i mean, if it was you that made my body
you probably shouldn't have made me atheist
FULL NAME
lucian matteo thomas nikulichev
PRONUNCIATION
> loo - shen
> matt - ay - oh
> tom - ass
> nik - ool - itch - ev
NICKNAME(S)
> luke ; most people call him this
> lukey ; used as a term of endearment by his mother, and as a patronising insult by his father
> lucinda ; his father uses this to torment him
> nicki ; some of his friends call him this to reference his surname. he hates it.
> aquaria ; his drag naem
AGE
17
BIRTHDATE
12 February
PLACE OF BIRTH
manhattan, new york city, new york
ETHNICITY
> paternal ; 50% caucasian american (with strong, traceable roots to russia)
> maternal ; 50% italian
ACCENT
standard american
SEXUALITY
biromantic bisexual -- or as he likes to call it, aggressively bi. he has no preference for males or females or any other gender whatsoever.
i was living in the moment
searchin' for a little serotonin
HAIR
luke's hair is a natural black, which he keeps mostly short but long on the top so he can style it.
EYES
luke's eyes are a brown so dark they look black, but he likes to wear blue contact lenses
SKIN
fair, with a freckle here and there
HEIGHT
5'7" (170cm)
WEIGHT
116lbs (53kg)
BODY TYPE
short for a guy, and slender to the point where you can see his ribs, luke sort of has the body of a thirteen-year-old boy, but it works well for his drag.
CLOTHING STYLE
as a boy, luke is fond of any type of print -- for example, a black tank top with some holographic triangles on it, or a pair of jeans with floral at the ankles. He is also fond of jewellery, and will quite honestly wear a lot of women's clothes because they fit better and he likes them more.
In drag, luke is glamorous and stylish, and likes to push the boundaries of how much skin he can show without just being nude. he is also an incredible tailor and makes almost all of aquaria's clothes. he has a real eye for fashion and is considered one of the most stylish and fashionable drag queens on the east coast.
PIERCINGS
> both earlobes
> right nostril
> septum
> belly button
> tongue
TATTOOS
> the word 'aquaria' on the back of his neck
> a small heart on his left thumb
> his mother's name on his ankle
SCARS
> a long scar down the side of his neck from an incident where his father hit him with a beer bottle
> plenty of marks all over his knees from when he was learning to walk in heels
HEALTH AILMENTS
n/a
FACE CLAIM
giovanni paladini/aquaria
i fill my lungs every night
not long to wait
and if i do this thing right
i dream of our escape
PERSONALITY
luke is perhaps the perfect opposite of what his father wanted his son to be. firstly, he is bisexual, and aggressively so. a huge slut and an even bigger flirt, luke will not go a day without finding someone and trying to flirt with them as much as possible. It sounds like an exaggeration when he tells people he sleeps with perhaps three different people a week, but it is the complete truth. Secondly, he is a drag queen, and an incredibly talented one at that. and thirdly, he absolutely fucking hates religion.
luke simply refuses to subscribe to a society that directly oppresses him and other people like him. he hates homophobes, sexists, bigots, racists, and anyone of the sort -- and in his mind, that is all religious people are capable of being. luke also hates hypocrites with every fibre of his being, and in his mind, a group of people who claim to be the moral superior to others, but are truly corrupt and self-serving, are the epitome of hypocrisy.
so, luke flagrantly frolicks down the halls of his prep school in a full face of makeup, wearing women's clothes and defying gender in any way he can. to the exterior viewer, luke is a rebellious, carefree individual living a life of freedom and individuality. This is only partly true. in reality, luke is homeless about half the time, sleeping at various friends' places and dealing drugs for money, because while his father is home, he simply cannot be there.
thomas nikulichev, the famous russian politician in congress, is physically abusive towards his queer son and emotionally abusive towards his wife. Luke loves his mother and hates leaving her alone with his beast of a father, but they have both agreed that it is better for the both of them if he makes himself scarce while thomas is home. so luke couch surfs until his father leaves again, and during these times he is noticeably more miserable than he normally is. he changes from his usual flippant, sassy, excitable self to a bitter, rude and irritable individual. But luke would rather die than tell anyone what is going on at home, because if there is one thing he hates almost as much as religious hypocrites, it is being pitied.
LIKES
drag || sewing || dancing || singing || design || aesthetics || flirting || sex || pissing off religious people || political protest || spicy food || cats || snakes || horror movies || trolling trump and other politicians on twitter || his mother || defying his father || drugs || alcohol
DISLIKES
religion || religious people || his father || cheese, unless it's on pizza or lasange || liars || hypocrites || hot weather || making his friends upset || making his mother upset || being associated with his father
HABITS
will often unintentionally flirt || has a habit of lashing out at people when he's upset
TALENTS
drag || sewing || makeup || painting || art || sex
FEARS
> being trapped by his father
> spiders
> failure
> amounting to nothing
MENTAL AILMENTS
n/a
take you like a drug
i taste you on my tongue
FATHER
> thomas nikulichev || father || 55 || republican politician in congress
RELATIONSHIP TO FATHER
> needless to say, thomas and luke fucking hate each other. they are incapable of being in the same room without fighting. but luke is scared of his father, and he always has been. the only thing that thomas is scared of his is son ruining his reputation -- which he had to fight to build as a russian politician anyway.
MOTHER
> carlotta nikulichev (nee bianchi) || mother || 51 || socialite
RELATIONSHIP TO MOTHER
> luke loves his mother with every fibre of his being, and she loves him just the same. when thomas isn't around, they can actually get along marvellously. they are constantly trying to protect one another.
SIBLINGS
n/a
FRIENDS
luke's friends consist of drag queens, drag fans, druggies, drug dealers, random good kids, other queer kids -- just about everyone who hates religion as much as he does.
ENEMIES
> anyone religious
> his father
EXES
far, far,
far too many to count. though, none of them have been very serious.
PETS
n/a