: not in a relationship with her), and given the general lack of a future for life on Earth, especially if he succeeds in driving the Creators away from Earth.
But if the thought ever did occurr, and those issues could be resolved, I think Vincent would love to have kids, and he'd probably be a great parent, judging from his behaviour with Pino.
14. Does he have any rivals or enemies? The Creators :| Also Donov Mayer, who authorized the torture and experimentation on Monad.
And, unbeknownst to him, Daedalus Yumeno and Raul Creed hated his guts.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale? Preeeeetty damn straight. Vincent never expresses any interest in anyone besides Re-L or Monad and when Kazkis came on to him he freaked out like nobody's business.
16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him? I don't think Vincent is particularly preoccupied with sex. He may even be kinda repressed. I base this on the fact that he crushes on Re-L like a 14-year-old girl, at least at first. You know, all "I wish Sempai would notice me!!1!"
17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits? Ahahahahahah. If Vincent's sexual fantasies are anything like his non-sexual fantasies, Vincent is paaaaaaainfully vanilla. He likes flowers and long walks on the beach. No but seriously, one of Vincent's greatest wishes is to be loved and accepted and all that schmoopy stuff. He wants the cuddles and the sweet nothings, although, given how enamored he is with Re-L, he'll settle for tsundere insults and token but meaningful physical contact.
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit type? He's on the cusp of Sagittarius and Capricorn, according to the 'birthday' I headcanoned for him. I chose it based on minimal research of zodiac signs, and I chose the cusp because both signs have aspects that fit him to a T and others which don't fit him at all. Sagittarius because Vincent's canon is all about his journey of self-discovery; Capricorn because when it comes down to it, despite being a big bad Proxy, Vincent is really kind of banal.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life? It's hard to be religious when you remember being worshipped as a god. But Proxies as a whole seem to be rather spiritual. I think it comes of representing various aspects of the world.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it? Proxy morality seems pretty skewed in general, which is par for the course when you consider the futility of their purpose. Proxies were created with the task of creating a new race of humans, but not given the information to make those humans viable, and then tasked with DESTROYING those humans and themselves when the Creators returned. A lot of Proxies justify their fulfilling of that purpose as 'well, we're all gonna die anyway, so who cares?'
Vincent is different. He won't kill anyone, human or Proxy, if he can possibly avoid it. He'll do it to protect himself or those he cares about. Of course he did declare war on the Creators, but that's different. What the Creators did to the Proxies and to Earth wasn't fair and now they waltz back onto Earth like they own the place, after everything they've done? Not on his watch.
4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent? He'll keep an open mind, but it would depend on the belief. He understands that people have a need to believe in something, and he understands that sometimes there is no such thing as a good choice, but if someone were to use their beliefs to justify hatred or destructive actions, he's not so understanding.
5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them? I can't really think of any prejudices that he might have.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt? In Romdeau he was dirt poor. In Siren's Pull he earns more than minimum wage, but he's not exactly rich. If he weren't living with Re-L, I'd say he was on the poor end of comfortable.
2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him? Well, in canon, at the beginning, Vincent was a second-class citizen. Well, probably more like 3rd class. Immigrants could supposedly earn citizenship in Romdeau. Vincent worked really hard at earning citizenship but part of his character development was realizing that 1) it was a lost cause for him, and 2) it wasn't worth it; Romdeau is kind of a shitty place when it comes down to it. Also it helped that he was pretty much chased out and then spent the rest of the series looking for his lost memories. Once he became an exile, he actually began to stand taller, and was less afraid of being himself, whoever he was.
In Siren's Pull, he's kind of gone back to being a 2nd class citizen, but things were different. In Romdeau, he didn't have any friends, and he was kind of shooting for acceptance in society at any cost. Now he knows there are people who accept him for who he is and they matter far more than the rest of the world.
3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others? In canon, in Romdeau, he lived alone in a crappy two-room apartment where he probably spent as little time as possible... because he spent most of it working, and the apartment was just a place to eat and sleep. When he left, home became the 400 Rabbits, which he spent a lot of time either maintaining or flying. It's in as good condition as a vehicle scrounged from a post-apocalyptic junkyard can be expected to be in. He shares it with Re-L and Pino, and, post-canon, Kristeva, although we never really get to see her interact with him.
