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[Name]: Fidgey.
[Age]: 25.
[Contacts]:
♦ DW: kissingstars
♦ AIM: wildfidgey
♦ Plurk: kissedstars
[Timezone]: Eastern Time Zone.
[Other Characters]: N/A.



[Name]: Jake English.
[Canon]: Homestuck.
[Age]: 16.
[Gender]: Male.
[Canon Point]: Page 8474.

[History]:
Wiki Link!

[Personality]:

A really popular misconception of this character is that he is drop dead suave and a heart throbber; he knows exactly what he is doing to those interested in him and takes pride in it. While it is true, for one reason or another, that there appears to be several characters to show an interest in Jake romantically, he really isn't the smoothest talker. In fact, he's rather clumsy and unaware of things— not to mention he can be pretty dense. Jake is rather oblivious to some of the most evident things, having looked over hints Dirk had dropped before concerning him being from the future, or any sort of flirtations by people. In any case, Jake's echeladder has titles such as: One Tomb; Too Many Suitors, Cupid's Crosshair Candy, Sharkbait Heartthrob, Hunk Rumpus Buster and Beau Skylark. It's almost like he should totally be the smooth talker hero, but his personality obviously shows he isn't.
But anyway, it's obvious Jane has sort of a thing for Jake as well, but cowards out on confessing to him and encourages Jake to pursue Dirk instead without even catching a hint at all that Jane has affections for him. This goes back to Jake being dense. Dense, but not completely stupid, either. Jake seems to ask very interesting and profound questions when he first has his conversation with Aranea and she is explaining her planet and the trolls she lives with.

He describes his relationship with Dirk as "bestest bros" and "wouldn't mind exploring the waters" before they start going out. This later becomes more of an experiment which he eventually regrets, and during the whole Trickster fiasco, Dirk dumps Jake because he kept running from his problems in a very cowardly sort of way. Because of this, it's fair to say Jake has a wishy-washy sort of personality, along with getting extremely nervous to face situations emotionally related. He's never certain about one thing or another and just sort of goes with whatever in most cases which opens himself up for being easily manipulated by others and their words.
While romance is an interest of his, his mind is usually elsewhere for the most part. He finds relationships very important, but isn't interested enough in them to actually figure out how to pursue them right. It mainly goes with his co-dependency since he grew up primarily alone.
As mentioned, though, his mind is typically elsewhere. Elsewhere being adventuring or nerding out over comic books or movies. It should also be noted here that he aspires to be an archaeologist and uses most of his time exploring his island, so adventuring is very, very cool to him. He even owns a Tomb Raider belt buckle with matching leg holsters, but alas, his shorts are too long for him to wear them properly. He tries to be cool! Honestly— probably tries a little bit too hard because he refuses to wear the holsters until he gets shorter shorts so it looks right without taking in the fact wearing leg holsters like Lara Croft is a little bit dorky anyway.

If there is one way to get Jake's attention, it's mentioning an adventure or exploring of some kind. He claims he doesn't really have time to even use Wikipedia or use proper grammar/syntax cause he's a busy guy and "has an adventure to get on with", quote. I should also say he has some weird obsession with skulls. He gets attached to strange, materialized things much too easily and can simply obsess over them more than the norm. Skulls, the color blue, movies, comic books, guns, blue ladies and etc are just some of the following things he regularly has his mind on.

Jake is a really big nerd. Rather adorable! But very nerdy. He doesn't really seem to openly brag about his impressive collection of comics or movies, but it's obvious he has a stash since he brings up movies and comics a lot, often referencing them.
It's mentioned he especially likes comic books with spider girls in it or movies with cerulean ladies. What he's fascinated with is rather peculiar due to his eccentric personalty and possibly because he didn't have much social interaction growing up besides those he chats with. He's rather energetic and boisterous and possibly a bit of a "ham" who always seems to be on the go. There really isn't much of an explanation why he's so active, but it's certain that it's sort of difficult to calm him down once he gets riled up. One theory for his energy could be the fact he's used to keeping himself entertained since he has nobody else to communicate with in person. This also could explain why he talks with a very odd mix of words and syntax, some of them made up on his own.

Accompanied with being loud and boisterous, he gets flustered very easily, which can essentially lead to something I'll call here a flip out. It's happened several times in the series that he'll type in all caps and draw words out during these flip outs, or start to get embarrassed and sweaty when discussing a topic that is inappropriate or makes him feel nervous. He can get nervous easily as first seen with several conversations between his friends in the first few pesterlogs with them, and even more so with his interaction with Aranea. He doesn't have much of a filter and has a tendency to yell without really thinking about what he's saying, especially during one of these skittish flip outs.

