Post by ethan on Jan 10, 2013 7:02:14 GMT 9.5
| [cs=2][atrb=align,center][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width:400px;,bTable][atrb=style, border-bottom:2px solid #515151;] ETHAN VINCENT BARLOW | |
[atrb=valign,top]  18 MALE TRAINER HETEROSEXUAL CHAOTIC GOOD | [atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, border-left:1px solid #515151;] PERSONALITY Positive: Loyal: While Ethan is on the move fairly often, he stays very loyal to those he can call a friend. He'll always have their back and he'll always have their blessing, and it takes a serious betrayal for his loyalty to break. Friendship means a lot to him, and he'll go out of his way to do nearly anything to see his friends succeed. Protective: Going hand in hand with the above, Ethan watches over his friends like family since leaving home and coming to Kanto from Johto. Whether against a common bully or an overly aggressive wild pokemon or even their own internal troubles, he's always there for the people he cares about and does all he can to make sure they stay safe and happy. Brave: Always the first one to seek to boost his ego and look like the tough guy, Ethan has no problem being the first one entering a pitch black cave full of annoying Zubats or attempting to face down wild pokemon far above his level when the need arises. He feels fear like anyone else, but he does a pretty good job of choking it back to do what he feels needs to be done. Adventurous: Ethan loves hiking and exploring and his second favorite place to be outside of a dojo or workout gym is out in the wilderness. He loves the outdoors and loves camping, and if there's anything around to explore such as a thick forest or a dark cave it seems his curiosity always gets the better of him. Sooner or later, he'll wind up lost in one of these locations but seemingly not even be bothered by the fact. Trustworthy: Ethan is one with his word. If he promises a favor, it'll get done. If he's asked a favor, it gets done. If he's told something personal, he keeps it to himself. He's always there for people he cares about even if he's miles and miles away, and even if he's in the middle of something important he has no issue dropping everything to come to a friend's aid. Determined: Once he has his eyes set on the prize, somehow and some way he'll get it. It never has to be right then and there, but he sticks to his goals no matter how small until he sees them through to completion. Optimistic: He always tries to keep an optimistic mindset in anything he does, whether that's training or going after a wild pokemon he desperately wants. He always has a generally good attitude, which can really get on the nerves of any realists in or around his company. Competitive: He loves to compete with others, especially in a dojo or even in pokemon battles. When he trains with weights and exercises, he always has to be ''that guy'' and try to show up the person next to him. He can be a bit of a jerk in this regard, but tries to keep things friendly usually. Negative: Stubborn: Ethan is very stubborn nearly all of the time, which leads him to sometimes aggravate others. In his mind he's always got the best ideas and the best means for an end. Rebellious: Having run away from home to follow his dreams, he in general doesn't like being told what to do by just about anybody. This has gotten him in trouble before. Mouthy: He's not afraid to talk big or trade insults with whoever gets on his nerves, which has led to some very negative situations. Sneaky: He hasn't always gotten money to get by with honesty. He's been caught stealing before, but he'd never sink so low as to steal pokemon. He's only stolen from those he felt really, really deserved it, and never his friends. Head In The Clouds: He's optimistic to the point where if he fails at something, it hits home harder than it does for most people. Eventually he recovers, but the disappointment has a way of sticking to him. Oblivious: He can sometimes be pretty blunt and to the point, which causes him to miss or ignore details. This can scale from a girl having a crush on him to missing obvious points on just about any situation that others would recognize immediately. Drifter: He usually doesn't stay in a certain area long enough to make friends that he'll keep or visit. On the rare occasion he does, though, he'll consider that person a friend for life. Short-track Mind: He rarely, if ever, thinks of long term goals other than one. He tries to take the most direct route through problems as he possibly can with as little thought involved as possible. Fear of Failure: He hates failing and while he puts up a front with anger, it actually depresses him to fail at just about anything and puts him in a noticeable rut until he can talk to somebody about it to get things off his mind and be reassured. Fear of Psychic Pokemon: Ethan has a fear of psychic Pokemon. He fears that they can read minds and ''do all sorts 'a crazy stuff by just staring at things''. He likely won't ever have one on his team, and he's noticeably uncomfortable around them or a trainer that has them out of their Pokeball. Fear of Zubats: While he's brave enough to step into a cave, he quickly runs into a dark corner and hides when faced with a swarm of Zubats. He thinks they look creepy. Likes: +Training +Pokemon Battles +Girls (Especially if they're shy) +Napping +Stir Fry +Summer +Fighting, Ground, and Rock Type Pokemon +Green Tea +Almost any Tea +Doing things his way Dislikes: -Winter -Snobs -Psychic Type Pokemon -Lazy People -Pessimists -Soda -Chocolate -Centers of Attention -Stuck up Girls -Authority -Zubats HISTORY Ethan was born the son of Nathan and Maria Barlow in a rainy April eighteen years ago in the region of Johto, specifically Blackthorn City. As the city itself is built into the side of a mountain, mining work was in high demand and Ethan's father quickly moved up the ranks as a