History Characters / Brainbent

* NotGoodWithPeople: Mild Type One. She's friendly and kind-hearted, but she has trouble fitting in among "normal" people and keeping up with social trends. She also likes animals.

%%* CovertPervert: Possibly, if the following is of any indication:%%Quotes aren't context.
%%-->I DON’T KNOW WHAT ROSE AND KANAYA ARE DOING. THEY’RE PROBABLY [[LesYay HOLED UP IN THEIR ROOM SMEARING VICKS VAPO-RUB ALL OVER EACH OTHER OR SOMETHING]].\\
%%UH.\\
%%I MEAN.\\
%%SHIT YOU DIDN’T HEAR THAT.

* SuperOCD: Why she admitted herself to St. Lobaf's, since it got to the point that she couldn't leave her room.

[[folder:St. Lobaf's--Residents]]

* CovertPervert[=/=]YuriFan: Possibly, if the following is of any indication:
-->I DON’T KNOW WHAT ROSE AND KANAYA ARE DOING. THEY’RE PROBABLY [[LesYay HOLED UP IN THEIR ROOM SMEARING VICKS VAPO-RUB ALL OVER EACH OTHER OR SOMETHING.]]
-->UH.
-->I MEAN.
-->SHIT YOU DIDN’T HEAR THAT.

-->'''Reader:''' Karkat, is there anyone at all at the facility that you don't mind being around? Perhaps there is someone you'd even call a friend?
-->'''Karkat:''' WHO’D BE STUPID ENOUGH TO HANG AROUND ME? THE JUGGALO FUCK DOESN’T COUNT, SINCE HE WAS PROBABLY HIGH WHEN HE HUGGED ME. ALSO THE WHOLE BUSTED NOSE THING. EGBERT DOESN’T COUNT BECAUSE HE’S AN ABRASIVE WALKING SMILEY FACE FRIENDSLUT WHO WANTS TO BE BEST BUDS WITH THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY LIKE HIM OR NOT.

* AmbiguousDisorder: The staff aren't sure, the fans aren't sure, the residents guess but thus far have no idea. John seems willing to talk about anything except that.
** For what it's worth, schizophrenia is a common suggestion.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards his baby sister, Casey.

* PastLifeMemories: How he sees his "delusions".
* ThePollyanna
* ThePrankster: Macaroni + glue + sleeping Karkat = hehehehehehe.
* WrongGenreSavvy: "He thinks he's in a video game."

* LipstickLesbian
* {{Nice G|uy}}irl
* ThePerfectionist

* CrazyPrepared: Due to having been raised by a survivalist.
* GenkiGirl

* NiceGuy: And how.

* {{Squee}}:
-->'''Reader:''' Jade, I know that this isn't much of a replacement [for Bec], but I have a Great Pyrenees that loves to give cuddles. Could I bring her by?
-->'''Jade:''' eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

* DarkAndTroubledPast
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Bugs and Karkat included.

* NiceGuy

* ShipTease: With Sollux, consistently.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: In his mermaid Halloween costume. He mentions that he enjoys modeling for Kanaya, which suggests that he doesn't pay much attention to gender conventions when he gets a chance to dress up.
** According to Kanaya, he "Has Excellent Taste in Womens Clothes And [[RummageSaleReject Terrible Taste]] In Mens"

* AbusiveParents: It's heavily implied that her father was this.

* NeverMyFault: A lot, just like in canon. A notable example is when she mocks [[spoiler: Calliope]] for having severe burns on her face, prompting John, Dave and even ''Karkat'' to [[DudeNotFunny get angry at her]]. Her response? It can easily be summed up as "It's just a joke! Jeez, would you lighten up?" Another unfortunate conviction of hers is that when she does bad things, gets reprimanded, and apologises, the situation is then immediately fine again - the injured party has no reason to feel any animosity or wariness toward her and if they do, they're just being unfair. After all, she said sorry!
** It's her biggest problem as a patient: she refuses to admit that she has a problem, and won't try helping herself. Then she turns around and gets upset that people are 'giving up on her'.
* PetTheDog: Most of her interactions with John.
** She melts pretty quickly when [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/93288881324/calliope-say-hi-to-the-snarly-hair-girl-while-mum she meets Calliope]] in person.

* ReallyGetsAround

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Guardian]]: His brother, to put it mildly, is ''not'' fit to be a parent. A lot of Dave's problems stem from his refusal to admit this.

