The Crying Child Series
Epic Ruler for Tobias Rogers ( Ticci Toby )
Tobias “Ticci Toby” Rogers
Role Type: Major Supporting Character / Chaotic Anti-Hero
Voice Type: Young adult male (late teens–early 20s), medium range; energetic, impulsive, and emotionally volatile.
Accent: Neutral English accent preferred, though any clear accent is welcome.
Tobias Rogers—better known as Ticci Toby—is a hyperactive, impulsive, and emotionally intense young man who lives life at full speed.
Toby is unpredictable and often chaotic, speaking quickly and acting before he thinks. He can come across as reckless, sarcastic, and even immature, but beneath that frenetic energy is someone deeply loyal and emotionally vulnerable. He struggles to regulate his thoughts and emotions, which can cause him to swing rapidly between playful enthusiasm, irritation, and genuine anger.
Despite his instability, Toby has a strong sense of loyalty toward the people he cares about. He may be loud and difficult to handle, but his heart is in the right place more often than he’d like to admit.
The ideal actor should be able to balance:
- Hyperactive energy and rapid-fire speech
- Dark humor and sarcasm
- Emotional volatility
- Underlying sincerity and loyalty
- Hyperactive
- Impulsive
- Sarcastic
- Emotionally volatile
- Loyal
- Protective
- Fast-paced and energetic in normal conversation
- Frequent changes in tone and emotion
- Slightly erratic, but still understandable
- More grounded and sincere during emotional moments
- Intense and sharp when angered
- male young adult
1. Hyperactive / Playful “Okay, okay, hear me out—this is either the worst idea we’ve ever had… or the best.”
2. Defensive / Irritated “I’m not crazy, alright? I just say what everyone else is too scared to.”
3. Loyal / Protective “Only I get to call Jack an idiot. Anyone else tries, and I’m burying an axe in their face.”
