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PCA in-depth character meme - Dominic
17 years ago
Haven't done one of these in a while, guess it's time for an update. This time, Dominic.
Dominic Ardillo del Relampago
Home Life:
- Dominic has a total of three sisters and one brother, of which only Tessa still lives at home. His mother is an eye doctor and his father is an architect. While the family isn't in the "filthy rich" category they are rather well off and live in a nice subdivision not far from campus. In fact Rylai's family lives only a few streets away. The two of them and Tessa used to play together when they were very young but haven't thought about it in years and it's debatable whether they would even recognize or remember each other.
- Dominic's bedroom is on the upstairs floor of the house but most of his time is spent in the basement where he has a small soundroom and amp for his guitar, his computer and video games, stereo, mini-fridge, fold-out bed, and other living arrangements. It was formerly used as a design studio by one of his sisters but he took it over when she moved out and Tessa passed on it.
- Dominic doesn't have his own car but does at least have his driver's license. Sometimes he'll borrow one of his parents' cars but usually he gets a ride to and from school with Tessa. Although he has a set of keys to her van he can't drive it because it doesn't actually have gas or brake pedals. He uses it to store his guitar and other items while he's at school but keeps leaving more and more stuff in there, much to her annoyance.
Personal Life:
- Dominic has always been musically talented and first picked up the guitar when he was very young. He appeared on a late-night talk show to play when he was only six years old. His preferred style is more oriented towards blues or classic rock but recently he's shifted into speed/thrash metal. Dominic joined a metal band named Napalm Orgy as part of a concentrated effort to remake his image, and while he enjoys it, it isn't what he would truly prefer to be doing.
- Napalm Orgy consists of Dominic on lead guitar, a blaziken named Faran who does the vocals and most of the songwriting, a kricketune bassist named Lenny, and lairon drummer named Lorissa. Dominic tried out for the band when their previous guitarist graduated and moved away. Faran objected to him on the grounds that he felt Dominic didn't fit the band's image but Lorissa insisted that he was by far the most talented and skilled of everyone who had auditioned. Lenny remained passive as always but in the end Lorissa's arguments won out over the opinionated blaziken. Dominic and Faran have argued over various issues related to the band since then but usually Lorissa sides with the pachirisu. Lenny never really says much of anything...
- Dominic and Tessa have always been best friends as well as siblings, and it hit him pretty hard when she was hurt. His dedication to success in the arena comes from a vow he made to fight the battles that she no longer could, and he takes every loss personally, as though he's let her down. He puts more pressure on himself than anyone else does, most especially her.
School Life:
- Dominic had no experience in arena-style battling before his freshman year at the Poke-Combat Academy. It was only through dedicated training during the summer before he started at the school that he was even able to pass the school's entrance exams, and even then he didn't score particularly well. His academic scores were much better, and he was accepted largely on the strength of those, but his skill in the arena has greatly improved since the start of his freshman year. Many opponents don't seem to realize this and so he's one of the more underestimated battlers in his class. His academics, however, have slipped somewhat.
- Dominic's admission into the academy was somewhat rushed and last-minute and as such he never actually signed up for a particular battle division. His freshman year was spent in a combination of solo battles and temporary teams. He still hadn't made a decision by the time his sophomore year came around and so the administration assigned him to the team division based on his previous year's record. Dominic got the position as team leader only because his name came first alphabetically on the team's registration form. He wanted to name the team Crimson after a favorite band of his but it was already taken, so he just changed the spelling rather than come up with something new.
- Ever since he's been hanging around Zap, Dominic has been considering trying out for the academy's Pokeball team next year. To that end he's been spending quite a bit of time working out and building up his strength, having bought a set of weights for the basement. His motivations are twofold - one he wants to prove his toughness, and two he wants to get girls. All things considered it has had an effect, he's noticeably bigger than he was last year.
