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my opinion of them: really not my thing. hes bland and tasteless and lacking his own distinct, unique oomph that makes him memorable. hes an overly-adult-like mary sue who doesnt know how to carry his own show. hes a below-decent main character at best, but hey, the show needed a main character and he happened to fit a quarter of the job criteria, so here we are.
im not complaining about him being a main character though; there are plenty of minor characters for me to like and favor out there. i just wish se would give him a distinct, enjoyable personality to go along with his surrealistically, absurdly perfect football and problem-solving skills.
their real name: oluwasegun mokena-okoro. i decided to mash both surnames together because a) its easy and inclusive and unstressful, and b) it happened to also be plot-convenient that shegs has family from south africa. havent decided whether he should have a middle name or not; probably yes, but idk.
their special agent codename: starbomb. it was his gamer tag first, mimi tegong alias second.
their chinese codename: 湯超 tāng (surname, hot water, soup or broth) chāo (super-, ultra-, to exceed, to surpass, to transcend). because hes super! right, strika entertainment?
their birthday: 3 august 1997 for canon/canon divergence, 3 august 2000 for most other aus.
sexuality headcanon: bisexual biromantic. lots of carefree crushes to go around.
gender headcanon: trans man, he/him.
ethnicity headcanon: he is part igbo naija, and has some/most of his paternal family in the gauteng province of south africa, because same with the case with skarra, i like their naija versions better, but this kiddo just happens to be half-half. (as for the south african version of canon, shegs and his family all come from gauteng and around it)
language(s) they know: igbo and english. in noir au, he and his parents move to johannesburg, where he will learn some afrikaans to better assimilate to his new home. (soufrican version of canon: english and afrikaans, with very little isizulu)
my otp(s) for them: skarraaaaaaaaaaaaa because noir au! if this were a year ago, id say riano too, but a few weeks ago i got too carried away with a ri/elma reimagining that i now like it better than ri/shegs! funny how the imagination works.
my brotp(s) for them: klaus because roomie power! and tiger because, uhh, they get into trouble together. so sweet :)
i also like his playful and fun-oriented dynamics with nessi, the argentine, but they dont make it into the otp section because i want them to remain prancing flirtatiously around each other rather than it advancing into a real thing. theyll share several romantic touches and gestures, but at the end of the day, theyre more flirty bros than... serious boyfriends. they are in a flirtationship.
would they put pineapple on pizza: haha, he would for the first time! but it turns out pineapples arent the fruit for him. he makes his dark web handle “pineapple scam” because its what he had in mind at the moment. he likes his pizzas meaty better than fruity.
can they do the splits: no. i know se/aa like to think he could, but theyre wrong.
their main weapon: his mary sue brains of course, thanks to strika entertainment. in my version where hes a better-developed character though, his main thang is a glock 19x, which he uses very very very sparingly in his defensive style of fighting, but he can use it.
what car theyd have/the kind of car i associate with them: well, hes canonically had a ‘05–‘06 ford gt that he presumably ditched along with the mansion, and a horrible confusing crossbreed of a ‘70–‘74 challenger with a ‘69–‘70 mustang mach-1 before said ford gt, none of which i would ever peg in a million years to be in his automotive taste range, but it happened anyway and i heavily suspect strika entertainment has the case of having a thing for american muscle and american muscle only. but look, au-wise, he could do with a nice, bright, glossy cherry red ‘06 ford gt with white racing stripes, perfectly fit for street-racing his other friends with other nice cars, because i love cars and street races and therefore all my aus must have nice cars and street races.
an animal pet i associate with them: that potted house plant rasta was sitting in in his apartment. its as far as he can go in terms of taking care of anything other than himself.
a song i associate with them: “the chain” by fleetwood mac, “backstreets back” by backstreet boys, old-timey stuff to match his old-timey car hahaha.
any extra headcanon: the kind of person whose mbti type, stack functions, and enneagram type arent fully set in, arent fully concrete into his personality (yet?), making it hard to figure out, even making it seem as if theyre fluid and changing, making him a bit of an outcast in that area. a gryffindor who can totally be stupid, naive, powerless, and very un-mary sue-like at times. let your main characters be so flawed they get dropped from the main character role after just a week. wed love to see it.