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BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Benjamin Jacob Martos
NICKNAMES: Ben
BIRTHDAY: April 21
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Newport, RI
BIRTHPLACE: Boston, MA
RELIGION: Catholic (but not devout)
ETHNICITY: Mexican (Spanish and Indigenous), Swedish, and Iranian
NATIONALITY: American
EDUCATION/MAJOR: Journalism and Music double major
JOB/EXTRACURRICULARS: Track and Field, Orchestra, On-Campus Rec Center Attendant (front desk), school paper contributor (music & arts section)
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: In a (new) relationship <3
SOCIAL CLASS: Middle
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
HEIGHT: 5â9â
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown
BUILD: Slim
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: N/A
NOTABLE FEATURES: Big beautiful brown cow eyes and curly hair<3
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES: N/A
ALLERGIES: Latex
PERSONALITY & BEHAVIOR
HOBBIES: Reading (fantasy), running, napping, DnD, and Magic: The Gathering
LIKES: Cleaning, cooking, music/going to concerts, trying new food, New England sports teams, sailing/kayaking, napping, chewing on ice, Lord of the Rings, new age hippy relaxation stuff (e.g. air diffusers and incense and white noise machines), running errands, rewatching TV shows, pictures of his girlfriend, napping with his girlfriend, spending time with his girlfriend, making snacks for his girlfriend, camouflaging as a jock, <3 therapy <3 and SSRIs, meditation, wearing socks with slides, being a music snob, and golf.
DISLIKES: Unpredictability, big changes, insincere people/people who arenât upfront, attention seekers, leaving his bed when heâs all snugged up :(, being rushed, forgetting his airpods, yellow mustard, leaky pens, light beer, alarm clocks, breaking in new running shoes, gossip, public speaking, and itchy sweaters.
QUIRKS: Left-handed, talks with an accidental monotone (heâs :| that emoji), extremely stubborn, tidies the area in front of/around him when he feels uncomfortable or nervous, does a lot of middle-of-the-night reorganizing when heâs stressed, brings a snack wherever he goes, always clicking pens, needs a lot of space when stressed or anxious, dissociative king, cracks his neck and back a lot.
POSITIVE TRAITS: Independent, persistent, dependable
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Stubborn, possessive, and self-indulgent
SHARE 5 FUN FACTS ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:
Growing up, Ben was a selective mute. Episodes could last months at a time, and he didnât really start to speak often until elementary school, so heâs fluent in ASL.
Speaking of knowing other languages, he knows extremely basic Spanish. As in, he understand what his mom says when she yells at him, but he has no real hope of stringing more than a couple sentences together.
Ben has a dog at home named Bear <3 Heâs a Boxer who theyâve had in the family for years. When Ben was a kid, his dad had a sailboat that they kept in Newport Harbor called Bear Necessities.
He plays the trumpet (and the piano, but thatâs not his Instrument; itâs just the one heâs had to learn over the course of the past few years for his Music major).
He wants to be a music journalist/critic â thatâs the end goal. For the school paper, he goes to a lot of local shows and concerts and writes reviews for them. The worst assignments have been the times heâs been sent to cover the schoolâs musical theatre productions. RIP.
Ben has a partial sports scholarship for Track and Field.Â
When Ben was 16, he found evidence that his dad was having an affair for like, Benâs entire life. It really rocked his shit, as you can imagine, especially when it became known that not only did he have a relationship with this woman, but he had another family too. He has two half-siblings heâs not in contact with.
Heâs barely spoken to his dad since, FYI. Major daddy issues. Ben had spent the first 15-16 years of his life totally idolizing the guy and as someone who prioritized loyalty, dependability, and truth above much else, his dadâs betrayal effed him up. Think Biff from Death of a Salesman a bit. His world totally altered, questioning everything an adult he trusted ever told him and realizing heâs been full of hot air. High school was roughhhhhh.
He now goes by his momâs maiden name (Martos) to distance himself from his dad.
WHERE DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIVE:
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