In SP, Vincent lives with Re-L in her quite nice apartment.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on? He doesn't spend much on himself, because he's not used to having disposable income and he's really not at all focused on what he 'wants'. He buys little things for Pino and Re-L usually.
5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else? I don't believe Vincent had much of a choice in working in AutoReiv disposal in canon; he says he saw Re-L for the first time while he was looking for a job with the other immigrants and the flashback has him in this gigantic queue, so I imagine when it was finally his turn the official was like: "What is your name? What is your ID number? Okay you're in AutoReiv Disposal. NEXT." In his first speaking lines he's getting reprimanded for messing up on the job, but I don't think he was particularly bad at it. That was the night the Pulse of the Awakening began, so he was most likely just off his game because of that. I don't think he particularly liked or disliked his job; but he wanted to be a Fellow Citizen and fellow citizens didn't work in AutoReiv Disposal.
In SP, he's working as a mechanic at a garage, and though the job isn't glamourous and the boss is kind of a hardass, he does a good job and he can take pride in his work.
6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time? Spending time with Re-L or Pino, mostly.
7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods? Vincent is boring and isn't fussy and he doesn't really drink alcohol. He won't refuse it if he's offered it, but he won't go for it of his own initiative. He does a lot of cooking in SP, because suddenly he can afford food that isn't crap, and he has enough time to not be rushing. He makes a conscious effort to cook healthy and non-fatty foods, in deference to Re-L.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:
1. Color? Green is the colour I associate with him; blue is probably his favorite
2. Smell? machine grease and fresh air
3. Time of day? midnight, though he likes dawn best
4. Season? Autumn or spring are both his favorite and what suits him most
5. Book? None that I can think of at the moment.
6. Music? "I don't want to set the world on fire", "I'm all alone" - Spamalot, "L'oiseau" - Michel Fugain,
7. Place? Ruins; wasteland
8. Substance? Can't think of any
9. Plant? Asters or lillies.
10. Animal? Dog. I've compared him to a puppy enough times.
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1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy? Kinda short for a guy. 5'9" Average in just about everything: musculature, height, weight. In human form he is mostly unremarkable and unremarked. In proxy form, however... Lean. Probably on the wiry side, and about average height for a Proxy. Note that this means he's still something like 9 feet tall.
2. How old is he? No clue. Assuming it was Proxy One who made Romdeau, assuming Romdeau counts years from the date of its founding, no more than 300 years old, and assuming Vincent isn't younger than he looks, no less than 20 years old. Note that these three assumptions are tenuous at best. We don't even know when Ergo originally left Romdeau, or how long it took him and Monad to get rid of all his memories. More to the point, Vincent himself isn't entirely sure. There's no real break between Proxy One's memories and Ergo Proxy's. The only memories he knows for sure are his own are Vincent Law's. Physically, he appears to be in his early 20s.
3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch? Vincent tends to slouch and sit with his shoulders hunched, at least in the early episodes; he's trying to make himself smaller, ordinary, unnoticed. As his confidence improves over the course of the series, so does his posture. Ergo Proxy slouches, but that's mostly because human buildings aren't meant to accomodate anyone the size of a Proxy, and he's always looking down at people. Because they're shorter than him.
4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities? The point is kind of moot seeing as he's a Proxy; that is, ageless, immortal, nigh-unkillable. He probably doesn't technically need to eat or sleep like human beings would (though he still gets sick when he leaves Romdeau, still gets indigestion when he eats too much, still gets the sniffles when he's forced to swim out to get the Rabbit back... Go figure.) But when he lived in Romdeau he had a physically demanding job, and, well, he outran Monad without using his Proxy powers for a pretty long time. So yeah, I'd say he's pretty fit.
5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid? Clumsy. But it's more because he's absent-minded than any physical deficiency. He's the kind of guy who's too busy thinking about things to watch where he's going, so he'll step on some piece of unstable footing or accidentally bang his thumb with a hammer, or he'll bump his head because he's panicking.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror? It's hard to give a fair estimate for an anime character, given how generically pretty most of them are drawn, regardless of whether they're supposed to be canonically pretty.
