Daniel Medina

Daniel Medina is a character in Thirlcrest Academy and a current Varsity member. He is portrayed by AtomKickIsBeauitful
==Appearance==
Daniel has a latino appearance, standing at the average of 6'2 wich could be considered a bit tall but not for him since he is apart of the varsity program. Daniel is dark haired with a short and massy hair style, not running too far from the trendy 2000's hair, it's uncommon to see him growing out his hair as he doesn't really like it with even it being buzzed sometimes. His build is a bit below average for a defensive football player considering his weight at 177lbs but he manages to get the average varsity build, being considerably bulky. 
Daniel is always using his knights cap signed by his father alongside with the signature varsity letterman jacket. While not on his school uniform Daniel likes to make use of the american streetwear with a bit of a Brazilian touch in form of graphic shorts or sandals. Daniel's favourite clothing piece are his shoes, always bringing out fancy pairs as he spends lots of money on them. 
==Characteristics==
Daniel is a very complicated person when it comes to his personality. He tries his best to adapt how he acts to the person he's talking with in order to satisfy them, but he tends to be himself when he is next to close friends. Due to this need to fullfill other's expectations he tends to have alot of anger stocked up inside him that leads to some issues causing him to brust out. Besides that, Daniel is very good in analyzing situations and adapting himself to them, this reflects on his ammount of friends, he has alot of them. When he's serious and being himself he is a very assertive and honest, which makes him a good listener and with giving advices too, Daniel can be also somewhat rude when being honest. 
Due to him being in the context of the varsity program Daniel can be seen as a loud and somewhat annoying person when with other members of the team and more quiet when he is by himself, having his mood swinging depending on who he is talking to. Daniel enjoys guessing on how people behave, making stereotypes of everyone in his head until they prove Daniel wrong.
Daniel's objective in Thirlcrest Academy is to make his way into a comfortable position within the football team and gain the largest ammount of popularity as possible while pursuing his own goals such as his passion for music. 
==Character Background==
Daniel was born and raised between a upper-middle class family in Rio Grande do Sul, not having much trouble inside his early stages of life. In school he had a bit of trouble making friends because of his lack of interesting in soccer which is a very dominant sport in the country, ever since he was a little kid Daniel had a deep connection with basketball but it was pretty much neglected by his family and friends. Due to that Daniel started adapting himself to the situation he was in, fitting into the more popular kids in his school and being very sporty overall. His life would change completly when his father, a somewhat known business man would get a oportunity of a liftime in the US making Daniel and his family moving into Florida. 
It was not easy for Daniel to adapt to the different cultures and the big language barrier, but he managed to get through all of that as he made his way through middle school. Now he had more time to practice basketball and to feel the american way of living which he immediatly fell in love for from the music to the food, Daniel was a natural, specially with the music which propelled him to have a dream of becoming a famous rapper. 
As he made his way into high school his father had to move into Main where would be the moment Daniel was introduced to Thirlcrest, it was nothing he had seen before. He would have to step up his game if he didn't want to be forgotten, and so he did. Daniel started practicing football as in the moment he enrolled into the school there was not basketball team for him to try his skills, he didn't have any natural ease with the sport but managed to somewhat stand out from the other tryouts, enough to get him a spot on the second-string. 
==Relationships==
=== Ceasar Anderson - Friend | Complicated ===
Daniel has been with Ceasar ever since he first joined the varsity program, at first Daniel didn't really like him at all he thought Ceasar big ego constantly conflicted with his. Daniel would go to start rumors that Ceasar was gay, which would become a widespread thing among all the jocks and cheerleaders, but Ceasar didn't really get all that mad at Daniel, which sparked a bit of respect within him. Over the time Ceasar would go to slowly gain Daniel's respect by kind and friendly acts which would lead for them to soon become really good friends. They discovered that they had lots of interests in common and would help eachother by giving relationship advices and a good laugh. Their friendship only grew bigger and stronger as time passed by, but this would all come to an end once Daniel's current girlfriend Angie would cheat on him with Ceasar causing them to go on a fight that Ceasar did end up winning. They spent a long time have a big hatred for each other that eventually faded and made them currently be at a neutral-friendly state, the main reason Daniel is not fully friends with Ceasar is that Ceasar is always trying to make himself look better than Daniel by getting with his past relationships and making fun of him. TLDR: daniel mad cuz caesar banged his chick. 
=== Jessica Anderson - Situationship | Warm ===
TBD
=== Angelica Marinatos - Ex-Girlfriend | Complicated ===
Angelica was the first cheerleader to talk with Daniel when he was a JV. Due to her sympathetic personality the two would get along very well, leading into a long lasting friendship for days to come. Both Daniel and Angie woud look out for advice as Daniel himself would become a good friend of Angelica's boyfriend, Chase Hill. Once Daneil had the humiliation of his hangaround dating situation Angie would be one of the first to forgive him, understanding how he was naive and giving him a second chance. All of that would get the two a strong bond together that lasts until this day. TBD
=== Amanda "Mandy" Banks - Ex-Girlfriend | Complicated ===
Daniel and Amanda have a very complicated story. They first met by accident when a group of hangarounds walked up to the team and they had a small chat, which would lead them to meet a couple times later. The thing that sparked their relationship was Mandy's provoking upon Torrance on the first time her and Daniel were together, making them diverge the cheerleader from Daniel as they started chatting on the phone. Daniel would go on to cheat on Torrance with Mandy, which she would soon find out and generate a program-wide drama -- which would almost lead Daniel to social suicide. He and Amanda would go on to date for a couple days before they were forced to break up by the Varsity Council, Daniel had to choose his Football career over her, as so he did. 
=== Niko Gardener - Friend | Close ===
TBD
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