Gumdrop

Gumdrop
he / him • bi • student 
character belongs to radar, please don't steal
for most of his life, gumdrop lived in sanctuary with his eccentric and cheerful father (yucca) who ran a small shop near the heart of the city. gumdrop's mother, candi, was always busy adventuring to have time for her son or mate. but she would sometimes come back the sanctuary to give them small trinkets she found on her journeys. the intention was to sell them in the shop they owned and that was indeed what he did, though he did keep some here and there.
one day, gumdrop's mother didn't come back from one of her adventures. and the only lead they had was tales of a rainbow phoenix that resided in echo's peak. that was where gumdrop and his father went a year or so later, after learning that candi wasn't coming back.
Gumdrop 	Gumdrop
 	
Art By 	radar
Background Information	Background Information
Aliases 	gummy (winter)
Creator 	radar
Attribute 	toxic positivity
Element 	bubblegum, clouds, paper, fur, pillows
Animal 	kitten, koi
Color 	pastel pink and blue
Song 	
MBTI 	enfp-t
Character Information 	Character Information
Age 	14 (hy)
Gender 	male
Orientation 	biromantic bisexual
Occupation 	student, member of student council
Tribe 	sea / rain
Goal 	cope
Residence 	echo’s peak, possibility (formerly)
Relatives 	yucca (father), candi (mother, deceased)
Allies 	winter rose, lots of others
Enemies 	himself
Likes 	sweets, being liked, happiness, venting to winter, company, not bothering others, perfection
Dislikes 	sadness, having others worry about him, being alone, spiders
Abilities 	water-breathing, limited color changing
Weapons 	n / a
Love Interests 	winter rose
Quote 	thank you... for all of this...
Appearance
A small, young friend and a smile radiating childish innocence and happiness. His eyes shimmering with pride and something of repressed insecurities. It seems that from an outsider's look that he has no troubles. And this is by all means a lie.
Gumdrop's main scales are a pale orange-tinted pastel pink. Though these scales blush pink when he's embarrassed or infatuated. A clearer pastel pink and go across the top of his head, gills and down his back. That is in the form of a small row of scales. Bright pastel blue spines follow these pastel pink scales. These are similar in color to his underbelly, though that is slightly lighter in contrast to the latter.
----A plus-sized friend, a smile reflecting his face, shimmering like some hard-won medal. And a positive reminder in his eyes, as though the smile wasn't enough. Even his name Gumdrop gives a sign of a trouble-free character from design to some personality traits. A orange tinted pastel pink floods his body, kept to a somewhat lustrous sheen. It is to show, that he takes some care in his personal hygiene.
Following at its heels, a lighter pastel pink line separating the underbelly from the main scales. This is, indeed starting from a fluffy pink before fading into a darker, more rosier hue. Gumdrop in himself is certainly a unique figure, certainly not something you'd see everyday. Pastel colors of the pink and blue spectrum shift like fish scales throughout his small and chubby body.
Pastel blue pads on little cat feet down his underbelly and encrusting it, light pastel pink luminous patterns. One of the most noticeable parts, the ruff surrounding his ears, remaining a light baby blue. Three dark pastel stripes mark the ruff, running up near the tips. Gumdrop appears more on the RainWing side rather than the SeaWing. These dark pastel blue markings are also seen upon his face. 
Upon the bridge of his snout and as a line running down the ends of his ears. Large pastel blue eyes remain embedded in his sockets. Beloved jewels to everyone else, for they are the main display of his emotions. A stronger pastel pink flows down the sides of his neck, upon his gills and the small row that is his upper scales. This is the same color as the top of his head that drip down to their upper scales.
Thickly laid out pastel blue spines run down his back and form into the horns on the back of his head. May it be mentioned that his horns are wavy in shape with softened hooked ends. The innards of his ears are light pink, not pastel or anything. More luminous patterns slide across his body, down to his very tail. Pastel pink teardrops are placed in the corners of his eyes. Much like the NightWing mind readers.
His build remains slightly pudgy and squishy, Gumdrop is particularly made for hugging. Just through his build is a huggable character. This all hangs on a stocky frame, of well built legs, sleek back and long pointy ears. And a softly curved and short snout with a pastel blue nose horn sitting atop it. His scales seem to produce a comforting warmth in themselves, so nice to touch. Carrying with him, the scent of paint and tangerine.
Who knew, such a care-free character with eyes filled with inspiration and kindness could hide such pain behind them.