simple miner to an overseer allowing him to provide fairly well for his family. They weren't exactly rich, but they certainly weren't poor either and did well for themselves. Ever since coming into this world it was highly expected of Ethan to take his father's position at that mine, but the boy had bigger dreams than that. They argued and butted heads often and while Maria would often just stay out of it, as Ethan got older the fighting only got worse and worse as the months and years passed. His father knew he was losing his grip on having someone pick up the ''family business'', and quite honestly Ethan didn't care. He did well enough in school to keep his parents off of his back, though spent most of his time napping in classes that didn't hold his attention; mainly math. He excelled in physical education, and would often stay after school in his teens to use workout facilities whenever he could. Ever since the age of fifteen he's been in pretty good shape, though he never bothered joining any sort of sports team. As he grew up he felt a certain stinging form of jealousy; trainers would often pass through his home town with Pokemon at their side or in Pokeballs attached to their belt, and once he saw a passing master of a dojo training with a Machop in a small secluded area he knew right then and there what his dream was; he wanted to make his own story and be somebody, not some overseer for a mine shaft. He was a free spirit and over the next three years he made it perfectly clear he wasn't going to be tied down by his father's ambitions. When he turned seventeen, it was at this time that he first met a recently captured Pokemon of his father's; it was a friendly enough Geodude, but in all honesty had only been captured to do the grunt work his father didn't feel like doing. He could almost feel the sadness from the poor little guy and over time he began to visit it every day, whether to bring him food or spend time with him as he knew his father really wasn't ever going to. On the day he turned eighteen the biggest fight of all broke out which ended up with Nathan claiming he'd disown Ethan if he didn't agree to take over the mining operation. Enraged, the boy bottled his anger and snuck out of his home at night, stole the Pokeball that held Geodude and renamed him Geo, and pocketed some money from his father's wallet and went on his way. After purchasing enough money to buy a ticket to Kanto, he took off and never looked back without so much as a word to either of his parents. He soon found himself crossing through a town called Saffron City where he met the same martial artist and Machop he'd seen training years ago. This led him to start practicing martial arts himself, paying his tuition by getting a job at a local Pokemart (and when that didn't cut it, he may have fished around in a few wallets of particularly rude people to cover the difference and/or get himself a nice cash bonus). Between all of this he was also able to afford a very small efficiency apartment to have a roof over his head. Upon earning his very first belt, he was put in charge of training a Pokemon for the gym; a foul-tempered little devil named Manny, a Mankey that seemingly nobody in the gym could handle without getting mauled. The following month turned out to impress some of the veteran members of the dojo. Never before had they seen someone with the temper and stubbornness that could match the dreaded Manny. The two had their quarrels and had them often, and one day as he entered the dojo to go through his usual routines and practices he was given a Pokeball with Manny inside. Surprised later that evening after going home when the little monster suddenly burst from his Pokeball, it took a few hours to get things under control (the last hour of which was a staring contest). Present day at eighteen, Ethan seeks to leave Saffron after gaining what they could teach. He doesn't exactly like his job, and he's looking for every excuse to follow his dream; become an ace trainer and someday start his own league-recognized Gym. He's blown away pretty much all of his money in preparation. OTHER Ethan's ultimate goal is to someday become a Gym Leader of an establishment that is both a dojo and a recognized Gym of the Pokemon League, and teach both students and pokemon in hand to hand combat while challenging fellow trainers on their way to the big time. After that, he's unsure what he'll do. What he wants to do first, though, is travel the world and become an expert Pokemon Trainer. Relationship with Manny: Manny was received by the head instructor of a Dojo that just couldn't seem to keep the thing disciplined. It was too furious and rebellious to ever follow a trainer's commands, and becoming sick of its rebellious nature, it was given to Ethan after obtaining his first martial arts belt. They still butt heads now and then, but are actually starting to get along (term used very, very lightly). Relationship with Geo: Geo was previously a recently captured pokemon of Ethan's father who was used only to help with mining work. Neglected and sad, Ethan almost immediately picked up on this and brought Geo with him when he ran away from home to become a Trainer. Geo hasn't complained since and is much happier with Ethan, while Ethan's father truly could care less that Ethan has him now. POKEMON  Manny, Male Mankey Vital Spirit (Immune to Sleep) Leer ▸ Thrash ▸ Low Kick Fury Swipes ▸ Karate Chop ▸ Bulk Up  Geo, Male Geodude Rock Head (Prevents self damage from double-edged moves) Tackle ▸ Defense Curl ▸ Rock Polish Rock Throw ▸ Rollout ▸ Smack Down IN PC ((N/A yet, but i'm just keeping the Ditto sprites so I don't have to ask for a URL when the time comes!))  Kenichi from History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi is ETHAN BARLOW THIS CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY *Ethan |
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