Tohru Honda

OOC INFO;
Player Name: Ket
Contact Info: flutterpony
Current Character: N/A

IC INFO;
Character Name: Tohru Honda
Canon: Fruits Basket
Canon Information: Here!
Canon Point: Volume 11
Age: 16
God Houses:

Sigyn- This is probably the easiest pick for Tohru. She is overflowing with kindness and is also all about sharing any and all windfalls with everyone. She'd be right at home tending crops and helping out around the campground.

Odin- Okay, hear me out. Tohru is admittedly dumb as a sack of hammers, so I can't claim much of a connection to knowledge. But she is remarkably wise. This is the classic low intelligence/high wisdom kind of character. And she's not shy about sharing her insights either. And even though she isn't a very successful student, she is very eager to learn.

Tyr- While not one of the houses I'd been considering originally, this is actually a really good fit for Tohru. She is very good at making connections with others, even people who are difficult or make a point of being abrasive. She can find common ground between bitter enemies and always sees the best qualities in people. So, yeah. Diplomacy. She's also a lot more courageous than appearances would suggest.

Personality:

Tohru Honda is pretty much guaranteed to be one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. She's polite, caring, and considerate. If someone needs help, even if they're a total stranger, she'll do her best to lend them a hand. And if they're a friend, then Tohru is the type to go above and beyond the call of duty. And she won't even spare a thought for her own inconvenience. When Valentine's day came, she spent so much money on chocolates for her friends, that she didn't have enough left over for school expenses, and had to work extra hours to make up the difference. And she's even willing to spend the first New Year's eve since her mother died all alone, just so all her friends can be with their families.

Tohru is also very sympathetic to others and tries hard to be emotionally supportive. She makes an effort to see every conflict from every point of view, even deciding that the girls that pick on her at school can't be that bad because they also like Yuki. She barely knows Hatori when she's sitting on his porch and shedding tears for his tragic lost love. She manages to see the conflict between Yuki and Kyo in a way that neither of them could, and tries to explain it to Kyo using an extended riceball metaphor. Which doesn't completely work, but it's the thought that counts. She's even willing to give Akito a chance, despite hearing about many of the horrible things he's done.

But when it comes to her own problems, emotional or otherwise, Tohru usually keeps silent. She really hates to be a burden on anyone she knows. Even the thought that she might have troubled someone bothers her a lot. When her Grandfather's house needed remodeling, instead of asking her friends or admitting she had nowhere to stay, she began secretly living in a tent in the woods. When people offer her help, her first reaction is usually to apologize and insist that she'll be fine. If they persist, she'll accept their help, and will be extremely grateful. Even if it's something simple, like helping her study for a test. She also has a hard time accepting gifts, worrying that if she asks for too much, heaven will punish her. Receiving a swimsuit from her friends had her shedding tears of gratitude. And she absolutely refuses to allow Shigure or her Grandfather to pay for any of her school fees.

But the Sohma's are persistent, and keep taking her on trips and giving her things that would seem like small gestures to most people, a ribbon, a trip to an onsen, etc. But to Tohru these things are so extravagant that they make her feel like a princess. Also generally modest, Tohru is quick to turn down a complement. Although she is equally eager to give them out to other people. It really doesn't take much to impress her. Everything from Shigure being a novelist to Kyo's riceball making technique is held in nothing short of awe.

In addition, Tohru is not very smart and extremely naive. She'll believe almost anything, even accepting some of Shigure's most outrageous lies without question. She also seems fairly innocent, not quite understanding things such as what Haru could show the class president to prove his natural hair color. While they were alone. In the bathroom. (Yeah, he just dropped his pants.) And she tends to do poorly in school grade-wise, despite always trying very hard. School is very important to Tohru though, because her mother had always wanted her to finish high school, and she would do anything to keep this promise with her mother. Speaking of her mother, Tohru was very close to her and still carries her picture everywhere she goes. She can often be seen talking to it, believing that her mother can hear her in heaven.

In short, Tohru is the type to always put others before herself. She is kind, gentle, and understanding. As a result of this, she often makes friends very easily, even with rather difficult people. And, despite not being the brightest crayon in the box, she is actually very wise. Often her advice will turn out to be just what someone needed to hear.


Writing Sample:
A couple of threads from the test drive meme: here and here