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Personality

-Empathetic (Positive): Suri is naturally in tune with others' emotions and is quite adept at deciphering the body language that often comes along with it. Most often, Suri uses that knowledge to act accordingly. If the person he is with is happy, he will share in their joy, if they are sad he will console them, if they are angry he will tread carefully around them. However, he may be prone to using this to his advantage from time to time if the person he's with happens to have something he wants (most often that something will be themselves/their affections).

-Even-tempered (Positive): Despite being a fire-type, Suri is a rather easy-going person and tends to be remarkably calm and cool-headed in situations that would spark others' tempers. It takes a great deal of malicious meddling for him to lose his temper and act out rashly and/or violently in his anger. Though, even if he should reach that tipping point, his cool-down period is very short and Suri is usually making amends almost immediately after his outburst.

-Self-Indulgent/Entitled (Negative): After years and years of failed mating dances, Suri’s ability to wait for things finally disappeared along with his pokemon form. As a gijinka he aims to make up for all those frustrating years by simply giving in when his id whispers its desires to him. In his mind, Suri feels as though he’s entitled to have instant gratification after having been so damn patient for so long. Also, what did waiting and being patient ever get him? Nothing! So why bother with it!

-Lascivious (Negative): Another consequence of not having found a partner (not even once) is that Suri finds himself quite hot ‘n bothered by anyone his mind’s eye sees as beautiful. This leads to the gijinka making overt and often unwanted advances at rather inappropriate moments. He could be in the middle of a conversation and if someone catches his eye he will leave in mid sentence, even mid-syllable, to go pursue his new object of fascination and infatuation. Luckily for most, Suri has very specific, very stringent tastes...but that just means that those few that fit those tastes are extra unfortunate as he will consistently push the (romantic) envelope with them, trying to get a little further than the last time.

-Permissive (Neutral/Circumstantial): If someone wants to be in charge, Suri will let them be in charge. If they want to be on top, Suri’s happy to let them be there. He’s not one to ruffle anyone’s feathers (or fur) and has no qualms about taking a back seat to a more dominant personality. However, should no one step up to take charge when a leader is needed Suri won’t hesitate to take the position of power. Nor will he hesitate to take away another’s position of power should he believe it to be hazardous to himself and/or those around him.

Physical Strengths

-Limber: Suri’s body possesses a flexibility that only a small percent of humans could ever reach...which really isn't all that surprising considering he is not only not human, but also a fiercely dedicated dancer. As such, this allows Suri an almost unnatural fluidity to his movements as well as permits his lithe body to contort in unexpected ways. This not only makes for stunning dance routines, but it also doubles as a wonderful defensive ability in fights.

-High stamina: Dancing is a strenuous activity and when one's routines tend to run long, having a great deal of stamina is required. In the beginning of his human days, in order to perfect his passion, his dancing, Suri put aside his hedonistic impulses in favor of a more disciplined, some would even say ascetic, way of life to build up the stamina he needed. At his peak Suri's stamina excelled that of a (human) marathon runner. These days Suri's lifestyle is more relaxed, and while he may not be able to leave a marathon runner in the dust, he can certainly give them a run for their money, which is enough for Suri to do the dance routines he loves whenever the urge strikes him.

Physical Weaknesses

-Hemophilia: Suri bruises like a ripe peach and bleeds much more profusely than others if his skin is broken from a cut or scrape. This is perhaps one of the main reasons (if not the main reason) that Suri is so quick to pacify others; he knows that a violent altercation can lead to hours worth of bleeding out at best and at worst, another incapacitating incident of bleeding into his joints.

Talents

-Sweet talker: Suri is a bit of a savant when it comes to keeping himself in a positive light in social situations. The volcarona tends to say what he thinks the other person/gijinka wants to hear (and he's usually pretty good at guessing that) and adornes most conversations with a smattering of thoughtful and unique compliments to appeal to their ego. Where as logic and intelligent arguments can go over another's head or even cause tempers to flare, Suri has found that adulation and honeyed words work equally well on the quick and the slow and keep tempers cool.

-Dancing: See below!

Shortcomings

-Ignorance/naïvety: If it sounds true, Suri’s going to believe it is true as he knows there are many things he doesn’t know. This of course can lead to a lot of problems, the main being that he can be easily taken advantage of by strings of convincing lies. Even worse is the fact that he's likely to spread his newfound "knowledge" to others which either a) makes him look like a fool (if they know better) or b) perpetuates the lie (if they're ignorant/naïve as well), both of which have the opportunity to open up some rather nasty cans of worms.

