Hedonist – This is a nice way of saying that Basil is a slut and a partier. He likes sensation, will try almost anything once, and will flirt with everyone.
Therapist – His day job is as a therapist, seeing his patients through teleconference video calls from his apartment.
Russian – He was born and raised in Russia until the age of ten, and speaks Russian fluently.
Goth – This is pretty obvious given his appearance. Yet Basil is only in it for the aesthetic, not the oftentimes somber, nihilistic philosophy.
Hockey Fan – He’s from Michigan, so obviously LET’S GO RED WINGS!
Playlist
Eros and Apollo by Studio Killers
Yeah, with a boy like that it's serious
There's a boy who is so wonderful
That girls who see him cannot find back home
And the gigolos run like spiders when he comes
'Cause he is Eros and he's Apollo
Girls, with a boy like that it's serious
Senoritas, don't follow him
Soon, he will eat your hearts like cereals
Sweet Lolitas, don't go
You're still young
But every night they fall like dominoes
How he does it, only heaven knows
All the other men turn gay wherever he goes
Wow!
Girls, with a boy like that it's serious
Senoritas, don't follow him
Soon, he will eat your hearts like cereals
Sweet Lolitas, don't go
You're still young
Yeah, with a boy like that it's serious
Senoritas, don't go
Please don't go
Soon, he will eat your hearts like cereals
Sweet Lolitas, don't go
You're still young
Sweet Lolitas, don't go
You're still young
Still young, still young, still young
Still young, still young, still young
Still young
The Cult of Dionysus by The Orion Experience
Yesterday I heard you say
Your lust for life has gone away
It got me thinking, I think I feel a similar way
And that's sad (that's sad)
That's sad
So let's make a decision, start a new religion
Yeah, we're gonna build a temple to our love
Orgiastic dances, nymphs in trances
Yeah, we'll be the envy of the gods above
I'm feeling devious
You're looking glamorous
Let's get mischievous
And polyamorous
Wine and women and wonderful vices
Welcome to the cult of Dionysus
We could take a Holiday in the month of May
Run free and play in fields of flowers
Pass the hours, making love is how we'll pray
Or start a secret society for the wild and free
Our ideology is "You can do what you want
Too much is never enough"
We are the Life, we are the light
We are the envy of the gods above
I'm feeling devious
You're looking glamorous
Let's get mischievous
And polyamorous
Wine and women and wonderful vices
Welcome to the cult of Dionysus
Run, run, run away
Just take my hand and we'll abandon this world
We'll wash those tears away
You're young and beautiful, and I'll love you always
We got no time for pain
When it's just you and me in ecstasy
What is with the world today
The wicked games that people play
The wars, the greed they waste away
Yeah, it's sad (it's sad)
It's sad
So let's spread the word across the land
Yeah, one by one, baby hand in hand
We got a mission of hope
We got a message of love
Soon everybody, everywhere will be the envy of the gods above
I'm feeling devious
You're looking glamorous
Let's get mischievous
And polyamorous
Wine and women and wonderful vices
Welcome to the cult of Dionysus
I'm feeling devious
You're looking glamorous
Let's get mischievous (run, run, run away)
And polyamorous
Wine and women and wonderful vices
Welcome to the cult of Dionysus
Rule 34 by Fish in a Birdcage
I have you strung
Strung in my web
A candle burning slowly by the bed
Shadows tangle like a vine
Crawling up the posts within our shrine
Right now, you're mine
All mine
Give in, you're mine
All mine
I love that you shake
When I ravage your skin
It's so easy to bite with your hands pinned
Shadows dancing on the sheets
If you obey, I might give you a treat
Right now, you're mine
All mine
Give in, you're mine
All mine (oh)
You look so good, there on your knees
Such a good girl knows how to please
Look at me, look me in the eyes
Forget yourself, surrender your mind
Right now, you're mine
All mine
Give in, you're mine
All mine (oh)
Flesh by Simon Curtis
This is not the way into my heart, into my head
Into my brain, into none of the above
This is just my way of unleashing the feelings deep inside of me
This spark of black that I seem to love
We can get a little crazy just for fun, just for fun
Don't even try to hold it back, just let go (you want me)
Tie me up and take me over 'til you're done, 'til I'm done
You got me feening, and I'm ready to blow
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)
Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
Hold my arms above my head and push my face into the bed
'Cause I'm a screamer, baby, make me a mute
You push your hand upon my neck and feel the pulse beat, beat, beat, beat
