Turpin Stockwell

:"Never fear, Gravy Guy is here, to shatter crime like the surface of a perfectly-cooked roast potato!" - Introducing himself to the UNWD.
Turpin Stockwell, also known as Gravy Guy, is a rejected UNWD hopeful turned gravy-themed supervillain. An honest (if creepy) start boiled over into a bitter insanity after he became obsessed with UNWD agent Grav Guy.
==Character==
===Appearance===
Prior to his accident in Grav Guy VS the Stock Stalker, he was a short fair-skinned man with brown hair, styled similarly to his idol's. He wore an orange shirt, brown trousers with orange hems, dark brown shoes and a dark brown cape with fluffy white trim. He also wore a brown mask, a green neckscarf, a white apron reading 'kiss the cook' and a white helmet resembling a gravy boat. He carried a ladle, which he used as a blunt weapon.
Following the events of the Stock Stalker episode, he is a half-human half-gravy mutation, wearing a cracked gravy boat helmet and torn orange trousers. His green scarf is tied around his left arm, which has twisted into thick gravy cords around his trusty ladle. His limbs are a mess of gravy-like matter with carrot and turnip claws, while his right foot is soft and white like mashed potato. Along his back there are rows of carrot and turnip spines, as well as cutlery embedded from the accident. His skin is patchy and burnt from the scalding stock.
===Personality===
Once a well-meaning if obsessive superfan, his penchant for never giving up turned into a steadfast conviction in his own actions. For this reason, he believes that he is in the right, that he is being unfairly persecuted, and that others are out to get him without good reason. He has delusions of grandeur and greatly overestimates his own abilities, becoming quickly offended and aggressive if his skills are questioned (or properly estimated) by others.
His mind is constantly clouded in fantasy, and he is a very poor listener. Deeply romantic, he half-wilfully misinterprets all situations in his own favour; as such, the version of Grav Guy that exists in his own mind is a far cry from the awkward, gruff behemoth who avoids him like the plague.
===Skills & Abilities===
As a regular human, his only ability beyond his never-give-up attitude was his cooking skill. After being rebuffed by the UNWD, his agility and stealth developed due to his stalking of Grav Guy to prove himself and discover secrets. Finally, after his accident, he inherited the powers of a semi-liquid form (allowing him to contort in ways impossible to a normal bone-having person), steady regeneration (as he can recover matter if he eats a large amount of meat or vegetables), inherent weaponry (in his claws and cutlery), and heat resistance.
His steady regeneration has a drawback, in that he must consume large quantities of meat and veg to maintain his form. Slacking on his diet would cause him to lose his consistency and cause his gravy and human parts to separate, killing him.
==History==
:"He's... so cool! Assuaging my fears with a simple 'meh'... his confidence makes my knees weak! I just have to meet him!" - Excerpt found in Stockwell's journal.
After being rescued from a hotel fire by the Sevens Crew (then consisting of Stella, Chaos Master, Grav Guy, Banjo Rockin' Horse Man, Agent 47 and Sarky), he became completely infatuated with the power and prowess of Grav Guy. After much 'research', he applied to become a UNWD agent (mostly by way of burning messages into the country side until they picked him up and asked him to stop). His superhero persona was 'Gravy Guy', a master of cookery and hand-to-hand combat, melee weaponry and stealth. Unfortunately, his performance in every category other than cooking was not quite up to the UNWD's standards, and the offer to become a base chef was aggressively rejected. Turpin stormed out, believing that the UNWD was suppressing his true potential, and if he got closer to Grav Guy, he'd understand.
This turned into a long period of stalking, where Turpin deluded himself with the idea that the UNWD was keeping him and his idol apart, knowing that if he could speak with the silent giant, they'd be unstoppable together. However, Grav Guy wanted nothing to do with his superfan, shy and uncertain of the attention. Every wall he put up only stoked his admirer's belief that this was some kind of UNWD conspiracy, and Turpin's obsession created a plan: if he staged a scenario where he could be the hero, he'd finally be on equal footing with the man he admired.
The plan, of course, was a disaster, with Turpin using his job at the hotel to engineer a vicious fire, a hostage situation, and a huge pot of swirling gravy. The Sevens Crew hit the scene and each member became preoccupied with handling destroyed lift shafts, burning corridors and locked doors, until Grav Guy faced down the gravy-themed stalker alone. After a brutal and bitter fight where Gravy Guy tried to reason with his icon and Grav Guy tried not to kill the insane normo by accident, Grav Guy made the choice to end the situation, saving the frightened hotel staff but dooming his superfan: Turpin went to attack a hostage but was overpowered by the superhuman, knocked into the churning vat of gravy and quickly submerged.
While Grav Guy was put into therapy for a period of time due to the incident, Gravy Guy was reborn from the wreckage as a mutant half-human half-gravy monster. The betrayal burned within him and he had finally snapped, leading him to plot a vicious revenge on his former icon - and form an allegiance with fellow Grav Guy-hater, Gale Gal.
==Relationships==
===Grav Guy===
:“We would've been the perfect team! Your brawn, my broth! But you're just a meathead. And all meat boils down...”
Once Grav Guy's biggest fan, Turpin's admiration turned into obsession and then into a burning hatred. He still believes that after defeating him, he'd give the agent a second chance, and that Grav Guy would leave the UNWD after finally realising the gravy grievance's superiority.
===Gale Gal===
:“You'll do for now. You're a cheap imitation, sure, but if he bested me once, a little muscle won't hurt.”
Although their personalities clash, with both Tempest and Stockwell being headstrong and self-confident to the point of stupidity, the two cover each other's bases and share a mutual vitriol towards Grav Guy. Their current intention is to soften Grav Guy up in a fight with Gale while Gravy Guy pulls the strings from the shadows, then ending the encounter with Turpin's last offer of peace before ending the rivalry for good.
Tempest also provides Stockwell with large amounts of meat and veg, being able to go out in public more easily to purchase it, although he still resorts to stealing from markets by night.
==Trivia==
*His name is a twofold reference to a sunday lunch, with 'Turpin' being an anagram of 'Turnip' and 'Stockwell' referencing 'stock', used in gravy-making.
*After the hotel incident, his tale was used by the UNWD as a warning against 'superfans' - warning agents to keep their distance from anyone claiming to be their biggest fan. This led to some anxiety from James Blond regarding fellow agent and head of the James Blond Fan Club, Wingz.
Category:Males
Category:Villains
Category:Superhumans