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* [[Straight Gay]]


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* [[The Snark Knight]]
* [[The Snark Knight]]


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[[Woman Scorned|Big mistake]].]]
[[Woman Scorned|Big mistake]].]]


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countless [[Rule Thirty Four]] both gay and straight on [[Four Chan]].
countless [[Rule Thirty Four]] both gay and straight on [[Four Chan]].


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you sass her. Then she'll [[Sassy Black Woman|sass you right back]].
you sass her. Then she'll [[Sassy Black Woman|sass you right back]].


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== Kagami family ==


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== Webcomic characters ==


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* {{spoiler|[[Straight Gay]]}}


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* {{spoiler|[[Straight Gay]]}}


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== Gian's First characters ==


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=== Nathan
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* [[Posthumous Character]]


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== These Are My Reflections characters ==


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=== Jojo
=== Jojo
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Revision as of 09:18, 27 November 2013


This is the character sheet for [[Roommates 2009 Roommates]], Gian's First and These Are My Reflections.


Deuteragonists

=== Gian 

===

 Age: 20 yrs., Nov. 23rd


Sign: Sagittarius


Height: 5'10"


Weight: 172lbs.


Major: Art


Sport: Trk&Fld - Distance Running


Likes: Drawing, painting, reading, video games, astrology, trad.
 

fencing, Magic:TG, cute toes, charmers, chocolate, showering, tidiness, Bowser Jr., Santino

 Dislikes: Lectures, cliques, loud people, dishonesty,

misandrists, public speaking, disappointing others, messiness, boredom, conflict, bad critiques {{quote| Favorite food: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Favorite game: [[The Legend of Zelda a Link To The Past Zelda - A Link 

}}

to the Past]]

 Favorite movie: Spirited Away


Favorite music: Classic rock


Sexual Orientation: Gay
 

Giancarlo Rosato (pronounced /dʒaŋˈkar.lo roˈza.to/) is a flamedramon who immigrated to The United States from Italy with his family when he was 10 years old. He has a slightly older fraternal twin brother, Santino. His family usually calls him Giancarlo, but he prefers everyone else to call him "Gian" /ˈdʒɑn/.

At 14, Gian had his first romantic relationship with his best friend Nathan, an Australian yoshi. But it ended in grief when a school bully, Thomas, learned of their relationship and told Nathan's homophobic mother who immediately [[Locked Away in A Monastery sent Nathan off to a distant Catholic school incommunicado]], effectively snatching away Nathan both as a boyfriend and as a best friend. To add insult to injury, Thomas brutally beat Gian at school the next day, but Santino [[Big Damn Heroes rescued]] his little brother. Giancarlo was [[Coming Out Story out of the closet]] to Santino, and soon to their parents as well, but they all loved and respected Giancarlo and accepted who he is. Still, this series of traumatic incidents gave Gian heavy emotional baggage for years, and he preferred to stay closeted to the general public out of fear of more pain and abuse.

As young adults, Giancarlo and Santino attended [[California University Aubrey State University]], where Gian is an art major. In their sophomore year, the twins were assigned separate but close dorm rooms, while Gian was assigned a roommate, Bowser Koopa, Junior. The roommates first met not in their room, but in the locker room of the track team of which they were both members. Junior openly flirted with Gian, and a sequence of events saw the two having sex for the first time only four hours later. But they soon fell in love, and grew to become a close and happy couple.

Soon after this, Junior bought Gian a [[Memento MacGuffin romantic gift]], a piercing for Gian's ear. But later in the locker room, this "gay" piercing was immediately noticed by [[Heteronormative Crusader homophobic]] track teammates Olly and Mondo, who proceeded to attack Gian. Junior came in to rescue Gian, outing himself as Gian's boyfriend who gave Gian that gift -- this effectively publicly [[Coming Out Story outed]] Gian as well. It was this milestone and Junior's ongoing help that helped Gian get over much of his baggage.

A year later, Gian and Junior were still a happy couple, still living in the same dorm room they were assigned the previous year.

Roommates]]. He already came out to his family at 14 in Gian's First.

  • Gayngst: Gian is initially deep in the closet in public and angsts

over being openly gay.

frequently have that youthful funloving expression.

and someone standing in the hallway, much to Gian's horror. It's his brother Santino, who is less surprised at what happened than that it was on the very first day back to college.

violent encounter with Olly and Mondo (over the "gay" piercing), it became a symbol of their love and courage.

Digiegg of Courage.

and Gian have had sex, Gian frantically grabs the bedsheet to cover himself, while Junior doesn't bother. Santino tells Giancarlo not to be so modest, reminding him that they used to take baths together as kids. Junior agrees, yanking away the bedsheet in the process.

in the locker room shower, Gian quickly flashed back to memories of getting beaten up by bullies as a teenager, and alarm quickly turns to rage as Gian headbutts Olly, managing to fend him off.

pronounced identically to "John" or "Jon" in American English. Only his parents and Santino call him Giancarlo. Gian didn't even want Nathan calling him Giancarlo. Nathan and Junior both always call him Gian.

when Nathan gave Gian a surprise foot rub. Gian was quite embarrassed at the effect it was having on his shorts.

love gradually blossomed over time.

=== Junior 

===

 Age: 21 yrs., June 5th


Sign: Gemini


Height: 6'2"


Weight: 210 lbs.


Major: Psychology


Sport: Trk&Fld - Shotput, Discus, Javelin


Likes: Working out, comic books, B-movies,
 

people-watching, competition, rough-housing, surprising people, loyalty, Roy Koopa, Gian

 Dislikes: Daydreamers, hypocrites, veggies, missing-out,

other psychologists, whiners, braggers, homophobes, cold weather, getting tickled

 Favorite food: Steak


Favorite game: Guilty Gear XX #Reload


Favorite movie: Silence of the Lambs


Favorite music: Power metal


Sexual Orientation: Gay
 

Bowser Koopa, Junior is the eighth and youngest child and seventh son of Bowser Koopa. He grew up wealthy, living in Koopa Manor along with his father and seven siblings. He is closest to his brother Roy, and to Roy's Platonic Life Partners Hanbei Kagami, who were both mentors and protectors to Junior growing up. He is also Bowser's favorite son and namesake, not to mention the spitting image of his father.

At 15, Junior abruptly lost his virginity to Jonathan S. "Jojo" Johnston III, his school tutor who had also been mentored by Hanbei. The two soon became a secret couple, Junior still deeply in the closet. It was Junior's deep fear of losing his family's love and respect and his relatively comfortable social standing at school, that drove his desire to stay in the closet. And this led him to make [[Idiot Ball a series of extremely poor choices]] that [[Gay Aesop instead almost destroyed his life]]. He started dating new "girlfriend" Barbara T. "Babs" Wallace under false pretenses. He didn't bother to tell his actual boyfriend Jojo, which soon led to a highly acrimonious breakup and estrangement between them. Then, capping it all, Junior was beaten within an inch of his life at his own senior prom. But Junior eventually got his act together, came out to his family and the world, salvaged his life, and matured into a proud openly gay young man.

