Alright with some research and a little help from the GM and others, here is my character. [hider="I'm not the Red Lobster mascot!"][color=FFFFFF][center][img]https://fontmeme.com/temporary/6b148fc993e09b7d898ee91729e85785.png[/img] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/24/c6/bf/24c6bfb0ca7b65afb9d4eb0ec4bad033.jpg[/img] [color=FF0000][i]"Red Hero of Justice, Ebiranger, has arrived!" "How did I get my powers? I bit a radioactive shrimp. What? I have to be the one that gets bitten? That's silly! Shrimp can't bite!"[/i][/color] [sub][color=FF0000][b]Face Claim —[/b][/color] 박형석(Park Hyung Seok) | [color=FF0000][b]Color —[/b][/color] FF0000[/sub] [/center] [color=FF0000][b]Name[/b][/color] [indent]Ebisugawa "Tai" Taihou[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Superhero Alias[/b][/color] [indent]Ebiranger[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Age[/b][/color] [indent]18[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Sex[/b][/color] [indent]Male[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Sexual Orientation[/b][/color] [indent]Pansexual/Asexual[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Hero Connection[/b][/color] [indent]None.[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Appearance[/b][/color] [indent][b]Fashion Sense:[/b][indent]Taihou tends to dress very casually when not in uniform, most of the time sporting sweatpants and some t-shirt with a weird design or mascot character. He also wears black rubber claw-gloves with bumps and various attachments for interacting with everyday human objects, lovingly made by his father. Taihou enjoys IP merchandise from his favorite genres and loves displaying said merch whenever given the opportunity. His aesthetic resembles that of a middle school fanboy for all things shounen. The only thing he really lacks is video game merchandise because his hands are not conducive to playing games, so he never really got into them.[/indent] [b]Distinguishing Features:[/b][indent]Taihou is somewhat short for his age. He has short, straight, red hair, and guarded, red eyes. Long antennae sprout from the top of his head, while his skin is covered in patches of rust-red chitinous shell. Instead of hands, his arms end in pincers, with his left being larger and bulkier than his right. A large, lobster-like tail protrudes from his lower back. [hider=visual inspiration for the character][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/534948241825988611/570329488102129686/Shrimp.png[/img][/hider][/indent][/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Personality Traits[/b][/color] [indent]Shy and introverted, Taihou is an otaku who likes nerdy, boyish things, like Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla movies, Cantonese Kung Fu movies, and giant mecha anime. He has poor self-awareness and loses himself to excitement when it comes to his hobbies or when doing 'heroic' deeds. This makes him appear to switch between an 'outgoing' side and a 'shrinking violet' side. Growing up in a world where his appearance has been ridiculed as 'monstrous', Taihou has attempted to close himself off from the ostracization by embracing isolation. Yet his spirit continues to burn with fiery heroism. In a field dominated by exemplars of the human form, Taihou seeks to prove that even Saturday morning cartoon monsters can be heroes.[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Secret Origin[/b][/color] [indent]Taihou was born to parents of Japanese descent living in San Francisco. Though the father, Ebisugawa Saizen was of distant Inhuman descent, life was pretty normal for the small Asian family. Still, Saizen and his wife, Mizuko, kept their eyes peeled for news of terrigen release, as Saizen had learned of his lineage when a cousin had accidentally been exposed and acquired powers. When they caught wind that some terrigen had been released over the ocean somewhere, they temporarily swore off seafood until the proper authorities could confirm that all contamination had been accounted for. Unfortunately, Taihou, who was only ten at the time, went on a field trip with his fifth grade class to the aquarium. And even though his teachers and chaperones had notes to keep him away from seafood, during lunch, a friend of his who didn't like shrimp, traded his meal for Taihou's. The effect of the terrigen-infused shrimp had an immediate effect, and Taihou was rushed to the hospital, where proper medical staff could at least made sure he survived his transformation. In an ironically coincidental twist of fate, Taihou's Inhuman metamorphosis gave him shrimp limbs. The next few years of his life involved rehabilitation as his lack of human hands handicapped him severely, though his family and school tried to be as accomodating as possible. Because of his unique hands, his mother kept him away from house chores, so his father taught him to participate in handyman hobbies, where his destructive, 'fat fingers' were less of an issue. Through this he was able to develop passable levels of manual dexterity, though he needs to resort to wearing special rubber gloves that provide him with some form of grip in order to deal with various everyday objects. After the initial shock and the hospital stay, young Taihou thought it was kind of cool, and began to wonder if he could be like Spider-Man someday, after all, Spider-Man's powers just made him more spider-like, while his own transformation made him more shrimp-like, and both creatures were arthropods. Dreams of becoming a hero began to fill his mind, and he hadn't really considered the social stigma that still existed against those who didn't outwardly