No one ever really comments on his looks, one way or the other; so I'd venture on the good-looking side of average; not OMG so pretty, but not bad-looking, either. He's the kind of guy who looks unremarkable generally, but who cleans up nicely. Except for his eyes. He probably doesn't think much about his appearance. He shaves, he showers, he makes an effort to look presentable, but he doesn't really take pride in it, it's just something you do.
7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred? White and nerdy. He probably doesn't have to worry about skin problems on account of being a Proxy. Speaking of which, as Ergo Proxy he has pitch black skin.
8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style. Dark brown; never quite behaves, though he does his damnedest to plaster it to his head in the first few episodes in a style that I maintain reminds me of a young, non-balding Hari Seldon. He either thinks this is swanky, or it's the regulation haircut for immigrants or something. He stops 'styling' it halfway through the series, which is a mercy.
In Proxy form, his hair tends to stick up, and actually seems to be a lighter, more reddish shade of brown.
9. What color are his eyes? Bright green. They're nigh electric green in certain scenes. In Proxy form they're white and pupil-less.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features? Like I mentionned before, Vincent's eyes are his most striking feature. He keeps them closed when he's doing his Mr. Cellophane act. They're intense. And very bright; and anyone who takes a good look at them KNOWS there's more to Vincent Law than the stupid hair or the clumsiness.
11. What are his chief tension centers? Probably his shoulders and neck, given previously outlined slouching habits.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit? FFFFUUUUU CLOTHES IN ERGO PROXY. In canon, Vincent has precisely one outfit. No, I'm not counting the Swan episode, where he was dressed in Raul's clothes holyshit that is so embarrassing. This outfit is a hideous jumpsuit parka whatever thing that is off-red and looks, quite frankly, stupid. He wears this all series so I must assume he literally has nothing else, or else never had the opportunity to pack it while he was fleeing for his life.
In Siren's Port, I imagine Vincent mostly wears dress-casual clothes when he's not in his work jumpsuit. That is, unless Re-L was the one who took him clothes shopping when he first got there.
13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them? Canonically his clothes, such as they are, fit him well; you never see him struggling to squeeze into pants or floating in his coat, and he seems comfortable enough to wear them day in, day out, though again, he doesn't have much choice.
I don't think he'd see any point in wearing clothes too tight or too loose, and it's not as though he's grown or changed shape since he arrived in SP. And if he chose them himself I don't see him not being comfortable in them. Although when it comes down to it, Vincent in general has a hard time being comfortable in his skin.
14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences? Well, Vincent is a mechanic in an auto-repair garage, so his work clothes is a grease-stained jumpsuit. With a nametag. He probably asked his boss if he had to wear it all the time and got a funny look, but was overall relieved when told that no, he didn't have to wear the jumpsuit all the time.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando? Boxers
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse? Deep voice, fairly smooth. INCREDILY DEEP, RUMBLY, AND SEXY IN PROXY MODE.
2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate? He tends to whine in the earlier episodes, and he's unsure of himself, so he sometimes hesitates. He doesn't often raise his voice, unless he's really in a state.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics? He tends not to use contractions, especially when he's being serious. This is even more exxagerated when he's being Ergo Proxy.
4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency? He's fluent in English, I assume, since that's the language spoken in Romdeau. I would not be surprised if most Romdeau citizens also spoke French, given how much the Collective verbally fellate Descartes, but this is just speculation on my part. I don't know if he knows any other languages.
5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations? Nope. Except when using the phrase 'raison d'etre', but that's an English appropriation so it's not technically switching languages.
6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words? Like I said, he's unsure of himself, so mostly he thinks about what he's saying. Even then, it doesn't mean that he doesn't put his foot in his mouth. He has a hard time speaking up for himself.
7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change? In the normal course of things, Vincent is normally articulate. He can get very poetic on occasion, see him describing Monad in the final episode: "She offered her love to flawed, broken souls, and in that we found freedom."
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart? Much smarter than he appears. People tend to assume he's stupid or incompetent, but he's actually rather smart, and given how hax Proxies are, is probably much smarter than your average human. Smart enough to understand how to restore a completely devastated Earth to habitable conditions, and that couldn't have been an easy thing to do, hax Proxy powers or no.
I'm hesitant to use the term book-smart, however, since Vincent-as-Vincent doesn't seem particularly scholarly. And his social skills leave something to be desired, so I can't say he's street-smart either.
