Ethan Hopkins

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**Ethan Samuel Hopkins** is a siren and full-time student at Mythical College, majoring in veterinary sciences. He is the twin brother of Emilia Hopkins and the boyfriend of Jasper Higgins. As a character, Ethan is owned and portrayed by Lark.

## Description

### Appearance

A pale man with a lanky build, all gangly long arms and legs. He has a shock of blonde hair and wide blue eyes. He often wears horn-rimmed glasses.

He looks soft. Maybe that's because of the clear, bright blue of his eyes, or the sunny blonde of his hair, or the way his cheeks dimple when he smiles. Even so, there is a darkness about him, a shadow behind his eyes. He has generally pale, warm-toned skin and is of average height. He is rarely seen without his horn-rimmed glasses bar when he is sleeping or otherwise engaged in activity where glasses would get in the way. He hides them well, but he has scars across his back, evidence of the abuse he suffered while in his parents' custody.

### Personality

Ethan is an intellectual. He has a quick, analytical mind suitable for academic pursuits, which he plans on using to its fullest potential through his ambition of becoming a licensed veterinarian. He is very good at retaining information and masters new material very quickly as a result. In fact, were it not for setbacks relating to his family situation, he likely would've skipped a few grades while he was in school.

At his core, however, Ethan is a deeply wounded and emotional boy. He has a strong sense of empathy for the suffering of others around him and has a tendency to put the feelings of others above his own, willing to do just about anything, no matter how risky towards his own health, if only it means that he will please someone else. He is incredibly generous and self-sacrificing to a fault, willing to run himself into the ground just to ensure someone else's happiness. He would give away everything that he had if it meant that his loved ones would always remain safe and look on him favourably.

The downside to this is that Ethan is never sure that he's done enough. He never fully believes that the love and affection he is shown will last, and always feels that he must do more, give more in order to ensure that his loved ones will not leave him. He is deeply insecure and doesn't believe himself worthy of kindness or generosity. But worst of all, he won't acknowledge this fact. He's spun an intricate web of lies around himself, shielding himself from his own past and the profound ways it affects him to this day. He would rather lie and lie and lie again if it means he doesn't have to face what was done to him.

The lies crumble, at times, though. Such as when someone delivers a sharp word to him, or otherwise reproaches him for anything. He cracks and falls apart, too sensitive to handle any modicum of criticism whatsoever. What begins, then, is a cycle of attempting to overcompensate for his mistake, an eager desperation that will drive him to extremes just to win back someone else's approval.

And because he protects his deep inner self to closely, he never sees the problem with this cycle.

## Abilities

* **Charm-Speak**: Ethan can apply a charm to his voice that makes him incredibly persuasive.
* **Siren Song**: Ethan's singing voice is pleasant-sounding to every ear and has the ability to pull people in close to him.

## Relationships

* Family
* Romance

* Emilia Hopkins
* Hannah Sunderland
* Joshua Hopkins

Emilia is like a wildfire. She's adventurous and outgoing, and she catches in the hearts of those around her so very easily. He envies her, for that: for her natural charm, and for how easy she seems to find orbiting around people, bouncing from friend to friend and from lover to lover as though without a care in the world.

He considers it his mission to ensure that her fire is never put out, to support her where she needs it and uplift it should she ever begin to look down on herself. What he doesn't know is that Emilia hides much of the pain she's gone through, partially out of a sense of guilt for already burdening Ethan with an extended stay with their parents, partially just because she thinks him too fragile to handle too many more dark things plaguing his psyche.
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* Jasper Higgins

Jasper is like a cool breeze. To Ethan, Jasper is calming and soothing and everything that he has ever needed. He is the hand on his shoulder, at his back, the quiet assurance that he needs that he is worth it and good enough and capable of everything he might desire to set his mind to.

It didn't take much, for Ethan to give himself over entirely to Jasper, but the thought of it never scared him. He trusts Jasper completely, and would trade everything away if it would assure Jasper's eternal happiness.

## Trivia

**Fun Facts**

* Ethan plays the guitar.
* Ethan has awful handwriting.
* Ethan's siren magic is more powerful than his sister's.

**Behind the Scenes**

* The closest Ethan ever got to a friend was with one of Blue's characters, as Ethan assisted him through a panic attack. That character was then dropped, perhaps because, at the time, Ethan was already dating Jasper and, as a result, there was no possibility for a romance between them.

## References

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2. ↑ Discord entry.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Amino Wiki.
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