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Feb. 3rd, 2017 07:49 pm★ PLAYER INFORMATION
☆ CHARACTER INFORMATION
Addendum; Personality revisions.
On initially meeting Otabek, one can easily call him stoic. When he is first seen in the series, he is rather uninterested in the shenanigans going on with the arrival of other skaters at the Grand Prix. His response to J.J. is lackluster at best, even though he does give him his full attention while responding to his question. While Yuri Plitsetky’s response to him in the hotel lobby is antagonistic, he refuses to rise to the bait and instead turns to leave without any response at all. While this presentation can be off putting to many people, and can be considered a flaw, it should be noted that Otabek is never exactly rude when interacting with other people. While he seems to show little interest in knowing other skaters (as noted by Viktor’s narration), he does respect them enough to give his full attention, orienting his body and making eye contact while they speak. He’s awkward, not stand-offish.
Otabek can be friendly as well, as seen when Otabek whisks Yuri off and away from his crazy fangirls. He comes out of nowhere on a motorcycle to offer help and a ride to freedom. This rescue eventually leads to a heart-to-heart of sorts with Yuri. It’s here that Otabek reveals that he had met Yuri previously. Despite the years since then, Otabek clearly remembers the boy with “the eyes of a soldier”. This suggests a bit of sentimentality, tied up in the admiration Otabek had for the skill and determination he saw in a young Yuri Plitsetky. However, this is also when Otabek once again shows his awkward nature, taking the opportunity to ask for Yuri’s friendship to more demand it (“Are you going to be my friend or not?”). While Otabek meant it well enough, and Yuri took no offense to how he approached it, that interaction is not one that would normally go over well with other people.
With many of the other competitors Otabek is still rather unexpressive and cool in his interactions; some might even categorize him as antisocial. The only exception to this is further interactions with J.J. It is likely that Yuri spoke to him about the other skater, and while Otabek had been previously neutral with J.J. he is downright angry when he meets him on his way off the ice. He is almost antagonistic with the glare he gives the other skater on his exit—an expression that goes on to throw J.J. off his game and costs him several points in the Short Program. This suggests that Otabek is rather protective of those he allows close, and that he can take their opinions of others into account—which can be a weakness in regards to developing relationships naturally and without bias.
Alternatively, Otabek is less guarded around Yuri and those that Yuri freely associates with. He claps for Viktor and Yuuri’s “engagement” despite barely knowing them, congratulating the friends of his friend. He freely cheers on Yuri for his Free Skate, and offers a rare fond look as Yuri wins gold with that program. He drops his normally stoic persona around people he either considers friends or could be friends with. He is fiercely loyal and supportive friend.
Otabek is a person that also carries huge expectations for his country now that he is a competitor on the world stage. His motivation stems for the love of his country and wanting to do right by his people. He has traveled the world from Russia to Canada, training under different coaches and learning new techniques to make up for his lack of talent in ballet, which is often a core element in designing program movements and step sequences. This also suggests that Otabek doesn’t have a permanent coach of his own—this is doubly likely considering his inspiration is real-life Kazakh skater Denis Ten doesn’t have a permanent, dedicated coach either. If this is true, then it is likely that Otabek has had to be far more independent with self-advocacy than most other skaters would ever have to be.
He puts his country above his own achievements, going so far as to hold his county’s flag over his medal—showing that Kazakhstan means more to him than the place he’s achieved. However, it may be because of this habit of putting country first that makes Otabek “forgettable” to some people, as Sara and Mila say. By not drawing attention to his own achievements, he makes them easy to forget. However, in the recent Grand Prix, Viktor notes that he has a presence about him that drives him to be more than others expect. Chao Chao, another coach, notes that it is Otabek’s determination that makes him stand out and it will eventually be what makes him succeed.
Addendum; Additional Written Sample.
Patience brings focus, which leads to clarity and answers. It was a calming thought, a mantra that kept the panic at bay. Anxiety and nerves were something Otabek was used to—it was a pit that often settled in his stomach as he awaited a performance. Panic…panic was new. Then again, he had never been tossed out into space with no explanation before.
Not that he was literally in space, but being placed out on a space station in what he could only call the literal middle of nowhere counted in Otabek’s book. He sighed, shaking himself of that thought as he turned his thoughts back to his task. There wasn’t an ice rink he was aware of—something he still needed to ask other residents about—but that didn’t mean he could slack off in his training. He didn’t know when he would get home (or if he ever would), but he couldn’t be unprepared for that. Not to mention the fact that remaining physically fit could prove beneficial for whatever missions he might be pushed to join in the future.
At least he could be useful to someone—to the mission. It wasn’t skating, and it wasn’t bringing honor to his country, but it was something. It was something to give him drive and purpose until he could make his way home.
