Jude Rigby
Mar 13, 2019 18:38:14 GMT -8
Post by trubbishguy on Mar 13, 2019 18:38:14 GMT -8
Trainer Profile
Character Name: Jude Rigby
Nickname: “Nerd”, “That Kid Who Majored in Philosophy”, “Curly”
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Trainer Class: Super Nerd
Height: 5’11
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair Color & Style: Stoner Brown color. You know the color of hair that Seth Rogen and Michael Cera and Jonah Hill somehow all share? It’s that. As for the style, it’s a varying mess of curliness/puffiness/fuzziness depending on the temperature, how lazy Jude is that day, whether he showered the night prior or the morning. It really just varies.
Eyes: Forest Green, typically with creases or dark bags under them.
Clothing/Accessories: Jude is someone who likes to mix it up, so one can really catch him wearing anything and everything. Mostly, you can find him wearing one of about three outfits: a graphic-tee, jeans, and a flannel; a GSUC polo with khakis, or more-often-than-usual formalwear, for reasons that range from “Fraternity stuff” to “Job interview” to “Because I felt like it”.
Mr. Rigby will always, always wear something GSUC. He definitely has school pride, and who wouldn’t?
General Appearance: Jude is a pretty scrawny kid, but not too scrawny, y’know? He’s a good ‘slim’. He tries to work out, and occasionally one can spot slightly-toned muscle, but it typically disappears after a week, then will reappear after about a month or so. He’s got a slight heart-shaped head, which comes to a decently chiseled-chin. His most noticeable trait is his hair for certain, and that puff on his head has earned him the nickname of “Curly” when he needed to be distinguished from another Jude back in Secondary School.
Jude’s resting face is a slight furrow, giving him the slightest case of Resting Bitch Face, however he’s mostly a happy and smiling guy. When he’s goofing around (which is a pretty large amount) he’s hoisting a weighty smile on his lips. Rigby is always making some expression for a joke or to react to a situation. Did someone anger him? Squinted eyes. Puzzled by something? Raised eyebrow. Just heard some juicy gossip? Pursed lips.
Jude is a character. His face reflects it.
Hometown: Born in Durskim Town, West Region Currently resides in Cadence (Central) at GSUC (Philosophy Major)
Personality: Jude has… a multifaceted personality, to say the least.
The Philosopher
Some swear that he’s the next big thinker of the generation (it’s pretty much just his mother who says that), and whether he is or isn’t, he’s got the style of one. He’s always diving into a new topic and will engage with it for days or weeks at a time. This’ll show in conversation, as he’ll bring it up whenever it connects (which is a pretty surprising amount). When it comes to dialogue, he’ll occasionally scare others away with big topics. When they ask about the weather, he’ll respond with “Do you wonder how the weather reacts to Pokemon who can create temporary weather in an area?”, and if the conversation ever drags on, he’ll ask about dreams and aspirations or ethics or throw out a moral dilemma for them to be annoyed with. He wants to study the world, and know everything there is about it. He spends a lot of his free nights reading or going to lectures in different departments. He loves learning, but he thinks true philosophy occurs in discussion with others. In most of his early life, he couldn’t find a lot of people to dive into those topics with, which is an opportunity GSUC has provided. He has various goals in this department, with the two biggest to be to learn as much as he can and to inspire a learning to others. He’s considering a job teaching at a university, which is why he’s at GSUC.
The Fool
We shouldn’t forget the big counter to the thinking side of Jude. Yes, he is bouncing back and forth from answering the ideal government to discovering the true metaphysics of the world, but when he isn’t doing that? He’s goofing around with friends. It’s an interesting sight, to see discussions under the influence go from the psychological effects breeding has on Pokemon to incoherent sentences with inside jokes that make no sense but cause quite a riot of laughter among him and his group of friends. It’s interesting to see the dynamic they all have, or at least Jude’s dynamic with them. While he has such tight bonds with them, he’s ready to cut those ties in a heartbeat if the situation calls for it (and he’s done it before). He loves to mess around though, as long as there’s some semblance of intellectual conversation which can stem from it. Even though he isn’t one for small talk, you might be able to catch him in a mood where he’s willing to share a story or two, he’s got quite a few fun ones. His aspirations here are to have fun, and become memorable without dying.
The Artist
Most thinkers are in love with the arts (except for the ones who are absolutely disgusted by them), and the aspiring thinker is similarly an aspiring artist. Whether it’s short film or drawing or writing or music, Rigby’s tried his hand at everything. Anything writing and film related has stuck, as he does not have the craftsmanship for the physical arts. His love has driven him to an art-loving fraternity with a chapter at GSUC. Mu Alpha Zeta (MAZ) is where he met many of his discussion partners now. One of his millions of aspirations is to be a tremendous writer, who is known throughout the land for his pieces.
The Repaired
Rigby’s early life was… interesting, to say the least. Through various issues with family and friends and the whole nine yards, he went through a phase which has defined much of his personality towards other people. Yes, he doesn’t like small talk because of the scope of the topic, but he also just has a general disinterest in other people. Don’t get him wrong, he’ll watch and he’ll watch, and he’ll come up with all sorts of theories about who a person is. At the end of the day though, he doesn’t care anymore about them than the next, though. He’s interested in people’s actions and their characters, but not them as a person. It’s quite an interesting view, to see someone as their parts and not as their whole. It causes relationship drama, that he is too distant from friends, family, and lovers. It’s a strange paradox, as it also allows him to go all in on someone he is interested with. He can be the best of friends with someone he’s just met because of their willingness to talk about aesthetic theory, or he can fall madly in love with a woman if she’s ‘right enough’. Don’t ask him what the perfect partner is, because while he can list a million traits that would logically make her right, his heart is just a few inches too far from his brain to listen. He’s got all sorts of weird complexes which stem from his childhood. He’s disinterested in others, but wants them to grow. He’s extremely independent, but needs attention. At times he’s superior, while simultaneously being inferior. His aspirations here are to resolve all of this, which have led him to the next bit, which is the second most recently developed part of his personality.