* HiddenDepths: He's also far more observant than some people realize. For instance, he already knows that Karkat [[spoiler:is trans]] but doesn't feel it's worth commenting on, and WordOfGod is that they specifically placed them together because they knew he wouldn't care.
** He can also be very astute at times. For example, after Rose tries to talk some sense into Vriska and fails, he tells Rose that while she was right, nobody likes being emotionally blackmailed into something, even if it's for their own good. After Rose admits that she was taking her anger out on Vriska for being so catty when she just wanted to help, Dave tells Rose that she thinks she has to know everything and fix everything to be worth anything. Rose is shocked and amazed, but admits that he's right.

* StepfordSnarker

** NotSoStoic: [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/92292692934/hows-dave-doing Very briefly.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour

* BrownNote: Because of her sensory processing issues, she can have very strong negative reactions to mundane stimuli. She has a particular loathing for purple.
** And whatever perfume Kanaya was wearing that day. [[HeroicBSOD Holy shit.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Equius.

-->'''Jade:''' i washed my entire wardrobe twice! you have a schnozz on you like a freakin’ bloodhound!
-->'''Nepeta:''' :33 < yeah it makes it really easy to stalk my purrrey

* TheAlcoholic

* BrokenAce: She was at least on the verge of becoming one - rich, intelligent, and accomplished, but full of hidden insecurities, parental ambivalence, and substance abuse issues. Unusually for the trope, she's actually getting help.
** Dave also points out that Rose feels like she has to be an Ace to have any worth at all. Rose concedes the point.

* TheMadHatter: Going to St. Lobaf's was her idea - she recognized she had problems.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* {{The Smart G|uy}}irl
* YaoiFangirl

* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Feferi. Unlike in canon, he realizes he's got no chance - but a man can dream, right?

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* AmbiguousDisorder: He's clearly a troubled young man, but his official diagnosis hasn't been established.
** According to WordOfGod, it's personality disorder not otherwise specified, with avoidant and borderline features.

* GiftedlyBad: As a writer of amateur fantasy fiction. Gamzee seems to like his work, but Gamzee seems to like everything. Eridan does have ''potential'' - it takes genuine talent to write prose that {{purple|Prose}} - but he's in dire need of constructive criticism and the confiscation of his thesaurus.
* {{Hipster}}: And by that token...
** StrawVegetarian: Atypical dietary habits/needs aren't uncommon at St. Lobaf's (for instance, Nepeta is very particular about the arrangement of her food due to her sensitivity to textures; Equius and WV are entirely pleasant vegetarians; and Gamzee has ''strong feelings'' about varieties of dessert). Really, nobody would have a problem with Eridan going vegan...if he didn't walk around trying to cram his moral superiority for doing so down everyone's throats.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He tried to intentionally invoke something he saw in a prison movie- specifically, the idea that if you end up in prison, you should make an example of anyone who tries to fuck with you so everyone else will respect you. Not only did it not work, it actually did the exact opposite of what he wanted: nobody respects him because they're all afraid of him, so instead of becoming admired and respected, he just got alienated even more, to the point that nobody wanted to talk to him, even people who were the closest thing he had to real friends.

[[folder:St. Lobaf's--Staff]]

* [[ByTheBookCop By The Book Dorm Supervisor]]
* ComicallySerious
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: His backstory pre-St. Lobaf.

* AdaptationalSexuality: In canon, Tavros is assumed to be bisexual [[EveryoneIsBi like all trolls]] and indeed, most of his romantic relationships have been with girls (he's very much unhealthy relationship with Vriska and his implied crush on Jade). Here, he's gay and is dating a man.

* NiceGuy

* YouthfulFreckles

%%%* CoolShades
* InSeriesNickname: "Doctor Tongue", she was also called "Tiny Asian Doogie Houser" by her college buddies.

%%%* NiceGuy

-->'''Reader:''' Even snuck in to be with the ladies? (Anyone can answer)
-->'''Feferi:''' '''''NOT ON MY WATC)( TH——EY DON’T!'''''
%%%* TeamMom

* OfficialCouple: With WV

* BlackAndNerdy: Seeing as he met PM at a ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' convention.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Like Tavros, he's doing fine now, but he ''is'' a war veteran and has implicitly been through some Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder because of it.

* OfficialCouple: With PM.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Associated with the color yellow.

* FreudianExcuse: His and Dave's own parents were alcoholic, abusive drug addicts who died when Bro was 19 and Dave was just 2 months old. No one helped him or attempted to intervene, leading him and Dave to where they are today.

-->'''Dave:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No, don’t suddenly be like you’re the one giving me advice.]] Don’t turn it around like you actually know how shit needs to go with me. I didn’t come here to be all flowers and entrees letting bygones be fucking ''bygones''. Is that honestly what you thought this was for? We’d just have our reunion here, hug it all out and everybody’d apologize and turn the page because we’re all each other’s got? Man, ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]'' you. I ''hate'' you.

