christopher patton is a non-mutant who has been in new york for sixteen years where they spend most of their time as a reporter for new york times. when i think of them, i think of newsprint ink, boxing gloves, & stacks of books. they are in support of mutants.
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Content Warning: homophobia
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BASICS
Name: Christopher Axel Patton
Nickname(s): Chris
DOB: 6 October 1963
Age: 34
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Sexuality: Straight
Traits: ( + ) Tolerant, Honest, Good Listener, Friendly ( - ) Demanding, Hesitant, Idealistic, Transparent
Occupation: Journalist at the New York Times
Family: Minno Patton (Mother) — Living, Vienna Green (Mother) — Living, Drew Green (Younger Brother) — Living
APPEARANCE
Height: 5′8″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Black
Nationality: American
Aesthetic: https://www.pinterest.com/vexishere/character-christopher/
Tattoos: Lavender Stalk on his right shoulder
Piercings: None
BIOGRAPHY
It should be known that Minno Patton never knew who the father of her child was. Some one night stand with some man in some city she was in for a few days before moving on. Minno wasn’t the type to settle down. Even when Chris was born, Minno moved from city to city with her child in tow, holding down a job for a couple of months at a time. They were never poor, but the two of them never really had a ton of spare money. The two of them had a good life though and although Chris sometimes wished for more stability in his life, he was happy and his mom made him aware that there was nothing he could ever do that would make her love him less. That turned out to be the truest statement ever too the older Chris got.
Eventually stability did happen for the two of them, when Minno met Vienna Green and her son Drew. Chris was six. Around the same age as him, Drew and Chris got along well. The four of them ended up living together and while nothing was ever official between Minno and Vienna, the two were practically married. The two boys grew up with their family being less than typical. When Chris came out as trans at the age of ten, his mother and Vienna were supportive of him. Because ultimately, their kid being happy was more important than anything else.
Although his parents were supportive, no one else in town really understood what their family was. Chris called Vienna mom even if she wasn’t his mother. He also called Minno mom as well, which only added to the confusion of the rest of the town. Still it didn’t change how Chris saw his family. When people bullied him and Drew, he stood up for them. When people bullied his mom, he stood up for them. From a young age, Chris understood what it was like to be different and other, so he made it a goal of his to be a light among all the darkness he saw. He was political to a fault and made sure that other people heard his opinion. The underdog always deserved to have someone on their side. His moms were proud of him.
One thing that was always important to Chris was his education. He worked twice as hard as the rest of the students in his grade to get the best grades he could get. It wasn’t a surprise when he ended up being valedictorian at his high school graduation. Chris was a bit of a golden boy, good at sports, editor of the school paper, president of several clubs, and he still managed to hold down a job. Some people had no idea how he did it all. Chris had always been a hard worker, the type to want to make something with his name. When he was accepted into Cornell University with a full academic scholarship, Chris was happy to move from his small town to the big city. His parents and brother followed close behind after Drew graduated high school a year later.
Cornell is where he really flourished. While he wasn’t competing for a spot at top in high school, university was a whole different ballpark. Chris didn’t need to get the best grades though. He already knew he wanted to be a journalist. Writing had always been a passion of his and Chris wanted to be a voice for those that didn’t necessarily have a voice. So that’s what he studied. Even as a freshman, his major was declared and he submitted stories when he had the time to the school paper. While not all his stories were published, he did see a decent few of them in print.
His first college roommate was a man named Victor. The two of them ended up being very close, especially after Chris found out Victor was a mutant. Like he had always done, Chris made sure he knew his roommate was aware that as long as Victor didn’t hurt people on purpose, Chris respected him. From that moment on, Chris stood up for mutants. He stood by his friend’s side through thick and thin. He watched the president’s speech with distain and anger. If the general public decided they weren’t going to stand up for mutants, then Chris was going to do it, even if he was alone.
Chris graduated from college and started a page job at the New York Times where he’s worked ever since. Now he works as a journalist. Over the last eight years, Chris’s name has been the byline on some of the more progressive opinions and articles that are pro-mutant. He’s made it his goal to make the world he lives in a more positive and accepting one. He and Victor still talk from time to time, but Victor moved out of the country, so they don’t talk as often. Yet, Chris still talks the same talk, making sure that everyone knows that his opinions won’t waver. Ever since he was a child, he has always believed that being the voice of reason and to use his own voice to spread awareness.
As much as his career has flourished, Chris’s personal life has not. He has spent the last several years focused on reporting and his career. So unlike his brother who’s gotten married and has children, Chris is still alone. In fact he really doesn’t have a relationship and hasn’t thought about that part of his life very much. He does want to start putting less time into his work and more time into his friendships and spend less time in the office. Although, he doesn’t really know how to do that since Chris believes his work is important, even if he’s just telling the truth.
Unlike most people, now that Essex house has been destroyed, Chris isn’t sitting idle. All those positive mutant organizations he’s now wary of. He has no idea if people trust or believe that his voice is genuine or not, but he’s at least trying to remain optimistic about the future.
this is def tldr;
Christopher Patton is a non-mutant who has always had a thing about sticking up for the underdog. He does his best to listen to the voices around him and amplify the ones that need to be amplify. He works at the New York Times as a journalist.