The Religious
… Or as many would say, spiritual (including himself, after all, he absolutely loathes the current use of the word religion in the Western world). Originally an Atheist after being raised in a slightly Arceist family and spotting the contradictions, he held that worldview for quite some time. After madly falling in love with an Arceist though, he started to re-evaluate the religion, seeing the text as symbolic rather than literal. However, when the burning passion started to lose to rational thought, he reconsidered. Even a symbolic approach was incredibly flawed to him. However, this inspired him to keep searching. He turned to Meuism and Jagravanism, as well as some of the smaller religions from around the world, and took bits and pieces of them. Much of his current ideology follows one of the less popular Jagravanist schools of thought, which is a toned-down version of the religion. He tries to follow the principles, and he’s currently in a stage of fighting that. His ideas on religion are constantly being updated the more he learns and understands the world, but it’s safe to say that he believes in a higher power, kinda. Don’t ask him about it, he’ll never shut up.
His aspirations here are to figure himself out, and to live his best life.
The Trainer
And last, but certainly not least, Jude is a trainer. It’s a recent development, starting at GSUC. While he was always allowed to become a trainer when he became of age, he never felt a need to. He and his mother had a Meowth as a pet, and all he wanted was a pet. His interest in catching Pokemon came from a blend of sources. Part of it was GSUC offering research opportunities to trainers. Part of it came from his own curiosity about Pokemon and their behavior. Some came from his loneliness, and his search for a companion. And a pretty unhealthy dose of it spurred from peer pressure. Low-and-behold, Jude picked up a Timburr at GSUC. He’s not quite sure what his aspirations are here. He’s got a new idea for what they are everyday. Sometimes it’s about researching the Pokemon. Sometimes it’s about battling around, or at least meeting the Gym Leaders. They would surely have interesting things to talk about, right? There was a part that wanted to see this Pokemon grow, though. He could watch it bloom, like a flower, and there was something special to that.
History:
Born in Durskim Town, Jude had a life. It wasn’t anything amazing or terrible, but it was a life nonetheless. With his parents never officially married and his main parent, his mother, always working, Jude lived a sheltered life. He stayed inside and played video games and read. In Primary school he always performed well. It made up for his incredible lack of extracurriculars. He was a plain child who just did well in school. He was occasionally mocked, he was occasionally admired. It was school, just as school typically was.
His questionable person of a father came in and out of his life in weird and interesting ways starting at the age of two. The inability to decide whether he was there and in what fashion he was there more than likely left some scars on poor, young Jude. It was those very scars which led him to reconsidering the religion of his family, Arceism, and to see the flaws in it from a very early age. This put him in an interesting spot, where he kept quiet about his lack of faith to fit in. That, mixed with the general bottled up issues of his cruddy father and the realization that his mother wasn’t all that great of a person (as most human aren’t what children make them out to be) led to an implosion of sorts. After a year of post-implosion recovery, Jude emerged a proper thinker at a young age. Much of the introspection one has about just how bad the world is happened early on for Jude.
That allowed his Secondary school years to be filled with discovering who he was rather than learning about the true nature of the world. This let him fill his life with ambitions and goals from early on, which would led an ambitious nature become embed in him. This was what set him on the path to GSUC, as he started early on preparing for it.
His love for philosophy spurred as a love for religious philosophy, which came from an encounter with a religious girl. Between Secondary school and University, he went on a quest to find himself in Arceus when it was a requirement to love this girl. Despite being completely independent and all that jazz, he followed this path and even temporarily converted. He fooled himself with enough philosophical reasoning into it, and while it eventually crumbled, he picked up a permanent love for philosophy. This led him to changing his Literature major to a Philosophy major, and going on a giant period of personal growth.
As for acquiring his Pokemon, it was during his studies when an opportunity arose. GSUC was handing them out for research opportunities, and everything was aligning for him to have one. He got one which was chosen for him; a Timburr, for whatever reason.
Inventory
Dians:
1,000Items:
5x PokéballKey Items:
PokéDex
Journal
HolocasterTrainer Advancement
Advancement Points: 0
Tier 0:
Birthday: 9/23, 182
Astrological Signs: Trudusa The Jellicent, Year of the Zebstrika
Alignment: Lawful Good, if seen as following his own morals. However, his own morals shift a lot, and when being seen by the outside world is typically translated as Neutral Good, with Chaotic tendencies towards things he is passionate about
Religion: A weird blend, but mostly Jagravanist
Pokemon
Total EXP Gained: 0
| Pokemon | |
|---|---|
 Timburr Caught at Level 5 Nickname: W. K. Clifford Gender: Male Type: Fighting Ability: Guts Height: 1’10 Weight: 28 lbs Health: Intermediate EXP Rate: Medium Slow EXP Gauge: (6/8) EXP Gained: 0 Level: 5 Division: D9 Total Stats: 10*5=50
Vitamins Used: None | Moveset: 1. Leer 1. Pound 4. Focus Energy Unique Moves: - - - - Item: |
Journal
Adventure Log said:
Started His Journey!