appear human. Things came to a head during a class in which all the students took turns standing in front of the class and read aloud their essay on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Taihou announced loudly and proudly that he was going to be a hero, like the ones from TV shows and cartoons, like Spider-Man. The other students jeered, calling him [url=https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_Baltan]Baltan-seijin[/url], and that he would never be a hero. He ran home in tears and binge-watched his favorite shows, realizing the sheer number of clawed, arthropod-like aliens, and that to the rest of the world, he looked just like these monsters. Though his parents tried to encourage him, he closed himself off from his peers, allowing the hurled insults to roll off his shoulder. Over time, with no friends and no after-school activities, Taihou began spending more and more time at home, going to school only for his mandatory studies. To keep him engaged, his father started encouraging him to try various feats with his quirk, filming him, and posting videos online, resulting in playlists like the "Hydraulic Pinch Channel" and "Shrimp Tail Parkour", in which Taihou pushes the limits on what he can crush with his claws and using his massive tail to aid in ridiculous jumping feats. Online, things that were not socially acceptable found their niche, and behind the barrier of the internet, Taihou was allowed to be himself, reviving his hope in one day pursuing his dream. So he began applying himself so that one day he could apply to the best hero school. He knew that people who looked like him didn't have to monsters or villains.[/indent] [color=FF0000][b]Family Tree[/b][/color] [list][*]Father - Ebisugawa Saizen[*]Mother - Mikawa Mizuko[*]Inspirations: Spider-Man, The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing[/list] [b][color=FF0000]Abilities - [/color]Inhuman: Pistol Shrimp[/b] [indent][i]Does whatever a pistol shrimp can![/i] Taihou has powerful, crushing claws and a powerful tail that helps him jump high in the air and swim rapidly. He can breathe underwater, plates of red shell pepper his skin, providing some protection, and overall, He has the proportional strength and endurance of a human-sized shrimp. Long antennae sprout from the top of his head, are sensitive to smell and touch, and aid his otherwise clumsy fingers. He also has a secret technique: his left claw is evolved to produce a high-powered 'snap' that shoots forth a destructive sonic bullet. (Think MIB's Noisy Cricket on steroids)[/indent] [color=#FF0000][b]OTHERS[/b][/color] [indent][b]Likes:[/b][list][*]Seafood[*]Nori (seaweed paper)[*]Pastries[*]Shounen media[*]Cats[*]Aquariums[*]High-speed trains[/list] [b]Dislikes:[/b][list][*]Sour foods[*]Scavenger birds, like crows, pigeons, and seagulls[*]Messy behavior[/list] [b]Fears:[/b][indent]Being treated like a monster. Being blocked from becoming a hero based on his appearance.[/indent] [b]Hopes:[/b][indent]To become a 'monstrous', 'disfigured' Avenger and break down the stigma against 'ugly' Inhumans.[/indent] [b]Heroes:[/b][list][*]Ultraman (various)[*]Red Ranger (various)[*]Bruce Lee (the one and only)[/list] [b]Hobbies:[/b][list][*]Watching his dad make Gunpla[*]Tokusatsu shows/movies[*]Giant mecha shows/movies[*]Being a Youtube content creator[/list] [b]Skills:[/b][list][*]Extensive otaku knowledge/hardcore fan of specific shounen genres[*]Feats of strength[*]Jumping[*]Some fix-it, handyman skills (he doesn't need a wrench, after all)[/list] [b]Deficiencies:[/b][list][*]Feats of manual dexterity[*]Socializing[/list] [b]Musical Taste:[/b][indent]JAM Project, and hot-blooded shounen songs in general.[/indent] [b]Entertainment Preferences:[/b][indent]Tokusatsu shows, like Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Godzilla movies. Old school Cantonese Kung Fu movies. Old school giant mecha anime. Youtube videos.[/indent] [b]Themes:[/b][indent][hider=Heroic Theme][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWZzsZN0qZQ[/youtube][/hider][/indent] [b]Physical Drawbacks:[/b][indent]Of particular note is Taihou's extreme lack of manual dexterity, as he has pincers instead of hands. He has special gloves and other handicap equipment for dealing with everyday objects like doorknobs, eating utensils, computer keyboards, and his cell phone. He has to use spoons and forks [s]like a barbarian[/s] instead of [s]the more culturally refined[/s] chopsticks that his parents eat with.[/indent] [b]Eating Habits:[/b][indent]Taihou was taught from a young age that heroes were not picky about their food and always ate their vegetables so they could grow up to be strong, so Taihou has always had a fairly healthy and nutritious diet. He isn't a health nut, and does like his occasional snack or junk food, but he never loses self-control, or let his cravings consume him. His one weakness is sour foods, while he is fine with a dash of vinegar or lemon and lime added for flavor, excessively sour foods is not something he can handle. Seafood of any sort is his favorite.[/indent] [b]Hygiene Habits:[/b][indent]Taihou was taught from a young age that heroes required self-discipline. Due to his clumsy fingers, acts of personal hygiene, like tooth brushing and applying soap when washing, were difficult. But his parents taught him to push through and overcome the difficulty in order to develop self-discipline. So Taihou now has very regimented self-care routines. He's not afraid of getting dirty, because he knows he'll clean himself up, but messy behavior, like dropping crumbs on the floor, is one of his pet peeves.[/indent][/indent][/color][/hider]