Welcome to the world of Pokemon, Caroline! You have been accepted for the role of Troy Fields. To get started, please consult the new trainer checklist.
OOC INFORMATION
NAME: Caroline, Caro
AGE: 28
TIMEZONE: EST
PRONOUNS: She/her
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: I’ve been roleplaying for about five years now. You can find a list of my accounts here.
OTHER: Nope!
CHARACTER INFORMATION
CHARACTER: Troy Fields
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS CHARACTER?: I just feel like Troy is such an emotionally broke character to start with and it provides an excellent opportunity for growth. Whether that be with his familial relationships, general responsibility, romantically, he’s a great damaged boy to build up over time. Also I love Lieutenant Surge and how ridiculous he is A LOT so it’ll be fun to make a lot of jokes about that IC.
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY: Nope, I wrote it so I’m pretty cool with it.
POKEMON
HAVE YOU BEEN EXPOSED TO POKEMON PREVIOUSLY?: I used to watch the anime on WB Kids every Saturday morning until Misty and Brock left and broke my heart. At one point I tried to watch the Black & White anime, but I couldn’t get over how they pronounced Unova and had to stop. I’ve also played almost every game ever, but I only got to Hoenn recently. Somehow I managed to miss two whole generations of Hoenn games, but I got Alpha Sapphire a few months ago and finished it.
WHAT BABY POKEMON WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE MOST INTERESTED IN HAVING?: Elekid. Troy loves his electric-types and believes that the marketing for Pikachu is a little overdone so he wouldn’t be interested in a Pichu.
WHAT EEVEELUTION WOULD YOUR CHARACTER MOST LIKE TO HAVE?: This is kind of a no-brainer for Troy. He’d want Jolteon, both because he likes Electric-type Pokemon and because I think he finds the other Eeveelutions save Umbreon a little lame and doesn’t generally understand the fascination with them.
WHAT LEGENDARY OR EVENT POKEMON WOULD YOUR CHARACTER MOST LIKE TO HAVE?: I think that Mew has shown itself to be a particularly evasive and playful Legendary Pokemon. I think that would mesh well with Troy’s mischievous streak. I also think some part of Troy would probably like to protect Mew if he knew what Team Rocket planned to do with it, although he would probably say he was just fucking with the Grunts or something if questioned because he likes to pretend he’s a heartless ass.
IN CHARACTER QUESTIONS
In lieu of a writing sample, please answer the following questions in your character’s voice so we can get a sense of their characterization.
1. Do you believe that people are simply good or evil?
Yep, I think it’s pretty clear that people are just all terrible. Look at the current state of the world, the morons we elect to political office and the fact that people are literally unable to hold a conversation that doesn’t revolve around their latest Instastory or some shit video they saw on Vine. Maybe humanity has outlived it’s usefulness and now we’re just overpopulating until it’s not sustainable anymore. And we’ll take down all the Pokemon with us because people are just fucking selfish at heart.
2. If you could travel to any other region in the Pokemon world, where would you go and why?
I heard Nimbasa has some pretty killer theme parks. I’d like to go and see what all the hype is about, even if the way they pronounce Unova is fucking stupid. You also see all those blogs that rate different food from there and I want to see if a pineapple Dole Whip is all it’s cracked up to be.
3. What Pokemon type do you believe best represents your personality and why?
Electric, duh. I’m obviously very striking. But seriously I’m pretty upfront about who I am but people still tend to think just because I’m not socially inept or stupid that I’ll eventually change my whole life outlook and decide to do something “meaningful with my life”. AKA something other people think is worthwhile: go to college, get a desk job where I push a lot of papers and kiss up to some old ass man for a living, settle down with a Nice Girl™ and have 2.5 kids and a white picket fence. But I don’t want that. I want to keep having fun and living life my way as long as possible. I want to do things other people think are stupid like get high and start fights and stay up until 3 AM having stupid discussions about whether or not life is a computer simulation (it’s not, that’s a dumb ass theory). But still, adults look at me like I’m disappointing them for not following the path they think I should, like I’ve done something to physically pain them by not living the Happily Ever After they want when I’ve always been upfront about having no interest in it. It’s like holding a live wire and being upset when you get shocked. You knew what you were getting into, but you willfully ignored all the High Voltage warning signs.
4. You have chosen to leave home to raise Pokemon on the road, braving rain, cold, and heat. What do you think you can gain from being on the road that you couldn’t get from staying in your hometown?
Freedom. I love my mom more than anything, don’t get me wrong. She’s the only person I’ll ever say those words to with a straight face, she’s a literal warrior for taking care of me all alone. I know I wasn’t an easy kid and she was sad so much of the time that I was growing up, but she really never showed how frustrated she was and she’s so much stronger than anyone else I know. And I never wanted to leave her by herself, I didn’t think she could handle it after my dad fucked off and I never wanted her to be alone. So I kind of overstayed my welcome and disappointed her on repeat. I should have just lied and said I was going to college at eighteen but done whatever the hell I wanted anyways. This is the best of both worlds: I have no issues fighting battles and collecting badges so she can be “proud of me” but also getting to have my fun. Also, it’s nice to finally train without Surge and his fucking military drills breathing down my neck. Although, I will miss watching trainers literally dig through the trash to get to him.
5. Professor Oak can never remember his grandson’s name, signifying a possible larger issue with their relationship. How would you describe your relationship with your own family?
Who can blame him? That kid is a fucking prick. But to the point, my relationship with my mom is solid. It’s tough being an only child and wildly not living up to your parent’s expectations because there’s no fallback younger kid to take the heat off. But at the same time, that’s kind of more mom’s issue then mine. I like who I am and I don’t think any defects in my personality are thanks to how she raised me, I’d probably attribute them more to my dad’s genetics. I think our relationship will be a lot easier now that I’m not at home and she can pretend I’m off mending wounded Sparrows or something equally nice. I can definitely manage not to cause trouble on week long visits to Vermilion, at least I hope I can. My extended family kind of thinks I’m a fuck-up but who cares? They’re boring and judgmental. Who knows what the fuck my dad is doing? Probably still having a good time off in Sinnoh with his mistress. I hope breaking my mom’s heart was worth it. But I don’t really think about him, he was never around even when he lived with us. Supposedly he was too busy with work. I wish he’d been better about pretending to remember me after he left, but not because I cared. More because after my seventh birthday when he stopped sending cards and calling my mom got all weird like I was going to break. I care more than he was such a disappointment to her even when his bar was so low, even after he’d already proved he was a scumbag who broke her heart. I still think she assumes the things I do that she doesn’t understand are like a cry for attention because he abandoned me and I wish she would just believe that wasn’t true, but I think a part of her will always blame him for the parts of me she doesn’t like.
