āŗ basics;
Full Name: Ā Gregory Benedict Walsh
Nickname/Preferred Name: BenĀ
Age: 39
Birthday:Ā March 27, 1983Ā
Sexual Orientation: Ā Heterosexual
Relationship Status: Ā Single; broken engagement to @valeriasoto
Religion: Himself
Occupation: Intellectual Property AttorneyĀ
Nationality: Canadian
āŗ background;
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia
Hometown: Ā Vancouver, British Columbia
Education: Ā UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law, Juris Doctorate concentrated in Business Law
āŗ physical;
Faceclaim: Jesse Williams
Eye Color: Ā Blue
Hair Color: Black
Height: Ā 1.85m
Weight: Ā 77kg
Tattoos, Birthmarks, Scars, etc:
āŗ relatives;
Biological Father: Gregory Walsh (b.1957, m. 1983, m.[yr])
Birth Fatherās Status: Alive
Birth Fatherās Occupation: Brewer
Biological Mother: Valerie Ann King (b.1960, m. 1983, d.1985)
Biological Motherās Status: Deceased
Biological Motherās Occupation: Homemaker
Stepmother : Amelia Walsh (b.[yr] m.[yr] )
Stepmotherās Status: Alive
Stepmotherās Occupation: Law professor, UBC/Peter Allard SchoolĀ Ā
Half siblings: Bram (b. 1988)Ā
āŗ relationships;
Established Connections
Wanted Connections
āŗ personality;
Positive Traits: charming, persuasive
Negative Traits: competitive, stubborn
āŗ personality assessments;
Zodiac: Aries ā | Virgo ā¾ | Libra ā
MBTI: ENTJ-A (The Commander)
Enneagram:
Love Language:
Harry Potter house:
āŗ misc;
Hobbies: basketball, football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, cooking
First Book They Read:Ā
Favorite Book: The Prince, Machiavelli
Favorite Music Artist:
Favorite Subject:Ā
Pets: Who has time for pets?Ā
Habits:Ā
Alarm is perpetually set for 6:30 AM, and he only sleeps in on high holidays.Ā Ā
At the gym before 7 AM every day and works out for 60 minutes.Ā
The only time he has more than one drink as a nightcap is when he doesnāt have to work the next day (which is, basically, never.)Ā
He has been known to use cocaine or Adderall recreationally if he needs a pick-me-up, but heās very particular about every aspect of it and itās very infrequent.
Has a standing phone call with his father for 30 minutes at 3 PM on weekdays.Ā Ā
Eats brunch with their parents on Sunday mornings pretty religiously.Ā The only real variation in this is sometimes they let him cook. (Usually not, though, and definitely not since the breakup because he doesnāt want them at his apartment.)Ā
āŗ Timelines;
History/Biographical
Dash Chronology
āŗ Headcanons;
Full page here
āŗ Full Biography; tw:Ā racism, parent death, sibling death
It was a little controversial when Greg Walsh took up with Valerie King. Ā Walsh was a significant and powerful last name, and Valerie was a woman of color in a place where there werenāt many women of color. Ā He was also young to settle down with anyone according to society when he was a āman with such promise.ā Ā That was a significant portion of the reason the couple named their son after Greg, to give him an air of legitimacy even though they werenāt married when he was born. Ā That would come later. Ā Weeks later.
The product of their union, Gregory Benedict, has a strong opinion on all of it to this day. Ā None of this opinion is particularly favorable. However, it happened and thereās nothing Ben, as he prefers to be called, can do to change that.
Except only use his legal name on documents that require it. Ā And he wears his motherās face, according to the handful of pictures heās kept, though, thereās nothing he can do about his face.
He also didnāt have control over the fact that all the money in the world couldnāt save Valerie when she died before giving birth to her second child, another son. Ā The baby also died. Ā Ben, less than two years old at the time, doesnāt remember any of it. Ā He doesnāt remember his mother at all. Ā The only memories of a mother heās got are of Amelia Walsh, Gregās second and all-around more āappropriateā wife. Ā (Depending on who you ask. Ā Ben has some thoughts on that, too.)
Itās not that Amelia has ever been terrible to him. Ā No, in the end, heās the oldest son of a very traditional family and that means more than some of the other details. Ā When siblings were born and adopted following his fatherās remarriage, Ben was expected to be an example, to walk the walk and talk the talk of being a Walsh. Ā Because heās smart and more than a little ambitious, he figured it out pretty quickly. Ā Because some small part of him intrinsically carries that doubt of belonging, just beneath the surface, heās always been a little afraid to do anything but what heās supposed to. Ā That means fitting in, being bold and confident like a Walsh is supposed to be, and definitely doing his best to make their father proud.
For Ben, that has always meant excellence in sports, academics, and optics. Ā While he is bold and opinionated, there is always an underlying need to earn Gregās approval and, as a result of his tenacity, heās got that approval in spades. Ā Fortunately, heās always been able to keep up. Ā Unfortunately, itās exhausting and has created some tension within their family when theyāre not all on the same page. Ā He created a relationship with his stepmother when he attended law school at UBC. Ā Though due to concerns over nepotism he wasnāt allowed to be in her class, they bonded through the experience and have continued lively debates and conversations while heās been practicing law. Ā His relationship with his father has continued to grow as Ben has gotten older and proven himself capable of maintaining an image consistent with the Walsh brand.
Underneath it all, though, Ben is kind of bored. Ā Part of him wants something thatās just his, even if itās not the best house in the nicest neighborhood, or the latest car, the most prestigious position in the best law firm in Vancouver. Ā He was engaged for a while, and that relationship felt like maybe something that would be just his, but it went up in smoke thanks to his trainwreck of a younger brother. Ā In spite of the optics, he never told their dad how the relationship fell apart. Ā Maybe heās hoping to foster something with his younger brother? Ā Or maybe heās just saving it as an ace in his pocket.