As a young adult, Junior attended [[California University Aubrey State University]] as a psychology major. There he was [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay always openly gay]], but ironically his track teammates and the rest of the school kept dismissing it as Gay Bravado -- Junior could be as flirtatious and sexually candid as he liked, and it didn't make a difference.

When Junior was 21 years old in his junior year, he was assigned to share a dorm room with Giancarlo Rosato. They first met not at their room, but in the track team locker room, where Junior [[Male Gaze complimented Gian's nice ass]]. Just four hours later, the two discovered they were actually roommates and that they were both gay. Sexually eager, it was only minutes before the two first had sex. But their chemistry as right, and they fell in love, later maturing into a close and happy couple.

Junior had a positive effect on Gian, [[Closet Key helping him come out publicly]] and get over much of the baggage and angst that has plagued him in his life. Junior's relationship with Gian also helped him finally convince other people at college that he was actually, truthfully gay, and always had been. A year later, the two were still together, still a happy couple, and still living in the same dorm room which had become their shared home.

haunted by the implications of becoming unpopular. He even [[The Beard dated]] Babs for a year and a half to keep up the charade.

Reflections]]. He's definitely a good person, but he makes a lot of stupid, painful, destructive decisions.

forward with hot men. But when things get serious, he cares about the important things.

My Reflections]].

peek]] of Hanbei's rump in the shower rooms wearing only a Fundoshi.

Bowser Koopa, Jr. isn't the same Overlord Jr commanding airships in deep space. In this universe, Junior was prone to Gayngsty moments of cowardice as a teenager. But he is principled and courageous as an adult.

These Are My Reflections]].

hates that.

that he can deepthroat by inserting six inches of an entire hot dog in his mouth before biting it off.

as he tells them he's gay and Gian is his boyfriend.

  • Gayngst: Had much of this when he was still in the closet at 17.

He was afraid of losing his family's love and respect.

21 and in college, Junior is openly gay, completely out of the closet everywhere. But his track teammates keep mistaking it for Gay Bravado, not actually realizing that Junior actually is gay. [[spoiler:When Olly and Mondo are beating on Gian for daring to appear conspicuously gay (because of an earring, of all things), they react with genuine shock when Junior beats on them in Gian's defense, and tells them that Gian is his boyfriend.]]

Reflections]], Junior does this in private when he realizes the stakes have been drastically raised on the consequences of breaking up with Babs.

  • Hunk: Especially as an adult.
  • Iconic Item: Unique to Bowser Koopa, Jr. in Roommates is his large

conspicuous nose ring -- or, as Hanbei insists on calling it, his "hoop". This ring was never worn in Nintendo Canon, and Roommates!Junior only started wearing it as a teenager. The one time he takes it off is when getting ready to attend his senior prom, and feels bare without it.

    • Mythology Gag: In addition to the aforementioned hoop, Junior still

has his crayon-drawn scary-face mask, but if he's wearing it at all, it's as a neckerchief. He's even wearing it when he and Gian first have sex. As a character-establishing Iconic Item, it is absent from his everyday appearance since the second chapter of the Web Comic.

looking more and more like a younger clone of Bowser.

Are My Reflections]]. He made some wince-worthy decisions as a teenager. Some came to bite him in the ass, though [[Karma Houdini some didn't necessarily affect his life for the worse]]. But he ended up paying pretty royally for the ones that did.

    • Starting a formal relationship with Jojo immediately after they have

sex, which was soon after they first met. This in and of itself did not sour his karma, but...

    • Dating a girl under false pretenses for a year and a half just for

her to be your Beard, while you actually have a boyfriend who loves you. That was a selfish and inconsiderate move. And then...

    • Kissing said girlfriend where your actual boyfriend can see you.
    • Starting a formal relationship with Gian, again immediately after

they have sex, again soon after they first met. And he has yet to face any bad karma for that. Considering how incredibly unlikely those kinds of relationships are to succeed, that's not just a Broken Aesop; it's an Aesop that has been mangled, shattered, crushed into a fine powder, and vaporized by a thermonuclear blast. Nevertheless, this was expected to be justified in that Junior and Gian are the story's main protagonists and love interests.

from accepting her advances]]. [[Armored Closet Gay He just didn't want rumors to spread around school for turning her down]].

  • The Insomniac: In his teen years. He kept waking up with nightmares,

being unable to get back to sleep.

Mondo's attacks.

variety of potential names for his seventh son. When Junior was delivered and he looked like Bowser's [[Identical Grandson Identical Son]], the only name he could accept would be Bowser Koopa, Jr.

used to care, as a teenager, when he was still in the closet. But as a young adult, he's a great big exhibitionist.

  • Male Gaze: Junior first meets Gian by staring at his ass in the locker

room.

Reflections]], he did this a lot as a teenager too. He used to covertly watch Hanbei in the locker room shower. And when he first met Jojo, Junior couldn't stop staring at his ass even while being tutored.

    • Also in Reflections, when Junior and Jojo first met, Junior

couldn't help but constantly be distracted by Jojo's arse. [[Gaydar This did not go unnoticed by Jojo]].

his own family as Junior, J, Bow J, BJ or Beej. Jojo called him Bowsie.

[[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blow%20job also means something else]]. [[spoiler:Olly and Mondo lampshade this when they learn that Junior is actually gay.]]

    • People almost never call him simply "Bowser". Jojo did,

[[You Called Me X It Must Be Serious which highlighted how furious he was with Junior at the time]].

Flashback Cuts, but in the present day at college he's never seen wearing his shell at all.

how his relationships with both Jojo and Gian started.

no qualms about walking naked in front complete strangers practically anywhere. This is actually how he first meets Gian's brother Santino, who spotted the two in their room from the dorm hallway.

wreck that is [[Roommates These Are My Reflections These Are My Reflections]].

bedroom, and let it all out.

his favorite things is double penetration.

years that Junior is gay, since the incident years before with Hanbei and the locker room shower. They knew that Junior was most likely peeping at Hanbei in the shower, and that he was probably gay. They didn't confront Junior about it at the time, but they mentally prepared themselves for the day Junior would come out of the closet on his own. This sheds additional new light on Hanbei's role in the story, as he not only knew Jojo was gay, but knew Junior probably was too, and may have realized in advance that he was probably [[The Matchmaker setting them up together]].]]

Olly and Mondo's attack, he has a flashback of his own similar to the one Gian had just had, of bullies beating on Junior when he was a teenager. In his rage, he smacks Mondo in the face with his fist.

pretentious relationship with Babs, trying to prevent either from finding out. It did not end well.


Rosato family

=== Santino 

===

 Age: 20 yrs., Nov 22nd


Sign: Scorpio


Height: 5'1"


Weight: 190 lbs.


Major: Biology


Sport: Traditional Fencing - Italian Rapier (specialty)


Likes: Board games, trad. fencing, looking out for Gian, Mexican
 

food, Magic:TG, Metal, B-movies, abstract painting, dancing

 Dislikes: Prejudiced people, bullies, sport

fencers, country music, crowds, being too social, mornings, chick flicks, cowards, body builders, spammers, trolls

 Favorite food: Tamales


Favorite game: Magic:TG


Favorite movie: Lake Placid


Favorite music: Black metal


Sexual Orientation: ???
 

