Post by Durppie on May 24, 2013 9:14:50 GMT 11
Name: Blake Fletcher
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Trainer Type: Normal Trainer, albeit a weirdly dressed one.
Hometown: Cherrygrove City
Appearance: Blake stands at about 5'6", with tanned skin suggesting that he spends a fair bit of time out in the sun. He has dirty blonde hair (as in a dark blond, not that he doesn't wash) that is generally in two pigtails. As he has a lanky body type and somewhat feminine facial features, this has gotten him mistaken for a girl a number of times. Has an amber eye color. Only one eye and about two thirds of his face are visible, as the other part of his face is covered by a light blue half-mask with no eyehole. The top part of his nose is also concealed. Where Blake's right eye would be, there is a bright yellow marking that resembles a closed, winking eye. On the part where it covers the cheek, a bit of a white grin is seen.
A multicolored jester's hat covers his head, though one can see strands of hair coming out from under it. This hat is easily his most eccentric and noticeable part of his usual dress, with three points coming out and having orange balls on each end. The bottom of the hat is a greenish-blue ring. Each point of the hat has different patterns. The first point has a red grid on light blue background with yellow polka dots. As the hat point starts to taper to the orange ball thing, the pattern gives way to green squiggles on a white background. And even that gives way to yet another pattern of small red dots on yellow. The other two points have a simple red and yellow checker pattern on one, and a set of interlocking blue, green and yellow triangles outlined in red. A series of large black stitches lay between the part between the multi-patterned and checkered hat points. There's also a little spot on top of his hat where a Poke Ball can be nestled between the hat points.
Moving on from the ridiculously detailed descriptions of weird masks and stupid hats, Blake also wears a cinnamon colored tail-coat with two white buttons, a tannish-white peaked lapel and red bowtie. The two tails are pointed and reach a few inches down his knee. A greenish blue cummerbund matching part of the jester hat is tied around his waist. In addition to this, he wears forest green pants and light brown boots with the tips pointing upwards like a jester's shoe.
When the half mask is taken off, not only will the tan line/blotch be visible, but the reason for why Blake has a mask will be too. An incident a few years back with a Meowth resulted in the loss of his right eye and disfiguring scars there. Along with scars caused by a Scratch attack, Blake's cauterized eyelids can be seen.
In more heated climates, the trainer forgoes the fancy coat, breeches, and boot affair for a white t-shirt depicting a jester's face, short khakis, and blue flip-flops. The hat and half mask are still on, though. For carrying stuff like Pokeballs (can't put them all on your head), he has a brown satchel.
Personality: He is a kind person who is nearly always some level of happy. Generally it isn't the kind of "OMGIMSOSOHAPPEHIMMAFULLOFENERGYANDRAINBOWS" kind of happiness. His day-to-day happiness is a calmer kind which puts a little smile on his face. Everyday is a day for opportunity, he constantly tells himself. If he keeps taking pleasure in the tiniest of things, he's convinced that it will keep him from being depressed. It's worked, but to some degree he still broods to himself on things he feels like he could have done better. In order to counteract this, Blake keeps his spirits high. In the meantime, he tries not to think too deeply about things.
This mindset has kept him in a state of forced obliviousness to problems and bad things. He's under the assumption that ignorance is bliss. While friendly and willing to be a shoulder to cry on, the trainer is often unable to offer any words that aren't trite sounding. Having a conversation with him about, or even mentioning deep subject matter will make him withdraw from the conversation. This behavior has gotten him labeled as superficial by others.
His dislike towards his own unhappiness has extended to disliking other people's unhappiness. He can't help but try do what he can to cheer them up. First he tries this by small meaningless conversation and joking, though if this doesn't work it won't be unexpected for the trainer to go out of his way in order to do this. After all, jesters are supposed to be the masters of joy and tricks. A little pride comes into play here. As much as he doesn't want to admit it, he really enjoys attention and doesn't like people questioning his talent. When that happens, he gets very defensive. Don't make fun of his mauled face either.
Basically, he's a amiable person, if consciously superficial and somewhat of an attention-seeker, who values happiness above nearly everything else.
History: Blake was born the second oldest child in a family of six, with two brothers and a sister. Out of all of them, he did not particularly stand out. The eldest, Thompson, was incredibly skilled at art. His sister, Ella, had ambition and a knack for science. Finally the youngest, Sam, was an enthusiastic writer. Not that Blake was the 'ordinary' one. He seemed to be a very charismatic person who could charm anything out of anyone. This was very apparent from a young age, as when he and his siblings would get into trouble, Blake had a better time of using his silver tongue to get himself out of the fire. It didn't always work, but it worked from time to time.
