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Name: [Hubert] Kowalski
Canon Origin/Series: Madagascar 1 & 2, but focusing on The Penguins of Madagascar tv series.
School Year: 5
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Out of school living location: Birmingham, England
Blood status: Muggleborn
House: Gryffindor
Personality:
Hubert is an incredibly intelligent young man. He’s a science and math whiz, and has a cornucopia of facts up his sleeve; there are few things he doesn’t know at least something about. He’s the kind of guy who, whenever a new topic is brought up, will eagerly offer up a “Did you know?”-type of fact. Usually this fact isn’t something that anyone but Hubert truly finds interesting. Science is his true area of expertise, though, and the subject his heart is in - As a passion, it’s second only to inventing, and, of course, science tends to go along with that. In Hubert’s mind, there is a logical (and usually, scientific) answer to everything. He hates dealing with more intangible ideas, which leave him flustered and uncomfortable. If something doesn’t seem to have a logical explanation, he won’t rest until he’s found one. And Hubert isn’t just smart - He is, in every sense of the term, a ‘geek’. He gets wildly excited over scientific discoveries, his own or others, and fawns and squeals over inventions and equipment. He loves talking with other intelligent, scientifically-minded people. He enjoys his intelligence as what sets him apart from others, and also takes a certain amount of comfort in the cold, relatively consistent facts of science, math, and the like.
Despite his intelligence, Hubert can sometimes be very foolish. This mainly occurs in four cases. First, when he is dealing with any kind of metaphorical speaking or figures of speech. Hubert takes things very literally, and can get confused over terms like ‘sleeping with the fishes’ or ‘crazy like a fox’, because resting fish have nothing to do with death, and if you mean someone isn’t really crazy, why call them crazy, and where do foxes fit in to the picture? It just doesn’t make sense in his mind. Because of his difficulty with speech that isn’t literal, when Hubert himself tries to speak metaphorical, it tends to come out not quite right, and figures of speech can get a bit botched.
Perhaps part of why he’s not very good with casual speech is because he’s rarely exposed to it - Hubert is not a social creature. He treasures the friends he has, but they are very few, and he has extreme trouble expressing how important these friendships are in ways besides his constant loyalty. Yes, social interactions is the second case in which Hubert can act the fool. To put it simply, you could say that Hubert is awkward, but that doesn’t quite cover it. He simply does not understand emotions, at least not on any level he recognizes. While he can see emotions in others, and in certain cases understand what causes them, their very existence - the fact that these emotions are being caused in the first place - baffles him. While he gets excited over scientific things incredibly easily, it is otherwise very hard for him to express his feelings. He demonstrates them through his actions without realizing it at times, but that’s about the extent of what he can do without really forcing things in a way that is uncomfortable for him. Emotions are not always logical, especially not things like… Liking, or even worse, loving people, and Hubert can’t really accept that. So while he acknowledges that these things exist, he tries not to deal with them, and thus his social life is very limited. People tend to take his difficulties with emotion as indifference, and think he isn’t interested in him, not staying around long enough to see the loyalty that shows how strong a friend Hubert really can be.
The third case where Hubert plays the fool is acting on instinct. To be blunt, he can’t do it. Not without really trying to, and then it’s not quite instinct anymore. He just can’t listen to his heart of gut instead of his brain. He thinks out every move before making it, considering all the possibilities, and by that point sometimes it is too late to act. Finally, Hubert can be a bit ridiculous at times. His brain will get away with him, and a simple problem will be addressed with an extremely complicated solution. He’s an ambitious inventor and scientist, to the point where sometimes he’s just plain unrealistic in what he can do.
Hubert can be a bit of a yes-man to those who grows to respect, cheering on their ideas with gusto. However, he cannot deny a bad plan or incorrect fact when he is presented with one, and so this will only go so far. In fact, sometimes, he can be so bluntly honest to the point where it’s just not tactful. It’s not a matter of trying to be rude, it’s a matter of observing facts. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s extremely loyal, though. Hubert is a friend who can be counted on in the worst of times; who will be there until the very end. Though he is capable of being a decent leader, he is, by nature, more of a follower, and takes orders quite well, rarely questioning what is asked of him - Unless he suspects it is based on fault information, of course.