Personality
Gumdrop is rather simple on the outside, a friendly and welcoming induvial who loves helping others through their problems. He never appears upset for too long, always happy, cheerful, and helpful. A charming or affectionate smile on his face, he appears to be perfect in every single way, for he tends to hide his flaws. Despite his simple exterior, Gumdrop has a much more complex interior, troubled and panicked thoughts flooding his mind all the time. It doesn't take much to see that he's rarely happy.
*has a happy, perfect, helpful façade that masks his real personality. toxic positivity suppresses the depression that is eating him alive.
*doesn't like talking about his feelings and will quickly change the subject if it's brought up.
*seems to want to come off as a care-free, kind, and perfect person who can cheer up anyone. also thinks he has some public image of being the "happy and cheerful one" that he has to retain at all times.
*literally considers himself an empty shell with no personality. is generally very hard on himself and struggles with thoughts of self-loathing. he’s a man of many faces and is a massive liar to everyone except winter rose, who can see through all his bs.
*morphs himself into what the person he’s currently talking to wants. matches their interests, even he doesn’t actually care about them, and pretends like he knows exactly what the other person is talking about.
*hates burdening others and doesn’t want to worry or bother others. if he thinks he is, he calls himself a parasite. this is why he only talks to winter about his problems, because he’s the only one who doesn’t mind. doesn’t want to burden his other friends and doesn’t want to worry his already overworked and stressed father with his mental problems.
*wants to be a good person, but doesn’t consider himself one. because he’s a liar and is always lying to everyone around him. depressed most of the time and is never his genuine self because he doesn’t think that person exists.
*doesn’t know who the hell he is and just forges identities for himself based on the lies he tells others to appeal to them. pretends everything is fine.
*emotionally dependent on and close with the people he’s honest with. is scared of honesty and being hated because of it, wants to be liked and thinks he can only achieve that through lying, because no one wants to be friends with a empty husk.
*fears being found out for his lying and being hated by everyone. feels awful when he looses friends, whether it be his fault or not. very susceptible to some forms of peer pressure and blackmail.
*easily infatuated by skill, which is likely why he has a huge crush on winter. just thinks his skills are… impressive to say the least. a little intimidated by those who are professional and aren’t too big into joking around. tends to laugh nervously or crack jokes in awkward situations or when he’s anxious.
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From on outsider's perspective, Gumdrop seems to live up to the typical "nice guy." With his caring demeanor and his hobby of helping others with their emotional problems. That is most likely the reason for the dragonet's popularity. Being overall cheery, and compassionate induvial who seems to have no worries in the world. Someone you trust, someone you care about, someone that you wouldn't expect would be lying to you the entire time.
In private, this dragon takes off his mask to reveal something a bit less innocent. The deep sadness and stress that runs through him all the time but was repressed by his cheerful mask in public. A certain intense fear of dying alone with no friends who care or remember him. As well as the intense stress of lying to just about everyone in his class and then some. This way he'll appear more interesting than he actually is. Or at least, that's what he thinks.
All of this stress has led to him sometimes falling into a depressive and hopeless state, seeing himself only as a liar who doesn't deserve friends. His self-esteem seems almost non-existent. Gumdrop finds himself to be boring and average with no qualities that a friend might want and with that, he started lying. And it seems that he is a pretty good one, seeing as only one dragon has been able to see through it.
Though he seems to repress these insecurities quite well, only when mentioning certain topics does the mask wear off for a few seconds.
Seeing past Gumdrop's insecurities, the dragonet is rather supportive and does seem to care about more than just what others think of him. Like his friends. Though he does put smoke and mirrors between them so they don't worry about his own mental health and how poor it is. Anyway, Gumdrop is additionally very laid back and chill, though he's only shown such behavior around Winter Rose. And despite his rather closed off nature in regards to the topic of his mental health, he seems rather open around this dragon.
Abilities
*scales turn a more blush pink when flustered or infatuated.
*can breathe underwater and has luminous patterns all over his body. can also see underwater.
*plays a few instruments, with the oboe and saxophone being the ones he's the most skilled at. can draw, but isn't very good at it.
*amazing penmanship, but that's not very important.
*has an amazing silver tongue and is really good at lying. also talented at suppressing his emotions and created facades. has a good poker face.
Backstory
*lived in sanctuary for quite a bit, was born there actually. mother was always out exploring and didn't really ever have time for either of them.
