Child

**The** **Child** is the son of both Ryan Carter and the player. He first appears as a new baby born as the end of the final chapter in the second season after the player gives birth to him within both good and bad endings. His first name is decided by the player. In the third and final season which takes place three years after the second season, he is now grown as a toddler and his first name is the same name used by the players in the end of the second season. His default name is **Tom Carter** in the recent update as seen then players are about to name him.

## Appearance

He has reddish orange hair like his mother and is said to have gray eyes like Ryan's, he is a cute baby boy whom his parents adore very much. In a secret image he is shown to be wrapped in a white blanket with a white hat as the player holds him in her hospital bed.

In the artworks made by the developers of the game for his father's third and final season of his route as well as his main portrait, he is depicted as a toddler with blond hair in a full fringe but retaining his gray eyes.

He wore three outfits in the game.

During bedtime, he wears a lighter shades of blue sleepwear with dark blue polka dotted designs and both stars and crescent moon shape designs. He also carries a dog stuff toy on his right hand during his father's official trailer for his third and final season.

His casual outfit which is worn by modern toddlers; a white and periwinkle stripped long sleeve shirt as the inner collar being gray, blue trousers with a white drawstring and sneakers. He also carries an elephant stuff toy named Zayn on the left hand.

In chapter 5 when he swims with his father Ryan or being trained to take surfing at the beach, he wears a white and red stripped swim shorts as his swimsuit and his belly button is shown to be thicker if he was in shirtless. He later wore a pair of orange arm floaties in both arms.

## Personality

The child's personality seen on the first chapter is described for being happy and smart and is very close to his parents. He is also shown to be impulsive at times if he was concerned about the stuffed toys he carries. The toy he carries the most is the elephant stuffed toy given to him by Zayn, especially the rabbit stuffed toy given to him by Jake, whom he calls as Mr. Rabbit. He also has a 'R' problem when the player teaches him to say his father's company but ended up saying "Crater Crop" much to her disappointment. The child also displays his mischievous side when he gets the hamster out of its cage and drops it on the floor, thinking it was one of the stuffed toys and was scolded gently by the player. This also happens when he is never given what he wants, where he keeps begging to people. He always stays in the stroller when the player takes him to Carter Corp or to Atlantic City for a stroll. He also inherits his father's lack of sleep which wakes his parents up, leading Ryan to take him for a stroll until he gets some sleep.

In chapter 2, the child displays his tantrum in a similar manner as Lorie Bartholy which the player didn't want him to see his father who is now suffering from dissociative amnesia, leading him to get scolded by the player and always giving a simple solution to his tantrum by just reading the picture books given to him by Matt.

In chapter 10, after Jenny reveals that she is pregnant, he shows that he would like to have a male cousin on his side, but Jenny teases him about having a female cousin instead which he shows dislike to. However that changes in the final chapter of the story during their vacation in Reykjavik, Iceland, he wants to have a little female sibling to look after which the player accepts as it reveals that she is currently pregnant with Ryan to his second child at the canonical ending.

## Season 2

The player found out she was pregnant with her son shortly after her and Ryan's honeymoon and both she and Ryan were overjoyed with the news of her pregnancy.

In the good ending he was being taken care of by both the player and Ryan after they bring him home from the hospital and he is seen while being held by Ryan as they enjoy their new lives together as parents.

In the bad ending he and the player were visited by his aunt Jenny Blake and Jake Stewart in the hospital while Ryan was at work. He is seen while being held by the player in her hospital bed as Jenny was overcome with joy at his arrival and was instantly enchanted by him as Jake congratulated the player for her new baby and brought him a stuffed rabbit.

## Season 3

Three years later, their son is now a toddler and was taking care of by both of his parents. In the first chapter, he was taken to Carter Corp by his parents and always stayed at the day care center owned by his father, Ryan. He also helps the player to bake cupcakes as well as demonstrating his mischievous side when he gets the hamster out of the cage and drops it onto the ground only to get scolded by his mother. He was later taken by his parents to Atlantic City.

In chapter 2, after his father's survival and currently suffers from dissociative amnesia, he displays his tantrum if the player didn't want him to see his father Ryan. In a very simple solution to his tantrum, the player decided to let him read one of Matt's picture books which he accepts. He soon fall asleep when Jenny and Ryan had arrived after she discharged him from the hospital and was comforted by Ryan. However, he wakes up when his parents are having a huge argument because Ryan begins to mistreat his wife horribly because of his condition. When he reunites with his father, Ryan immediately runs away in panic, making the latter cry and the player comforts him. Telling him about the same reason she doesn't want him to see his father in his current condition and he will give him a hug when he recovers which he emotionally accepts.

Later on in chapter 4, he breaks down in tears and in Chapter 5 is seen saddened by the hamster's passing away. The player later along with Ryan and their child go for a vacation and later on in the chapter they go to pet shop and buy a baby Hamster so it puts away the sorrow they had with their former hamster's death. Cassidy Sparke later informs the player that there were rumors on the child that he was actually Gabriel's son, given that his blonde hair didn't match with his parents hair, which are brown and red.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Ryan)
* Ryan Carter
* Matt Ortega
* Lisa Parker
* Mark Leviels
* Jake Stewart
* Jenny Blake
* Colin Spencer
* Thomas Gordon
* Laure & Anne Stewart

## Enemies

* Cassidy Sparke
* Parker Sparke
* Alicia Boone
* Giorgio Maccini

## Trivia

* He is the second youngest character in the Is it Love? franchise at the age of 3 years old (the first being his baby cousins).
	+ He is the only child that was conceived by the player.
* It has been confirmed that the child's design is based off Claire Zamora's son, Adam Zamora.
	+ In Chapter 2, when both Ryan and the player had talked about their son's name. Ryan had stated, "I always thought if I had a boy, I'd call him Adam. But it's a nice name." making a shout-out reference about Adam.
* He will probably look similar to Adam Peterson when he gets older, since they both have similar designs and they were both based off Claire Zamora's son.
	+ However, like many children with blond hair, his hair might get darker as he gets older. Which means he might start to look more like his dad Ryan within age like most boys do.
* He was a newborn baby at end of the second season, and became 3 years old in the third and final season. However in Chapter 9, he becomes 4 years old when he was having his birthday with his family, making him one of the few characters to age during the duration of a story route.
* As seen in concept art, he can be seen holding a Border Collie dog stuffed animal, this is a clear reference to the Border Collie from Matt Ortega's story route.
	+ His stuffed dog, Bamboo, is also named after Adam's late pet dog of the same name.
* He has blond hair despite having red hair as a baby.
	+ This is due to the fact that he is modeled after Adam Zamora.
		- Later the player remarks to Cassidy that her father had blond hair too but it turned brown when he got older, and that her mother was a blonde as well when she was lecturing her on genetics.
* Like Isabella Jones in Mystery Spell prior to the recent updates, his default name Tom can be renamed by the players.
* He has more confirmed family members and relatives than any other character in the series with a total of 12 including his unborn sibling.