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★ Character Information ★

Character Name: Sir Thomas Sharpe (Baronet)
Character Canon: Crimson Peak (2015 film)
Canon Iteration: Canon
Character Age: 35
Character Species: Human

★ Out of Character Permissions ★

Backtagging: forever
Fourth walling: please discuss first; his reaction will be very negative (this is not a hard-and-fast Never; OOC I am frequently in favor, but with Sir Thomas this requires some more-informed consent)
Thread hopping: Coming to talk to both of us, separately or together, on an open thread? By all means, join us! Coming to elbow someone out of the way as you cut in on the conversation and prevent it from continuing between the original parties? Well that's incredibly rude and likely to get a very negative response IC (and an at-least-mildly negative one OOC).
Content warnings and sensitive subjects: Please warn for violence/hate crimes, especially regarding gender/sexuality; violence against companion animals (or animal cruelty in general); uninterested in any sort of unrelieved grimdark.
Anything else: Please forgive my ADHD; it is not terribly uncommon for me to forget that I have not actually posted a reply, just thought about one — I don't mind, and in fact welcome, if you redirect me to a thread you're excited about continuing, if it's been a little while (or I'm being chatty OOC and not actively volleying tags back)! It's always nice to know someone's excited to see how something will turn out, after all.

★ In Character Permissions ★

Physical affection: Very courtly and seductive flirt, just... in a very 1900s British Gentleman who is Excruciatingly Aware of Propriety sort of way. So: Go for it; he will be startled, or disgruntled-wet-cat, or (depending on whether or not he and Edith have worked things out) might respond entirely too thoroughly, as fair warning.
Romance: He only plays this one on TV, actually. (Which is to say: unless you're one of two canonical love interests, no thank you.)
Violence: He would very much prefer not. (He has no defenses, so far as he's aware, so it's not like he's good at avoiding an incoming blow. Still, check first or include a realistic chance to escape, please!)
Injuries: He would very much prefer not. (With prior discussion OOC, if the narrative works better for the injury to be described in your tag instead of mine, that's fine.)
Death: He would very much prefer not... (Only with a lot of prior discussion; unlike non-lethal injuries, I'll reserve the writing of the actual moment of death to my own tags.)
Telepathy and mind-reading: Canonically he's got no defenses; on the other hand he's got a lot of practice hiding his thoughts and emotions from everyone around him, on a more-mundane level, so if the canonical powers you're testing against him make any acknowledgment of compartmentalization/masking/etc as a natural defense, he's probably pretty good inherently at that. In general he is probably keeping a running score-talley of everyone who seems relevant to his immediate position/concerns, physically or otherwise, covering things like what they're likely to want (in order to be favorably inclined toward him in general, or in exchange for some item or service he needs/wants), what they might be able to offer him if not under contract of some sort already, how much of a threat they might pose Depending On the Current Circumstances, or if the circumstances were to change one way or another.
Content warnings and sensitive subjects related to the character:

These are significant; click here to expand the specific CWs. (Note that the CWs themselves are massive spoilers for the film!) In general, Crimson Peak is Gothic Horror Meets Gothic Romance, with the tropes and traits of both present throughout.

Specifically, his life has included: Child abuse in virtually all forms; child death; allusions to violence against animals; long-term sibling incest; repeated black-widow/Bluebeard-type "marry someone, take their money, kill them and hide the body so you can do it again" references.

Additionally, as an impoverished British baronet (whose father almost single-handedly ruined the family's fortunes), he's got a razor-sharp class consciousness he can't really turn off.
Content warnings and sensitive subjects this character won't be involved in: He will do his best to avoid any situations that involve committing violence against others (including companion animals, at least, if not all animals), any sex parties, and anything where (he is aware that) participation will forcefully alter how he feels about anyone.