*but nevertheless she'd always come back to sanctuary for a few days to talk about her adventures and check in on the two. will give them little trinkets from her adventures to sell at the little shop they owned.
*gumdrop's father always wanted to join his mate like the "good old times," but someone had to take care of gumdrop. and he didn't seem to mind staying behind with his son.
* last time mother was seen, she was talking about searching for a rainbow phoenix that would bless good luck upon its catcher.
*died looking for it, cause of death unknown.
*father heard tale of the phoenix residing in the mountains in a place called echo's peak. kinda secretly hoped she would be there, but... alas no.
*and with that gumdrop and his father moved to that place. it was only supposed to be temporary, but they've lived there ever since.
events that happened in echo's peak...
* introduced to a new school and had a desire to fit in with the other dragonets and have them like him.
*would often lie to make himself sound cooler than he actually was and would mold himself into whatever the dragon he was talking to liked.
*genuinely likes helping others with their personal problems... because then he doesn't have to talk about himself and can feel more immersed in other peoples' stories instead of his own.
*at some point he became a member of the student council and created an afterschool club where students of all grades and classes can get to know one another.
*mental health started going downhill at a rapid pace. started falling into a depressive mood that he struggled to repress these emotions in public.
*a year after moving, he met someone... new. a uniquely color seawing-icewing hybrid named winter rose and his twin brother frisk.
*frisk forced winter into gumdrop's afterschool club and it didn't seem like the dragonet was too fond of the person who ran the club. whenever gumdrop tried to be friendly towards him, the hybrid responded coldly.
*wow, new experience, he'd never been bullied before. was so used to everyone liking him that having someone... dislike him was... driving him insane.
Relationships
please roleplay beforehand
Yucca
loves him dearly, though he often worries about how much sleep his father is getting. since it seems almost as though he's staying up all night. doesn't really talk to him about his incredibly poor mental health, believing that yucca has enough to worry about right now. kinda feels like a burden to him, like a roadblock preventing him from having fun with his mate. despite the fact that his father didn't seem to mind taking care of his son.
Very Positive
Winter Rose
Gumdrop was never knew how he managed to find another dragon that was so similar to himself. Though not exactly the same... as Winter is much more disrespectful and angry than Gumdrop is. Despite that, he's managed to get onto Winter's softer side and is the only dragon who knows "the truth." The only dragon who Gumdrop couldn't lie to. Even then they're on good terms with one another and are indeed good friends.
Winter came in, dragged in by his brother, arguing about something of "getting out there and making friends." 
At first, Gumdrop treated him like any of his other friends. Kind, sweet, supportive, and open to listening about any issues. Telling him lies so that he'd like him. Yet he saw straight through any lies told to him and responded with anger. His exact words were "shut up. I want to ask you something very important. Stop lying to me. I don't want to hear any more of your excuses. Tell me the truth. NOW." 
Silence ensued and Gumdrop hesitantly told him the truth. Winter didn't judge him too much for it. If he was disappointed in the truth, he didn't show it, rather the two sat there in silence. 
Gumdrop admires his skill and wishes Winter would see how skilled and creative he is. While he can be a bit... aggressive and sharp-tongued at times, the RainWing hybrid generally likes him and has developed something of romantic feelings towards him. Though Gumdrop isn't entire sure how to even approach such feelings without completely losing it. 
Very Positive 
Frisk
If Gumdrop were told to describe what he thought a good person was, his mind would immediately drift to Frisk. While he's much closer with his brother, Winter, he has been acquainted with him and has seen first-hand how much of a genuinely good person he is. And it's made him feel... conflicted. To be honest, the hybrid is envious of the SeaWing, as he is the thing he pretends so hard to be and just being in his presence makes him feel that inferiority, feel how fake his own kindness feels.
His heart drops whenever Frisk enters the same room as him and he dreads spending any longer than a few minutes with him. Even though he hasn't done anything wrong, Gumdrop feels a sort of disdain towards him. After all, he sees him as just a better version of himself, one that doesn't need to lie or pretend to be someone else to be liked, he just naturally is. This is... the one thing he doesn't tell winter about... what would he think of him if he knew?
Mixed
Trivia
 
*moral alignment is lawful good.
*design colors came from two different color palettes, all colors were used (in both character and coding).
* has crazy arachnophobia.
* isn't the biggest fan of candy as a whole and only likes sour gummies.
*right-handed.
Gallery
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