Joe West

## Romantic Relationships

* Francine West: Girlfriend (1964 - 1970); Wife (1970 - 1982
* Cecille Horton: Girlfriend (1999 - 2006); Wife (2006 - )

## Personality

Despite having a rather difficult job, Joe is rather good-natured & has a light-hearted sense of humor. In many ways, Joe plays the role of the voice of conscience for the many people he knows.

Joe is known to let his job as a police detective blind him. He can sometimes be stubborn, even when there is some evidence to back up the opposite. Despite his stubbornness, Joe is not above apologizing or admitting when he is wrong. However, he does hold grudges.

He is a man known for his fondness of the small pleasures in life, such as his penchant for jazz music, which he is known to keep an entire vinyl collection of, Keystone pizzas & baseball.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Deception:** Joe is very proficient at telling lies & avoiding the truth. He even lied to his children that their mother was sick when in fact, Francine abandoned them due to her drug addiction.
* **Investigation:** As a Police Captain of the CCPD, Joe has proven himself a highly skilled detective & had been in the line of duty for a number of years. Repeatedly, Joe has shown to have very sharp & trustworthy instincts.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** As a police officer, Joe is skilled in unarmed combat, having gone through the training that all CCPD members do. He is also a capable teacher, having effectively taught Iris how to defend herself.
* **Indomitable Will:** A man of principles & loyalty, Joe has repeatedly shown himself to have remarkable fortitude. Desiring to protect Cecile Horton & their unborn daughter, Joe was able to resist a man's telepathy when the latter tried to force Joe to shoot himself.
* **Marksmanship:** Joe is skilled in the use of firearms..
* **Singing:** As noted by Barry, Joe is a very talented singer, though he prefers not to make a fuss about it.

### Weaknesses

* **Police Instinct:** Joe is known to let his job as a police detective blind him. When Barry's mother Nora was murdered, he willingly believed the idea that Henry Allen, his good friend, was a murderer, when he should have realized that Henry would never kill his wife. When it was revealed that Henry was not the murderer, Joe blamed himself for not believing in his friend's innocence.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Strategy:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Combat:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **TOTAL:** 57 - Threat Level 2 / Low Threat

## Trivia

* Joe's grandkids call him 'Papa' instead of 'Grandpa'.
* Joe puts his family above everything. He's become even more protective following their mother's disappearance & Daniel's death.
* He is extremely protective of Barry, viewing him as his own son.
* He considers Harrison Wells to be one of his closest friends.
* As the oldest child, Rudy was privy to his surroundings & knew what was going on with his parents. After his mother left, Rudy became like a second father to his siblings.

## Notes

* *Earth-44 Explanation: The West family received inspiration from the Arrowverse & the comics. In Earth-44, Joe West is black & Francine is white. Therefore, Rudy, Iris & Daniel are all mixed (half Black & half White).*