As the siblings grew up, there was a notable change in Thompson's behavior at age 17. Normally outgoing and a chatterbox, the eldest child became more belligerent towards others. Blake, who was 11 at the time, was hurt by this, as Thompson was an idol to him. He kept trying to get Thompson to talk about whatever was wrong, but not even his way with words could do anything. And at night, Blake could hear angry mutterings from Thom's room. What happened? What did he do to have his brother be like this? What could make him happy? Questions like these plagued his mind. But it seemed that nothing he did made any difference. He watched his brother get worse and worse until he was arrested for aggravated assault.
After his brother's arrest, Blake started to become depressed. He tried to hide this by keeping a happy facade, but his family started to notice. Worried and not wanting another debacle, they hired a therapist. A piece of the therapist's advice, to always remember the positives, stuck with Blake. However, he took it and continues to take it the wrong way by refusing to see the negatives. It was during this time that his obsession with jesters developed. They seemed to embody the very thing he treasured. Plus they did what he liked doing-making people happy.
His facial injury was from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was walking around the city when he had the misfortune to run into an angry Meowth. The Pokemon had just been shouted at and released by its owner for losing too many times. As it could not take revenge on its former Trainer, Blake was a sufficient substitute in its eyes. One vicious Scratch attack later and he was in the worst pain of his life. A bystander quickly made the Meowth faint with his Furret and Blake was whisked off to the hospital. After that, his parents forbade him to go on a Pokemon adventure. It was only recently that he convinced them that he was able to take the journey like so many before him.
Goals:
To get a Happiny or Togepi one day and evolve it.
To be the best jester ever and bring smiles to people's faces.
To see what the rest of Johto (or maybe even other regions) is like.
Other Info:
Likes: Jesters (obviously), lighthearted discussions, jokes, brightening someone's day, attention.
Dislikes: Serious topics, unhappiness, criticism on how he does his harlequin antics, anyone making fun of his scars and missing eye.
Wishlist: Mareep, Togepi or Happiny (anyone of their evolutions will do as well, but this is rather unlikely), Bidoof, and Magikarp.
How did you find us?: Looking through Resonance of Personal Gnosis's Affiliates~
Application completed: [Yes]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Trainer Type: Normal Trainer, albeit a weirdly dressed one.
Hometown: Cherrygrove City
Appearance: Blake stands at about 5'6", with tanned skin suggesting that he spends a fair bit of time out in the sun. He has dirty blonde hair (as in a dark blond, not that he doesn't wash) that is generally in two pigtails. As he has a lanky body type and somewhat feminine facial features, this has gotten him mistaken for a girl a number of times. Has an amber eye color. Only one eye and about two thirds of his face are visible, as the other part of his face is covered by a light blue half-mask with no eyehole. The top part of his nose is also concealed. Where Blake's right eye would be, there is a bright yellow marking that resembles a closed, winking eye. On the part where it covers the cheek, a bit of a white grin is seen.
A multicolored jester's hat covers his head, though one can see strands of hair coming out from under it. This hat is easily his most eccentric and noticeable part of his usual dress, with three points coming out and having orange balls on each end. The bottom of the hat is a greenish-blue ring. Each point of the hat has different patterns. The first point has a red grid on light blue background with yellow polka dots. As the hat point starts to taper to the orange ball thing, the pattern gives way to green squiggles on a white background. And even that gives way to yet another pattern of small red dots on yellow. The other two points have a simple red and yellow checker pattern on one, and a set of interlocking blue, green and yellow triangles outlined in red. A series of large black stitches lay between the part between the multi-patterned and checkered hat points. There's also a little spot on top of his hat where a Poke Ball can be nestled between the hat points.
Moving on from the ridiculously detailed descriptions of weird masks and stupid hats, Blake also wears a cinnamon colored tail-coat with two white buttons, a tannish-white peaked lapel and red bowtie. The two tails are pointed and reach a few inches down his knee. A greenish blue cummerbund matching part of the jester hat is tied around his waist. In addition to this, he wears forest green pants and light brown boots with the tips pointing upwards like a jester's shoe.
When the half mask is taken off, not only will the tan line/blotch be visible, but the reason for why Blake has a mask will be too. An incident a few years back with a Meowth resulted in the loss of his right eye and disfiguring scars there. Along with scars caused by a Scratch attack, Blake's cauterized eyelids can be seen.
