Newton Geiszler

Canon Character
==Quick Facts==
Born January 19, 1990, in Berlin, Germany
*He/him/his pronouns; cisgender
*5'6", medium build, green eyes, brown hair
*Lives with bipolar disorder and mild ADHD
*Fluent in English; German limited (mostly to expletives)
*Fan of metal, anime (with a soft spot for Sailor Moon), and monster movies
*Absolutely terrible singer
*Afraid of thunderstorms
*Gets seasick
*Consuming even a little alcohol gives him a serious headache and slightly more rewards him with a horrible hangover
*Explosive work relationship with Hermann subject of a 'justifiable homicide' betting pool at the Hong Kong Shatterdome
*Faceclaim: Charlie Day
==Personality==
Continually refers to Yèung Tang Mǐn as "Tim" and the Shatterbucks Crew as "Tim and Her Terrifying Friends," despite Hermann's constant corrections.
==Pocket & Personal Effects==
*Ray-Ban 'Wayfarer' glasses
*Silver skull pinky ring (gift from Sasha Kaidanovskaya)
*Three black bracelets (one braided leather, one leather with a snap closure, one obsidian bead)
*Cellphone
*Oversized Hardship plushie, which is his go-to comfort object
*Tablet computer; his default email/text alert is a dinosaur roar (*rawr*)
* Four copies of Kaiju: Myth and Reality
==Closet==
*White collared, button-down shirts
*Skinny black ties
*Black skinny/slim fit jeans (cuffed rather than hemmed)
*Black Doc Martens boots
*Brightly colored socks
*Black leather jacket
==Timeline & Appearances==
*1995 - Moves from Berlin to Boston with his father
*2010 August - Begins work at MIT as a tenure track faculty member in biology
*2013 August 18 - Begins correspondence with Hermann
*2013 October - Starts sending selfies to Hermann
*2015 Fall - Biology department at MIT votes against his tenure and promotion
*2017 June - December - Attends Jaeger Academy
*2017 August 6 - Meets Hermann face-to-face for the first time at a conference in Seattle; They promise never to talk to each other again (for anything other than PPDC business)
*2018 January 1 - Begins work as Head of the K-Science Biology Division at the Lima Shatterdome
*2019 January 1 - Begins work as the Head of the K-Science Biology Division at the Tokyo Shatterdome
*2020 January 12 - Begins work as the co-Chief Science Officer at the Hong Kong Shatterdome; Hermann is the other Co-Chief.
*2020 Late January - The Shatterbucks staff encounter Hermann and Newt together for the first time ("Caffeinating")
*2020 July - Attempts to remodel the K-Science lab space he shares with Hermann ("Nants Igonyama Bagithi")
*2020 Summer - Gets another forearm tattoo and Hermann reacts poorly ("New Tattoo;" "Show and Tell")
*2020 Winter - Learns something new about Hermann's musical taste ("Ambient Noise")
*2023 Spring - Shares a movie night with Hermann ("Experiment 626")
*2024 November - Combats stress with Tendo and an evening of horror movies ("Monster Movie;" "Thunderstorms"); Hermann and Tendo figure out a way to guarantee a quiet afternoon ("Peace and Quiet")
*2024 December 15 - Sasha presents him with a pinky ring ("The Golden Eagle and the Owl")
*2025 January 4 - Drifts with a portion of Kaiju brain; meets Hannibal Chau; nearly sacrifices self to Otachi
*2025 January 5 - Drifts with Hermann and Kodachi ("Colorful"); discovers Hermann's wings; begins sharing quarters with Hermann ("Athene Noctua" chapter 1)
*2025 Feburary 21 - Leaves Hong Kong for New Zealand
*2025 February 23 - Intentionally experiences all of Hermann's memories gained in their drift ("Collective (Un)Conscious")
Category:K-Science
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Category:Tokyo Shatterdome
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Category:MIT
Category:Lima Shatterdome
Category:Tokyo Shatterdome 2019
Category:Jaeger Academy 2017
Category:Lima Shatterdome 2018
Category:White Characters
Category:PPDC Characters
Category:1990 births