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stories-me · 3 years ago

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Potential Character for Mrs. Kelsey and Tumblr 11/18/2021:

Rajesh “Raj” Koothrapalli, Astrophysicist of the Big Bang Theory:

Appearance: (See above).

From: Big Bang Theory.

Personality:

Originally from India, Raj is slightly clueless about American culture and idioms, and dislikes Indian food and his home country.

He portrayed himself as a person who rose from poverty because it makes him appear heroic. Rajesh also tends to heavily rely on his family’s wealth for his own lifestyle, often wielding the family fortunes extravagantly. He enjoys his privileged lifestyle to such an extent that, when he wanted something off his father he offered to cut off the cleaning lady so that he could provide for himself, then muttering to Cinnamon that they were both going to be living like animals. Much like Howard would only consider that either his mother or Bernadette would do housework, or any work around his living space, Raj essentially never pays to survive – his parents pay his insurances and rent and he pays someone to buy food and even walk his dog. This leads to the speculation that, even though Raj is an adult, he acts like a spoiled child.

In addition, Raj could be extremely pompous when it suited him: His protectiveness of his sister, or his view of her in general, is laughable in some respects – when he tells Howard to stay away from Priya and stated that she was way hotter than Howard’s girlfriend, the exact second after Howard agreed with him Raj snapped, “Dude, that’s my sister you’re talking about!”; later on, when he learns of Howard’s pact with Leonard that prohibits them from interest in Priya, Raj is sated when Howard says that they “pinky-swore” on the pact, but later on he explosively stated that defiling Priya superseded a pinky-swear.

He used to have a psychological condition called selective mutism, a recognized social anxiety disorder which rendered him unable to talk to women (with some exceptions), although he quickly learned that he was able to temporarily overcome this problem by consuming either alcohol-containing foods and medicine or experimental anti-anxiety medication. Unfortunately, the alcohol altered his personality and the medications tended to have side effects, such as involuntary face and hand motions, loss of rationality, or jovially stripping naked in public without cognizance of its inappropriate nature. Raj was also able to speak in the presence of women if they were part of a crowd, if he was unaware of their presence, or if he believed that he has been drinking alcohol. Raj noted, however, that this obstacle was an improvement over his previous affliction, in which the presence of women would cause him to lose bladder control, a condition mostly remedied by the meditation methods of ancient Indian gurus. (He does still have a “nervous bladder” in the sense that he gets an urge to relieve himself when under stress.) When Lucy broke up with him In the season six finale, “The Bon Voyage Reaction,” he discovered while talking to Penny that he was… well, talking to Penny, even though he had not consumed any alcohol since the previous night, which made him realize that breaking things off with Lucy seemed to allowed him to finally overcome his selective mutism. As of season 7, he no longer requires alcohol in order to speak in front of females though it did temporarily return when he first tried to have sex with his arranged bride Anu.

One of Raj’s primary personality quirks beside his selective mutism is his tendency to speak or act inappropriately in most situations.

He complains that he is lonely, which leads to Raj hating himself and needing to be reassured of his value. While usually sweet, Rajesh Koothrappali sometimes smiles at his friends’ misfortunes, especially if he stands to selfishly benefit from said misfortunes. Whenever Raj gets an idea or wants to say something slightly controversial in a conversation, he whispers it in Howard or someone else's ear whenever a woman is around. Howard does refuse to say it out loud because he finds it stupid, offensive, or inappropriate, but he ends up saying it anyway through scoffing at Raj. He also has arguments with Howard often, being akin to those of a married couple. He is noted for using “gangsta” slang, such as “fo’ shizzle” and repeatedly using the word “dude”.

He enjoys reading DC Comics, as do his friends, but he dislikes Aquaman. Raj often obsesses over almost-insignificant details in fiction, such as how toilets work in Atlantis, the possible symbolism of ponytails in Avatar, whether Wolverine’s prostate is made of adamantium, what zombies would eat if humanity was exterminated, how vampires would shave themselves since they can’t see their reflections, etc. He has experienced gaming addiction and, like Sheldon and Howard, he idolizes Stephen Hawking. Unlike the other guys, Raj has shown great interest in some non-geeky things likes John Grisham novels and Archie comics, the latter being shared with Zack. Raj also has an interest in a number of books, movies and TV shows which are generally targeted towards the female demographic, such as Twilight, The Good Wife, Grey’s Anatomy, Sex and the City, Eat, Pray, Love and Bridget Jones’s Diary. He follows his parents’ wishes and relays on them for money as seen in the episode with his drone. He parents heavily follow their religion which Raj also follows however breaks it whenever he is drunk. Eventually he stopped taking his parents’ money and moved into an apartment over his friend Bert’s garage.

How he is like me:

We both are more or less strangers in strange lands. Also, we both do things without thinking, at times (mostly, I get angry or frustrated for various reasons).

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