About

Leo is a major side character for my story, and partial antagonist. A CFO for his father's company and movie director, he's dramatic yet slovenly, there is an air of mystery that surrounds him. All of my characters come from the same story set in 2006.

Personality

Leo has a somewhat eccentric character. Although he can often be quite social, he has a somewhat pretentious and showman-like persona. He often appears as flamboyant and dramatic. He's a very quick person, constantly jumping between different projects and works. He's sort of a control freak.

Leo is obssesed with film making, he can often be a perfectionist. He's very passinate about what he creates, but just as critical when it comes to other people's works. He is quite tough when it comes to criticizing other films and media, seeing most things as mediocre. To many people, it appears that Leo believes he's better than anyone else. He does have a large ego, but he genuinly does feel that there's merit in his tough comments. His obssesive and eccentric behavior can often comes off as quite manic.

Lore

I. Character Story

Leo is a famous film director. He is well regarded, in story universe, for creating dozens of masterpieces. He's a perfectionist and it's said that any movie that had his hand on it are sure to become classics. This has issued him to have a lot of fans, and his fans are dedicated, to put it lightly. With his unique personality, although others may enjoy his films they may not really like him as a person. His fans however, do like him as he is and greatly appreciate the way he's so careful when it comes to perfecting his work. All I'm saying is that if the person who is quite literally a bordeline lunatic has fans, then those fans are likely as crazy or crazier than he is.

Leo cares about every bit that goes into his films, making sure everything is perfect and to his high standards. As such, he often overworks himself and even the people around him. If you work with him, you either got to smile and nod to everything he says or be just as obssesed as he is. Just as he is critical of other people's works, he's also critical towards himself. This is seen with him overexerting himself, sometimes not even sleeping for a few days. Of course, Leo isn't always working on a movie all the time, so he does have his breathing room. But whenever it is heard that he's got a new project going on, it's sure to be a must-see event.


II. Early Life

Leo was born into a rich family. His father being a major CEO, but also the boss to the Anaximander family. The business he and his family run closely ventures into the world of crime. Leo knew this from an early age. Being an only child, his father would teach him about the work within their business. If his father were to die, Leo would be the one to inherit the title of boss. But as much as Leo cared for his father, he never was too interested in becoming the next one in charge. He wanted to try to become his own person. His father would keep a collection of classic old movies that he would then play to Leo. It felt like the closest bonding moments between the two of them, just watching movies together. His father would also take him to watch new releases in theathers. It was these moments that begun Leo's newly found fascination in film. He would dream about creating his own movies that could be seen on the big screen, and would often take time to write scripts. Leo's fixation would then become creating perfect films due to his lack of interest in leading the family business. He felt to need to create masterpieces if he wasn't going to dedicate himself to the life he was meant for. He would start working on his first film by the age of 12 and release it at 14 years old. The film's critical acalim was everything he needed to truly invest into his obssesion.


III. Present Story

Leo continues to make movies and help with his dad's business while acting like a bitch

Stats

Intelligence

85%

Charisma

95%

Dexterity

90%

Luck

80%

Social Skills

80%

Strenght

85%

Confidence

100%

Empathy

30%

Patience

45%

Maturity

75%


Misc

LIKES film making, wine, good movies, playing the piano, dreaming (like when he's sleeping), tacky 90s/2000s computer graphics, roses, his daughters
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bad movies, avocado, loud volume in devices, instant foods, vegetarian foods, participation ribbons, ukeleles, bad weather DISLIKES

Extras

Trivia

He uses all types of genres for his movies, although he does tend to deviate from trends (kinda becoming a trendsetter on his own tbh)

Each of his films does have his unique style to them. Sometimes you can kinda tell he worked on something without him being the director

He is meant to be a sort of foil/opposite to Louis. Where Leo loves perfection, Louis despises it. Leo hates bad movies while Louis loves them. Leo is more uptight and Louis is laidback. Leo is an active father and Louis left to get milk-

He despises bad movies. If he could, he would get rid of all of them

Even if he finds a film terrible, he would never leave a theater/turn it off. He believes it's necessary to watch a film in its entirety before critiquing (bro needs to know everything before he starts hating)

He has two twin daughters named Gloria and Victoria. Although his daughter's names are actual names, they are also the Spanish words for victory and glory

His personality used to be very lazy, but that character type was sort of given to Axel instead. So to distinguish him from other characters, Leo's now just a drama queen. I think a good way to describe him now is to think of a mad scientist but with movies instead