2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate? Depends on the situation. He's not really an impulsive kind of person but if his friends are in danger? He will rise to the occasion.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical? Vincent listens to his heart. He's very much an idealist; how much more idealistic do you get than opposing the Creators on principle? Earth at the end of the anime is still a nearly dead world; the new humans created by the Proxies have been almost wiped out, and those remaining haven't stopped being sterile. There's no future for Earth save the Creators. But the Creators abandonned the Earth and set to their Proxies an ultimately pointless and cruel task. They don't deserve the newly restored Earth.
4. What kind of education has the character had? No fucking clue. This would double as a question as to what kind of education Proxy One had, since Proxy One implanted his memories in Ergo Proxy to make Ergo Proxy think HE was the Agent of Death and the creator of Romdeau.
Proxy One seems fairly well versed in philosophy and seems to know a lot about what's going on in the world, but he's had forever to accumulate that knowledge. It's unlikely that Proxies had formal educations, but 5000 years is enough time to read a heck of a lot of books.
5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about? Well, Vincent seems to be pretty good at fixing machines. He was part of the AutoReiv Disposal unit, which was mostly about destroying robots, but he was also apparently trained to provide maintenance to them, and he fixed up the 400 Rabbits, which apparently no one else in the Commune could do.
He'd probably like to learn more about how humans tick. Humans in Romdeau and back home were created barren because the Proxies weren't provided with the necessary information to create complete humans. Vincent has gathered things are different in Siren's Port and would like to know just what it was he/Proxy One was missing.
6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert? Introvert. He's really focused in on himself during the series, because the series is about finding out WHO he is, but even now that he knows, now that he's determined his identity for himself, I can't really see him suddenly become a much more social creature than he was to begin with.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven? Vincent is generally serious, and thoughtful. Contemplative. He hardly ever gets angry; you get the feeling he thinks most things aren't worth getting worked up about, particularly if they pertain to him. He doesn't stand up for himself much. He can be a hard worker, as he was in Romdeau, but once he leaves it, and once he becomes comfortable, we see he's naturally fairly laid-back and patient. He does get moody sometimes (see; his anxiousness about his true identity, how he would rather die if he couldn't still be himself), but he's the kind of guy who can appreciate the journey rather than focus on the destination.
8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic? Vincent is pretty shy when meeting new people, and fairly quiet in new situations. From hints dropped by more than one Proxy, it seems that Proxies in general have been burned pretty badly by humans in the past (and not just by the Creators). This may have been something that lingered subconsciously even after Vincent's memory loss and informed his behaviour. Like I've mentionned, he (perhaps unconsciously) cultivates an impression of dullness and unremarkableness and meekness, passively trying to go unnoticed.
9. Is he more likely to act, or to react? React, mostly.
10. Which is his default: fight or flight? Flight. When he hit his point of deepest despair, he didn't just run away from Romdeau and his responsibilities, he ran away from his very own self. Rather than face Monad, he ran away. Rather than rebel against Romdeau, he escaped.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks? Vincent can be playful, though he shows this side of himself more often to Pino than anyone else. In his darker moments, he indulges in self-deprecating humour.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them? I don't know if amnesia and multiple personality disorder count anymore, since they've mostly been resolved by the end of the series. Vincent recovers his memories, and the personas of Vincent Law and Ergo Proxy are mostly integrated at this point. Key word: mostly. Ergo Proxy's memories from before he shed them and became Vincent Law are just the slightest bit vague. (because the show likes to be mysterious about Proxies and I don't want to make up ridiculous headcanon) Ergo Proxy is a shadow of Proxy One. Vincent Law is his own person. However, Proxy instincts are stronger when Vincent is in Proxy form, and his form governs his thought to a certain degree. He's certainly more fierce and wild and 'godlike' as Ergo Proxy then he is as Vincent Law. There's no significant separation in thought, understand, just a slight difference in behaviour and presentation.