Santino Rosato /sanˈti.no roˈza.to/, a [[Digimon strikedramon]], is Giancarlo's slightly older fraternal twin brother. He, like, Giancarlo, was born in Italy, and immigrated to The United States at age 10. Santino is now fluent in English, but unlike Giancarlo he still slips into [[Gratuitous Italian smatterings of Italian]], usually in particularly intense or emotional moments.

Despite being only one day older, Santino assumes the elder brother role with Giancarlo, looking after him and trying to protect him from trouble. But usually, Santino [[Aloof Big Brother does not often show emotion]], and is not as outwardly sociable as Giancarlo. As a teenager he was known to spend a great deal of time with his friend Geraldo, and he also had a girlfriend, Samantha. In stark contrast to Giancarlo's closeted Gayngst in his relationship with Nathan, Santino was actually given permission by his parents to have sex, which he did in his bedroom almost every day after school. And while it was assumed he was having sex with Samantha, Santino's [[Ambiguously Gay exact sexual orientation is still unclear]].

As a young adult, Santino attended [[California University Aubrey State University]] with Giancarlo as a biology major. They live in the same dorm in nearby separate rooms.

Giancarlo, even though they are actually twins and Santino is only a day older.

Samantha, when he was 14. But he has just enough Gaydar moments to call his sexuality into question. His official profile lists his sexual orientation as "unknown".

  Santino: (glancing at Giancarlo's bare body with a smirk)

"...Track's been doing good for you, eh, Giancarlo?"

Santino rescues Giancarlo from Thomas and his friends. Santino is fierce.

Giancarlo were preteen immigrants from Italy, after all.


Koopa family

=== Bowser 

===

Bowser Koopa, Senior is the patriarch of the Koopa family and head of Koopa Suites, a hotel business he inherited from his estranged father Rufus. With his late wife Peach, Bowser had eight children -- Ludwig, Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Wendy, Morton, Larry and his spitting image Bowser Jr. But Peach died when Bowser Jr. was still little, and Bowser has had to do his best to raise the Koopalings as a single father while still running a business that has since grown into an international conglomerate. He's a good businessman, and tries to look after his children's needs and happiness, but he's not usually at home with them as often as he'd like to be.

When Bowser does manage to be home, family time comes first. He is a Reasonable Authority Figure in this area, at least when the choices to be made are truly important. But casually, Bowser is better known for his breathtaking immaturity, such that his household relationship with his children more resembles that of a big brother in a family of rowdy immature brothers. It should come at no shock that the most mature member of the immediate family is not Bowser, but Bowser's only daughter Wendy.

  • Adult Child: Specifically noted. He teases his sons and Wendy as

casually as if he were their biggest brother.

describing details from his honeymoon at the family dinner table in front of all his children, while doing pelvic thrusts against the table. He seems to have graduated from Adult Child to [[Up to Eleven something else entirely]]. And all of this answering the relatively innocent question of how Ludwig got his name. [[hottip:*:The simple and uncomplicated answer was that Bowser and Peach had Ludwig Van Beethoven music playing during their honeymoon when Ludwig von Koopa was conceived. Bowser hammed it up.]]

pretty Nice Guy, has a perfectly capable indoor voice, and tries never to show rage in front of his children. [[Took a Level In Badass When he does become enraged, it's awesome]] -- he actually seems more like Canon!Bowser for a moment.

romantic relationship since his wife Peach died, though he has been considering one.

Dance Dance Revolution cannot be matched.

business from his father Rufus, running [[Fiction Five Hundred Koopa Suites]] as a legitimate business. This is a variation on the trope in that while Bowser is the primary antagonist in Nintendo Canon, he has never been villainous in this particular Alternate Universe Fic.

directed at his own grandson Bowser, Jr. for being a "pillow-biter."

  Bowser: (to Rufus) "Get the FUCK out of my HOUSE!"

Badass (and you wouldn't be completely wrong, even just seeing his appearance in his profile picture here), in this particular Alternate Universe Fic he's usually adequately diplomatic when things get serious. Verbally telling off people was something he tries never to do in front of his kids. After he does this to Rufus, he immediately apologizes to them for this kind of behavior, and promises never to act like that in front of them again.

details of his poor relationship with his father.

that Bowser was ever one to talk in the first place]].]]

within the walls of Koopa Manor, even taking his breathtaking childishness into consideration.

it's Toilet Humour.

tendency to Rule Thirty Four the details of his own life, much to his childrens' horror, in ways that would put even Peter Griffin to shame.

  Bowser: "Boy, if that's all you got, you STILL got some ways

to go! See, with yo' Mama, it was more like she was Sour Grapes, and I was the Purple Pie Man of Porcupine Peak, going every night like 'Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta...ta-ta-ta-TA! POW!" {{quote| Wendy: "Thanks a lot, Dad! Now you've [[Ruined FOREVER sullied }} any remaining good memories I may have had]] of Strawberry Shortcake!"

 Iggy: "He's as bad as Rule Thirty Four, on the internet!"


Bowser: "Kids, kids...we all know that your little
 

'Rule Thirty Four' has NOTHING on me! I wreck the curve on perversion!"

Koopa Suites business, and isn't at home with his kids as much as he'd prefer.

=== Peach 

===

Claudia Koopa is the long-deceased wife of [[Super Mario Bros Bowser Koopa]], and mother of Ludwig, Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Wendy, Morton, Larry and Bowser, Jr. Originally nicknamed "Peaches" by Bowser, she became primarily known as "Peach". She died when Junior was still little, leaving Bowser a single father of the Koopalings.

This Peach has many characteristics in common with [[Super Mario Bros Princess Peach]], but she is a koopa rather than human -- the Roommates universe has no real humans, not even Mario or Luigi, and no Mushroom Kingdom either.

with a W]]) was mentioned as the name of Bowser's wife and the mother of the Koopalings in a single issue of Nintendo Power UK, and never mentioned anywhere else -- it is considered of questionable Nintendo Canonicity. Peach is the name of a different character, Princess Peach Toadstool, who is the woman Bowser infatuates over in the Super Mario Bros series. Roommates merges the two into one character, whose first mention is as Claudia Koopa, but thereafter is almost always referred to as Peach.