He finished a final stretch, bouncing slightly in place as he felt the satisfaction of a decent warm up start to settle in. Otabek took a long breath before starting what he had planned to be a long run. The station itself was, by no means, deserted but the halls provided enough space for him to jog. He could make use of a training facility, but there was something uniquely satisfying about tracking your distance through “landmarks”—or at the very least the number of rooms you passed by. Besides, it would give him reference points to use when it came to familiarizing himself with the station.
It wasn’t all that long into his run before he started seeing other people—other residents. Neighbors. He offered the rare familiar face a greeting in passing, others received a nod in recognition should they acknowledge his presence first. It was strange, but also nice and somewhat familiar. It reminded him of the sense of community he had in the neighborhoods back home. In some ways it almost helped with the sour feeling of homesickness that often came during early moments of his day. Perhaps that had something to do with the fact that he found himself greeting more and more people with a level of familiarity as the days went by. Either way, it was something he could be and was grateful for.
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☆ CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Otabek Altin
CANON: Yuri!!! on Ice
AGE: 18
CANON POINT: Post Season One
BACKGROUND: Find your path, and go above and beyond it.
PERSONALITY: When the audience first meets Otabek, he comes across as stoic and rather uninterested in the shenanigans going on during the arrivals of other skaters to the Grand Prix. He has a lackluster response to J.J, and despite Yuri Plitsetky's rather antagonist approach to greeting him he refuses to rise to the bait. Instead he chooses to turn his back and leave. We later come to see that this is more of a cover face than anything--that he doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve.
The next instance the audience encounters Otabek is when he saves Yuri from hiscrazy cat ladiesfangirls by pulling up on a motorcycle out of nowhere and offering him a ride. This rescue leads up to Otabek and Yuri having what can be called a heart-to-heart somewhere in the center of Barcelona. Otabek reveals that he and Yuri have a history, having attended the same summer camp under Yakov's tutelage. Despite it being years, and Yuri having little recognition of him, Otabek clearly remembers the boy that had "the eyes of a soldier." The memories of this camp drove Otabek to improve, to strive for success and push himself above and beyond the limits he had--to show he can be the best, even when he does not possess all the necessary skills. And those same memories had him seek out Yuri and offer his friendship, even it is in his own odd manner ("Are you going to be my friend or not?").
It is really through this budding friendship with Yuri that we get glimpses of the other sides of Otabek. With other competitors, he's still rather cool, unexpressive. With J.J. he can almost be called antagonistic considering the glare he gives him while exiting the ice following his Short Program. However, with Yuri the mask isn't really there. He offers him encouragement when Yuri steps on the ice for his free skate, and offer a fond look when Yuri kills the program to win gold. This suggests that, around people he trusts and considers friends, he will drop the facade of the "hero" and be more himself. The small glimpses we have of this side of Otabek show a fiercely loyal, supportive friend--a positive individual that carries huge expectations for his country now that he is a competitor on the world stage.
ABILITIES/POWERS: While nothing super human, Otabek's dedication to his sport means that he is in excellent physical form. He can perform triple jumps well into a lengthy free skate with minimal exhaustion. However, the skill is not refined in grace, so much as it is in determination--he is not trained in ballet or dance, but instead communicates his message through the power of his jumps and direction his step sequences.
INVENTORY: His skates, gym bag (with a change of clothes, towel, empty water bottle, CD of music, and a pass for his rink in Almaty), the clothes on his back, and keys for a motorcycle he will sorely be missing.
LINKED SAMPLES: A little snow never hurt anyone | But being trapped in space might
WRITTEN SAMPLE:
He remembers spending time with his family when he was younger—summer nights spent staring up at the stars, wondering what was out there.
Space, Otabek decided, is not how I imagined it would be.
Maybe it was the ship itself, or it could be all of the strange people (Aliens?) he had encountered thus far. The experience should otherwise excite him. Most anyone he knew had once dreamed to be an astronaut, to be among the stars. The novelty of it, however, wore off fast once the idea of how utterly unfamiliar everything was began to sink in. And then came the homesickness—his family, his friends, would he ever see them again?
He, at least, was able to keep calm despite the internal panic those thoughts brought on. Calm was his signature. A slow breath—deep inhale through the nose, a momentary pause, and then release. A process he repeated several times as he tried to navigate the halls of what was his new home.
Right. He should really focus on just what he would be needed for here. It might be best to ask.
“Mn…Excuse me…?” He reached out to stop a stranger, schooling his expression into a neutral one as the being turned around—and were those extra eyes? He…was never going to get used to this.
Addendum; Personality revisions.
On initially meeting Otabek, one can easily call him stoic. When he is first seen in the series, he is rather uninterested in the shenanigans going on with the arrival of other skaters at the Grand Prix. His response to J.J. is lackluster at best, even though he does give him his full attention while responding to his question. While Yuri Plitsetky’s response to him in the hotel lobby is antagonistic, he refuses to rise to the bait and instead turns to leave without any response at all. While this presentation can be off putting to many people, and can be considered a flaw, it should be noted that Otabek is never exactly rude when interacting with other people. While he seems to show little interest in knowing other skaters (as noted by Viktor’s narration), he does respect them enough to give his full attention, orienting his body and making eye contact while they speak. He’s awkward, not stand-offish.