While Vincent still had amnesia, in the beginning he dealt with it by not even being aware he had amnesia; after he figured it out, he went searching for his memories. As for the whole 'secretly being Ergo Proxy' thing, he outright denied and repressed it for a long while until Proxy One got sick of it and forced him via mind-screw episode to face it. After which, the two personas began to merge.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
-The first moment happened long before he was alive, actually. It's a memory, or maybe a dream of Proxy One staring up as hundreds of Creator ships take to the skies. "I'm sad. But I'm also... laughing." His first memory is his abandonment by the Creators, and the ironic realization of the ultimate futility of the Proxies' purpose.
-Next I suppose would be the moment when the despair caused by that futility became too much to bear, when he went to Mosque and asked Monad to take away his memories.
-Not sure if I should mention his first meeting with Re-L Mayer next because he did fall for her like a ton of bricks.
-Then the Pulse of the Awakening, so most of the first episode, specifically, the part where Monad chases him , the part where he crashes through Re-L's skylight and touches her face and then flips away. Meeting Pino probably also counts in this confusing mishmash.
-Jumping from Romdeau, and giving up on the notion that he could ever have become a Fellow Citizen.
-The flight from the commune.
-Karos; when he first begins to suspect there might be something more wrong with him than just 'ANGST WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO ME I AM SO PERSECUTED'
-The confrontation with Kazkis Proxy; for the first time, Vincent is conscious during his transformation into Ergo Proxy. This is kind of traumatising for him.
-Small thing, but important: after Kazkis's death, when Vincent returns to Pino, she tells him that she knew he was a Proxy all along, and didn't care, because "Vincent is the one who always protects me." Even though he was (in his own opinion) a monster, Pino was still his friend, Pino accepted him unconditionally.
-Anamnesis: with the help of a mindscrew courtesy of Proxy One, Vincent finally admits to himself that he is a Proxy, even though he still has no idea what that means.
-Re-L joins the party; this is mostly important because it is shortly after this that the whole "RE-L IS THE ONLY PERSON ALLOWED TO KILL ME" thing is established.
-Arrival in Mosque; discovery that the answers lie in Romdeau after all
-Return to Romdeau; Ergo Proxy's memories return, and his persona overwhelms Vincent Law's. Mourning Monad's death. Trying to get Re-L to kill him
-Re-L refuses to kill him, Proxy One's involvement revealed. As Romdeau falls, Vincent kills Proxy One, and takes on a new purpose: to oppose the Creators.
Most of these happened in the span of six months.
14. What does he fear? At this point, only losing those he cares about.
15. What are his hopes or aspirations? Well, he wants to show those mean Creators what for. Show them just what 5000 years of resentment, despair, and frustration looks like. He also thinks it'll be neat to see some concrete change in the Earth's condition, now that the clouds have parted.
16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him? I don't know.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with his parents. Vincent literally has no parents. He was cloned from Proxy One, who I guess for the sake of argument we could call his 'father'. Some father, though.
Ergo was created because Proxy One, in the depths of despair, wanted to escape his burden and his duty as a Proxy. So he created a clone of himself to take over. Which he then implanted with most of his memories except for the ones of his despair. Ergo didn't even KNOW he wasn't the original. He was dumped into this job that caused his predecessor to become a depressed, nihilistic monster, even though he was created to be identical to Proxy One and thus it's folly to expect him to turn out any different. Proxy One essentially did the same thing to Ergo Proxy that the Creators did to Proxy One. World's. Worst. Dad.
Vincent only met Proxy One once in canon. It was kind of mind-bending to him to find out he wasn't the original. And then they fought to the death. Vincent didn't like his progenitor or want his approval; he disagreed with his nihilism and the spite he directed towards his human creations. But also he doesn't like the Pulse of the Awakening one bit; it forced him to kill Monad, and others of his kind.
This is why he didn't really want to kill Proxy One. So he took some comfort in the fact that at least in Siren's Port, he wasn't the only Proxy left. Aside from one conversation in Siren's Port, Vince and P1 barely interacted after he arrived. They didn't really need to. Having once been indistinguishable from Proxy One, Vincent understood him better than anyone else. And P1, overall, pretty much took a 'well done, son' attitude towards his shadow. Then P1 'went home'. Which was kind of sad for Vincent, but not especially upsetting.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like? Nope
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand? Nope
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them? Not so much family as 'nakama', but Pino. He doesn't consider her to be his daughter like Raul does (that would be kind of weird) but he definitely acts like her responsible older brother a lot.