=== Ludwig 

===

Ludwig von Koopa is the eldest child and son of [[Super Mario Bros Bowser Koopa]]. He helps his father run Koopa Suites. He loves Bowser as his father, and Peach as his mother, but is [[Black Sheep extremely distant]] from all of his younger siblings. When Ludwig does acknowledge them, it is usually with great coldness sprinkled with monotone disdain and abusive remarks. The rest of the time, Ludwig buries himself in work, never making room in his schedule for the family unless Bowser wants him to. And being the Koopaling furthest apart in age from Junior, the two brothers' relationship is practically nonexistent. Not that that makes Junior all that different from the way Ludwig treats the rest of his siblings...

siblings.

with a disrespectful remark made in an [[Creepy Monotone unfailingly calm deadpan tone]]. [[spoiler:However, when Junior comes out of the closet, Ludwig and his siblings have this exchange, carried by Ludwig in the same usual deadpan:]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Wendy: "Ludwig! You've been awfully quiet, don't you }} have anything to say?"]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Ludwig: "I have nothing to say, at all. I couldn't }} care less about the boy's particular tastes in carnal relations. All I know is that I've wasted enough of my time today, all of which could have been spent being more productive and getting work done."]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Roy: "Oh, HELL naw. Dis really ain't da muthafuckin }} time for dat kinda shit, 'big bro'! I done had it up to here wit' ya n how ya act ya ain't a part of dis here family!"]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Ludwig: "Truth be told? I never asked for little }} brothers or a little sister. And there have certainly been times when I thought I may have been better off, if I did not have any to concern myself with."]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Morton: "Well, shit! How 'bout tellin' us how ya }} REALLY feel 'bout us, huh?!"]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Wendy: "Ludwig! Come back here! I can't seriously }} bring myself to believe that you truly mean what you just said!"]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Ludwig: "Sister, if I might speak frankly? Or }} 'keeping it real', as you young people put it? As much as you may continue to delude yourself as such, [[You're Not My Father you are NOT our Mother]], nor can you hope to take her place. So, don't even think you can try to order me around as if you were her!"]] {{quote| [[spoiler:Roy: "SHIT, LUDWIG! I always knew ya was cold, but I }} never thought ya be so fuckin' CALLOUS!"]]

that Ludwig does not like being nicknamed, such as "Lou", "Lude" or anything similar. Word of God is that Ludwig also prefers "Ludwig von" to be pronounced /lu:dvɪç fɔn/, the full German way. Considering that Ludwig von Koopa is not a German person at all, it can be seen that this is yet another of his quirky personality issues.

in the honeymoon suite where Ludwig von Koopa was conceived.

family. Only Rufus is harder to love.

Wendy.]]

=== Lemmy 

===

Lemmington Koopa is the second eldest child and son of Bowser Koopa. But despite being older than most of his siblings, Lemmy is also the most diminutive of the Koopalings, such that people often confuse him for being younger than he actually is. Lemmy is "The Clown Prince", and the thing he enjoys most in life is being funny and trying to make people laugh. But what makes Lemmy truly special is that he alone seems to fully understand that he's a character in Roommates as a story, such that his Genre Savvy is without parallel and he Breaks the Fourth Wall as easily as he lives and breathes.

When Lemmy was young, he really wanted to become a clown and join the circus. But Bowser strongly discouraged this, and tried to find an alternative way for Lemmy to make a living. After many false starts, it became apparent that Lemmy was actually a good artist. Starting on DivergentArt, he published his artwork, and later started a Web Comic of his own called Spelunkers into Dreams", which he still maintains, and has become popular with a large fanbase. Having finally settled into his successful art career, Lemmy avoided the Idle Rich lifestyle that befell some of his younger adult siblings.

  • The Jester: Very much so, in his own family. He's even earned the

epithet "the Clown Prince".

Lampshade Hanging/Genre Savvy/Breaking the Fourth Wall/Conversational Troping: Oh, Lemmy Lemmy Lemmy...where to even begin. He speaks in these constantly.

    • In chapter 5:

  Grandpa Rufus: "And well, damn! Been longer than I thought!

You all have gotten so big! Or at least, most of you!"

  Lemmy: "Ha ha. *eyeroll* You best get all your

'vertically-challenged' jokes out while you can, author-man! It's bad enough I'm just a Bit Character in a side-story most people won't bother reading! I mean, what are the chances of me getting Fan Art amongst the Roommates fanbase!?"

    • In chapter 6:

 Larry: "We didn't miss anything, right?"


Lemmy: "Oh, just a few flashbacks last chapter, and then some
 

shameless cameo appearances in this one. Yeah, not much!"

  Roy: "Hm, I see I count only one blue-haired 'fro in the mix.

Can't say I'm surprised."

  Lemmy: "Well, you know how it is, Roy. But I'll elaborate a

bit for the sake of the readers at home! We all know that Ludwig has always set himself apart from the rest of us. And it seemed like the more of us that came along as the years went by, the further he went. And then Mom going 'bye-bye', didn't help."

  Wendy: "We all had to deal with Mom's passing in our own way.

But in the last few years, especially, he's acted as if he wants nothing to do with this family. Like he wants to be a miserable lil Scrooge all by himself."

  Lemmy: "Well, I could tell you more, but that would require a

flashback or otherwise long-winded exposition of some sort. And being a mere side-character, I don't think you or I have the power or right to initiate such a thin."

section):

  Lemmy: (to himself) "No. That's FAR too easy. Even I

have some measure of self-restraint, thank you very much, writer-man!"

    • Also in chapter 7, Lemmy is trying very hard not to laugh when:

  Hanbei: "I have long since forgotten, but is there any

particular reason why you guys hate [[Super Mario Bros two video game characters]] that regularly fight against a giant ox named Yukke that much?" [[hottip:*:Yukke was another candidate for Bowser's Japanese name before Shigeru Miyamoto decided on Kuppa.]] {{quote| Roy: "I dunno. We jus' do!"
Iggy: "And besides, that [[Super Mario Bros live-action 

}}

movie]] from the '90s SUCKED!"

    • In chapter 11, when Junior comes home from the prom all beaten up:

 Junior: "Hey...we're back."


Wendy: "MY BEAUTIFUL TUX!! BJ, what in the hell--!"


Iggy: "--Happened to you!? Dad's phone has been--"


Morton: "--Off da hook for da last hour, cuz of Babs' Dad!
 

Sounds like sum--"

 Larry: "--Serious shit went down! You sure got--"


Lemmy: "--Some explain' to do, Lucy~ But
 

seriously, I'm just glad to be in another chapter again! We side characters have to take what we can get!"

  Bowser: "Put a sock in it, Lemmy."

    • And then again later:

  Wendy: "Good. Now, like any other crisis that has come up in

this family, I believe that we can get through this one, too, if we stick together as a family. But what about the rest of you?"

  Lemmy: "Well, hell, who am I to stand in opposition to the

protagonist of this story, right?"

    • And:

  Iggy: "Oh yeah, I'm probably the only one in this house

that's watched all 7 seasons of Ranma One Half."

  Lemmy: "How's THAT for your relatively obscure reference this

chapter, readers?!"

  Wendy: "Lemmy, I swear to God! One more outburst like that,

and I get out the taser again!"

Divergent Art]], and maintains a Web Comic called [[Creator Cameo Spelunkers]] into Dreams. This is a Shout Out to artist Spelunker Sal and writer Dreamous, the creators of the Roommates Web Comic.

made the Fourth Wall his bitch since his first appearance int he story.

=== Roy 

===

Roy Kelton Koopa is the third child and son of [[Super Mario Bros Bowser Koopa]], and one of Junior's six older brothers. For most of their shared life as siblings, Junior has been his favorite brother, and Roy is regularly involved in his life as the two have aged into adulthood.

