Luke Phillips

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* Doodle Face

*"he may not like it, but he's a bubbly little cutie pie. a sweet noodle baby boy"* -- Cas and Ellis, 2019/06/21

Luke Rider Phillips is a major supporting character in The Series.

## History

Born on April 5th, 1991, Luke, is the eighth son and ninth child <**? infobox lists 6 brothers**> to Matthew and Penelope Phillips.

He attended East River Elementary, Westminster Junior High, and Pilsen High School.

He met Sasha Rodriguez when she transferred to Pilsen High. After his great efforts, they became best friends.

In college, Sasha introduced him to Carson Mackenzie. When Luke joined the track team, he met teammates Ethan and Mia Lazzari-Qian, who introduced him to Blair Moore.

## Behavior and Psychology

### Personality

Luke is a loyal and thoughtful friend. He is bubbly and boisterous, prone to both boasting and anxiety. He often make plans for the group, then goes off on his own to explore new places. He brings back souvenirs to gift to his friends. He is also a "scaredy-cat," the least likely to take risks.

At the basis of his cocky persona is his insecurities regarding his feelings about his masculinity (or perceived lack thereof) and sexuality, as well as his feelings of being overshadowed by his many brothers. On the first day of school every year, his teachers would take roll and comment on having yet another Phillips. He brags to hide his insecurities.

### Ambition

Luke's dreams consist of him growing up and being better at his brothers at everything.

## Appearance

Luke has bright blue eyes and dirty blond hair. He is known to spend an inordinate amount of time and mousse perfecting his signature spiky quiff as part of his morning routine. However, when he stops inflating his image (mostly when he's around his friends), he lets his hair down, all fluffy and floppy.

He regrets not being able to grow visible facial hair. His physique is described as being thin and having narrow shoulders, not being especially tall nor having noticeable muscle mass. He slouches a lot. His skin is very fair with pink undertones. He burns easily and turns pink in the sun.

(He is so sad about the beach. He dreamed of being a cool Californian surfer but alas... his best skill is being buried in the sand.)

### Style of Dress

Luke has a tendency to throw on whatever he wants, so long as it hides his figure. He wears secondhand clothing from his many brothers, and he mistakenly believes that the over-large sizes make him look bigger. Even after some coaching from Ethan, he still does not wear clothing that fits him more appropriately.

He has three denim jackets: a long-sleeved one, a short-sleeved one with a fuzzy collar, and a vest jacket. They are worn hand-me-downs from his brothers, but he likes them. He wears them often in the fall.

## Speech

Luke's voice is relatively high for a guy his age. Lizzie thinks he sounds like a stereotypical California surfer, but without the drawl. He struggles with his "indoor voice."

[tone of voice, language or accent, favorite phrases]

## Background

### Interests and Hobbies

Luke is on the [track and field team] at [college]. Along with Carson, he is best at running. For him, running is a way to train his body, which he is insecure about.

Luke does a lot of city exploring, so he is often the one to suggest a lot of places to hang out, when to meet up, and where to go. The irony is that he disappears often when they all meet up, because he is easily distracted by the interesting sights. He also tends to buy gifts, small souvenirs for the others, because they remind him of them.

Luke is likes sewing patches onto his denim jackets. He's fond of ones with surf-themed designs: surfboards, skateboards, waves, palm trees. (Such this one , and this one for when he is sad.) (He has an even bigger collection in the online AU, where he does live in LA.)

### Family

The Phillips are a working class, Scottish/Irish family.

Luke's parents are loving and stable, generally supportive, encouraging, and kind. However, they don't have a lot of time to spend with their many children.
Luke has seven older brothers and one younger sister. Each brother is imposing in his own way, and Luke has always felt small and overshadowed by them. He is considered the "family screw-up."

Luke and his sister are considered the babies of the family. They're not as confident as their older brothers, simultaneously doted on and teased.
Sasha jokes that Luke's family is more Mexican than hers because of how many kids they have. This embarrasses him.

### Current Home

lives at home with his parents, brothers, and sister

### Education

Luke's high school experience was relatively normal, save for his teachers' reactions to having another Phillips.
"Oh hey, another Phillips. I had your brother in my class before!"
"...Sigh. Which one."

### Sexuality

he's very boy-love

Sometimes he dreams about his wedding, the visage of his groom blurry and indescribable. He buries the dreams deeper every time. He already feels so different from his brothers; he doesn’t want to be anymore different. His happy dreams consist of holding the ringed hand of another man, one who holds his hand back tenderly. (Over time, the image becomes clearer, and it’s Ethan! Luke has to stop himself at times from blurting our “wow I’m gay” in Ethan’s face.)

## Relationships

### Sasha Rodriguez

See Relationships page for Luke's relationship with Sasha.

## Trivia

* Luke's patronus is a Jack Russell terrier: they're small, fast, think they're the toughest dogs around. And very yappy.
* His color is baby blue, which represents his role as a "little brother" to the group
* He likes skateboarding. He also wants to be a cool surfer dude, but sadly he burns too easily.
* His penmanship, like his posture, is awful. It is chicken scratch.
* He claims to wear average Joe boxers to sleep. Actually, they're superhero boxers and pizza boxers.
* Luke would lose the hardest at a rap battle amongst the nerds.

### Favorites

* Favorite food: Pizza.
* Favorite dessert: Cookies and donuts.

## Behind the Scenes

### Character Design

#### Face Claim

On Luke Guldan: "and i had an image of Luke in my head and he fit him so well! uncanny, honestly" 2017/12/26