Otabek can be friendly as well, as seen when Otabek whisks Yuri off and away from his crazy fangirls. He comes out of nowhere on a motorcycle to offer help and a ride to freedom. This rescue eventually leads to a heart-to-heart of sorts with Yuri. It’s here that Otabek reveals that he had met Yuri previously. Despite the years since then, Otabek clearly remembers the boy with “the eyes of a soldier”. This suggests a bit of sentimentality, tied up in the admiration Otabek had for the skill and determination he saw in a young Yuri Plitsetky. However, this is also when Otabek once again shows his awkward nature, taking the opportunity to ask for Yuri’s friendship to more demand it (“Are you going to be my friend or not?”). While Otabek meant it well enough, and Yuri took no offense to how he approached it, that interaction is not one that would normally go over well with other people.
With many of the other competitors Otabek is still rather unexpressive and cool in his interactions; some might even categorize him as antisocial. The only exception to this is further interactions with J.J. It is likely that Yuri spoke to him about the other skater, and while Otabek had been previously neutral with J.J. he is downright angry when he meets him on his way off the ice. He is almost antagonistic with the glare he gives the other skater on his exit—an expression that goes on to throw J.J. off his game and costs him several points in the Short Program. This suggests that Otabek is rather protective of those he allows close, and that he can take their opinions of others into account—which can be a weakness in regards to developing relationships naturally and without bias.
Alternatively, Otabek is less guarded around Yuri and those that Yuri freely associates with. He claps for Viktor and Yuuri’s “engagement” despite barely knowing them, congratulating the friends of his friend. He freely cheers on Yuri for his Free Skate, and offers a rare fond look as Yuri wins gold with that program. He drops his normally stoic persona around people he either considers friends or could be friends with. He is fiercely loyal and supportive friend.
Otabek is a person that also carries huge expectations for his country now that he is a competitor on the world stage. His motivation stems for the love of his country and wanting to do right by his people. He has traveled the world from Russia to Canada, training under different coaches and learning new techniques to make up for his lack of talent in ballet, which is often a core element in designing program movements and step sequences. This also suggests that Otabek doesn’t have a permanent coach of his own—this is doubly likely considering his inspiration is real-life Kazakh skater Denis Ten doesn’t have a permanent, dedicated coach either. If this is true, then it is likely that Otabek has had to be far more independent with self-advocacy than most other skaters would ever have to be.
He puts his country above his own achievements, going so far as to hold his county’s flag over his medal—showing that Kazakhstan means more to him than the place he’s achieved. However, it may be because of this habit of putting country first that makes Otabek “forgettable” to some people, as Sara and Mila say. By not drawing attention to his own achievements, he makes them easy to forget. However, in the recent Grand Prix, Viktor notes that he has a presence about him that drives him to be more than others expect. Chao Chao, another coach, notes that it is Otabek’s determination that makes him stand out and it will eventually be what makes him succeed.
Addendum; Additional Written Sample.
Patience brings focus, which leads to clarity and answers. It was a calming thought, a mantra that kept the panic at bay. Anxiety and nerves were something Otabek was used to—it was a pit that often settled in his stomach as he awaited a performance. Panic…panic was new. Then again, he had never been tossed out into space with no explanation before.
Not that he was literally in space, but being placed out on a space station in what he could only call the literal middle of nowhere counted in Otabek’s book. He sighed, shaking himself of that thought as he turned his thoughts back to his task. There wasn’t an ice rink he was aware of—something he still needed to ask other residents about—but that didn’t mean he could slack off in his training. He didn’t know when he would get home (or if he ever would), but he couldn’t be unprepared for that. Not to mention the fact that remaining physically fit could prove beneficial for whatever missions he might be pushed to join in the future.
At least he could be useful to someone—to the mission. It wasn’t skating, and it wasn’t bringing honor to his country, but it was something. It was something to give him drive and purpose until he could make his way home.
He finished a final stretch, bouncing slightly in place as he felt the satisfaction of a decent warm up start to settle in. Otabek took a long breath before starting what he had planned to be a long run. The station itself was, by no means, deserted but the halls provided enough space for him to jog. He could make use of a training facility, but there was something uniquely satisfying about tracking your distance through “landmarks”—or at the very least the number of rooms you passed by. Besides, it would give him reference points to use when it came to familiarizing himself with the station.
It wasn’t all that long into his run before he started seeing other people—other residents. Neighbors. He offered the rare familiar face a greeting in passing, others received a nod in recognition should they acknowledge his presence first. It was strange, but also nice and somewhat familiar. It reminded him of the sense of community he had in the neighborhoods back home. In some ways it almost helped with the sour feeling of homesickness that often came during early moments of his day. Perhaps that had something to do with the fact that he found himself greeting more and more people with a level of familiarity as the days went by. Either way, it was something he could be and was grateful for.