When Roy was a preteen, he was often assumed to be gay because of his bald pink scalp, his trademark [[Sunglasses At Night red shades]] and his Violet Eyes, and he was often bullied for this. But Roy started fighting back, and he eventually became a bully in his school. He also took his bullying at home, where his younger brother Iggy [[Big Brother Bully got most of his abuse]].

But Roy befriended Hanbei Kagami, a Japanese-Brazilian wartortle, and they became [[Platonic Life Partners inseparable best friends]]. Under Hanbei's influence, Roy stopped being a bully, and instead started being the kid that protected more vulnerable kids from being bullied. Hanbei also tutored Roy academically to bring his grades up, and because of this Roy managed to graduate well from high school.

Roy blossomed into a social butterfly, and as a well-built koopa Hunk he became very popular with the ladies, countless of which Roy went to bed with. It was actually this kind of popularity and Urban Legend Love Life that influenced Roy's younger brother Morton to try to become just like him.

As a young adult, Roy attended college, played college football, and became engaged to a young woman named Sid. But Hanbei then moved to Japan, leaving Roy without his best friend. And though Hanbei's departure didn't actually cause Roy's problems, it was then that Roy's life started to completely fall apart. Roy's engagement with Sid abruptly crumbled after he accidentally called her by another woman's name after sex. This loss alone deeply wounded Roy. But it got even worse when he was considered for the NFL draft, but was passed over for another player whose statistics were slightly better. This pushed Roy over the edge, and into a downward life spiral that [[Broken Bird would take him years to recover from]].

Roy still managed to limp forward in life, never quite losing the funloving nature he was well-known for. He continued helping out Junior when he needed it, never being anything but a fantastic big brother to him. But otherwise, Roy did very little in his life, spending most of his time in his room working out or spending time with some of his friends.

Most of Roy's story was told in These Are My Reflections, but he has made the leap to the Web Comic, visiting Junior in his dorm in chapter 3.

Fan Yay. Roy in the Roommates Canon is straight though.

Pockets]], as Larry did.

one with diabetes.

influence]], Roy grew out of this as a teenager. Also, "Bully" was Roy's name in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 animated series.

deception.

  • The Casanova: Roy used to be this, before the rise and fall of his

engagement with Sid. Now he's a Broken Bird.

Nehru jacket and whisks him away to the bathroom to clean up, to prevent Hanbei from beating the living shit out of a highly contemptible Grandpa Rufus.

to brag about his "foot-long hotdog". This is Roy's erect length -- his flaccid length is unspecified.

  • Idle Rich: Besides helping out Junior, Roy spends most of his time

sitting around the house, spending time with his friends, or working out. Wendy tells him as much.

{{quote| Roy: (to Hanbei) "Lookie here, ya blue [[Sir Swearsalot }} muthafuckah]]! Ya must think we ALL Nintendo CHARACTERS UP IN HERE! Dat why you tryin' to play around like dis?!"

He's that boisterous.

  • Manly Tears: After his fiancee Sid breaks up with him. Roy has

a lot more baggage than he lets on.

it look nearly as trashy and disreputable as Morton does. In particular, Roy isn't remotely the manwhore Morton is, since Roy has actually been known to have steady monogamous relationships with women he actually cares about.

(pink scalp, purple eyes, red shades) got him teased a lot for this when he was an adolescent, and it provoked him into becoming The Bully he was in his younger years.

deadly force. But one day, far from Roy, Hanbei did kill someone.]]

passed away. He has honed himself into an extremely capable cook, and has his own complete kitchen in room.

casually as if he were talking about the weather.

his trademark look, carried over from Super Mario Bros. They tend to only come off his face when he's having a very serious moment, and needs to look someone in the eye.

accidentally called her by a different woman's name after they had sex. Big mistake.]]

=== Iggy 

===

Ignatius Newell Koopa is the fourth eldest child and son of Bowser Koopa.

Iggy is a Nerd and Occidental Otaku with an interest in Anime, Manga, and Japanese language and culture, but often takes these interests to comically unhealthily obsessive extremes. This single-topic obsession irritates Roy, but is politely engaged by Hanbei.

Despite Iggy's unkempt homebody lifestyle, he is not Idle Rich, and performs an important task operating and maintaining the servers for Koopa Suites.

Though socially awkward and as prone to gibe as any of his siblings, Iggy is still an affable koopa who cares about his family.

  • Blatant Lies: Iggy's reaction at the dinner table when being accused of

wanting to talk to Hanbei just so that he can get help understanding some obscure Japanese dialogue from an anime. Iggy then immediately proceeds to ask Hanbei about a reference in an episode of Naruto.

talking to Hanbei. Iggy's trying to be respectful and sound more Japanese, but he only ends up sounding unflatteringly obsessive.

awkward, unkempt, full-blown Nerd, whose friends are all just as nerdy as he is.

Japanese culture that goes well beyond mere immersion and study. Roy nicknames him "wee-Iggy-a-boo".

girlfriend. Gay things don't interest him, but they don't bother or offend him at all either. As such, he seems extremely comfortable discussing with any and all gay topics, and will even affectionately tease Junior about them. Iggy's no stranger to it -- he's already seen countless Rule Thirty Four both gay and straight on Four Chan.

=== Wendy 

===

Wendy Orlean Koopa is the fifth child and only daughter of Bowser Koopa, and as such is Junior's only sister. An accomplished fashion expert and interior designer in her own right, Wendy also takes charge of the upkeep of Koopa Manor. And in the absence of their deceased mother Peach, Wendy has tried her best to fill in as motherly influence to her brothers. Along with Roy, Wendy is the Koopaling that Junior sees most on an everyday basis.

As the only daughter in a family of boys, Wendy grew up being quite the Tomboy, and could roughhouse and dish out and take abuse as well as any of her brothers. But on her 16th birthday she was given a taser, and everything changed. She matured into a more feminine woman of grace, and enforced this by tasing her siblings if they misbehaved or otherwise treated her with disrespect. Wendy is highly Narcissistic, more than any of her siblings, and second in the family only to Bowser.

  • Cool Big Sis: Commands Junior's respect and admiration, even if she's

also pretty scary.

"Kootie Pie", which Wendy finds embarrassing. Kootie Pie was Wendy's name in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 animated series.

interior decoration and fashion.

Nintendo Canon incarnation it is much smaller in size and attached to her hair on the side of her forehead.

appearance in [[Roommates These Are My Reflections These Are My Reflections]]. She will not take bullshit. Fortunately, she seldom has to risk damage to her fashionable outfits -- she always uses her precious taser.

from Super Mario Adventures.

  • Narcissist: Said to be second only to Bowser in her capacity for

narcissism.

  Wendy: (to Roy) "Oh, please believe! The only thing that I

value more than making ME look good, is taking a domicile, and giving it the touch that only I, Wendy 'O-my-Gawd-Almighty' Koopa can provide! You should be thankful you're my older brother, and that I even offered my services to you, much less, for free! I've actually made a good racket for myself utilizing my skills out in the world, don'cha know!"