In more heated climates, the trainer forgoes the fancy coat, breeches, and boot affair for a white t-shirt depicting a jester's face, short khakis, and blue flip-flops. The hat and half mask are still on, though. For carrying stuff like Pokeballs (can't put them all on your head), he has a brown satchel.
Personality: He is a kind person who is nearly always some level of happy. Generally it isn't the kind of "OMGIMSOSOHAPPEHIMMAFULLOFENERGYANDRAINBOWS" kind of happiness. His day-to-day happiness is a calmer kind which puts a little smile on his face. Everyday is a day for opportunity, he constantly tells himself. If he keeps taking pleasure in the tiniest of things, he's convinced that it will keep him from being depressed. It's worked, but to some degree he still broods to himself on things he feels like he could have done better. In order to counteract this, Blake keeps his spirits high. In the meantime, he tries not to think too deeply about things.
This mindset has kept him in a state of forced obliviousness to problems and bad things. He's under the assumption that ignorance is bliss. While friendly and willing to be a shoulder to cry on, the trainer is often unable to offer any words that aren't trite sounding. Having a conversation with him about, or even mentioning deep subject matter will make him withdraw from the conversation. This behavior has gotten him labeled as superficial by others.
His dislike towards his own unhappiness has extended to disliking other people's unhappiness. He can't help but try do what he can to cheer them up. First he tries this by small meaningless conversation and joking, though if this doesn't work it won't be unexpected for the trainer to go out of his way in order to do this. After all, jesters are supposed to be the masters of joy and tricks. A little pride comes into play here. As much as he doesn't want to admit it, he really enjoys attention and doesn't like people questioning his talent. When that happens, he gets very defensive. Don't make fun of his mauled face either.
Basically, he's a amiable person, if consciously superficial and somewhat of an attention-seeker, who values happiness above nearly everything else.
History: Blake was born the second oldest child in a family of six, with two brothers and a sister. Out of all of them, he did not particularly stand out. The eldest, Thompson, was incredibly skilled at art. His sister, Ella, had ambition and a knack for science. Finally the youngest, Sam, was an enthusiastic writer. Not that Blake was the 'ordinary' one. He seemed to be a very charismatic person who could charm anything out of anyone. This was very apparent from a young age, as when he and his siblings would get into trouble, Blake had a better time of using his silver tongue to get himself out of the fire. It didn't always work, but it worked from time to time.
As the siblings grew up, there was a notable change in Thompson's behavior at age 17. Normally outgoing and a chatterbox, the eldest child became more belligerent towards others. Blake, who was 11 at the time, was hurt by this, as Thompson was an idol to him. He kept trying to get Thompson to talk about whatever was wrong, but not even his way with words could do anything. And at night, Blake could hear angry mutterings from Thom's room. What happened? What did he do to have his brother be like this? What could make him happy? Questions like these plagued his mind. But it seemed that nothing he did made any difference. He watched his brother get worse and worse until he was arrested for aggravated assault.
After his brother's arrest, Blake started to become depressed. He tried to hide this by keeping a happy facade, but his family started to notice. Worried and not wanting another debacle, they hired a therapist. A piece of the therapist's advice, to always remember the positives, stuck with Blake. However, he took it and continues to take it the wrong way by refusing to see the negatives. It was during this time that his obsession with jesters developed. They seemed to embody the very thing he treasured. Plus they did what he liked doing-making people happy.
His facial injury was from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was walking around the city when he had the misfortune to run into an angry Meowth. The Pokemon had just been shouted at and released by its owner for losing too many times. As it could not take revenge on its former Trainer, Blake was a sufficient substitute in its eyes. One vicious Scratch attack later and he was in the worst pain of his life. A bystander quickly made the Meowth faint with his Furret and Blake was whisked off to the hospital. After that, his parents forbade him to go on a Pokemon adventure. It was only recently that he convinced them that he was able to take the journey like so many before him.
Goals:
To get a Happiny or Togepi one day and evolve it.
To be the best jester ever and bring smiles to people's faces.
To see what the rest of Johto (or maybe even other regions) is like.
Other Info:
Likes: Jesters (obviously), lighthearted discussions, jokes, brightening someone's day, attention.
Dislikes: Serious topics, unhappiness, criticism on how he does his harlequin antics, anyone making fun of his scars and missing eye.
Wishlist: Mareep, Togepi or Happiny (anyone of their evolutions will do as well, but this is rather unlikely), Bidoof, and Magikarp.
How did you find us?: Looking through Resonance of Personal Gnosis's Affiliates~
Application completed: [Yes]
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