The idea to make him a movie director was sort of a last minute addition after his new personality, I didn't really know what to do with his character but things worked out I guess

As mentioned previously, he's a very famous film director in story universe. His film releases have kinda become a work-free holiday, since workplaces have expected all their employees to not come to work since they'll be watching Leo's new movie instead

His birthday is on the same day the original Wizard of Oz was released

His flower is the red rose

His favorite food is steak. His favorite drink is red wine

His fav Sanrio character, because I assign all my characters one (I'm whimsical and joyous), is Tuxedo Sam

More whimsy, bc I'm a filthy smash player, his mains are Bowser & Roy. He button mashes and somehow it works for him. He's the type of player to keep pressing Bowser's b until it runs out completely. Plays like a sweaty online Roy, kind of spams side b

My new obssesion is Marvel Rivals so his main is Doctor Strange. Big brain portal plays. Uses the portal to send enemy team off the map, bc it somehow always works. Kind of a dps player playing a tank, complains about not getting heals. Aura walks way too often. Screams at his supports and thinks they're useless but still protects them.



Other

Voice Claim Funtime Foxy - FNAF:UCN (the tone, minus the effects lol), or just any transatlantic voice
MBTI ENTP | The Debater
Hobbies Counting money. Film creation. Playing instruments, usually the piano. Solving the puzzles in the back of the cereal box. Going on walks.
Goals + Dreams For the time being, Leo is just focused on continuing to create more movies.
Fears wip
Secrets wip
Quirks wip
Mannerisms wip

FULL NAME Leonardo Anaximander
AGE 27yo
BIRTHDAY 8/25 | August 25th
PRONOUNS he/him
GENDER Male
HEIGHT 6'3 | 191cm
ORIENTATION Straight
OCCUPATION Film director
NATIONALITY Italy, USA
RESIDENCE Los Angeles, CA
LINKS Toyhouse

Design

Design Notes

- A lot of Leo's design by inspired by rose imagery. Roses are often used to represent passion so I don't know it felt fitting

- Although he does like to look presentable, he prefers to put his attention towards his films and projects rather than focusing too much on his appearance

- For this reason, his clothes are worn in a more relaxed way that is slightly messy. His shirt is worn with the top being largely unbuttoned, having his tie hang lowly. His shirt is also only half tucked in. He also prefers to wear his suit jacket open, since it allows him for more movement

- His dog-tag necklace has the names of his daughters engraved on it

- He uses his leg holster to store his phone, he insists that it's more convenient

- His scarf is more optional to his outfit, I included it to add a bit more red to his design

- He was slightly inspired by Old Hollywood aesthetics


Mood Board


Ribbons





CR: All ribbons come from this page

Relationships


Gloria and Victoria

[ daughters ]

The two are Leo's adopted daughters. Their first encounter was when the two girls were about 9 years old. They were orphans living in a foster home, although they often roamed out on the streets because their caretaker was abusive. Leo decided to take them in after getting quite attached to them. As for now, he spoils the both of them endlessly. He's the type of parent that insists his children are angels that can do no wrong (they aren't all that irresponsible but can sometimes cause trouble). He tries his best to always make time for them even when he's busy with his own work.




Louis

[ acquaintance ]

Louis works very closely with Leo's family's business. He is frequently hired by them whenever they have some dirty work. Leo and Louis don't get along too well but they don't hate each other either. They don't really have a good image of each other but that doesn't get in the way of their business.





Kim

[ close friend ]

Kim's family is quite intertwined with Leo's family and their business. Kim works as a seamstress and a costume designer for Leo. They've known each other since they were younger and remain close as adults. Kim genuinely likes working with Leo on his films, probably cuz he doesn't completely overwork her as he does with his other staff. They do share something in common: They both want to have their own lives outside their family's legacy. They often bond over this since they're really the only person they can talk about this to.





Michael

[ acquaintance ]

Michael's family works with Leo's, he works as Leo's assistant. However, since Leo isn't all that interested in this business he often pushes his responsibilites to Michael so he can focus on his films. This pisses off Michael, and just increases the anger issues he already has. Not only that, he sometimes gets him to help with his movies, even when that isn't his job. He also often asks him to look over his daughters. Leo seems to have some fun messing around with Michael.


Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra
La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf
Do I Wanna Know? Arctic Monkeys
California Dreamin' The Mamas & The Papas
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