  • Neat Freak: Will raise hell if someone's getting the furniture dirty,

especially when it's some of the finest furniture in existence that she selected for decorating the manor.

appearance.

who people treat like the lady she is...because she'll tase your scaly ass if you don't.

her brothers or her father. Though Wendy's sanity comes more into question whenever she casually brandishes (much less uses) her taser in the house. Justified in that since Peach died, she's the only woman in a house full of rowdy men, and has had to be the [[Reasonable Authority Figure voice of reason]] while adequately fending off the childish antics of her brothers, and make them behave when they are told.

absence, Wendy has done her best to fill in that role for her siblings.

gentlest way, but she usually has a point. Promotion to Parent forged this out of her.

family to stop wearing her shell. Her father and all her brothers (except for Ludwig) eventually followed suit.

Koopina]]: Somewhere between the two.

protection from creepy guys. She also openly parades it in front of her siblings, and will even tase them at any time and place for their obstinate poor behavior. Bowser is not pleased when he learns Wendy has been threatening her siblings with her taser, but quickly has little more to say on the matter when [[Crowning Moment of Funny Wendy threatens to tase him if he misbehaves]].

  • Tomboy: She used to be one in her youth, like a seventh brother.

She matured into a more feminine young woman.

  • Tsundere: Wendy will usually be perfectly nice and congenial until

you sass her. Then she'll sass you right back.

=== Morton 

===

Morton Sean Koopa, Junior is the sixth eldest child and fifth son of Bowser Koopa, and is named after Bowser's grandfather Morton.

In an effort to emulate his elder brother Roy, Morton matured (if you can call it that) into a [[Really Gets Around total man whore]]. What Roy once made look fashionable, Morton does with questionable taste. He is [[Mr. Fanservice attractive]] though, which has made it possible for him to attract and bed his countless "pigeons."

described as pudgier and than Roy. In promotional artwork though, he appears maybe Hollywood Pudgy, if that. The "beautiful" part seems to check out though -- he's a Handsome Lech.

reputation by doing everything he could to copy Roy's. But Morton is far more of a whore (both as an attention whore and in sexual conquest) who also doesn't exercise his physique as much as Roy. (Which isn't saying much -- Morton is still in decent shape.) In these regards, Roy doesn't have the highest opinion of Morton.

if not for him being such an undignified man whore. Roy can pull it off and command more respect -- Morton, not so much.

grandfather Morton Koopa, though Morton, Jr. ended up being a disappointment compared to his honorable great grandfather.

children and treasures them living under one roof with him, but he considers Morton a disappointment compared to the man he was named after. Not that this really seems to affect Morton that much.

=== Larry 

===

Lawrence Harvey Koopa is the seventh eldest child and sixth son of Bowser Koopa. Though closest to Junior in age, Junior and Larry don't have a close fraternal relationship. In particular, Larry is a huge homophobe, and Junior has been secretly gay.

This hasn't stopped them from spending lots of time together in Roy's room, where they both have an obsession with Guilty Gear. Larry's character of choice used to be Bridget, whom he used to lust over. Needless to say, learning that Bridget is a boy was a hugely Unsettling Gender Reveal, and Larry immediately sought out a different character to admire. His later favorite became [[Straight Gay Venom]]; hilariously, Larry does not know Venom is gay.

Later, when Junior finally came out of the closet, Larry was the one most unsettled by Junior's revelations. It became apparent that Larry's homophobic baggage has a [[Ambiguously Gay vaguely]] Gayngsty quality to it, as he is far less secure with gay issues than anyone else in his immediate family, or most ordinary people for that matter.

blatant homophobe, Larry trips Gaydar like a fire alarm. [[hottip:*:It's common wisdom in the gay community that most of the biggest homophobes are Armored Closet Gay or bi, especially after the great many public scandals where prominent anti-gay figures have been caught in gay situations or in conspicuously graphic homoerotic tirades.]]

nature of Larry's sexuality will be revealed in the future, but for now refuses to reveal it.

blatantly homophobic brother even before Junior came out of the closet, this exchange cast Larry's issues in a new light:

  Iggy: "Oh, and just because I'm a bit curious...who was on

top, when you guys did it?"

  Junior: "Wow! From me keeping it a big secret to now fielding

questions like this...!"

 Iggy: "Yeah, yeah, now answer the question!"


Junior: "Well, if you must know...ME! And I'll swear, that
 

Persian must have some tiger blood in him or something, cuz he was able to do things with me in the sack that I ain't NEVER seen in any porno I've watched. Gay or straight!"

  Larry: "OK! That does it! I've tried to be tolerant and all,

but this is about as much as I can take!" {{quote| Wendy: "Shh! Larry! The boys are trying to sleep!"
Junior: "Sorry, Larry. But again: [[Dinosaurs 'I'm the 

}}

baby, gotta love me!']]"

  Larry: "No, not this time! It's one thing to 'like what you

like', but it's another thing altogether to keep rubbing it in everyone else's face! There's just some shit that should just stay in the bedroom, where it belongs! I could have happily gone the rest of my natural life without knowing how well my brother can deep-throat things and if you were 'on top' and shit!"

 Junior: "Look, bro...I'm sorry if I went a bit over the top."


Larry: "Whatever, I'm out. Had about enough for tonight."


Roy: "Let 'em go for now, kid. 'Sides, sumthin tells me
 

what's eatin at him ain't all bout ya, anyhow."

that Bridget in Guilty Gear is actually a boy, makes a shocked outburst to the laughter of everyone else.

  Larry: "OH GOD! OH GOD! I ACTUALLY FAPPED TO THAT!"

Guilty Gear character was Venom, because "he was a manly guy that he could get behind".

=== Rufus 

===

Rufus Koopa is the estranged father of Bowser Koopa, and former head of Koopa Suites. Not a great deal is known about Bowser's childhood with Rufus, in part because Bowser will not talk about it. But when Rufus does appear, Bowser demonstrates his complete detachment from a semblance of a father-son relationship by always addressing Rufus by his first name "Rufus" instead of "dad" or "father". Rufus is not a warm personality -- he is constantly insulting and abrasive, not to mention [[Up to Eleven breathtakingly]] racist at every conceivable opportunity.

In These Are My Reflections, Rufus makes an uninvited visit to Koopa Manor in honor of his youngest grandson's senior prom. Family Disunion on steroids.

as bad as Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks, except never has anything resembling a sympathetic moment. You're supposed to hate this guy -- everything he says is utter toxic sewage. This makes it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome all the sweeter]] when Bowser kicks him out for good.

Bowser always addresses his father as "Rufus". This continually demonstrates how utterly broken any semblance of a father-son bond is between them.

attractive]] renamon escort, Deena.

disguising it. Throws out slurs every which way -- some of the ugliest words in the English dictionary.

[[hottip:*:An anglicization of Japanese クッパ Kuppa, which is a japanicization of Korean 국밥 Gukbap. Word of God is that the Roommates team intentionally chose not to specifically follow the Korean angle, but they did reveal in-story that the Koopa family tree has Eastern Dragon in its lineage through Bowser's line.]]


