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/.Red is not completely mute. Red is not a hateful person. And Red most definitely is not petrified of all people. Red has a bit of general nervousness when around large crowds or people he doesn’t know well, selective mutism and a general dislike for being in the spotlight. Due to all of this, Red can come off as a very cold, bitter person and so, he drives people away quite easily. The very few people who are close with him (Green, Blue, Daisy, his mum, Professor Oak etc.) know him well enough to see that he’s actually quite a sweet kid with good intentions and a love for teasing Green. The issue is, though he freezes like a deer caught in the headlights when meeting absolutely anyone new and so the press has managed to convince the people that Red is in fact terribly cold hearted. Not so! His answers may be clipped and his tone quiet and flat but its 99% his shyness and general awkward air around, well, anyone. He loosens up around Green and can talk until his voice is hoarse- the same with his mother but anyone else is just varying levels of foot shuffles and cut responses. He’s also just an introvert by nature and even when he was small, he preferred being on his own or with one other person max. Never one to need a pack of friends, he gained a reputation as a bit of a lurker who spoke rarely and looked people in the eyes even less. Of course his journey didn’t help this at all, especially when at the end of every gym battle he literally just stared in silence at the defeated leader until he could run out. News spread fast and when he fled to the top of Mount Silver, few who didn’t know him well weren’t surprised.
/.Red has a gift for speaking to Pokemon. Not exactly like N in the sense that he can literally communicate with them but he has an air about him that seems to attract Pokemon and he can read them in turn. Because of this, he knows and has met personally quite a few legendaries as well as hundreds of various Pokemon he simply meets in his daily life. They’re attracted to him and his calm nature, trusting him like one of their own. Some say that his ability is the exact reason he is, well, the best. His Pokemon see him as not only a leader but also a friend and a fellow Pokemon, trusting in him fully and finding a comfort within his aura and spirit.
/.Red’s father also had the ability to ‘speak’ to Pokemon but instead of finding a small but warm amount of people to take comfort in, Red’s father become cold to humans and saw little connection with them. Though he loved Red’s mother to absolute pieces as well as Red, he found himself more at ease when around Pokemon and thus, this made him angry and easy to snap at both of them. His irritable nature escalated into a verbally abusive experience for the entire family and in the end, it was both Red’s mum and his dad’s joint decision for him to leave. Red was five years old and hasn’t seen or heard from his father since. It hasn’t affected him terribly but Red’s mother blames his father for Red’s inability to really speak up in a fight-instead shrinking.
/. Red is a very very upsetting 5’8 and it kind of drives him up a wall that he’s both stringy and short. Like actually how does that even happen—
/. His favourite food in the entire world is chocolate flavoured cereal of any kind.
/. As much as he loves being inside in a comfortable setting, he’d take living outside any day.
/. His hobbies when not sleeping are an equal amount of hiking and battling. … And eating.
/. After his time on Mount Silver, he received a series of cuts and scars from various battles and just general run ins with Pokemon he couldn’t take on as a human. An accidental bump with a Sneazel earned him two nasty white lines stretching from his right hip until just below his chest. In an attempt to capture a Donphan, he ended up with two wounds in his left calf where he was struck by the Pokemon’s powerful tusks. They’re quite puckered and red but have healed over time. His final large, notable scar curves over his right shoulder and over his collarbone, vanishing once it moved underneath where his arm rests from an Ursaring. Another white line, its thick and its his most hated, usually covered up with his sweater. There’s quite a few other little tiny marks from burning his hands on a fire or tripping and falling but those are the major ones. Its one of the reasons he is very very very shy to even take off his sweater and getting as far as taking his shirt off is almost impossible.
/. His eyes are wide and lovely- one of his most dominant features but his eyelashes actually point downward, obscuring others from a good view of them. They’re the colour of rubies and his most expressive feature. Terribly unnerving if he stares for too long as well.
/. He’s really really really really lazy. Like wow lazy.
/. Him and Pikachu had an awful relationship when they first started off and Red eventually got to the point where he was going to release him. Due to each others stubborn nature, they managed to keep stuck and before they knew it, they were best friends.
/. He’s an absolutely terrible cook but has a bit of an affinity for making warm drinks. He makes the best hot chocolate, perfectly balanced latte’s and the best cup of coffee anyone could experience.
/. As quiet as he is, Red is an absolute suck for affection. He’d never ask for it of course but hugs, hair touches- anything brings him immense comfort. He melts under it as well and if you ever want to see him at his weakest state, kisses or soft hair rubs and shoulder touches will render him a misty eyed mess.
