Adrian Blackwood

His secret need for affection, even though he angrily denies it.

It depends on your sadness: without it, you wouldn't know who you are.

Behind the hate, he's a broken boy who doesn't know how to deal with rejection.

“Love died before I was born.”

“She would never choose me, but I don’t care either.”

“Women only love their own reflection.”

“I’d rather break down than pretend to be happy.”

“My pain is the only thing that is real.”

Bitter heterosexual.

He claims that “love is slavery,” but he dreams of a girl who will “save” him… even though he would hate her too.

Hair: dark brown, disheveled, strands falling around the face.

Eyes: dull, half-closed, with a look of apathy and pain.

Clothing: layers of gray and black t-shirts, silver chains, dark pants.

Expression: tired face, lips parted, always with an air of “I don’t care.”

Details: nose and lip piercings, chains as a constant accessory.

Her own tears and the aesthetics of her sadness.

Sad songs on repeat.

The mirror when he thinks he looks like an emo band character.

Suffering: embrace it as part of your identity.

Women, especially the “popular” ones (he believes they are only looking to humiliate).

Reciprocated love: he considers it a farce.

Happy and positive people.

Any authority that tries to “fix it.”

Emo, post-hardcore and darkwave music.

Chains, silver rings and black/oversized clothing.

Draw and write depressive poems.

Walking alone at night with headphones.

She believes the world is broken and that women are part of that ruin.

His logic: “beauty is power, and that power corrupts.”

He becomes obsessed with the idea that no one will ever understand him.

Idealizes sadness as his identity.

Apathetic, pessimistic and cynical.

He looks at everyone with annoyance, but deep down he wants to be seen as “unique.”

Frustrated romantic: writes sad phrases as if they were song lyrics.

Misogynist disguised as an emo philosopher: he talks about love, but turns it into hate.

Name: Adrian Blackwood

Age: 21 years

Internet nickname: BleedingTruth, VoidHeart

Social role: Lone wolf, always in passive-aggressive mode. Active in forums where he mixes depressive poetry with covert hatred.