Kagami family

=== Hanbei 

===

Diogo Hanbei Kagami, (Japanese: 鏡　半兵衛 Kagami Hanbei) a wartortle, is Roy's [[Platonic Life Partners dearest friend]] who is Like Family to the Koopa clan. He is third generation Japanese-Brazilian of mixed Japanese and [[Word of God Afro]]-Brazilian ancestry, but has been living in Japan where he is fully acculturated. [[spoiler:[[No True Scotsman But not fully accepted]].]]

he truly feels that way. But push him far enough, for long enough, and his change in demeanor, with absolutely no less finesse and measured refinement, can send shivers down your spine. When Hanbei starts with, "Now, listen to me very carefully, you worthless pile of excrement," you know that they have done something very, very bad, and may god have mercy on your soul.

too.

side that he tries to keep under control, as those closest to him can attest. Even though he killed that Hong Kong gangster to save Billy and Jimmy, it was still a homicide, and it was still swept under the carpet by his adoptive father's Yakuza faction. Hanbei is ultimately a good soul though -- he felt great sorrow for [[I Gave My Word breaking his promise]] to Roy never to use lethal force.]]

Culture Equals Costume/Transfer Student Uniforms/School Uniforms Are the New Black: For years, Hanbei has preferred to wear Japanese-style formal school uniforms, even when he was living in the United States. He embraced how it made him stand out as Japanese, and it eventually became his everyday style of dress even after finishing high school. At the beginning of [[Roommates These Are My Reflections These Are My Reflections]], 25-year-old Hanbei arrives at Koopa Manor wearing a Nehru jacket in this fashion, despite not being in high school anymore.

Hanbei is ethnic Japanese and lives in Japan, but is actually a Japanese-Brazilian. He embraced his Japanese roots, and does not go by his Portuguese first name. Even Roy didn't know about this until sometime during [[Roommates These Are My Reflections These Are My Reflections]].]]

the form of Japanese Honorifics.

production), and needs to constantly monitor his blood sugar every day to keep it in balance. It's a tightrope he walks stoically.

alike, is that Hanbei may become this if he ever succumbs to certain homicidal temptations. Hanbei is a trained killing machine with a chilling dark streak hidden deep within his otherwise kindhearted soul. It seldom ever shows itself.]]

would never use lethal force against someone. [[spoiler:But he killed the Hong Kong gangster who had been exploiting Billy and Jimmy. Hanbei is ashamed of having broken his promise, and has been under such stress that it has worsened his diabetes. Roy was quick to forgive, because Hanbei had actually done a good thing.]]

Bei-Bei, Bei-by, and a variety of other names. Junior usually calls him Nii-chan. Jojo calls him Hanny. [[spoiler:No one calls him Diogo...at first. When Roy finally learns of it, he starts calling him Diogo or Go-Go now and then, but still Bei-Bei or Bei-by in mixed company, until Diogo is ready for all to know his true name.]]

unassailable, period.

second shell]]", and Bowser's "eighth son", and another older brother to Junior. The exact opposite of Ludwig's relationship to the family.

Hanbei's natural way of making those closest to him (like Roy) give their own lives a long hard look.

  • Morality Pet: He seems to be this to just about everyone in the

Koopa family, especially Roy. Hanbei is unfailingly calm, diplomatic, wise, respected by all, and pretty much always [[Insufferable Genius right]], almost to the point of being a Mary Sue. [[Word of God The creators are aware]] of his near-Sue-dom.

Japanese, in ancestry, ethnicity, language and culture. But too many people in Japan see him as just another gaijin for the slightest of differences, such as how his [[Word of God Afro]]-Brazilian ancestry gives him conspicuously shinier scales than typical Japanese wartortles.]]

  • [[spoiler:Not So Stoic: Hanbei confesses to Roy that the way his Kagami

relatives in Japan outright rejected him for being Brazilian was something that cut him deeply. They even gave him racist nicknames like "Samba".]]

really...really pissed off.

Afro]]-Brazilian. [[spoiler:And in Japan -- even to his own relatives, no less -- he is seen as [[No True Scotsman just another gaijin]], no matter how flawlessly his Japanese language, culture and mannerisms have developed. Truth in Television as Brazil has the world's largest Japanese diaspora community, but Japanese-Brazilians can find it hard to be accepted by Japanese people in Japan for even the smallest differences in culture or gaijin ancestry.]]

  • [[spoiler:Yakuza: Hanbei's adoptive father in

Japan is affiliated with the Yakuza. Most of his family support network there is Yakuza. Hanbei explains that, as Yakuza have a history of embracing people who are rejected from mainstream Japanese society, it is only within his Yakuza-affiliated family that he can be fully accepted as a Japanese person even with his Brazilian birth and mixed ancestry.]]

=== Billy and Jimmy 

===

Billy Li and Jimmy Li are the Double Draco [[Twin Tropes twins]], a pair of dracomon teenagers. Originally from Hong Kong, Hanbei's adoptive father adopted them too, but Hanbei is their primary caretaker, whom they look up to as a big brother.

toilet, and caught the two 14-year-olds masturbating, which they quickly ceased doing.


Webcomic characters

=== Olly 

===

A lucario on the track team, along with his roommate Mondo. He hates gay people. It doesn't help that he is one.

lends itself to this. Then comes this gem in the Addendum, where Olly has just fucked Mondo, and pulled out immediately when he was done:]]

 Mondo: "Ah... w--why did you pull out?"


Olly: "Huff... Shut up... Don't be a fag..."


Mondo: "Don't be a fag...?"


Mondo: *laughing out loud*


Mondo: "What do you think you just did?"
 

of the male cast. And since chest spikes don't lend themselves well to genres with Hunky men and lots of close physical contact, Olly's character is instead designed with a patch of white chest hair where a lucario's chest spike would normally be.

sympathy from the audience, but he still has a long way to go.]]

teammates, Gian, being possibly gay. [[spoiler:Only to be genuinely shocked that Junior was actually always telling the truth about being gay.]]

=== Mondo 

===

A leomon on the track team, and roommate to Olly. Mondo is as gay as the rest of them. [[hottip:*:Most of Mondo's section is a spoiler because many of his tropes hinge on a central spoiler.]]

quickly than it does for Olly.]]

are gone, replaced by a simpler chinstrap beard. He's also started wearing a tooth necklace similar to Leomon's.

abs.

person, rather than just Olly's submissive friend. It's revealed he's been having more frank discussions with Olly, and been doing more to influence Olly's attitudes.

Junior for beating on Gian (and after having plenty of sexy moments with Olly back in their room), Mondo seeks out Gian and apologizes to him. Gian is reluctant to forgive and befriend Mondo immediately, but inwardly is very happy with this.]]

much quicker than Olly to reassess his attitudes.]]

  • Morality Pet: To Olly, once Mondo finally grows a backbone and the two

discuss complicated issues more frankly.

Friendship]]/Its Not Rape If You Enjoyed It: Technically, Olly rapes Mondo. But Mondo's okay with it, and even says he and Olly can do it again if he likes.]]