To a lesser extent, in Siren's Pull, the former residents of Romdeau, and those they care about. Daedalus and Raul may not like him very much, and by and large he figures they can look out for themselves. But they're still under his protection.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet? Pino again. They met in the service tunnels when he was being chased by the Security Bureau and she was being chased by an AutoReiv disposal squad. Pino spotted Vincent and started following him and asking existential questions. And she never stopped.
6. Does he have other close friends? Re-L Mayer.
7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people? Nope. Vincent is a gold medallist in the Awkward Olympics; it's not that he's not a nice guy. He just has difficulty approaching people, and he's shy.
8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends? Friends; Vincent doesn't really have a family so the question is moot.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once? Ergo Proxy was romantically involved in Monad for some time, but they were never married. The Pulse of the Awakening forced him to kill her, as he does in the second episode. This is kind of a strange case since his earlier memories of Monad were almost certainly given to him by Proxy One. So Ergo never 'fell' in love. By virtue of Proxy One's memories, he already loved Monad when he was created.
10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse? Nope. Well, he does love Re-L a whole bunch, and they are living together in Siren's Port, but they're not dating or anything.
11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest? As Vincent, always and only Re-L.
12. What does he look for in a romantic partner? Re-L. But seriously, I don't think Vincent has given it much thought. It was love at first sight for him when he met Re-L, and he doesn't question his feelings on the subject. Re-L was actually cloned from Monad specifically to evoke this reaction in him, and while he didn't know it at the time, he's figured it out now, and he doesn't care. This is how he feels.
It is, however, worth noting that he trusted Re-L with the task of killing him when the time came, and when it came, and Vincent/Ergo expected her to kill him, she didn't, and helped him find a new reason for living. If he didn't love her before, he definitely would now, just for that.
All he really wishes for where love is concerned is for Re-L, and it'd sure be nice if she would love him back.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any? I'm not even sure Proxies are capable of reproducing in the normal way. As far as the series is concerned, Vincent is the only Proxy who wasn't one of the original 300 Proxies, and he was cloned, not born.
The thought of having children probably hasn't even occurred to him given the fact that Romdeau citizens are infertile, given where he currently stands with Re-L (ie: not in a relationship with her), and given the general lack of a future for life on Earth, especially if he succeeds in driving the Creators away from Earth.
But if the thought ever did occurr, and those issues could be resolved, I think Vincent would love to have kids, and he'd probably be a great parent, judging from his behaviour with Pino.
14. Does he have any rivals or enemies? The Creators :| Also Donov Mayer, who authorized the torture and experimentation on Monad.
And, unbeknownst to him, Daedalus Yumeno and Raul Creed hated his guts.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale? Preeeeetty damn straight. Vincent never expresses any interest in anyone besides Re-L or Monad and when Kazkis came on to him he freaked out like nobody's business.
16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him? I don't think Vincent is particularly preoccupied with sex. He may even be kinda repressed. I base this on the fact that he crushes on Re-L like a 14-year-old girl, at least at first. You know, all "I wish Sempai would notice me!!1!"
17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits? Ahahahahahah. If Vincent's sexual fantasies are anything like his non-sexual fantasies, Vincent is paaaaaaainfully vanilla. He likes flowers and long walks on the beach. No but seriously, one of Vincent's greatest wishes is to be loved and accepted and all that schmoopy stuff. He wants the cuddles and the sweet nothings, although, given how enamored he is with Re-L, he'll settle for tsundere insults and token but meaningful physical contact.
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit type? He's on the cusp of Sagittarius and Capricorn, according to the 'birthday' I headcanoned for him. I chose it based on minimal research of zodiac signs, and I chose the cusp because both signs have aspects that fit him to a T and others which don't fit him at all. Sagittarius because Vincent's canon is all about his journey of self-discovery; Capricorn because when it comes down to it, despite being a big bad Proxy, Vincent is really kind of banal.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life? It's hard to be religious when you remember being worshipped as a god. But Proxies as a whole seem to be rather spiritual. I think it comes of representing various aspects of the world.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it? Proxy morality seems pretty skewed in general, which is par for the course when you consider the futility of their purpose. Proxies were created with the task of creating a new race of humans, but not given the information to make those humans viable, and then tasked with DESTROYING those humans and themselves when the Creators returned. A lot of Proxies justify their fulfilling of that purpose as 'well, we're all gonna die anyway, so who cares?'