Jake does try his best to be polite and kind to strangers, especially women, but is very much a ruffian otherwise. You know, being an adventurous hooligan and all of that! In fact, he has enough guts to deck a lady if need be, as demonstrated when he attack Meenah in some of the most recent parts of the story, thinking she was the Condesce. Piggybacking on that statement, Jake really does enjoy brawling, probably more than he ought to. There's nothing like a good session of "fisticuffs", and he can sometimes invite himself into a fight without really meaning to from the start. Something about it is enthralling to him, and he would be the one to start a strife or challenge another first. He'll take up the sword, so to say, and plan to be the Blockbuster action hit movie hero, though he just kind of comes across as a major tool. Either way, Jake doesn't really seem ashamed of who he is and can be called a very free spirited individual.

He's very alert and overly prepared for anything. Like any normal person, he has five computers and fetch module in a puzzle form which means he can inventory as much as can properly fit. Given these thoughts, Jake is a packrat and possibly feels exposed or vulnerable when he doesn't have absolutely everything he needs for something. He even has pieces of his former house in his inventory for nostalgic sake. However, one thing he certainly won't leave his room without would be his two M9 Berettas which were a gift from his grandmother as inheritance. This sort of wanting to be prepared complex that he has must come from always being on high attentive considering his island is very dangerous, and he has a sparring robot partner that is also on the hunt for him when he leaves his room.
Jake is open about his interests to everybody without too much of shame. Whether it be about what he's passionate about, like girls associated with the color blue, or guns, or movies; he really doesn't stop and consider how awkward the conversation is getting, and neither does he really care that much. He can be very apologetic for anything that may seem out of line, especially when addressing a new person. Really, new introductions can be very sophisticated and painfully gentleman-like depending on his mood at the time. He will often apologize in advance, somewhere in the back of his wild mind that he's about to say or do something stupid.

Even with him being oblivious and hard to catch onto things, Jake does have a certain amount of untapped potential being a Page of Hope and all of that. He's had his share of brilliance and shown intelligence in ways he didn't think he subconsciously knew.
All things given, Jake is rather kind if you don't come across as dangerous. He can be insecure when meeting new people, but he's sweet to his friends when he isn't coming off as arrogant (which he hardly notices he actually does). He seems to also get picked on and has a pretty good attitude about it without being too defensive.

The odd thing about Jake is the fact he seems to be co-dependent and needy of others and seems to always want to have attention put on him (typically by him flipping the conversation to himself), but in most recent updates he seems to be sick and tired of the attention and desires to be left alone. This is seen when Aranea offers to heal his mind by seducing him and he instantly tries to push her away, exclaiming he's tired of being "some sort of piece of meat."
It's almost as if, now that he has grown up a little more, he prefers solitude as opposed to too much company. Perhaps he needs an equal balance, or perhaps he just is tired of people crushing on him. Either way, he cares an immense amount about his Alpha friends and would do anything for them.

[Abilities / Strengths & Weaknesses]:

✓ Skilled Fighter: Jake has a fondness for fighting and beating the crap out of people or things. Because of this, Dirk designed for him a robot companion to wrestle with. Jake has been training this way and is pretty exceptional at fighting, even if he can get his butt kicked now and then. I mean, it kind of wasn't fair— human being versus a robot. Jake sure did learn a lot from battling with Brobot. At least he has the stamina and guts to take people on.

✓ Gunslinger: Guns guns guns. Jake always has twin pistols with him, a reference to Tomb Raider. In top of that, his grandmother owned a gun company and allowed him to inherit all sorts of guns and rifles. Jake knows how to use these things, and he knows how to use them very, very well.

✓ Knowledgeable: —with certain things. Such as guns and weapons, movies, comic books, outdoorsy things like building a campfire and how to basically survive on your own. He knows how to kill and skin animals and the basics of taxidermy.

✓ Caring/Protective: In the moments that Jake isn't scared or wanting to run away, he can be very caring or protective of certain people or things. He saw Jane's dream self killed by the Red Miles and was instantly upset. It was difficult for him to break up with Dirk because he didn't want to hurt his feelings— and, he wanted to sock Meenah across the face because he thought she was responsible for putting Dirk and Roxy's world in peril. When it comes to his friends, Jake can usually pull through obstacles to stand up for them.