Love Life:
- Dominic has long suffered under the curse of being "too nice" and "just friends" with a number of girls. While he was patient for a while, the breaking point came when a spinda girl that he was interested in turned him down in favor of a guy who was "dangerous". A little over two weeks later she came to him looking for comfort and complaining that there weren't any nice guys out there after her new boyfriend treated her badly. Ever since then he's been acting like more and more of a jerk, and although it hasn't paid off yet, it doesn't help that a number of girls who previously wouldn't have given him the time of day have taken notice of him. But ironically as he's not used to such attention he hasn't really picked up on it.
- Dominic has a minor crush on both of his female teammates but is wise enough to believe in a "no dating teammates" rule. As such they're the two girls he doesn't mind just being friends with. He flirts with both of them (even though Neve is currently spoken for) but it's all in fun and all parties involved know that it isn't serious. He's also been flirting with his bandmate Lorissa, and though he just assumes it's all in fun as well, she doesn't and can't help but wonder why he doesn't follow up on it.
- Although he's not exactly picky, Dominic has a fondness for outgoing, athletic girls. The chainmail-bikini wearing amazon look is a favorite of his and he has a few Boris Voltejo posters depicting such hanging on the walls of the basement. His father didn't approve of such, claiming that such a display was disrespectful to females, but when the two females who actually live in the house had no objection he rather lost the argument.
Misc Facts/Quirks:
- The silver ball bearing necklace that Dominic always wears is actually made from small pinballs strung together. His grandfather, whom Dominic was close to, rebuilt and refurbished vintage pinball machines as a hobby and gave the necklace to Dominic to remember him by shortly before he died.
- Dominic hates it when people talk about his sister Tessa in a suggestive fashion. However she often encourages people to do so or says such things herself just to get under his skin.
- Dominic prefers to end his battles with a combination of Quick Attack and Spark, an out-of-nowhere spear-like tackle that he calls "Electric Funeral".
- Despite his last name, Dominic only speaks enough Spanish to order off the menu at Taco Beldum.
- Dominic's musical pride and joy is a heavy-metal styled cover of The Anvil of Crom from Conan the Barbarian. He plays it (very well actually) during his band's set with Lenny doing the bass line when Faran takes a break to rest his voice. Faran doesn't like the fact that it's one of the more popular parts of the set and it it doesn't involve him.
Dominic Ardillo del Relampago
Home Life:
- Dominic has a total of three sisters and one brother, of which only Tessa still lives at home. His mother is an eye doctor and his father is an architect. While the family isn't in the "filthy rich" category they are rather well off and live in a nice subdivision not far from campus. In fact Rylai's family lives only a few streets away. The two of them and Tessa used to play together when they were very young but haven't thought about it in years and it's debatable whether they would even recognize or remember each other.
- Dominic's bedroom is on the upstairs floor of the house but most of his time is spent in the basement where he has a small soundroom and amp for his guitar, his computer and video games, stereo, mini-fridge, fold-out bed, and other living arrangements. It was formerly used as a design studio by one of his sisters but he took it over when she moved out and Tessa passed on it.
- Dominic doesn't have his own car but does at least have his driver's license. Sometimes he'll borrow one of his parents' cars but usually he gets a ride to and from school with Tessa. Although he has a set of keys to her van he can't drive it because it doesn't actually have gas or brake pedals. He uses it to store his guitar and other items while he's at school but keeps leaving more and more stuff in there, much to her annoyance.
Personal Life:
- Dominic has always been musically talented and first picked up the guitar when he was very young. He appeared on a late-night talk show to play when he was only six years old. His preferred style is more oriented towards blues or classic rock but recently he's shifted into speed/thrash metal. Dominic joined a metal band named Napalm Orgy as part of a concentrated effort to remake his image, and while he enjoys it, it isn't what he would truly prefer to be doing.
- Napalm Orgy consists of Dominic on lead guitar, a blaziken named Faran who does the vocals and most of the songwriting, a kricketune bassist named Lenny, and lairon drummer named Lorissa. Dominic tried out for the band when their previous guitarist graduated and moved away. Faran objected to him on the grounds that he felt Dominic didn't fit the band's image but Lorissa insisted that he was by far the most talented and skilled of everyone who had auditioned. Lenny remained passive as always but in the end Lorissa's arguments won out over the opinionated blaziken. Dominic and Faran have argued over various issues related to the band since then but usually Lorissa sides with the pachirisu. Lenny never really says much of anything...