Vincent is different. He won't kill anyone, human or Proxy, if he can possibly avoid it. He'll do it to protect himself or those he cares about. Of course he did declare war on the Creators, but that's different. What the Creators did to the Proxies and to Earth wasn't fair and now they waltz back onto Earth like they own the place, after everything they've done? Not on his watch.
4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent? He'll keep an open mind, but it would depend on the belief. He understands that people have a need to believe in something, and he understands that sometimes there is no such thing as a good choice, but if someone were to use their beliefs to justify hatred or destructive actions, he's not so understanding.
5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them? I can't really think of any prejudices that he might have.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt? In Romdeau he was dirt poor. In Siren's Pull he earns more than minimum wage, but he's not exactly rich. If he weren't living with Re-L, I'd say he was on the poor end of comfortable.
2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him? Well, in canon, at the beginning, Vincent was a second-class citizen. Well, probably more like 3rd class. Immigrants could supposedly earn citizenship in Romdeau. Vincent worked really hard at earning citizenship but part of his character development was realizing that 1) it was a lost cause for him, and 2) it wasn't worth it; Romdeau is kind of a shitty place when it comes down to it. Also it helped that he was pretty much chased out and then spent the rest of the series looking for his lost memories. Once he became an exile, he actually began to stand taller, and was less afraid of being himself, whoever he was.
In Siren's Pull, he's kind of gone back to being a 2nd class citizen, but things were different. In Romdeau, he didn't have any friends, and he was kind of shooting for acceptance in society at any cost. Now he knows there are people who accept him for who he is and they matter far more than the rest of the world.
3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others? In canon, in Romdeau, he lived alone in a crappy two-room apartment where he probably spent as little time as possible... because he spent most of it working, and the apartment was just a place to eat and sleep. When he left, home became the 400 Rabbits, which he spent a lot of time either maintaining or flying. It's in as good condition as a vehicle scrounged from a post-apocalyptic junkyard can be expected to be in. He shares it with Re-L and Pino, and, post-canon, Kristeva, although we never really get to see her interact with him.
In SP, Vincent lives with Re-L in her quite nice apartment.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on? He doesn't spend much on himself, because he's not used to having disposable income and he's really not at all focused on what he 'wants'. He buys little things for Pino and Re-L usually.
5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else? I don't believe Vincent had much of a choice in working in AutoReiv disposal in canon; he says he saw Re-L for the first time while he was looking for a job with the other immigrants and the flashback has him in this gigantic queue, so I imagine when it was finally his turn the official was like: "What is your name? What is your ID number? Okay you're in AutoReiv Disposal. NEXT." In his first speaking lines he's getting reprimanded for messing up on the job, but I don't think he was particularly bad at it. That was the night the Pulse of the Awakening began, so he was most likely just off his game because of that. I don't think he particularly liked or disliked his job; but he wanted to be a Fellow Citizen and fellow citizens didn't work in AutoReiv Disposal.
In SP, he's working as a mechanic at a garage, and though the job isn't glamourous and the boss is kind of a hardass, he does a good job and he can take pride in his work.
6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time? Spending time with Re-L or Pino, mostly.
7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods? Vincent is boring and isn't fussy and he doesn't really drink alcohol. He won't refuse it if he's offered it, but he won't go for it of his own initiative. He does a lot of cooking in SP, because suddenly he can afford food that isn't crap, and he has enough time to not be rushing. He makes a conscious effort to cook healthy and non-fatty foods, in deference to Re-L.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:
1. Color? Green is the colour I associate with him; blue is probably his favorite
2. Smell? machine grease and fresh air
3. Time of day? midnight, though he likes dawn best
4. Season? Autumn or spring are both his favorite and what suits him most
5. Book? None that I can think of at the moment.
6. Music? "I don't want to set the world on fire", "I'm all alone" - Spamalot, "L'oiseau" - Michel Fugain,
7. Place? Ruins; wasteland
8. Substance? Can't think of any
9. Plant? Asters or lillies.
10. Animal? Dog. I've compared him to a puppy enough times.
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