Canon Background: Madagascar, Escape 2 Africa, the show with no over-arching plot or major continuity: Season 1, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Penguins_of_Madagascar_episodes_%28season_2%29>Season 2.
Background (AU!Canon; HP): ]Hubert has a more or less average childhood. He was born to the happy muggle couple of Jeffery and Alice Kowalski, an only child for all of his life. They lived in a Birmingham apartment, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of city life. The thing that set his life story apart from the others was that it was apparent from a very early age that Hubert was exceptionally bright. The boy was always ahead of the curve, developmentally, and proved to be a fast learner. When he started school, it was clear that he was smarter - and more eager to learn - than most other students, and he would become quite jealous of those who could rival his intelligence, even at a young age. (He was also notably skilled physically, and eventually took up martial arts.) While Hubert reveled in learning, inventing, and observing, he never realized that he was missing out on something big - Friends. He wasn’t exactly… An emotional guy, and it had quickly become clear that he didn’t really fit in with other children. Still, it never bothered Hubert much, and he very well could have remained friendless for all his life, and devoted himself to science instead.
...But then he turned eleven and got a letter from Hogwarts. While weird, inexplicable occurances had happened in Hubert's childhood, he generally tried to ignore them, frustrated he couldn't find a solution. He certainly didn't think of them as magic, not even when the letter came. But his parents wanted to find out what was going on, and eventually, despite Hubert's insistence that there couldn't be such a thing as magic, the family realized the Wizarding World was, indeed, very really.
Four years later, and Hubert still prefers science to magic, but he's skilled with some of the more grounded magic classes. He's also still awkward about social situations, and -- perhaps to try to avoid getting too close, in theory -- prefers to be called by his last name. He manages to get by spending most of the year without technology, although he still uses internet slang in conversation now and then.
Name: [Hubert] Kowalski
Canon Origin/Series: Madagascar 1 & 2, but focusing on The Penguins of Madagascar tv series.
School Year: 5
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Out of school living location: Birmingham, England
Blood status: Muggleborn
House: Gryffindor
Personality:
Hubert is an incredibly intelligent young man. He’s a science and math whiz, and has a cornucopia of facts up his sleeve; there are few things he doesn’t know at least something about. He’s the kind of guy who, whenever a new topic is brought up, will eagerly offer up a “Did you know?”-type of fact. Usually this fact isn’t something that anyone but Hubert truly finds interesting. Science is his true area of expertise, though, and the subject his heart is in - As a passion, it’s second only to inventing, and, of course, science tends to go along with that. In Hubert’s mind, there is a logical (and usually, scientific) answer to everything. He hates dealing with more intangible ideas, which leave him flustered and uncomfortable. If something doesn’t seem to have a logical explanation, he won’t rest until he’s found one. And Hubert isn’t just smart - He is, in every sense of the term, a ‘geek’. He gets wildly excited over scientific discoveries, his own or others, and fawns and squeals over inventions and equipment. He loves talking with other intelligent, scientifically-minded people. He enjoys his intelligence as what sets him apart from others, and also takes a certain amount of comfort in the cold, relatively consistent facts of science, math, and the like.
Despite his intelligence, Hubert can sometimes be very foolish. This mainly occurs in four cases. First, when he is dealing with any kind of metaphorical speaking or figures of speech. Hubert takes things very literally, and can get confused over terms like ‘sleeping with the fishes’ or ‘crazy like a fox’, because resting fish have nothing to do with death, and if you mean someone isn’t really crazy, why call them crazy, and where do foxes fit in to the picture? It just doesn’t make sense in his mind. Because of his difficulty with speech that isn’t literal, when Hubert himself tries to speak metaphorical, it tends to come out not quite right, and figures of speech can get a bit botched.
