^ LIU JIAMING \\ 劉家明 || |{{ :characters:jm:jiaming.jpg?400&direct}} || | **PB:** Li Daikun || | **Gender:** | Male | | **Age:** | 33 | | **Birthday:** | August 4th | | **Occupation:** | Botanist | | **Pinterest:** | dutiful | | **Game:** | [[https://avior.jcink.net/|Avior]] | | **Family:** | Both parents \\ Younger sister \\ Older half brother | ======= Liu Jiaming ======= ---- Second son of a first born son, replacement heir and not particularly happy about it ===== Appearance ===== ---- * 5'10''; average build, average fitness * Black hair worn a little longer, generally parted to one side * Dark brown eyes; wears gold-rimmed reading glasses * Usual uniform is a button down and slacks, sometimes with a blazer; wears a sweater instead when it's cold * Will wear a plain t-shirt under the blazer if he's feeling casual * Tends toward neutral or light colors but will wear black when appropriate * Generally looks buttoned-up and put together ===== Personality ===== ---- * Gentle, sensitive and deeply emotionally repressed * Will always say he's Fine™ * Wants badly to please his father but also resents the pressure of being pushed into the role of heir * Meticulous and detail-oriented; astute * A bit of a neat freak; can't help tidying up when things are out of place * Has a great deal of professional pride, but would definitely rather research than educate * Kind of a pushover, especially when it comes to his parents and sister, but quite stubborn deep down; he will do as told but he won't believe it's for the best * Generally agreeable and and likes helping others; easy to get along with but also often forgettable * Hard to get a rise out of, but once you get him there he will hold a grudge forever * Very uncharitable toward those he actively dislikes but keeps it all inside * Happiest in the lab organizing and identifying specimens * Bisexual with a hard lean toward men, but definitely feels the expectation to settle down with a nice girl and procreate; does not particularly want to do this * Feels trapped in the role of dutiful son but doesn't know how to get out of it and is resigned to living a life he doesn't want ===== Abilities ===== ---- * Baseline human * Bilingual * Advanced knowledge of plants ===== History ===== ---- * Born in Avior, raised in comfort * A precocious and somewhat spoiled child, both in terms of material things and attention * Showed early aptitude in science and biology and was encouraged to pursue that line of study by his grandfather * His previously often-indulgent father became sterner and more demanding demanding as he grew older, tamping down his youthful exuberance into a more serious and quiet version of himself * Envied his older half brother's ability to to be himself apparently without consequence * Has always been wanted to prove himself and make his family proud and often been inhibited by that; loves his family but also in some ways couldn't wait to get away from them * Those dreams were dashed once his older half brother actually broke away from the family – with their grandfather's support – and he abruptly became the heir apparent * Aggrieved by the sudden loss of the degree of freedom he did have, but didn't complain * Was still allowed to go to college to pursue a science career and grabbed it with both hands * Finished his bachelor's in biology, then his master's in plant science, and finally his PhD in botany in part to be away from home for as long as possible * Reluctantly came home once he finished his doctorate shortly before his grandfather's death; has been working at the Observatory since ===== Relationships ===== ---- * **Liu Jiahui (劉家輝) aka Xiao Hui (小灰):** Older half brother. Mutual resentment. Jiaming envies that Xiao Hui got to run off and do whatever he wanted while Jiaming was stuck in Avior playing the dutiful son. * **Little sister (劉XX):** * **Mother (XXX):** * **Father (劉XX):** ===== Gallery ===== ---- {{gallery>:characters:jm?lightbox&~5&purge=true&random&random}} ~~NOTOC~~ {{tag> characters avior}}