- Dominic and Tessa have always been best friends as well as siblings, and it hit him pretty hard when she was hurt. His dedication to success in the arena comes from a vow he made to fight the battles that she no longer could, and he takes every loss personally, as though he's let her down. He puts more pressure on himself than anyone else does, most especially her.
School Life:
- Dominic had no experience in arena-style battling before his freshman year at the Poke-Combat Academy. It was only through dedicated training during the summer before he started at the school that he was even able to pass the school's entrance exams, and even then he didn't score particularly well. His academic scores were much better, and he was accepted largely on the strength of those, but his skill in the arena has greatly improved since the start of his freshman year. Many opponents don't seem to realize this and so he's one of the more underestimated battlers in his class. His academics, however, have slipped somewhat.
- Dominic's admission into the academy was somewhat rushed and last-minute and as such he never actually signed up for a particular battle division. His freshman year was spent in a combination of solo battles and temporary teams. He still hadn't made a decision by the time his sophomore year came around and so the administration assigned him to the team division based on his previous year's record. Dominic got the position as team leader only because his name came first alphabetically on the team's registration form. He wanted to name the team Crimson after a favorite band of his but it was already taken, so he just changed the spelling rather than come up with something new.
- Ever since he's been hanging around Zap, Dominic has been considering trying out for the academy's Pokeball team next year. To that end he's been spending quite a bit of time working out and building up his strength, having bought a set of weights for the basement. His motivations are twofold - one he wants to prove his toughness, and two he wants to get girls. All things considered it has had an effect, he's noticeably bigger than he was last year.
Love Life:
- Dominic has long suffered under the curse of being "too nice" and "just friends" with a number of girls. While he was patient for a while, the breaking point came when a spinda girl that he was interested in turned him down in favor of a guy who was "dangerous". A little over two weeks later she came to him looking for comfort and complaining that there weren't any nice guys out there after her new boyfriend treated her badly. Ever since then he's been acting like more and more of a jerk, and although it hasn't paid off yet, it doesn't help that a number of girls who previously wouldn't have given him the time of day have taken notice of him. But ironically as he's not used to such attention he hasn't really picked up on it.
- Dominic has a minor crush on both of his female teammates but is wise enough to believe in a "no dating teammates" rule. As such they're the two girls he doesn't mind just being friends with. He flirts with both of them (even though Neve is currently spoken for) but it's all in fun and all parties involved know that it isn't serious. He's also been flirting with his bandmate Lorissa, and though he just assumes it's all in fun as well, she doesn't and can't help but wonder why he doesn't follow up on it.
- Although he's not exactly picky, Dominic has a fondness for outgoing, athletic girls. The chainmail-bikini wearing amazon look is a favorite of his and he has a few Boris Voltejo posters depicting such hanging on the walls of the basement. His father didn't approve of such, claiming that such a display was disrespectful to females, but when the two females who actually live in the house had no objection he rather lost the argument.
Misc Facts/Quirks:
- The silver ball bearing necklace that Dominic always wears is actually made from small pinballs strung together. His grandfather, whom Dominic was close to, rebuilt and refurbished vintage pinball machines as a hobby and gave the necklace to Dominic to remember him by shortly before he died.
- Dominic hates it when people talk about his sister Tessa in a suggestive fashion. However she often encourages people to do so or says such things herself just to get under his skin.
- Dominic prefers to end his battles with a combination of Quick Attack and Spark, an out-of-nowhere spear-like tackle that he calls "Electric Funeral".
- Despite his last name, Dominic only speaks enough Spanish to order off the menu at Taco Beldum.
- Dominic's musical pride and joy is a heavy-metal styled cover of The Anvil of Crom from Conan the Barbarian. He plays it (very well actually) during his band's set with Lenny doing the bass line when Faran takes a break to rest his voice. Faran doesn't like the fact that it's one of the more popular parts of the set and it it doesn't involve him.
I feel sorry for the guy, though. It seems he has a hard time fitting in, despite his best efforts. He figures something out and then realizes he needs to go in a different direction. Yeah, I know what that's like.