-Selective memory: Suri has a frustrating habit of forgetting facts, conversations, places, and sometimes even people/gijinka he deems dead boring. If enough recall details are thrown at him he might feel like he's having a moment of deja-vu, or he'll simply have a faint tingling of familiarity at the back of his skull, but the chances of him actually remembering it are almost non-existant. This leads to Suri repeating quite a few mistakes he should have learned from, if not the first time around, then definitely the second.

Likes

-Dancing: Suri enjoys watching all styles of dance but personally performs the following-

-Physical contact: Holding hands, hugging, snuggling, cuddling, nuzzling...anything remotely touchy-feely puts Suri in a happy place.

-Movies/TV: Suri is absolutely fascinated with movies and TV shows, especially those that are filled with action and explosions.

-Bitter foods: Very dark chocolate, black coffee, and espresso are his favorites.

Dislikes

-Extended periods of being alone: Some people say you can be alone but not lonely. Well Suri says that's a load of bouffalant s**t. Being alone for any length period of time (10-12 hours) makes him almost depressingly lonely as well as a bit anxious. Some nights he finds himself watching the shopping channels on TV and talking to the hosts just to have some semblance of social contact.

-Downpours: Typical of a fire pokemon, Suri isn't a fan of rain. A little rain he can handle, but downpours leave him irritable and moody.

-Small, enclosed spaces: Nothing is more frightening to a bug than being trapped in a small space and Suri is no exception, even as a gijinka.

-Spicy foods: Food with anything stronger than black pepper in it is 110% off limits. He hates the way it makes his tongue feel and often gives him indigestion.

I guess this is open for crit/approval o:

Hmmm. I see what you're saying about the silver-tongued thing. Perhaps I'll change it to sweet talker or something of the like. Mostly what I wanted to get across was that he has a way with people in order to keep on their good sides.

And yes it is a bit clashy to be mellow and impatient but people can have contradictory sides to them and still be believable. Suri's the type that, rather than getting mad when he gets impatient about something he just gets a bit dejected. You know the type, sighing, moping, etc. And everyone loses their temper at some point. It'd be more odd of him to never have anything to trigger it. But I classify him as mellow because he has very few temper triggers and those triggers are on the extreme ends (i.e. he wouldn't lose his temper if you broke something of his but he'd lose it if say, you burned down his apartment).

I'll see if I can clarify a few of those points and reword some things though! Thanks!

1. Mellow vs Needy
Contradictions, you need to pick between one or the other. I would actually encourage you to consider the term "Lonely" as opposed to needy as he can still crave the company and feel entitled to it without being as clingy/vocal about it etc.

2. Mellow vs Impulsive
Same criticism above applies. The definition of mellow is "Relaxed, unhurried and easy-going" or alternatively, "Gentleness, wisdom and tolerance characterised by maturity." Consider this definition and then look more closely at your desire to place an element of impatience and neediness with them, you'll find they don't fit.

2. Passive/Submissive
Submissive = Humble and obedient
Passive = Uninclined to participate actively

Neither of these match up to his more sociable nature, particularly when you take into account that he will intervene if necessary. "Permissive" would be a more appropriate word in the given circumstances, particularly when associated with the more 'mellow' aspects of his personality as a permissive individual isn't bound by obedience so much as tolerance.

PERSONALITY - Conclusion
He's certainly a social butterfly but you have traits that simply don't add up or compliment one another. You'll need to skim through these and consider which are vital to his personality and which can be tweaked. At present it's not believable as a character as one moment he's mellow/easy-going and the next he's demanding attention. Short of being unpredictable and emotional (none of which would suit the definition of 'mellow') there are very few people in the world with that level of emotional yo-yoing.

However, pulling out the neediness and lack of patience, he's sounding really good, his personality just needs tweaked slightly.

Physical Weaknesses vs Physical Strengths:
More of a piece of food for thought rather than critique - would you not consider Suri's dancing to be very dangerous for him based on the fact that he suffers from hemophilia? As an individual who bruises easily and bleeds profusely, the potential for major injury is quite high for him. Does he keep this in mind while training, or is he blind to the risk?

History:
Will look at this after you've revised the personality for me. I've already loaded you with enough critique to be getting on with. =)

The problem is that he isn't just needy in terms of attention, he's demanding in other respects as well. Taking that into consideration he does not read well as 'mellow'. You can sit and argue with me about this all day but the fact of the matter is that it doesn't flow correctly to me from a personal standpoint and with that in mind, a number of others agree with me too.

You can reserve the right to reject my critique if you so wish, but it still remains valid and if others agree with me then you're going to find it difficult to get your quest approved. Try to keep that in mind.

To make it easier for you I'll defer to Vittles who has ultimate approval on this one, if she overrules me then so be it.

Minor tweaks, spelling corrections, etc.

Moving this to approval.