Joshua Hawthorne

### Relatives

Misty Hawthorne (daughter)Loki (partner)Christopher Crossover (potential partner)

## Meta

> "*Not the worst time I've been kidnapped. Not even top five.*"
> ― Josh Hawthorne, S7E16: A Mayor's Ransom
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Local environmental health inspector for Halcyon City and weekend radio DJ at North Downtown Halcyon Community Radio, Joshua Hawthorne is the father of the Big Team's Mistletoe, and did his best to raise her despite the many difficulties of having a half-jotun demigod running around. Currently, after reuniting with Misty, questions have been raised as to whether or not he is dating Mayor Crossover, as aliens once mistook him for the mayor's boyfriend and they have subsequently been seen hanging out together a lot, prompting Misty to amiably haze the Mayor to keep him on his toes. Despite his rather relaxed attitude toward being kidnapped, Joshua downplays or defers questions about his life before his time as a single dad, saying it's all in the past and what's happening now is more important.

...although, after a few two many weird things happened, Misty finally remembered to ask him about his past. During his teenage years and afterward, Joshua was part of a "kinda villainous" biker gang in Halcyon called the Dawn Riders. While he asserts that most of what they did was protecting their neighborhood mixed with general low-level villainy, he also in that period saved the life of Yamato, who appears to still care about his safety in return (to the point of visiting him when he was injured) and ended up jailed in Avalon. The latter instance also led to his relationship with Loki, as apparently the trickster god rescued him; the event also led to Joshua having lasting animosity with Queen Guinevere, who he now tries to avoid (and who Misty has independently antagonized).

Joshua is a rather short man in his early forties, with greying blond hair that he tends to pull back in a short ponytail. A national parks bumper sticker gay, which I feel like is an older relative of the enamel pin gay. He is fair-skinned, and shares a propensity for freckles with his daughter. He, like Misty, is frequently seen wearing old band t-shirts or shirts for the radio station he works at. A fan of classic rock, he is responsible for much of Misty's music taste and aesthetic. He also has distinctive scarring in the form of discolored veins up most of his left arm, a relic from the time Misty unintentionally poisoned him three years ago.

Joshua's first known interaction with the Big Team happened in Season Seven, when he was kidnapped by aliens during a work lunch with the Mayor. The team called upon to rescue him included his missing child Misty, who had run away from home at age twelve after accidentally poisoning him with her powers. The two reunited after he was rescued, and Misty returned to living in their home instead of in the Base. After that, his appearances were peripheral for a while, as he went to the Nutcracker musical with Misty (and the Mayor); however Season Eight saw him return to damsel-in-distress position when an agent of the Dire, Toxic Omen, invaded the radio station during his show.

Misty, Tristane, and Mystic Radiance came to his rescue, but before their arrival he had been poisoned, and Misty had to manipulate the poison to leave his body before it could do serious damage--and even then, he had to go to the hospital. While there and unconscious, he was visited by Yamato, who left him a good-luck charm; he didn't elaborate on it to Misty, instead asking her not to go nosing around in Yamato's business because the woman was dangerous. Misty has very much only stuck to the *letter* of the law on that promise.

Most recently, he and Loki got to have a date night when Misty, abetted by Loki, snuck out of the house to joyride a giant mecha in Episode 11.

In Season 8 Episode 34, Misty finally asked Joshua about his past and learned of his time in the Dawn Riders, which she thinks is extremely cool (to his slight dismay).

He appears in the scene Oh, You're My Best Friend as Misty shows her friend Angy around their house.