Rottie Irving

Rottweiler “Rottie” Irving [REDACTED] is a gregarious 18-year-old who loves the color purple, has anger issues, and can’t sleep without his night light of Winnie the Pooh. He acts like he’s unbothered with the world, but deep down he cares deeply about what others think of him. He is "first bowler" on the Demo Strike team lineup [1]. On their off days from rocking the bowling world with his unmemorable bowling skills, Rottie can be found playing for the University Academy High lacrosse team; or partaking in activities their best friend ended up begging them to do. Honestly, even if Eiji didn't plead and beg Rottie to join something like the LARPing club with him on campus... they'd still do it.

Rottie Irving was created by Lilli Gene, a co-creator of *Demo Strike !!*

## Personality

Rottie is ordinarily found being sarcastic and witty, and is most often seen joking around with his best friend Eiji Blue. Although he may not appear to be affected by the assumptions and remarks people make about them, his feelings can be hurt easily. Even so, dealing with this emotional dread has gotten easier with Eiji's unintentional intrusion on his life and slowly but surely his confidence is increasing. Aside from mind crippling anxiety, Rottie's a relatively casual person. Their easygoing nature is prevalent in their mannerisms, which showcase how much of an affectionate person they are. You know how it's kind of weird to some people to hold your best friend's hand or cuddle with them where you're having a big ole slumber party? Yeah, fuck that. Rottie does not give a shit. You shouldn't either. Take it from Rottie, holding your best friend's hand is the easiest source of serotonin.

## Relationships

### Eiji Blue

Eiji Blue is Rottie's best friend. They became friends after Eiji was getting the absolute shit beat out of him. Normally, Rottie wouldn't have intervened but Eiji reminded him of his sister, MadLyb, so Rottie felt the need to fight for someone who couldn't fight for themselves. Rottie's patient demeanor matches well with Eiji's exuberant personality and their match in mentality has led to some very interesting stories that continue to unfold as they continue through high school together.

### Madeline Lybe

Rottie's only sibling is Madeline Lybe, also known as MadLyb. He cares for her deeply and if anyone were to ever hurt her (other than him, because obviously he can fix it) he would go full beast-mode and make sure the brute that harmed her would never step foot on this earth again... hahaha *what? who said that?* ANYWAY! Rottie loves their sister more than life itself and frequently comes home from school with small gifts to give to her during dinner. Examples of gifts you may ask? .. rocks. He's been known to buy snacks for her too but it's mostly small knickknacks that remind him of her, so various coloured rocks are a hit in the [REDACTED] household.

### Renge Argen

Rottie has known Renge Argen ever since third grade, and has been in love with her since sixth grade. This has been the case for so long because she makes him feel like he has all the time in the world, and he just thinks she's absolutely gorgeous and amazing. Second only to MadLyb (and equal to Eiji), their friendship is labelled as close and personal. She often comes over for dinner because she is MadLybs tutor, and this is the only reason Rottie can cook a decent meal.

### Perry

They're idiots. Rottie and Perry collectively share one brain cell and it bounces between the two of them constantly, resulting in the weirdest and borderline stupidest conversations to come out of the Demo Strike group. Perry is also fairly perceptive, so she picks up quickly on Rotties affectionate habits and will even initiate them during times that Rottie seems to be anxious. When Perry's crush on Madursen becomes apparent, Rottie even helps her a bit behind the scenes and hints at things that Madursen might enjoy doing or they'll give her different ideas as to how to get through Madursens' domineering attitude.

### Madursen Sadermen

Don't even get Rottie started on this %@$&# #$$@$%# stupid #$@ @%@$ \*@&#- okay. Listen, Madursen Sadermen and Rottie's relationship is strained, but they still love each other. Madursen's constant infringement on Rottie's existence is all they've known since they were a kid, and he wouldn't know how to live without it. He truly does care deeply for her and even though Madursen thrives off the reaction she gets from pestering Rottie, she cares for him as well.

### Boal Bowlington

Boal and Rotties relationship is a strange one, that's for sure. On paper it can seem like their personalities clash and that there isn't much room for friendship because Rottie is a very easygoing person in general while Boal is solely rooted in the casual aspects of life, but their attachment to each other forms an extremely comfortable dynamic of contentment. As long as Rottie takes bowling seriously, Boal doesn't mind their goofy nature. He rather appreciates the outlandishness of Rottie and their actions, especially because he's never had such vibrant friends before. So people like Rottie, Eiji, Perry, and Elon are additions to Boal's life that make everything just a tad bit brighter.

### Elon CFC XI

At first, Rottie was exceedingly unsure of Elon, but now he is very sweet on the dancer. Rottie cares about Elon in a way that can't really be explained but the best way to put it is that he can see that Elon is new to the whole 'friend group' thing and they don't want him to feel left out or cast aside. Rottie will go out of his way to make sure Elon is having fun, and if mister rich boy gets snappy Rottie has learned not to take it to heart. Walls have been built, torn down, and re-made on both sides and this will continue until they've developed a comfortable understanding of each other. As for now, Elon has realized that handholding does NOT equal romantic interest... so good thing that was figured out early on in the friendship.

## Facts Not Explicitly Mentioned

Rottie has immense issues with self-image and it manifests itself into his actions, causing him to be over-affectionate. He subconsciously believes that the closer he is to a person physically, the harder it is for them to hate him. Oh, and his favourite food is anything from the product line *Hamburger Helper*. This may be unimportant, but Rottie treasures' its flavour dearly.

When they were younger, Rottie's parents split and he was left to live in Minnesota with his mother and younger sister. Although his mom is a lovely parent, she is rarely home because she's a doctor.

Other facts include:

* They had their ears pierced when they were four, but he rarely wears earrings.
* Rottie suffers from insomnia.
* He refuses to go a day without talking to his mothers.
* He's half Filipino and Irish.
* I think they've owned like at least three racoons in their life.
* There's a playlist for him on Spotify.