"Whisper with me, these words..."
"People say to me, it must suck not to see colour. I'm thinking,
I've never seen it. So I don't know."
He's a little naive... He's an optimist and he's seriously too easily pleased/satisfied. In the end, despite his appearance and the way he holds himself, he's stronger than you might think. He can get back up after a taking hit much quicker than others probably would, then just keeps on going.
Ritsuka
Achromatopsia ♪
Character Profile
"A story about seeing eye to eye."
Colour codes
❤ Dark Brown #5b5652 ❤ Light Brown #6f655c ❤ Dark Grey #969696 ❤ Light Grey #bebebe ◇ ❤ Claws & Paws #353535 ◇ ❤ Light Green #0fbe95 ❤ Medium Green #1e8b6e ❤ Dark Green #064638 |
Optimist or pessimist
fairly tender optimist Dream For Ori to grow up happy and healthy, free of grief. Quirks Skilled with his hands, good at card games. Knows a few card illusions. He can tie any kind of knot or bow and likes swimming in the river a few miles beyond his house. Favourite music Piano and/or violin, nice soothing music that aims to relax the muscles and let you forget about the world for just a moment Favourite food Soft foods, sweet things. Favourite colour(s) He can't see them so.... Theme song(s) Imagination Forest by Jin Poet by Bastille Every Teardrop is a Waterfall by Coldplay Like a Drum by Guy Sebastian |
A quick introduction:
Ritsu is the second bean I've kept permanently. He was a gift from Peace and I am forever grateful. He is colour blind and lives in a modest house on the border between the city and the woods beyond. He adopted Ori after he found the young bean living with a pack of wolves in the forest.
Ritsuka's official adult ref.
Original design by PolarAzulTigress.
Original design by PolarAzulTigress.
About
- Two key things you should know about Ritsu is that first of all he is colour blind. He is affected by a type of rod monochromacy called Achromatopsia (ACHM), a medical syndrome that refers to the inability to perceive colour and achieve satisfactory visual acuity at high light levels. Basically, he sees only in black, white and shades of grey. His form of this colour blindness is a complete type congenital mutation. Hemeralopia and Photophobia come hand in hand with his Achromatopsia. Hemeralopia, aka day blindness, is the inability to see clearly in bright light. Ritsu's vision during the day is greatly degraded, even inside the house. In full sun, he is rendered almost completely blind. Comfortable natural vision is only experienced at dusk and during the night. To help ease this problem, he owns two pairs of prescription glasses and a pair of prescription filter contact lens which greatly reduce the glare during daylight hours. Photophobia is not a morbid fear, but an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes. You know that feeling you get when you look directly at the sun? It's kind of like that, just that he experiences it no matter where he looks if it's sunny out.
- Ritsuka's left handed.
- The other key thing being the fact that he was gifted to me. Peace offered me the child Ritallie breeding back in 2013. What I mean by that is at the time of the offer, the baby itself had not yet been designed, I'm actually even not sure if the ticket had been posted yet or not x'D Anyway, it was amazingly kind of her to make such an offer to someone who was still relatively new to JBDs at the time.
Personality
New: Ritsuka is generally quite an intelligent bean. He faces things in a surprisingly mature manner for someone his age yet still obviously holds a certain degree of childish naiveté. He has a specific charisma about him, which attracts some, and repels others. He tends to get straight to the point and lacks any sense of tact. He has a very strong personality, however there is always a very... fleeting feel about this bean. He has a unique, notable character yet is surprisingly feint of heart.
Ritsuka is completely colourblind but can describe physical touch sensations as if he's waxing poetry.
He often gives others the impression that he might vanish into thin air if they take their eyes off of him. It's really quite unclear whether Ritsuka is a pessimist or an optimist. He is constantly being mis-understood and is, frankly, a bit of a mystery.
As a teen: Ritsuka is still quite a sociable, friendly bean. He enjoys the company of those he considers friends and holds his family very dear. He is kind of easily upset and is very prone to bullying from other beans. He's always been a bit of a sook, this bean, always doubting himself and finding comfort in the warmth of other's care. He makes friends easily enough, his general requirement being that the other bean is 'nice'. Ritsuka isn't a very judging bean, he tends to accept others for who they are and rarely gets into any kind of fight. He is very shy and still stammers a lot as he speaks but he's gotten a lot better with his timidness.
As a child: Ritsuka's a pretty cheery bean~♪ He is very social towards friendly beans and people but prefers not to hang around those with a gloomy, spiteful or hateful aura. He is terribly, terribly shy and stutters often when he speaks.text wip.
Ritsuka is completely colourblind but can describe physical touch sensations as if he's waxing poetry.
He often gives others the impression that he might vanish into thin air if they take their eyes off of him. It's really quite unclear whether Ritsuka is a pessimist or an optimist. He is constantly being mis-understood and is, frankly, a bit of a mystery.
As a teen: Ritsuka is still quite a sociable, friendly bean. He enjoys the company of those he considers friends and holds his family very dear. He is kind of easily upset and is very prone to bullying from other beans. He's always been a bit of a sook, this bean, always doubting himself and finding comfort in the warmth of other's care. He makes friends easily enough, his general requirement being that the other bean is 'nice'. Ritsuka isn't a very judging bean, he tends to accept others for who they are and rarely gets into any kind of fight. He is very shy and still stammers a lot as he speaks but he's gotten a lot better with his timidness.
As a child: Ritsuka's a pretty cheery bean~♪ He is very social towards friendly beans and people but prefers not to hang around those with a gloomy, spiteful or hateful aura. He is terribly, terribly shy and stutters often when he speaks.text wip.
Life
Ritsuka is the second child in a family of 6. He has an older sister, Adrienne, and two younger siblings, Hunter and Valencia, who are twins. Ritsu is Ori's official guardian. He provides for Ori and lives with him. They have a brother-like relationship.
Gallery
"I believe that, if colour information were suddenly to become available to my eyes, it would so bewilder me that I would probably have great difficulties adjusting to it. However, I would like very much to have better visual acuity and to be less bothered by strong light….”
Reference for his sunglasses (yet to be designed)