  • [[spoiler:Sex Face Turn: After Mondo has sex with Olly for the first

time, he is coming to accept who he is. Punctuated by more sex and heated arguments with Olly, Mondo's personal soul-searching leads him to seek out and apologize to Gian. Mondo's redemption is complete.]]

=== Sean 

===

Sean Wiley is a charmeleon friend of Gian's from art class.

voted by readers to appear as the new character introduced in chapter 3 of the webcomic. He won out over other design prototypes including a spyro, a falco, an arcanine and a guilmon.


Gian's First characters

=== Nathan 

===

A brown yoshi from Australia, and Gian's first boyfriend when they were both 14 years old.

After he died, he moved to the United States to live with his birth mother June.

June about Nathan and Gian's relationship, she immediately sends Nathan to a Catholic school across the country with no internet or telephone privileges, so that Nathan and Gian won't be able to see each other again any time soon.

eye is green.

=== June and Richard 

===

Nathan's parents. June is a American green yoshi, and Richard was an Australian brown yoshi. June was raised Christianity fundamentalist, and while she carried very strict moral beliefs, she is also extremely Hypocritical. June conceived Nathan with Richard during a drunken spring break in Australia. When she realized she was pregnant, she tracked down and emailed Richard. She was about to get an abortion, but Richard stopped her, and Nathan was sent to live with Richard soon after being born. Richard and Nathan lived a happy life, until Richard died when Nathan was 11 years old. Nathan was sent back to June in America, where the first thing she did was [[Kick the Dog destroy Nathan's photographs of his father]] out of hatred for Richard who she felt ruined her life and caused her to become unacceptable to potential husbands. Nathan has little to no respect for June, but must use discretion because she can still make his life very difficult.

June's tropes:

choices and blaming them on others.

  • Heteronormative Crusader
  • Hypocrite: For someone who is so sanctimonious, June:
    • Has drunken debauched sex across the world and gets pregnant.
    • Decides to get an abortion, but is talked out of it.
    • Does not want Nathan to love both his parents.
  • Kick the Dog: Nathan just lost his fantastic father, sent to a mother he

doesn't even know, and the first thing she did was destroy Nathan's photographs of Richard, a man she has come to hate.

Richard's tropes:

=== Geraldo 

===

A raichu, and childhood friend of Gian and Santino. Geraldo has been given a generous amount of official promotional art for a relatively minor character who figures into only a few paragraphs of Gian's First.

this comes to mind. His artwork alone screams Gaydar.

=== Samantha 

===

Santino's girlfriend when he was 14. The Rosato parents gave him permission to have a sexual relationship with her, and Giancarlo often comes home to hear the sounds of sex coming from Santino's room.

other half of the time, it's "moan and squeak". The latter description may be a Ship Tease if it actually means Santino was having sex with his rodent friend Geraldo instead at the time.

=== Thomas 

===

A school bully in Giancarlo and Santino's school when they were 14. Violently homophobic, he was instrumental in ending Gian and Nathan's relationship.

student, and was sent to the principal's office. And his parents didn't even care.


These Are My Reflections characters

=== Jojo 

===

Jonathan S. "Jojo" Johnston III is a persian from the United Kingdom. Introduced by Hanbei, he fills in as 15-year-old Junior's tutor when Hanbei leaves for Japan. They have sex within hours of meeting, Futureshadowing the same way Junior's relationship began with Gian years later.

nickname his Big Brother Mentor Hanbei gave him.

Just-deflowered Junior immediately wanted to start a regular intimate relationship so they could get to know each other better. They eventually did become good friends and lovers, but it [[Love Hurts ended very bitterly]].

"Bowsie". But when Jojo became really infuriated on discovery of Junior's covert fake girlfriend Babs, he broke up with Junior on the spot. When Junior tried to speak with him, Jojo would only call him "Bowser," indicating a complete absence of affection that highlighted Jojo's fury.

    • [[spoiler:A year later, after Babs beats Junior to a pulp, it is Jojo

who discovers him. Concerned, Jojo is calling him "Bowsie" again as he frantically phones for help. [[How We Got Here We already know that they're not together when Junior is in college]], but it gives the reader a glimmer of hope that they at least find a way to reconcile and be on good terms.]]

=== Babs 

===

Barbara T. "Babs" Wallace is a sheep girl that Junior dated in his junior and senior years of high school. While she truly believed she was his girlfriend, [[The Beard her main purpose was to help Junior stay in the closet]].

  Junior: "Before I begin, I just want to say this: I never set

out to hurt you, or anyone else. I let things get out of hand, in a way that I never should have allowed. I never intended for you to feel as deeply as you do about me."

 Babs: "BJ, just what are you saying?"


Junior: "I always loved you, but only as a friend. Being
 

honest, I never was attracted to you in the same way you are about me."

 Babs: "If I can just ask one question then? Who is it?"


Junior: "Well, if you must know, it's not another girl--"


Babs: "Wait, what? What the hell does that mean? What do you
 

mean it's not another GIRL!?"

 Babs: "You're...gay?! Are you FUCKING SERIOUS?!"


Junior: "Yes, I am."


Babs: "So, you're trying to tell me, that all this time,
 

Barbara Wallace was a nice, wooly beard for you? A lil trophy girlfriend to help put up a nice front for whatever shit on the 'DL' you may have been up to?! Oh, and to top it all off, you never truly loved me from the JUMP?!"

 Junior: "I didn't say that--"


Babs: "ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION, JUNIOR!"


Junior: "Fine! Would you prefer the short answer 'yes', with
 

an 'if? Or the long answer 'no', with a 'but'?"

  Babs: "YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!"

even while wearing that purple prom dress.

  • Woman Scorned: As soon as she realized that Junior was lying to her for

a year and a half and was gay and made her his [[The Beard Beard]], she wasted no time beating the shit out of him.

her rage she destroys a lot in her wake. Beating Junior to a pulp is just the start. Junior is finally out of the closet, everyone will know what he did to Babs and what Babs did to him, and even Koopa Suites is suffering a jolt of corporate fallout because Babs's father's business pulls out of a very important agreement because of what happened with their kids on prom night. But even if Babs's fury seems extreme, the reader remembers that what Junior did her was still a terrible thing -- carrying on a fake relationship for a year and a half that Babs will never get back, just to reveal that it was a lie to [[The Beard keep Junior in the closet]]. We know why Junior did it, but it was still a dick thing to do to Babs. Between Junior, Jojo and Babs, the biggest victim is Babs, who did not even have the luxury of having a clue what was going on before the crap hit the fan. Wendy recognizes Babs as a victim of deceit as soon as Junior outs himself to his family, and slaps him in the face.

=== Kamek 

===

Thomas Kamek, a magikoopa (albeit one who doesn't use magic), is Bowser's elderly assistant who takes most of Bowser's phone calls for Koopa Suites. Kamek also knows Rufus well, since he worked under Rufus before Bowser inherited Koopa Suites from him.

=== Kamella 

===

Kamella, a magikoopa (again, one who doesn't use magic), is the never-seen head maid of Koopa Manor.

  • The Ghost: Is periodically mentioned but has never appeared in-story.
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