Name: Benson Beldon
Nicknames: Dude, when you have a Golden Age superhero name like "Benson Beldon", are you really going to nickname it? ... well, yes? Benson is often Benny or the inutterably douchebaggy nickname of "B.B."
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Fav. Food: Chicken tikka
Hated Food: Cherry tomatoes
Gift: Benny is, unfortunately, a tennis ace -- the type of child who was handed a tennis racquet at the age of about four and realised after that that he would never have to truly bother being good at anything else again, because he was obviously destined to be the next Andre Agassi. He's a tennis champion, plays for the Destiny City South club, and last year was awarded Best Under-18 Player in his district. Tennis is kind of the sport of middle to upper-class white males, and you'll never get more middle-to-upper class or whiter than Benson Beldon.
Virtues: Easy To Amuse -- Benny is one of those people who goes through life with a childlike delight at just about everything. He is completely easily impressed and the type of guy who, if watching the informercial channel, would go OH MY
GOD THIS IS
SO AMAZING (and would end up buying it: Benny has admitted he has an eBay problem, and has bought things like "wishing sticks" and "genuine 1989 Winnie the Pooh mug".) He's not supercilious. He's not a snob. He is the type of guy who believes that wrestlemania is not only real but cool, and if you do card tricks will make you repeat it nine times and will be delighted every time. This makes for a very happy, even temperament.
Hide As Thick As A Goddamned Rhinoceros -- this can also be found in the 'flaws' section, but Benny does not take insults. Obviously if you're insulting him you are making a very funny joke. He totally laughed, man. He is complacent about the mean, the sarcastic and the not-very-nice -- they're totally just being funny! Seriously! Insults roll off his back (as do gentle suggestions, not so gentle suggestions) -- he's not a completely impenetrable rhino, though: if you actually manage to get it through to him that you dislike him, his actions, or his shirt, he will be in a catatonic state for twenty-four hours. Man, this so isn't a virtue, is it.
C'est moi -- Benny is helpful. Benny genuinely believes that he can do just about anything, help out with any problem, lift the biggest beams. He is your hero for hire. He is the pinnacle of human achievement. He busts only the freshest rhymes, calls only the longest distances. He can fix ANYTHING and will fix it for you right now -- he is genuinely a goodnatured, kind of arrogant Hercules who is happy to be come to, because he will ALWAYS have the solution to your problem. He can do anything, okay. Aw, you have the flu? He completely watched a couple episodes of
House, let him fix you up. He is larger than life.
Flaws: Complacent -- Benny was born tall, good-looking, athletically gifted, can sing on pitch, never had a zit, had a family who adored him, and therefore is completely convinced that (as seen in C'est Moi) God loves him. This leads him to getting into situations where he really has no idea of his own limitations, and will fail miserably and then be deeply hurt (for twenty-four hours, in the aforementioned catatonic state). He is kind of a betternatured Captain Hammer. Nothing fazes him. Why would anything faze him? He has won prizes in the Smile Olympics. He's a Cedric Diggory.
This may be due to the fact that he was completely homeschooled before Barren Pines, and therefore has only really been exposed to people who were already on the Benny Beldon team.
C'est moi -- THE SOUL OF A KNIGHT SHOULD BE A THING REMARKABLE o/~ As stated before, Benny thinks he is good at everything. The world has not proved him wrong about this on many fronts. Whenever he finds someone that's better than him at something, he gets obsessive about it. He scratches his head. He gets ANXIOUS. He gnaws on his liver. Then he does a 180, gets impressed and absolutely defines you by whatever virtue you've shown yourself to have whether you like it or not. "Hey, have you met Joe? I don't know if you know this, but he's incredible at tying a cherry stem in a knot with his tongue -- come on, Joe, you HAVE to see this guys, he's INCREDIBLE." Let's just outline it: he can be really embarrassing.
Obtuse -- He's nice to everybody, but that's because he can't work out you don't like him, why wouldn't you like him? Everybody likes him, right?? He's BENNY BELDON. You should watch him play tennis, you'll like him after that? What do you mean, you find him completely aggravating? You kidder! Benny has the emotional depth of a teaspoon, and is the type of guy who would constantly be getting his head stuck in the Cauldron of Evil because he always takes everything at face value.
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