Perhaps part of why he’s not very good with casual speech is because he’s rarely exposed to it - Hubert is not a social creature. He treasures the friends he has, but they are very few, and he has extreme trouble expressing how important these friendships are in ways besides his constant loyalty. Yes, social interactions is the second case in which Hubert can act the fool. To put it simply, you could say that Hubert is awkward, but that doesn’t quite cover it. He simply does not understand emotions, at least not on any level he recognizes. While he can see emotions in others, and in certain cases understand what causes them, their very existence - the fact that these emotions are being caused in the first place - baffles him. While he gets excited over scientific things incredibly easily, it is otherwise very hard for him to express his feelings. He demonstrates them through his actions without realizing it at times, but that’s about the extent of what he can do without really forcing things in a way that is uncomfortable for him. Emotions are not always logical, especially not things like… Liking, or even worse, loving people, and Hubert can’t really accept that. So while he acknowledges that these things exist, he tries not to deal with them, and thus his social life is very limited. People tend to take his difficulties with emotion as indifference, and think he isn’t interested in him, not staying around long enough to see the loyalty that shows how strong a friend Hubert really can be.
The third case where Hubert plays the fool is acting on instinct. To be blunt, he can’t do it. Not without really trying to, and then it’s not quite instinct anymore. He just can’t listen to his heart of gut instead of his brain. He thinks out every move before making it, considering all the possibilities, and by that point sometimes it is too late to act. Finally, Hubert can be a bit ridiculous at times. His brain will get away with him, and a simple problem will be addressed with an extremely complicated solution. He’s an ambitious inventor and scientist, to the point where sometimes he’s just plain unrealistic in what he can do.
Hubert can be a bit of a yes-man to those who grows to respect, cheering on their ideas with gusto. However, he cannot deny a bad plan or incorrect fact when he is presented with one, and so this will only go so far. In fact, sometimes, he can be so bluntly honest to the point where it’s just not tactful. It’s not a matter of trying to be rude, it’s a matter of observing facts. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s extremely loyal, though. Hubert is a friend who can be counted on in the worst of times; who will be there until the very end. Though he is capable of being a decent leader, he is, by nature, more of a follower, and takes orders quite well, rarely questioning what is asked of him - Unless he suspects it is based on fault information, of course.
Canon Background: Madagascar, Escape 2 Africa, the show with no over-arching plot or major continuity: Season 1, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Penguins_of_Madagascar_episodes_%28season_2%29>Season 2.
Background (AU!Canon; HP): ]Hubert has a more or less average childhood. He was born to the happy muggle couple of Jeffery and Alice Kowalski, an only child for all of his life. They lived in a Birmingham apartment, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of city life. The thing that set his life story apart from the others was that it was apparent from a very early age that Hubert was exceptionally bright. The boy was always ahead of the curve, developmentally, and proved to be a fast learner. When he started school, it was clear that he was smarter - and more eager to learn - than most other students, and he would become quite jealous of those who could rival his intelligence, even at a young age. (He was also notably skilled physically, and eventually took up martial arts.) While Hubert reveled in learning, inventing, and observing, he never realized that he was missing out on something big - Friends. He wasn’t exactly… An emotional guy, and it had quickly become clear that he didn’t really fit in with other children. Still, it never bothered Hubert much, and he very well could have remained friendless for all his life, and devoted himself to science instead.
...But then he turned eleven and got a letter from Hogwarts. While weird, inexplicable occurances had happened in Hubert's childhood, he generally tried to ignore them, frustrated he couldn't find a solution. He certainly didn't think of them as magic, not even when the letter came. But his parents wanted to find out what was going on, and eventually, despite Hubert's insistence that there couldn't be such a thing as magic, the family realized the Wizarding World was, indeed, very really.
Four years later, and Hubert still prefers science to magic, but he's skilled with some of the more grounded magic classes. He's also still awkward about social situations, and -- perhaps to try to avoid getting too close, in theory -- prefers to be called by his last name. He manages to get by spending most of the year without technology, although he still uses internet slang in conversation now and then.
