Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde

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>  "If you mean to suggest nefariousness, then I bid you, go right ahead."
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## Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde

Dr. Jekyll

Hyde's tupper's current avatar

### Nicknames:

Harry (close friends/partners ONLY), Eddie (Hyde, hates)

## Behavior

### As Dr. Jekyll

Jekyll is outwardly compassionate, kind, and patient with others. However, he is also often seen acting quite nervous and has on more than one occasion accidentally drawn suspicion from others (namely Tauma). His nigh-constant anxiety is a result of his desire and need to repress his emotions-- he fears that if he does not keep his emotions in check, he will accidentally trigger a transformation in public (a well-founded fear, as this has happened in RP multiple times). Jekyll is also easily flustered when complimented or teased.

### As Hyde

Hyde is outwardly unpleasant, mean, violent, and quick to anger. He has no emotional or impulse control due to the nature of his very being-- currently, Hyde is the only soul-bearing entity at SOL Academy who is pure evil (or so he thinks). In fact, this mindset has allowed him (and Jekyll by extension) to commit atrocious acts without regret, as he has what he believes is a good excuse. This has resulted in Hyde doing rather violent things, such as throwing Brainy and Clumsy Smurf across a room onto a wall, starting fights, and being spiteful towards Tauma, among other things.

## Personality

Despite their outward behaviors, Jekyll and Hyde have the same basic personality traits-- they are emotional, easily flustered, conniving, and both have violent or other "undignified" urges-- the only difference is that Hyde always chooses to act upon these urges, whereas Jekyll almost always chooses to repress them. Both will have the same opinions about a given person or thing-- for instance, both hate Tauma with a passion, but have a deep care for Teru and Emerald, and both are in love with Sans, although Hyde cannot admit to it no matter how much he wants to, due to the risks of them being exposed. In fact, the only person whom they have different opinions on is Dr. Hastie Lanyon-- Jekyll secretly still has feelings for Lanyon, despite their past conflicts, whereas Hyde hates Lanyon and everything he stands for.

## Abridged Backstory

Dr. Jekyll was born into an aristocratic family, and to an outsider, it may look like he had everything he could ever want-- even his future was ensured safety, no matter what career path he chose. However, for almost his entire life, Jekyll had "undignified" pleasures that he was very ashamed of-- one of those being homosexuality, since that was frowned upon in the Victorian era-- and he spent nearly his whole adult life hiding these "evil" or "shameful" parts of himself in order to keep up appearances and be a respected member of society. However, as Jekyll got older, he began to feel that he was living a lie by concealing these less-than-savory parts of himself, and he realized that he'd almost never indulged these pleasures. He desperately wanted a way to carry out these acts without losing his precious reputation, so he began researching the metaphysical aspects of science, until one fateful night, he managed to create a chemical potion that could separate his "good" and "evil" halves. It worked, but to Jekyll's surprise, he didn't become a flawless person with an infinitely flawed counterpart-- all he did was create a fiend with no reservations. However, this worked just as well for Jekyll, as he now had a repression-free disguise to wear to carry out all of his urges. As time went on, though, things began to escalate. Jekyll had to commit worse and worse crimes as Hyde just to get that hit of joy, until one day, bloodlust completely took over and Hyde murdered a well-loved London gentleman. Jekyll tried to stop drinking the potion, but it was too little, too late: he'd begun to involuntarily transform into Hyde without the potion, but he could not transform back into Jekyll unless he drank it. The transformations became more and more frequent, and one day, Jekyll ran out of the particular salt he needed to make the draught. He tried to order more of it, but the new batch did not have the impurity of the old one, so the potion would no longer work. Hyde was about to drink poison to escape the consequences of his actions when he was brought to SOL Academy.

## Appearance

### As Jekyll

Jekyll is a large, well-built man in his mid-fifties, with a few wrinkles on his face, brown eyes, and a mole just under his mouth. His hair is neat and white and his skin is rather pale, but not unhealthily so. He typically wears black pants and shoes and an off-white coat with a cream-colored, scarf-like tie. He is 5'9".

### As Hyde

Hyde is a quite slender, pale, small man in his early twenties, with dark brown eyes (that sometimes turn a glowing red when stressed or excited), sharp teeth, and a mole just under his mouth. His hair is dark and curly, and it almost reaches his shoulders and would probably touch them if his hair was not so unkempt. His skin is incredibly pale. He typically wears black pants and shoes with a white button-up, black vest, and pink scarf-like tie. He is currently 5'3".

## Trivia

* Proxima used to play Jekyll and Hyde as two separate souls (basically a split personality), then reread the book and completely changed them to be more accurate to the source material.
* Jekyll and Hyde are inspired by a man named Deacon Brodie who led a double life.
* In the glass bottle that holds Jekyll and Hyde's potion, if Jekyll stands near it, the glass reflects Hyde's image, and vice-versa if Hyde stands near it.
* Jekyll has adopted Teru as his son and Emerald as his daughter, making the pair's limbo state between platonic and romantic that much more awkward.
* Like in the novella, Hyde has gradually increased in height since March 13th, 2023-- starting the roleplay at 4'11" in October 2022. He grows taller each time Jekyll purposefully transforms (drinks the potion) as well as each time Jekyll does something morally wrong, symbolizing the growing evil inside of him.