✗ Peanuts: Seriously. Jake is allergic to these to the point where it can kill him. All the players in Homestuck are given an extra life of sorts called a "dream self." Jake's dream self came to an early end when he was force fed peanuts. This killed his dream self, giving him only one life to live through the game.

✗ Scaredy Cat: Jake runs away from everything. No, for real. Every single thing. He runs away from the monsters on his island, the robot battle partner he has— even his social and relationship issues. If there is an opportunity to run, Jake will take it. There are few instances he actually shows a decent amount of bravery in the series. Something has to really motivate him in order for him to pull through with a task.

✗ Socially Inept: Stuttering and stammering is common for Jake. He also can say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Jake grew up primarly by himself in isolation, and so it's difficult for him o communicate with people face to face, even with being with his friends for months on end in the Medium. Being put on the spot can make him nervous and his confidence can shrink— he doesn't do well with crowds.

✗ Emotional: Yeah. He's a big ole crybaby— over everything. We don't know what to do with him either.

[Limited Powers]:

Hope Powers: Every player in Sburb has a class and title and are given a certain ability to have "powers" when they have reached God Tier. From the canon point I am taking Jake, it is true that he has reached his God Tier rank, but something very specific has to occur before he can use his full potential. Jake's mind and soul has to be "healed" of any emotional damage he has had in his life. Since I am taking him right before Aranea heals his mind, Jake will still have his untapped potential to be powerful until his mind and soul is healed. 

In other words, Jake has no means to use the full extent of his powers he is given in this game anyway since his mind has not been healed.
He does, however, have the ability to "believe" in other players to where they appear in their splintered form. The only player who does this in the series happens to be Dirk. I'm capping this ability to where he will only see and hear vague visions of Dirk, but cannot possibly believe in him enough to make him actually appear.

[Other Important Facts]:
Jake usually would have on his person a sylladex that enables him to carry things in his inventory. This sylladex is usually crammed with all sorts of objects. Players can basically make items from their world appear out of thin air much like characters in an RPG. I'm requesting that Jake be able to have his sylladex with him, but the only items in it are the following:

• Two solid gold Berettas with no ammo. 
• Tomb Raider belt with thigh gun holsters.
• A copy of the movie Avatar in Blu-Ray edition.

If this is an issue, let me know. I know in the FAQ it said they'd arrive with nothing but the clothes on their backs and some familiars. So! Otherwise, he'll just have the clothing on his back, which is this hideous concoction.

[Samples]:
♦ Thread: From his most recent game, cross-canon thread, Route-29: Jake and Kirigiri.
♦ Post:

_{[ It had been awhile since Jake had smelled the sea salted air. He couldn't actually believe he was back at a place that looked similar to where he started from. Jake does take the time to explore a bit, but he doesn't get too far until he decides to finally write in his journal. It's a little intimidating— from the looks of it, people could read what you could write in the journal.
That is.. what it seemed, at least. For there were all sorts of conversations going on in this magical journal. He was too shy to upright ask somebody for assistance, especially in the garb he had on now. What is scribbled into the journal is with a green pen of sorts, and it's funny looking writing.. similar to this. ]}

Ehem. Err. Salutations dear persons within this mystical journal! I do fret i shant get much further in this sort of ruffian setting without hereby obtaining for myself some sort of fitting attire.
I am completely and utterly dumbfounded at this surprising new scenery as lovely as it is.. i feel as if im going to get my ears boxed by any one of these vicious brood of cut-throating swashbuckling vermin that i cross dire paths with.
Although engaging in the tomfoolery of fisticuffs piques my keen interest wholeheartedly i dont feel as if i am in the proper position to be bamboozled in any sorts of drunken spar and have my derriere served on a golden platter by having the everfriggin tar kicked outta me.
My request is peculiar i assure you.
Please dont laugh.
But can somebody properly help me locate a place to find some trousers? I really dont want to relocate where i am until i know where i am going.
Um. Thank you.

PS: i would also like to inquire about what the devilshits is going on here but i figure being pointed in the right place to obtain pants would be priority.
Now that i have expressed my need for certain things i would also like to know what it is i am supposed to do here. I have read the first page and im still utterly lost. My apologies of this question seems stupid.
Ah thanks again.

PSS: If you go by or have heard of the handle gutsygumshoe timaeustestified or tipsygnostalgic um..
Its jake and im here i reckon.

_{[ Honestly. Somebody help this poor puppy. ]}