Cooper

**Cooper**, full name **Cooper Lexend Giga**, is the brother of Gaster, Ariel's brother-in-law, the uncle of Sans and Papyrus, and the adoptive uncle of Shae. He works as a bartender at a local bar in town.

He lives in a 1-story brick house somewhere in the suburbs. He is currently allowing his would-be killer, Martel, to stay in his home to help him redeem and go down a better path and to give him a proper home. He also now is allowing a human child named Sofia stay in his home after rescuing her from orphanage workers.

## Appearance

Standing at 5'11, Cooper is a tall skeleton that has a sharp-edged skull, thin oval eye sockets, pupils, and a heart-shaped nose. He has a fit, slim build with long legs. If angry enough or using telekinesis, he has a pink ring-pupil in his right eye.

He typically wears a tank top, black sweatpants with white stripes, and jogging shoes. He wears a plethora of bandanas with a wide variety of patterns and colors, but most often wears a plain pink one.

## Personality

Cooper is a positive, cheerful skeleton who loves to jog. Cooper sometimes drinks, but he is very careful to moderate it. Cooper is shown to be sporty, often seen jogging and playing sports with his friends and family.

Cooper, despite his biker-like appearance, is actually somewhat feminine shown by the fact he wears a heavy amount of pink, though he at the same time has a masculine side. This is likely a reference to the "Real men wear pink", a phrase that encourages men that they don't have to be feminine or get rid of their masculinity if they don't want to, to wear pink, which is stereotypically a feminine color.

As a common trait in the skelefam, Cooper too is into a field of science; the study of SOULs (Not to be confused with psychology, the study of souls). He is shown to have an extensive knowledge of both human SOULs and monster SOULs. He may sometimes ask a human what color their SOUL is, as he is interested in SOUL traits.

## History

### Pre-SHAETALE

Not much known is about Cooper's life before his debut in the AU. However, he became isolated from his family and rarely would visit due to depression from losing his brother; he assumed Gaster had died when he fell into the CORE. At some point, he finds a house and a new job at a bar after the monsters were freed from the underground.

## Abilities

Cooper has all standard monster and skeleton monster abilities, including ones exclusive to the skelefam.

Despite this, Cooper's magic is weaker compared to the rest of his family due to him not training.

### Skillset

* **Extra Stamina:** Due to his jogging, Cooper has much more stamina than the average human.
	+ **Extra speed:** Cooper can also sprint much faster than the average human, easily outrunning even the most athletic people.
* **Enhanced physical strength:** Even though his magic is weaker, Cooper makes up for it with his enhanced strength. He's stronger than the average monster, albeit not as strong as a typical trained Royal Guard, though his is comparable to one's.

## Relationships

### Martel

Martel was originally sent to kill Cooper. However, Cooper had managed to become a soft spot for him. Martel then couldn't bring himself to assassinate him, instead rebelling against Jerry and leaving his old life as an assassin behind. Jake came in to finish the job and kill Cooper, but Martel ultimately saves him. Cooper was very appreciate of this. He then offers his new friend a place to stay in his home.

Over time, as they grew closer, Cooper had begun to develop a crush on him, though he does not plan on confessing this, as he believes he is not Martel's type.

### Sofia

Upon meeting her, Cooper quickly grows attached to her, immediately helping her hide from her old, abusive orphanage that she had escaped. Cooper acts very fatherly towards her.

As of the court case against the orphanage, Cooper officially adopts her, now legally her father.

Cooper tries his best to be the best father he can for her, being very patient and trying to give her as much affection and love as he can.

## Trivia

* Cooper got his liking for bandanas from one of his mothers, Elvira, who also wears bandanas.
	+ Cooper himself admits he feels naked without a bandana on.
* Cooper originally was going to have a more rounded skull, but eventually was changed to have more sharp features.
	+ He also originally wore a cap.
* Cooper's full name is composed of two different fonts; Cooper and Lexend Giga. In universe, it was because his mothers couldn't decide on a font to name him. In meta, it's because the narrators couldn't.
* Cooper's favorite food is burgers.
	+ Cooper also seems to like grilling, too.
* Cooper's favorite color is pink. His second choice is likely red since it's a sporty color and is associated with pink.
* Like Papyrus, Cooper doesn't use telekinesis nor teleportation very often, instead jogging to wherever he wants.