Charles Hobbs

Charles is a young man who is currently working as a mail carrier for the postal service. He shares an apartment with his adoptive sister Ripley and is the main character of Growing Up, alongside Ripley.

## Appearance

Charles is a slender young man with very pale skin, black eyes and a long face. He has short, curly ginger hair that is cut shortly with the exception of an unintentional yet signature swoopy piece sticking out above his face. This piece switches sides when Charles moves his head.

In the beginning of the pilot, he can be seen wearing his postal uniform which consists of a blue, short sleeve button up shirt with the company logo on the left pocket, as well as tan khaki shorts, white ankle socks, black tennis shoes and a large, over-the-shoulder navy blue mail bag.

Outside of work, Charles wears a simple black T-shirt, medium blue jeans and white sneakers. The clothes he wears tend to be relatively plain and casual.

## Personality

Charles is notably a very pessimistic person, having little to no faith in humanity, as he typically complains to Ripley about how someone randomly inconvenienced him at work on a daily basis. He is very much an introvert and audibly groans whenever he is forced to interact with someone on the job. Charles is often bored in and out of his job, seeking trivial tasks to give him some spark of enjoyment, such as attempting to read clients' pieces of mail he finds particularly interesting.

While he often shows little enthusiasm for life, Charles does enjoy spending time with his friends, and occasionally coworkers. He takes comfort in playing video games at the end of the work day and eating various unhealthy fried foods.

Although he is usually confident in his speech and views on the world, Charles displays a newfound level of awkwardness around Ryan, a young man who Charles initially delivers a package to at work but immediately develops romantic feelings for. When with Ryan, Charles tends to drop his cynical persona and showcases a more carefree, bubbly side of his personality. He allows many more issues that he'd usually find irritating slide when on this 'romantic high', even becoming unaware to the things around him for periods of time.

## History

Charles was adopted and raised by his mother Shannon alongside his adoptive sister Ripley. He was fairly content with the idea of being adopted as a child, although became more curious, skeptical and generally bitter as he grew older. A few months after turning 18, he and Ripley decided to move out together to gain independence while remaining close and to cut down on living expenses.

## Trivia

* Charles was the first character created out of the main four, his design, personality and name having popped into existence almost instantaneously one day.
* Charles dislikes his hair poof. Whenever he attempts to cut it back, he says it turns out even weirder, so he begrudgingly accepted his fate and let it stay grown out.
* Charles was said to have had a phase in middle school where he would wear beanies to cover up his hair poof, although they never looked good on him.
* Charles has a fear of dogs after being chased down the street by a Chihuahua. This is ironic because he is a mailman.
* Charles owns an X-Box.
* Charles broke his arm when he was 10.
* Charles used to have freckles when he was little, but they faded away as he grew older.
* Charles likes a variety of unhealthy fried foods such as corndogs, chili fries and cheesy pretzels.
* Supposedly, Charles has strong hamstrings due to his daily walk during his shift, although he still looks primarily scrawny.
* Charles plays Night of The Consumers on PC. He hates it with a passion, although can't stop playing once he starts.