It's like a trigger get me ready to shoot
Wanna wrestle with me baby, here's a sneak little peek
You can dominate the game 'cause I'm tough
I don't play around that often, when I do, I'm a freak
So you'd better believe I like it rough
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)
Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
Hold me down and make me scream
Lay me on the floor (me on the floor, me on the floor)
Turn me on (turn me on) and take me out
Make me beg for more
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)
Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh (ah, ah, ah)
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)
Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Get undressed, t-taste the flesh)
Bite into me harder, sink your teeth into my flesh
(Pass the test, t-taste the flesh)
Hold me up against the wall
Give it 'til I beg, give me some more
Make me bleed, I like it rough
Like it rough, rough, rough
Push up to my body, sink your teeth into my flesh
Cекси (Sexy) by Lolita
Хэй, хэй, хэй, хэй, хэй, хэй, хэй, [Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,]
Хэй, секси [Hey, sexy]
Расстаться невозможно, [It is impossible to part,]
На позже давай отложим свои дела [Let's put our business aside for later]
Хэй, секси [Hey, sexy]
Ты у меня под кожей, я тоже [You're under my skin, so am I]
Продолжим, боже, как ночь мила [Let's continue, God, how sweet the night]
Номер первый для тебя [Number one for you]
Навсегда останусь я (Оу, оу) [I will forever remain (Oh, oh)]
Бьётся сердце через край [Heart beats over the edge]
Всё, что хочешь, говори, выбирай [Whatever you want, say it, choose]
А хочешь, поиграем [Do you want us to play]
Привяжи меня покрепче, это будет по любви [Tie me tight, it will be for love]
Легче двигайся волнам навстречу, имя назови [Move more easily towards the waves, call the name]
Моё сознание оплавилось, висит на волоске [My consciousness has melted, hanging by a thread]
Раствориться бы в тебе скорей бы [I wish I could dissolve in you soon]
И пусть у нас будет бэйби [And let us have a baby]
Хэй, хэй, хэй [Hey, hey, hey]
Хэй, секси [Hey, sexy]
Два-три надёжных слова [Two or three reliable words]
И вот на всё готова любовь твоя [And your love is ready for anything ]
Хэй, секси [Hey, sexy]
До боли обнимаю [I hug you until it hurts]
Уже не понимаю, где ты, где я [I no longer understand where you are, where I am]
Раз, два, три, четыре, пять [One, two, three, four, five]
Знаешь, где меня искать (Оу, оу) [Do you know where to look for me (Oh, oh)]
Рвётся сердце через край [My heart is bursting]
Всё, что хочешь, повторим, выбирай [Whatever you want, we repeat, choose ]
А может, доиграем [Or maybe we’ll finish playing]
Привяжи меня покрепче, это будет по любви [Tie me tight, it will be for love]
Легче двигайся волнам навстречу, имя назови [Move more easily towards the waves, call the name]
Моё сознание оплавилось, висит на волоске [My consciousness has melted, hanging by a thread]
Раствориться бы в тебе скорей бы (скорей бы) [I wish I could dissolve in you soon]
Привяжи меня покрепче, это будет по любви [Tie me tight, it will be for love]
Легче двигайся волнам навстречу, имя назови [Move more easily towards the waves, call the name]
Моё сознание оплавилось, висит на волоске [My consciousness has melted, hanging by a thread]
Раствориться бы в тебе скорей бы (скорей бы) [I wish I could dissolve in you soon]
И пусть у нас будет бэйби [And let us have a baby]
Привяжи меня покрепче, это будет по любви [Tie me tight, it will be for love]
Легче двигайся волнам навстречу, имя назови [Move more easily towards the waves, call the name]
Моё сознание оплавилось, висит на волоске [My consciousness has melted, hanging by a thread]
Раствориться бы в тебе скорей бы (скорей бы) [I wish I could dissolve in you soon]
И пусть у нас будет бэйби [And let us have a baby]
Peek Behind The Curtain
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Background
Basil's Black Fury mom, living in a pack on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, got pregnant with a human who didn’t stay in the picture. When Basil was born he was rejected from the Black Furies for being male, and he was dumped in a Russian orphanage, under the name “Vasiliy”, and there he experienced neglect and other forms of abuse. A religious conservative couple from Michigan adopted him out of charity (though really to look good to the rest of their parish), but he was a nightmare due to trauma and the behavioral issues stemming from it. His foster parents thought physical correction, isolation, prayer, and fasting would tame him, but it didn’t. He was consigned to a facility for disabled children and they disowned him at the age of ten.