* TheStoner

* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Vriska certainly thinks so. She could also be seen as a deconstruction; Vriska thought she was cool and sought to be like her, which led to Vriska suffering from most of the problems she has now.
* SocialDarwinist: She taught Vriska that "weak people dig their own graves."
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Subverted, she legally changed her name.

* {{Love Interest|s}}: Tavros's boyfriend.
* NiceGuy

* SatelliteCharacter

* CheerfulChild: As time goes on, she seems to be getting more like this.
* TheCutie: She is ''adorable''.

* ImaginaryEnemy: [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/49748776916/anonymous-asked-what-if-anything-do-all-yalls-know This update]] implies that The Felt/Leprechauns are this for her.
-->'''TC:''' [=WhOoOoOa. :oO=]
-->'''TC:''' [=AnD yOu’rE sAyIn ThEsE jOkErS aRe AlL wAtChInG yOu AnD sTufF?=]
-->'''TC:''' [=DaNg, BrIgHtEyEs, ThAt’S bEiNg StRaIgHt Up CrEePy.=]
-->'''UU:''' [[DissonantSerenity ^u^]]

* BigBrotherBully: He's been referenced twice on the blog (first when Gamzee mentions a picture of him in Calliope's sketchbook and second when an ACTUAL picture of him she drew is seen). While so far he hasn't made an actual appearance, what little we have seen and heard of him implies that Calliope's afraid of him.

* BikerBabe

%%%* BaldBlackLeaderGuy

* {{Megane}}: Unlike his canonical counterpart (who eventually fell into FourEyesZeroSoul territory), Eridan here is a shy, dorky, mildly annoying nerd with no genocidal ambitions, although he does have a dark side.

* CelibateHero[=/=]{{Asexuality}}: He's willing to talk (and joke) about sex and related issues in the abstract, but has yet to show any physical or romantic interest in any of the other characters, and he does not find the idea of having sex with ''anyone'' at all appealing.

* HappilyAdopted: By Droog, the Midnight Crew's saxophonist.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Sollux.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Sollux.

* CompanionCube

* GoodParents

* GoodParents

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted. John loves her to pieces.

* GirlishPigtails

* TheAlcoholic
* BrokenPedestal: To Rose, big time.
* ParentsAsPeople

* InterspeciesFriendship: With Jade.

* MixedAncestry: He's biracial.

* MixedAncestry: His mom is from India and came to the US when she was a kid, while he refers to his dad as "a redneck", implying that he's bi-racial.

* [[spoiler: {{Transgender}}]]: [[spoiler:He's a trans guy.]] There are very few patients who know, such as Dave, who was assigned to room with him precisely because the staff knew he wouldn't give a fuck; Jade, who is the glad recipient of all the girly clothes Karkat gets, and possibly Rose and Vriska.

* RealityEnsues: He tried to intentionally invoke something he saw in a prison movie- specifically, the idea that if you end up in prison, you should make an example of anyone who tries to fuck with you so everyone else will respect you. Not only did it not work, it actually did the exact opposite of what he wanted: nobody respects him because they're all afraid of him, so instead of becoming admired and respected, he just got alienated even more, to the point that nobody wanted to talk to him, even people who were the closest thing he had to real friends.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Apparently Bro never learned that saying you're sorry doesn't magically fix everything, nor does it instantly redeem you.

* InTheBlood: The [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/30820693039/cats-cradle story]] told from the point of view of his father, Ches, implies that some of Gamzee's issues are hereditary.

* InTheBlood: Sollux apparently inherited his bipolar from Pol, something Pol feels incredibly guilty about.

* {{Adorkable}}: It's John Egbert, this trope defines him no matter what universe he's in.

* {{Adorkable}}: Very much so.

* BiTheWay: Bifurcation in all things, right?
** On that note, it's pretty much BB canon that he and Gamzee are [[OfficialCouple an item]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast

* IJustWantToBeYou: Revealed in her backstory, virtually everything about her current persona was copied from her Aunt Mindfang. As such she doesn't actually have much of a sense of self.
* JerkassWoobie: Her abrasive personality quickly alienates the others, but is shown to be driven by profound unhappiness and no real understanding of how to interact with people normally.

* FreudianExcuse: His and Dave's own parents were alcoholic, abusive drug addicts who died when Bro was 19 and Dave was just 2 months old.

* ReallyGetsAround: Makes his living through homemade porn, both puppet-related and traditional. And that's not counting his lengthy series of girlfriends.