NAME:   Finn Flounder AGE:   Twenty-Four SEXUALITY:   Pansexual HEIGHT:  5â˛9âł PRONOUNS:   He/Him OCCUPATION:   Part-time daycare teacher at Sunnysides & possible future kids dance instructorÂ
Growing up as an overly anxious person was never easy. Being constantly afraid of his surroundings and flinching whenever even the prospect of danger was near, it was exhausting! But anxiety was like a main foundation of Finnâs personality, and no matter how cautious he was or how little he went outside as a child (as thankfully he had parents who didnât force him to go out and play if he didnât want to) Finn was always just super anxious.
The only time Finn never felt this way was whenever he was around his best friend, Ariel. He has known them for most of his life as his parents and Arielâs parents were closeâ especially their motherâs. In fact, Finn was a 4 going on 5-year-old when he tagged along with his mother to the Triton household and collided into a 2-year-old Ariel who had been running towards his direction. It was the first time they met, and though his initial reaction had been to nearly scream for falling on the floor, it was Ariel giggling at him that caused Finn to halt. Their mother had then came in, smiling and laughing herself before introducing him to Ariel. Since that day, their motherâs had decided to set up play dates between the two. And if he were to be honest, Finn never expected for Ariel to keep wanting to be his friend the older they both got. Not when Ariel were fun and spontaneousâ unlike him. And yet, the two were best friends. Theyâre still best friends even to this day.
Finn loves and cares for Ariel with his entire being that at times, its extremely difficult for him to say ânoâ to them. Most of the times he would do whatever they wanted, and would even make excuses for them if needed, and donât even get him started in the amount of trouble Ariel had gotten them into throughout their time growing up together. Nevertheless, Finn would still tag along with Ariel because they're not only his best friend but also like the sibling heâs never had, and heâll admit that having someone like them around does help make his life quite eventful and fun even. Sometimes.
So it became a sad and tragic day when Arielâs mother had passed away. To make matters worst, their father had shut down everything within their life, which nearly included Finnâs and Arielâs friendship as his best friend was pulled out of school and was restricted from exploring the island nor were they allowed to invite anyone over to their estate. Even Finn was hardly allowed within the Tritonâs household, their father keeping a strict rule that if he was granted access to come over, it would only be for a very short period of time and his time with Ariel will ALWAYS stay within the walls of the estate. No more were they allowed to explore the sea shores of the island or even Arielâs backyard. It was kinda crazy, even for Finn. But he was grateful to be able to still visit them from time to time. If only he had knew of a way to help his best friend instead, as after some time, he could tell that Ariel felt miserable in being trapped. It wasnât until he was fourteen was when his best friend began sneaking away from their estate, usually convincing Finn to tag along with them if he was already there or calling him to let him know that they made it out. But it was always for a short period of time. But even then he could see how much happier Ariel felt. As more years passed, the hold and strictness Arielâs father had started to falter a little. They still came with some conditions, but eventually he finally was able to have his best friend back.
One of the most struggling and confusing times within Finnâs life was high school. It was a time where not only was Finn trying to discover himself and where he fitâs in, but he was also doing majority of it alone. Granted, he knew he had to do some of it by himself as it wasnât like he and Ariel wouldâve been taking the same classes due to being two grades higher than them, but it wouldâve brought Finn some solace knowing that he had his best friend in the same school as him. And yet, he didnât get to have that. Instead, he spent all of his high school years mainly keeping to himself. Sure, he snagged a few dates here and there, even had a high school boyfriend which solidified the fact that he was attracted to men equally the same as he was for women, but none of his relationships back then lasted for long. Romantic or friendship wise.
Finn decided to continue his education after high school, but for so long, wasnât able to find the one thing that he wanted to do in life. First he tried biology since he had an overall decent average in it, but decided against it after he was almost forced to dissect a frog in class. He fainted instantly. Heck, he then thought business and accounting may be the path for him, but the numbers got confusing to him and the stress that comes to anything business related didnât do well with his anxieties. No matter what he tried, his anxieties would get in the way and prevent him from giving his all. So much so, that Finn almost thought about quitting college altogether until it was suggested that he tried tried early childhood care. Finn wasnât so confident about it, but still gave it a chance, and to say the least, the longer he spent his time around kids, the more he realized that he wasnât as terrified of them as he normally was. If anything, being around kids turned out to be rather calming for Finn. His face always lights up whenever heâs with them, and he enjoys the fact that he could be someone they would look up to and can learn from.
So obviously, when he heard about there being a part-time opening at Sunnysides daycare, Finn had to take up the opportunity and has, surprising, not regret it since!
Is surprisingly a really good dancer. As stated, back in high school, Finn was practically alone and so he needed to find a way to spend his past time whenever he wasnât visiting his best friend or when he wasnât at home. Dancing became that, as the music helps clear his mind away from all the stress of the world. His old gym teacher use to also not mind leaving him alone at gym whenever school ended, and it was there where he taught himself a couple of techniques. And Finn wouldnât go as far and say he was great at dancing or anything, but he had rhythm and style to it. So much so that who knows? Maybe if teaching doesnât work out for him in the end, dancing just might! Maybe even both!
Has a bit of a stutter within his speech. It isnât as bad as when he was a child, but Finn would still get a bit tongue-tied with his words and stutter. It getâs worst when his nervous or feeling on the edge about something, but by now heâs better a talking without stumbling.
Enjoys temporary dying his hair into various colors and uses temporary hair dye to do so.
Just a mess of a human being a good 6/10 of the time.
Is not a good swimmer and has nearly drowned on multiple occasions because of it. Ariel has tried to teach him how to swim and had even reassured him that nothing bad would happen with them around, but even so, Finn still freaks over about it and would choose to stay within the shorelines or at best, go in knee deep into the ocean. Really, just staying on the sandy beach and watching the ocean from far, farâ far away was enough for Finn.
Forever baby faced, which is both a blessing and a curse.