Luckily his kin-fetch found a kind soul in a pack local to the facility he was kept in, and he was scooped up and adopted by a member of the local great lakes Children of Gaia pack, and there he was given the name Basil Brooks. When treated with love he flourished, and learning about who and what he really was helped him to find control, both physically and mentally. Unlike his packmates growing up, Basil worked hard to keep strict control of his rage and the transformations of his body. That way he could keep the litany no matter how upset and, as it happens, keep his other personality, Vasiliy the Protector, asleep and untroubled.
Homeschooled through middle school, Basil went back to a public high school because he had his rage under control by then. He excelled and made friends, loved learning, and was fluent in English by then. Basil went to community college in Lansing and got an associate’s degree in psychology, then went on to get his bachelor’s and master’s in it as well, on scholarship. He decided to be a counselor, for humans and other Garou. For the latter he focuses on dealing with the ravages of Harano, with rage control, with Herd assimilation, the challenges of city living, and encouraging diplomatic relationships between tribes within cities. He is pansexual and nonbinary, the latter something he at this point finds quite amusing, given his Black Fury history. Despite this identity, he only uses he/him pronouns so as not to draw any ire from local Black Furies who may have rather old fashioned views on the matter and sense him as being one of their cast-off cubs, as he looks the part to a ridiculous degree.
Vasiliy, his protector personality, is at his core a male Black Fury, with all of the black and white, merciless thinking and outlook of his forebears. At this stage in Basil’s emotional and mental development, and with the assistance of a strong Rx of mood stabilizers, he is able to have mental “chats” with Vasiliy, and even sometimes uses his own reflection in a mirror or reflective surface to facilitate the conference.
Sphere
"Basil Brooks, Cliath Children of Gaia, Wave-On-Shore, Galliard, formerly Sept of the Shining Island."
Human Name: Basil Brooks
Rite Name: Wave-On-Shore
Moon: Galliard
Tribe: Children of Gaia (Black Fury by birth)
Camp: Servant of the Unicorn
Inspirations
Harold Perrineau’s Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet 1996
Sam Reid’s Lestat de Lioncourt from Interview with the Vampire series
John Partridge’s Rum Tum Tugger from Cats The Musical
Carter Vail
Bill Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel
Klaus Hargreeves from Umbrella Academy
Scanlan from Critical Role / Vox Machina
Puck from Gargoyles
Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean
Lazlo Cravensworth from What We Do In The Shadows
Katya Zamolodchikova
Vasiliy
Basil (Vasiliy) Brooks is a system that has DID / Multiple Personality Disorder. His two alters are Basil and Vasiliy. Basil is the kind and compassionate aspect, and Vasiliy is the aspect that protects them from harm, and has the same worldview (for the most part) as any Black Fury. Vasiliy resulted from years of trauma and abuse suffered as a child in Russia and then with his foster parents in the United States. Basil was able to take primary control, with Vasiliy's consent, once they were adopted into the Children of Gaia pack and finally felt safe enough.
As they have lived and settled into their new life in LA, Basil and Vasiliy are getting along much better and are rarely at odds with each other anymore.
For an example of what their experience is like, see this montage of clips from Moon Knight.
NOTE: I know this is not a completely realistic portrayal of the condition, but I am doing my best to treat their situation as a part of their life, and not as some joke. Also werewolves exist, so maybe their DID is a little more hollywood?
Fullname: Basil (Vasiliy) Brooks
Apparent Age: Late-Twenties
Height: 5’8”
Build: Slender
Hair: Black with a white streak.
Eyes: Light gray
Heritage: Russian
Weaknesses: Handsome Men, Beautiful Women, Gorgeous people who fit in neither category, Snacks
