Mike Townsend

While Parker remains my favourite blaseball character overall, Mike definitely briefly took over my mind after the first time I drew him. I'd already given Tillman a lot of attention mostly due to VaultLine, and I knew Tillsend was a popular ship, and possibly for the first time ever in my fandom experiences I ended up shipping it too! I've never been a huge shipper but here we are.

I project a lot onto Mike. I'm not going to explicitly say what, and he's by no means a perfect or even vaguely accurate reflection of me, but he's a character that brings me a lot of comfort and out of all blaseball characters he's one I really wish I could just hug. For a lot of reasons! And not all of them are related to the horrible horrible trauma of being a blaseball player. I just think he's neat!

Basic Bio

Pronouns: he/him
Gender: trans man
Orientation: homoromantic, demisexual
Species: human
Age: 23
Associated Colours: blue, red, black

Overview

A bit of an anxious mess
Tillman's boyfriend since the siesta between season 3 and 4
Mediocre guitarist and pretty-good-actually baker
Occasional crutch user

Personality

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Pretty regularly uses baking as a stress relief

History

Didn't handle being labelled a disappointment in early seasons well
Volunteered to help revive Jaylen in season 6. The resulting event lead to him receiving extensive black scars most prominent on his back and legs, and permanently damaged his legs
Mostly either followed Tillman's or garages games around the plane. In season 9, he witnessed Tillman's incineration
Future shadowings were far less damaging, but still aggravated his previous injuries
Redacted near the start of season 24

Appearance/Design

Has dull blue eyes that used to be brighter, but were affected and darkened by his shadowing. It's not immediately noticable as unnatural, but isn't hard to see if it's pointed out
Doesn't always cast a shadow in low light
Has extensive black tendril-like scars from his shadowing, most prominently on his legs and back but also on his arms and up the back of his neck into his hair
Wears a binder
Almost exclusively wears blue and red, including a significant amount of garages merch

Relationships

Tillman

Boyfriends since the siesta between season 3 and 4, but had known each other for years prior
Admires him for his confidence
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Jaylen

Originally admired her for being a far better pitcher, and was surprised to end up bonding with her over the weight of both positive and negative expectations
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Fell out of touch in later seasons, especially with Jaylen frequently swapping between teams. Managed to spend more time together in season 14 and 15 when they were both in the garages' shadows, especially with Mike having recently lost Tillman to xyr returned mod